I have been on Yaz for over a year now & I feel absolutely fine.
If you're experiencing mood swings then you most probably DO NOT have PMDD. I was extremely moody before I started Yaz. I have a disorder that means "painful period". I've had problems since I first started at 11 years old. Don't knock Yaz unless you had problems before! Yaz has transformed my life! I would double over bc I'd b in so much pain & I've only had 1 or 2 months that I had problems since I started Yaz. Don't listen to me or anyone else. find out for yourself bc everyone's bodies react differently.
If you're experiencing mood swings then you most probably DO NOT have PMDD. I was extremely moody before I started Yaz. I have a disorder that means "painful period". I've had problems since I first started at 11 years old. Don't knock Yaz unless you had problems before! Yaz has transformed my life! I would double over bc I'd b in so much pain & I've only had 1 or 2 months that I had problems since I started Yaz. Don't listen to me or anyone else. find out for yourself bc everyone's bodies react differently.
I have been on Yaz since July because it was suggested for my severe cramps and horrible mood swings unappeased by OrthoTricyclin Lo. Since July, I feel like my life is out of control. Not to mention every Symptom this poison was supposed to help has gotten exponentially more severe. I have horrible cramps ALL day EVERY single day. My boobs are sore ALL day EVERY single day. My periods are totally funky and last for 8 days minimum. My face is COVERED in unmanageable pimples. I am depressed (and this is not at all typical for me as I am an eternal optimist). My boyfriend thinks I'm crazy...and he's right. I feel emotionally numb. Except for when I'm balling my eyes out for no apparent reason. My parents tell me I am being distant. I enjoy my days best spent alone. I thought this stuff was supposed to be good for moodiness and PMDD?! I'm making an appointment as soon as I get off of work. I can't wait to feel like myself again.
OMG thank god for all you guys! My 3 months of YAZ so far has ruined my life, i started to feel horrible about myself and didnt care about me anymore. I have gotten in the biggest arguments with my boyfriend for nothing, and i always end up looking like a complete psycho, and has almost ruined our relationship completely. I am irritated by basically everyone, especially at work i cant stand being around them. And to top it off i cry all the time, over basically nothing! and then i cry almost every night before i go to bed. I have never been this way in my life! Then one day it came to me that it might be the YAZ and i found soo many people like me! I am on day 2 off of YAZ and i dont know if its just in my head, but i feel much happier! :-) Now i just have to work on getting people to like me again!
Even as I type this I am crying so hard it's difficult to see the computer screen. I have recently had some stressful and disconcerting situations pop up in my life, which I initially thought were the cause of the most severe depression I've EVER experienced, as well as a constant axiety always buzzing in the background. I started to feel like a terrible person for my mistakes and failures, etc., and then began to wonder things like "am I who I really think I am?" and junk like that.... After the issues I attributed to these feelings were addressed (not eliminated, but at least lessened) and i STILL had moments EVERY DAY of EXTREME DEBILITATING sadness and/or fear, I started to wonder if something was wrong with me or if those "issues" were much deeper and warranted more concern, which only made me cry harder and for longer periods of time!!! THEN when a friend of mine said it could be my BC, I decided to look into it and came across several discussion boards like this one---all with comments like yours. LADIES, YOU ARE NOT ALONE!! Do not pay attention to those negative thoughts and those horrible feelings...intead, get off Yaz!! I was afraid to just abruptly stop it because of possible side effects it would cause, but after experiencing this sadness for so long, I don't care. What could be worse? I officially quit taking Yaz yesterday and have an appt with a doc day after tomorrow to see about a change to a different brand of BC. I will return with updates. Anyone can feel free to email me, also(my name is Deena): _[removed]_
If anyone has any helpful information or any questions they think I can help with, drop me an emal.
If anyone has any helpful information or any questions they think I can help with, drop me an emal.
I don't even know where to start with this pill.
I only have bad things to say about it and I'm glad I am not the only one. I have been on it for about a year, after switching from Yasmin(which is the exact same c.r.a.p). during the time I took these, maybe 3 months after starting I started feeling very moody, depressed and lethargic. I developed aura migraines. dizziness. Headaches every day. Paranoia. Depression. Loss of libido, loss of energy, loss of interest for life. I absolutely hate my life, myself and didn't want to do anything, go anywhere or be around people. I gained 20 lbs. I started feeling so horrible, my head was always fuzzy, dizzy and hurting. I though I had a tumor. I saw my doctor who ordered all sorts of exams: blood work, mri's etc. I had panic attacks, anxiety. I thought I was bi-polar. I completely changed from a positive, happy person to a psycho-negative-paranoid b.it.ch.
After all my exams came back normal, I refused to believe I had depression just out of nothing. I have a good life, a great family and a wonderful husband. I researched online and ended up here to find out that I wasn't the only one. Then It all added up. I stopped taking it just a couple of days ago but don't feel that much better. A bit, but not much.
The FDA should seriously look deeper into these side effects as this is not normal nor should it be legal. Why isn't anyone saying anything about this??? Why is this still being prescribed? How can they give us bc pills without even doing a blood work to check hormone levels?
•My gyno switched me to low-ogestrel, I will wait a week to start it. Has anyone taken it? Is it better? I really hope the migraines and depression will go away, hopefully along with these darn 20 pounds I gained while on yasmin/yaz.
I only have bad things to say about it and I'm glad I am not the only one. I have been on it for about a year, after switching from Yasmin(which is the exact same c.r.a.p). during the time I took these, maybe 3 months after starting I started feeling very moody, depressed and lethargic. I developed aura migraines. dizziness. Headaches every day. Paranoia. Depression. Loss of libido, loss of energy, loss of interest for life. I absolutely hate my life, myself and didn't want to do anything, go anywhere or be around people. I gained 20 lbs. I started feeling so horrible, my head was always fuzzy, dizzy and hurting. I though I had a tumor. I saw my doctor who ordered all sorts of exams: blood work, mri's etc. I had panic attacks, anxiety. I thought I was bi-polar. I completely changed from a positive, happy person to a psycho-negative-paranoid b.it.ch.
After all my exams came back normal, I refused to believe I had depression just out of nothing. I have a good life, a great family and a wonderful husband. I researched online and ended up here to find out that I wasn't the only one. Then It all added up. I stopped taking it just a couple of days ago but don't feel that much better. A bit, but not much.
The FDA should seriously look deeper into these side effects as this is not normal nor should it be legal. Why isn't anyone saying anything about this??? Why is this still being prescribed? How can they give us bc pills without even doing a blood work to check hormone levels?
•My gyno switched me to low-ogestrel, I will wait a week to start it. Has anyone taken it? Is it better? I really hope the migraines and depression will go away, hopefully along with these darn 20 pounds I gained while on yasmin/yaz.
this seriously describes me...mainly the boyfriend thing...im a freshman in college as well and had been so excited to come home and see by boyfreind of a year and a half on weekends..all of the sudden that changed and it upsets me...everytime i think about him and how i've been feeling about him i cry...i can't figure out what would cause this sudden turn around but the yaz which i had been taking for about 3 months when this started happening =/
My teen daughter is on yaz. Her self esteem is low. She is very unhappy and cries alot. She feels shes fat ugly and nobody likes her. She went from a outgoing happy go lucky to wanting noone around her. She went from the depo shot to yaz. The depo shot was just as bad. She has been on yaz 4 months now. She and her boyfriend of 2 years have a 8 month old daughter. The things that she used to do with him she is no longer interested in and she thinks he is no longer interested in her despite the fact he begs her to do things with him.
Started BC at Planned Parenthood at age 19. Went with a friend who needed support, and thought it would be good to start it myself.
Think it was Ortho
After getting a couple jobs and insurances switches, am 28yrs old now..
Have been on Low-ogestrel for the past 5 yrs if not longer, and didn't notice the difference during the switch.
After a mole removal visit to the dermatologist she suggested I take YAZ instead of tanning ("maybe" 10 minutes a couple times a week) for my acne especially during winter.
I was on YAZ for 2 months.
Lost my desire completely. Everything dried up.
My fiance and I aren't very active to begin with, so that was an absolute nightmare.
Went back to Low-ogestrel, have been back for 2 months now, and am not dry anymore, but am still lacking desire for anything.
Should I try to quit my BCP for a couple months before starting up again to restart my system, or would that even work?
Part of me wonders if its also the combination of stress, SAD, and possible family genetics because I have a mother who has some nasty paranoid & schyzoid personality disorder, but at the same time, would YAZ set that off?
Think it was Ortho
After getting a couple jobs and insurances switches, am 28yrs old now..
Have been on Low-ogestrel for the past 5 yrs if not longer, and didn't notice the difference during the switch.
After a mole removal visit to the dermatologist she suggested I take YAZ instead of tanning ("maybe" 10 minutes a couple times a week) for my acne especially during winter.
I was on YAZ for 2 months.
Lost my desire completely. Everything dried up.
My fiance and I aren't very active to begin with, so that was an absolute nightmare.
Went back to Low-ogestrel, have been back for 2 months now, and am not dry anymore, but am still lacking desire for anything.
Should I try to quit my BCP for a couple months before starting up again to restart my system, or would that even work?
Part of me wonders if its also the combination of stress, SAD, and possible family genetics because I have a mother who has some nasty paranoid & schyzoid personality disorder, but at the same time, would YAZ set that off?
Wow my g/f is on this and everything was good for the first 4 months and all the sudden her feelings have changed, she is confused about how she feels about me and we never argue and get along great
thank god my friend told me to visit this site. i just hit my 4th month and have found myself in such a dark place. when my thoughts aren't swarming incessantly in my head, my whole life feels worthless and painful. i'm having a complete meltdown. i thought about taking my life this morning. i have never thought this. this site saved me. How can such a pill be on the market? I feel something has to be done to stop its production.
I just wanted to chime in and say ME TOO. I'm in my fourth month of taking Yaz and it's made me into the worst version of myself. I'm depressed, moody, my relationships with my husband and parents have been strained, not to mention I've been cranky and disagreeable at work.
I have had bad experiences on BCP's before and I asked my (now former) doc to NOT give me the pill to treat the symptoms of PCOS. He said "well, it's been a few years since you've been on the pill, why not try again?" I told him I'd rather not, but that if he recommended it strongly, I would try. In retrospect, i feel bullied into taking it. I know my body, and I know that BCP's mess me up, and for whatever reason he didn't take my concerns seriously. Now I"m seeing that YAZ is especially awful.
I got a new doctor (female) and she's given the thumbs up to get off YAZ, and she's told me that YAZ doesn't fix any PCOS problems. It just masks a few of the symptoms (hirsutism, acne). Big deal. The emotional side effects I've felt from this pill are so extreme, I can't believe it's not treated as a controlled substance. This is a serious drug and should not be taken lightly (IMO). Maybe this is the Yaz talking, but men had to take this, there'd be a national outcry. It felt so good to switch to a female doc who was deeply sympathetic to how weird the pill can make you.
For the first month, I actually felt better and my skin looked somewhat better. By the second month, it was all down hill. I've been self-doubting, suspicious, jealous, I feel like "no one understands", I'm angry and I feel unappreciated. It's like I have no strength reserves inside and I"m set off by the littlest thing. My husband and I have actually gotten into marriage counseling because it's been so awful between us.
I have had bad experiences on BCP's before and I asked my (now former) doc to NOT give me the pill to treat the symptoms of PCOS. He said "well, it's been a few years since you've been on the pill, why not try again?" I told him I'd rather not, but that if he recommended it strongly, I would try. In retrospect, i feel bullied into taking it. I know my body, and I know that BCP's mess me up, and for whatever reason he didn't take my concerns seriously. Now I"m seeing that YAZ is especially awful.
I got a new doctor (female) and she's given the thumbs up to get off YAZ, and she's told me that YAZ doesn't fix any PCOS problems. It just masks a few of the symptoms (hirsutism, acne). Big deal. The emotional side effects I've felt from this pill are so extreme, I can't believe it's not treated as a controlled substance. This is a serious drug and should not be taken lightly (IMO). Maybe this is the Yaz talking, but men had to take this, there'd be a national outcry. It felt so good to switch to a female doc who was deeply sympathetic to how weird the pill can make you.
For the first month, I actually felt better and my skin looked somewhat better. By the second month, it was all down hill. I've been self-doubting, suspicious, jealous, I feel like "no one understands", I'm angry and I feel unappreciated. It's like I have no strength reserves inside and I"m set off by the littlest thing. My husband and I have actually gotten into marriage counseling because it's been so awful between us.
I have been taking Yaz for 4 months and am losing it! I am still on it because my obgyn won't change me over to something else. He thinks I am just being sensitive and should suck it up. I have no sex drive and sometimes for days I won't talk to anyone because I am so angry. I have 2 other friends who were on this pill too and had the same symptoms. I am now having midcycle bleeding and cramping. I hate Yaz and would not recommend it to anyone!
Thank you so much everyone for these posts! I thought I was going mad. I've only been on Yaz for 5 weeks but I have never felt so depressed. I've never been depressed in my entire life and all of a sudden I'm having suicidal thoughts, for no reason whatsoever. My relationship is also virtually destroyed. I'm not surprised if my boyfriend's fed up with me this way but there is nothing I can do to get out of this dark dark place and I've turned into such a horrible person to be around. I keep breaking up with him for ridiculous jealousy reasons because I have anxiety now also way beyond my control! The poor boy can't do anything without me flipping out and this just is not me! At least he is such a decent guy who's willing to stick with me through this, but someone can only take so much.
My doctors away and I can't even get in touch with him but I think I need to take myself off this drug!!! I'd rather keep my PCOS and all it's nasty symptoms then feel like this :-(
My doctors away and I can't even get in touch with him but I think I need to take myself off this drug!!! I'd rather keep my PCOS and all it's nasty symptoms then feel like this :-(
I've been on Yaz for a little over a year. For the first few months, everything was fine- Yaz didn't make me suicidal like other BC did, and it really seemed to help with my PMS. Sometime in the last six months, though, things started to unravel. I'm irritable all the time, I have palpitations, I can't sleep, I feel like a zombie, and I never want to leave the house. I thought maybe I was having some low-grade depression (I have a history of depression), until I realized that I have zero sex drive. I've never had that happen, even when I was extremely depressed and was on anti-depressants that usually will kill someone's sex drive. These symptoms developed slowly, and it took me a long time to realize that something was wrong.
I've been suspecting for the last month or two that Yaz is to blame. After reading the posts here, I've decided to throw away my pills and go back to condoms. After discussing this with my husband, he had no problem with my decision; aside of his concern for me, he's tired of being snapped at and not getting laid.
I've been suspecting for the last month or two that Yaz is to blame. After reading the posts here, I've decided to throw away my pills and go back to condoms. After discussing this with my husband, he had no problem with my decision; aside of his concern for me, he's tired of being snapped at and not getting laid.
Ditto to all the above. On Yaz for 1 1/2 years. Just recently realized it was causing my lack of emotion, depression, fatigue, headaches. I forgot my BC while my husband and I were on vacation. My husband commented on my "return to normalcy". Not putting 2 and 2 together I restarted the pills soon after we returned home. That's when it hit me. IT'S THE PILLS!! I was on the verge of seeing a therapist. These pills are terrible. I'm glad I found this page, I thought maybe it was just me.