Yaz - depression, anxiety, loss of libido

omw - im also so grateful i found this - i am so so depressed, crying, sad, suicidal - and for no real reason - also zero sex drive = and my BF has been sweeter and nicer to me than ever - i feel so sorry for him... i thought it might be Yaz but now i know for sure.  only been on them for 2 weeks and already i want to jump off a bridge - need to see doc... this sh*t it evil...

Thanks for all your stories too...

:'( 

Don't worry! it goes away! I was like this because of Yaz a year ago and I changed onto Estelle I'm pretty sure..and back to my normal self! Just change asap!

I was on Alesse for about a year and a half and gained 10lbs within four months, was depressed and moody and finally eventually had almost zero libido. So I stopped taking it last January and by May I felt like my normal self again.  I lost the weight, I was my happy care-free self.  I realized my boyfriend was bringing my happy self down and broke up with him.

I started dating a new guy and figured I should get back on the pill, so back to Alesse it was! A month and half later I gained the 10lbs back.  So I switched to Yaz, add another 2lbs, even more moodiness, anxiety and enough depression for the doctor to put me on a SSRI (which as I just don't want to take anymore pills)

So now what?

I'm going to try a copper IUD.

You've just thrown me a life jacket thank you so much...I feel just like that but didn't believe it could be Yaz, the timeframe all works out now as I started feeling like this during my first cycle of taking these pills.

I have been on Yaz for about 6weeks. My periods were so painful and I was bleeding mid cycle as well. My first period on this pill was so great compared to normal. I felt like the pain wanted to be there but it was covered by something, like a shadow of pain.  Thats the only way I can describe it. BUT I have been nauseous most nights and have vomited a number of times. I am lying in bed now crying for no reason and everything  - life in general - seems utterly overwhelming. My skin is no better and I keep getting numb legs and arms. I know I should just stop taking it but I cant go back to bleeding all the time and so much pain. 

I thought I was alone in all this and clearly I am not. I started BC last year with a pack I can't remember now because I only lasted a month. I then went on to Alesse which caused me to have ten day periods with cramps and horrible acne. Stopped that after 3 months.

Then I took a break only to start tri cyclen lo (the tri-phasic pill).. That was a mistake. From Sept when I started tri-lo I have felt like I have been on an emotional roller coaster, not to mention that I also grew a massive cyst on my ovary causing my gyno to change me to tricyclen. That didn't work either, I became so depressed I started having suicidal thoughts and had trouble keeping my life together. So my doctor suggested I see a therapist and I currently am to which she diagnosed me with general anxiety disorder.

Being in grad school I have to have my A-game on all the time with the work load so my gyno put me on Yaz as a last resort since we had exhausted all other chemical compounds for BC. That hasn't worked either. The first month I was ok, with the odd mood swing but I generally felt good on it. The second month I have felt like I have been slipping into despair which should be the opposite since I have been seeing a therapist to sort out my stress issues. Now on the third month I have such terrible anxiety it debiliating at times. I am depressed. Constantly tired. I cut coffee out because I wanted to see if it would help stop the heart palpitations but then I get extremely exhausted.. and I only drink one cup a day!! Even with one cup I am still exhausted. Also, I still get terrible underground zits that hurt my face, they might not last as long as they used to but I still get them. 

I am moody and I pick fights with my fiance over stupid things. I am surprised he hasn't left me! I cry all the time, and I mean hysterical crying. I am so irritable that all I think is that the BC pill is just not worth it for me. My therapist mentioned I am a sensitive person and if you are sensitive sometimes the hormonal changes of the pill can be enough to get you over the edge. So I am done with it as my only other option is to go on a SSRI to deal with my anxiety.

So for me putting synthetic hormones in my body isn't worth it.. when it literally makes me insane. I understand some women are on it because of medical conditions or for contraception and that's fine. I know the pill is also the best contraceptive for pregnancy but there are other ways as well.. which require more work but if you're like me and going through the terrible emotional rollercoaster that the pill can cause I would rather use more time consuming forms of contraception than to be messing with my bodily hormones. 

Hi. I'm am experiencing the same mental health issues from quitting beyaz 3 months ago. Irrational thoughts, anxiety, depression, paranoia, depersonalization. All of which I never had prior to this. No history of mental Heath issues in the past. Have you gotten better at all????

Wow now I understand that I have indeed been taking crazy pills! Been on Yaz for 2 years and have been a shell of myself, depressed, no sex drive, introverted, moody and paranoid! I thought this whole time I was the cause of this! Now that I have stopped taking it for 5 days, I feel a million times better. Reading these comments confirms my suspicions and I hate this pill and what it has done to me, it is not worth the so called "benefits"! Hear our warnings ladies, this sh!t is pure evil!

I know this thread is a little old but in case anyone else is out there YOU ARE NOT ALONE. I have been on and off Yaz for over 6 years, it wasnt until about the past 2 years that I have suspected YAZ to be the culprit of my depression, mood swings, NO SEX drive, etc. I have taken Beyaz, Yasmin, and now Just YAZ, there is no difference in any of these. I started tracking my symptoms and it turns out that every 2nd week of the pill, towards the the middle of the week, i start to go bananas. I cry over everything, i snap, i'm mean and completely emotionless. A study in the UK actually claims my thoughts about the pill to be accurate.

I wish everyone luck! This is not at all something good to be putting in your body, i dont care what the doctors say or research says.

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After stopping this pill did your anxiety get better ??

HI this is Erica I'm feeling the same way.after being on yaz going in the 4 weeks didn't you try another kind

Hi,

I stopped taking Beyaz a month ago for these exact reasons (I was on it for about six months). How are you doing now?

My 15 year old daughter was prescribed Yaz to help with her acne and low iron levels. She has always been a happy, confident girl with a lot to look forward to and lots of friends. 4 months into Yaz and her experience has been anxiety, heart palpitations, extreme tiredness, depression, very teary and emotional, change in temperament to apathetic and cranky, she has few friends left and is on a downhill dark spiral which is completely and utterly caused from Yaz. Took her to see her Dr and Dr prescribed anti depressant drugs and wanted her to see a phychiatrist, grrrr! Dr would not acknowledge that it was the chemicals in the pill that were making her feelthe way she was. She is now 5 days of not having taken the pill and my beautiful happy girl is already feeling so much better, is happy, is not fatigued and hasn't cried or felt depressed. A lot needs to be said about this pill and we are writing a diary on her daily feelings as a reminder of how she is improving each day and will be presenting her Dr with it at her month checkup in the hope that the truth of this horrible drug will bring awareness to our Dr w;hen prescribing it to anyone else. This has been wonderful reading for myself and my daughter as for her to know it is nothing wrong with her, simply what has been fed into her body was so comforting and such a relief.

Hi I'm on Yaz now for a week and I really can't deal with the side effects, I want to leave it right away, what will the side effects be for me if I leave it just after a week?

I know this was a long time ago but if you don’t have an issue with acne then a good option would be orsythia ... I had no side effects no weight gain and libido was fine ! But I have an acne issue and I need to switch to yaz and I’m worried !