I'm very grateful to hear that I am not going crazy; I just had my 10th + anxiety attack episode and finally realized it's YAZ and not me. I'm fine; I am a healthy woman with no reason for the anxiety and depression that I am feeling. I have not been able to have many positive thoughts in the 4 months that I have been on YAZ. The anxiety attacks become physical and they run their course; I am completely helpless to them. My heart rate increases, cold sweat, trembling, paranoid thoughts; it's been crushing. I've called my doctor, and I am going off this BC Pill immediately. I gained weight (about 10 pounds); I knew this had to be YAZ because I never gained any weight with both of my pregnancies and I've been the same size since if was 15 years old. The weight gain was the least of my problems; mentally, I was convinced I was spirraling out of control; I decided to google YAZ and found that many women are experiencing the same thing. I started to look back in my journal, and all of the symptoms started when I switched to the YAZ BC Pill. I just hadn't put it together sooner; I never thought my doctor would prescribe me something that has this potential to be so negative. Other sever and new symptoms have been; periods of bloating with constipation, weekly headaches, anger, mood swings, the anxiety attacks I mentioned above, and just an overall feeling of not being myself.
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I too have experienced many of the sympt's already mentioned here. I'm a 22 y/o, soon to be college grad, have a job, socially busy, have my fun ect... And I have just always pegged my anxiety/moodyness/ deepression/loss in sex drive (all as of then), on one or more of my day to day happenings. But I figured I was always able to handle it, I'm a strong woman and thought maybe it's just the overwhelmingness of something that went on in a particular day... and untill I just totaly broke down one night... and couldn't handle what was making me feel this way. My friends all noticed my mood swings, (especially my close male friends.) Plus, I enjoyed having a sex life, and once on yaz, I felt all of a sudden as if I no longer needed nor wanted sex, and this confused not only me (looking back on it lol) but the people I told it to too. It HALTED!!! It was a false front! Because I clearly have feelings but didn't act upon them cuz of this stupid pill! And in the process turned away some of my closest friends...All of this cycled back and forth, and I was a just a wreck of emotion and tempers... I was on yaz for just under 7 months. But have now been off of it for 2 months! (and am currently on no other BC) and I feel great!!! My relationships are back where they should be, my mood is happier, and everything is right! Think twice before taking Yaz, condoms are wayyyy easier!!
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All the women complain and that is understandable. However, it is the men that should really be complaining. This pill is a nightmare. I look forward to working long hours. I am even willing to go to the office on saturday and sunday. Anything to get me out of the house and away from my moody wife. This pill doesn't help, it magnifies a woman's normal problems. My wife was on a pill that worked great for 3 weeks out of the month and then turned her into a raging nightmare for the 4th week. I got greedy and told her to ask her OB/GYN about a better pill. Yaz was recommended and now instead of being miserable 25% of the time, I am miserable about 90% of the time, as is she. I think she has decided to go back on her old pill so that we can have a happy marriage 75% of the time. The other 25% of the time she is going to live in the guest room (her decision). Yaz SUX!
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Thank you lord for finding all of these posts. I too thought I was a nutbag! Nice to know I'm not. So how long after you guys stopped taking this did you get back to tomorrow. I threw my pills away today and will NEVER take them again! Thank you all!
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I have been taking Yaz for over a year. I took it to help with my suicidal urges at that time of the month. It really helps with that. I am now taking classes for depression, so I think I'm ready to get off of Yaz. It has ruined my sex drive. My bf and i used to have sex three times a day and he's lucky if it's three times a month now. Sometimes I don't even want him to touch me. And if he does I get so angry with him. For me it's hard to tell what is the pill, what is me, and what is my depression. After reading all this I think that I can take some blame off of myself.
Thanks, ladies.
Thanks, ladies.
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I am 30 and tried to go on BC for the first time because my periods have been very painful and I have had very heavy bleeding- so heavy it interfered with daily life some months. I was very reluctant to go on any BC because I have a hx of depression and anxiety and I have heard that birth control can really mess with your mood, but my Dr. reccomeded Yaz.
The first few weeks on Yaz I was okay- but then I started to notice that I felt really agitiated and angry a lot more often than normal. Then when I started the white "inactive" pills, I started to get EXTREME anxiety, the kind I have not had in years and years (before therapy). I could not calm down and the anxiety lasted for the next three weeks- to the point that I was having irregular heartbeats, uncontrollable racing thoughts, and I was having trouble sleeping. I also had almost no sex drive the whole time I was on Yaz, which is the total opposite of my usual self.
Finally, halfway through my second pack, I started expereincing heavy mid-cycle bleeding along with the anxiety and irregular heatbeats. This really freaked me out and I contacted my doctor right away who told me to stop taking Yaz immediately. She called in another pill for me to try but I have not started it yet.
Honestly, I don't want to go through this mess again, and am thinking about other methods of controlling my menstrual issues. I feel for everyone having problems with Yaz! It truly feels like you are going crazy and it is not worth it! :'(
The first few weeks on Yaz I was okay- but then I started to notice that I felt really agitiated and angry a lot more often than normal. Then when I started the white "inactive" pills, I started to get EXTREME anxiety, the kind I have not had in years and years (before therapy). I could not calm down and the anxiety lasted for the next three weeks- to the point that I was having irregular heartbeats, uncontrollable racing thoughts, and I was having trouble sleeping. I also had almost no sex drive the whole time I was on Yaz, which is the total opposite of my usual self.
Finally, halfway through my second pack, I started expereincing heavy mid-cycle bleeding along with the anxiety and irregular heatbeats. This really freaked me out and I contacted my doctor right away who told me to stop taking Yaz immediately. She called in another pill for me to try but I have not started it yet.
Honestly, I don't want to go through this mess again, and am thinking about other methods of controlling my menstrual issues. I feel for everyone having problems with Yaz! It truly feels like you are going crazy and it is not worth it! :'(
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Yaz is the first birth control i have ever tried. I'm 22 years old, and wasn't sure if what I was experiencing was all in my head or what! Ive only been on them a couple of months and I have never been more depressed in my life. I can't get out of bed in the mornings, I have no desire to do what I used to love to do, or even have sex. I have been bleeding continuously for two weeks with cramps so horrible that I wake up in the night sobbing from the pain. If its not cramps its migraines or joint pain.At work I can't focus, it feels like I can't put words together or read them right or something. I have been so worried that there was something wrong with me until I read these posts. Tomorrow I'm talking to my doctor, I can't continue with these pills. Ive heard that it goes away in a couple of months but I don't think I can wait that long. This isn't something that happens with all birth control right?
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Thank god there are others out there that have experianced the side effects of Yaz. I was taking it for two months and the first month was ok, but I noticed I had headaches everyday, and a constant mood. I was not happy, but wan't sad either.
After the second month I started to have more headaches which no amount of caffiene or advil would get rid of. My mood started to plumet. I started to get sad, extremely anxious, and cry for no reason. I even started being mean to my boyfriend, and stopped wanting to sleep with him which was the whole point of taking the pill in the first place. I stopped joking around and being happy like I was before I started taking the pill. I have since stopped taking the pill, and my headaches are subsiding, and for two weeks I have started to get my sense of humor and happiness back. I am now considering just get a diaphragm, and using condoms after this. Even though I have awful cramps taking Midol everyday for five days is better than taking a pill everyday.
After the second month I started to have more headaches which no amount of caffiene or advil would get rid of. My mood started to plumet. I started to get sad, extremely anxious, and cry for no reason. I even started being mean to my boyfriend, and stopped wanting to sleep with him which was the whole point of taking the pill in the first place. I stopped joking around and being happy like I was before I started taking the pill. I have since stopped taking the pill, and my headaches are subsiding, and for two weeks I have started to get my sense of humor and happiness back. I am now considering just get a diaphragm, and using condoms after this. Even though I have awful cramps taking Midol everyday for five days is better than taking a pill everyday.
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I am so glad to hear I am not the only one who is going through this! As unfortunate a situation as it is, it's reassuring to know this is not just me..blehh.
I was on YAZ for 4 months and was bleeding throughout each one. I noticed my mood going way down hill and my acne breakouts were getting even worse! Doc took me off of it and prescribed me to orthotricyclin-low but I'm so turned off from BC pills now I don't even want to cash it in :\
I thought my moods were horrible beforehand so I tried YAZ because of the fights I was getting into with my boyfriend-at the time. We broke up, I was miserable, went re-bounding, and noticed my mood was way worse with a new guy.
Situational AND hormonal...I'm wiped! I don't want to do anything anymore. My anxiety was so through the roof I ended up medically withdrawing from school and coming home. It's sad to think all of that could have been prevented, but I'll definitely be more aware in the future..
I am so glad to hear I am not the only one who is going through this! As unfortunate a situation as it is, it's reassuring to know this is not just me..blehh.
I was on YAZ for 4 months and was bleeding throughout each one. I noticed my mood going way down hill and my acne breakouts were getting even worse! Doc took me off of it and prescribed me to orthotricyclin-low but I'm so turned off from BC pills now I don't even want to cash it in :\
I thought my moods were horrible beforehand so I tried YAZ because of the fights I was getting into with my boyfriend-at the time. We broke up, I was miserable, went re-bounding, and noticed my mood was way worse with a new guy.
Situational AND hormonal...I'm wiped! I don't want to do anything anymore. My anxiety was so through the roof I ended up medically withdrawing from school and coming home. It's sad to think all of that could have been prevented, but I'll definitely be more aware in the future..
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I started Yaz about 6 weeks ago and I'm stopping immediately. I naturally have some depression, which comes and goes periodically. Since about my second week on Yaz I began feeling very moody. Soon the moodiness turned into the worste depression of my life. I have had terrible anxiety, which wakes me from my sleep at night. My brain has been filled with horrible, desperate thoughts and my behavoir has strained my romantic relationship.
Finally I spoke with my sister, who asked about my BC. She said she had a similar reaction to Yasmine a couple of years ago. Things started to add up! I'm going back to my doctor immediately to try a different pill or nuva ring instead. I'm so glad to know I haven't completely lost my mind! The past few weeks have been no life at all. I'm so glad I'm not alone. Good-bye to you, Yaz.
Finally I spoke with my sister, who asked about my BC. She said she had a similar reaction to Yasmine a couple of years ago. Things started to add up! I'm going back to my doctor immediately to try a different pill or nuva ring instead. I'm so glad to know I haven't completely lost my mind! The past few weeks have been no life at all. I'm so glad I'm not alone. Good-bye to you, Yaz.
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I have been using yaz for almost 7 months now. In the past 2 months, I have been a complete mess. I am depressed constantly for no reason. I have no sex drive. I feel like I have no feelings towards my boyfriend half the time. Then I began having this anxiety, and I have no idea why. Finally, recently I have been talking to my family about whats going on and they suggest for me to talk to someone professional about how I'm feeling. But then I decided to look into yaz side affects, and looks as though there are many other women feeling the exact same way on it. I am going to stop using it. It's practically ruining me.
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I am only forteen, but yaz has made me so depressed and sucidal. It reallly just sucks. I want to stay on it for another month to see if anything changes but i have been completely misserable. I have cried everyday about little things or no reason at all. I can tell my boyfriend of a year is trying to be sensitive since i call him bawling everyday, but i am just a wreak.
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I'm really glad I decided to do futrher research on YAZ. I will start my second pack of the BC in a few days. I haven't experienced any adverse side effects other than mood swings and depression. I started noticing irritability within a few days of taking the pill but decided I should give it a little more time. Within the last few weeks, my boyfriend has had serious talks with me saying I'm bi-polar and that he can't take my EXTREME and roller coaster mood swings. I am a firecracker on this pill and I explode for no reason and rant and rave for hours. I scream and cry uncontrollably and once I get angry or am saddened, the mood lasts for hours or a day or two. I am waiting to hear from my Dr.'s nurse now because I've stopped the YAZ and am looking for alternative. I refuse to lose my bf over birth control.
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