I am ending my second month of yaz this week. For the past month or two my husband and I have been on edge.. fighting, bickering, I don't want him to touch me, I've thought I wasn't in love with him, horrible, horrible thoughts... I hadn't had these thoughts before and I am just now linking them to my bc pills Yaz. After reading everybody reviews, I now feel like I'm not crazy. I have even had thoughts of separating from my husband because I feel like I don't even want to be married to him because I don't want him to touch me. So I'm going to stop this crazy pill now, I feel like my hormones are CRAZY
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I've been taking Yaz for almost a year now, and all I can say is you need to find the pill that works right for YOU. I took Femcon and a few others and had all of the symptoms that all of you have described (although I naturally have an anxiety disorder) and all other pills made me so much worse. However, after my body adjusted to starting BC (which took 6 months, seriously) I have been so much better. My only complaint with Yaz is the price (especially now that I don't have insurance) but I'm willing to pay the price tag because I feel SO much better on it than on any other medication I tried. Give Yaz a chance, and if it really doesn't work for you than its not the pill, its just not the right one for your body.
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Do NOT take YAZ. It is awful. I have not even completed a month yet and it has wrecked my relationship with my boyfriend. I have turned in to a moody jealous person and I can't control my emotions. I hate it and now I feel like I have ruined the most important thing in my life. I wish someone would have told me about the nasty side effects ( moodiness, depression, weight gain, etc.) I don't even feel like myself. I am waiting to hear back from my Dr. I need to switch asap. I just tried the nuva ring for 4 months and had issues with it too. I wish i could find a bc that didn't make me crazy!!! Help. :-(
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My daughter, age 18, went on Yaz about 1 1/2 years ago. I immediately noticed changes in her personality. She was extremely moody and anxious. Her behavior made her very hard to be around. She is now leaving for college in 3 weeks and I am finally realizing that I could have prevented a year that has been very detrimental to our relationship if I had taken action sooner. The year that was should have been filled with additional bonding to get us through her time away has turned into an unpleasant experience. Thanks for posting on this website. I will direct more mothers and daughters to this site in the future.
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I just started my second pack of Yaz and I have had an extremely rough time with it. I often burst into tears for no reason at all, and am constantly nauseated and have frequent migraines. My boyfriend last night observed that all this started when I started taking the pill, which I had not noticed. I feel very cheated by my doctor because although she was aware of my history of migraines and depression, she prescribed a pill known to intensify these conditions without warning me. Yesterday was the last day on this pill.
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You pretty much described what I went through. I signed up for a study of the pill though because they were seeing if they could cut down the periods to 4 times a year but I only made it through the first 2-3 months and had a breakdown and was on a depressed crying jag for 2 entire days and nights. The psych and two doctors I went to (including the one doing the study) said it "could" be related to that but never really paid it any attention. I have been on medication for the depression for almost a year but just recently got off of it but I still dont feel the same at all as before. I pretty much have gotten used to dealing with the crazy mood swings and such and I wish every day that my doctor had never given me that option for "free" birth control and that I had never accepted it. Luckily me boyfriend has stuck with me and is trying to understand even though I dont even understand whats going on with my emotions. I knew this pill was pretty bad after seeing the lawyer commercials but I didnt know that there were this many other people experiencing the depression aspect the same as I was.
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I completely agree that this pill has horrible side effects. I went on it mostly to clear up acne, because both of my college roommates were on it and said it was great. After 4 or 5 months on it I began to feel horrible. I began questioning my relationship with my boyfriend of three years, for no reason! I also had anxiety and intrusive thoughts that I could not get out of my head. I didn't feel like myself at all. So I went off the pill in May (3 months ago)... and unfortunately, I don't feel much better. I still don't feel like myself... I just feel like a shell of a person most of the time. I have never had depression before, so I know that this didn't come out of nowhere. I know they say it can take up to 3 months to get the birth control hormones totally out of your system, but I am wondering why I don't feel better . I feel like my body is totally off whack. I regret going on this pill without doing more research. Has anyone else gone off the pill and not noticed much change?? :'(
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I had the exact same feelings after being on it for 5 months. I stopped taking it 3 months ago, and unfortunately, I don't feel much better. The moodiness is mostly gone, but I still feel depressed and I still question my relationship a lot (even though I have an amazing boyfriend). Hopefully, you will start to feel better, but I don't. I am hoping I start feeling like myself again soon. It is supposed to take 3 months to get out of your system. Good luck
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I have been on Yaz for about a year now. How I managed to just boil down my depression and anger because of this is killing me. I have been suffering for months. My amazing boyfriend knows I am not the girl he met, but he is on his last straw. After reading all these posts, I made up my mind. I will finish this pack in 3 days and will be DONE! I have no motivation to do anything, I never want to go out, I want to sleep all the time and I argue and fight about nothing, sometimes physically. This pill has made me 100% not the person I am. I am looking forward to ditching it for good. I wish I realized this long ago to avoid all the damage I have done to myself, my friends, and my family. I truly hope stopping this pill will help me out! To any one thinking of yaz- don't believe their commercials!!! Also, the cost is ungodly for those of us with no prescription coverage! Waste of money, time, and emotion. I can't wait to be done and start feeling like myself again and to finally fix things with the man of my dreams!
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I also have moods swings with Yaz
I started taking them when i found out i had pcos and plus going through difficult times in my life so is like double the mood swings.
Yaz has been like the cherry on top for my life :-(
I started taking them when i found out i had pcos and plus going through difficult times in my life so is like double the mood swings.
Yaz has been like the cherry on top for my life :-(
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I have been on yaz for about a year and Im having awful side effects. I have had more discharge than I have ever had before, constant yeast infections, severe depression, anxiety, and anger through the roof. I am d/c after this next month and switch to Loestrin24 so hopefully that helps. DO NOT TAKE YAZ, ITS TOO NEW and they havent studied the side effects enough
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Hello my fellow sufferers,
I know this sounds weird but I am glad to hear I am not alone. I suffer from anxiety and take medication on a daily basis. I went to my gyno for my yearly pap-smear and told her i was interested in birth control because i recently got back with my boyfriend and she wrote me a prescription for YAZ. I read the entire pamphlet "literally" and saw that it helps reduce anxiety that you experience during your period. I thought this was great because I can sometimes get panic attacks with my period. I have now been on YAZ for 13 days and have been an EMOTIONAL MESS! I have been sick to my stomach, shaking, ridden with anxiety and panic and am having trouble sleeping. I have also been having thoughts of severe paranoia and keep thinking that everything is wrong with me. As i am writing this my hands are trembling because my nerves are such a mess. I called my OBGYN and explained all of this to her and she said that "Yaz doesn't usually cause anxiety but it can cause depression". HELLO!!! ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION GO TOGETHER! well.... then i started looking online and thankfully found this post. I just called my doctor's office again but this time asked to speak to the Nurse Practitioner... She told me that YAZ can ABSOLUTELY cause anxiety and to stop taking it IMMEDIATELY!!! I HAVE BEEN HAVING HOT FLASHES, RAPID HEART BEAT, PARANOIA, SHAKING, TINGLING IN MY HANDS AND FEET AND WITHDRAWING FROM MY FRIENDS, BOYFRIEND, WORK AND THE GYM (which is usually my outlet).
Considering I have a history of anxiety I am so mad that my doctor did not inform me of these side effects! I have been suffering and taking xanax to calm me down. I can usually shake myself out of the panic and anxiety but this time NOTHING is working. The paranoia is the worst because it is making me believe things that arent even there.
PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION!!! IT IS NOT WORTH IT! :-(
I know this sounds weird but I am glad to hear I am not alone. I suffer from anxiety and take medication on a daily basis. I went to my gyno for my yearly pap-smear and told her i was interested in birth control because i recently got back with my boyfriend and she wrote me a prescription for YAZ. I read the entire pamphlet "literally" and saw that it helps reduce anxiety that you experience during your period. I thought this was great because I can sometimes get panic attacks with my period. I have now been on YAZ for 13 days and have been an EMOTIONAL MESS! I have been sick to my stomach, shaking, ridden with anxiety and panic and am having trouble sleeping. I have also been having thoughts of severe paranoia and keep thinking that everything is wrong with me. As i am writing this my hands are trembling because my nerves are such a mess. I called my OBGYN and explained all of this to her and she said that "Yaz doesn't usually cause anxiety but it can cause depression". HELLO!!! ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION GO TOGETHER! well.... then i started looking online and thankfully found this post. I just called my doctor's office again but this time asked to speak to the Nurse Practitioner... She told me that YAZ can ABSOLUTELY cause anxiety and to stop taking it IMMEDIATELY!!! I HAVE BEEN HAVING HOT FLASHES, RAPID HEART BEAT, PARANOIA, SHAKING, TINGLING IN MY HANDS AND FEET AND WITHDRAWING FROM MY FRIENDS, BOYFRIEND, WORK AND THE GYM (which is usually my outlet).
Considering I have a history of anxiety I am so mad that my doctor did not inform me of these side effects! I have been suffering and taking xanax to calm me down. I can usually shake myself out of the panic and anxiety but this time NOTHING is working. The paranoia is the worst because it is making me believe things that arent even there.
PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION!!! IT IS NOT WORTH IT! :-(
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Guys, I too have been experiencing depression on a level I've never before in my life experienced. The truth is I can't say 100% for sure it's Yaz, I haven't stopped taking Yaz and waited a few weeks then started taking it again to determine such a direct cause and effect. I was mildly depressed before I started taking it, so I don't know if it's a natural depression or if Yaz has spurred the progression on. I do know I've had mild depression in the past and it's NEVER progressed to this state, ever.
But what I really wanted to say is that with such serious side effects it is OUR job as consumers to report this stuff to the FDA. When a drug goes on the market it has passed 3 phases of development, and the 4th phase is once it has gone on the market healthcare providers and consumers continue to watch for as yet undiscovered adverse effects and than take the initiative to report it to the FDA. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE 100% POSITIVE about the correlation between the drug and the effects, that's where the FDA comes in to do further investigation. If you THINK Yaz is giving you severe depression or adverse effects, that hunch is enough, please, report it to MedWatch.
I just did. I couldn't fill out every question (I didn't know dosage level) but I just filled out all I could and left the rest blank. I only even know about MedWatch b/c i'm a nursing student who's taking pharmacology and we just learned all about it, but we learned how important Phase 4 is (post FDA approval, once it's come on the market) and how many serious, lethal side effects have been discovered through such reporting (e.g. Thalidomide babies). Take the five minutes required to be proactive about the effects this drug may or may not be having on us, and perhaps we can spare other women the pain.
But what I really wanted to say is that with such serious side effects it is OUR job as consumers to report this stuff to the FDA. When a drug goes on the market it has passed 3 phases of development, and the 4th phase is once it has gone on the market healthcare providers and consumers continue to watch for as yet undiscovered adverse effects and than take the initiative to report it to the FDA. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE 100% POSITIVE about the correlation between the drug and the effects, that's where the FDA comes in to do further investigation. If you THINK Yaz is giving you severe depression or adverse effects, that hunch is enough, please, report it to MedWatch.
I just did. I couldn't fill out every question (I didn't know dosage level) but I just filled out all I could and left the rest blank. I only even know about MedWatch b/c i'm a nursing student who's taking pharmacology and we just learned all about it, but we learned how important Phase 4 is (post FDA approval, once it's come on the market) and how many serious, lethal side effects have been discovered through such reporting (e.g. Thalidomide babies). Take the five minutes required to be proactive about the effects this drug may or may not be having on us, and perhaps we can spare other women the pain.
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I just stopped the Yasmin birthcontrol and I am so happy I did. I learned after researching it that it lowers the testoserone levels in you body thus making you lose labido and gain weight, or the inability to lose weight. Research about testoserone in women, and you will see how important it is. I was on yasmin for 3 years and didn't know why I was so depressed and had no sex drive. I was fat, depressed and single! My doctors kept saying "you need to lose 30lbs!!!" and they never took in consideration the B.C. and I was given Prozac for depression which I had a bad reaction from, itching and such. So, it has only been 1 month since I got off the pill. I am still over weight but I am exercising like crazy. I am eating 1000 calories a day, and I am determined to "get back to normal", I just want to know how long will that take???? I was told to go to an accupuncturist to help with the process, I may do that.
We all need more education on the effects of B.C on the body. Especially the effects on our Testoserone! I have seen NO articles on this, and this is HUGE!
We all need more education on the effects of B.C on the body. Especially the effects on our Testoserone! I have seen NO articles on this, and this is HUGE!
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