http://boards.weddingbee.com/ Weddingbee Boards Topic: anyone on Yaz? en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:33:01 +0000 http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/anyone-on-yaz#post-373810 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:03:26 +0000 monalisa670 373810@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Hey! I'm so glad this board is still going strong! Sorry for my hiatus. I switched to Yaz and I'm on the last active day of my first pack today, actually. So far, so good. I noticed a slight increase in my sex drive and some breast soreness, but other than that I pretty much feel just normal. So that's a good thing! Haven't gained any weight and my skin is clear but I think it's too early to tell about the weight. I think what will also complicate things for me is that I just started taking Chantix, which has a TON of side effects! So I don't think I will really know any others of my Yaz side effects til I'm off the Chantix, mood-wise.&nbsp;</p> <p>Anyway so good to hear all of your input! Thanks!</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/anyone-on-yaz#post-372991 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:34:33 +0000 feverpitch 372991@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>My doc put me on it the minute she found out about it. I trusted her. What I noticed was the weight gain and irritability. I went off it 4 mo. later. I now see all those &nbsp;commercials when they spend more time giving disclaimers SCARY.&nbsp;</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/anyone-on-yaz#post-367156 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:12:30 +0000 ErinMarguerite 367156@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>I was on Yaz for years and switched to Yasmine about a year ago. &nbsp;I haven't had big problems with mood swings or depression on either of them, and I've been on various pills for so long I have no idea if it's zapped my sex drive (isn't that sad?). &nbsp;I liked Yaz, but after a couple of years I had a lot of break through bleeding, and when I mentioned that to my doc, she suggested I step up the dose.</p> <p>When I go back, I think I'm going to switch again--my PMS has been way worse on Yasmine. &nbsp;I would have gone back to switch earlier, but my doc was on maternity leave for so long that I couldn't see her until right before our wedding, and decided to wait for my annual check up.</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/anyone-on-yaz#post-367090 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:32:05 +0000 Carbon Girl 367090@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>My mood is great on Yaz.&nbsp; Waaay better than Ortho TriCyclen.&nbsp; Sex drive, however, is pretty none existent.</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/anyone-on-yaz#post-367078 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:23:28 +0000 JoesWifey 367078@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Nearing the end of my 2nd pack, and so far things are a bit better than my first. Less nausea, though still a tiny bit, and boobs have been waaay less sore, though they're bigger (one of my bras totally did not fit at all the other day, and I didn't notice until after I got to work. ugh!) My cramps were actually more severe than on LoEstrin (though not as bad as when I wasn't on BC at all) and it lasted like a week :( I'm hoping its shorter and lighter this month, and if not, I'll switch back or look for something else since getting rid of cramps and shorter periods are the main reasons I'm on BC at all. I've had one headache so far, and it was a bad one, worse than on the LoEstrin, but still not quite a migraine. Also, I've been getting a few more pimples though i haven't changed my skin care products or regiment at all. I'm guessing it's my body still getting used to the new hormones, but we'll see.</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/anyone-on-yaz#post-367036 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:01:27 +0000 Minutiae 367036@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Yeah...a friend of mine tried it for a while and went suicidal. It was pretty darn scary. She started taking it and all her emotions and energy just disappeared within 48 hours, it really shook her up. :( Be careful with whatever bc you're taking!</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/anyone-on-yaz#post-367000 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:46:46 +0000 Juliet0310 367000@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>I really think you have to have diagnosed PMDD (low hormone levels) to go on this pill. Before i started on it last year for my PMDD and chronic headaches, i read hundreds of reviews saying how awful it was for so many people. I was so scared to start on it! I litlerally went to my mom crying about it I was so scared. I started on it anyways and had my mom and FI watch for someone the moodswings/depression i read about. Excpet, I had NO sideffects other than my boobs getting bigger. I was not sick, not tired, nothing. I felt a million times better on the pill than off the pill (i had to the dramatic mood swings before being on it.)</p> <p>So really, talk with your doctor and make sure it is right for YOU. It is not right for everyone, only those with PMDD.</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/anyone-on-yaz#post-324862 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:31:37 +0000 CourtneyCrocker 324862@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>I was tri-levlen and went CRAZY! I cried allll the time so I stopped taking it. Then I was on Desogen after I had an ovian cyst and was told I HAD to be in the pill. Desogen made me so so so moody. I had such a short fuse and was kinda depressed. So at this years check up I asked to be put on Yaz and I LOVE IT!!!</p> <p>Yaz has helped my mood swings, lightened my cramps, and made me a lot nicer to be around according to my family. As long as I take it everyday at the same time I dont have any break through bleeding. Hopefully you find one that works for you! Good Luck!</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/anyone-on-yaz#post-324261 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:01:27 +0000 fiftyfootbride 324261@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Yaz made me go bat-nuts crazy the day before my period, every time. I'd be paranoid, crying, totally irrational-- it was AWFUL. :-/</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/anyone-on-yaz#post-324260 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:01:02 +0000 stephinPA 324260@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>I'm on Yaz and have no issues.&nbsp; It's different for everyone though.</p>