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I hated yaz. Switched from ortho to yaz in 2007 and it was horrible. I had my period for like 2 1/2 weeks straight, then i spotted like crazy, i was all moody, worst 4 months ever. I switched back to ortho and within a month i felt like myself again.
I took it two separate times. The first time I took it, everything was great. The second time (after a year of not taking it) my periods were irregular, I was moody, and in general felt like crap. My doctor switched me to ortho lite which worked great.
Yikes, this makes me worried! I've been using Yaz for about 4 years without any incidents whatsoever. And, given that I am not pregnant, I will say it has been quite effective! Maybe I should look into getting off of it? Scary!
I was emotional but it helped me in other ways. I have since gone off of it because my Dr. thought it was causing high blood pressure. This may not have been the case. I have gone to having the shot that lasts three months. I don't know yet how it is affecting me I only did it about a month ago. I don't know if the transition was bad or not I was on another pill right after before the shot so I don't know which cause the extra bleeding I had. I hope this helps a little.
Weight gain, emotional disaster, hair loss, leg cramps, eye sensitivity- these are only a few of the side effects I had on Yaz. My boobs were huge and every move I made was agonizing! Good call on getting off it!! I dont want to be pregnant any time soon.. but I also dont want to not be myself. Talk to your gyn about other options...
Search Birth Control on the search line here on the bee. there are two different people who have asked about BC pills & got pretty good responses. Basically every person is different. Every person responds differently to the different doses of hormones and estrogen in BC pills. I have heard this about YAZ with certain people. I'd talk to your doctor more. I was on tri-sprintec for a couple years and it was pretty good. My body was in such a good rythm that I could tell that in my 3rd row of pills was when the emotions/moodiness started. I talked to my doctor and they switched me to a pill that was constant levels of hormones & estrogen through all the rows. I've been on nordette now for only a couple weeks. So far so good. No major sudden mood swings like others I tried to switch too.
Weird! My Gyno says that low dose pills are definitely the way to go- I just started on Loestrin 24 Fe which I understand is very similar to Yaz and honestly, I really like it so far. Most of the time when I switch I have awful spotting in the first month and gain weight, but nothing so far!
One of the reasons why there are so many types of BC pills out there is that each persons body reacts differently. It may simply be that your body is not a good match for the hormones used in Yaz, but you might have no problems with a different pill. Talk to your OB/GYN to see about changing to a different hormone mixture. Sometimes it takes a couple of tries to find the right match.
Also, all the warnings regarding Yaz apply to most BC pills. If you smoke, it is not a good idea to take BC pills, but if you are generally healthy, you shouldn't have any problems.
I think this all depends on the individual. My sister and best friend have both been on Yaz for quite some time and they love it. I've been on Yasmin for years and love that too. Different people react differently to BC pills. There's no general answer.
I personally HATED yaz! I had tha crazy mood swings as well as spotting like no other....
Yaz changed my life. I was on ortho-tri cyclen lo and was a moody mess. I have pretty severe PMDD- Yaz was a life saver and has made me sane and much less crazy. It really does just depend on the person though, but Yaz does have some good stories too!
I have a love-hate rel'nship w/ yaz. I went on it after being on BC for about 7 straight years then 2 years on it. My periods were a lot better, but I had some symptoms that may or may not have been related to yasmin then yaz use. I also had a horrible cyst after I went off of yaz (now on no BC Pills), but that might've happened anyway...hard to know. I have had changes to my hair and chest pains, though, which are both on the symptoms list but who knows...could just be stress ?
With all the scary lawsuits right now, though, I have to wonder why your Dr. gave you Yaz except maybe she had free samples from a pharm. rep! Do you have PMDD or why not do another pill?
I was on ortho, then switched to yasmin which i liked a lot more. my gyno switched me to Yaz and I hated it so I went back to yasmin.
however i recently went off BC and it didn't really have much impact on my moods at all - after 10 years on BC!
I'm on Yaz, and I love it. Ortho was making me feel like a complete wreck. I was wondering what was wrong with me for awhile. As soon as I switched to Yaz, everything leveled out. I think the opinions on here are right - it just depends on your hormones reacting to birth control. It won't be the same for everyone.
i was on yaz for two years and loved it... no weight gain, wonderful periods and my boobs grew a cup size. but then it killed my drive, so i said buh bye
Like AshleyJane, Yaz KILLED KILLED KILLED my sex drive. Even if I tried to get into it, sex was not pleasant at all and I was generally just annoyed by it and wanted it to be over with. The first month my boobs were pretty sore and I had some lower back pain, but that went away (my boobs also went up a cup size though!) and my periods weren't that short or light (they lasted about 6 days). I had been on Lo Estrin before Yaz, but I was pretty moody and was getting bad headaches, but I sitll had a sex drive, not super high, and my periods were lighter and shorter (like 4 days and minimal cramping). But I still had the headaches with Yaz (and they were actually even worse), and with a longer more painful period and no sex drive, I just dropped birth control pills all together and we're sticking with condoms. If an "oops" happens from a broken one, we'll be ok with it I think. When I stopped Yaz, I got a withdrawal bleed 2 days later (not a real period- same as you get on the pill) and then I went about 2 months before I got one. I've read it's normal not to get your period at all for up to 6 months after stopping the pill though. My sex drive is definitely back in full force as well. I'm not sure if my cycle is regular yet (or if it ever will be since it wasn't really regular before) but I've only had the one period so far (I've been off BC about 2 1/2 months now). Sooo, we'll see how it goes! So far, I'm really, really happy to be off of it.
I'm on Yasmin, which as the same unique hormones as Yaz, and I love it. I used to get bloated all the time, and thanks to the drospirenone, now I don't!
I've had no negative side effects as compared to other pills. One side effect that may be a positive for some people is that it has essentially lowered my blood pressure because of the mild diuretic effect. I already had nice low blood pressure so now I get a lot of orthostatic hypotension. I also had no problem losing weight on Yaz, but have never had a problem changing my weight on any pill.
I HATED Yaz. It made me bat-nuts crazy the week or so before my period.
I'm having an issue with Femcon,which I got started on about a year ago. I have a period like every 2 weeks!!
I didn't like Yaz b/c I thinks it what caused me to have this irregular chest pains. So I'm going to the copper IUD. I've done most all other options of BC and figured a non-hormonal BC is my best bet. All hormonal BC will cause some kinds of weight gain and emotional changes.
I've heard from girlfriends both great and bad things about Yaz. I am on Yasmin and have never had any problems but I was going to switch to Yaz to manage acne as well. But then my healthcare provider says they no longer prescribe Yaz because they have heard a lot of side effect problems. So I stuck with Yasmin.
I was on Yasmin (basically the same thing) and it was alright. I took it for about a year - but it totally KILLED my sex drive, so I ended up switching. Really, though, all pills affect everyone differently. I've known people who take/have taken yaz or yasmin and LOVE it!
I've been on Yaz for several years now, and have no problems. In fact, I have such few problems with it, I forget I'm even taking it!
That wasn't the case when I was on Ortho-tri-cyclen lo.... it made me NUTS. I cried alllll the time. Every BC pill is different, so people are going to react differently to different hormone combos.
I had a similar (terrible) experience to Yasmin several years ago, and the month that I stopped taking Yasmin and started taking my new one - mircette/kariva - I was a mess, but ever since I have been fine.
I don't want to upset anyone, but there is actually a new class action case against Yaz because it is the only BC that contains "progestin drospirenone" and is known to have some serious side effects. If you are concerned, google search "yaz class action" to find out more.
I'm another victim of a sex-drive killed by Yaz. I went off birth control completely because I lost my health insurance. I never realized it, but when I was on Yaz, I never cried [and I'm a HUGE crier]. Now that I'm off of it, I cry at the littlest things. Very strange. I was on Zovia and I really liked that, even if it was a higher estrogen pill.
I just went off Yaz last week. I was on it for 3 months as an attempt to regain my libido which I lost during a year on LoEstrin24fe. Before that I was on Alesse for like 7 years and had no problems, but then they discontinued it. On LoEstrin24 I was mostly myself, just had ZERO sex drive and fairly frequent headaches. Decided to try Yaz (at my doctor's suggestion) to remain on a "shorter, lighter period" type pill but try something different. I HATED IT. I was so depressed, moody, sad, teary (cried soo easily and felt like the littlest things made me want to cry), HUNGRY (definitely gained a few lbs!) and my boobs KILLED! They also definitely grew which I was NOT complaining about bc I have little ones to begin with...but they were pain I've never felt before. Oh, and I also got my period once for about 2.5-3 weeks, then not again the other 2 times. Just totally skipped them. So I called my MD and went back on LoEstrin just a few days ago. My boobs are already less sore and I feel less desire to eat late-night. I kind of hate being on the pill though, I'm gonna go off it all together in the spring and just use the "pull out" method, which I've heard is surprisingly effective as long as you wouldn't terribly mind an "oops."
@Monalisa- where did you hear about that pull out could be effective? I wouldn't mind an oops, but hubby probably would lol I've been looking into it as well and honestly it does seem like it could work ok (I read that sperm in pre-cum is a myth UNLESS a man has previously ejaculated that day and hasn't urinated after) and most of the errors result in not pulling out soon enough. Of course I have no idea if this stuff is true so we're using condoms, but I'd be interested in finding out more.
@JoesWifey- First my cousin told me she just used the pull out method for an entire year til they started trying, she had no problems with it whatsoever, and she got pregnant immediately once they started trying (like, on first try), so she had no fertility reasons why it would work so well... And so I asked my good friend who is a licensed sexologist and she said that pre-cum is completely a myth, exactly what you said (there would only be semen in it if the guy JUST ejaculated and didn't urinate) and that that method is about 98% effective if done properly, which is equal to the pill. She said it gets a bad reputation but in her opinion it's a ridiculously unwarranted one. She did make sure to distinguish her friendship opinion from her professional opinion because I don't think doctors are "supposed" to tell you to use methods like that, but she does know what she's talking about.
I've been on four pills in the past seven years (apparently my body isn't a big fan of BC)...Yaz was by far the worst. I lost a few pounds (the pill has a diuretic effect) and thought it was okay. No mood swings or anything. However, after being on it about six months, I had HORRIBLE cramps -- my legs, my feet, oh my gosh they were terrible. I don't remember them being every single day, but certainly a few times a week. They were so bad that I was sometimes sore for a couple days after (and I like to run, dang it). I was eating bananas and trying to drink enough water (it also screws with your potassium levels), but none of it helped. Turns out it is just another side effect for some people.
My second worst experience: Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo. It turned me into an emotional wreck. My favorite so far was Loestrin 24Fe. Unfortunately, my husband's insurance doesn't cover it and we'd be paying $60-80 monthly for it, so I'm on a generic right now. It seems to be fine as far as birth control goes. It will be nice to ditch the pill someday.
I, personally, love Yaz! I've been on it for a year and i'm less moody/crazy and my periods are completely regular. I know when I'm about to start - down to the hour. It's fantastic. With other BCpills I was literally a crazy person. Screaming, yelling, and crying all at the same time at the drop of a hat. It totally depends on the person. I had to try about four different pills before I found this one that works.
Every woman is different, so it can be difficult to find a hormonal birth control method that works best for you. Another birth control option with no hormones is the Paraguard IUC (interuterine contraceptive). Paraguard last twelve years and no hormones, however, I have heard of some women saying their bodies to six to twelve months to adjust to the iUC.
Yes, I agree, every woman is different. I've been on Yaz for years now & I've never had a problem with it. My period's do seem to be pretty irregular but I never even remember them being regular. I am perfectly happy with it but other BC's that some women LOVE I hated! Some BC's just rub you the wrong way.
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I met with my gyn several months before the wedding to discuss birth control options. I decided to go with "the pill" and she wrote me a prescription for YAZ. I've been VERY emotional for the past several months. I know that I've been going through a lot of changes with being married and all but this is ridiculous! I'll even cry at almost any movie now and I've never been one to cry at the theater! My boobs are getting bigger and I keep gaining weight. Plus, all the scary commercials that they show for major health side effects are very unsettling to both my husband and I. Long story short, I made the decision today that I'll be going off of it immediately. Just wondered if anyone else had experienced negative side effects as well? If you have taken yourself off, how did that go? I've heard that's not always a smooth transition...