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I am writing for my 14 year old daughter who was put on YAZ, not ...

Posted at 11:11 PM on Jul 29, 2008 by pmanc2468, #32868
I am writing for my 14 year old daughter who was put on YAZ, not for birth control as she is not sexually active but for her mood disorder, which I believe is just being a teenager in general...but her therapist told her that it would help her moods, acne and that it even would help her loose weight! cant stand doctors at this point, have no faith in the system at all. I should have had her read this site because..... since day 2, severe stomach pains, throws up every day. shortness for breath ~ pains in her back and shoulder and down her arm like a heart attack. nose bleeds, headaches and OMG moods ~ cant even express the mood that she has been in for 3 weeks. so last week I take her to the doctor ~ of course a nurse practitioner sees her instead of the doctor that is not in. and asks my 14 year old if she would like prilosec or pepsid or zantac? asks a 14 year old and then offers her naperson and tells her that she should try these along with the YAZ. when I questioned the rational of keeping her on this drug she became defensive and said we should try it out for a couple of months. I allowed her to try this way for 2 days and then said nope no more pills. Just came home from the doctors office where they immediately took blood and is sending her for a sonogram to see if she has any cysts in her ovaries. I am just disgusted with the medical doctors who push pills and pharmaceuticals who don't give a damn but to make money. Will keep my eyes out for the lawsuits now. For camp refund for all the days she has missed for taking this horrible drug. hopefully she will not have any long term problems. will always think of this pill if she does.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Jul 30, 2008 by sammie14, #10573

If she continues to complain about back pain, make sure something is done to check for clots. My doctors couldn't find the clots I had becuase I was complaining of Back pain and I was misdiagnosed for weeks before we finally found out what was wrong.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Aug 01, 2008 by angelmadore, #10668

I know exactly what you mean with the doctors being too pill happy with teens. When I complained to my doctor about the Yaz making me sick she said that I just had an anxiety and depression disorder and she tried to put me on Cymbalta (an anti-depressant). I refused it because I've heard that anti-depressants can cause suicide in people my age. I've stopped taking the Yaz and the panic attacks have stopped and I feel normal again. I just thought I'd let you know that you and your daughter aren't alone.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Aug 19, 2008 by jmn8603, #11354

I used to take Yaz and it made me an emotional wreck. It actually caused me to be so over-reactive to everything that I lost my job (ironically I was a pharmaceutical sales rep). I became suicidal and I never felt so hopeless because I couldn't understand why I was so emotional. One doctor finally recommended that I get off Yaz and on Ortho-Cyclen and my life has been great. My friend's sister had to be dragged to the ER by her boyfriend because she was such an emotional wreck all the time and she finally became hysterical and locked herself in a room with a knife. She was on Yaz and it caused her to go crazy. She has been fine, now that she is off of it. Please have your daughter put on another pill, or nothing at all. Yaz is dangerous

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