i started taking yaz in June because ive tried almost every other...

It's so interesting to read about all these side-effects. I am 40 and have been on YAZ for over two years. It's been great! Weight loss, increased sex drive, less acne, less PMS, all good! My only complaint is that I seem to have stopped getting my period. Last month it was 1 day and this month none at all. One other thing that I did notice is that it's much more difficult to achieve a clitoral orgasm on these pills. Still possible but just takes longer. Yasmin was okay but I had massive nighttime leg cramps and it didn't clear my skin much or help with the PMS. Ah well! I guess everyone is different.

I completely understand what you are going through, I am going through the same thing right now. I just took myself off and it's even worse, so I put my sel back on the yaz. I'm emotional all day, I have awful nausea, Im shakey, I cry for the stupidest little things(for example, My grandmother asked me how I was doing and I broke down and cried for the next 1/2 hour). I wish so bad I could just wake up tomorrow and be normal again. I'm glad I read your blog though. I am 20 and live with my boyfriend, and I was completely fine untill i started taking birth control. I've been on the Depo shot, The Patch, The Nuva ring, And now Yaz. I've had this type of reaction to all of these but Yaz has been the worst. I feel like Im not getting anywhere with my doctors, all they want to do is put me on depression meds, but i dont feel like I have a depression problem .
I don't know if I can just get off of it and let my hormones take their course, I've read that it can take months, and I don't know if I can handle that.
Please right me back and let me know if u have any update, I will let you know too.

~Nicole

I am taking yaz and i just had a baby. I have no sex drive either and i bleed really bad. And my cramps are so bad i can't stand it. I want to go to mirana but Im not sure if i should I don't want to have another baby for about 5 years considering im only 17, I want to know how it works. I think you should stop yaz and i think you just answered my question about i wondered if it was just cause i had a baby that i had no sex drive but maybe its cuase of yaz...