Hi, I am a mother of two very young children. I am also a stay-a...

Hi, I am a mother of two very young children. I am also a stay-at-home mom. Prior to December 2008 I had been feeling possible peri-menopause symptoms such as (night sweats, memory loss, some what crazy period) and decided to go to my obgyn and get a checkup. She decided to put me on Yaz for the hormone replacement thinking that would help me. I have been on Yaz since December and my life has been horrible as well for my family. I have not been myself and have been progressively getting worse. I think this medicine should be taken off the market because it could severely cause someone to harm themselves. Here are my side effects using this drug: 1. severe headaches coming from the spine up the neck 2. severe mood swings (felt as though something terrible/irritating under the skin) - my children have taken the brunt of my terrible moods, so badly so at times they hid from me 3. severe loss of sleep (forget sleeping can't shut the brain down) 4. severe joint pain (stiffness and ache's in the knees, elbows, back and neck) 5. feeling as though I had a cold 6. severe mental cloudiness (i would get to the grocery store and forget half of the things on my list) 7. severe gas 8. blurred vision 9. overall tiredness and loss of enthusiasm for life (no joy or peace) 10. total loss for sex (my poor husband has been such a trooper through all of this) I am sure of more side effects, but these are what really are coming to me at the moment. Look I have been praying for a sign as to why I was feeling so terrible these last few months. I have quit taking this medicine as of yesterday. I still feel the effects but have the faith that I am going to get better. Please if you are reading this and think maybe you are crazy, you are not. Yaz is the cause of your problems. Think about it, pray about it, consider getting off. It just might save your life.