http://www.medications.co.uk/se/Yaz Recent side effects for Yaz Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:28:54 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33630 I have been taking Yaz for 2.5 months and I have to agree with most of these posts that it has been killing me emotionally! I feel like crying at the drop of the hat. I can just look at people and want to start crying. I am police officers and I come hom http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33630 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:42:08 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33617 I have been having horrible panic attacks, dizziness, feelings that things arent even real!, clamy hands, numbness feelings in my arms and legs, and even sometimes my lips! I has made me so depressed, I am so scared everyday from what is happening to me. I http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33617 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:46:48 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33603 It is 5 days since coming off of Yaz, after my "stroke" symptoms, ending up in the ER, and blood being clotted up, like sludge. I finally am feeling better today. I woke up early this morning, feeling so good, that I realized how slow and bad I had fel http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33603 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:37:08 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33572 I have felt over the past month, (the first time i have ever been on the pill) that I was losing my mind. I have had anxiety, depression, mood swings. I have also been clumsy, forgetting everyday things, feeling like I was in a daze, tired, oh its been h http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33572 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:48:15 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33539 I've been on Yaz for 6 weeks. The first month was fine. Just a little nausea. I started my period after the first month's inactive pills. I'm now two weeks into the second month and I'm still on my period. It's very light but I've had cramps now for two we http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33539 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:39:13 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33516 Coming off of Yaz, about 3 days after my "near stroke". Started my period, of course, Only 2 days after stopping. My blood is like SLUDGE. It is very dark and so thick. It makes me sick to think this has been in my system like this, and i have been try http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33516 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:14:33 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33511 I have PMDD and have been taking Yasmin for about a year with wonderful results. It's like I got my life back. On a whim almost 2 months ago at my yearly exam I asked if my Dr. had any samples of Yasmin because I was nearly out. She didn't and said I could http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33511 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:09:28 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33492 I posted for my 14 year old daughter a couple of weeks ago. I am happy to say that we stayed off of the YAZ after going to the hospital 2 times, sonograms, cat scans.... worried about spleen rupture ~ pains in the side, back, shoulder, throwing up THE W http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33492 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:16:48 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33470 I have been taking Yaz for a month and a half. The only medication I have been on in several years. At work yesterday, my head started getting foggy. And my perception, was all messed up. After about 15 minutes of this not getting better, I started to http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33470 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:04:27 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33352 I'm on my 3rd month of Yaz and I couldn't be happier. I was on ortho-tricyclen for a year and a half but my PMS was getting horrible and I was retaining water like you wouldn't believe (I was actually gaining 10 pounds of water!). Once I switched I get n http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33352 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:58:14 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33296 I haven't taken BCP's in about 15 years. I recently started due to severe endomistriosis and extreme moodiness (which I believed was PMDD) I went to my gyno and she put me on YAZ. I am on my 2nd month of YAZ. My first month was fine and I actually enjoyed http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33296 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:42:30 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33200 I have been taking YAZ for 2 months and just picked my new pack up to start tomorrow but they are going in the trash! I started doing research tonight on YAZ for the first time searching for answers of what could be wrong with me! I have had an MRI check http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33200 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:41:10 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33193 Oh hey I also get headaches before my period and when I have my period I know that it isn't from yaz, because I have had that already when I get my periods, and for the back pain and stuff I was in a car accident and that is from that, and I did have mood http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33193 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:37:32 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33192 Hi I wanted to know if anyone has had any good experiences on the yaz? I have had yeast infections and that is about it I just wanted to know if they go away eventually or not I have had the nausea and back pain in the beginning and I am almost on my 4th m http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33192 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:14:48 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33179 Changes since my 7/31 post: Headaches are gone, but still have lower back pain, breast tenderness, stomach pain, eat only because I know I have to and now I think my hair is falling out more than before. I went into a fit of rage last night for NO REASON, http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33179 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:19:09 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33152 I am so glad I found this site!!! I am 37 and I have had my tubes tied but I started taking YAZ to lessen the cramps and help with menstrual flow. What a bad choice!! I have had headaches for the past 4 days and I have only taken them for 8 days!!I am sick http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33152 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:10:05 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33146 Wow, I am so excited to find this site. I have been on Yaz for 9 days now, & I am stopping today. I am shaky, cranky, bloated, having heart palpitations, extreme head pressure, back pain. On top of all that I feel like it is the week before my period times http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33146 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:59:08 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33122 After reading some of you stories, it makes me realize the things I've been experiencing lately has to do with Yaz. The doctor in the beginning said this is the best bc pill ever! no weight gain nothing! RIGHT! I've been eating the same my whole life and http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33122 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:38:28 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33112 My daughter started taking Yaz 10 days ago, just a couple days after starting this pill, she has experienced a headache every day. She is sad and blue and crying, which she never does, she also complained of bad nausea and lower back pain. She also has n http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33112 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:20:46 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33091 I threw the crap out after 9 days. Forget it. I went on for acne (too soon to know if it helped) but the side effects were worse than the acne. I was hungry all the time.- Not just hungry, but like I was starving! Couldn't sleep, yet tired all day long http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33091 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:07:52 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33089 I just started Yaz two weeks ago. I have been extremely nauseated since I started. I feel like crying all the time and have been extremely sad all the time. My breasts are tender and have had a period for 14 days now. They say stay on for 90 days til y http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33089 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:13:42 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33044 I have been on Yaz now for about 4 months ...it was fine the first month but now it is horrible. I have severe headaches, back pain, stomach hurts all the time, and i have been on my period for two months. This is ridiculous. I called my gyno about this an http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/33044 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:34:08 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32943 I started taking Yaz 1.5 months ago. During the first pack I saw little to no side effects, period lasted 4 days and was drastically lighter than before starting Yaz. Before Yaz I would bleed for 5 days and go thru a bag of super pads, with Yaz I barely bl http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32943 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:16:50 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32936 I was taking YAZ for 6 months. The first few months I felt very anxious, had headaches, and no sex drive at all. Periods weren't right the first two months. The second 2 months I was still feeling very tired all the time, anxious, major headaches, numbn http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32936 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:54:26 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32924 BEEN ON YAZ FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS....FEEL NAUSEATED AT TIMES.. HAVE VERY BAD BODY ACHES..LEGS ARE ALWAYS HURTING AND SOMETIMES ARMS, BAD MIGRAINES....LOSS OF APPETITE..I FORCE MYSELF TO EAT..I HAVE GAINED 5 POUNDS..MY FACE IS BREAKING OUT...THE FIRST 2 MONTHS http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32924 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:57:34 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32920 I can't tell you how happy I am that I Googled this. Reading all of your posts is helping me determine what's going on with me! I started Yaz about 3 months ago and lately I have had no desire to do anything. Nothing has excited me at all. My mood swin http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32920 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:11:13 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/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 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32868 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:06:21 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32831 has anybody noticed dents in their heads with a feeling of constant pressure? just wondering. http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32831 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:23:22 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32820 I have been on YAZ for the past two and half months. Over the past two weeks I have become highly emotional, feel like crying for no reason, my skin itches to the point where I have struggled with sleeping at night and now I have been having an itchy sore http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32820 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:32:16 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32817 I have been on Yaz for one month now and I had a heavier period than normal for the first month. I was on Loestrin 24 Fe for 2 or 3 years and I wonder if that has anything to do with it. I switched because Loestrin gave me extreme headaches, stomachaches, http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32817 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:49:27 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32815 I started taking YAZ about a year ago. The first three months especially I noticed that I could cry and wanted to cry about everything from the phone ringing to dropping a paperclip. I screamed at my then bf for hours about everything and nothing. I snappe http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32815 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:05:31 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32758 Thank goodness for the internet. I didn't notice any mood changes my first month on Yaz, but around my second month I started work on my MBA. I thought my short temper, bouts of rage, impatience, and general freaking out had to do with stress and sleep d http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32758 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:17:33 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32733 I have been taking YAZ for a little over one month and I am having numbness and tingling in my fingers and feet. I have noticed my face and lips sometimes feel numb as well. Lately I have had chest pain that I assumed was persistent heartburn, now I am n http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32733 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:17:07 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32732 I am 39 and just stopped taking YAZ after being on it for only 1 month. My side effects include: hair loss, panic attacks, numbing in my arms and feet, depression, no energy, severe headaches and pain in my chest. I went to my internist and had a CT SCAN p http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32732 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:20:57 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32718 I just started my second months on Yaz. My doctor prescribed it due to ovarian cysts. I have not used BCP for almost 10 years. I have now had my period for 8 days. Prior to Yaz I had a period for about 3-4 days, heavy with some bad cramps but then it w http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32718 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:39:03 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32712 I am so glad that this site is here. I too was given Yaz not as birth control but as an alternative to mood swings, No periods for months, and heavy bad periods.. I am 31 and the mother of 4. I had my tubes tied at 24 after my last child. I had taken ot http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32712 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:24:09 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32695 I've been on YAZ for a month now. I've been spotting for two weeks and my cramps have been unbearable and my boobs are so sore it hurts to touch them. The first couple of days made me a crazy woman with constant mood swings. I may try another 2 months, http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32695 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:51:42 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32661 I have only been taking Yaz for about 2 weeks half and already decided that the side effects are not worth it. I've had significant weight gain, horrible migraines, severe bloating, mood swings, depression and my appetite has been very erratic - at times I http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32661 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:50:00 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32650 I am so glad I found this page! I am 16 and have been taking Yaz for a month and a half.. the first month I felt great. I was loosing weight and getting shorter, lighter periods. About a week or two ago I started feeling pressure throughout all of my head http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32650 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:36:29 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32643 nausea, headache, anxiety, hairloss, hairloss, oh yea; major hairloss, light headed. I was on yaz for 3 months, all side effects had went away except for the hair loss. I stopped taking the pill mid pack, i was scared of losing my hair. My Dr. said to http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32643 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:22:31 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32638 Sounds so familiar! Food cravings like I was pregnant, even with the aid of a prescription diet pill, moodiness, PMS like I haven't had in YEARS!!!! Periods heavy and generally felt horrible. http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32638 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:59:49 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32637 When I first started Yaz, I did not have a period the first month, then on my second month there was a little spotting one day. On the third month, my boyfriend and I noticed my lack of sex drive. Went from pulling him into the bedroom to, "I don't want http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32637 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:53:51 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32599 Hi all! I'm a 25 yo and I just started yaz 3 weeks ago for dysmenorrhea and intractable acne. My acne has been improving and I noticed a change in my belly pain during my cycle right away. My only strange side effect I would say is that my energy ha http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32599 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:35:48 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32314 I started taking Yaz because i have PMDD.. every month I was very moody for about 10 days before my period and it was hell to be around me...i would scream at everyone for no reason,have a very bad temper, and i was ALWAYS angry!!! i decided to take Yaz http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32314 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:17:22 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32272 I was on this for 4 months, i didn't like it. I had longer periods that were just as painful as before i got on BC, and had periods that would make me not even able to move without sharp pains, these cramps were not like that but the same amount of pain. I http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32272 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:33:41 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32177 I had terrible side effects with Yaz....I literally thought I had a deathly disease. It took 6 weeks to feel normal again. Get off of it if you are suspicious....there are other forms of birth control. http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32177 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:08:48 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32131 Also reading other people's side effects... when i started the pill i had my period for a month and a couple of days.... THAT ISN'T NORMAL.. i don't care what people say that your body has to get used to the pill... that just does notttt seem healthy to me http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32131 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:05:18 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32130 Well.... i have had acne throughout all of my teenage years and i thought that yaz would be the best way to control it even my dermatologist was saying how it should clear it up after 3 months.... i took it for 2 months and i wanted to kill myself... i gai http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32130 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:50:03 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32103 I just quit Yaz 8 days ago, was on it for 6 months. I had the copper t iud in for 4 months but the pain and non-stop bleeding was too much so I thought I'd give the coolest, newest pill out on the market a try. First week was awful; headaches, fatigue and http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32103 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:35:42 -0400 http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32102 Add me to the list of people who will never take this crap again. 38 years old, never been on birth control. My obgyn sang this pills praises about how it will help with my mood swings and severr cramps due to severe pms. The headaches were awful, by boobs http://www.medications.co.uk/effect/view/32102