Dyazide and acne

When I started on Yaz, I took in the morning and experienced nausea all day. Now I take it at 6:30pm, and I have no nausea. I feel less irritable with Yaz vs cheaper pills, have far less acne vs no pills and my breasts are less tender around PMS time vs no pill.

I've been taking Yaz for about a year now, and I've noticed that I am not as irritable as with other, less expensive pills. I also have experienced reduced pre-menstrual breast swelling vs no pill, and my mild acne has disappeared. I did encounter nausea when I took it in the morning, lasting for about 8 hours. I addressed this by taking the pill at night, and I either do not experience nausea at all or maybe I just don't notice because I'm sleeping. Taking it at 6:30pm every day works well, though it is harder to remember it. I set my cell phone alarm.

WORST PILL EVER!!

I am super moody, and extreme b*tch, very snappy, uncaring, sleepy all the time, no sex drive, i Have no interest in even kissing its horrible I have never felt this way in my life and I am 21, I use to be sex crazy with my husband, I very emotional its nuts, I got on the 5th to see my doctor so I can get something different.

upside no acne, no weight gain, and I guess its doing its job no sex drive= no sex which= no babies LOL
I would still like to have sex and enjoy it UGH

I have been taking Yaz for six months now, and I'm stopping after I finish this pack. I've been on it this long because I thought at first the side effects caused by it were just the beginnings of aging for me (I'm 25), but the acceleration of my problems has been so noticeable that I can't be in denial any more! Basically, here's what I have:

-thinner hair that comes out more easily and doesn't grow back as fast (it would be nice if this were restricted to "unwanted" hair, but this actually includes my eyelashes, eyebrows and head hair, which have all gotten noticeably lighter and thinner)

-CELLULITE, which I never had before...not only on my thighs but on my bum and CALVES, I didn't even realize it was possible to get cellulite there!

-spider veins on my upper thighs, again, never had this before

-very decreased sex drive

-thinner skin with less elasticity

-memory problems

-much increased vaginal discharge

Now, it's not all losses...my boobs are bigger when I actively take the pills, and my skin has become less acne prone...but is all that other stuff really worth it??? I think not.

I had to go off Yaz due to it causing my blood pressure to skyrocket, causing horrific acne on my face, excessive mood swings, hot flashes, night sweats, constipation, and the severe weight gain (20lbs). I have PCOS and this truly is not the right medicine for women with PCOS.

I don't have a side effect to report, but I have read all of your responses. Over all they are 95% negative. The only thing I am wondering, is WHY you chose Yaz to begin with.

I have been thinking about taking Yaz to help with my severe PMDD. If you don't know what that is, basically it's like the moodiness side of PMS times 10. I am euphorically happy normally, lol, kind of like how happy a cocker spaniel is when their family gets home... except I don't piddle on the floor. About 5 days before my period starts I go into a very deep depression, I bloat, I am irritable, and my entire life suffers. I cry (wail is more like it) for absolutely NO reason... blah blah blah. But once I am about 2 or 3 days into my cycle it all passes and I am back to chipper me.

Long story short, I heard Yaz is supposed to be amazing to help stabilize emotions in people like me. How many of you started Yaz just as birth control, or as an acne control? How many of you took it for PMDD and it STILL didn't help?

Yaz gave me the worst acne I have ever had in my entire life.... I stopped taking it about two weeks ago, a week into my second pack, because I couldn't take it anymore... I've never had perfectly clear skin which is why I decided to take Yaz, because it claims to help clear acne. Then about a week into it I started getting absolutely disgusting acne!!! My face still isn't back to normal at all!!... This is the second birth control I've been on and the first time I've been on a pill in 3yrs... My doctor switched me to Balziva and I'm scarred to start taking it because three years ago ortho-tryclen lo made me depressed and Yaz turned me into a pizza face, I'm scarred to find out what Balziva is gonna do to me!!

Pulmonary Embolism - blood clots in my lungs which were caused by a presumed blood clot in my leg, which was caused by my Yaz. This is a very dangerous situation, and I was very lucky.