Dyazide and rage

This birth control caused me to have fits of rage. I was highly irrational and just downright mean. Otherwise no problem but I had to stop.

I have been on Yaz for about a year now, and during the last couple of months I have been experiencing HORRIBLE mood swings and absolutely NO sex drive whatsoever. When I first started taking it, the first night I had the worst stomach cramps I have ever experienced in my entire life. I was tired all the time and really irritable. I have just decided to change pills because Yaz has made me depressed, and EXTREMELY moody. My boyfriend has suggested on numerous occasions that I am manic depressive because I'm so up and down all the time... the littlest things set me off into a fit of rage =( Ugh!

I went off the pill 12 years ago and started on Yaz in the summer of 2007. I had pretty significant mood swings for about two weeks on the first pack. In fact, it was like the worst PMS I've ever experienced, with my anger and rage surging up for no apparent reason. The mood swings were gone after my first period, though. The only other problem was that my first cycle lasted 10 days, the second 7 days, but by the third pack my periods completely regulated to a light, 4-day cycle.

Since the "old-school" pill had made me gain weight, I was expecting to do the same on Yaz. To my surprise, that didn't happen. Also, I didn't experience any PMS at all, before, during, or after my periods. I only went off Yaz because of surgery for fibroids on my uterus resulted in a uterine hysterectomy last month.

The older brands of birth control come with many warnings of potential blood clots and other side effects and, while I am sorry for the illnesses and losses people here have experienced with same, every prescription medication has its risks. Yaz was wonderful for me!