Yaz and stress

I have been on Yaz for eight months and absolutely loved it at first...about three months ago, my boyfriend and i broke up and i had a full blown period when i wasn't supposed to.....I just figured it was from stress. But for the last 5 weeks, I have had two full blown periods that lasted four days each and spotting every week to the point that I have to wear a tampon just so i don't ruin any more underwear...ive heard this could be from stress or weird hormone levels, but its just weird that i did so well on it for the first seven months and now this???? whats going on??

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 home from work and sleep for 12 hours and I am still tired. I can never seem to get enough sleep. I have horrible cramps when I do have a period, which is a hit and a miss. I thought for the longest it was just stress but from what I am reading it seems to be the pill. I would not recommend this for anyone, it is miserable!!

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 deprivation! However, now my hard class is over, I'm getting enough sleep, and I am STILL feeling like a complete psycho. Yesterday I started screaming after I took a wrong turn in traffic, and my incidence of saying "I want to shoot myself" and swearing have gone up 200% since taking this drug. I have never been a violent or aggressive person, but looking back I have been snappy, rude, and generally a bitch! It FINALLY occurred to me that it could be the pill causing the mood swings. . . and all the comments I am seeing on the internet are just confirming my suspicion. I finished my pack a couple days ago and will NOT be renewing my prescription. I'm getting in to my doctor ASAP.

I was on Ortho Low for about 2 years after my son was born then switched over to Yaz because of all the "wonderful" benefits that it claims to have. After 3 months of being on Yaz, I started to feel like my head was in a fog and I felt overwhelmed. At first I thought it was just stress from work and home life but then my vision started getting blurry and I had a hard time focusing on things. I have never felt like this before and it took me a while to realize that it was Yaz that was causing it. I called my OBGYN and she confirmed that all of my symptoms (blurry vision, mood swings, feeling overwhelmed, loss of appetite) were things that she had heard from other paitents who have tried Yaz. So no more Yaz for me. I think doctors should do a better job at warning patients of the side effects of new drugs.