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[Boston50]

Yaz is being discontinued by you or by the company? Please clarify...

Edited by Boston50, 28 November 2009 - 07:51 PM.

[sarahjn]

I tried looking up if it has been discontinued and found no info on it. They better not. I was on the patch the first time on BC and it was the worst!! It made me breakout in cysts and it made me crazy! Hated it. No problems on yaz and i think its gunna clear my skin up. It seems to be getting better. I dont even think i have had a migrane on it. And i get baaaaaad ones!!

[Daniel J]

I tried looking up if it has been discontinued and found no info on it. They better not. I was on the patch the first time on BC and it was the worst!! It made me breakout in cysts and it made me crazy! Hated it. No problems on yaz and i think its gunna clear my skin up. It seems to be getting better. I dont even think i have had a migrane on it. And i get baaaaaad ones!!

There's a study showing 600mg (300mg twice per day) of Magnesium Glycinate drops or eliminates migraines. Since, 70% of the population is magnesium deficient it's the better route to go.

Yaz & Yasmin are garbage. Just buy the tried and true "Tri Sprintec" its at WalMart for just $9 a month even without insurance and stopping throwing your money down the toilet and giving yourself more serious side effects like abnormally high potassium levels.

Tri Sprintec doesn't have this side effect and helps acne in more people. Problem is it can take up to 6 months to see the difference like all BC pills. Since, they merely work by lowering sebum levels. Accutane does that plus another big thing.

[sarahjn]

Yea, i know yaz has side effects. but i need the birth control and it has been the only thing that has helped me at all, so i guess im willing to take the chance as long as im getting good results. All medication has side effects and everyone reacts differently. I normally dont like to be on medications, but this seem to be he only thing that has helped my acne, moodiness, and hair loss, etc... The other medications the doctors were putting me on didnt work and gave me bad side effects. Thanks.

Also i was on ortho lo before and that is suppose to help people with their acne too, but it didnt help mine. i think it may have caused it actually.

[Daniel J]

Also i was on ortho lo before and that is suppose to help people with their acne too, but it didnt help mine. i think it may have caused it actually.

Enjoy while it lasts. Yaz & Yasmin will eventually be pulled from the market. Plus, Ortho Tri cyclen Lo is too low dose to work effectively. Plus, slightly increases the rate of pregnancy due to this.

Tri Sprintec is a generic of Ortho Tri Cyclen not Ortho TriCyclen Lo. Women on Lo often get lot of breakthrough bleeding because it's simply too low of a dose for anything effectively including acne.

Edited by Daniel J, 28 November 2009 - 12:28 PM.

[sarahjn]

I was on ortho lo for 5-6 years and no pregnancy. In my experience i cant handle the higher doses of hormones. They make me crazy and breakout in huge cysts. I use to have no skin issues. But i like yaz and from my research i have heard nothing of it being taken off the market. They talked about the patch like it was gunna be discontinued too a few years ago and its still out there. Go ahead and look up ortho tri cyclen. It has as many complaints as yaz out there along with every other birth control. i have done my research. Everyone reacts differently to every medication. just how it is. They also say accutane is discontinued, but people are still getting perscribed to it. whatever.... I am just trying to figure out my issues and the simpler things just havent been working. I cant use acne face products ever since a horrible microdermabrasion experience. They distroyed my skin and now its all red and sensitive and cant handle things it use to. really sucks. Hate wearing makeup. allergic to all the antibiotics.(dont like them anyway). yaz is the only thing that has done anything. so im using it for now. the only way i will stop is if its discontinued or i get bad side effects.

[JJ5858]

I was on ortho lo for 5-6 years and no pregnancy. In my experience i cant handle the higher doses of hormones. They make me crazy and breakout in huge cysts. I use to have no skin issues. But i like yaz and from my research i have heard nothing of it being taken off the market. They talked about the patch like it was gunna be discontinued too a few years ago and its still out there. Go ahead and look up ortho tri cyclen. It has as many complaints as yaz out there along with every other birth control. i have done my research. Everyone reacts differently to every medication. just how it is. They also say accutane is discontinued, but people are still getting perscribed to it. whatever.... I am just trying to figure out my issues and the simpler things just havent been working. I cant use acne face products ever since a horrible microdermabrasion experience. They distroyed my skin and now its all red and sensitive and cant handle things it use to. really sucks. Hate wearing makeup. allergic to all the antibiotics.(dont like them anyway). yaz is the only thing that has done anything. so im using it for now. the only way i will stop is if its discontinued or i get bad side effects.

I am so glad that people are having good experiences with Yaz. I am about to start taking Yaz tonight and am sooo scared. But I have faith. I had the mirena IUD and about 7 months into that I started breaking out everywhere... Then I went on Ortho Lo, and this month had a 3 week period. On top of that I am on mino and acanya gel and am still getting pimples... Sooo heres to YAZ!!!!

[mercyunbound]

I hate to be the party pooper but god I hate Yaz with a passion.
My acne blew up, I had a stupid period every other week, I was moody for no reason, wasn't motivated and I had really bad joint pain.

Everyone reacts to medication differently so I really, really hope for the best when it comes to the rest of you!

Edited by mercyunbound, 29 November 2009 - 06:33 PM.

[sarahjn]

Hi. I broke out pretty badly the firt 2-3 months on yaz, but it was just a purging of he skin. I had a lot of clogged pores and they all came out in huge zits during that time. Im not completely clear yet, but my face is a lot clearer than it was before yaz. I was also very scared before starting yaz. I waited about 5 months after being perscribed to it to start taking it cause i was so nervous, but so far so good. If you start feeling sore and achey then drink more water. Im just ending my 4th pack now and im hoping to be totally clear soon!! otherwise i have to try the antibiotics the derm. gave me, and i really dont wanna take those. My body doesnt like antibiotics at all. My skin doesnt like acne products. so its hard for me to find whts right, but so far yaz has been the best help for me. I will keep you all posted on if i become clear. The first couple months were pretty hard to deal with, but i had hope that it would clear and it seems to be starting. I only have a few zits now. Good luck!!! keep us posted on your experience. I would guess that if you are still breakingout on antibiotics and using face products then it is probably hormonal. Just my opinion tho.

[JJ5858]

Hi. I broke out pretty badly the firt 2-3 months on yaz, but it was just a purging of he skin. I had a lot of clogged pores and they all came out in huge zits during that time. Im not completely clear yet, but my face is a lot clearer than it was before yaz. I was also very scared before starting yaz. I waited about 5 months after being perscribed to it to start taking it cause i was so nervous, but so far so good. If you start feeling sore and achey then drink more water. Im just ending my 4th pack now and im hoping to be totally clear soon!! otherwise i have to try the antibiotics the derm. gave me, and i really dont wanna take those. My body doesnt like antibiotics at all. My skin doesnt like acne products. so its hard for me to find whts right, but so far yaz has been the best help for me. I will keep you all posted on if i become clear. The first couple months were pretty hard to deal with, but i had hope that it would clear and it seems to be starting. I only have a few zits now. Good luck!!! keep us posted on your experience. I would guess that if you are still breakingout on antibiotics and using face products then it is probably hormonal. Just my opinion tho.

Yea, I had Yaz in my cabinet for about 3 months now. HAHA. I was too scared. But after the derm, a family friend thats a doc, and friends have all told me to try it... So now I am. But it took a lot of convincing. I have been on the mino for 6 weeks now, and acanya gel for 3 months. Acanya really worked well at getting rid of the blackheads, but I am still getting pimples. I have no reason to believe this isnt hormonal. I had PERFECT skin until about 4 months ago. Like I said before I had a baby in Nov 2008, and had the mirena. Then I got an ovarian cyst and started breaking out on my face, chest, shoulders, and back. AHHHHHH! I am praying hard that this will put an end to this. Good luck to you! Keep me posted:)

[sarahjn]

when i was doing research on yaz i saw a lot of people said it cleared their body acne pretty quickly. Some people said their faces cleared really fast and some said it took 3-6 months or more. I dont have the body acne, but i also use to have perfect skin and about 2 years ago i started breakingout pretty badly. It looks like i am one of the people who it is taking a while. A lot of people also said they broke out worse the first few months on it and then it cleared. Right now my skin is so much softer and smoother than it was. If i could use any kind of topical treatment on my face im sure it would clear up quicker, but my skin is too sensitive. So im waiting very impatiently. But it is getting better slowly. I would say give it a good few months at least, as long as you are doing good on it anyway. My skin didnt start looking noticably better until around 3 months i think. try not to get discouraged. It was hard during my initial break out, but i think its gunna be worth it. Good luck and i hope you get fast results.

[sarahjn]

ok. I just finished my 4th pack of yaz. I just got a few new zits. They are small, but it still drives me nuts. I thought it was clearing. I did just go thru some pretty intense stress tho plus i am starting my period. So maybe that has something to do with it? I just want it clear. Im so tired of my acne problems. I need it clear already!! Its so embarrassing.
One thing i am confused about. I had very very oily skin before i started yaz. It has gotten less oily on yaz, but it is still oily. Will that ever go away? And why does yaz clear some people right away adn then some people take months and months to get clear? im confused.
Dont get me wrong. Yaz has cleared me a lot, but i want the rest of my skin to clear. Its making me crazy. i cant take it. I dont like being seen like this.
I just thought i would be clear by now.
Im considering taking my antibiotics, but i really really dont wanna take them. especially since i will have to use condoms or my diaphram if i do. i hate the condoms and diaphram. they suck. I just have a lot of scars from the initial breakout on yaz and i dont want to get anymore.
I am going in for a vbeam treatment for some redness in my face that a bad microdermabrasion caused and some acne scars and i dont wanna be still breaking out when i go in for that. I have seen 3 different dermatologists and i have to drive at least 2 hours one way to see any dermatologists, so this is getting pretty frustrating.
Is it a very gradual clearing process? Like if i am seeing improvements 4 months in, will it keep getting better? or if im still breakingout, is this the best it will get? AHHHHHHHH!!!!

[amic13]

I started Yaz 4 days ago... and I know everyone reacts differently- I hope for those of us giving it a try, we are some of the lucky ones. My Dr. suggested it, and I trust her- her daughter is on it as well. Good luck to you!

[minocyqueen]

I started Yaz 5 days ago, and am soooo nervous. My derm said I shouldn't see an initial breakout but after some of these posts I'm worried. I'm also on Solodyn (antibiotic), and Ziana (topical retinoid).

I have severe depression and body dysmorphic disorder related to my acne. I have had crazy moods these past few days, but I'm not sure if it's the regular emotional issues or the Yaz. Both my derm and my psychiatrist advised me to start on the Yaz. Tomorrow I'm seeing my psych for a checkup.

I have cystic and regular acne on my cheeks and chin. It really hurts because up until the mid-summer I was crystal clear, then all hell broke loose. I'm 38.

Anyone on Yaz dealing with depression? Has the Yaz helped or hurt your depression? Will moods even out over time? Any thoughts appreciated.

[sarahjn]

I am just starting my 5th month of yaz. I am almost clear. I did get an initial break out that was pretty bad, but i have a different kind of acne than you. I had all these little clogged pore bump things and a few pustual things. They came out into huge zits the first 1-3 months. But now it seems to be getting better. i do get a little breakout now and then and i get freaked out, but it does seem to be getting a lot better. I was getting depressed before yaz, but i dont know if it was me or the acne getting me so down, cause it would make me crazy dealing with it. I also had clear beautiful skin up until about 2.5 years ago adn then it just exploded. Yaz is helping tho.
You might not get an initial breakout being on antibiotics. When i was on bactrim my acne was clearing very quickly, but i ended up being allergic to it, so i had to stop.
Yaz does seem to be helping me a lot but its very very slow. Like i said, its my 5th month and im just starting to get clear enough to be happy with it.
I would say be patient and it should help, but everyone is different. They say give it at least 3 months, but it could be more or less.
good luck to you. I really hope it helps you.

[ludg08]

I have been on Yaz for almost 2 and a half years now. I loved Yaz from the beginning and originally started it because of acne when nothing else had worked. I can't say it did much of anything to control my acne which only occured around my mouth, chin, and sometimes large cysts around the corners of my nose. My skin was very oily and constantly clogged. Not until 3 or 4 months ago have I really noticed a tremendous change in my skin, but i do not believe Yaz provided this change because i dramatically changed my regimen. Almost a year ago i began having severe migranes whenever i begin to take the active pills and will continously throw up all day long from them, I will not even be able to hold water down which is why i plan on discontinuing my use of this birth control. I have also experienced mood swings and crying over nothing but only recently in the past 6 months...but atleast i haven't become pregnant which is the purpose of this pill. The only thing that has really helped my acne is my regimen change, I have completely stopped using sacylic acid in my face wash and have switched to Cetaphil in the morning and Thoroughly clean fash wash which has tea tree oil in it and is a natural fash wash. I use Olay sensitive skin lotion twice a day drink water and always remove my makeup. I have been dealing with this acne since I began highschool and am now 20, and my skin has never look better. I used to have extremely oily skin but since i have been using the fash wash with tea tree oil in it for the past couple of months and have almost gone through the whole bottle it has been controlling oil production. I also have to say when you stop thinking about your acne it seems to disappear...AND DONT TOUCH THAT FACE!

[LadyWillow]

Please, if my story is similar to yours, message me or reply to this post. I started taking Yaz in June of 2009
In August I developed an allergy to dairy and intestinal issues. I started to become extremely fatigued and have awful headaches. I had problems focusing and memory loss. I lost 12 pounds. My lowest weight was 109 and i am 5'7" The fatigue and mood swings are still prominent. I am extremely irritable and often depressed. I have gone to two doctors and nothing has helped. My regular doctor is not a specialist so she sent me to a GI doctor because of my dairy allergy. He thought I may have a yeast overgrowth, leaky guy syndrome, or bacteria overgrowth, but he didn't help. They don't think it is the birth control but it seems that Yaz may suck major ass for a lot of people. I have not suffered from cystic acne. I still get the occasional breakout but overall my skin has greatly improved with birth control as well as my topicals. I have to go to a hormonal doctor, the name of the specialization I can not spell.. endocrinologist maybe? I also have to see a therapist because this may all be depression. I really would like to hear from people who may have had a similar experience as mine.

[Boston50]

Please, if my story is similar to yours, message me or reply to this post. I started taking Yaz in June of 2009
In August I developed an allergy to dairy and intestinal issues. I started to become extremely fatigued and have awful headaches. I had problems focusing and memory loss. I lost 12 pounds. My lowest weight was 109 and i am 5'7" The fatigue and mood swings are still prominent. I am extremely irritable and often depressed. I have gone to two doctors and nothing has helped. My regular doctor is not a specialist so she sent me to a GI doctor because of my dairy allergy. He thought I may have a yeast overgrowth, leaky guy syndrome, or bacteria overgrowth, but he didn't help. They don't think it is the birth control but it seems that Yaz may suck major ass for a lot of people. I have not suffered from cystic acne. I still get the occasional breakout but overall my skin has greatly improved with birth control as well as my topicals. I have to go to a hormonal doctor, the name of the specialization I can not spell.. endocrinologist maybe? I also have to see a therapist because this may all be depression. I really would like to hear from people who may have had a similar experience as mine.

So you were fine up until two months after you started Yaz? That's the first thing I would suspect. Do you think you are depressed? Docs want to blame everything on depression and throw pills at us. This does not sound like fun. Many people have allergies to dairy and don't know it. It's very mucus forming in the body. Yaz can cause trouble with yeast too. I know I'm not being helpful here ha ha. DD had gut problems and we've consulted with a naturopath and she's gotten relief by making a few changes. Many of these problems were caused by long-term antibiotic use. If you find that the Yaz is the problem, could you perhaps just go on Spiro? Change brands? Yasmin made her crazy but Yaz was better. sigh....good luck and keep us posted.

[LadyWillow]

Please, if my story is similar to yours, message me or reply to this post. I started taking Yaz in June of 2009
In August I developed an allergy to dairy and intestinal issues. I started to become extremely fatigued and have awful headaches. I had problems focusing and memory loss. I lost 12 pounds. My lowest weight was 109 and i am 5'7" The fatigue and mood swings are still prominent. I am extremely irritable and often depressed. I have gone to two doctors and nothing has helped. My regular doctor is not a specialist so she sent me to a GI doctor because of my dairy allergy. He thought I may have a yeast overgrowth, leaky guy syndrome, or bacteria overgrowth, but he didn't help. They don't think it is the birth control but it seems that Yaz may suck major ass for a lot of people. I have not suffered from cystic acne. I still get the occasional breakout but overall my skin has greatly improved with birth control as well as my topicals. I have to go to a hormonal doctor, the name of the specialization I can not spell.. endocrinologist maybe? I also have to see a therapist because this may all be depression. I really would like to hear from people who may have had a similar experience as mine.

So you were fine up until two months after you started Yaz? That's the first thing I would suspect. Do you think you are depressed? Docs want to blame everything on depression and throw pills at us. This does not sound like fun. Many people have allergies to dairy and don't know it. It's very mucus forming in the body. Yaz can cause trouble with yeast too. I know I'm not being helpful here ha ha. DD had gut problems and we've consulted with a naturopath and she's gotten relief by making a few changes. Many of these problems were caused by long-term antibiotic use. If you find that the Yaz is the problem, could you perhaps just go on Spiro? Change brands? Yasmin made her crazy but Yaz was better. sigh....good luck and keep us posted.

My mother and I believe, as well as the GI doctor, that going off of antibiotics caused the intestinal issues because it killed the flora/ good bacteria. I think that my depression worsened after I was fatigued and pretty sick for a few months. It seems that birth control could be a big contributor to the fatigue, mood swings, and irritability. I will keep everyone posted, I started a topic also.

[11Izzy]

well i am on YAZ.. i will try anything my face is that bad.. i have PCOS and one of the symptoms of that is acne... it's the worst acne ive ever had! (usually i just use some acne treatment and it goes away.. but not this stuff!) the only way ill leave the house is when im working and when i go to class.. THATS IT im just sad about all this.. i might as well give YAZ a try.. what have i got to loose? im starting my 3rd week.. and no sign of imporovement yet... i go to the dermatologist in 2 days and i have never been so excited for a drs. apt. in my life.. also my dad has me on all these vitmians to clear my face up.. like- zinc, fish oil, grape seed extract, primrose oil.. and some others.. this acne has just got me stumped i dont know how to clear it up.. i've tried everything: binzaclin, proactive, BP, face washes, lotions, organic ance treatment, boots acne treatment, grandpas sulfur soap bar, etc. and nothing has worked yet! it's frustrating!!!

fish oil can cause acne. I take those every so often because when I took them frequently, I would break out like crazy. So dont take the fish oil as often or in your case maybe it would be better not to take any for awhile?