YAZ : Oral Contraceptive

ive only been using it for a month, so i hope things dont stay like this!! so far, its bad, but i suppose i will continue to see if this is just an initial phase and i definately hope it is!

It's not worth it. My lack of sex drive was killing my relationship. Plus, the night-fevers and increased heart rate really made me nervous.

I am 32 years old and was diagnosed with a large ovarian cyst which required surgery. In order to prevent another one, my OB/GYN advised me to start a birth control. I chose Yaz because of its reputation for skin clearing effects and mood control. My skin was always fairly clear with a break out around my period, but now I have cystic acne on my neck, jawline, chest and back. I saw a dermatologist this morning who recommended a prescription acne treatment. I started the Yaz 3 weeks ago and I noticed symtpoms within about 9 days. It's probably rare, but I am thinking about switching to Loestrin. It has a different hormone, which I hope will help my skin go back to its original clear form.

I hardly had any pimples at all and swapped from Diane to Yaz just to make my skin slightly better. I have never been as moody and depressed before in my life. I've been on the pill for 2.5 months, everyone says to give it 3 months but honestly it's not worth the chronic mood swings and silliness. I'm going to the doctor asap to swap, this has done nothing for my skin. I intially had some many painful breakouts around the chin and jaw, they've gone now but now my face is just covered in non-inflamed acne bumps and NOTHING will make them go away! They just keep getting worse and worse and worse and it is making me so depressed. I HATE this pill, it's made the last two months of my life a living hell. I'm sure it works great for some, but honestly this was the worst decision I've made in a long time.

I stopped taking it after 3 relationships failed in 5 months because of my crazy mood swings. I also couldn't afford the fifty bucks a month. I was so tired of crying everyday and not even knowing why.

I really needed BC because my period never came... I would go 6 months without a period and that's not normal! This "not getting my flow" thing screwed with my skin to NO END. My face looked horrible, I started using YAZ in November, and My face was clear by the end of December I'd say... That made me really happy! My periods were painfull however, and still pretty long. I stopped YAZ after 6 months in April, and my flow stayed the same till July when I missed it again, and now it's the end of August and my skin is terrible again!! I should have stayed on YAZ, but the weight gain was also bugging me... I'm going to try Yasmin next month hopefully if I even get my period!!

MY skin was breaking out a little bit which was why I decided to go on YAZ. The first 2 motnhs have been pretty rough, several small pimples all over and a few really big deep ones that I never ever had before. Also a lot of white heads. I am going to give it 3-4 months and then i'm going to switch back to ortho.

I think this drug has varied effects on everyone. For some, they lost weight. Some gained, some had better skin, some had worse. I gained weight, had mediocre skin, and for me it was not worth the side effects.

Dont use it unless it is your last resort before accutane. I started it and it made my face breakout and literally swell with infection. I started to get cystic acne until I quit. Ever since ive been battling this acne that has not gotten any better ever since I started the darn birth control. The biggest mistake that I ever made. Im never doing YAZ or any birth control again.

Just finished 2nd pack of YAZ. I know I'm supposed to wait 3 months before any "real" signs of clearing up acne, but I'm still having cystic breakouts without sign of clearing. However, I am now trying to incorporate healthy foods like fruits and veggies and swearing off soda. This should help, I hope.