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    So i have PCOS and i finally bit the bullet and went on Yaz to try to keep my acne in check. Its been working for my skin... and I just started my second pack.

    However, i am not super agitated. This is not like me.... i am normally extremely mellow and happy. I have had a rough week, but even so i am usually super adaptable and take everything in stride. I just feel really off and ive been thinking about it and i think it might be the yaz.

    Has anyone else experienced mood shifts with birth control? I am not sure if BC is what is causing this mood shift.... and if it is something else then i dont want to discontinue the yaz. But if the yaz is what is causing me to feel not like myself, then fuck it i want it out of my system. i would much rather deal with bad skin than emotional problems.
    The best thing i have heard in a strip club to date:
    customer: we should get married right now! we should get a shotgun marriage!
    me: uhh... i think you are misunderstanding what a shotgun marriage means. A shotgun marriage means you knock me up and my daddy shows up at your door with a gun and forces you to marry me and raise the baby. You mean elope.
    customer: hmm... nah actually i will take the shotgun marriage. At least then we would be having sex.


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    I was on Loestrin for awhile and I experienced a mood shift - I'm not normally an "angry" person who easily gets annoyed. However, when I went to my 9:00 AM class while taking that BC and sat next to this girl (who was very nice, actually) who always participated in class, I would get so mad at her and seriously feel like hurting her. I just wanted her to shut-up for once. This is NOT how I normally am. After I stopped taking the BC, I was fine.

    Is there something else in your life that could be affecting your mood? Maybe try to stop taking the yaz for a little bit and keep a journal (doesn't have to be really in-depth or anything)...you could even write this stuff on a wall calendar...on how you felt that day.

    edit: I'd taken BC earlier in life when I was an adolescent, and it did not have these side effects. I asked the gyno about that, and she said that sometimes you'll find dif side effects when you take the same meds at a later stage in life bc your body chemistry has changed w/time.

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    For the first few months, I had hilarious PMS. My mother was cracking up laughing because for a week I'd be so weepy and melodramatic. However, my periods have now never been lighter (been on it for 2 years now), my problem skin is now perfect other than the week of my period, when I'll get one annoying pimple, maybe a whitehead, and my moods are probably more stable than they usually are. I guess new birth control takes a while to get used to - but if in a few months you don't start feeling better, I'd change brands.
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    While I'm aware this is not everyone's experience, I just had to say to be careful. I got pregnant on yaz, and I never missed a single pill.

    Like I said, just hadda say it.
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    ^Yup, one of my brothers was conceived on BC, another on an IUD
    Get the fuck off my harbl, yo'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by exotica268 View Post
    I was on Loestrin for awhile and I experienced a mood shift - I'm not normally an "angry" person who easily gets annoyed. However, when I went to my 9:00 AM class while taking that BC and sat next to this girl (who was very nice, actually) who always participated in class, I would get so mad at her and seriously feel like hurting her. I just wanted her to shut-up for once. This is NOT how I normally am. After I stopped taking the BC, I was fine.

    Is there something else in your life that could be affecting your mood? Maybe try to stop taking the yaz for a little bit and keep a journal (doesn't have to be really in-depth or anything)...you could even write this stuff on a wall calendar...on how you felt that day.

    I had a stressful week, initially work wise and then with the whole friends failing to look after me while drinking... so it is possible that this is causing me some anxiety. however, i have not had this much anxiety since i worked in pittsburgh.... and i was under a LOT more stress when i was dealing with work in pittsburgh and school in cleveland. i feel like the amount of stress i should feel now should be insignificant compared to that. Plus i just feel angry and agitated....

    Quote Originally Posted by sxcbbw View Post
    For the first few months, I had hilarious PMS. My mother was cracking up laughing because for a week I'd be so weepy and melodramatic. However, my periods have now never been lighter (been on it for 2 years now), my problem skin is now perfect other than the week of my period, when I'll get one annoying pimple, maybe a whitehead, and my moods are probably more stable than they usually are. I guess new birth control takes a while to get used to - but if in a few months you don't start feeling better, I'd change brands.
    If Yaz is causing me to be this agitated, im not sure i can handle it for a few months. i have NEVER had PMS before...ever. not that i can remember at least. plus i think being this agitated will destroy my earnings...

    Quote Originally Posted by JayATee View Post
    While I'm aware this is not everyone's experience, I just had to say to be careful. I got pregnant on yaz, and I never missed a single pill.

    Like I said, just hadda say it.
    My mom got pregnant with me when on the pill too, but not on yaz. i guess i would have to look up the stats for yaz as compared to everything else. im not on the pill to prevent pregnancy though... its more for the skin. The SO and i are using condoms, although i offered for that to change if/when he gets tested...
    The best thing i have heard in a strip club to date:
    customer: we should get married right now! we should get a shotgun marriage!
    me: uhh... i think you are misunderstanding what a shotgun marriage means. A shotgun marriage means you knock me up and my daddy shows up at your door with a gun and forces you to marry me and raise the baby. You mean elope.
    customer: hmm... nah actually i will take the shotgun marriage. At least then we would be having sex.


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    Maybe you could try a different type of pill?

    I was on a brand of BC (can't remember the name, it was a generic version of something well-known) a few years ago that made me CRAZY, anxious and crying for no reason at all. It also made my boobs huge and I gained weight all over. I ended up not even making it through the first pack.

    I was also on Yaz for about a year and it had the opposite effect-it made me less moody and I never had PMS while I was taking it.

    Everyone's body chemistry is different, and there are a wide variety of BC pills available with different hormone levels in them.

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    I had that on a pill on time. It was a Progestin only pill. It was so bad I quit mid pack. Wayyy not like me. If I had tried the "3 month" getting used to the pill bs I'm convinced I would have lost my job and my boyfriend.
    I had been on other pills and never had a problem.
    Def switch brands. Sorry you're having that- it SUX!!

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    Don't switch brands. Yaz works for PCOS. It has spiro in it. And it does help. It will however, take a few months to get used to it. I felt like hell at first but I hung in there and now I am fine.

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    heh. how ironic. and here yaz was supposed to be the birth control that FIGHTS mood swings, mild depression, and other symptoms associated with pmdd. but the OP on this board have a different story to tell about it, saying it makes them MORE irritated and moody. have to admit i believe the OP more than i do the high-pressure sales yaz commercials.


    yet another reason (along with the many current lawsuits) why yaz totally sucks! glad i never listened to the people that told me to take it for my pmdd! also, im anti birth control pill for myself because i like getting pregnant lol

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    ^Did you miss my post in which I said it cleared up my PMS, my crippling periods, my mood swings and my skin? Over two years and not a single problem.
    Get the fuck off my harbl, yo'.

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    ^^^I guess she missed my post too where I said it does work but takes time. Hormones are not just going to magically fall in place and you acheve instant happiness. It takes time for hormones to adjust.

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    ive been taking 5htp and thats been mellowing the effects. but it is also making me need more sleep than usual. so i guess its sleepy and of my regular mentality or energetic and anxious.

    cant win. sometimes i hate being a woman .
    The best thing i have heard in a strip club to date:
    customer: we should get married right now! we should get a shotgun marriage!
    me: uhh... i think you are misunderstanding what a shotgun marriage means. A shotgun marriage means you knock me up and my daddy shows up at your door with a gun and forces you to marry me and raise the baby. You mean elope.
    customer: hmm... nah actually i will take the shotgun marriage. At least then we would be having sex.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Lola_sinn View Post
    Maybe you could try a different type of pill?

    I was on a brand of BC (can't remember the name, it was a generic version of something well-known) a few years ago that made me CRAZY, anxious and crying for no reason at all. It also made my boobs huge and I gained weight all over. I ended up not even making it through the first pack.

    I was also on Yaz for about a year and it had the opposite effect-it made me less moody and I never had PMS while I was taking it.

    Everyone's body chemistry is different, and there are a wide variety of BC pills available with different hormone levels in them.
    same...after being on seasonique, which made me crazy and gain a lot of weight, i switched to yaz. after a couple of months, i felt an improvement

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    I had a terrible time with Yaz, but obviously it's helped a lot of people. My PMDD was out of control and it didn't help a bit. I stuck with it for a ear, but no change. I still have crippling cramps, mood swings, depression, etc.

    I guess it's just different body chemistry...? I would say try it for a little while. If you don't settle into it, then move on. Good luck.

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