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    Gypsy74
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    blah.

    I hate this.

    this is why I went off the pill the last time.

    I have a long history of ED's, since I was 11 years old- I've been recovered for almost a year now, but I don't talk about it ever, because that part of my life is over. I feel really fat.

    I know fat isn't a feeling.

    About a week after I went on birth control (YAZ) which I thought WOULDNT make me gain weight/be bloated/look fat/feel fat, I started noticing all of the above.

    I dont know if I've actually gained weight because I have a no-scale no-numbers policy, but I feel really bloated, not just in my stomach, my arms and thighs too, they just feel bloated and gross. My clothes don't feel tighter because I wear skirts and talk tops every day- no jeans to judge by. I don't think I can even dance like this, I don't feel confident to take off my clothes, not even in front of my boyfriend. I don't even want to look in the mirror. I'm in florida right now and I doni't even want to go to the beach because i dont want to wear a bathingsuit in public.

    I think the pill is triggering me, somehow. I don't know. I just spent 120 dollars on two months worth of pills though, and I don't want to waste them, and I don't want to use condoms. AGH. I hate this. I need to get off this pill. Should I get off this pill or should I just wait it out and see if my body stabilizes?

    anyone else have anything similar to this?

    I know if i get off the pills I'll go down to my normal size/state of non bloatedness and nice FLAT stomach.............AGHaljgsdklfjklajfklajsdfjkljk lfj klas IW ANT IT BACK.

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    Gypsy74
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    What should I do?? Stick it out another 2 weeks and see if it subsides or just throw out the pills and go back to my normal state of being and stop risking triggering myself into insanity and unhealthy behaviors? AH. I don't want to have to fumble with condoms everytime I have sex, but I feel like if I stay on these pills with the way my body is reacting I won't even want to have sex. I don't feel sexy. I FEEL FAT.

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    Gypsy74
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    anyone?

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    Default Re: Yaz birth control side effects

    If you're going to miss work from your perceived weight issues, then you'll likely be out more than $120 before all is said and done.

    You probably won't wait it out for your body to reach some sort of stasis, and if you do you probably will be miserable during the process and likely relapse into your ED. My advice is to use condoms and research other methods of birth control...and dealing with body issues...

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    I have a lot of weight issues too, and I was fine on Yasmin. I didn't feel like it made me gain any weight. I recently stopped taking it, but only because it wasn't strong enough to enable me to skip periods for months at a time.

    It's possible that you haven't gained weight but the hormonal change is making your weight issues play up.

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    Be very careful sweetie. I have a long history of bulimia and I try to avoid anything that will trigger it.

    I have always been on Levlen ED and it's never caused any weight gain. It does completely ruin my sex drive but Im too scared o try another pill coz if i feel fat (and yes it is a feeling when you suffer ED) I will spiral very quickly back into full scale bulimia.

    If you have your symptoms udner control right now it's best not to do anything to trigger them again.

    Yes it's annoying having to fumble over condoms but the alternative is worse.
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    So I guess I just should stop taking it........... ugh.

    How long will it take for my body to get rid of all the hormones? A week? I seriously am about to jump out of my skin.

    BF will understand me stopping them ..........I was against starting BC again anyways because I like to do everything all-natural- I don't even take painkillers. Condoms it is..........condoms. Maybe IUD in the future, that's all I'm left with.

    I seriously feel huge. I did buy some detox tea at the health food store with dandelion root that should help with the bloating/fatness. UGH I will NOT work like this. I won't do it. I don't even like taking my clothes off to change right now.

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    um, to not use condoms with someone you just met w/out serious proff? hmmm.

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    ^ actually, he got tested right after his gf broke up with him because she cheated on him and he didn't trust her. I got tested right after the little fiasco in May, so we're all clear, but thanks for being concerned

    - also.. I wouldn't consider knowing someone for two months "just meeting them". Just meeting someone is like two weeks, three weeks... not almost an entire school term.

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    I stopped taking them today. does anyone know how long it takes to start bleeding again after you've stopped pills? I was going to keep going with them til after I got home because I have a camping trip and didn't want to be bleeding for it, but now I just feel unbearably fat and bloated and miserable. my whole trip to florida was ruined because i feel like a bulimic nutcase.

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    Default Re: Yaz birth control side effects

    i took it for four months. i didn't gain any weight, but i did become really depressed, which is why i stopped.

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    i used to be able to take BCP when i was younger and not have side effects as badly..now it seems that i am 25 it has gotten worse...yeast infections, no sex drive, cant get wet. I tried yaz and the first time i did not gain, but the second time it made me gain weight in weird places...like the sides of my hips, my stomach and space b/w my butt and my thighs. Allt hsi while i was working out and not really eating differently. I think its the hormones..

    Try the sponge..its spermicide so its not as effective, but you put it up there and its good for 24 hrs.

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    Default Re: Yaz birth control side effects

    Quote Originally Posted by tennisqt View Post
    i took it for four months. i didn't gain any weight, but i did become really depressed, which is why i stopped.
    That sucks. I thought it was supposed to help improve your mood during your period.

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