I took Yaz for 2 1/2 months (for acne, painful periods, big hairloss etc) and while I loved the 6 pound weight loss I incurred, I noticed as the months went on, I became an emotional mess: crying at the drop of a hat, irritable (the snap your head off of anyone who crossed my path kind of irritable), and depressed. Basically not a happy camper and afriad to be around people because I was so snappish and moody I hated everyone around me. Add in the complete loss of libido and I was a mess!
I finally had enough last week when I found myself shouting and crying at someone for no reason and I quit the pill mid cycle. Needless to say my resulting period is incredibly painful and heavy but my mood is going back to normal.
However, I have gained 8 POUNDS IN 6 DAYS since I quit, And no, I am not eating more and I am still exercising the same. Obviously whatever the YAz was correcting has stopped and I feel like a blimp.
My doctor wants me to try Mircette but I have never heard of it and am wondering if anyone else has tried it and liked it. I would hate to have to go back on Yaz, I really was not enjoying life while on it, but I can't keep gaining weight since I have been working so hard on losing it.
OHMGOSH!!!! sorry if i sound so excited but that is what happend to me too exactly!!! except i was on yasmin, the yaz with the little bit more estrogen. I too had acne and was trying to clear it up due to the cysts, and it really worked for skin and i didnt gain weight but lost it too. well after the emotional freakouts i developed anxiety panic attacks on it and nasty heart palpatations!!! maybe all the stress of freakin out caused it. i have been off yasmin for 5 months but guess what? my acne has resurfaced again so now i am going to try mircette too. my friend who gains weight easily is on mircette and hasnt gained a pound. and even the best birth control sight reccomends it for people who gain weight as a non weight gain pill and non acne pill!!! sound good yes? except it is also 2.3 times riskier for dvts (blood clots) that means 30 out of 100,000 users will die from a clot . doubled risk what a bummer. so now i have a pack and am just stressed about it! acne or life acne or life? just kidding! lol. if you like to get warned and scared read the blood clot posts on this board. so in 28...i dont know how old you are but if your young you should be okay. I took desogen the stronger mircette...about 5 years ago and it worked well. it just gave me some melasma or skin discoloration , but hey its better than acne for sure. it cleared my acne and mircette should do the same. good luck.
THANK YOU so much for your response. I thought I was nuts, but after being off Yaz for a few days my libido came back and I was happier and sunnier than I had been in 3 months!
I was worried about the sudden weight gain and I didn't have the new prescription for Mircette yet so I went back on the Yaz (just until I finished off the month) and immediately dropped the weight. And about 4 days after restarting Yaz--the doom and gloom depression came back and the no sex drive. At least it confirmed I wasn't nuts and Yaz was the problem.
So, I start Mircette after I quit Yaz again next week and I am glad to know it is a no weight gain pill. I will post how the side effects go. As long as I have no acne or weight gain I will be fine.
I am 34 so stroke clots are a concern but I never have smoked and don't drink so I think that lessens my risk.
While I'm also not glad to hear that others have had mood problems on Yaz, it definitely makes me feel better. I was already prone to depression and was on antidepressants prior to starting Yaz. After starting Yaz, I ended up getting so much worse that I ended up hospitalized. I NEVER even considered that it might be related to the Yaz, but my endocrinologist just made the suggestion and I am immediately making a switch to another pill.
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I was on Mircette for a year and the only problem I had with it was very bad acne. I had never had acne before Mircette, and even now that I'm off it, it will not go away. Other than that, Mircette was great.
Gosh...this sound kinda scary about the depression with yaz. I just went to my OBGYN today and she gave me Yaz to try. I have not been on BC pills in a long time. I do have a little acne and was worried about gaining weight on the pill. I don't want to have horrible mood swings....I wonder if that side effect happens to most. Thanks for sharing your stories
I think with the pill we are all different is what i am realizing alot. I know that yaz and yasmin are not for me , they make me look good, but they make me act ugly...and feel ugly. im so depressed and stressed when im on it that it just isnt worth it . i cant enjoy myself, plus all the bad little side effects. desogen was wonderful for me. my body liked it. so mircette causes acne now, for some hmmm. boy, just goes to show you, we gotta be ginnie pigs for ourselves and try a couple things before we may find the one that clicks with us...
Hello, I have just registered to this site in response to hearing all of your having the same issues with yaz as I did. I felt awful when I was taking this.
I thought I was going crazy. I have never felt this bad. I was on yazmin before I had my son and I was fine on it but my doctor put me on Yaz now that I have stopped nursing and I have been so depressed. Just today My son woke up and was crying and I didnt even want to get up to feed him. in 8 months I have never once not gotten up for my baby. Today he was crying and instead of my usual wanting to hold him to calm him down the first thought that popped into my head was that i wished i could go to sleep and never have to wake up again. I have never thought that. I pushed the thought aside and just cried. I have never felt this way ever. I thought I was losing it. I have been on yaz for only 5 weeks. The first few weeks were great. My hair got fuller, my skin cleared up, I lost alot of the baby weight but then I started getting really strange feelings of constant sadness. I am feel anxious and irritable. I have no liblito and well I thought I was just going nuts. I was so scared about the way I have been feeling because I have to worry about my baby. I was being so irrational. I think I am going to stop yaz today! THANK YOU EVERYONE!
I had a horrible time on Mircette, but each person is going to react to each pill differently....acne, weight gain, breakthrough bleeding. You just need to find what works for you. I've been on yasmin a few months and so far, it is working well for me.
On Mircette for now have been on it for almost a year. was on ortho-lo before that which just shut everything down, no AF for like 3 months which was weird. anyways Mircette hasn't given me any bad side effects that i've noticed. It didn't help with my acne though. metformin on the other hand has. i'm on both for now, well you can read my signature to see my pharmacy. I plan for this to be my last cycle of mircette
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i just quit yaz midcycle too.... i had been given a sample by my gyno, and i was only into my 2nd week.
i got leg cramps and i was terribly irritable, but he last straw was when i started crying reading the paper...... seriously- i do NOT cry, especially when reading the newspaper!
i think i had gained a good 5-7 lbs...... and i was just sooo uncomfortable in my skin and it made me feel less like doing anything.
i did get a withdrawal period after stopping, but i feel soo much better and clear headed now!
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I just registered here, as well, and am also feeling better knowing other women have had my Yaz experience. It really made me feel awful, too (and it didn't do the job for which I needed it-- to suppress cysts so I can start an IVF cycle). I was glad to stop taking it!
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Hello, I have just registered to this site in response to hearing all of your having the same issues with yaz as I did. I felt awful when I was taking this.
I was on Yazmin and then Yaz from Feb 2003 until April 2006, at which point I stopped taking BC all together due to a breakup and lack of health insurance. I started it up again in Oct 2007 and have been on it (and the generic Ocella) ever since.
In the last year or so, though, I've been struggling with feelings of depression. It takes great effort to get started on something, lots of emotional overeating, I frequently don't want to get out of bed, I'll think about doing something and then just think, what's the point? I attributed it to things that were going on in my life (parents divorcing, bad choices with men, best friend treating me badly) but recently, news reports about the Yaz lawsuits and the drug's side effects prompted me to do a little hunting around on the Web.
I thought back to that time period when I was not on BC, and while there were still issues in my life at that point, I also managed to drop 20 lbs, go to the gym consistently, and reading back on journal entries at the time, I remarked about how I felt good about things in my life.
I guess I just wonder if my current state of mind could be related to the BC pills, since I've been on them now for 2 years again. Thinking back, though, it's been a steady decline of depressive thoughts since I got back on those pills. I don't have any other physical side effects beyond weight gain from the emotional eating.
I have my annual checkup with the gyno on Friday, where I'll prob bring this up. I'm just not sure if I should switch to another one or ditch BC altogether. Without the pill, my period is extremely erratic but it's like clockwork with the pill, which is the main reason I'm on it.
YAZ made me crazy--switch to Mircette? 
OHMGOSH!!!! sorry if i sound so excited but that is what happend to me too exactly!!! except i was on yasmin, the yaz with the little bit more estrogen. I too had acne and was trying to clear it up due to the cysts, and it really worked for skin and i didnt gain weight but lost it too. well after the emotional freakouts i developed anxiety panic attacks on it and nasty heart palpatations!!! maybe all the stress of freakin out caused it. i have been off yasmin for 5 months but guess what? my acne has resurfaced again
so now i am going to try mircette too. my friend who gains weight easily is on mircette and hasnt gained a pound. and even the best birth control sight reccomends it for people who gain weight as a non weight gain pill and non acne pill!!! sound good yes? except it is also 2.3 times riskier for dvts (blood clots) that means 30 out of 100,000 users will die from a clot . doubled risk
So Relieved 
