Yaz - Birth Control Message Board

chardai · 09-28-2006, 08:24 PM

Has anyone had any 'good' or 'okay' experiences with YAZ? (Not Yasmin)
I will be switching from ortho tricyclen lo to Yaz in 2 weeks and have seen the 'not so good' comments posted in the boards... would like to know if there are any good experiences our there....

LadyMirabelle · 09-29-2006, 10:45 AM

Overall my experience with Yaz has been good (and my experience with Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo was quite not so good). I was kind of nausiated on it for the first week or so -- and a little dizzy. That went away, though, and since haven't had any side effects -- except for a couple nasty zits, which may or may not have been related to Yaz. I had started a few extra supplements which may have been contributing to it (one containing a lot of Vitamin B12, which I didn't realize)...

Anyway, those zits aren't there now, and things I really love about this pill have been: no mood swings (I had bad mood swings on every other pill I was on, on this pill I get a little teary for about two days a month, near my period... but I am like that off the pill too), no anxiety, no weight gain, and a two day (less than two days, really) period. I didn't have breakthrough bleeding at all, but I have read about some people having it. Yaz mentions on its website that this is a common side effect in the first couple of months so if you have that (which you might, since you're going down in estrogen from Ortho-lo), wait it out a little bit, because it will probably go away.

Good luck, I hope you have a good experience!
-Mirabelle

chardai · 09-29-2006, 02:07 PM

Thanks Mirabelle - The ortho severely broke me out, especially in the cheek area. Hopefully the Yaz will work for me as well.

combatrock · 10-01-2006, 03:36 PM

Hey. I am on my fifth month and have nothing to complain about at the moment. I have not gained any weight or experienced any other negative side effects. The only problem I have had is that I spotted a whole bunch for the first two or three weeks I was on it. That was a real pain, but your body needs time to get used to it. Nothing like that has happened since. My periods are completely regular and a little shorter than they used to be. I would recommend it, but of course, everyone's different.

Iceprincessk25 · 10-01-2006, 10:09 PM

I'm almost finished with my first pack of Yaz and it hasn't been anything to complain about. I haven't really ever had a bad experience with Pills and I've been on SEVERAL - Triphasil, Orthotricyclen, Seasonale, etc.

Yaz has been uneventful. No weight gain, no stomach aches, no mood swings. I had one day of light light spotting and that was it. Pretty decent. I'm sure you'll do fine.