Side Effects of Yaz?

[fortunaminor.livejournal.com]

I have been on Yaz since late January. It's my first BC pill, and I'm delighted to say that it removed all my first-day-of-period nausea, vomiting, excruciating pain (not cramps, just pain) and that it's made my skin really pretty.

Now, that being said, I've started having some symptoms that have got me wondering if anyone else on Yaz is having them too.

Has anyone else experienced any of the following while on Yaz?

• night sweats
• night terrors
• delirium after a night terror
• fevers that occur after emotional distress
• heightened emotional distress
• mood swings (really grouchy, suicidally depressed, queen of the world happy)
• sore throat

I've had my doctor do blood and urine work, the results of which I'm still waiting for, but I thought I'd put this out to the masses just in case. If it is the Yaz, I need to decide now if the first-day-of-period pain is easier to deal with than what I've been going through since April or so.
Any help or other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Comments

[tokio.livejournal.com]

I had awful, awful, AWFUL mood swings on Yaz. It completely destroyed my personality to the extent where I couldn't even see it anymore. My grandmother and my boyfriend actually had an intervention of sorts with me. They both sat down with me and said, "We think you need to change birth control. Do you know how you act now?" My boyfriend told me he'd caught me saying things that were so uncharacteristic he thought he was dating someone else, particularly things self-deprecating. The moodswings I had were a lot like bipolar disorder/manic depressive disorder, except the manic stages were characterized by an insatiable urge to do something very irrational (like suicide, wrecking my car, quitting my job, breaking up with my boyfriend, breaking my lease, and really erratic things I wouldn't otherwise consider). The depressive periods were characterized by long bouts of immobility and crying so hard I'd throw up. Almost anything would set these off.

I also had... horrible dreams when I remembered them. I usually have pretty freaky dreams, but they don't actually frighten me. These woke me up in the middle of the night. I even woke myself up panting and trying to scream a few times. I would wake up sweating constantly.

I didn't experience the sore throat, delirium, fever, or chronic night sweats (only after a nightmare). However, I did eat constantly and I broke out in cystic acne all over my face. After three months of this, I switched over to Sprintec and I've been happy as I can be. All of my mental/emotional symptoms are gone and my face is clear again.

[yearofadventure.livejournal.com]

i'm in my first pack of yaz and haven't had any problems like that, but who knows how it can affect other people.

have you been stressed lately? i used to have night terrors and other sleep issues, and i think it was mostly stress induced.

i mean, it might be worth taking a break from yaz to see if it improves, and if not, it may be worth seeing a counselor of some sort.

[campfire-light.livejournal.com]

I haven't had the mood swings to that extent, but it's obvious that Yaz is negatively affecting me. I'm on month two of Yaz (waiting for my appointment) after being on Yasmin for 5 years (my best estimate). Last month, I believe starting around week 2 of the pack, I started getting really upset or angry about the littlest things.

I asked my boyfriend flat out if I had been acting strangely, and he said that I really was. I'm not a stranger to mood swings, but this was ridiculous. Luckily, I don't have symptoms so bad that I act like a completely different person, but come appointment time, I'm getting back on Yasmin, no matter what.