what is yaz?Is it natural or synthetic?

it's birth control.
i was on femcon which is another birth control but it gave me migraines and stuff so now i'm on yaz for pmdd.

I took yaz and it made me feel psychotic. I didn't last long. I also do not trust a drug (which it is) for which it has the potential to raise your potassium levels and they need to be checked up on.

I looked up Yaz on www.askapatient.com and it didn't sound good for some.

But you are young and it might be OK. Might be the right thing if it helps you as it helps others. My OB GYN told me that most women love it.

But at 43 and after many tries with birth control in the last few years, I decided I'm too old for birth control pills.

It seems Yaz can also affect your kidneys. I read how this potassium thing works, but it was a while ago. It seemed to me it caused your kidneys not to process something right.

Yaz Facts:

http://www.drugs.com/cdi/yaz.html

okay thanks.

I just began yaz about 2 months ago and the first month was graeat but not now im still have those pmdd symtoms and dont like it at all and I say a warning about yaz last weeks and can make blood clots and strokes and something about the potasium, but mine is always low so hehehe but im scare of taking yaz and do you see an OBJ for that you???????

any birth control can cause blood clots or strokes but it very very rarely happens. you get symptoms before them that you should just look out for.

Hi ladies -

I hate to be a party pooper on Yaz, but I feel like I'd be doing a disservice if I bit my tongue here. I was on Yaz for 4 months before it became clear that it was not working for me. I started having severe anxiety, shaking, panic attacks, and persistent tachycardia. I lost my appetite for 2-3 months. I couldn't sleep, but staying awake sucked. I had NO energy, but felt like I had drank a tankard of espresso! (it's hard to describe the feeling.)

In short... I had a very bad experience with this pill. I'm still on Lexapro to try and control the anxiety. Sorry to be a bummer, but I just have never had anything like that happen to me, and it really freaked me out.

well i already have bad anxiety so i guess it won't really matter. i have started having panic attacks but i don't think it's from the yaz because i get them sometimes anyway. i will just deal with it.

I've never been on Yaz, everyone react's different to med's and just with hearing the side affects and all the troubles women are going thru with it i wouldn't get on it. keep us posted on how you are doing with it though!

well i need to be on it. the past few nights i have been getting really hot and sweaty and it's making me really nauseous. i know it interacts with some of my meds decreasing them, but the yaz effectiveness isn't decreased.

I tried Yaz a year ago on recommendation from my Gynae. I get bad PMT, it was horrible and actually made it worse. Yaz was not for me.

i have been having panic attacks lately and i don't know if it's me or the yaz. i get panic attacks sometimes anyway, so it might just be me. i've lost weight and i haven't been eating much but today has been better and i have been able to eat a lot more. not like overeating, just a good amount of eating. i'm tired and i have headaches, but only when i have panic attacks, so everything else is going okay.

I was on Yaz because i didnt take it today and i feel much better, I was sick for one reason for about 3 months and just think about that the Yaz was making me so sick, all the nausea my god and was so on hedge on the time, I was worse, and now if I have those PMDD symtoms I take Zanax 0.5 mg and im better after and meaby next month i will not have thoses PMDD symptoms, I have to see a GYN for help but dont think I will take Yaz again, its weird its for the PMDD symtoms and some of the side effects is anxiety and panik attacks so why take it if it can do same thing that your trying to get rib off??????

well i think those usually go away and i think the panic attacks are just me because i get them a lot. i've been fine.