I had been on YAZ for 5 months when my Dr
advised me to get off due to the change in
my migraines. I thought it was truly a
great pill. I have been on BCP for pretty
much the last 14 years with only a break
while pregnant and shortly after. My
hormones seem to be going crazy. i have
never suffered from anxiety or depression
before but since being off YAZ now for 3
weeks, I am being hit hard with both.
After this scare with YAZ and needing to
see a nuerologist, i've had enough of the
bcps so I dont want to try something else.
Has anyone else out there experienced the
severe anxiety and depression after
stopping yaz or any other bcp? If so, how
long did it last and was anyone able to
get through it without taking anti anxiety
or anti depressant pills? if so, what
helped, i want to do this naturally and
without pills.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 08-15-07 11:32am
It might take you a while to get back to
normal. Yaz is used to treat pre-menstrual
depression, and while it's not an
anti-depressant, when you stop taking it
like you did your mood might be crazy for
a little while.
You can just wait it out and see if it
gets better, but if it doesn't, make sure
you see someone about it. You don't want
it to develop into a depression that you
can't shake....
as far as not taking drugs for depression,
exercise has been found to help a lot. Get
yourself moving. I'm sure there are other
things but that's all I can pull off the
top of my head.
