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Thanks for sharing this! I have been very fortunate that my birth control (Alesse) has not produced any or very little side effects. I have been following the research that is being done on Yaz and I hope they can fix it! I’m sorry your experience was as dangerous as it was! I almost lost my life while on a horrible mix of psychiatric medication and just abandoned it altogether. It’s scary when any medication that is supposed to help you ends up working against you.

Keep sharing your story and spreading awareness! Thank you again!  

Yaz is the only pill that keeps my life-ruining endometriosis slow enough that I don’t have to get a freakin’ surgery every six months. Quit fear mongering, most people don’t have these issues. You have to take a lot of extra care of yourself while on the pill… don’t smoke, exercise, if you fly get up and walk a lot, etc.

@MoonFaeEyryan@xanga - It’s not fear mongering. I had a stroke in my teens from generic birth control (I too have endometriosis). I never smoke, drank, and I was on two all star squads for gymnastics and cheerleading. These things happen, maybe not to you but maybe to the person next to you or your sister or your aunt. Not all health issues are solved by walking, water, and not smoking. I can never do the things I used to do because I took the pill, I can barely lift a bottle of water now or even do all the things I learned of 17 years in cheer and gymnastics. What sucks is though I can’t move the left side of my body, there’s no way to help the endometriosis.

I’m not against what you said, if this didn’t happen to me, or the blogger, I would too think “Wtf the pill is my pain savior” but it’s not the same for everyone.

blood clots are a side effect of any birth control pill, its not anyone’s fault if you don’t read the literature that comes with your medicine, nor if you choose to ignore the information it gives.

I was on Yaz and then Yasmin for nearly 5 years and I never had any serious problems

@MiriamBeth@xanga – I’m not saying it’s for everyone… hell I got horrible side effects from other BC pills… but I think the blogger tries to only speak the bad sides of it. I’m sorry that happened to you.

As soon as I tried a birth control pill I got horrible cramps and I could barely sleep. I literally felt like I was dying. So then I tried the patch and I got horrible head aches every day and horrible cramps. I think my body was sensitive to all of the extra hormones.

My saviour is the Mirena IUD. I love it! It’s been almost 3 years and I’ve had no real bad side effects other than horrible cramps once.

@MoonFaeEyryan@xanga -  - There should be a counter-blog on the good side affects. I sure enjoyed it when I could have it!

@alwaysforeversunny@xanga - I’m sure the blogger read the info but things still happen. It’s like being the only one in the tanning salon to get that stupid mole, you knew it could happen but it still sucks when it does, it doesn’t mean it’s anyone’s fault.

@MiriamBeth@xanga - i’d sure hope she did! but then she would have made the choice to take that risk, just like someone informed about skin cancer who still uses a sunbed would. if you aren’t ok with any of the risk associated with side effects, find another form of birth control, its no ones fault but your own if you decide to risk it, that’s the idea of informed consent. what i really didn’t like was how the author focused on the ‘misleading ads’ yes, they may have glossed over the side effects, but its your own responsibility (i feel) to read the actual literature that comes with a medication.

also, i’m very sorry you had such a horrible side effect from birth control

Birth control, like everything else, is potentially dangerous. You’re screwing with hormones of course something is bound to happen. I can’t take BC because I have migraines with aura and I would be setting myself up for a stroke

I’ve been on YAZ for a year now. I’ve never had any side effects, it has been doing more good than harm for me. 

I’m over weight, I’m a casual smoker and I do drink. I have also suffered from depression ever since I can remember and I did not make it worse for me in any way. When you’re on birth control you need to see your doctor regularly and you need to be monitored, meaning frequent check ups. YAZ is definitely one of the best things that has ever happened to me but it is definitely not safe for every one.

That’s terrifying.  I’ve been on both Yasmin and Yaz… Yasmin gave me terrible migraines and Yaz made me so psychotically moody that it was interfering with my life.  I’m not a fan of either one, but I’m aware that different pills work for different people.  Everyone is different; that’s why so many pills are on the market.  All of the pills come with risks and you have to decide if the benefits outweigh those risks.  Nevertheless, Yaz and Yasmin have been shown to have significantly more risks than other similar BC pills, hence the lawsuits that the author mentions.  Its great if either of those pills work for you, but just know that those two pills do carry more risk than others.  I’m on Loestrin24 Fe now and I love it, but I’m still aware that I can get blood clots or any of the other symptoms I’ve had at any time.