I have waited long enough to tell my story. I am a 29 yr old sin...

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Posted at 3: 0 PM on Jun 17, 2008 by moose19, #31480

I have waited long enough to tell my story. I am a 29 yr old single mother of 3. I started YAZ in Feb of 2008. I took it for 11 days. ELEVEN DAYS. It was about 4 days in that the headaches started. I couldn't stand light, I wore hoodies and sunglasses. I was nauseated. Saw double, black spots. Motion sickness.I could barely make it to work. I was out of control. I did not have control over my mind. I was crazy. My friend almost took me to the hospital to have me committed. There is no history of this in me or my family. The headaches would last from the time I woke up til the time I would go to sleep. Painkillers was the only thing that would keep me asleep through the pain. My dr immediately stop the the pills. I saw an eye doctor and they found nothing. They ordered an MRI. They found T2 Foci scattered throughout my brain. VERY unusual in someone my age. What that is, is my protective covering of my brain cells had been damaged there were gaps in its covering. I soon developed a stutter and a slur in my speech. The pain then moved throughout my whole body. They said fibromyalga and daily migraines. I'm now on topamax daily which gives me breaks in my headaches. I still get them daily. I still have pain in my body daily and I'm on painkillers daily. I have found a new dr who is wonderful. Who has recently taken blood. Who thinks that maybe it could be lupus. So I started researching Lupus...my symptoms and rashes match up. There is also a DRUG INDUCED LUPUS. and ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES is a KNOWN drug that can cause this!!! BUT IS THAT ON THE LABEL???? NOOOOOOOO!!! I was perfectly healthy before yaz, in kick boxing and now I walk and have the memory of a 60 yr old and my brain is permanently damaged. I have another MRI coming up to find out if there is more damage and I will find out the results of the blood work to find out what is wrong with me...but I blame all of this on YAZ and I hold them responsible. I SAY CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT....just have to find a firm with big enough BALLS to do it!!!

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Reply about 1 month ago on Jul 01, 2008 by binki, #9692

My family and I have suffered in ways unimaginable by me after I took YAZ for only 7 days. I'm still suffering the emotional instability many months later. For a long time I assumed it could not have been the YAZ that caused it because it lasted so long. After hearing all these women complaining of the same effects so soon after starting it {like myself} and remembering my pschatrist saying the YAZ "may have kick started it" I'm convinced it did!!!! I have never felt so unbeilvably depreesed,anxious,and CRAZY before in my life. I woke in the middle of the night on my 7th day of YAZ and told my husband I didn't feel stable,safe,or sane. We connected it to the YAZ right away because he said he noticed changes in me right away. When the problems continued I assumed I had lost my on mind all on my own. But w/o having a prior history of any such extreme feelings and having read all these entries I now believe YAZ did "kick start" my condition as well as intensifiing it!!!! I strongly beleive there is enough severaity and consistantcy to file a lawsuit and can't wait to share my full experience. Please keep me updated in your attempts and let me know if I can help.richandkristine@yahoo.com