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For the person that said i should get it out.... Sure why not lets see my fience is bi-polar, adhd, and gets kidney stones contantly lost his job over it. So theres no income coming in at this household. Lets also not forget i get pregnant incredibly easily(my son was concieved while on bc and using a condom) and while on bc i also feel like id rather beat ppl over the head then hear what they have to say and with three children their bdays being 4/9/07, 1/9/09, and 11/8/09 that isnt an option. i havent been pregnant since my last child and thats wonderful for me. I have hypothyroidism which they say can make you infertile(deff not my case) which has also caused my last two children to be born 4 weeks premature my second child didnt have complications but my third spent two weeks in childrens hospital from being born with a collapsed lung.... and also when they say it doesnt enter your blood stream the mean directly enter it, it takes time for it to even take effect. but unless you all just have really bad doctors or something my ob even worned me that the worse side effect would be death, but under my situation this was my best option. plus i dont like having to take pain killers everyday, levothyroxin, blood pressure meds, and also try to remember a little pill. ive had migraines since i was 16 and the blood pressure med is to prevent them, had a hypothyroid since i was 16. But if anyone has a suggestion other than mirena id gladly listen. And getting my tubes tied was not an option im only 22!!!!

was hooked on vicodin for ten months quit cold turkey last sunday thought i made it threw the part by friday but sat my heart started racing my palms sweating im goin on day 4 of this when will it end can anyone help me

I've been taking Trileptal and Buproprion for bipolar disorder for about 7 years; after a month my doses went to Buproprion HCL 200 mg. SR two times a day and Trileptal 300 mg. morning, lunch and two at night. I only take one at night or I'm zonked and groggy the next day. It works great for my bipolar for the most part, but after about 3 years on it I had an episode where I got double vision and felt like I LOOKED like I was drunk; I didn't feel drunk, but one side of my face and one eye felt so weird! When I cover one I my vision looks normal but I still feel very odd. This only occurred occasionally but as time goes by it's getting worse and worse. Lately I've noticed an intention tremor in both hands and having to "reach" for the right word. I also have trouble typing and will make a mistake over and over before I can get my fingers to correct it. I'd hate to stop my meds; I really love them.

Shootmo; what's your schedule for taking your trileptal? I was prescribed 1200 too: 300 mg. in the morning, at lunch, and 600 mg. at bedtime. I had to stop taking two at night after 2 years because I couldn't wake up if the kids needed me and was so groggy the next day. I do better with only the 300 mg. at night but I've been taking it for almost 7 years. When I DO take it right before bed I've got about 15 minutes before I zonk out but I sleep well. Still a little groggy in the morning and I have to keep moving after my lunch one; if I sit down for very long there will be a nap on my schedule. I started walking on my treadmill every afternoon when I get sleepy and it seems to help too. Good luck!

Hello again ladies :-) OK-I posted yesterday and forgot to mention that although I took the Nuvaring out last Thursday. (Feb.4/10 and also the last day of my period) and it was only in for 3 days - Yesterday morning, I started my period AGAIN. Not spotting, this is a full blown period. Cramps, bloating & all. I am so upset that I ever used this damn thing. I only used it for a month and those 3 days... In such a short time it's nearly ruined me. I still have the rash too :-(

Anyone out there having double vision or intention tremors, like reaching for something and your hand shaking even if you clench your fist? I also have trouble typing and will type a word incorrectly over and over again, not because I don't know how to spell it I just can't get the right letter to come out of my fingers. I take Trileptal as a mood stabilizer, and have been taking these meds for 7 years and have been so happy with the results, and I'm wondering if now I'm going to have to change because of these side effects. Kind of scary. By the way,, it took me a month or six weeks for my meds to feel comfortable in my body. It took awhile to get the doses right and for my brain to register what I was taking, but it probably saved my marriage and my life. It's so much better than the Lithium and Zoloft I took years ago which made me a totaly zombie.

Just went to ER yesterday with most of these symptoms. Of course they found nothing after a chest x-ray,cat scan,blood work,urinalysis, Now I know. Should have done this search yesterday. Has anyone had numbness? I have not had feeling in 2 of my fingers for days, and some numbness in jaw. That was the symptom that made me go to the ER, thought maybe I was having a stroke. I was recently (3 weeks ago) increased up to 200mg 1@day. Didnt seem to have side effects before, but probably hadnt noticed. Was probably chalking them up to other things. Menopause,recently quit smoking (7 weeks). I think I am gonna wean myself off of these dang things if I can. I also take 75mg of effexor, and 150mg of zoloft both 1@day. Like someone else said just let me be normal for one day, without meds. This is such a high price to have to pay, for just surviving.

I've only read one page of these posts and I am scared and don't know what to do. I am on day 6 of a 10 day regimen of 500 mg Levaquin for a kidney infection. After the 4th dose, my ankles started hurting all night and the next morning, was better after taking 3 Aleve. After the 5th dose, some mild joint pain in wrists, elbows, and still my ankles. No insomnia, swelling, dizziness or anything else.I can stand this, but afraid it's going to get worse or not go away. When my Dr. prescribed Levaquiin, I had never heard of it before (the doctor said it was the "granddaddy of antibiotics, strong stuff". Came home and read the side effects insert, wasn't too concerned, because it said the tendon damage was in people over 60 (I am 56, female, 125 lbs, fairly healthy, except for hypertension). I have had some arthritic hip pain in the past and have been taking glucosamine, crondoitin, and hyaluronic acid regularly for the past 7 or 8 years (maybe that's why my pain is mild?)

I strongly believe the Mirena IUD has caused hip pain for me also. I had it inserted in July 2009. Everything was ok for the first four months. Then my right hip started hurting. Not really in the joint but right on the round boney part. I am on Mobic and Motrin. I take it EVERY day. As far as periods...they are lighter but they are almost CONSTANT. I spot and bleed probably 25 days out of every month. It is miserable! Of course my GYN is totally bothered by me and thinks I am crazy. I have an appointments with two other doctors and really think I will have it removed by the end of this month. Will repost after removal to update.

i stopped vicodin 10/650 about 12 a day cold turkey 9 days ago 5th day i felt great then on day 6 7 8 9 my heart pounding out my chest and im sweating like crazy will it ever end im loosing my mind

Just an update from my post below (February 9th, 2010 at 5:38am)....After I took out the Mirena, I felt such a sense of relief. I was a little worried that I'd hurt myself taking it out but since my doctor had done an ultrasound I figured I'd be ok & that it wasn't embedded. Anyway, for the first time in a long time, I slept like a baby last night, about 7 hours total! And I didn't have any nightmares like before. I also feel like a new woman this morning.....already feeling like I'm getting back to my old self. I did wake up with a migraine around 7:30 but my migraine meds knocked it out pretty quickly (Max-Alt....a wonderful medicine for migraines, by the way). I also didn't wake up starving like I had been doing. I'm spotting a little since taking it out, but I'm quite used to that from the last 40 days. I expect I'll start a period within the next few days but I don't care. I'm just so happy to have that thing out of my body! Thank you to all the people on here who are sharing your experiences. It made me feel so much better to have the truth about Mirena & to know that I wasn't losing my mind. It certainly helped me to make the decsion to take it out. I wouldn't suggest that everyone just go pulling their's out though, just in case your's could be embedded, as that could possibly be dangerous. I'll keep you posted w/how I do now that it's out. I'm wondering if anyone knows if there is an agency (FDA or CDC maybe?) we can report all of our side effects to so that the manufacturer can maybe put the truth in their literature. Any thoughts?

I've had my mirena in for two years not and have not had a period at all. But all the side effects are still there. I feel as if I am soo BLOATED and can't release. I also have gained 70lbs in the last year and a half. I went from a size 7 to a size 15. I am going to have the mirena removed to get back to a healthy size. Oh yea the doctor told me that I would only gain 5lbs from the mirena.. I was lied too. Don't let it be you.

I had the Mirena inserted a week ago, since then I have had pain and cramps like never before and I have been bleeding heavily as well. I don't believe that this should be normal, although my gyne keeps telling me to give it time, I am seriously considering taking it out. Getting married in march, don't want to sit with this nonsense!

I have an indentation on my scalp next to a hair graft resulting from skin cancer. I have very little skin left, mostly grafts and no hair on top. I freaked out when I felt the indentation. Drs. dont know what it is even after CT. I have kenalog injections near that area because the plastic surgeon thought the tightness I was experiencing was scar tissue.

I had kenalog injections on my scalp by a plastic surgeon who closed my skin cancer after MOHs surgery. The site was too large to suture. He took a hair graft from the back of my ear about 3 or 4 inches from my ear. After the surgery my head was numb and eventually the right side was fine but now I still have numbness on the left side. Recently I discovered the indentation next to the graft. My surgeon injected that site because he thought the tightness in my scalp was scar tissue.

I took it for just over 6 months and I started having insomnea ,hands kept falling asleep to the point that i was shaking them all the time. i then bagan having shortness of breath at night to the point if was afraid to go to sleep I slept sitting up in my recliner. and trust me I don't consider myself to be soft police officer 15 years swat team etc. but when you don't sleep and have trouble breathing it will make you crazy...... I went back to the doctor and of course after 30 days I was on 7 different meds. one to sleep one for anxiety puffers advair. after 30 more days and copays out the ass. I stopped taking everything. 6 months go by and Im feeling great. I go to the doctor blood pressure is still high he talks me again into only taking lisinprol with hctz that was wed the 3rd jan 2010 only a few days and I feel like ##^%^ It is 3am and I can't sleep because my heart is flipping out. I just flushed the remainder of my bottle and now i'm pissed off. This drug is a joke

Hello, I just had my Mirena taken out. I had it in for only 7 months, it was the worst 7 months of my life, i kept getting ovarian cyst after cysts.. My uterus kept contracting which was causing extreme amounts of pain to the point where i was on pain killers almost every night. I developed Breastmilk, which surprised me because my daughter is 2 and i don't breast feed. I had trouble during intercourse, my moods were erractic, one moment i was happy then i was in a bad mood or crying for no reason. I didn't get my periods, but i still got period pain every month. My body even starting acting l like i was pregnant, i was bloated all the time, i had cravings and would have morning sickness. I wouldn't recommend any one getting one, doctors say that it is the best thing to have, but they do not tell you what could happen to your body. I would suggest if you wanted to take it out, take it out, it is not worth you being in pain and unhappy, because it will be worse on you and your family in the long run. There is always other options out there to use for contraception. In the end it is your decision, not the doctors

Prednisone and DepressionAnyone have any ideas on combating depression that's caused by prednisone? I have to be on the meds for long periods of time, and feel the numberous side effects, including depression.

Ha! Try taking 60mg of prednisone every day for at least two weeks, and then lowering it by 10mg every week. I have kidney disease, and have to combat the side effects of prednisone whenever I relapse. It takes me about two months to fully get off the prednisone, and another 2 months to feel normal again. I've been off and on large doses since I was a young child. I hate the medicine because it makes me fell wierd inside, depressed, stunted my growth, puts fat in abnormal spots on my body (like my face), makes my hair grow more than usual (had a slight mustache as a child, and i'm a girl). It even made my eye sight go temporarily bad for a year once. I can't concentrate as well either, have trouble studying for my classes. It also severly lowers my sex drive. But hey, despite all these terrible terrible side effects, it keeps me alive.

even if it is bacterial, and without a culture he wouldn't know, why give you augmentum or zythromax, something that doesn't carry the risks of levaquin? levaquin is notorious for causing spontaneous tendon rupture which can occur months after you've stopped taking it- permanent, damaging, crippling. also, it can raise intracranial pressure which is why my friend had a stroke. she is now paralyzed on her left side and will require years of care, physical therapy, drugs, etc. all this for a flu that could have been treated more simply. levaquin is meant for life threatening infections. while your sinus infection is certainly making you uncomfortable, you can hardly consider it life threatening. but, if you own a drug company, you can hardly make billions selling a drug only for life threatening infections. if you can get doctors to prescribe your drug for every little thing, then you can create a blockbuster drug and your shareholders will be happy. if you kill and maim a few thousand people, hell that's just the cost of doing business and you employ armies of lawyers anyway to fight off the lawsuits. sure, the government will slap a fine on you of a billion dollars but since that's the profit you make per hour, you'll laugh as you pay the fine and then go back to the business of convincing americans that the are sick and can only be cured by taking your drugs

I have been on Nuvaring now for 6 or 7 months and since ive been on it i can say im having problems still ajusting to it. It is very hard ive gained a lot of weight and when i say a lot i mean a lot it stinks i also have had bad acne bad bad acne and now just recently im getting a bald spot this birthcontrol is just one big roll a coster big time

bold spots is that good or bad?Hey ladies, well im only 22 and i have been on the nuvaring for about half a year and since i started it things have just been a little crazy!! I've always had headaches but they were normal i had seen a doctor for the headaches and said it was normal to just take something for the headaches when i got them but since i starting this birthcontrol my headaches just got worse and the headaches are a constant everyday thing and it sucks ive also just noticed that i have a bold spot and that just isnt normal especially for my age and just for me that has never happened i looked it up and it said hair loss but this just doesnt seem normal the bold spot is about the size of maybe a nickle and its also very noticable everyone i have told thinks its just thining of the hair but it's not its an actual bold spot it was alot smaller when i first noticed it but now its a bit bigger i just want to know if that is normal or if ill be ok or should i just go see a doctor or take a different bitthcontrol what should i do i need some kind of advise!!!

Dear pittygirl, Ok, It sounds like up until now you haven't had any problems. I hope that it continues this way for you. I have had the mirena in for just under 2 years now. I thought it was wonderful at first. My periods nearly stoppped just as they promised. No extraordinary discomfort unless you can't manage cramping for no apparent reason at all. Then I got married and continued to have more cramping, I assumed that it was all ok. I mean yeah I remember the side effects that they told me about. I even went to have it checked to make sure it was still in properly. The dr confirmed it was ok. So months go by and I start having these weird pains in my hands and ankles and all over my extremities. I have major headaches that I can't explain. I start telling myself that it's just because Im stressed and not getting enough rest and exercise( Ive gained like 60 pounds in the year and a half Ive been married). My husband thinks Im crazy or bipolar ( I've heard it all) and somehow hid it from him before we were married. Please as the time goes by and you start experiencing symptoms just remember all of these postings. Do yourself a favor and get it taken out!!! My appointment is tomorrow. Thanks to everyone for helping to confirm that its not just all in my head!

I'm not sure if it is bacterial or a viral infection. The doctor did state that it was bacterial when he looked in my ear but I'm not sure how you would determine that. I have always my ears clean with peroxide & qtips so I know the ear infection is from the sinus issues. Also, the doc said that the antibiotics would help treat another minor problem that Im sure he wouldn't have prescribed unless I asked. Whether the sinus/ear issues are bacterial or viral is my main concern from being on the antibiotics right now. I am hoping he was correct about it being bacterial so that I'm on the right track. I take 500mg po QD of Levaquin. I'm sorry-It's ONCE A DAY .the dosage it correct, I checked. at night around 11pm Day 1:fever of 100.4 for the night,still runny,stuffy nose.clogged feeling ears Day 2:no fever,runny,stuffy nose.clogged ears Day 3: no fever,really dark nasal discharge & clogged feeling ears. ....

oh wow i am an army wife with a husband deployed to afghanistan currently. We have been trying to get pregnant for years and being that i have also dealt with the endometriosis and ovarian cysts for years we have had no luck. Right after my soldier deployed i went thru with the laproscopy where they removed a large amount of tissue off my bladder and everywhere else. They didnt remove it from my fallopian tubes to prevent scar tissue. I started the DeproLupron shots about a week an a half ago and i got the initial headache within 24 hours and lots of sweats but my doctor has had me on a large dose of hydrocodone for the last year as well so i think it helps to prevent some of the uncomfortable symptoms of the shot now that my body is completley addicted to the hydro and i get sicker than crap when i try to get off of it. In the last couple of days though i have been so out of whack i am feeling the worst depression ever and this is coming from the most never depressed individual on earth i have never had any problems with my mood. Although I have had really bad anxiety for the past few years which has been completley masked with the hydrocodone. I feel though like i am losing it. I could cry over the sink running its disgusting to me i am getting really bad mood lows. I feel like everyone hates me and noone understands and to top it off my husband who is fighting a war calls home and i go nuts on him tell him he is not helping me and doesnt care how i feel. I need to know if i should continue with these shots an the doc just keeps sayin yes but i want to have children so badly that idk what else to do. I am so afraid these shots are doing to kill me with the depression and the constant thought of having no will to live. I hate this this is not me i have never been this way and i am only 25 years old. Please if anyone has better info on weather i can concieve ever if i stop them or how bad this depression is going to get before i cant handle it any longer or what please help me im getting nervous. I also want to put my email on here which is kandis09@gmail.com if you can help me with good info please please feel free to email me and if i sound crazy right now its because i feel crazy so any help is wanted at this point cuz i am so scared i am going to ruin my marriage thats already thrown on the line when you seperate two lovers for a years time and i dnt want to feel this way any longer. SCARED ARMY WIFE kandace

I had my Mirena IUD inserted Dec 31, 2009. It has been 40 days now. 40 days of hell & bleeding or spotting every day. I have endometriosis, infertility, PMDD & extremely painful periods so I was hoping that this IUD would help with all of that (except the fertility, of course). I've been trying to figure out why I was so tired all the time & just didn't "feel right". Everyone keeps asking me what's wrong & all I can say is that I just don't feel right. The day after I had it inserted, I had the worst pain I've ever had in my life but I didn't want to go to the doctor. So at my follow up appointment, my doctor did an ultrasound to make sure it was not embedded in my uterus. It looked fine. I've gained weight so I went to a diet doctor & got phentermine. Even with the phentermine, my appetite is CRAZY & I seem to always be hungry. I've been on phentermine before & it worked. I lost 20 lbs. Last night, I started having a pain in the back of my right leg, right behind my knee. I knew I couldn't have injured it because I was sitting ALL day working on my tax returns. I got worried about a possible blood clot. I've also had a hard time sleeping. I'm exhausted, but can't sleep. So, after 40 days of bleeding or spotting & depression & weight gain & pain and more migraines than usual, I finally decided to google Mirena side effects & I came upon this page. All of these posts on this site have just validated my concerns that it has to be because of the Mirena. So....I just went to the bathroom and pulled it out myself. It was completely painless. I knew it would take a while to get an appointment with my gynocologist & he may try to talk me into keeping it and I definitely don't want that. I have fine hair & it's not exactly thick, so when I saw the part about hair loss, that was enough to convince me. The thing is, I researched it before I agreed to it & never found all of this terrible stuff. I don't think the literature they gave me had any of this in it! I'll check that again tomorrow. I suppose we'll see what tomorrow brings. Hopefully within a few days I will be back to normal. I don't even care about the heavy bleeding and PMDD anymore.....I just want to be back to my old self.

my friend was put on this for a bad flu and she had a stroke after 5 days. her life is ruined now. helen950 is right: levaquin is too strong an antibiotic to be used for something as minor as a sinus infection. here are a few issues to consider- what kind of sinus infection do you have? it could be bacterial, viral or fungal. if it's viral or fungal, then antibiotics won't help anyway. and even if it is bacterial, antibiotics aren't the best way to deal with the sinuses. there aren't a lot of blood vessels into the sinuses so you have to have a lot of antibiotic going through your system to get just a little to the sinuses. a doctor once suggested putting a drop of an antibacterial mouthwash (no artificial coloring please) into a nasal wash. that way, you'd be putting a topical antibiotic right on the spot. i have a friend who cured his chronic sinus condition in a month using that trick. if your infection is fungal, a compounding pharmacy can make you a nasal spray that is antifungal. of course, the only way to tell, really, what kind of infection you have is to culture your mucus but doctors never do that- they just write a script for an antibiotic, thereby helping to increase antibiotic resistance in the human race and helping superbugs develop. really, pain of a sinus infection is not worth the risks of levaquin

52 yr old healthy active female - Oct. I went to dr for sinus infection. He suggested allergies as cause for sinus problems and said a allergy shot would help. I asked side effects - he said none. A few days later the heaadaches started, fatigue, also hot flashes so bad I could not sleep. I also have a sore or tightning in my throat. After a month I went to the dr and he said it was menopalse and started me on estrogen. This did help some. I did notice when working out my laft arm was not as strong and ached alot. About a week ago I my arm was tender more than usual and I found the indention. After a few days I remembered the "allergy shot". FInally I started searching online and found more information. Today I went to the dr. I asked the nurse what the injection was that I recieved in Oct. - yes kenalog. The dr came in I told him my symptons and that I thought it was due to the Kenalog - he said he had never heard if that happening. Basically I was wrong. I mentioned the internet - you can''t bbelieve everything on the internet. I really don't think he believed me. but he did offer me something for my headaches with a seditive so I can sleep? Later he offered to send me to a dermtotolgist. I delined the seditive and decided to try getting advise for this posting. Also will go to FDA and report the adverse effects. Can anyone let me know what to expect now - shsould I go to dertomolgist?

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