21 months symptoms and conditions

I am literally in tears after reading all of this, I'm beginning to think that Mirena ruined my life and I didn't even know it.

I stumbled upon this site while searching for Mirena side effects related to periods. I had mine inserted in October 2007, at my 6 week checkup after my daughter was born. I had severe cramping and irregular periods for about 3 months, but after that, my periods have been completely regular and pretty much the same as they had always been before my pregnancy and Mirena. But, just now, I've started my period 2 weeks early and was slightly curious if it may have anything to do with the Mirena. Apparently, it may. And now I see that having an early period is the least of my worries.

I've been experiencing so many of these side effects without even realizing they were side effects! I had put everything off on stress, disliking my job, then losing my job, the fact that "pregnancy changed me," and numerous other things. Now I feel sort of stupid for not even thinking that it could be Mirena.

I had my daughter in August 2007, at 23 years old. Mirena was put in during October of the same year. I was overwhelmed with motherhood and suffered from post-partom depression and severe anxiety attacks. I thought that this was what was causing my complete lack of sex drive.

Seriously, the thought of sex physically made me ill. And on the rare occasion that I did give in and have sex with my husband, it was so painful that I would cry. For a long time I thought that it was just because my body was not finished healing after giving birth. I had been told by several people that it isn't uncommon for sex to hurt for up to a year after giving birth. A year passed, and it still hurt. Now it's been almost 2, and it still hurts. I've probably had sex a total of about 10 times since I started Mirena. It's been 21 months.

On top of this, I've also had serious rage issues. I fly off the handle over the smallest things. For the longest time, this rage was directed mainly at my husband. Everything he did was wrong, hurtful, stupid, or just plain irritating. I'm even getting angry right now, just thinking about him. I left my husband 5 months ago, because I simply could not stand him anymore. But when someone asks me why we're getting a divorce, I really can't come up with a good reason. Sure, he made some mistakes, and did some stupid things (don't all men?), but he never really did anything terrible or life altering. He was always faithful to me, was generally a good husband, and loved me unconditionally. So why can't I stand him? Why don't I love him anymore? I can't logically explain it.

So now that I don't have him around anymore to be angry at all the time, I'm starting to direct my anger at my daughter. She'll be 2 in August, and has started that "terrible 2's" phase. I'm very quick to just completely blow up and yell at her for the littlest things. I've been starting to think that I'm just not cut out to be a parent. I love her with all of my heart but I have no patience with her at all. If this rage issue is, in fact, caused by the Mirena, I have to admit that I'll be somewhat relieved.

Other than anger, I'm pretty much emotionally dead. I've cried ONE time since my husband and I split up (well two now, since reading all of your posts actually made me cry). I'm jobless, husbandless, living with my mother, and pretty much have absolutely nothing going well for me in my life right now... and I have not cried. I don't even feel very sad. There has seriously got to be something wrong there.

I'm constantly tired, and if given the chance, will sleep 14-16 hours at a time. I don't feel like doing anything. I thought this might be signs of depression... but again, I don't feel sad. I can't keep up with my daughter. She's so full of energy and I often have to get help from my Mother. I'm 25 years old and I'm so tired I have to get help from a 48 year old woman!

I get headaches almost daily. Migraines weekly. I've got severe anxiety about just about everything. I freak out about driving, being around groups of people, anything new, anything fairly difficult, or anytime my daughter is with a sitter or relative. Even when my husband has her, and he is a wonderful father, and very responsible with her. If I had insurance, I would probably already be on anxiety medication.

I've started getting acne, which I never ever had. Not even as a teen. Now I get those really deep pimples that never come up to the surface, and they ache very badly.

I haven't had a lot of the physical side effects that have been talked about here. No weight gain or loss (120 lbs pre-pregnancy, 145 lbs at 9 months, 125 lbs now). No hair loss. No bloating. No breast swelling/soreness. Normal periods until just now. No pains or flutters or anything. Really the only physical symptoms I've had are the headaches, acne, and tiredness (all of which I attributed to stress) and the pain during sex.

Do you ladies think that my symptoms are all the cause of Mirena? Does my story seem to fit the bill? It seems to all fit, to me. But maybe I'm just looking too hard for an answer. Please give me your opinions! I need to decide if I should start saving up some money to get this thing taken out of me!

Last Tuesday, my son was prescribed Singulair by our pediatrician. He was also prescribed Pulmicort by nebulizer at the same time. Within a couple of days, I was noticing a dramatic change in his personality. He's only 21 months old and normally a very happy, lovable, easygoing little boy. He did a complete 360. By Friday, I had to take a day off from work, as I was too scared to send him to daycare. He took his last Singulair chewable tablet on Friday night. Saturday was his worst day by far. I was in shock by his behavior. He was extremely aggressive, punching and slapping anyone who came near him, he was throwing things, throwing himself into walls, etc, just completely out of control. I contemplated even taking him to the hospital, but then started doing some research online. I had my mother contact a pharmacist whom we trust, who advised for us to stop the Singulair, as if he was having any side effect, it would more than likely be from that. On Sunday, I started to see some changes in him. Yesterday he was getting back to normal. Today, he's that much better. We actually went back to the pediatrician this morning and I'm actually thinking of filing a formal complaint against the dr. as he basically swore up and down that his side effects weren't from the Singulair. Well as a parent, does anyone really think I'd want to put my child thru this?? It may be different if he had behavioral issues prior to this, but this came completely from left field. I am beyond upset right now, pissed off that this drug can be on the market. How many children have to be affected??? This is very scary to me. My son was only on Singulair 4 days, and I feel guilty and angry that he had to go through even that short period of time on the drug. And then to have a pediatrician basically discount me and say that it has nothing to do with singulair is a complete slap in the face! I won't stop speaking out against this drug and hopefully it will inform other parents of these harmful consequences!!!!

This is a different kind of YAZ post because I am a husband of someone taking YAZ. I looked at this site a couple of months ago and realized that most of the marital problems we have now are related to YAZ. I've tried to talk to my wife about this and she says its not YAZ, she just doesn't love me anymore, in fact she has said sometimes she absolutely hates me. She has almost all of the symptoms that are talked about on this site. She started taking this drug about 21 months ago, and from literally that week on she hates sex and has been unbelievably hateful and moody. We have 3 kids together and it is starting to affect them as well. I have absolutely no idea what to do but I can hopefully help someone in saying that this pill is the worst thing that has happened to my family. All I can hope for now is that they take it off the market sometime so my wife can't get it anymore. She just won't listen to me about it.. If you are taking it , stop right now. I can't believe it is on the market because it sounds like it is tearing families and relationships apart.

I'm 25 yrs and have a 21 months old baby. I want to start Yasmin for two reasons (1) for my acne problems and (2) to gain my cup size back. After reading the side effects from others I'm getting a little scared because i have never used any form of birth control. If anyone has improved these two things that i want to improve could you please let me know how it went and how long after you started the pill did you see results. Side effects is also appreciated.

I started Levaquin 500 MG on Thursday Aug. 29, 2008. I did not have any problem the first night. But the second day at about 3:00 PM I was working on my computer when my finger joints started to get stiff and my hands and arms started to shake. I just thought I was tired and forgot about it. At 1:30 AM August 30, I was awakened by someone shouting in my ear , You are going to die. I woke up in a sweat and my heart pounding. My hand were stiff and my knee joints were very tight. I also was in a very bad panic attack.
I went to my desk and wrote my wife a letter telling her how much I loved her and my dog Abby. I then proceeded to give her funeral instructions as to which funeral home church and buriel plot.. This writing was 3 pages long. I called my doctor and they as much told me this could not happen. My blood pressure was 240 over 120 when I took it. I took a valium and this calmed me down in 10 minutes. They gave me a new antibiotic for my Bronchitis. So I thought the nightmares and pain was over. Not so quick last night at 2:20 AM I was awake by the screaming in my ears you are going to die. I tried to call my wife but I could not get the word out for help. I tried to move my hands and fingers they would not move. Finally I rolled off the bed and yelled my wifes name she did not hear me.
This drug has set back my recovery from my panic attacks. This drug should be badded by the FDA. But as usual the government does nothing to help the public only big business.

My daughter will be 2 in June and she suffers with asthma she has been taken diff meds such as xopenex, pulmicort, orapred, and now singulair. i researched all the other meds and took her off but the asthma specialist said she needed the pulmicort and i asked her pediatrician what he thought and he prescribed singulair he said it was completely safe and i had nothing to worry about but now i am very much worried because my daughter is only 21 months old and can not tell me exactly what wrong if anything. she has only been taking this singulair since last night so it has been twice she has taken it and last night she had a nightmare. she was fussy going to bed, it took a long while to wind her down she normally falls asleep between 9 and 10 pm last night she went out around 12. her lungs r very sensitive and i want her to get better but a lot of these meds have really bad side affects and who's to say what will be the long term affects and thats what i worry about the most. i just don't know what to do and I'm very worried. i came across this site by accident but I'm glad i did cuz now i know that this is not safe to give my 21 month old daughter.

I go t mine inserted 8/05, 3 months after birth of daughter. I spotted for off and on for 9 months, which didn't bother me much. I got down to 10 pounds below my prepregnancy weight during this time. Then when I quit pumping when she turned 1, I had a few heavy periods (I assumed that that is normal after baby). Then I have a few lighter but 3 week long periods. My appetite increased, gained those 10# back, and I am unable to lose weight. My acne worsened. For the past 6 months my periods are light, only need pantiliners. After 21 months of satisfaction, an abdominal pain woke me up one morning. Maybe it was a rupturing ovarian cyst. I took about 8 pepto bismol pills, nearly developed an impaction a few days later and for the next 2.5 months have had constipation despite fibercon, prune juice use. Oh, and hair loss has increased in the past few months. I think it is weird that it took so long to develop these side affects. It makes since that that it is a side effect since progesterone slows down peristalsis, etc but I haven't seen many others complain of this. Also if I get it taken out now, could I save it and have it replaced for the remaining 1-2 years after another pregnancy so I can get my money's worth? Oh, and I am yelling a lot and feeling depressed but my sex drive is better than ever!

This is about my sister who was diagnosed with dermatomyositis about 1 month ago. She has been on prednisone ever since and just a few days ago started experiencing really bad stomach pain and back pain/burning on the left side. we took her to the e.r. where they ran a number of tests and didn't find anything wrong. i have been researching all her meds and can only come up with this: prednisone has to be the culprit. God bless all of you who have to take this drug for anything. I wish you all the best. It has been hard seeing her suffer, but without it her condition would not get better.

I am 24, and was diagnosed with endo at 18 after suffering excrutiating pain since I was 11 when the "curse" started. I started lupron for a six month period prior to my second lap, and I felt hot flashes more than anything. I was so excited about not having any pain that I forced myself to ignore anything else. After the surgery, I felt pain during my periods, but it wasn't bad at all. Slowly, but surely, the pain returned, and became just as bad as when I was 18.

Last year,(spring of 2003), I couldn't take it anymore, and none of the painkillers worked at all, so my Dr. put me back on lupron in Sept. of 2003.

I HAVE NOW TAKEN LUPRON FOR 21 MONTHS OUT OF MY LIFE!!! It was my choice to do so, because of the pain, and in hopes that I am saving a few eggs in my one ovary. I still experience hot flashes, but not as bad or as frequent as before. The bad news is I have gained 40 pounds, and exercise does NOT help. I do have migraines, but only once in a while, and I do have trouble remembering a lot of things. I constantly forget words, to pay bills, and even names of people I see everyday.

THE WORST IS THE WEEK BEFORE THE SHOT IS DUE. I BECOME AN EMOTIONAL MESS, CRYING, SHAKING, DEPRESSED, AND VERY NEEDY. Nothing helps, but when I get the shot, I'm ok. I tell my fiance it's my estrogen fighting testosterone, and he seems to buy it. Inside I'm paranoid.

I am also having trouble with my eyes. It's hard to focus on anything, they feel itchy, watery, and the pain from the migraine is worsened when I can't get my eyes to focus.

I plan to stop the shot in sept of 2005, and hope to start a family. IF THERE IS ANYONE OUT THERE WHO HAS TAKEN LUPRON FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, PLEASE EMAIL ME AT ******

I have been on lipitor for 21 months. However, not steadily. During that time period, when my husband and I were trying to have a baby, I'd stop it, then I'd go back. (Did not get pregnant). My point is, during the last 3 months, I have noticed a significant hair loss. On the top of my head, I am developing a bald spot. This would be greatly upsetting to anyone, but since I'm a 39 year female, I'm taking this pretty hard. My doctor claims, it's not the lipitor, the side effect would have shown up months earlier. A friend of mine, also said she had significant hair loss after 18 months on Lipitor. Why is my doctor so adamant that it cant be the Lipitor?

I did not see anyone posting with my problems so I don't know if they are side effects. I have been on Yasmin for 21 months taking the active pills only the entire time. I am taking it because I suffer from menorrhagea (unbearable pain during periods) and was unable to even leave the couch or bed for 2-3 days a month. Pain medication did not work and I bled so heavily that I had to change my super tampon every half hour. Sorry to be graphic but I want to make it clear that I am taking this for pain and as an alternative to surgery. Yasmin really helped at first. I had breast tenderness but my gyno told me to take evening primrose oil and it took care of that. My debilitating cramps were gone and I got my life back. My husband was so happy because now we could actually do things without having to consult the calendar. I have only taken the active pills this entire time so I should almost never have a period but I have been getting intense breakthrough bleeding lately. I used to get it only every 6-8 weeks or less but now it's about every two weeks or more often and I have terrible cramps, headaches and abdominal swelling prior to it. At least one day is heavy bleeding. This just started recently. The blood used to be really dark but now it is like my period used to be just not as heavy. I also have developed a sensitivity to dairy products (gas, bloating, diarrhea), headaches, crying jags, short temper, dark patches on my face, and my feet hurt. It seems like I just started to have side effects in the last four months. I also get quick sharp stabbing pains that make me gasp at different places on my body; sometimes on my thigh, sometimes my arm, etc. Has anyone who has been on Yasmin for *over a year* started to have side effects after having none? Breakthrough bleeding getting increasingly worse? Stabbing pains? Please let me know. Also, does anyone know of another BCP that stops your period? I am desperate because I really like this pill and I am terrified of getting an operation. I had suspected that my ailments were related to taking it and found this board last night. Most posters seem to be new users and all BCP's made me sick at first so that's why I'm asking for the experiences of those who have taken it for at least a year. Thank you.