9 months pregnant symptoms and conditions

I have had the mirena in for over 9 months, since then I have gained 26 pounds !!! I weigh more now then I did when I was 9 months pregnant !! My breasts have gone from a DD to a triple D, even when I was breast feeding for 5 months they never were this big ! I go months without a period and then when I get one its horrrible cramping and the bleeding seems like its never going to go away, sex drive has gone way down & its also painful no matter what position you try !, my midwife put me on prescription diet pills to help me get my weight in control, i couldnt believe it , nothing has changed my diet and excersize are the same, also I have had major mood swings and repeated yeast infections that my doc said are from the mirena. I have mine taken out on Oct. 3rd I cant wait this thing just isnt for me !!

To all the others with the same reactions to mirena, after it was taken out did you start to loose weight ?

Out of all birth control's this has to be the worst i have tried (apart from regular Coil), since having it fitted on 23/08/06 i have gained many many pounds and after eating i bloat to the extent that i look 8-9 months pregnant, have constant hot flushes, tired to the point were i have to drag myself out of bed, mood swings and loss of libido. After it was inserted i had a light brownish/reddish discharge for 2/3 months, which left in the only way to describe it, a bleach stain on my underwear (has anyone else had this? Sorry for being so graphic!), i am constantly buying new underwear, not that i mind that too much!! My G.P. told me yesterday that he thinks it has nothing to do with the Mirena (i suffer from IBS), he changed my medication and advised that if i felt it necessary to come back for blood tests. My birth control before was Yasmin, i changed this as i gained weight, bloated, had constant mood swings and loss of libido........Why??? I have now come to the conclusion that i have made my contribution to Mankind and maybe it is time for sterilisation!!!

I am 32 years old. I have had asthma since age 8.
I was prescribed Advair by my obgyn 1 1/2 yrs ago when pregnant. It helped my asthma tremendously. I had been using my albuterol inhaler up to 5 times a day prior to starting the Advair. However, my side effects have been consistent weight gain since having the baby - I weigh almost as much as when I was 9 months pregnant. And it's all in my mid section like many other people. I have always had a slim waist. My hair is also thinning on the top.
I have tried unsuccessfully to quit the Advair. I currently take the 100/50 and have cut back to once a day.
Is there any other long term asthma medication out there without the steroids?

I HAVE BEEN ON METADONE FOR ABOUT 7 MONTHS NOW AND I AM UP 150 MGS A DAY, I HAVE FIBROMYALGIA AND THE PAIN IS JUST TERRIBLE MOST OF THE TIME, WHEN I FIRST WENT ON THIS DRUG I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS THE PERFECT DRUG, IT TOOK ALL OF MY PAIN AWAY, IT WAS SOMEWHAT CHEAP, AND MY DOCTOR WOULD GIVE ME ENOUGH OF IT TO TAKE CARE OF MY PAIN. HOWEVER ...I WAS ALWAYS A SMALL WOMAN THE MOST THAT I EVER WEIGHED WAS 150 PONDS AND THAT WAS WHEN I WAS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH MY CHILDREN, I USED TO HAVE TO MAKE MYSELF EAT TO TRY AND GAIN WEIGHT..AFTER BEING ON METHDONE FOR ABOUT A MONTH I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT I HAD INTENSE CRAVINGS FOR SWEETS THAT I COULD NOT DENY...IT WAS LIKE NEEDING A HIT OF HERION OR SOMETHING.. NOW THAT LITTLE GIRL THAT USED TO HAVE TO TRY TO GAIN WEIGHT AND WHOS NORMAL WEIGHT WAS 115 POUNDS IS UP TO 162 POUNDS AFTER JUST 7 MONTHS ON THIS DRUG, I AM ONLY EATING ONE MEAL A DAY AND JUST HAVING A FEW BITES OF SOMETHING AT BREAKFAST..THE MORE I TRY TO DIET THE MORE WEIGHT I GAIN...SOMEONE HELP!! IS THERE ANY THING AT ALL THAT I CAN DO .. I CAN SOMEWHAT DEAL WITH THE CONSTIPATION THAT IS NEVER GOING AWAY AND I CAN DEAL WITH THE SWEATS THAT ARE HORRIBLE - I CAN EVEN DEAL WITH THE SLEEPINESS AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES BUT I CAN NOT DEAL WITH ALL OF THIS FAT..THIS IS MAKING ME EVEN MORE DEPRESSED AND SUICIDIAL THAN I EVER WAS BEFORE METHADONE....I REALLY AM THINKING ABOUT TRYING ANOTHER DRUG BUT THEY ALL JUST COST SO MUCH.....ANY ADVICE FOR ME ABOUT THE WEIGHT GAIN???

I have been on Prednisone for 4 months for sudden Rheumatoid Arthritis, while waiting for back surgery for a herniated disc. Drs. say the two are not connected in any way. I was taking 10 mg.per day, being weaned off and now at 2 mg. per day. I have gained 45 lbs in these 4 months. I have the moon face, neck hump, HUGE abdomen (looks like I an 9 months pregnant) I am depressed, on pills for that. I want to be off this drug and never come back. The weight gain is terrible. I am 5 ft tall and usually 115 lbs. I won't go out anywhere and get my family to do shopping etc. I am not a happy person at all, I cry a lot.

Heather

I have fibromyalgia. I was given Levaquin after 3 other rounds of other antibiotics didn't work. The Levaquin was prescribed by a ENT Dr. He never mentioned the side effects to me or the several drug interactions. With my fibromyalgia I take several medications including NSAIDs and narcotics, antidepressant, asthma meds and blood pressure medication. He was aware of my meds. He also prescribed prednisone at the same time. Since I've been looking up this drug I see it interacts with almost everything I'm taking???? How could he still give it to me? Any way I took it for 10days 500mgs/day plus the prednisone for 7 days. I started having weird side effects right away but I blamed it on the steriods. So I took my 10 days and I still had the sinus infection and he prescribed another 10 days. I took them all even though I felt like I was dying because I thought I was having a terrible Fibro Flare. I went to my regular Dr. and told him of the pain and side effects I was having and he said it was my fibro and prescribed me morphine to go alone with my vicodin and tramadol I was already taking. I was still having severe pain even with the pain meds. Today I put 2 and 2 together and started searching the web. I looked up all my meds and looked at their side effects and was horrified when I found out what it was from. It is totally scary that once you get the diagnosis of Fibromyalgia that Dr. don't search for any other cause for your pain and just blame every symptom on Fibro and refuse to do any tests. They just give me a bandaid and sent me home with more drugs with more side effects and more drugs to help those side effects, etc.,etc. I quit taking the Levaquin 3 days ago and my side effects I still have are the following:
SEVERE SWELLING OF MY WHOLE BODY - MY STOMACH LOOKS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT, I HAVE PITTED EDEMA IN MY LEGS, MY FACE AND EYES ARE SWOLLEN, TO THE POINT I HAVEN'T BEEN TO WORK OR IN PUBLIC BECAUSE I AM SO HUGE

SEVERE PAIN IN ALL JOINTS OF MY BODY(ESP KNEES,ANKLES)

SEVERE PAIN, WEAKNESS AND STIFFNESS IN ALL MUSCLES IN MY BODY(ESP LEGS AND ARMS)

SEVERE PAIN IN ALL TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS

SEVERE FATIGUE, WITH INSOMNIA (IT'S 3:15AM RIGHT NOW)

PAINFUL SKIN SENSATIONS - BURNING, SORENESS, TINGLING (EVEN HURTS WHEN THE WIND BLOWS BY IT)

SHORTNESS OF BREATH FROM MINOR EXERTION AND WHEN LYING DOWN, CHEST TIGHTNESS

CLUMSINESS, TRIPPING

MUSCLE SPASMS AND JERKING

FEELING WARM, SWEATING (ESP. AT NIGHT)

LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN AND IRREGULAR MENSTRAUL BLEEDING

HARD TIME WALKING, DRIVING OR GETTING UP FROM A SITTING POSITION

IN THE BEGINNING HEADACHES EVERYDAY FOR ABOUT A WEEK

DRY MOUTH, THIRSTY ALL THE TIME

BLURRED VISION, SEEING THINGS MOVE IN THE CORNER OF MY EYES

#1 question is this going to ever go away and is there any way to treat it? I don't think I can handle another debilitating disease. I have 2 kids ages 6 and 9. They need a mother. I'm thinking of going to the Dr. in the a.m. but not sure where to go so they won't just dismiss me again. E.R.? I feel like I have kidney failure, colitis, ruptured ligaments and damaged joints. It's my son's Birhtday tomorrow I hate to ruin his party but am afraid to wait. I here it could be deadly??? Please help!

Taking low dose of Lipitor 20mg for about 6 months. Genital peritoneal edema gradual but kept getting worse. I had so much swelling that it felt like when I was 9 months pregnant with my son. Labia area of skin was dry and splitting. I had a hemmrhoidectomy (unrelated) 4 months after the hemmroidectomy, I suddenly had an anal fissure that the surgeon said he usually only sees in older male gay patients. I am a 44 year old female. I stopped lipitor. The swelling went down within 3 days and two week later the anal fissure is healing. My doctor that put me on Lipitor says it can't be the Lipitor. He can't exlpain it either. I don't think he plans on reporting my side effects to anyone. Now I have horrible kidney pain. No bladder pain. Doc says some blood in urine. Put me on CIPRO. 36 hours later, pain is worse. Can't bend over to put on my socks. Trying to figure out what to do.

I have been taking Seroquel on and off (more ON) for the past 5 years. I have found that the 9 months pregnant thing is true, and what to do about it? The other antipsychotic options are worse. Especially Zyprexa! The thing that Seroquel does do for me is it QUIETS my noises, my voices - it calms me, and in a kind of "who gives a s--t" kind of way. I'm usually so hyper-aware of everything around me, that the relief from Seroquel is something I look forward to. I think it helps sleep too. I am bipolar, rapid cycling.

This is a follow-up to my posting of Jan.05/03. I have just had cataract surgery. I understand that this can be a side effect of Seroquel along with many other nasty ones. However I do realize people do tend to get cataracts as they age, but I had no evidence of cataracts forming before Seroquel, so who knows??
I have now lost 40 lbs., since being off Seroquel, am still coping without taking another med for hearing voices which continue & continue & continued.
My abdomen is no longer bloated and making me look like I am 9 months pregnant. I feel more like I have my life back in spite of hearing voices as I feel more motivated to do things around the house.