Ance symptoms and conditions

I'm 30 yrs old and recently had an abortion and after the procedure I was given a sample of Loestrin24 and a prescription. I was skeptical at first because I've always taken Orthotricyclen-lo but the thought of $24 a month got me. I've been on the pills for about 2 1/2 weeks now and no real side effects. I pee a lot but I also drink a lot of water, my breasts are tender but they've always been like that, I think it has to do with aging, but the main thing is that my acne has been improving. That's great news for me since being pregnant caused massive ance upon me. I don't know what to think of all this since all I read are nothing but negative statements. I'm hoping things don't start to get worse for me because everything seems to be going well so far. I'm dying to see whether or not I'll be having my period. But then again, I've never really had side effects with any BC I've tried. The only reason I kept going back to orthotricyclen-lo is because it's what I started with. I wish you all well and I'll give an update of any changes.

OMG i don't like this pill. Im 28 was given this pill cuz i spotted a lot on Ortho-Tri-Cyclen Lo for years. well this pill loestrin24 fe scares the daylights outta me. I just started to take it last month and i haven't gotten my period when i was supposed to! i freaked out took a HPT came out negative. Im still scared and think i am hearing some people have this im a lil ok. I didn't start my new pack cuz im waiting my period to come. I don't know how people can be ok on this pill when u don't get your monthly period. plus i started to break out with ance on my back ugh.i also get stomach pains, frequent urination, spotting, and mood swings. Basically i rather spot on my old pill then deal with this crazy pill

I have been on trileptal for 3 months and it works great. It has helped with my mood swings, racing thoughts, and depression. The only problem is that I now have horrible pimples on my neck and back. They are larger than average and painful. I don't know what to do. This medication works better than other mood stabilizers that I have tried, but the acne is gross.

I still currently have Mirena in. I have had it for 2 years 2 months. I am 27 years old. I have had no children. I was on the Depo shot for 8 years. Then switched over to Mirena. I was happy and it worked well for me for about 6 months. Then I began to get the dreaded side effects starting with horrible scaring acne. I got many treatments from my dermatologist including trying to take Yaz birth control (he knew I already had Mirena in) to try to stop the acne. The only thing that did help with the acne was blue light treatment combined with Levulan but I have to go often to get it or else the ance comes back full force and the acne treatment is expensive. For the past year I have had a sharp shooting pain in what feels like my right ovary shooting down my right leg. I went to OB/GYN after multiple pap smears/ultra sounds and blood tests, she couldn't find anything wrong. She sent me to see GI doctor. I went to see him in July 2008. He thought I might have appendicitis so referred me to get abdominal CT scan. Insurance refused to pay. He said I should get a colonoscopy. I refused. I have been ignoring the pain near my right side and down my leg ever since. If I really did have appendicitis my appendix would have burst by now. For the past couple of nights I have begun to have night sweats. I do believe all of the above is related to Mirena. I have begun to discuss with my husband alternate birth control and removal of this thing. If we get a law suit going I want to be involved.

I can hardly function on this stuff. I am a 28 year old mother of four. I tend kids, and am very involved in the PTA. I was put on prednisone 3 weeks ago after being put in the hospital for pneumonia and asthma. After 1 1/2 weeks I was 23 pounds heavier and my entire body is so sore it feels like needles stabing me all over. My face is soo fat I my chin touches my neck...UGH I want to scream... I was walking six miles a day just 2 days before my hospital stay..Now it hurts my knees just to walk down the hall...The ance covering my entire body is disgusting and I am soo agitated all the time, which is not good I have six kids to tend to. I am down to 2 pills right now and will be off within 4 days.. I sure hope the side effects will go away I can't live like this another week....

THIS IS THE WORST BIRTH CONTROL EVER. I was on Yaz for a few years but was having bad break through bleeding so my gyno suggested switching to Femcon FE last month. Which ultimately was THE worst decision of my life. Okay not THE worst, but definitely in the top 5. I was originally put on birth control to help my ance, and Femcon FE did JUST the OPPOSITE. I broke out like never before, which says quite a lot. My skin had been clear for years and all of the sudden this happens? Definitely seemed a little odd. I also gained an extreme amount of weight within the THREE WEEKS I was on it. And my boobs got disgustingly huge-- fast. If you are considering taking this or just got put on it or have been on it for a while, PLEASE for your OWN good, stop it asap!

Speaking of which, does anyone know how long I should wait to switch back to Yaz? I feel like it wouldn't be healthy switching back right away but I can't think of any other option! Please e-mail me if you know, I would appreciate it more than you can imagine! I just want to fix all of the problems that Femcon brought me and want to switch back as soon as I can. Please help me!!

RIP my skin, body and perky boobs.
-C.
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i personally have had the best experience with my Yasmin birth control. I have been on it for 5 years now. Before Yasmin I was a wreck.Before i ever took any birth control i had my period twice a month, super heavy bleeding,10 days,and cramps so bad I would pass out. I even bled for 5 months straight on the Depoprovera shot. I found all of the tricyclic pills make me crazy and over emotional. I have tried so many different kinds of pills and birth control all with the result of bleeding for months on end and finally my doctor recommended Yasmin and I have been completely happy with it. I have not gained weight, I do not get migraines (and i did with other birth control pills), I am much more emotionally stable (although I will never be a hundred percent sane, but I blame genetics for that one) I have never gotten pregnant, I have not suffered any gastrointestinal side effects, I finally have regular 7 day periods and my cramps are less horrible, my skin has cleared up, i have a perfectly healthy if not over active sex drive, my breast are not particularly tender ever, I don't get any more yeast infections than before, basically it is my saving grace in my opinion. I must also add to this that I did stop taking Yasmin once for 5 months in these 5 years just to see how I am without BC and nothing crazy happened. My periods were heavier, i had worse cramps, my skin broke out. I expected all of that to happen. A month after getting back on Yasmin I was back to my happy ol self again. One last thing is that I did try the Ocello generic version of Yasmin and it was all bad for me. I once again bled for 2 months even though I only took it for two weeks, and i went completely nutso overemotional chick. Long story short, everyone is built differently, not every BC will be the right one for you. Try some different ones out. If you are on a pill and it is not doing the right things for you then switch it instead of taking it for 2 years and then blogging about how miserable it makes you. I will leave you with a wonderful quote from I don't know who but I live for this saying "More orgasms, fewer kids, copulate, don't populate!" HOORAY

I've been on 200 mg Lamictal for 2 months now, after 4 month titration up from 25mg; Going off Lithium 900mg titration to 450mg this week. Since 1st day of lower Lithium, all the common Lamictal symptoms went from mild to extreme. Whole body muscle aches (like 24 hours after a heavy weightlifting workout) worse in neck & back/shoulders/calves, bad headaches, swelling in hands & feet, extreme blurred vision, loss of memory, halted speech while trying to figure out what to say, fuzzy. I called the Clinic to simply ask which NSAID (aspirin? ibuprofen? Excedrin? naproxin?) to use to manage the pain. They all freaked and made me come in for a blood test to check Lithium levels. I explained I wasn't "overly" concerned about it at this point, but just looking for a recommendation, and that they may be over-reacting (even though I did appreciate their concern). I also reminded them that I had just **decreased** Lithium when it happened, so I wasn't having a Lithium Toxic attack (I'm well-versed in that, having been on Lithium for 7 years). It didn't do much good to tell them I thought their diagnosis was a little off. I'll find out the blood test results today, but I'm pretty sure I know what they'll be. They also wanted me to see my PCP since it could be something else. Again, the problem was a ramp-up of existing symptoms the next morning after I lowered Lithium (the only change), so I'm conviced everything centers around that. I think they're a little inexperienced with this med. (Lamictal/Lamotrigine) and if they'd just read this blog they'd probably learn a lot. They had never heard of the muscle ache side effect. Pretty hard to believe after reading all of your comments! My theory is that Lithium was somehow holding back the side-effects of Lamictal and now they're expressing themselves more fully. I haven't read anything like this on any internet discussion, so maybe my body is very different. But maybe my experience will give someone else some insight in a similar situation.
I might also mention something that happened to me I have only seen (kinda) in one other "blog" about follicle (sweat gland) cysts. Yeah, I definitely got the jawline acne starting at the Lamictal 50mg level & increasing at 100mg. But I also got my first ever "cyst" that concerned me and sent me to my dermatologist for the first time in 30 years (I'm 47 and saw the old guy when I had acne at 17!). It started as a blind pimple on my chest the week I increased Lamictal to 200mg (final dose), but didn't go away. It continued to grow (not diminish) over 4 weeks to 3/8 inch round/pink/solid/itchy/burn-when-rubbed. So off to the "Doctor" like my father used to do on a regular basis (I know I'm getting old now) and scalpel/pop/stitch it was out. But it was real, not my imagination or hypocondria, and the timing of its appearance was right when Lamictal changed to full steam. Since acne appears to be a common effect with so many, it seems it's not unreasonable that this occurs occasionally as well to others. Let me be the 2nd to mention it. No "official" verification, but....
I'm not bagging on Lamictal, and have been very hopeful that this would be better than Lithium. It has eliminated the GastroIntestinal problems I had on Lithium, but I am getting discouraged that it has all the brand new symptoms that are discussed in this blog. Your "stuff" is real. I wish the Docs/Nurses/Case Workers would spend 5 minutes checking your comments out. It might bring about a better informed conversation than the shiny Glaxo flyers provide. That is all.

Not sure if it's the Kenalog (for stenosis) or the testosterone (obvious)injections, or both, but have broken out with very bad ance since I started these injections. I am a 62 year old male.

Well I do have the Mirena. It's been 4 years now. I've hated it since day one. I know I should just get it taken out. I really need to. My periods have never went away. The first year I would bleed 3 months then maybe have 2 months off and so on. It was soo annoying. Now I do have them monthly and they are light but I cramp more now then I ever have. I really didn't have side effects in the beginning. I have them now. I never thought it could be the mirena till I came on here. I'm always dizzy, have headaches, nausea, cramping, anxiety, gain some weight, depression, no energy, ance (never had that before), etc. Ya, even my doctor never told me these things and the brochure never said anything like that either. I would never suggest Mirena to anyone.

6 weeks ago, I began taking Doryx 100 once a day for mild acne. 10 days into treatment, I started with what I thought was a yeast infection, feeling as if I was "on fire" in the vaginal area. I used a Monistat 3 and I felt no relief. I went in to a Take Care Clinic at Walgreens and the RN had me do a urine culture. It came back positive, I had a bladder infection. I was prescribed an antibiotic, Cipro 500, dosage of twice daily for 3 days. My symptoms persisted, some days worse than others. A few days later, I went in to my gyne office. The Dr. did a swab test and found no yeast. They took a urine culture and it was negative. She saw some redness and inflammation, but could not explain what it may be from. Perhaps a new soap, she questioned? She prescribed a cream (Lotrisone) to help with the inflammation, but the cream seemed to make the area burn even more. 2 weeks later, my symptoms dulled. However, I felt that there was still something wrong. I received an Rx for Diflucan, as if the symptoms might just be from a yeast infection this time? It's possible, I thought? Again, no relief in site and it's gotten worse. A week later, I go back into the gyne office and another Dr. tells me to try switching soaps again? What's wrong with this picture? I have NEVER had any type of issue in the past and now I am 6 weeks into this one? Doryx is the only thing new that my body has come in contact with. One of the side effects in the pamphlet was "vaginal irritation/discharge." According to the pharmacist, this may occur with prolong use (such as 6 months) of any antibiotic. Although Doryx has cleared up my acne, I have decided to discontinue its use. I am hoping that this cures my symptoms. Were these the side effects from the use of Doryx? I shall see.

Back in Novemeber 2007 my wife was prescribed Bactrim for Ance. About 6 days into taking the drug a rash broke out all over her body.

A lymph node in the back of her head on the right side swelled. She had stiffness in neck, nausea, cold sweats, irregular bleeding. Just horrible! I researched the side affects and found sites like this on with people having similar reactions. I immediately told my wife to get off Bactrim.

1 to 2 days later her lymph node was normal. It took weeks for the rash to completely go away. Since this
happened it seems as though my wife's immune system has not been the same. She had severe sinusitis, She's has a cold now. Still has fatigue. Bouts with headaches. Strange stuff. Not sure if it is related.

I don't recommend this drug to anyone. Whatever your ailment is there are alternatives.

Back in Novemeber 2007 my wife was prescribed Bactrim for Ance. About 6 days into taking the drug a rash broke out all over her body.

A lymph node in the back of her head on the right side swelled. She had stiffness in neck, nausea, cold sweats, irregular bleeding. Just horrible! I researched the side affects and found sites like this on with people having similar reactions. I immediately told my wife to get off Bactrim.

1 to 2 days later her lymph node was normal. It took weeks for the rash to completely go away. Since this
happened it seems as though my wife's immune system has not been the same. She had severe sinusitis, She's has a cold now. Still has fatigue. Bouts with headaches. Strange stuff. Not sure if it is related.

I don't recommend this drug to anyone. Whatever your ailment is there are alternatives.

I'm so glad this it's not just my imagination. I have been taking Doxycycline for almost two weeks for ance, always after a meal. Last night I woke up with sudden nausea and and tremendous dryiness all over my mouth and throat. It was very weird and overwhelming! Also, I'm experiencing a constant burning sensation on my skin. Right on my back, my arms, and around my eyes. If feels like a combination between irritaion and ichiness. I'm suppose to take for two months. Hopefully, it be worthed...

I got my IUD placed in about april of 07 i have seen than experience crazy skin problems such as ance i've never had a problem with ance and i'm 25 i have very bad mood changes that are unexplainable now that i have reread the side effects of Mirena i now know why all the side effects began around the same time and now i'm figuring out why! I will be getting it removed. Has anyone else experience really bad mood swings i was so ready to get on depression medications now i'm going to get it removed and will take it from there!!! Please let me know if i'm not the only one

I started taking the pill 2 weeks ago for ance problems. I have experienced severe nausea, and an extreme burning sensation in the sun! I also have chest pains. my acne doesnt seem to be getting too much better.The nausea is sometimes unbearable! We'll see what happens when i keep taking it.