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Hi, i'm 24 and i've had my mirena coil fitted now for over a year. I have been experiencing cramps, bleeding, headaches, tiredness, dizziness and aches in my legs but never thought anything of it. Until now when my cramps are severe in my tummy and lower back. I can describe them as a few things, labor pains, severe period pains and also appendicitis pain. its not my appendix, as I had it taken out years ago. I recently went to my GP who advised that I have a pregnancy test just to rule out an ectopic pregnancy, which came back negative. She advised that I should take regular paracetamol for the pain and see how I go. But they don't seem to disappear. I now have the same cramps but now also my bum area as well as my tummy area and lower back when I go to toilet whether for a number 1 or number 2, and it is excruciating which makes me cry. I also recently had intercourse with my partner, and the cramps came back with a vengeance, and i was in so much pain, i almost called an ambulance. I have no idea as to what I think it is until I started writing my symptoms into the internet and came back that it may be my mirena coil. I never thought anything of it at first, but after reading other peoples side effects of the coil i'm beginning to wonder. Some people are saying that the coil had pierced there uterus and infected their ovaries, and they suffered with the same side effects that I am experiencing. I am scared as to what I think it may be, in case my coil has done the same. I have also noticed that i cannot feel my coil strings but at the same time I have not experienced any bleeding. Could anyone give me advice. Thank you N.

This drug works really well for my anxiety. However, my sex drive is almost zero and it takes a long time to have an orgasm. Sex shouldn't feel like work!

I read a message above "by APAINTEDSMILE and I agree with Alesse being one of the least negative side affects...all birthcontrols are going to have a side affect.However Alesse Is one of the weaker Birthcontrol pills out there.
-I had lesser day periods(3-4)
- my period always came on thursday
-no cramps/acne due to pms
-didnt get pregnant while on the pill
My guess for anyone feeling they were going crazy on the pill is due to youre own hormone levels ..and its called PMS

However as much for Alesse as I am I went off for a week and became pregnant right away , aswell as my younger sister,she also took Alesse and is pregnant after being off for only a couple weeks b/c it is a weaker birthcontrol pill going off the pill for even a week there is a high chance of getting pregnant.But as long as you take it properly Its a great form of Birth control With very little side effects...

The person who would rather have highblood pressure then a change in youre cycle, thats crazy..THATS A BIG SIDE EFFECT.that affects youre health.once you start Alesse and you get youre period, you shouldnt get it 2 weeks later it'll just change the cycle to 21 days on the pill and 7 days or less off for youre period. give it a couple months atleast for youre body to get used to the new B.C

I have been on this med from the middle of Jan. and I have had the side affects aswell...like the vomitting and stomach cramps...but one thing i have noticed is that i get cramps like i am about to start my period but i have not started. and it is March...has anyone had this too?? i know i am not pregnant but i dont understand that when i start this med i have not had one...

Hello ladies and non ladies,

i am a yasmin user, i used this pills not for contraceptive, just for medication of acne, i used yasmin about 3 months and i have seen an improvement, my skin become whiter and illuminate, and trasparicy look, my body become shape like a sexy star.. i take a pill ever night before bed time... and now i am happy with yasmin, and so girls, just take a yasmin evernight at the same time...and you notice u have an improvement of your skin... and body aswell... thanks for Yasmin.

Angel

to lisa,

yes the first 3 months are the heardest.... trust me its gonna get better io can promise you...
sometimes i would think "oh yes im finially ok now" and then it was like it would start all over again.... its kinda like 3 steps forward 2 steps back...
you feel like ur getting nowhere but really you are.... even now i still get the symptoms and im not fully recovered but its nuthing like it used to be...
i guarantee you in 3 months time you will be feeling a million times better.... i know it sounds like ages away but you'll get there...

to Nina your very lucky you found the symptoms early... my heart used to pound in my chest aswell and its very frightening - smart idea throwing away the packet!

lisa please be positive ok.... its all gonna work out you'll see...
its just a cycle ... you'll get your good weeks and your bad days too but eventually the bad days will ease up and become more controllable...
please take care
luv chrissy xoxox

this is for kitty....

i was on yasmin for one month only and have now been off it for 7 months. i too suffered from heart palpitations and chest pains aswell. i went to ER twice in 3 days becuase i felt like i was having a heart attack...my chest became very tight and heavy and yes my left arm ached and felt like a "dead arm"

yeh they told me it was stress too but i know it wasnt because i cope very well under pressure. anyways to answer your questions the first 2-3 months off yasmin were th emost difficult. now i feel a lot better. i still get the chest pains or racing heart sometimes when im ovulating or the week of my period but its not as bad as it was before..

i promise your gonna get better you wil see it just takes time for your body to detox...
drinks lots of water and do things like Yoga yo help with ur breathing ok...
and if you need anymore support i always check out this site to keep everyone informed...

remember your not alone..
hugs to you and i wish you a speedy recovey
luv chrissy xox

to the last posting....

i just wanted you to know that i suffered and am still suffering from heart palpitations too! i have been off yasmin for 5 months and for the first 2 months it was terrible i really couldnt cope. im only 23 years old and i felt like my life was falling apart... this website is wat saved me from going insane.

now i have noticed a pattern 5 months later and i realised i only get the palpitatinos when im ovulating and the week of my period.
i also get the migraines too and such sharp pains in my head... very strange... my head itself feels very foggy you could say at times..

also i used to feel extremely tired all the time but then at night i could hardly sleep... i lost my apetite for a while and my sex drive aswell but this came back after a couple of months....
i really noticed a lot of improvement around 4 months coming off yasmin...

thanks for your posting i know a lot of girls and myself will really appreciate it...
lots of luck to you for a full recovery.
chrissy xox

hey jina,

my names chrissy, i just read your posting....
like you yasmin was the first BC i ever tried aswell... i cant say i felt tired but i definitely lost my appetite and the thought of food would make me feel sick too sometimes... and thats so unlike me cos i love food!!!
i had to get off yasmin after a month because i started having heart palpitations and anxiety becuase of it. im now 5 months off yasmin and i still get the symptons at times...
my advise to you is to get off this pill...
read the postings on this website because it is so not worth the trauma it causes...
lots of luck to you
chrissy...

i am new here, i wanted to know, if the hair loss is normal after you stop the pill? when i was on it, my hair fell a little bit more than what is normal, but now it is out of controll, it is way too thin and i had so much hair that it used to be bothersome to blowdry or style b/c it was way too much, but now it is way too thin :( i started using NIOXIN, anyone use that here??? well i just want to know if this will stop, i am 22 and getting very impatient with this hairloss, i feel so unattractive, i am getting even more depressed and anxiouse, and i am in college about to graduate so i am very stressed, i know that adds on to the hairloss, but not this severly. Good luck to all of you struggling with this horrendouse pill, i have been yasmin free now for about 5 months. TIP: drink alot of green and white tea, it flushes out alot of toxins, way more than just the 9 cups of water a day, add 2 cups of tea in ur day and it will give you energy aswell!!!! XOXO

Hi,
I am so astonished to have found this site. I have just started taking yasmin, and have been bleeding for 3 weeks straight. I thought that may be my body just needed time to get used to this particular pill, as I have been off the pill for a few years. Since taking Yasmin, I feel very nauseated and tired, and am not in such a good mood. I have been getting overbearing migraines......and can't get up sometimes because my head hurts to much. Positives were that my breasts grew a little (i am very small) and my skin cleared aswell. I'm not sure whether to keep going with it or stop it completely and try something else. I am under a bit of stress at the moment, so was thinking that may be that was the cause of my symptoms, but now am starting to think it is the Yasmin.

HI all,
Since I read the postings on this forum I tried to be more aware of the symptoms cause by Yasmin. I had previously posted some of the things I was going through and here is my self analysis so far:

I experienced moodinedd in the first week, but since my husband pointed it out, every time that moodiness sets in I remind myself it's nothing but yasmin and slowly it goes away.

Excess salivation I am afraid had nothing to do with it as since I have stopped drinking soft drinks such as cola and others and restrict myself to water only, this has also subsided drastically.

I read one lady's comment about experiencing almost menstrual cramps and I have had those aswell, esepcially in the beginning.

And the one that bothered me the most, NAUSEA and VOMITTING, this too has reduced a lot since I realised it's just a side effect, yes I am afraid this was very much a psycoligical more than physical effect, but also chaning eating habits slightly and drinking only water has reduced this too.

On the whole, I do think that Yasmin does play up with your system, but after all it's a hormone pack, but there is nothing you can't get used too.

Thanks for taking your time to read this and good luck.

I managed to come of Zoloft recently. I was on 25mg a night for Bipolar Disorder, together with other meds.

Sertraline Hydrochloride gave me suicidal thoughts/suicidal nightmares/dreams hence the reason I decided to come off it.

Furthermore, I also experienced an out of body sensation whenever I come into contact with heights? I'd get a feeling that i was actually leaving my body and jumping off the roof. No bull!!

So I decided to stop totally!! Two weeks later the above stoped. And I now have absolutely no side-effects/withdrawl symptoms.

Also, I stopped taking Seroquel or (quetiapine) aswell. This caused one thing. So watch out if you try to stop this drug i.e: Nausea/vomiting constant aswell. I couldn't keep anything down either food or drink for days. So be prepared for this as apparently it's common according to the manufacturers.

Anyway good luck if you try to stop Zoloft and/or Seroquel.

I've been suffering from insomnia for 4 years on and off (the off when I used cannabis/alcohol). I took ecstasy every weekend for about 19-20 months, that ended two and a half years ago. And since then i've also suffered depression. Anyway I've been pescribed effexor XL 75mg, the first night I took it I'd been to the local pub (or bar for the Americans) I had a couple of pints of larger and went home. About 2:00am I still wasnt asleep and I felt like I had taken ecstacy. I kept thinking that someone had spiked my drink with XTC, got about 1 hours sleep. My pupils were very dialated and I looked like I was on drugs (the illegal ones). But it turns out it was the Effexor. I'm on my second day with it and feel like i'm on a downer and my head kills, my teeth hurt, my stomach kills, and my eyes look very starnge. Is this normal should I stop or just grit my teeth and bare it (pun intended). There is alot of bad comments about this drug but there is good ones aswell. I start college in less than a week this will be my 4th attempt I only hope I can sleep properley by then.
Stu (Beverley nr Hull, England)

My husband is type 2 diabetic. He was borderline hypertensive. So, the doctor put him on Lisinopril. After about 2 months, he took a blood test and his Kidney Tests (BUN & CREAT) were highly elevated! (BUN was 46/dL - 10-20 is normal; CREAT was 2.7mg/dL - <1.3 is normal.) His doctor immediately told him to stop taking the Lisinopril. It has been about 3 weeks since he stopped taking it and his levels have not come down much. My husband is very worried that the Lisinopril did damage to his kidneys. Has anyone out there heard of this happening before? Your input, please.......