Back pains symptoms and conditions

Ohhh, I thought that I was going crazy. My 5th baby was born May 09, and I felt great for just having a baby. I have only had the Mirena since June 09, but thinking back, it has been since then that most of my issues have arisen. I have a constant pressure in my head, sometimes it is a headache, and occasionally it turns into a migraine. I have my period, and then it lags on with spotting for another week and a half, all the while having the cramps, major moodiness, depression, fatigue. I am having low back pains too. I am tired as heck all the time. I am hypothyroid as well, which can cause you to be tired, so I have went and had my thyroid checked 3 times since the baby was born as I was sooo sure it was off because of my fatigue. I have no libido either. My husband thinks all this stuff is excuses and in my head. I have been on the depo in the past for 5 years, but my blood pressure started to raise, and went back to normal after I changed to the copper IUD. I had that removed to try for another baby. But I did very well on the the copper IUD, which had no hormones and is called Para Gard, or something like that. I did still have my period, with some cramping that was slightly more than what I had without the IUD. But I had a libido, I wasn't fatigued or depressed. My doctor was pushing this Mirena, and against my better judgment I agreed. So please remember that there is another IUD, and it is good for 10 years, which maybe why they don't push that one. I am getting ready to get this hell Mirena out and switch back to the copper IUD.

I had mine removed this week - thank the lord above!!! However, it has been rough and be forewarned that I experienced horrific cramping and HEAVY bleeding for nearly five days. I also had terrible back pains and some pain down my legs as well as some mental fogginess. I only had it in about one month and had gained 3 pounds and outgrown my bras! So now, two boxes of tampons later, I finally stopped bleeding altogether about 24 hours ago and the cramping has subsided. I feel mentally clearer and, believe it or not, have some semblance of libido - my husband is thrilled!

I am exploring other options for managing hormonal changes in perimenopause - including evening primrose oil and am still doing lots of yoga (even during the pain periods I did lots of yoga to help me manage)...Mainly, I feel so betrayed by the doctors (two women half my age) who insisted my symptoms were "all in my head" - to those of you planning for removal I encourage you to tell the medical professionals you work with that you are NOT crazy and NOT the only one experiencing these side effects. I personally believe that many women get too much progestin in the Mirena (which is not Progesterone, either) and this, in addition to overloading our estrogen, is enough to make us completely insane and miserable. I say let nature work its course as regards my own perimenopause and to those out there using Mirena for birth control I managed to avoid pregnancy with little concern using natural/rhythm methods and condoms as well as a diaphragm, conceiving my two beautiful (now teenage) sons without any intervention from hormones except my own. I am going to do peri and menopause the same way here on out. !!!!

Would love to hear how long it took for weight and stomach fat to go away after the removal from anyone who has been there - I eat very healthfully and exercise daily so I knew the pregnant look I got after that month with the Mirena was not due to one too many cookies )as my doctor seemed to infer !

Got the Mirena out yesterday...nearly instant relief of the bloated stomach, foggy head, constant headache. I slept like a baby for the first time in 2 years, I feel clear headed and HAPPY today. Had some cramping after she took it out and spotted for a few hours. It had started to embed itself in my uterus and when she removed it the pain I've been experiencing for the past 2 weeks was immediately GONE. Of course she attempted to give me a million ways to fix all my side effects without taking the "plastic nightmare" out of me but I was firm and told her that it was coming out if I had to take it out myself. Started the patch same day, still anticipating some bleeding but so far nothing to speak of aside from feeling immense relief. I had acne (horrible cystic acne on my back) hair falling out in handfuls, bloated, couldn't lose 5lbs even though I eat clean and work out 6 days a week, bacterial vaginosis several times, foggy head, mood swings like never before, my blood pressure was beginning to raise, stomach and back pains, i could go on for days. I do want to point out that had you asked me 1 1/2 years into having the Mirena if I was happy with it I would have said absolutely, I had no period and no side effects until having it for almost 2 years!

Hi, I am 51 years old and 10 days ago had a Mirena fitted as I have been having very heavy period bleeding for the 3 months. I was tossing up between an ablation (burning of the uterus lining) or having the Mirena. As my Aunt was thrilled with her Mirena I thought it would be a safe choice and it wouldn't be as traumatic on the body. I have had continual lower back and pelvic pain. I was quite scared last Friday that I rang the Specialist. I spoke to the nurse as the Doctor was away and she arranged a Pelvic Ultrasound. The technician told me that the Mirena was in the right place and everything seemed fine but every time they were scanning my left side I was in terrible pain. I haven't heard from the Specialist yet (will ring them shortly). The back/pelvic pain is so sharp at times that I can't move. I've just rang the Specialist and will see them tomorrow morning, fingers crossed this can be sorted out.

I am so happy to have found that many others are experiencing the same things...I have gone CRAZY!!!! I almost started anti-depressants and was scheduled to see a psychiatrist next week because I have totally changed emotionally and sexually. I had a great sex drive and was always happy go lucky....after some thought I starting researching this Mirena...and I think this may be the root of my unhappiness. Plus all these other side effects!....

~Tired all the time
~ Depression
~ Hungry all the time
~ leg cramps
~ hair loss
~ oily skin and bad breakouts
~ No period ..ever
~ Mood swings (huge...yelling fits at my husband and the kids)
~ light stomach & back cramps for weeks at a time

Best of Luck to all of you~I am getting this thing taken out ASAP!

I began taking Adderall when I was about 16 yrs old.My doctor prescribed me 30 mg of Adderall RX. At first I would take it ALL the time (more than I was prescribed) and my grades improved tremendously..but then all the bad side effects began happening. I would get horrible back pains, had trouble swallowing (felt like I was swallowing a ball of dry food - usually happened late at night) Insomnia that kept me up all night. Another side effect that led me to stop taking the meds all together was that I felt like it was slowing my brain down. I couldn't construct sentences as easily as I once used to, and I felt like a ROBOT. I was numb to everything, my friends even started noticing my change. I was just a different person on this medication and not my usual bubbly self. So I stopped taking the medication daily and would only take it when I really needed it - for example, SAT'S, test, etc. When I got to college I began taking it as well for tests, long lectures, etc..but I started getting horrible migraines at night - not even Tylenol would work.. I used to have to lay in complete darkness and try to go to sleep. HORRIBLE. Anyway..has anyone found any remedies for the side effects you feel later on in the day when you start "coming down" from the medication? Tylenol doesn't seem to work..also, is it okay to be on sleeping pills and adderall? My doctor prescribed me both but I really felt like she was just handing out meds just cause she could so I didn't take them.

i just recently had the Mirena put in on 8/5/09. i would rather go thru child birth again, then have to deal with the pain of it being put in. When i got home from the dr. that day i could barely walk and felt sick to my stomach. After the excessive vomiting i took a nap with a heating pad and woke up hours later feeling much better. The last few days i have had horrible stomach and back pains. Is this normal or should i call my doctor??

i had mirena for an yr and a half. I began breaking out( thought it was stress) but i couldn't control it and the acne was real bad around my mouth and chin area( thought i had something). I suffer from migraines and it did help with that. Moody, depressed. I am normally a happy over jolly person but within this last yr. ive changed to a moody chick. Always tired. dizziness and i just felt like a different person. Like so many women said . You think your losing it but all the time its the Mirena. I really didn think about it that way until my friends told me i ve been like a devil. And how i just lash out on ppl for no reason. But i went to the doc 3x about the acne and how my partner was able to feel the string and they were able to cut the string. but my face still looks crazy and lil on my chest and shoulders(ACNE).O breast tenderest and back pains. I am only 22yrs ol. My cousin said it caused her hair to fall out and lost of weight. I was losing and gaining. My weight was every where. And that caused white stretch marks.O just hand it removed feel better already but start bleeding. O my period did stop a lil and i did have a odor before i start spotting( never had odor problems and never was a cramper). I had some of the worst cramps ever and was a cramper. I quite sure theres more stuff but can't recall everything. My mom said they using us as test dummies.

Thank you all for sharing your experiences of the side affects of Advair. I am 46 years-old and have been on Advair for almost 2 years. I've experienced hair loss, joint stiffness. I find myself taking Tylenol for body and back pains every night, and Bayer aspirin in the mornings. My feet are so sore. I've also had decrease in libido.. at first I thought I was going through menopause. I did not have all these problems before Advair. Look what most of us had to sacrifice just to be able to take in deep breaths without feeling like someone is standing on our chest. I will search for other alternatives. My grandmother used to make tea from lobelia leaves to help my uncle who suffered with asthma.
The drug industry is a business. Once we start taking any pharmaceutical drugs... we open ourselves to other health problems due to the side affects of those drugs.

I got my mirena about 9 months ago. I haven't had a period since I got it put in and thats pretty much the only benefit from anything. I'm always tired, always having pains, I've had lots of cysts and horrible back pains. And I have absolutely no sex drive whats so ever. I think in the 9 months that I've had it... I've had sex maybe 6 time (my poor boyfriend) also I've noticed a big difference in my mood swings I wanna get it taken out but i'm worried about the after effects. :(

My son is eleven yrs old and taking Adderall xr 10 MG. He is complaining with back pains. He only have back pains when he is taking the medication. Would this be possible, or has anybody else had the same side effect.

I finally got the Mirena after 2 years of begging to be sterilized and only being turned away. I had it inserted in July 2008. I did bleed for 2-3 weeks after the insertion. Then a month and a half later I spotted for 2 days. That's it... I haven't bled since and to be honest it's driving me freaking crazy. This reminds me of being pregnant. I would have never gotten this had I known this would happen. My doctor said exactly the same thing the commercial said... "Missing periods is common in the first few months, followed by shorter, lighter periods... etc etc." Well, how many more months do I have to go through to get a period? Plus, my mood is terrible, worse than it ever was on any birth control pill. I had awful back pains a few weeks ago, so bad I couldn't even bend all the way over. I went to my doctor who did an XRay... everything was fine. Now I'm having chest pain and at times feel like I can't breathe. I cannot stand this device anymore. I consulted my Ob/Gyn and demanded that she removed it. NOW she wants to talk about sterilization (why didn't she just do this in the first place?). This is ridiculous.... I am so miserable.... to the point I almost break down and cry every time I see that stupid commercial with that stupid woman and her stupid husband and kids. I am at the end of my rope with this... I'm ready to reach down there and yank it out myself! This darn thing was obviously invented by a man!!!!

I was 19 years old when I was put on Yaz. About 1 year after using Yaz, I had my gallbladder removed. My gallbladder was diseased and the doctor told me if I was to wait any longer it could have possibly ruptured. Then 3 months later I had a softball cyst removed from my right ovary, and use told that I now have endometriosis. Then 6 months after that i had another cyst the size of a grapefruit removed. I am going to school for nursing and while on the Yaz pill I always thought I was a failure and that I would never make it through the nursing program. I was always having mood swings, depression, bad headaches, stomach problems, bad back pains, and ovarian cyst always popping up and growing. If someone could please let me know how to contact someone about the class action lawsuit it will be very helpful. Thank you

I had mine Mirena put in Nov. 2007. Pain and spotting for 6 weeks and because I was nursing - nothing until I stopped in Aug. 2008. Started spotting every other week for a few days, then in Dec and Jan had 2 heavier regular periods. Went in for yearly and it was painful as he moved it around to check it and then ever since I have spotted and had horrible back pain, bloating, gas pains. I realize after reading on here that I also have the mood swings - I am so mean and make all kinds of accusations against my husband. I also realize that this bloated tummy that I blamed 3 kids and separated abs is really from this iud. I never had this problem of bloating with my first 2 because I had not gone the Mirena route. Also, have dizziness that comes and goes. My question is has anyone else had the symptoms come on after an annual? Had gas, gas pains and back pains that have lasted 4 weeks and actually go away or do I have to take this thing out to get relief?

well i went to the e.r. tonight to have a possible blood clot checked out (not related..and it wasn't one) but have felt absolutely crappy since having this IUD put in a week ago today...have almost all the symptoms as mamacass...including headaches, dizziness, and many others... the e.r. .they checked and said it is placed properly...but have had the chest pain, shortness of breath, terrible back pains, profuse sweating, chills...i keep those little heating patches on my lower abdomen and back due to pain (also have little bursts of shocks from abdomen)...i had UTI symptoms...burning when urinating...so i thought i had a UTI...the e.r. ruled that out too...plus they did a chest x-ray..nothing...blood work...nothing wrong there...anxiety ( i don't have a history of that...maybe the hormones released by this thing?) so basically they said all my symptoms are mirena related and to have it removed...i really want to keep it....it's only been one week ...do these things go away?

I am the husband to a wife that has Mirena. I married the sweetest,
greatest, prettiest, sexiest most unselfish angel of a woman back
in 2005. I had been in a miserable marriage for 11 years before.
Anyways soon after we were married, she got pregnant and we now
have a precious 2 yr old daughter (and a 10 yr old previous marriage).
6 months after our daughter was born, my wife got on Mirena (the devil pill). She has changed more than you can imagine. She's gained some weight, very moody, severe back pains, bleeding, depressed, absolutely no sex drive, tired, grumpy and just plain mean. She has been a huge part of helping my 10 yr old through lots of life changes (divorce, changing schools, etc) and he just loves her to death but she's been so mean to all of us for the past 14 months. She goes through spells and she'll be herself for a day or 2 then she's right back to the grump. She complained and complained about her back so I went and bought a $1200 mattress and it she still complains. We dated for 2 years and NEVER fought. We
had the best relationship ever but now, all we do is argue. Nothing I do
makes her happy. I'm miserable and I know she is too.
I've approached her about getting the Mirena removed and she talked
to her doctor and he told her that it wasn't the problem and she doesn't think that's the problem. I just wondered if there's anyone out there that can give me some advice on how to convince her to get that thing removed
before it ruins our family.

Hello, I have read over most of these side effects and i would have to agree and be afraid of most of it. See I was diagnosed with bronchitis/pneumonia, they prescribed me these pills along with steroids. I have not taken the steroids yet but I did take my first dose of levaquin about 12 hours ago around 8 pm. With my dinner and plenty of water and fluids. I went to bed late with my fiance but not cause of the medicine, we decided to stay up and watch movies. Although, it did help my coughing and breathing, I felt bloated or ballooned up all of a sudden and it was starting to hurt my stomach. I figured it was the food I ate and all the water I have been drinking. So, next I noticed some minor vaginal discharge of which looks like when I'm ovulation so I pasted that as that. Now I woke up at 5:30 in the morning when I went to bed at 2 am and I can't go back to sleep! I woke up from a nightmare to see things in the dark to scare the %$^* out of me. I had this really bad taste and dryness to my mouth I felt like it was suffocating me. I cant seem to think straight or type well (I had to go back and review what I wrote but I might not have gotten all my mistakes) I feel like I have ADD I keep forgetting how to spell simple words... I mean the list keeps going and going. I am writing now because I am currently on it. I will not be taking this medication anymore much less the steroids but if anyone reads this, I hope you read first then take.

I got Mirena Feb 15 2008 which was five months after my first child. I thought this was going to be a blessing not to have the heavy bleeding and anymore kids for five years being that i was so young anyway. It seem like im losing my mind now i feel flurries in my stomach and back pains 911 and nowi even think im losing my hair. Im scared to get it removed b/c of the high risk of having another baby and im not sure what other method i can use. I've only had one problem before this and i was bleeding really heavy and my doctor gave me some medication but now i think the only medication is to REMOVE this.

I too like a lot of the women on here am experiencing these side effects. I weighed 145 pounds 9 months pregnant with my daughter, had her and had the mirena put in April the following year (I was on the depo before), and let me tell you- I have gained weight, been moody, depressed, and the acne is ridiculous. I have NEVER had acne in my life and now no matter what I do it gets worse. I've gained about 20 pounds and regardless of my efforts, the weight stays. I am contemplating taking it out and resorting to good old condoms, because honestly this is ridiculous. Although I can say my sex drive has increased- I suppose all of the side effects have increased, the acne, weight gain, depression, headaches, nausea. I want it out but am looking for another form of b/c that I don't have to worry about daily like the pill. Any suggestions?

I just started Yaz 2 weeks ago and have been miserable. I have never had side effects like this. I have been blaming the nausea, neck and back pains, stomach pains, exhaustion, and everything else on other things such as being sick or a cold or viral something and then this weekend I got leg pains too and a severe headache all weekend. I did bleed all last week one week after I started Yaz and it was only a week and a half since my last period so I knew that was abnormal for me too. I did still take the pill this morning and then googled this morning and found all these similar side effects online. I just called my doctor and will be stopping today from taking this. I will find something else to take such as ortho tri cylcen which I had taken for 9 yrs before and had no problems ever.

i am so happy i have found this site! ive had the mirena coil removed just the other day (Thursday 16th oct) im now hoping that all the symptoms ive been suffering will fade away. i had my coil inserted a year ago last October. since having it inserted i have experienced headache, light periods that last around ten days which seem like forever every two weeks, with spotting in between which i was was told seven months after insertion by the doctor it would calm down and be less frequent but did that happen? NO! slowly but surely around two and a half month ago i started experiencing achey back pains where no matter how hard you try and get comfortable its impossible till it subsides, mild abdominal pain, pain in my neck and shoulder blades, chest pains, breast pain, shortness of breath, tearful, and paranoia thinking that theres something terribly wrong and im going to die and constant moaning about my ailments which im sure my poor boyfriend is secretly tired of! i just thought to myself hopefully putting two add two together that it may be the mirena coil thats making me feel so unwell. i have bled since having it taken out but i think thats the norm. so two days on im looking at this site that i found and its given me hope to know im mot the only one thats suffered with these awful side effect. im still going to get a check up to rule anything els out but im quite sure that its the coil that has done this to me. my advice to anyone would be don't have it fitted or get it taken out! good luck.

I have had mirena since March 2007. I am so ready to get rid of this. I can admit that the first 6 months for me were amazing, no troubles at all. but about the the 6 month mark i started getting nausea, stomach pains which are like little stabbings in my cervix area, depression, i am very mean and moody. i am tired. and i cannot lose any weight. when i had my son in January 2007 i weighed 200 lbs, once i inserted the mirena i ended up sky rocketing to 225, the amount i weighed pregnant! i started working out to lose weight in march of this year, and have since lost 45 pounds, but it has been with a hardcore diet and exercise program. i used to weigh 143, so i'm trying to get back to that weight. i am currently stuck though.
I have no energy, always want sweets, which i used to never crave. i have horrible back pains. my vision seems to suffer at times also. i bleed after sex, not a lot but a little. i have this odor that didn't exist before with some discharge. but i am going to go to the doctor here soon. i am tired of this weird body i have encountered since having Mirena. i also have major hair loss and acne.

Since I've gotten my Mirena Implant I've been diagnosed with 2 different STD's and an infection which after the blood tests came back negative! So far I have taken meds for HPV, Herpes, and a UTI. Each time I go in for my pap smear and check up to make sure the IUD is still in place I inform the doctors (have visited 6: 3 for the first pap, 3 for the second opinion) that one of the biggest side effects of the implant is abnormal pap smears, even hand them the same pamphlet that the inserting doctor gave me when I first got it (which clearly states abnormal pap smears as a side effect) however I still end up with some horrible disease/infection!

So far, in the one year I have had this thing in me, I have taken 20 different meds for these STD's that I NEVER HAD!!!! These meds have made me horribly sick and the UTI meds almost killed me.

Also, like many women on here, I have bad hair loss, headaches, horrible back pains, and crippling stomach pains. Constantly attempting to get my doctor to give me an ultra sound to make sure that the impant didnt tear me but she refuses! Go to the hospital to ask them for the same and they refuse also "Thats not likely with the implant."

This is my one year check up coming up, I want this thing out! If they do not take it out I'm threatening with a lawsuit. This is NOT a life saving device and they should have NO say in whether or not this stays in!

Hello! After a 3 1/2 day stay in the hospital for atrial Fibb. which has since gone away and was likely cuased by extreme low blood potassium and sodium which has since been brought to all but normal levels.. I was taken off of Plavix a blood thinner which I had been taking since a heart attack in 2003, and put on the Warfarin, that was on June 22nd that I began taking Warfarin/Coumadin!. About 2 weeks ago I began having neck and shoulder pain, then slowly side and back pains deep down in the muscles. It is much worse in laying down position, have a hard time to sleep well, and if I trun or move while lying down the pain is very intense. I am going to assk the Dr. to take me off of the Warfarin and put me back on Plavix so I can see it it is the reason for the pains. I am quite sure it is! Please reply if you have the same symptoms as I do! Thanks, B.E.

My wife is experiencing severe muscle pain in the back and rib area after taking this drug. Has anyone gotten better after they stopped taking the medication or is everyone still suffering?