Beautiful boy symptoms and conditions

I rarely read or post to blogs like this, but I feel compelled to here because I am so relieved to hear that maybe my symptoms are related to the mirena. I had it placed in Jan 08 when my son was 8 weeks. When I got the mirena in, I bled for 2 months straight, and then had crazy random periods, sometimes spotting, sometimes heavy, at completely irregular intervals. Then, within the last 3 months (after having it for over a year) the bleeding has stopped completely. Anyways, I have been exhausted, incredibly anxious (like medically, seriously anxious, not just worried) and had no sex drive. At first I attributed it to having a young baby and not sleeping... then to the stress of going back to work... but now literally nothing is wrong in my life, I like my job, have a beautiful boy, my husband is my best friend, we have a nice house, etc and I am STILL miserable and a wreck. I guess that's what depression is. I also have zero, and I mean zero, sex drive, the idea of having to do it makes me so tired and upset. I've never been a sex maniac, but used to love a good romp with my hubby. Now I literally feel asexual. I hope its all been the mirena and getting it out will help. Good luck to all of you.

I took Ambien for 2 years. I had all of the common side effects: hallucinations, memory problems, loopiness, nightmares, etc. However, I eventually started smelling smoke all of the time. Since Ambien was the only drug I was on, I stopped taking it. After a couple of weeks, the smoke smell faded. Life went on as usual, and I became pregnant and gave birth to a beautiful boy. That night I couldn't fall asleep even though I was exhausted. I tossed and turned all night, and the nurse started showing concern for me. She asked if I wanted to try a sleeping pill, and contacted my doctor. They ended up giving me an Ambien that night, and that night, the smoke smell returned for a few days. Fast forward several months after giving up Ambien completely. I developed a nasty head cold that gave my sinuses a pounding. That was when the smell returned. I began to piece things together, and went to the doctor. I asked him if he thought the Ambien damaged my sense of smell and if sinus conditions like congestion, allergies, and sickness exacerbated the problem. He did first check me for a brain tumor, but agreed with my assessment. He has seen thing like this happen to people, although not specifically with Ambien since it was a newer drug. He thinks a combination of the drug and sinus problems permanently damaged my olfactory nerves. He told me to try Flonase, and within a week of smelling smoke, it goes away. seven years later, the smoke smell still comes and goes, but actually cues me to what is going on in my sinuses at the time. I know when my sinuses are congested or irritated, and I take Flonase for relief within a few days to a week. Not saying everyone will have this problem, but it is something to be aware of...

BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ!! TAKE YOUR CHILDREN OFF THIS POISON. 3 yrs ago my 7yr old was on this for 6 months. The "bad thoughts" were terrifying this wonderful boy and changed him drastically and FAST. We took him off this and he immediately improved but the emotional harm this garbage did to him still lingers (anxiety mostly). This is so unfair. Is there nothing we can do to warn other parents except for this? I can't believe I let this happen to my beautiful boy.

Thanks for sharing your stories.

I have a 4yr old boy who has been on singulair for 5 months. Before he began singulair he was the most happy, kind, gentle, loving boy. We had an awesome close relationship. I enjoyed just sitting there watching him play. I could not wait for him to learn something new, but EVERYTHING has changed now. I took him off of singulair on Sept 19, 2008 after accidentally running into this site while looking up children and OCD. Thank God I did. It has been 12 days since I found this and took him off. I couldn't type then because I was to upset. My son who never had ANY mental problems or anxiety is now completely riddled with it. Instead of playing all day care free like 4yr old are supposed to do, my son spends his days now clinging to me in fear that I may leave or go into a room without him and he will not be there to open the door. He obsessively has to open every door now. He spends his days getting upset at the smallest things. He now gets mad at everything I say, or I don't say it right. Our relationship is not the same now, and I am devastated. Before Singulair he slept through the night every night. Now he wakes up every couple of hours to go to the bathroom and say "are you still there mom?" ok "I love you" "Don't let the bed bugs bite" I have to answer "I love you to" and "you either" If anything different is said he will go nuts, and he will obsessively say this over and over and over again. This is not my son. He is a totally different person. I am so very scared that this poison has permanently ruined him. I mean he is so young and his brain is developing. It has been developing with this poison in it, that has ruined him. It has been 12 days and he is still doing the same ocd stuff. He still seems really agitated. His muscles hurt, his tummy hurts, his eyes hurt, his ankles hurt, and he has diarrhea. My beautiful boy is now mentally and physically SICK because of singulair. I feel really bad to, because I did not know at first that the singulair was causing this and I was always getting on to him for his behavior and putting him in his room. At pre-school a couple of days after first giving singulair to him he started crying ALL DAY at school, and I made him stay there because I thought it was just because he had gotten a new teacher and he needed to get used to her. I feel terrible!! Does anyone know if the ocd will go away or has he now learned the behavior?

My son has been taking Singulair for several years. He is now 16 was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder about 2 years ago. Prior to that he was misdiagnosed with ADD. Unfortunately he is in a behavioral health facility, probation placed, and I feel I have very little control over the situation. The staff, his GP and his psychiatrists will all be getting phone calls from me, along with his attorney. I have wanted to get my son off of all medications since he attempted suicide twice 3 years ago while in juvenile detention. Luckily his attempts were very lame and definitely more of a cry for help. Because of the legal issues, his medications are all controlled by "them" and not mom & dad. I have seen my beautiful boy change so much, and now his childhood is gone.

i posted in august but am reposting with more information on how to report your side effects to the FDA .It is a site called Medwatch.com and they want to know these adverse reaactions.We are the people that lost our son to a suicide after he was given this drug for 17 days.Our son was a lovable well adjusted soon to be 16 year old .He had a terrible advers reaction to this drug having extreme anxiety, moodiness,agitation and depression.We did not of course have the proper knowledge about this drug to know that he was having an adverse event.We are working with our local senator and assemblywoman to contact a Dr Malson at the FDA he is the director of research and drug evaluation.The information pamplet from the pharmacy did not mention these side effects or we would have realized what was happening.We are trying to get a black box warning on the drug to let people especially parents of children know exactly what this drug is capable of.TAKE ACTION AND CONTACT THE FDA THIS IS HOW A DRUG GETS REEVALUATED!We wish we had found this site while our beautiful boy was still alive .Our child had a normal life and no emotional problems and after taking this poison he had a complete psychological breakdown,the address to writ aletter to tell your story is Steven K.Malson,MD,MPH Director Center For Drug Evaluation and Research Food and Drug Administration 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, Maryland 20857. PLEASE HELP THIS DRUG NEEDS SPECIAL LABELING

Well, I am not the type to post things on line but I'm so angry and disgusted with the whole medical and pharmaceutical industries for promoting this product FALSELY. I got the mirena 5 weeks ago and am having it removed in two days- and counting. I am extremely anxious and depressed. I feel "raw"- like I want to cry for absolutely NO REASON. I just gave birth to a beautiful boy two and a half months ago and have a lovely 15 month old boy as well. I need my mental health for these babies and MIRENA has taken it away. I was told (as most women who are posting about Mirena complaints) by my doc that there would be no side effects despite me telling him that I did not do well on the pill. When I had to go to the psychiatrist because of how MISERABLE I felt, she called the ob-gyn and he said it was "absolutely not" the Mirena- leaving me to feel like a basket case. Fortunately I looked on line and realized I AM NOT CRAZY and I KNOW MY BODY better than all these doctors. I had read about Mirena before getting it inserted but only on their website- obviously heard no horror stories there. I wish I would have read websites like this one before having it inserted. Anyhow, NOBODY is going to tell me that what I feel is NOT because of Mirena- I KNOW IT IS. I am having this awful thing removed and no doctor will persuade me to "try it a little longer." They can say it's not the Mirena but we all know the truth and the truth will prevail eventually.

I have life long temporal lobe epilepsy.this drug was given to me for tooth absess.I started having''breakthru''seizures that resulted in ten day comma dislocated shoulder.the seizures and comma continued 3 days hear 36 hours there.
I seemed to be improving when I was diagnosed with cancer of the neck.I had swollen lympth knodes.after a surgical biopsy that removed thirteen lymph knodes,I was given sulfameth as a prophilactic against risk of infection.this was dec 18.
I spent christmas in the er after a seizure.I started having the strangest seizures of my life.I thought I was dying.the spirit ws poised to just walk out of my body.and I was some how joyful at the idea,
I had half a dozen seisures,this time!the thing is this episode sheds
light on the seizure episode I had in 1999.I went to the dentist,and started having seizures,my sexual preference became confused.
I was living with a great lady,we where planning on adopting a beautiful boy we where raising.the CPS took the baby away because of the seizures.the lady and I broke up and I just drifted away.and the doctors no where along the way had a clue.one dr asked another is this what we do.the other dr just says yes.the one dr.should have mentioned that I had spent more time in comma in there hospital in the last twelve months than most people get to spend on vacation.

this is the second time ive been on alesse. ive just recently had a beautiful boy but now going back to birth control ive found that alesse is making me break out so horribly than ever in my life before!!! also mentioning that ive been very irritable and have had dryness you know where. Has anyone experienced that acne on alesse gets worse before it gets better????