Bestfriend symptoms and conditions

I was on the nuvaring for about 3 or 4 months. My best friend decided to try it too since I started it. On top of that we both made drastic changes in our love life, hers an engagement, mine a new beau :). I started the ring about two weeks of dating him, and then realized I could not stand him, for him to touch me made my skin crawl, but I knew that I really like him and wanted the relationship to work (yeah, crazy I know). I would yell and scream, I did not want to be intimate in any shape or form. It was very hard for this new relationship to grow, and I was thinking it was him. My girlfriend was going nuts with her fiance, everything he did or did not do set her off. We thought it was the "bridezilla" in her coming out. We went on a few months thinking the changes was due to our new stuatus. I asked a friend from school if she ever tried nuva ring, and she said "yes that thing made me crazy, my boyfriend almost left me twice." Well two days later I took out my ring to see if it would make a difference, and within 24 hours things were better (sun was shining, birds were singing), I told my girlfriend about it and she tried taking hers out to see if it changed within 2 days she was a brand new girl on her way to a being a blissful bride to be.

All of this to say, if you are not sure if it is the ring try abstaining for a month, take the ring out, and see if you see a difference, for those of you that can't abstain, make sure to take other precautions like condoms or plan b.

P.S. my friend and I kid around about how there is going to be an episode of SNAPPED, based off a woman on the ring.

...I am not taking any birth control, BUT i discovered this website on behalf of my best friend who's had Mirena for a little over 6, maybe 7 months now...Personally i Dont' trust any birth controls - other than condoms :-) why ? Guess i Just don't trust the Industry...it appears to me, that the only extensive Tests done on birth control are the ones done to make sure Ladies don't conceive...AnyWay, my BF's side effects include UTI's, stomach aches & cramps, yeast infections; I'd even say her mood has been effected by Mirena....she tells me & may i add we hide nothing from each other; she's had no issues w/UTI's or yeast infections before the insertion of Mirena...I worry about her. She wants to have another kid & i don't want this birth control messing up her body...just Last Week she told me: Out of noWhere - began to bleed heavily w/no pain w/heavy clotting....I keep telling her its the BC, but in her words, "it's just so convenient." did i spell that right ?....i know this BC is easy and effective & now i see all these harsh side effects it brings...A friend of my sister's complained of an Odor down there....I'll be telling my BF about all of u Ladies experiences w/Mirena...I know the reason why she & other women would get Mirena, but i don't want her or any other woman 2 suffer, or loss hair, or gain weight, or acquire cyts OR any of those things when it can be avoided....and of course your doctor will Tell u how great & safe it is....that's their job, its just unfortunate that their job isn't 2 tell us the truth !

So I just read through a few of these and have to admit a similar story. I am 26 years old and have hereditary high blood pressure due to polycystic kidneys. My doctor put me on 20mg at first. I have always been an avid exerciser and after about 3 months on the drug I was in the pool swimming laps and my arms completely cramped up and started spamming, had no control whatsoever. My best friend's dad is a neurologist and his mouth about hit the floor when I told him how many mg of lisinopril my doctor had prescribed. He immediately cut my dosage in half. My symptoms have still progressed and I am officially stopping taking it because I have had heart flutters and palpitations that would scare any normal human being into thinking they're dying. I also have the shortness of breath, dizziness, numbness and tingling in all of my limbs, odd pains I have never had before in the most random places such as my forearms, calves, abdomen, and I feel like I have arthritis! NONE of this EVER bothered me before I started taking this medication and it has taken me months to actually come to the realization that these are not signs of aging or fatigue. I'm a healthy 26 year old female who exercises on average 5 days a week with low-fat high fiber diet. Point of my story: this drug claims to be the best on the market, but something tells me the doctor's push is coming from pharmaceutical endorsements!!!! Beware of the poison.

Ive had my mirena in for 10 months. No problems at first. Light spotting no periods which i loved. I have very dry skin and have never had issues with acne but I have minor acne now, even my friends noticed my great completion was gone. I still wanted to keep it in regardless of this small skin flaw up until about 2 months ago. I would get dizzy spells. Then they would go away. I started getting anxiety, horrible which is something else ive never experienced! I feel like im outside of my body im so dizzy, cant drive have missed work and feel helpless. so glad others blog about there experience. im obviously not the only one! Its not worth it, Im getting it removed tomorrow which cost $160. Getting it inserted wasn't painful at all so im hope this wont be either. Its done in office. All i want to do is be me again. This thing is being rejected by my body and must go. However on the flip side my best friend has the mirena as well and had no side effects. It just depends on your body. All i wanted was to be sure i wouldn't get pregnant but id rather endure labor pains than feel like my life is spinning out of control and i don't even know who i am anymore? Good luck to all. Hope i helped you :)

Hello. I am 23 years old. On December 1st I suffered a miscarriage. After going through that horrible ordeal, my fiance and I decided to wait and not have kids yet. I had the Mirena inserted on January 10th. The pain was horrible, and the next few days I was really sore. I started my period on the 24th of this month, nothing special to note, except it is longer than I am use too. What I have noticed is a sharp pain in my left side. It will not go away. I have called the doctor and scheduled an ultrasound. Hoping that turns out fine. My side effects that I have noticed are breast enlargement, ( I went up two sizes), and anxiety. I was going to go to the doctor for that, but now am considering just having the iud removed. I just wander how many other people are going though the same thing.

please help!!!
I have been on Yasmine for almost nine months, I am 22 yrs old and had my first anxiety attack two months after taking it. I was a normal, out going, FUN person and then all of a sudden I changed. I didn't know the cause until last week when I found this web site. My doctor put me on Lexapro three weeks ago for the anxiety and I still haven't felt better. I did have a really rough year, with the death of my bestfriend who was also my cousin, and I had some major family issue's with addiction. I figured my symptoms were do to a tough year. In finding this web site I realize there are others out there with the same problems. I would like to know if there are others out there with stomach trouble. My doctor told me I have IBS, which is a common problem in women but my anxiety seems to be causing it. With the anxiety comes the stomach aches. I worry about not getting to the restroom. I cause the stomach aches because of my anxiety and I was wondering if anyone else had this problem. Proir to taking yasmin I would go camping, out to dinner and to any social function without a worry. Now it's hard for me to leave the house.
I need to find a new B/C, I have been off Yasmin for 3 days. If anyone has a suggestion please let me know.
Thank you!!!

Here is what happened to me...This weekend the love of my life and I broke up. I blame Yasmin. I had noticed 3 weeks ago I was feeling really different. As explicitly explained by all the others I was experiencing the very same side effects. It started with the depression so a few weeks before my 30th birthday i went to see my doctor. I told him I was having a lot of stress, sadness and general feeling like everyday was a Monday. The brilliant doctor- NOT really....suggest an anti-depressant. I was reluctant as I had never been known to be "depressed" but I said what the hell and I tried it. Mind you this doctor NEVER once mention it could be the Yasmin making me feel blue (that he precribed in Dec so that my boyfriend and I didn't have to worry about getting pregnant). Anyway....what I am telling you is I had zero control over my emotions, I zero control over my actions related to my emotions. I felt possessed. It has cost me my relationship. I tried to explain it but he won't budge. All he can remember is what I did to him on his brothers wedding...if your wondering we were at the reherrsal dinner and I went it a panic mode and felt ignored and completely alone so I tapped him on the leg and told him I was leaving...and left. We talked after but he is angry and admits he will never get over it. So now I am without my bestfriend and more depressed then before. Probably not meant to be.