Bloated symptoms and conditions

I had mild cramping the first day and every day after I started taking Jolessa. I started my period a week and a half after my first pill. I called my doctor on the 11th day. She said to keep taking it that my experiences were not uncommon. I suffered through until day 20 when I called her again. She said I could stop taking it if I really felt my body was telling me to, otherwise stay on it through the end of the cycle (4 weeks) and then we would talk about putting me on something else. On day 23 I decided there was no way I could put up with this for another 4 weeks and stopped taking Jolessa. The day I stopped taking it I experienced cramping and my flow got heavier. I'm now on day 25 and even though I am still on my period, my body feels like its starting to get back to "normal." My skin broke out terribly and i was very bloated. In just the two days I haven't taken Jolessa both issues have gotten better substantially. I would never recommend this product to anyone...I've never felt like such a prisoner of my own body.

Hi - I'm 31 and and have no children, this is my second Mirena - The first one I had didn't give me any problems - But this one suddenly after 3 years is giving me really sore breasts and making me feel constantly bloated. . . In truth its driving crazy. I am also sure it has cut my sex drive too - Where is the fun in that ? I'm really considering having it taken out .........

I am a 45 year old female & am on the Toprol-XL 50 mg & take 1 twice a day...I have noticed I have blurred vision & problems with my eyes & also suffer with my legs hurting a lot & also have joint stiffness & cramps in my feet & legs & have trouble sleeping & some memory problems at times along with feeling tired all the time & some depression & shortness of breath & no matter how little I eat I seem to put on weight & look & feel bloated...don't know if it's the Toprol-XL or not but have only had these problems since I been on that & Crestor.

I've had the Mirena in for about 7 months just after my second child.... I haven't stopped spotting/bleeding since.... Its horrible. I have had the most intense headaches, to a point where I feel I cannot function. The pain so bad... It has almost dropped me to the floor.
I am constantly struggling to focus. I cry all the time. Yet have a void of emotion. I am struggling to enjoy the simple pleasures I used to enjoy. My libido...... well what can I say...... I have none....!! at first it was just an effort for my partner to begin intercourse with me.... and I would soon enough begin to enjoy it.... But lately I'm finding it hard to enjoy it at all.
I feel disgusting most of the time.... I have had odor problems... and then there's the constant bleeding!!
I feel unattractive! I feel bloated.
And I am about to start seeing a bowen therapist to help me with my structure. The joints in my sternum keep cracking.... and until I read all of this site... I didn't even begin to think that it could possibly be related.....!!!
I have also had serious suicidal thoughts.
I WANT THIS THING OUT!!!

I started this pill in early August. At first I thought it was great. But now I see that I am experiencing a lot of the symptoms mentioned on here. I have cramps every night, I constantly have headaches, my boobs always hurt, I am so bloated that I could pass for being 3-4 months pregnant, and I go from being in a great mood to being a complete bitc in about 2 minutes. I am so moody! I hate it! My boyfriend hates it too, I feel so bad. At first I thought I was pregnant, because I have missed 2 periods and have had all of these side effects, but I now think it is all because of this pill.

I was prescribed Lisinopril and have taken it for 4 days now. I am so bloated. I have shortness of breath. I will call my doctor to see what she says but at this point I am stopping the meds. I would rather die than have this horrible bloating with diarrea. I can hardly breath.

I was on Yasmin for the last 6 months before this one. My doctor was out of the Yasmin and gave me Yaz to try. After being on Yaz I have finally realized something. While I was on Yasmin I could NOT stop eating. I would eat a full dinner and then ten minutes later, even though I knew that I was full.. would go into the fridge and eat something more.. and then an hour later.. and so on. I have gained about 30 lbs. I just thought it was some weird depression I was having since I am slightly depressive anyways. Well.. now that I am on the Yaz....I feel completely different.. I do not have the out of control urge to eat, eat, eat. Finally I feel normal again. I am also not bloated with my stomach sticking out like before.. so I don't feel so disgusting physically. The Yaz is having its own little side effects...but for now I am doing a "wait and see." This is because they put my on Yasmin to help me out because I have a high testosterone level and it is supposed to not increase that like the other pills do.. it uses a different kind of androgen.. I definitely do NOT want to go back to the normal testosterone pills since they cause my testosterone levels to surge over the "normal" limit. Sigh, hopefully Yaz will work.

This is my first week on Loestrin 24 FE as well as my first experience with BC. I really hope my side effects go away, as I do not think I will be able to continue taking it if they don't. I have turned into a complete insomniac - can't sleep and I am tired the entire day. I have random headaches and a complete loss of appetite. I continuously feel as though I'm about to get my period - bloated, achy, moody - even though I just had it. I feel like I'm gaining weight even though I'm eating 1/4 of what I used to. I really don't know what to do. I was taking it at night, but figured I should try taking it earlier because my sleep cycle is completely off. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I have been on Synthroid for few months and had to rush to Emergency twice , due to heart palpitation and gained like 10 pounds in 2 weeks and stopped it for 2 months now , my blood test were normal, my heart palpitation went away, I am no more bloated... everything seems to be fine, but I feel warmness in my face and little warm throughout the body with itchy feeling, please help to get rid of warmness and itchy feeling...

i am on my last pack of pills for yasmin. my gyn put me on loestrin starting next month. i hope i have a better experience with that than yasmin. at first i didnt notice any side effects at all. then within the past couple of months (ive been on yasmin for about 6 months) i have noticed so many problems.
i am prone to migraines, but i am getting migraines at least twice a week which has severely effected my work and school life.
i had an ear infection.
ive gained close to 20 lbs (!!!!!) when in the past few months my lifestyle has been healthier and more active than it was when i started this pill. it just doesnt make sense to gain so much when i have improved my lifestyle..
i find i am moody and depressed, if something bad happens, even if its something little, i either get so uncontrollably angry or sad and i cry all the time. im not normally this emotional, ive even cried at work. its so embarrassing.
ive also noticed that after any meal i feel like i am extremely bloated and my stomach starts hurting. it doesnt matter what kind of food, it could be healthy, greasy, veggies, or cereal..no matter what my stomach always hurts to much afterwards.
i am also getting night sweats and horrible back pain, especially when i go to bed.
i am gassy, and my cramps last for my whole period. none of those things ever happened before i was on this pill.
my libido went down, however i think this is due to the weight gain. i have never felt so disgusting in my whole life.
i have gone through many pills, and the nuvaring as well. none of them have had side effects on me as yasmin.
does anyone have any suggestions for other pills for me to try? i am willing to give loestrin a chance, especially because it is a lo dose pill..and i know that everyones bodies are different. i just feel so lost..i hope this new pill works out better.

I am so glad I found this site, because I thought I was coming down with some rare disease. I went on Femcon because I had been on Yaz and started having serious migraines that kept me in bed for days at a time. I have been on Femcon for two months now and I have had every symptom mentioned here. Here is everything in a nut shell. I have felt extremely deepressed and moody to the point of possibly thinking on seeking help for depression. I am mostly angry and sad. I have experienced problems in the past when I was on Ortho Tri Cyclen of feeling paranoid all the time, this was different. I have cramps not just during my periods, but all the time. I also have had really bad aches and pains all over my body especially in my back and legs, feels like the flu. I have been so tired during the day that I have actually fallen asleep at my desk only to go to bed at night and wake up after only a few hours of sleep. I have been also having hot flashes at night. I have had constant headaches although less severe than when on Yaz. I have been gassy, bloated, nauseated and now have had diarrhea off and on for over a month. I have also noticed having a lot of sinus pain and pressure as well. I have also had spotting on days 12 & 13 but no period when I am supposed to have one. I also had the some fluttering in my chest and my breast are swollen and the nipples darkened. I have completely lost all interest in sex and when I am on the brown pills and feel like having sex, it is like all the moisture has been removed from my entire body and I can't enjoy it. Despite knowing I haven't been having much sex, I think I'm pregnant all the time. I have also gained about ten pounds despite no changes in my diet. I also feel nauseous sometimes after eating lunch especially. I take my pills at night and I don't chew them so I'm not sure if that is the problem or not. I have an appointment to go back to the doctor in a month. I'm thinking of calling her to change before that now that I know my symptoms are not a strange disease, but more than likely a result of the medicine. Thanks everyone for being willing to share your experiences. I hope I can find a pill that was as good as Yaz without the migraines.

Just resently I have noticed that I am picking up pregnacy symptomes. I feel light headed, nausea, and dizziness. My breast have began leaking when I cleaning them, and they are very sore all the time. I did notice last week, I was crying uncontrollably for a long period of time for no reason at all. My body always seems bloated, and I feel like I'm gaining weight. I can say that because I have exercised and at healthier than I ever have. Oh my gosh, the night sweats are out of control not to mention gross. I have not had headaches, but have been feeling like I'm coming down with something. I also have not been able to get "in the mood". Which I am a newlywed, and that is just not working for me or my husband. Also, the discharge is almsot like it just gushes out. I think after this month I'm going to take it out. I want to feel like my normal self again.

BEEN ON OMEPRAZOLE FOR A FEW YEARS,BUT RECENTLY GOT DIAGNOSED WITH H-PYLORI STOMACH BUG,THIS BUG CAUSES ULSERS AND GIVES YOU SEVERE HEARTBURN.I WISH MY DOCTOR HAD THE BRAINS TO CHECK ME FOR IT WHEN I FIRST WENT TO HIM FOR HELP WITH MY HEARTBURN. HOWEVER I HAVE JUST FINISHED A COURSE OF ANTI-BIOTICS AND HAVE STOPPED TAKING OMEPRAZOLE.MY STOMACH IS NOT AS BLOATED AND MY SEVERE FACIAL RASH IS CLEARING UP.I THOUGHT IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE STOMACH BUG THAT WAS CAUSING THESE SYMPTOMS,BUT 7 DAYS AGO I STARTED TAKING OMEPRAZOLE AGAIN AS MY HEARTBURN WAS BACK.SUDDENLY MY FACE ERUPTED AND I WAS BLOATED AGAIN.I STOPPED THEM AGAIN AND ALREADY IM GETTING BETTER. MY HEARTBURN IS STILL TRYING TO GET ME BUT IM TAKING REMEGEL SWEETS THAT ARE SOLD IN MY LOCAL NEWSAGENTS AND SEEM TO BE WORKING FOR ME.I HAVE READ ALL THE SIDE EFFECTS LISTED HERE AND I AM SHOCKED THESE TABLETS ARE STILL ON THE GO. I BELIEVE OUR STOMACH ACID SHOULD NOT BE MESSED WITH AS THIS GETS OUR FOOD OUT OUR SYSTEMS QUICK ENOUGH TO SAVE BAD TOXINS ESPECIALLY RED MEAT POSIONING OUR BLOOD.

I'm on my 2nd month of taking Femcon. The first week starting it, I had heart flutters and anxiety, then coinciding with depression and mood swings. I was patient though and all of that subsided. Throughout this entire time, I've had occassional nausea in the first few hours after I wake, but no vomiting. My ankles have been continuously swollen since on it, and I'm generally just bloated, I have to take a water pill to relieve some of it. My breasts have been tender, off and on, since I started taking it.
By the end of the 1st pack, I figured I was ok, I had my last period just a little over a week ago. A week after my cycle had ended, I started spotting, and now in the past 24 hrs I'm heavily bleeding, I'm actually concerned. I'm passing clots, bleeding heavily, having moderate to severe cramps in my lower back area. I'm currently trying to reach my doctor and hoping they'll call me back, since I've had 2 miscarriages in the past, I'm showing signs of a possible miscarriage, but I've been told that the pill will give you symptoms of pregnancy, so I don't know. Any advice on what to do? I believe I will see if the doctor will put me on Estrostep, I took that about 7 years ago and had no problems with it, but the doctor felt that Femcon is more effective against pregnancy. Anyone know what could be happening with me?

I was prescribed keflex for a kidney infection. I experienced DEPRESSION symptoms and felt BLOATED. The drug at times increased PAIN symptoms in stomach and lower back area. I also had very little energy. Given my irrational behaviour on keflex, & the significant mood improvement when I finished the course, I have decided that I will NEVER take keflex again and that pharmacists and doctors need to discuss the drug with patients / clients.

Wow - so many of you with the same symptoms and side-effects I'm experiencing. I was on Ortho Tri Cyclen years ago with minimal side effects beyond slight weight gain during the first few months. With this pill, I feel like I've become a monster. I'm bloated and I've been bleeding for 9 days now (I started the pills the day my period ended, on the advice of my doctor. I began bleeding a week later and have not stopped.). I'm normally a very happy person, but in the 2.5 weeks I've been on this medication, my moods change faster than the weather - I go from happy to despondent over the smallest, most insignificant things and cannot be cheered up. I have constant anxiety. I've cried more in the last 2 weeks than I have in the last year. I get angry over nothing, and I feel lazy all the time. My normally above-average libido is in the toilet. Fortunately, my boyfriend is incredibly understanding and knows that the changes I'm experiencing are due to this new medication changing my body chemistry.

I don't want to be like this, though. I don't want to be angry, sad, anxious, lazy, or uninterested in sex. I don't want a month-long period for 3 months while my body adjusts. I'm not in the physical condition to be able to shrug off an extra 10 pound due to bloating, and I'm tired of popping Advil to deal with my cramps. Before I found this site, I thought maybe the symptoms would go away in the next week or so, but I've now decided I'm not waiting this one out - I'm calling my doctor and finding a different alternative. This is simply unacceptable.

Also, I know it has nothing to do with the effectiveness of the medication, but their website disgusts me. "Cammie's Story"? If they spent half that advertising budget on research to eliminate the horrible side effects of their product, perhaps the pill would sell itself.

With in the first few days of taking this pill I had many of the same side effects listed here. My boobs were sore, I was very bloated, I had stomach cramps, headaches, mood swings, I sleep alot and felt depressed. But after about a week and a half things started to get better. However I'm now into my 3rd week and missed a pill on tuesday. I hadn't even realized I missed it till wednesday. But instead of taking them both I just took wednesdays and have now started to bleed. So I guess I'm wondering if anyone can tell me, do I need to continue taking the rest of the pack? Do I just stop taking them and take this as my period, then start a new pack on sunday? I don't take birth control usually. I'm actually taking it to just start my periods because I normally don't have them and i'm trying to get pergnant. This is to hopefully give me a regular period and ovulation for a few months. Which will hopefully lead to fertility. However with missing a pill. I'm afraid this period might be to early and throwing everthing off.

I am 43 years old and I do have one child. I have been on Loestrin 24 Fe for approximately 7 months and I will discontinue after this pack. I took BC pills several years ago and resumed recently to help alleviate my increasingly long periods. I was a personal trainer for sometime and have always worked out, ate sensibly and kept my weight at a normal level...until now. I have gained approximately 10 pounds on this pill. I now have "muffin tops" as my daughter so eloquently told me and I feel like I am in a continuous state of pregnancy! I am bloated, irritable, depressed and I bleed at any given time. Not to mention lethargic! I have NO ENERGY. I would much rather have the lenghy periods and deal with PMS for 7 to 10 days per month versus feeling like this 30/31 days per month. It's bad enough getting older and realizing that my metabolism is not the same as it used to be...I just don't want any help!

It seems like everytime I get back on a birth control after getting off it, i react differently. I started on ortho, I felt pregnant, bloated, depressed, acne. Switched to aviane 28 after 2 months, at first, weight loss, clear skin, than cystic pimples in the last week. I stopped early that week, then decided it would be better to finish the pack. So i skipped two of the days and finished the pack. TERRIBLE idea. I've never looked or felt more disgusting in my life and I didn't get a period. I went back on ortho to re regulate myself. Acne, but felt wonderful! unfortunately i stopped b/c the price went up. Felt terrible after stopping dramatic weight loss that i didn't need. Went back on ortho lo, felt weird, very manly. like muscular, and weird puffy face and dark spots on the sides of my face. I lost a pack and decided not to pay $50 again, i;m a college student and bought aviane 28. My skin has never been so clear! I got really tired after taking them so I think next month i'll switch to taking them at night. I don't feel physically healthy yet after a dramatic weight loss after getting off ortho (even though I'm at a healthy weight), but I think i'll continue with them, but take them at night intstead. My advice is don't play around with these hormones. I'm afraid what i'll be like getting off them. I feel safer taking the lower dose though. My sister has been taking this for years, and claims to have no side effects and thinks i'm crazy when I start complaining about birth control.

I have had some of the same symptoms described above, but they seem to have increased since I went off just days ago. I'm hoping they decrease in the next few weeks. I'm just so happy to be off of them, and I'm hopeful that my normal figure and state of mind will return. The last year and a half has been an emotional roller coaster.

Right now, three days off of the pill, I am so bloated it is painful. I know it's not constipation since that is happening regularly. What doesn't happen after "elimination" is relief. I am having constant abdominal cramping and bloating. It's awful...I have gained four pounds in as many days which is WAY more than I'm usually capable of.

The very first day off of the pill I had to call in sick to work with throwing up and other fun stuff. I thought at first that it was a 24 hour bug...but now I don't know.

Why do women get bullied into taking these products? It's been 40 years now and the best we still have is the pill? I'm going to take my chances I think with my natural mood swings and pregnancy.

I only tried these pills for one month because I have high levels of testosterone and the doctor suggested Yasmin would be a lighter pill to fight the androgens without sideffects... I tried Androcure before that and the experience was awful BUT yasmin was even worse...

After only one month on Yasmin I gained 7 pounds, I feel totally bloated, unattractive, depressed, tired all the time, woke up sweaty with horrible back pain every morning (especially the last week), I got massive red spots all over my face, my period lasted for 2 weeks, my libido has disappeared, I got suicidal thoughts every single minute, fought with everyone for no reason at all... and whats worse I got candidiasis (a.k.a vaginal thrush) for the first time in my life, followed by itching, burning sensation, dryness and now I am under therapy to get rid of it.

Supposedly this pill would get rid of my hormonal imbalance but in fact it made me much worse than before... My only advice would be to stay away from it, no matter what. Its the worst pill I've ever been on and I threw away the packages for the next months.

just had mine out today...mirena that is...and i had all if not more side effects and complaint you ladies have, so i am hoping for the best! i am tirred of this rollercoster of emotions, mood wings, weight loss, hair loss, sexual loss, depression, pelvic pains, constant nuasuea, headaches, the non stop bleeding for 5 months then nothing, joint and leg pain, and all the tests they did to tell me i was fine and nothing wrong....

I have been on the pill for about 2 and half weeks, before I was on Ortho Tri Cyclyn. I swiched bc on the other pill i started to develope craps again. I have recently notice that my fingers have been swelling up, and my stomach looks like I just ate a thanksgiving dinner..i started to research the pill and now i am freakng out bc i think it might be bc of the pill. I have just started to excercise more bc of my feeling of being bloated. Now after reading all of your coments i am freaking out even more bc i am a college cheerleader and i connot have a 5 or 10 pound weight gain! WHAT SHOULD I DO?

My experience with Yasmin was teriible. I am 22 years old and this is my first BCP. I am in the military and have a very jumpy period. I skip months at a time. My doctor put me on progesterone pills for 10 days to boost my estrogen so that my period would come. Talk about an emotional ten days. After my cycle was over I started Yasmin. I was only taking these pills for a week and I was always tired, lethargic, depressed, had horrible mood swings and no sex drive. I didnt want to do anything but sleep. I felt bloated and desgusting. Between the estrogen and these pills I felt a significant change in my personality and didint like it at all. I threw out a six month supply and after only being off of them a few days I am much happier and getting back to normal. STAY AWAY FROM YASMIN!!!

I've been on Femcon Fe for 2 1/2 months. I'm frequently bloated, fatigued, and recently my breasts have been feeling like they're bound in a vice grip. When my mind says yes to sex, my body will not cooperate which have never been a problem til now so the only thing I can tie it to is Femcon. I'm supposed to be going back in two weeks to get a new prescription of BC. I don't think Femcon is right for me, and will be switching. Good luck to you all.