Bloating symptoms and conditions

I wanted to let you all know what happened to me recently. About 10 months ago, my world started to unravel and I didn't know why. I was thinking some of you may know someone who is going through what happened to me. I am just now getting myself back together day by day and want to help prevent someone you may know or love from going through the same thing. I will make my story short as possible. Here goes....

I had a series of tests starting in February of this year. They were ordered by my doctor because I had the following symptoms:hot flashes, feeling like I was going to faint, heart racing, blood pressure increasing, headaches, nausea, stomach pain. My Doctor tested me for a number of things. He started by checking my heart, then for cancer and so on... All tests and scans came back okay. We didn't know what the problem was. Then about the third month of still looking one night in May for some reason I started getting crazy thoughts, like I don’t want live like this, maybe I should go jump off a bridge, I was extremly emotional and hard to calm down.

I called my Doctor. And, I talked to my husband, who came home to sit with me - so I wasn't alone. The Doctor asked me to take some benadryl to make me sleepy and said he would call me in the morning. However, after an hour I was up again and fighting the urge to jump off the bridge. Instead I called the Doctor again and this time he wanted to see me right away. He told me he had done some research and was 100% sure it was the IUD Mirena. It had caused me to start having anxiety and panic attacks. I had it removed 2 weeks later. I have met numerous other women from all over the US, not just NC. Some women don’t have problems right away. Actually, it can take years for problems to develop; or, it can be removed and then later you may develop these symptoms. Some of the symptoms others complained about were weight gain, ance, anxeity,severe depression. On top of that, your OB-GYN will say that your symptoms will go away in a few days after removal but my Family doctor said it could take 6 months or longer to feel better. The Family Doctor was right. It has been 10 months now. Thankfully, every day gets better for me. It has been a long road. Thanks to God and my family for their unwavering support.

This situation is hard for me to talk about; however, I wanted to share my story in case it could help someone else avoid the problems I had with diagnosing the symptoms. I don’t think writing this down really does justice to what really happened to me. Just know, the IUD Mirena can have harmful effects on the body. If this is happening to someone you know you have to report it to the FDA, they will not remove a drug if you blog about it, to many women are blogging about what has happened to them but you can’t just blog you have to do something

I really need help. I had a Lap done last week due to have pain. I was on Depo Provera for 5 years and had to go off of it and onto the pill. WHat I didn't know was that my cervix had closed up. When I was having my periods, it was "backing up" and going through my fallopian tubes and into my abdomen. This caused my endo and I have one fibroid. Yesterday I sat down with my gyno to discuss this. I am 25, have no children, and I'm getting married in 7 months. Hysterectomy is not an option. He wants to start me on Lupron ASAP. At first when he mentioned menopause, I was worried - then he said that it would basically be hot flashes and mood swings. After researching the drug, I'm terrified now. I know any drug can be looked up online and have people giving the "pros" and "cons". However, I haven't found many people that haven't went through hell with this. He wants to give me one injection a month for 6 months. THe thing is, I don't want to have children for a few more years. If I go through this hell, will I be able to wait to have kids? And what is the add therapy everyone keeps mentioning? And how many people really have life-long symptoms from this? I understand that there are people that will have bad experiences with the drug, but is that what this is? I can't have memory loss or confusion where I work - it would get me killed (literally). And I can't be screaming at people either - that will get me fired. I'm not having pain since the gyno did the Lap and cleaned out what he could find. He is telling me my chances of having children (assuming the Lupron works) at best is 60%. So are my options basically go through hell and chance permanent memory loss and other horrible things or never have children? I am so scared and confused right now and I don't have much time to decide. I would really like truthful, helpful feedback.

I got my mirena put in about a month ago about 8 weeks after I had my first baby. I really don't want another baby anytime soon and thought this might be better than the pill because I am breastfeeding which the pill can interfere with. Two of my friends and my ob/gyn also have the mirena themselves and none reported any side effects and said it was better than the pill.

Well that has NOT been the case for me. It was terribly painful to have it inserted and left me with heavy bleeding and cramps for a couple of days. I can also feel it every time I sat down and it can be very uncomfortable. I also became extremely teary and depressed and have been crying uncontrollably ever since I had it put in.

The BLOATING is probably the worst thing, I had pretty much lost my tummy but now look 5 months pregnant, I feel fat and disgusting. Not to mention no sex drive at all and when I do have sex with my husband he can feel the strings and have caused him discomfort and I find sex has become painful for me as well.

I also have the revolting brown, smelly discharge everyone has mentioned.

I actually did a pregnancy test myself, like a few of you guys have mentioned as I feel pregnant. Just EXHAUSTED all the time, more than when my baby was a newborn and not sleeping thru the night. And have a lot of nausea, stomach cramps and just feel moody and irritable all the time.

I was thinking of waiting a few months to see if these side effects calmed down but after reading these posts I am going to be calling my doctor 1st thing tomorrow and getting it taken out. Thinking maybe a diaphram might be a better option.

Will let you know if it settles down after Mirena is removed I hope so!

I have had the Mirena since September 2008. At first everything was great. Then I started bleeding for 9 weeks straight. No, not as bad as some of you then it was just like I was getting my "period" at random times literally I could have some "bleeding" for a few hours then BAM nothing. Well now I have started having NUMBNESS in my left arm. Anxiety, Headaches, Numbness in my face, I have been so sick compared to what I normally am. Oh and the cramps and bloating are absolutely horrible! I am always shaky and sometime's I feel crazy. I was never like this before I had the Mirena. I really want it taken out but I am terrified to have another baby, I am 26 and I feel like I am falling apart! Also, I have had numerous cyst THAT DO HURT! I am going to call my doctor today to set up an appointment to have it removed. I wish I would have listened to friends and family before getting this thing. I was the worst mistake of my life!

I switched from Yasmin because I was starting to feel like I was going crazy! My Dr. gave me some samples of Loestrin 24. Within the first week I noticed some side effects:
Horrible headache
Nausia
Extreme bloating! The worst ever! My whole stomach was bloated!
Insomnia
Depression
I tried to convince myself that it was all in my head, but when I was going on week three of the meds and I was only staring to feel worse. Also around week three I began spotting, it wasn't that bad tho.
So I got online and read other peoples descriptions of this drug and decided not to finish out my pack. I've been off of them for a week, still have not gotten my period, took a pregnancy test and it was negative, but I am still nauseaded, and having awful headaches. NOT WORTH IT!

Okay, so I'm feeling a bit better, but I have a question. Did anybody else who experienced depression experience a confused feeling about their significant other? Like you felt like you were falling out of love or something because you felt uninterested, and when you thought back to good memories you couldn't understand how you had felt at all? I know that I still love him, deep down I still feel drawn to him, and when I'm upset I want him near... I'm just confused. But I feel this way about everything. It's just my relationship is so important to me, it's the most upsetting. Anybody else feel this way when the depression got bad?

I have been on Yaz for about a year without noticing any significant side effect.However most recently,I have had GI problems.Starting with nausea,abdominal pain, and vomiting. My doctor thought I may have had an ulcer and had me undergo a endoscopy and colonscopy.I had the endoscopy which was negative and opted out of the other procedure.I also have experienced,panic attacks,mood swings,feelings of depression and stress.I really didn't attribute any of this to Yaz until looking up all the horror stories on the internet.What frightens me the most is the fact that my heart rate was becoming irregular.I started feeling my heart race from 100 bpm to 123 resting.Mt doctor wanted to send me to the cardiologist.I was also found to be anemic.Has anyone else experienced any of these problems?My sister keeps urging me to stop Yaz and I now going to stop.I am hoping my health starts to get better after stopping.I have been sick for three months now.

Okay ladies, 25 year old mother of 1. Had the mirena put in in August because due to family history any birth control has more risk than it’s worth (I used diaphragm before). My best friend, 26 mother & mother of 2 had hers put in two weeks after me. Of the symptoms listed in a prior post I have:

*Anxiety
*Anger spurts/uncontrolling emotion
*Sharp pains in my ovaries (mostly my right)
*Lower back pain (to be fair it hasn’t been right since back labor, but worse now)
*Headaches
*Constant bloating and regular cramping like I’m about to start
*Exhausted-No matter how much sleep
*Insomnia (on and off)
*Light bleeding everyday (no regular period)
*brown discharge
*Mild pain during sex
*Facial/back acne (before had 1 pimple a month around period, now constant breakouts)

My best friend, on the other hand, has had a PERFECT experience. Regular periods, lighter than usual and zero issues. WTF? JEALOUS!!

Hey Ladies I had my Mirena removed today, I would like to thank you all because I almost didnt go through with it, I googled you guys during my appionment and decided I wasnt the only person hating this thing. I mean I had my daughter Feb 2009 and got Mirena in Oct 2009. I went through hell since I had it...mood swings and bloating like crazy! my stomach was big as hell and I work out every day....i look better after giving birth. Today they removed it and my stomach went don't right away no bullshit! I feel so free!!!! Never again with I get Mirena may need to stock up on condoms...but the Mirena was the worst ever!

Hi My name is Jennifer and I have experienced the most horrifying side effects. I didn't know it was from the mirena.It started in March 2009 that I got really sick. I had this huge panic attack that made me leave work . I was in the office having a good day laughing joking then suddenly I couldn't breath. I tried to think of everything I could for it to go away it wouldn't. I left work all sudden and tried to drive home. I got on the phone and called my boyfriend at the time that I was coming home I lived 15 miles away. I got a few miles out I was shaking so bad couldn't breath chest pains. I pulled over on the side of the road I couldnt drive. I called My mom crying and told her I was heading to the hospital. I couldn't feel my legs or my arms. I finally made it to the hospital they made me wait for ever before seeing a doctor I was crying and felt I couldn't breath my chest was hurting. My mom showed up she had never seen anything like it and she is a counselor. I could not feel my limbs or my face it was awfull.She was trying to help me calm down. She was trying to get me to see a doctor as soon as possible. They finally got me back in a room and they caredless about seeing me. All sudden my fingers bent in every weird direction and locked up that scared me even more. The doctor came in gave me 10 seconds of her time and said it was a panic attack and walked out. So she gave me medicine for light headnesses that had nothing to do with why I was there so I had to ask for something for the panic attack. So she gave me Lorazepam for the panic attack. This scared me so much that I quite smoking the only good thing that came out of it. I ended up seeing alot of doctors for everything from lungs to psychiatrist.I went thru symptons of mood swings,forgetfullness, bloating like being nine months pregnant, chest pains, numbness in arms, depression, sleeplessness, overly tired, head aches,throwing up,no sex drive, low immune system from it, and still to sick to do much. I finally had it taken out after finding this sight its been five weeks now and I do feel alittle better. I still have chest pains and fell really sick. And still seeing doctors. The mirena has ruined my life it caused me to quite my job, made me lose my boyfriend at the time,put me in debt, has ruined my relationships with everybody,I'm not the good mother I was, I am sick of being sick. And if I could afford a lawyer I would sue the company that made mirena it has ruined my life. And at least from finding this site I don't feel like I am going crazy anymore. I could go on more about everything I am going thru and have been but it would take forever. So I will keep this short and sweet. I hate feelin like I am dying. I hope I get better since I've been only free from the mirena for 5 weeks.

What a relief reading these posts. I am 31, have two kids, and had my Mirena inserted in Feb of 2009. When first inserted, I had a drop in blood pressure and had nausea for about an hour. I had to wait an hour to drive back to work.

No other symptons really there at first except night sweats for a few weeks. After that was over, I thought this was going to be a pretty smooth ride. Gradually I have gotten to the point where I started to think something was seriously wrong w/ me. Since I am on no other medications, have no other ongoing health issues, I got online to see if my side effects may be from Mirena. (I did my research when I had it inserted, but did not anticipate having symptoms this intense.) All of the following are without a doubt things I DID NOT have before the Mirena: weight gain, especially in my abdomen/belly area (I've had 3 people ask me if I'm pregnant-and I'm not a big girl), constant appetite, dizziness/heavey headedness feeling, very intense mood swings, headaches and flutter type feelings in my abdomen/belly.

My sex drive hasn't decreased much which is good. No acne (never had any anyway). My menstrual bleeding has decreaed slowly over time to be replaced by a brown discharge (that had an odor..ewww!!)

I am scheduling an appointment both with my OBGYN and GP to review my situation (and the smelly discharge). I plan to keep the Mirena for now and see what happens over the next couple months as I try to also increase my exercise and eat better. We will see what happens.

Has anybody else experienced where it seems like the symptons came on gradually and got worse over time?

I am 16 years old, and my mom wanted me to get Mirena inserted. I went in to the gynecologist thinking that it wouldnt hurt at all, that it would be a simple procedure. BOY WAS I WRONG. It was the worst pain i have ever endured. It felt like a terrible pinch and then right when they started to put it in, i instantly got cramps. After he inserted it, I laid in a fetal position for atleast thirty minutes not being able to get up. Wednesday will be a month since i've had it in. Every day, I have endured terrible cramps, worst ive ever had. And i also have not stopped bleeding. It sucks terribly, and i dont htink my mom will allow me to get it out. I am dreading acne and weight gain so I hope that doesnt happen.
I've had it for almost a month and it seems like a bad decision on my part.
maybe it will get better, but reading your guys stories don't leave me hopeful.

I started Welchol last week for my IBS and it immediately began to bloat me, from the bloating I went to extreme fatigue especially after taking the drug. I felt like someone had sat a ton of bricks all over my body, even my fingers felt heavy. I was only taking 2 625mg tablets in the morning. I also began to break out in "hives" all over my belly, under my breasts and soon moving up to my neck and behind my ears. I called the doctor and his nurse told me to stop the welchol. It helped with my stomach cramping but the bloating and other side effects are not worth it. I was wondering if anyone knows if this drug contains sulfates? I am allergic to sulfa based meds and that would explain the rash. Anyway within the short week of taking Welchol I was literally a zombie...tired, bloated and in hives.

I've been on the Nuvaring for a little over two years now, and I haven't experienced any bloating.

However, as far as dizziness, nausea, and all that goes, i experienced all of those initially. You're body has to adjust to the amount of hormones it's taking in, and your doctor should have let you know about those side effects. Mine didn't, so I took it upon myself to look at the Nuvaring website, which was very helpful. I know these posts are three years old, but for any new time users, you can't have these side effects occur and then say "This isn't for me." You have to let your body adjust. The only side effect that really effected anything in my life were the really bad mood swings, which all birth control is associated with. Mine lasted almost two months, which sucked, but other than that, I've been perfectly happen with the Nuvaring.

Mirena put in 5 months ago. Since then, I have experienced the following after the Mirena: 15 pounds of WEIGHT GAIN and bloating concentrated in abdomen, oily neck and upper back, hair loss, intermittent knee pain, intermittent chest pain, sensitive nipples, prolonged though lighter periods, vaginal itching, forgetfulness, focus problems, NO libido, husband feels coils - disrupts sex. I have used the pill before and never had any issues. My OB said the Mirena shouldn't affect weight but I have never had problems with myweight. I have not changed my lifestyle or eating habits and the weight keeps packing on without good reason. My gut feeing is to get this Mirena OUT - I am getting it removed in two weeks.

Omg! i thought this was all in my head, since being on Loestrin i have had breast tenderness, headaches, nausea, bloating, and been eating more! ive only been on it for about 2 weeks but ive been really emotional lately, my bf and I even got into a big argument and it was totally random about nothing literally and we never fight! he blamed it on the bc cuz im never like that which only got me more upset! i think he's right and after reading all of your comments i think im gonna stop taking it cuz this is ridiculous i was on yasmin a few years ago for about 3 years n i never had any of these side effects! :[

I have used NR for about 13 months and decided to stop. The bloating just became too much (each month seem to get worse) until I just finally reached a point where my breasts and abdomen were so engorged and swollen for 3 of the 4 weeks. If any who dared come near my breasts, I'd swear I'd punch them (poor husband of 17 years). My Dr. even prescribed me a diuretic, which helped for about a day and then nothing seems to get rid of the fluid. I was 136 lb. and gained about 10-12 which on a shorter person (5"2") does not look or feel very good. I already feel better after stopping it for just over 9 days (deflating). The Dr.'s always say it's not the pill that makes you gain weight, I firmly disagree. The bloating in conjunction with the increased appetite I feel were the main contributors AND were caused by the medicine. Yes, one choses to eat and what to eat, but the increased appetite and cravings make it hard to resist (unfortunately, mine were mostly pastry and chocolate based). :)

I also tried the regular BC about 10 years ago and had similar results after one year, quit it and lost the weight and bloated feeling with 2 months. Also, had lots of white DC using the NuvaRing product and some cramping throughout the month. I liked the product initially and gave it my best shot, but it looks like it is surgery for me as I tried this product for treatment of endometriosis. I really had high hopes for this medicine, but it will not work for me.

I AM SO HAPPY I FOUND THIS SITE! My name is Robin and I'm 23. I've been on several different types of birth control and Yaz is my latest RX. Though I've always had some minor side effects w/ bc, NOTHING compares to the side effects I've had from YAZ! These past few months have been hell, and I've constantly felt like a hypochondriac (sp) because of all my issues---I've only recently realized that all of my issues have been because of YAZ!

My breasts are so sensitive and sore right now that I'm wearing a sports bra to minimize all movement. I can't even wash my breasts in the shower because of the extreme stinging and painful "electric shock" sensations I get from touching them. I have major hot flashes. I have zero sex drive and can't even lubricate during sex. I feel nauseous all day long and the sites and smells of certain things make me gag. My chest is broken out into an acne-like rash. I have severe sharp pains in my abdomen and ovaries, as well as severe bloating and diarrhea. Every month I think I'm pregnant because of all of these symptoms and they are causing me such unnecessary stress. I just feel like crap all day every day and it's affecting my love life. My boyfriend is tired of hearing me complain about everything and I'm tired of feeling like a hopeless crazy person. I AM GETTING OFF YAZ ASAP AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO DO THE SAME!

Wow Reading all your all's post has really got me thinking, I'm a 23 yr. old mother of 2 beautiful little girls... I was having a lot of Stomach problems before I ended up with the Mirena IUD back on Feb. of 2008. I thought it was going to be great and I wouldn't have to worry about having another Child til after 5 yrs... I was wrong I have had close to all of your all's symptoms, The cramping, the bloating, the nausea, anxiety, depression, that weird fishy smell... and I'm a very clean person. Sex is actually starting to hurt again. I wanna get mine removed because I know that I will feel so much better once this is out of me. I actually thought I was pregnant so many times because it show's all the pregnancy symptoms. I honestly don't know if I will be able to produce another child and If I do, I just wanna go ahead and have it and get my tubes tide... I honestly don't know what I was thinking :( This is one of the worse things I have ever spent money on.

I'm so glad I found this. I got mirena a year and a half ago after my son was born. My OB told me it was my only option, other than tons of condoms, due to a rare blood disorder I have. Obviously my husband and I were all for being able to have spontaneous sex. Unfortunately that has never really happened. The first 7 months I bled non stop. Literally only having 2-3 days in between. After that I started with the bloating, migraines, no sex drive, and began noticing some serious mood swings. I felt horrible because I would get mad at my little boy for things I knew weren't really his fault. I recently noticed my bloating was getting worse and it was accompanied with severe lower abdominal/back pain, and fatigue. And to make matters worse I developed horrible acne on my face, chest and even my scalp (at least my hair hides that). I've been in and out of the doctors and hospitals for the past 3 months and haven't gotten anywhere with all the pain and whatnot. I go to see the OB on the 22nd for my well-woman, I think I may call in advance and make sure he can remove this on that day. Lets hope all these symptoms go away and not to mention I hope I can lose the rest of the weight I gained during my pregnancy.

Just got mine out FR after 3 1/2 years -this was my second one (my daughter is 8 1/2) - I thought was the perfect birth control, had no periods, no pms, no sore breasts, etc. but have had daily diarrhea for the past eight years. Something told me recently it was time to get rid of it (and him lol) so I had it pulled out - the OB never said a WORD about heavy bleeding afterwards. I was nauseous and dizzy all weekend - very heavy bleeding and clots.

On the upside I can actually feel the difference inside my cervix and the bloating in my stomach and tummy area has already gone down. I was already overweight when I got the Mirena but have put on 40 pounds since it was inserted. Already I am not hungry and/or eating more reasonable. I'd love to hear from others - the results of after the IUD comes out.

I'm sure I made the right decision, condoms here I come!

Just made an appointment to have my Mirena IUD removed. It was approaching the five year mark of having it anyway, but an acquaintance recently told me about the side effects that she experienced while using the mirena and many pieces of a puzzle started coming together for me. I got my mirena after the birth of my first (and only) child. Since then I have had terrible mood swings, anxiety, depression etc. I feel easily overwhelmed and quick to anger. Treatment to address these issues has been unsuccessful. While I haven't experienced the headaches, bloating or acne that others describe here, I have experienced a profound loss of sex drive (I have a very patient and supportive husband), painful intercourse (which I initially attributed to child birth), cysts/pimples/boils in the groin area, IBS-like symptoms, and moderate to severe cramping in my legs. (Specifically, my calves, feet and thighs. The thigh cramps are the worst! Always in the middle of the night and very, vert painful to the point that I cry out.) I haven't had a proper period in years and that can't be good. So, I've informed my doctor that I DO NOT want another Mirena. I will still opt for an IUD as my birth control method, but would never use this product again or recommend it to others. This website was a revelation. You know that you're not imagining all of these things happening to you, but you start to think you're a tad doolally for attributing it to your IUD. When I read the posts here, I knew that I wasn't mad and that this IUD has probably been the source of many of my emotional and health difficulties in the past 5 years. Can't wait to get it out!!!! Good riddance!!!!!

Was prescribed Biaxin on Wed, December 2nd after a tooth extraction. (One pill in the AM, one before you go to bed) Usually I do expect some nausea and diarrhea with any anti-biotic and this is no exception with this prescription. But the next day – Thursday, I had a case of the hiccups, not a big deal it went away. Early Friday night, the hiccups returned and lasted all night non-stop. Saturday was far worse, it lasted from the time I woke up, until very early this morning - somehow managed to fall asleep around 2am – as I was hiccuping! 6:45 (Sun Dec 9th) it woke me up..chest aches a bit, and going on hour five as I type. It’s like clockwork – every 6 seconds. All the small remedies are not helping (ex. holding your breath, breathing into a paper bag, even eating a teaspoon of sugar)

I’m beyond frustrated and it’s not only annoying - unable to hold a conversation or talk on the phone..but this is becoming physically painful. Not having the “foul taste” many are experiencing thankfully or vivid dreams. I read on other sites if other people have had this exact same side-effect, and found a few are after taking Biaxin. This was the only thing I was prescribed, I used Advil for the pain. So this prescription is the only thing that makes sense of why this is happening!

After reading some of the stories here and other horrible side-effects to this, I’m through with this drug. I will call my dentist tomorrow and ask for something else.

Im glad to see that I am not the only one going through some changes being on the pill. I complained to my doctor that after a year of taking Femcom Fe I was getting a lot of pregnancy symptoms the week before getting my period making me think I was pregnant. She then switched me to Loestrin 24 Fe and now for the past two months I have not gotten my period but im still getting pregnancy symptoms plus more the week before I should get a period. Also I have seen a significant amount of bloating in my mid section and I have not changed my diet or exercise pattern and yet I seem to look like if I was about 4 to 5 months pregnant. I am stopping the pill and just waiting until I get a period and then speaking to my doctor about another method of birth control. I believe that once you hit an age (just turned 35) your body changes and birth control pills are not the best option. Also been extremely moody, feeling drained and have no energy around the time I should get it.

Hope everyone finds their best option soon!

When I was in the hospital they had me on 90mg of pred. forget about it I went crazy, crying, anxiety, not being able to sit for less then 2 min. They then lowered me to 80mg which is what they sent me home with. The mood swings were unbearable for me and even worse for my family(my mom and my 14yr old son and 11 yr old daughter) I sleep like every 3rd night, and I felt like I was just loosing my mind. Now they are trying to wean me off and I am on 20mg one day and then 10mg the next. I don't know what is worse. My entire body hurts, my legs (the muscles) feel like I ran 20 miles. I just feel so miserable all the time I don't know what to do with my self. Does anyone else have the bloating I look like a BLOW FISH, I am so bloated it hurts.
Well thank you for listening to a 37 yr old lady complain.