Brochures symptoms and conditions

I have been on the NuvaRing or 7 years. The first year after I started using it I told my doctor I had no desire to have sex. She put it off on changes in my life and said I should plan a romantic evening. Year after year I continued telling her how may sex drive was low to none and it was causing very serious problems in my relationship she gave me brochures and said I may need counseling
I stopped using the ring last month and notice my sex drive coming back after 3 weeks. I didn't think anything about it until I mentioned it to my BFF and she suggested we search the web for the side effects of the ring and we came across this site.

After reading I wasn't the only one with the problem and the problems was probably caused by the ring. I became very upset with my doctor because if I am reading all of these posting about little to no sex drive after using the ring I am sure my doctor has heard the complaint also. I am due to speak with her next week about this.
Other than no desire to have sex the ring was Great I love it. It was very convenient. When I did force myself to have sex there were no problems with it.
Who knows maybe the loss of sexual desire is the birth control...

I've had Mirena for about 14 months now. Yeah, I HATE it.
The day they put it in, I was in the category where it took forever to place. Like 3-4 tries to place it. Thank God I'd had experience in handling this type of pain, having 2 children w/out epidurals.

I bled for 6 weeks straight, so the day I went for my follow-up, I stopped bleeding. Figures. I'm looking at the brochures in the office for a different type of contraceptive. The doctor thinks I'm stupid, why would I want to do that? Um, because it pokes my husbands penis head and I can see the red poke marks on it. So the doc trims the tail and loses a piece of it somewhere inside me. CRAZY!

The following month, I really started having low back pain. Then I herniate my L-5. I'm not sure that any of that is related to the IUD. Just speculating. Also speculation, I battled with thrush the entire 13 months I nursed my son. That was never the case with my first child.

So I go about a year with out a period that I can really speak of. Maybe some spotting, but I haven't thought about the thing much. Although, I don't remember ever having a positive thought about it. I could feel it during sex. I can't explain that feeling, but, it's like I could feel it poking my husband at times.

Now, I am having some CRAZY stomach bloat and I'm extremely exhausted. My back is still constantly hurting me. I'm spotting ALL the time. Mostly brown blood, though. Does that mean it's old blood? Every time I have sex, I will spot within the 2nd day. I've held off going to get it removed simply because I don't have insurance and am not looking to get pregnant again. However, I know that it needs to be done. There is something wrong inside me. I never had the weight gain issues other women had. But I am up 5 pounds right now and my belly looks to me like I'm 4 months prego. Matter of fact, I'll probably take a home test tomorrow so I don't have to pay for one at the GYNO.

Anybody know much about getting pregnant with an IUD? And why are doctors so gung-ho for IUD's? Is it because they are like $2000?

Just letting you all know, ( i posted two or three days ago) i had my mirena removed yesterday after nearly a year with it in, and I SWEAR i felt better INSTANTLY. the cramps ive had for three months straight non stop are gone!! as soon as she took it out the cramps stopped, i felt like i could breath again. And removal was not painful what so ever, i didn't even feel it. she had to tell me it was out. Hopefully i'll lose the extra weight i gained and the acne will go away along with every other side effect ive had. i never associated all of my troubles with the Mirena...but now i know! I think women need to be better informed about this device... i honestly thought about walking into the doctors office yesterday with every complaint on this site printed out and telling my gyno she should hand THESE out with their brochures telling women how wonderful it is. I didn't though, but i did try to tell her about everything i had experienced and i pretty much felt like she didn't even want to hear it. I will keep posting on this site through the next couple months to let everyone know how i'm doing. I honestly feel like if you've had mirena in for six months and it isn't working you should get it removed immediately and don't let your doctor try and convince you otherwise like mine did. WOMEN listen to your bodies!!! you know when something isn't right... forget what the doctors say and do what makes you feel comfortable happy and healthy.

I started on Lupron in January 2006 and took my last injection on June 27. I was taking Lupron for endometerosis. I had the hot flashes which were horrible, mood swings and insomnia, night sweats, and vaginal dryness. Lupron brochures states you do not want to get pregnant while on Lupron but they do not need to worry about it because sex is uncomfortable due to the vaginal dryness. It is now August and I still have not had a period. I would not recommend Lupron for anyone.