Brown discharge symptoms and conditions

I am on the same boat with all of you!! I had my daughter at the end of July and had my Mirena placed September 21st. At first I thought this was going to be so great and I wont have to worry about a pill every day! WRONG!! I feel pregnant again.I'm swollen, my skin is WHACK, I have never had a breakout so bad, and I have been bleeding ever since it was placed. Sometimes its super heavy and other times its just a gushy brown discharge. So gross. My doctor says "Oh, this may happen" but this is just insane. I have NO sex drive, I'm moody and after reading all of your posts, I know it is from this MONSTER MIRENA! I am calling on Monday to have this removed. Thank you all for sharing!

Okay, I had my first Mirena inserted in 2002. I had ZERO issues. Slight cramping and then, miraculously, NO PERIODS until it was removed in 2007! The 5 years was up. I was pregnant in less than a year without it and then after the birth of my son in February 2009, I had another Mirena inserted at the 6 week check up after birth. Since then, ALL of the above relates to me! I found a new OB and she found that the Mirena had been inserted into the wrong spot! Imagine my surprise, now the understanding of the cramping and constant heavy periods. She removed it and put in another ... safest form for me as I am 37 and a smoker. It's been 4 weeks since the new one and now I have that funky brown discharge...its nasty and I will keep you posted once I tt the Dr.

Good luck all and thanks for sharing, at least I know its not just me!

i had my mirena inserted February 2009 for the first 2weeks i bled heavy,had abdominal pain and a bloated stomach as time went on it got better but now i get a brown discharge which is horrible and i feel nausea often. i don't know what todo as ive had the pill and fell pregnant and i also fell pregnant on the implant,the injection made my bones weak and i really don't want anymore children two's enough for a 20yr old.

I am 17 years old, about to be 18, my fiance is my first and only sexual partner, and I am beginning to HATE loestrin. I have been on the pills for approximately a month and a week. When I first started them I would get extremely hungry and the more I ate, the hungrier I got. It was like a bad case of the munchies, not that I've ever smoked pot. But I was seriously eating anything and everything, even foods I didn't like. My stomach felt a little weird for the first couple days, but nothing too bad. Then I started taking the brown pills, and all hell broke loose. There were the cramps. Horrible, HORRIBLE, cramps, which I am still having 3 days after going back on the active pills. Cramps all through my lower abdomen and stomach, and the feeling that at any given moment my right ovary might drop out (which might actually provide some relief) I actually doubled over crying with the pain in the shower yesterday, and would have fallen and surely hurt myself if my fiance had not been in the shower with me and caught me before I hit the ground. Intense hunger. Followed by bought of nausea, that make me want to puke, but I can't. I am very, very, sensitive to smells. Perfumes, food, cologne, things that I formally found the smell appealing, now disgust me. My lower back, is KILLING me! I get dizzy spells, and lightheadedness frequently, and feel like I may black out. Most of the time I can get myself to a spot where I can sit down and let my body sort things out before I actually black out, but I'm waiting for the day I can't. I have been getting terrible, awful headaches that stay with me through most of the day. Sleeplessness. I had my "period" 3-4 days early, if you can call it a period. It was nothing more than a day and a half of light pink spotting and brown discharge that only showed up when I wiped, I didn't even need a pad. Now, we did start having unprotected sex (with the exception of the bc) at 5 or 6 days instead of 7, and I forgot to take my pills until 9-12 hours after I was supposed to a couple of times. Couple that with the lack of a normal period and all the side effects that could also be the side effects of early pregnancy, and I'm pretty worried. I would love to be a parent, as would my fiance, but I would have liked to have graduated high school first. If these symptoms turn out to be just the pill *** with my body, I would rather just take my chances either with a condom or no protection at all. Sometime in the next week or two I will probably be taking a pregnancy test as I am afraid to wait for my next period and continue the pills because if I am pregnant I know that it can cause damage to the fetus. If anyone has wound up pregnant while on loestrin fe please email me and let me know how you found out, and how things turned out. My email address is ****** Thank you so much for any help you can give a scared teen.

I am 22 and had Mirena inserted in June. Since then I have been losing hair dramatically, my marriage has suffered due to the horrible, horrible mood swings, I am tired all the time and can barely care for my child which sucks since my husband is on a boat six months out of the year, and I haven't stopped bleeding since it was inserted which has been two months! I have gone several times to try to fix it since it stabs my husband and no matter what they do it continues to do so. I have had a non-stop headache since I got it and even tried anti-depressants thinking I was crazy. I have recently stopped the pills and am going to get Mirena removed as soon as possible. I would warn anyone thinking about this BC method to think twice or their relationships and sanity might be in danger as well.

I've had the mirena since April. Ever since getting it put in I've had a nasty brown discharge everyday!. I don't like it Sex is painful and my husband can even feel it.I don't have any energy whats so ever. I was told that it should get better but it hasn't. does this mean It isn't the right thing for me?

I have been on the NuvaRing for my 3rd month now. I seriously just went into the bathroom and took it out! I have been having some intense anxiety, and I swear my hair has been thinning out, and feeling depressed. Not to mention I've been gaining weight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I looked at the NuvaRing website and seriously I have experienced almost every single symptom. I have not felt like my normal happy go lucky self the past 3 months and was wondering if it was just me. Now I know it's just the nuvaring. I also experienced extreme extreme headaches. My head feels like it will explode, for hours on end. The only way to get rid of those headaches is to sleep. Also I have never been so chubby in my life, I've always had a nice stomach and now it's getting flabby.... like seriously.... this is not even worth it. I'm so glad that I read this website and that everyone is experiencing the same problems with this as I am. I think I'm going to just stick to condoms bcuz that's going to be so much healthier for me! Too bad if my hubby doesn't like it.... I just can't take all these crazy changes... or else I'm going to go crazy! I've also been kind of crazy like totally filled with anxiety or feelings or resentment. Sex kills with the nuvaring! It hurts so bad. I'm not sure why, but it burns like heck. I've also felt fluid retention, big time! And my legs are super achey. Does anyone else have achey legs? And oh my gosh, my boobs hurt so much from the hormones NR injects into me. I feel like their getting like too big. Also over the past three months I haven't had any appetite, which would make you think that you would loose weight... right? WRONG! I have actually been gaining weight! So dumb! Take my advice and don't go on the NuvaRing, it's a waste of your time... and your life. Your life will change when you go on it, and you won't recognize it at first... but believe me, it will. I've also experienced the brown discharge for the first month, and changes in my menstrual cycle. & on my honeymoon I got a yeast infection bcuz the NuvaRing!!!!!!!!! That was pretty much the worst!

hey everyone, i am 23 and just started using bc like a month ago. I am on th nv and the 1st 3 weeks seem fine then i got my period like 3 days after i took it out.now my period usual last 5-7 days and i notice i was having bad cramps and a brown discharge. So i decided to put the ring back in yesterday and sure enough the cramps stop but i still have this nasty sticky brown discharge. what the hell is wrong i feel like taking it out and just sticking to using condoms bc i can't deal with the mess. i pay to much for underwear for them to be ruined by brown sticky stuff.....
If i take it out what will happen i am planing to go to Florida in like 6 days and don't want the brown mess. Yuck....

Well now that i know i am not crazy... i WILL be taken the Mirena out ASAP. I've had mine in since January of 2007. Gradually i started feeling excessive gas, bloating, dizzy spells, brown discharge, weird anxiety attacks that are making me feel insane :0(, odor...YUK!, oh and NO SEXY DRIVE, my poor husband feels like i don't love him anymore. For about a week my heart was beating very fast and hard and then it would go back to normal. I mean it was like a booming feeling in my chest and then it would stop. That really freaked me out. But couldn't figure out why i was feeling all these things especially the anxiety.... oh and WEIGHT GAIN! ... lots of weight gain... God led me to this sight because i have been praying for an answer to my issues and here is is! I do not recommend the Mirena! No, i do not want more children but my health means more to me so i will take my chances! Bye Bye Mirena!!!

I been using the NV for the past 2 weeks. I am on my 3 rd week i have notice weight gain but the really bad side effect is my breast tenderness. OMG my breast hurt so bad it has this funny feeling like they is something in there growing. I want to stop using it but i have a very irregular period so i need it. My major side effect is the breast tenderness. Does anyone have any tips on ways to stop the breast tenderness

I am 45 and had the device inserted in June. Since then I have had an annoying constant red-brown discharge and my period three times. My menstrual cramps are definitely greatly lessened but what is freaking me out (apart from the discharge) is the anxiety I am experiencing for no reason. I am also feeling depressed. I am greatly concerned as being on the pill many years ago I had a mild stroke and my doctor assured me that the hormones ion the Mirena stay in the uterus. Why then the sudden anxiety attacks? I have always been a really laid-back person - I can only relate this sudden appearance of anxiety to the Mirena - it started about two weeks after I had it inserted.

I am now debating whether to ride it out - has anyone had the anxiety subside?

I have had Mirena since 2/2009 and I hate it. i was told that it would slow down my periods. I feel like I always have my period. If its not the full blown period for approx. 6-8 days then in between I have that brown discharge. I am going for a transvaginal sonogram today to see if it had caused anything to go bad, then I am going to have it taken out. I have also gained about 8 - 12 lbs and haven't even changed my diet. I cant wait to have this thing removed.

morning sickness, heavy tiredness with heavy sleep, periods with brown discharge and dark pink brown urine, stomach heaviness why

I got Mirena in March 2009 as my ob thought it would be great for me. Shortly after, I started having nausea, headaches, pregnancy symptoms (big appetite, cravings, swollen stomach, etc), hot flashes, severe mood swings, extreme uncontrollable behavior, no sex drive (partly due to constant brown discharge & the sweating from the hot flashes I always felt gross). Luckily, my husband & my family know me enough to know that this wasn't like me. My husband recognized that the time that it all started is when I had Mirena put in. I had it removed Thursday, July 9th, and things are getting back to normal. It is really scary that a drug can have this type of effect on someone. If my husband wouldn't have recognized that it wasn't me, we would've ended up divorced b/c I know I was an emotional wreck!! I really wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.

I have had my Mirena in for about 3 years, and I HATE it!!!! I'm getting it taken out this month. I have sever cramps when I'm supposed to be having my period, and then I have a milky brown discharge for my period. I'm 28 years old and I feel bad for my husband, because I have absolutely NO sex drive at all. I'm always moody, I get so angry I cry. When I met my husband 4 years ago, I was 35lbs lighter, now I have put on the 35lbs almost 40lbs back on. I have pimples that are like mountains and I can't get rid of them. I never want to do anything, but sleep. I sleep all the time, when I'm not a work. I don't have any children and I don't recommend having it put in when you haven't had children. It's a pain that I have never had before. My hands and feet have swelled, so much that I have to buy a size bigger in shoes, and my ring finger has an impression from my wedding ring now.

If you have the Mirena get rid of it!!! It's horrible. I have noticed that I shed a lot more, my hair comes out a lot. I have to just my lint roller on my car seat all the time. My back hurts all of the time, even when my husband has given me a massage, I have tired several medications for back pain and non of them have touched the pain that I'm in all the time.

I have been taking Loestrin 24 for almost a year and a half now. At first the pill seemed like a godsend because it offered me shorter periods and more time in between period. However, I have recently become sexually active with my boyfriend and the pill seems to have turned on me completely. In May, I experienced an alarmingly light period with barely any bleeding and almost non-existent cramps. I attributed it to stress at first, but took a home pregnancy test just to be certain. Thankfully, the test came back negative so I put it out of my mine for awhile.

The following month I yet again experience a period that was barely the equivalent of spotting. Alarmed, I went to see my gyno. She told me that barely to no bleeding is completely normal with Loestrin 24, which is something that she failed to tell me of before I began it.

Tonight is my second night of iron pills in my pack and I have yet to bleed at all. On top of that, this entire month I have been experiencing night sweats, headaches, abnormal weight gain, and extreme irritability towards my loved ones. I can barely even stand to talk to my boyfriend on the phone regardless of the fact that I know I love him very much.

Should I stop taking them? Is there any suggestions for better pills?

I just had my Mirena placed on 6/8 and have already started to feel the effects that others are describing. I got engaged on 6/5 and have noticed that I feel depressed and have seemed to lost all excitement about it. My fiance keeps asking me what is wrong, because I am not myself - now I think I know why! I am constantly tired now - nothing has changed to my routine except the Mirena and I didn't used to be this way before. I have had brown discharge and cramping since the day it was put in. The first day I felt like I was having labor pains - VERY SEVERE pain! It hasn't been as severe, but I have to take 2 Aleve every morning for my cramps. I have only had sex once since I had it put in because it is very painful afterwards and I cramp/bleed...not exactly something to look forward to! I have no sex drive, because I am worried about bleeding or having the brown discharge during as well as immediately after. I have noticed breakouts on my chest & back as well. Oh - and my hair is normally slightly oily, but it has been out of control oily starting last week. I have also gained a couple of pounds in the last two weeks and that is after I started my diet back up again last week. I don't feel like myself at all - I have extremely irritable - like I have constant PMS. I was hoping to just deal with it and work through it, but after reading these stories I really think I just want to make an appt to get it out before it gets worse! I don't want to keep feeling like I am in a fog & on the verge of depression!

I have always trusted the COPPER coil and have been using it for about 10 years now...I got it taken out to have a baby, and was planning on getting "fixed" so I wouldn't have any more, but my doctor said that Mirena was even better, so I figured why not, it'll stop my periods altogether. I've only had mirena for a couple of months now, and I have to say...what everyone says here scares the hell out of me. BEFORE mirena I was on medication for panic attacks and slight depression, and I had no sex drive at all. But so far, believe it or not, I find these things getting better! I wonder if mirena has opposite effects if you've already had the symptoms...I hope so...right now I feel great...I'm becoming me again, the panic attacks have considerably subsided and I feel like I'm digging myself out of the depression...I've been ecstatic! The only real side-effects I've had are cramping one random day and tingling once. Also, I'm not gaining weight, but not losing either. The only annoying thing I find is I have that thick brown discharge instead of a period for 5 or six days, but I'm wondering if my period will stop completely eventually (hopefully) but no matter what I'll take brown sludge any day over an 8 day bledfest.

However, after reading through everyone's comments, I find myself really worried, since I've only had mirena a couple of months and a few of you said that it took like 6 months or so for anything bad to start happening. If that's the case then where will that leave me afterwards? Will my depression get worse?? I don't know what to do, and now I'm pretty nervous.

i had the mirena fitted just after my daughter was born in feb07 ive been thinking its all in my head or i have a serious illness i went on this web site after typing in brown discharge and found i have all the side effects i have been worried sick about, the painful breasts terrible aches in my upper and lower ribcage and back very bad mood swings just generally pissed off. thank god for this web site im gonna get it taken out, keep a diary and see if all these illnesses go, which i hope so!

I an 34 and have one child, 7 years old. These are the changes I have experienced since I started the Mirena in December 2008. Each is something that wasn't the case before.

Until now, May 2009, I have gained 15 pounds. My stomach is bloated, my hair oily, no sex drive, and depressed and tired all the time. I get a lot of infections, and a yellow-brown discharge all the time. Spend a fortune in pads/pantiliners. I get joint pains on my legs and hips, and my nails have become brittle. I itch a lot like something bit me. My period is lighter.

I am quitting Yaz tomorrow. All totaled, I've been on it for about 3 years (I quit a year and a half ago because I was getting terrible yeast infections and gross brown discharge every month, but then after I quit I didn't have a period for three months, and that drove me nuts, so I got back on). I've recently realized that I have EVERY symptom. I have zero sex drive (actually, less than zero--the thought of sex makes me sick to my stomach) and I used to be way more "excitable" than my boyfriends. Now my bf thinks I don't find him to be attractive, which couldn't be more false! When we do have sex, I do not get wet (ever) and do not have an orgasm about 90% of the time (I used to have multiple EVERY time). I get foot cramps every night (no joke), sometimes multiple times per night. I've gained 20 lbs since I started. I get migraines every month with my period, and sometimes as many as one per week. Though it cleared up my acne, I still get really big cystic acne around my period, so that small benefit isn't enough to outweigh all of the horrible side effects.

Like someone else said, it also has taken away my feelings. I don't feel much of anything anymore...no happiness, no sadness...nothing. I'm always exhausted, no matter how much I sleep, and even with regular exercise and an extremely healthy diet. I get sore nipples and cramps...something I never got pre-Yaz. I just can't take it anymore (literally). I'd rather be zitty than be a fat, sad lady with ZERO sex drive.

i love the internet. you can find so much on nuvaring effects it calms me down a bit.

im 21

so i started nuvaring on March 1st. sex a week later, and then the second week i started getting very sick, terrible nerves and stomach aches. i cried all the time so much that i was sent home from work almost everyday for 2 weeks. surprised i wasn't fired... goodness. i took the ring out the middle of the 3rd week it was in and debated using it again. i decided i would after reading all the other comments and reviews. i put the ring back in and all ive been experiencing this month are slight headaches and the brown discharge. the discharge freaked me out a little at first, but ive read that its normal and just your vagina cleansing due to the hormones? anyways. okay i haven't gotten my period yet and i took the ring out a few days ago. im a little worried, but i haven't shown any symptoms of pregnancy so i guess im okay. ive read it is also normal to be late or miss it while on it. i really like the nuvaring, but if it doesn't work out ill go on the pill. my love doesn't feel it during sex either. but he likes to play a little sometimes when he's fingering me.... silly boy. im also losing weight. ive lost 4 lbs since being on it. well i guess since i started having sex. haha. we don't use condoms during sex, just vaginal film sometimes. things have been great the past 3 weeks. im hoping this continues and no pregnancy occurs! hope this was helpful to others.

i recommend this to people under 180 lbs (due to it is more effective if under that weight) and as long as you can bear the terrible sickness for the first month you should be fine. take Vitamin B-complex, it helps to balance out the depression and stress. its like a natural anti-depressant. if you freak out a lot then use a second method when you are on it.

Wow. This is amazing to hear everyones experiences. I've been on the Nuvaring for about 3 years and thought I loved it, until I realized all the symptoms I was having (brown discharge, moodiness, decreased libido, tiredness, etc.) was all related to that nasty little ring. I realized, I couldn't take it anymore. I took it out yesterday and I will never put another Nuvaring in again. I can't wait to get back to myself and have a normal cycle of menstruation. Before I ever started the NuvaRing I was very in-tune with my body and cycles and I knew exactly when I was ovulating. I am looking forward to having those days again. I will certainly not miss having all of my underwear ruined by that disgusting brown discharge. It got to the point where I had to automatically put on a panty liner everyday no matter what day of the month it was. NOT FUN!!

I've been using Vagifem for three weeks. After intercourse, I'm experiencing a brown discharge. Is this normal?

OMG, thank goodness I found this site and have been able to confirm my suspicions. I had my mirena inserted 5 months ago, god how excruciating. It wasn't long after I noticed how tired I was feeling. Non stop spotting, smelly awful brown discharge. I am finding it very hard to motivate myself at work, even workmates have said I'm just no myself and haven't been since I got the Mirena. I feel nausea every day, sore joints, TIRED TIRED TIRED...... and HUNGRY like I'm pregnant. I thought I was experiencing the start of menopause with hot flushes. I can't seem to concentrate on anything, constantly loosing things or cant find them. Not to mention the aching abdomen, the bloated stomach. I'm waiting for an appointment at the breast clinic because of constant breast pain... on and on it goes..
I went back to the Dr. who assured me it wasn't likely to be caused by the Mirena.... blah blah blah but I made an appointment today to get them to take it out... and tonight I'm glad I did after reading this site. Now I am totally convinced that the hormone levonorgestrel doesn't agree with me at all. Why won't the medical practitioners listen???? do they get paid a commission for each one they fit?? I'm not sure but listen to your bodies ladies and look after them.