August 15th
2009
6:43 PM
Hi, i'm 24 and i've had my mirena coil fitted now for over a year. I have been experiencing cramps, bleeding, headaches, tiredness, dizziness and aches in my legs but never thought anything of it. Until now when my cramps are severe in my tummy and lower back. I can describe them as a few things, labor pains, severe period pains and also appendicitis pain. its not my appendix, as I had it taken out years ago. I recently went to my GP who advised that I have a pregnancy test just to rule out an ectopic pregnancy, which came back negative. She advised that I should take regular paracetamol for the pain and see how I go. But they don't seem to disappear. I now have the same cramps but now also my bum area as well as my tummy area and lower back when I go to toilet whether for a number 1 or number 2, and it is excruciating which makes me cry. I also recently had intercourse with my partner, and the cramps came back with a vengeance, and i was in so much pain, i almost called an ambulance. I have no idea as to what I think it is until I started writing my symptoms into the internet and came back that it may be my mirena coil. I never thought anything of it at first, but after reading other peoples side effects of the coil i'm beginning to wonder. Some people are saying that the coil had pierced there uterus and infected their ovaries, and they suffered with the same side effects that I am experiencing. I am scared as to what I think it may be, in case my coil has done the same. I have also noticed that i cannot feel my coil strings but at the same time I have not experienced any bleeding. Could anyone give me advice. Thank you N.
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July 25th
2009
6:23 PM
I have been on the NuvaRing for a little less than 2 years now. Everything seemed fine until four months ago when I started to get very intense "irritations" in my vaginal area. I thought I was inflicting this upon myself because I switched to boy shorts underwear and a little tighter jeans. My ob/gyn attributed my problem to using a new brand of soap and a new brand of pantiliner, and she simply suggested I "soak my bum" in the tub 1-2 times a day to reduce the irritation. (She's British.) She also suggested I use as much A&D diaper rash ointment (which is mainly petroleum jelly) as I wanted or needed. After 2 months of continued vaginal irritation, my ob/gyn simply said that what I had can take a while to clear up, and that I should just continue to soak my bottom and use as much A&D ointment as I needed.
After reading everyone's postings, I've learned that it's not unheard-of for one's body to take several months to show NuvaRing side effects. I share the same symptoms of complete loss of sex drive, vaginal dryness and intense pain during sex that many of you have described. I went through so many months of accepting these conditions because I thought all of those things were happening because I was nearing my 40th birthday and simply getting older. Those of you in your 20's that described similar symptoms helped me realize that what I was experiencing wasn't natural.
I've decided to take my NuvaRing out and stay birth control free for a couple of months to see the irritability goes away. I am very eager and hopeful to lose my dependency on A&D ointment, to want to have sex again, and to wear boy shorts and tight jeans again.
-- By iamtori | Reply | Private Message me
May 28th
2009
2:45 PM
I am going on my third month of using the NuvaRing. I have experience almost all of the symptoms that everyone is listing. I was wondering if there is anyone that has used NuvaRing and the side effects eventually went away. My doctor told me they should only last for about 3 months but according to a lot of people they don't go away. I am really not sure what to do because I am not ready for a child yet but at the same time I can not take much more of these side effects.
-- By nikki4848 | Reply | (1) replies | Private Message me
May 10th
2009
4:34 PM
I have been taking Yaz for six months now, and I'm stopping after I finish this pack. I've been on it this long because I thought at first the side effects caused by it were just the beginnings of aging for me (I'm 25), but the acceleration of my problems has been so noticeable that I can't be in denial any more! Basically, here's what I have:
-thinner hair that comes out more easily and doesn't grow back as fast (it would be nice if this were restricted to "unwanted" hair, but this actually includes my eyelashes, eyebrows and head hair, which have all gotten noticeably lighter and thinner)
-CELLULITE, which I never had before...not only on my thighs but on my bum and CALVES, I didn't even realize it was possible to get cellulite there!
-spider veins on my upper thighs, again, never had this before
-very decreased sex drive
-thinner skin with less elasticity
-memory problems
-much increased vaginal discharge
Now, it's not all losses...my boobs are bigger when I actively take the pills, and my skin has become less acne prone...but is all that other stuff really worth it??? I think not.
-- By littlefoot | Reply | (1) replies | Private Message me
April 14th
2009
4:42 AM
I used Kenalog once every year for hayfever symptoms for about five years, two years ago I developed these "dents" at the top of the cheeks on my bum, they turned a dark purple/black, eventually filled out and have gone back to being a normal color, but the pain in my hips and knees is starting to become unbearable. I'm waking at night time with the pain and having to take pain killers during the night to ease the pain. While it was a miracle treatment at the time of relieving my hay fever symptoms this pain is definitely not worth it. I'm 32 years of age and sometimes feel like an old woman rubbing her hips and knees.
-- By rkelly | Reply | (1) replies | Private Message me
February 19th
2009
8:20 AM
I had the Mirena fitted in August last year. I am 33 and never been pregnant. I did suffer from depression before and horrendous periods, hence why I had it put in, I didn't have it for birth control as I've been single the past year and a half. Anyway, I have NEVER felt pain like when i had it fitted, it felt like they were inserting a knife into my womb. I had to have a pain killer stuck up my bum cos I couldn't move. I was crying and screaming and just generally in a bit of a mess. It eased off after the pain killer. Ever since then I have had bad abdominal pains and even pain in my vagina and in my rectum, when I went for my 6 week check they said that things would improve and it was probably just hte shock of hte coil.
I went to a different doctor after that and they said it wasn't related to the coil and that it was probably IBS and gave me antispasmodics. They have eased it and when I went back 2 weeks ago for the third time in agony they tested me for bowel cancer, chrons disease etc. All tests have come back clear and have now taken it upon myself to have it taken out on Tuesday. I can't bear the pain any more. At one point I thought I had appendicitis. I have been going to bed with a hot water bottle most nights and having hot baths.
My periods never stopped and now I'm getting sore nipples for about a week before I'm due on. Another thing I've noticed is that I've been getting spotty shoulders, its gross!!! I'd be interested to know if anyone has had the same experience as me as far as hte pains go etc!!
-- By monkeygirl | Reply | (1) replies | Private Message me
November 4th
2008
12:23 PM
Hi, I did remove my Mirena last friday..I am pleased to do it, although of course not effects on it had happened yet. However, as many of you, I've lost a lot of hair, had facial acne and worse, I 've had serious depressions since I put mirena on me. I also got a infection on my bum, with no explanations from doctors, but one mention it could be your mirena...looking in this website, I am convinced that could be the reason for all my current troubles. I hope everything chance for good, better a heavy painful period rather than a mad life as many of you described...without mention loss of libido a marriage troubles!!! thanks.
-- By catleya | Reply | Private Message me
October 14th
2008
2:50 AM
One of my best friend ended up in the hospital about 4days ago when they were giving the vaccine at school everyone was getting sick from it including me u had a high fever n was throwing up two of my other friend felt dizzy and fainted right after receiving the shot. The girl who ended up in the hospital fine bow but she couldn't feel her legs or arms they were bum as she told me at one pibt she stopped breathing and feel to the floor u do not trust the gardasil vaccine after hearing and seeing the damage it could cause, I've decided that I am not going to take the second shot and neither are my friends, I say it's unface and before sending this vaccine out to schools they should be 100 percent sure about them, only in the year 2006 there were 21 deaths from it and over 1000 side effects. They should just be more careful!
-- By saaaaaarbbbb | Reply | Private Message me
July 7th
2008
2:36 PM
been on 20mg Omeprazole for well over a year & when i think back, i regularly have had a very bad rash round groin & armpits. Same doc prescribed steroid cream which kept it in check only. No mention that both only for short term use, I,ve just found that out on this & other Omeprazole websites! 3 weeks ago on Wed. night had normal itch on bum, scratched it, very sore, & carried on.By Sun am. I was at walk in center covered almost head to foot in large blotchy red rash unbearably itchy. After 2 duff diagnoses another GP at my practice took me off Omaprezole without really pointing the finger.The rash & itching have almost gone now after 2 weeks so he knew ok. Can only speak 4 myself but have very little faith in GPs & chemicals now. Someone on this site says try teaspoon Raw Organic Apple Cider Vinegar after meals which ties in with hints on " Miracle Cure 4 a Fee" sites elsewhere. Here,s hoping! Will update.
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March 1th
2008
6:00 AM
November 20th
2007
7:57 AM
I started taking Yasmin 3months ago and although I didn't notice any changes my boyfriend did. I have become a lot more aggressive and really can't be bothered with anything. I have completely lost my sex drive-it's gone from mega high to once in a blue moon. I am tired all the time and I have lost my happy-go-lucky care-free attitude I used to have. I have also noticed that if you take the pill a few hours late (nothing major) the next day I have discharge which I never usually have. I am actually going to the doctors tomorrow to have it changed them.
-- By missismoo | Reply | (1) replies | Private Message me
September 30th
2007
8:07 PM
I garhabbawabbed a floogelsnort while choking a bum named dwane and he shouted "frankenhquarks at the snothouse ate my children!" so i kicked a guy off his motorcycle and rode off at 245 miles per minute and hit a bunch of poison ivy and so i got some rhuli gel and swallowed all of it. :D
-- By zarko | Reply | Private Message me
September 10th
2007
12:02 PM
I had a kenalog shot in May of 2007 for a rash I had on my chest. I asked the Doctor several times if there would be a side effect. His answer was no. His person (I don't believe she was a nurse) gave me the shot. I felt like I was having a heart attack that night. I got my period twice in June and July. I have had pain in my calves and have gained about 5 pounds. I also have a dent in my left bum cheek that is getting bigger and a bruise. Since it is now September and I have been pms for 3 weeks I decided to look online for side effects of Kenalog. I am pissed! It is September and I just called my Dr. He claimed that Kenalog leaves your system within seven days. He want to send me to and endocrinologist. Why? So they can tell me it's Kenalog? Yeah I know! I want to sue the people who have put out this drug without listing the real possible side effects. I have malasma on my face from the hormonal imbalance. I have paid to see a hormonal specialist and have a vaginal ultrasound, because I couldn't figure out why my hormones are so out of whack. There are enough of us, we should get together and file a class action suit before this happens to anyone else!
-- By angryinla | Reply | Private Message me
August 19th
2007
10:07 AM
I had a Kenalog injection in my left bum check in June 2007 to reduce hayfever symtoms. My menstrual periods are always regular - since the injection they have been VERY irregular, more days on than off. I also had a very heavy bleed which i thought was a miscarriage at the time (if it was a pregnancy then it would have been unplanned). I now think that my irregular periods and the heavy bleed are due to the Kenalog. I also have a mark at the site of the injection which is not fading - i think it will scar. When i went to my GP to complain about my irregular periods the GP dismissed me and said that i had an STD and sent me for a swab!!! I knew he was wrong and i felt very humiliated. My GP did not warn me about this side-effect of Kenalog, even though i asked about them. I have been told that the Kenalog will be in my body for 3 months - i only hope that things return to normal once it has left my system. I will never have it again.
-- By peggy1976 | Reply | (1) replies | Private Message me
June 14th
2007
5:19 PM
I have been on Yasmin for 1 year now. I looks back to when I started and I had terrible insomnia to the point I had to take an additional sleeping tablet in the middle of the night when the first one had worn off. I feel nausea in the morning from time to time. My boobs have increased from a C to a D (sounds great but so has my bum and thighs). I don't have much energy and find it hard to lose weight.
My boobs are sore all the time now - not just around my period. I have awful anxiety attacks. I cant seem to cope as well and get teary and frustrated. I have numbness in my big toes. I'm going off it once my cycle is over. I was taking it for PCOS but I think I can manage the symptoms with exercise and diet.
December 17th
2006
1:58 PM
hi everyone.
just a quick update. i have been off yasmin since june.this month my period came after 30 days which means that for the last 3 months i have had a regular cycle..woo hoo! i had virtually no mid cycle anxiety and virtually no anxiety before my period this month. although i still get quite nasty cycstic spots just before my period and my skin gets a bit greasy i am generally feeling much better. i am not gloating i am just letting you know that there is hope that life can be good again. today i went to visit my grandmother who lives a 1.5 hour car journey away then i took my 2 girls to the cinema.these are 2 things i would not have been able to do this time last year and i did them today with very little anxiety! hang in there ladies with a little bit of faith in yourself and your body you can have your life back.
just one annoying thing though,has any one else gained loads of weight after stopping yasmin? i gained all the weight back that i lost on yasmin with interest! i seem to gain weight really really easily now and carry weight differently to how i did before.it is now more on my belly and my thighs and bum!
sarah
-- By flowerbabies | Reply | Private Message me
April 27th
2006
8:29 PM
There is hope for those of you with an indentation! I had an injection for severe excema, I was literally scratching my eyes out. I received a Kenalog Injection in Oct/Nov, by January I had a golf-ball sized indentation on my right bum cheek. I was devastated! It was quite noticeable, even in clothing, as I am quite petite. I was given little hope from my dermatologist, he had only seen it twice before, one corrected itself, the other still had a dent. After a year I guess, I decided to take experiment, I increased my intake of Omega Fatty Acids, and Protein. And since it was it is fat that has wasted, I tried not to excercise my glutes. Within only a couple of months I noticed a huge difference.
I don't know if it was diet, or just the waiting it out, but my dent is almost completely gone. If you've had this same reaction, try not to stress out there .... there is hope!
January 23th
2005
2:33 AM
I have been getting the shot about every month to month and 1/2 for about a year to treat Pompholyx a type of eczema on my hands. Turns out I am allergic to formaldehyde from cigarette smoke, I've been a smoker for about 10 years and I am now allergic to my own smoke, ironic... Well, I just quit smoking but, my hands have broken out so its time for one last injection. Kenolog is the only thing that allowed me to continue to work while I narrowed down the source of my allergy. Hopefully now I won't have to get any more injections now that I quit smoking. I have never had any negative reactions or side effects of this drug but, now that I've read some, I'm glad I won't need it anymore. anyone got a cigarette I can bum??lol
-- By bryan_99gt | Reply | Private Message me
May 20th
2004
5:12 AM
I had severe allergies from hayfever for years, I tried everything from antihistermenes, herbal remedies, ocular steriods and every hayfever product on the market - to no real noticeable effect. Then my doctor advised a single shot of kenelog once a year (this was all she would allow for any patient) - IT WORKED. It was as if there was no such thing as hayfever. The only side-effect was a small dimple on my bum, so if you weigh up a small dimple on bum vs months of misery and lack of concentration etc... that is inothing. A friend of mine is a cellular geneticist at the oxford cellular research hospital and advise that steriods are harmful to your cells, but the frequency and volume I intake should not cause a problem as long as I don't keep taking it year after year (and always depends on your cellular make-up). If you have bad hayfever like myself, you need to retrain your cells to recognise that pollen is in fact a friend not foe. Inducing yoursef full of the local honey, and many herbal products taken CONSISTENTLY for over a year are said to to provide this retraining programme your body needs. I've just started this programme, but I will take another shot of kenelog to get me through this year.
-- By fidster2001 | Reply | Private Message me
Kenalog (6) Yasmin (4) Mirena (3) NuvaRing (2) Clexane (1) Gardasil (1) Rhuli Gel (1) Omeprazole (1) Dyazide (1)
September 29th
2009
12:23 PM
i have been on Yasmin for only SEVEN DAYS!!! i have had bad headaches since taking it...no energy...i m violently angry & i m not like that usually! i have pain where my gallbladder USED 2 b, depressed 2 the point where i started 2 cut my self, vomiting up green stuff, diarrhea so bad that my bum bleeds, sore throat, neck stiffness, dryness & nightmares. i am off this pill & told my doctor i refuse 2 take it even though its suppose 2 help shrink cysts.
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