Compromise symptoms and conditions

MY STORY

My Mirena was removed on 29th May 2008.

I had the Mirena put in four years ago,I had terrible pain the day after, it was that bad I was going to go to the hospital Emergency to get the thing out but I put up(the worst thing I done in my life, Im paying for it now) with it and it and the pain got a bit better,had a lot of bleeding (spotting) for the first six months and then it finally went away. For the first year I thought Mirena was Great but then the problems started.I started to gain a lot of weight,facial hair,Very sore breasts, I also had a lump removed from my left breast a couple of years ago, but I didn't know until recently that it was most likely caused by Mirena. Some of the other problems I had, My stomach bloated, I look like I'm six months pregnant ,I have a cyst on my left ovary,dry skin,acne,strange depression,headaches,and the Worst of all I had to have my Thyroids REMOVED on 1st Nov 2006 and I'm pretty sure that was caused by Mirena as well, so now I have to take thyroid Medication for the rest of my life,I had the Mirena removed as soon as I done some searching on the internet for my unexplained medical problems, mainly my weight as I had weighed about the same my whole adult life and now I had put on a few stone and now I have to try and lose it,as for my thyroid I have trouble getting the Meds right its a real pain,blood tests all the time.I just don't feel I have much left in my life,depressed,sick all the time. I eat well as I have high cholesterol so its not that I over ate,I noticed you do feel a lot more like eating sweet things. I found a site called ****** and found out there are thousands of woman,girls with the same problems as myself and that there is a class action law suit going on to Sue. Its worth having a look at this site it helped me a lot.I feel so bad I don't go out anymore I don't see friends or family I'm to depressed about my weight now. I am in the process of trying to find out if there is a Class Action Law Suit in Australia.If anyone knows of a Class Action in Australia could they Please let me know. After having the Mirena removed about 6 weeks ago I thought I was doing ok only a bit of spotting,but about 3 weeks after having it removed I got my period and the pain was unbearable,I was in agony stomach cramps and I bleed so much I thought I was going to die from blood loss,also the scariest was the huge blood clots,very scary,must of been four years of period in 1 week I couldn't believe how bad it was, I felt really sick and weak,but thank goodness its eased off now after a week. I just hope now I might slowly start and feel like my old self. Im also on medication for heart palpitations,I get Heart palpitations (SVT) a few times a week,I had my heart palpitations just after my thyroid removal op and was put on ecg and my heart rate was 176 Beats per Minute I was rushed to Intensive Care and I had to have an injection called Impending Doom (It makes you feel you are going to die) to slow my heart rate,it worked and I was kept in intensive car for 3 days,very scary thing to go through I hope I never have to go through that again,my heart palpitations got worse while I was on Mirena and now I also take Magnesium to help control them as well as Metoprolol which I have been on for some years and I recently read that if you are on Mirena it increases the side effects of Metoprolol.

So if you have had any bad experiences with Mirena please let us know,it will help others with their problems, hopefully. I just wish I never got Mirena and my advice is DON'T its not Worth the risk,if the Doctors had of told me about the BAD side effects I would NEVER of had it put in. Sorry about going on so long, Good Luck to you all,

Thanks Net.

google mirena-side-effects.****** (a mirena help,info site)

UPDATE

I have had it out nearly 3 months now my painful breasts feel normal again,I haven't lost any weight yet, but will soon hopefully,I do feel a lot better but still get some of the symptoms back just before my period.

I get sooo mad when i think of what Mirena done to me and all the other women and how bad some of their side effects have been. I get mad when i read some of the other ladies stories and the terrible things they have gone through ,

Perforations,Miscarriages,IUD's lost in their body,

Hystorectomy,and the rest. I want to wish them all the best, and we WILL get Better and Bayer ,Mirena will PAY some day for what they have done to US..

I am a 29 year old healthy woman and have been on the NuvaRing for 3 years now. I LOVE it... I joke with my Dr that I would do a commercial for them if they asked me to.

I was placed on the ring after Ortho Tri-lo's hormone dose was too low to keep me from having breakthrough bleeding. I would get sad before my period, (like cry at a Pet-smart commercial) but since being on the ring I have been fine.

I haven't had headaches or weight gain in all these years. I also had a full physical this past fall and was found to have the best cholesterol reading my Dr had ever seen.

I think that every birth control out there effects us in one way or the other. You can search any pill out there on this site and find 100 women who have had VERY bad side effects. I guess it's all about trial and error and compromise. I wish you all luck with your method.

Hello! My name is Tyra from Chicago. I started using Nuva Ring 4 months ago. I notice a week before I begin bleeding, I started to have bad gas problems, sometime I get such a bad gas pain in my stomach I couldn't barely move,unable to sleep and missed work. I have no sex drive, I do not want to have sex at all; when I do, it's so painful and got alot of burning sensations afterward. Sometime I feel disoriented, confused and slightly depressed. The ring is causing all of these symtoms. I am going to have to discontinue using this. One thing I will miss is having light and short period, but I rather bleed longer and heavier in exchange to my old self back! I am just going to go back to same old condoms..my boyfriend will have to compromise.

Andegags, Time is probably the only thing that is going to help. I take the Effexor to help with the shakes, but I should be off of it soon.
I am no longer on any BCPs. I cannot take artifical hormones after all that I have been through.
You are very young and I hope that you get better soon. Stay off the BCP's (especially Yasmin) and do not compromise your health or future fertility. Speak with your OB/Gyn and if you don't get the answers that you need on how to stop the shakes, speak with your internal medicine doc/general practitioner. You should not have to suffer like this, especially at your young age. Good luck in your last year of college. Enjoy your time with your friends, it flies by :-)

My doctor got me on this about 4 years ago for elevated sholesterol. What he DIDN'T tell me was that it would ruin my sex life. Between being too weak to pursue it and then not able to achieve release, I was getting pretty depressed. Doctor then suggested anti-depressants! Sheesh! What a merry go round! I gave up the Lipitor, and the interest started coming back, but it was still physically difficult, almost like there were nerves in certain sensitive spots that were numb (nerve damage???). Recently, another doctor tried to put me on statins again. I told him we'd compromise, and demanded a prescription for a treadmill. I'm be doubling my dose of garlic and vitamin C, and hopefully getting back to a normal sex life, too.

My physician prescribed Paxil for me over 7 years ago, the side effects were dry mouth and felt a bit sleepy most of the time. The good part was I did not have any anxiety or panic attacks. Then, about 5 years ago the doctor changed my medication to Celexa. With Celexa I still had the dry mouth, but felt more awake and less sleepy. Then about 2 years ago the new drug Lexapro came out. My doctor changed my medication to Lexapro and in doing so cut my dosage in half. I still have the dry mouth side effect but I do not feel the slightest bit drowsey or sleepy with the new medicine. I have to say each time my doctor changed my medicine it was an improvement over the last one. I feel the side effects were a minor compromise to being rid of my Anxiety and Panic attacks. You have to weigh the benefits that you receive from the medication against the side effects you are experiencing. In other words which is worse? I am Anxiety and Panic Attack free because of this medication and I thank God for it, or should I say I thank God for giving man the wisdom and knowledge to be able to create this medication.

Thank you for this site! I didn't want to take Advair when it was prescribed for me nearly two weeks ago. Not because I knew of the side-effects, but because with my family's history of cancer and heart disease, I tend to be very cautious with any type of steroid. However, I was having a bad cold combined with asthma (which I'm not normally prone to) and trouble breathing, and for two weeks, it seemed a compromise.

When I first started taking it, I noticed the rapid heartbeat, which has since lessened. However, I've noticed that my vision is now blurry, and has been such for the last few days. My cough, which was improving, is back, and now I feel nearly as short of breath as I did before starting the meds. As a matter of fact, last night, I had to sleep sitting up, my breathing was so bad.

This morning, I've noticed pain in the joints of my fingers, and there has been some weight gain (or at least abdominal swelling).

That's it for me, after reading this site. The Advair goes in the trash, and I go back to treating myself holisticly.

my little experience to the Zocor patients. I am 40 yrs, was asked to take 10mg zocor daily, but I take occationally 10mg every 3 days, which keeps my col level under control, with fairly controlled diet, lots of fiber and excercise twice a week. Avoide taking the medication daily to avoid side effects. I was following this method for the past 1 year, no problems, no side effects my liver in perfect condition and the cholostrol under control.Its better compromise on the diet than all that risks with your health. Keep monthly/weekly tests to monitor the levels and adjust your dosage accordinly. I am not a medical expert, this is what I do with my own monitoring mechanism, consult your doctor before trying any experiments. May Allah bless you'll for better health.