Continuation symptoms and conditions

I've been on Aviane for about 8 months now. At first it was just fine, but then I started noticing a slow weight gain. When I moved to a new city, walking more I lost about 10 lbs, but since being on Aviane it's being gained all back despite my continuation of walking and eating the same. It sucks because I loved losing that last 10 that I wanted to for so long..and now it's all back. Ugh! After reading all these posts, I've also noticed that I've been so much more emotional and irrational about events in my life and every few weeks my boyfriends and I will have an "off week" and that's not fun either.
I also noticed my bra size increase and I have been so tender there all the time! My period comes at a normal time, but it lasts forever! 7-8 days! Before I went on BC it only lasted about 3-4.
I did start on NuvaRing but it made me spot for about 3 months...and during the summer that's not fun either!
I just really hope I can find something that will work with my body. I was reading some of the people who have the same symptoms and it looks like Yasmin or Orthotricylen might work better? I'm going to have to ask my doc. It sucks though that I'm going on a trip next week and will have to wait at least 2 months before I can change!

continuation to my last post.....
I have also not been able to sleep - 4 hours last night is all I was able to get.

Hello all, I am feeling the bactrim pain. I came in for a staph infection which turned out to be the pesky MSRA. I have been taking 2 800mg tablets/day for about 5 days until I went back for a check up. My dosage was then doubled and to be continued for another 10 days. Also I was given 8 tablets of 150MG Cleocin because the staph wasn't clearing. All seems fine until about the 10th day of the continuation. I started tingling, iching from the ears then later noticed a rash developing down my arms, and back and chest. Now it is everywhere, even on more severely my legs and knees. Seems also folliculitis(infected hair follicles) are popping up with the hellish itchy red spotty rash that is everywhere. I went to the doctor for the rash today(day 2=much worse than day 1). The Doctor said it was an allergic reaction to the Bactrim. I remembered already asking the doctor from the last visit about 10 days earlier if i should be concerned with any allergic reactions. He laughed and said 'why". Well, this time I was give 10 more days of 4 dosages 300MG of Cleocin for the staph and steroid shot for the rash. Also I have this nose stuff for the staph to put in my nostrils twice/day for 5 days to help kill the staph which resides in my nose. OMG, i itch. I really appreciate all the information given here. It is somewhat comforting. I had just taken some benadryl from reading this forum in hopes of combating the rash. Finally, I can't sleep and just want to cut off all my skin.
Take care all and have a happy life.

Hi Guys

I am taking Yasmin since May 2006. I have been suffering from chronic daily headaches since March 2006 and wondered if Yasmin could be a factor in this? For my headaches I have tried so many different things and not been successful and hadn't looked at the possibility that Yasmin could be a problem until I started to google it. What do you guys think? Could Yasmin be adding to my problem of chronic daily headaches? Cos I have the headaches all the time.

Any responses would be greatly appreciated!

Regards
Warda

(continuation ) very frustrating for me, to feel that ur bleeding like all the time, i thought its not gonna stop. My hair was falling so much,(that i can make noodles out of it!!!)

I also have joints pain. I only gained 7-8 kg. during my entire pregnancy. I was 58 kg. losing weight isn't problem for me, one week after my delivery i lost almost all of it, without doing any effort. Yeah of course i cant eat and sleep much, i have to feed my baby,etc.. -that's why i lost right away.

After the mirena--wow! feel like im pregnant again, craving for something..like i wanna eat something salty, something this and that.boom!!! 55 kg!!

Im mirena free for 2 days now , and i feel much better!!! Im having light bleeding after the removal, but its ok, at least i know for sure that im not gonna bleed more that 1 month.

Im back to normal, hehe normal me, happy, and stress free!! I feel great!
Huh so difficult to be a women hehehe- right now i wanna be free from any contraceptives, and let my body rest for a while. Im thinking Implanon, i have few friends using implanon and it works good on them.

But anyway, im happy for those of you who found the right one.
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Good luck everyone!

I am my husbands caregiver. He is on many medications the last 26 years due to chemical poisoning thanks to our government not protecting their civilian painters at the Army Depot where he worked.
He has permanent brain damage, CRS damage, memory loss and short term memory, CHF and Bollis Emphysema. Now he also has Type II diabetes a severe case as he was not diagnosed for 7+ years of testing.
To make this short. He has been on many drugs for pain, diabetes, blood pressure, the brain damage, ( he is a recovering, not drinking alcoholic)
Recently the doctor took him off the Codeine # 3 that he had been taking for almost 15 years, 8 per day. and gave him time release Morphine Sulfate.15 MG. They also gave him Gabapentin for the neuropathy which is severe in his feet and starting to go up his legs. He is over weight, above the waist, and has not had a problem with High Blood Pressure, for many years since taking 60 mg daily of Inderal. His Blood Sugars have been between 98-140 without medication. When he was first diagnosed he was put on glyberide and it worked so good he was off it in 6 months and totally diet controlled since then but about every 3 years he would go on it for about 6 months and then he was ok again.
He has not needed it for the last 7 years. Since starting the gabapentin he went from 300 to 600 to 900 and slowly increased the dose to 1600 mg. The 300's are caps, the 600's are tablets.
All the sudden he has pounding headaches, I took his BP which we had not been watching and it was 198/115 with a 98 pulse. The only change was the gabapentin and Morphine. The morphine does not seem to be causing any side effects, once he was used to getting sleepy.. but once the gabapentin was added, all he does is sleep. The blood sugars also went up with the blood pressure. His were 358 higher than they have ever been except when he was first diagnosed. I was able to get the glyberide and that is bring down the sugar levels only taking 1/4 tab 2 x a day, and the blood pressure is also coming down, it was 139/85 with a pluse of 76 which is still too fast. I talked to some pharmancy friends and they said " Its the gabapentin " so I told the doc I wanted to stop it and he said to start leveling off, one 300 mg cap every 4 days. We were down to 2 a day till Friday and saw the doctor. Due to his taking Cymbalta they did not want to give him any of the other anti depressants so they want him to back on the gabapentin up to 1200 a day instead of the 1600 a day.
Taking into consideration his medical issues and meds, I don't believe this is a safe or sound decision, but I know how much pain he was in before the gabapentin.
I wish they would be more forthright about the side effects of this medication. They said it only causes blood sugar issues in 1 % and they did not even address the high blood pressure etc.
His pupils are also different, he has the kidney pain, but his biggest problem is sleepy.. hopefully it's not his kidneys or his heart. They did blood tests on Friday and I am asking for a EKG.. in the mean time we are monitoring both blood pressure and blood sugar 6 or more times a day. Thank you so much for sharing. It really helps to know we are not alone.