Death in the family symptoms and conditions

have to agree with Mrsbarrett's post right below mine...I have been a lurker on this board for the past couple of months and thank God for it or who knows how crazy i'd be right now!! Here is a list of my side effects and pertinent information:
DOI: October 2008
Side effects were gradual and most evident around the Christmas Holidays:
Dizziness
Weird eye/vision disturbance where i'd lose focus for a moment and then be okay.
Constant spotting of "old blood" nothing much but did require pantiliners 24/7
Anxiety
Hypertension (more than ever, like when I was pregnant, 150-170s/100)
Panic Attacks
Face Dryness
ZERO SEX DRIVE
No "natural" lubrication, but who cares when you have no drive, are spotting all the time, and it hurts to have sex
Vaginal Odor
Mood Swings
Depression
FATIGUE to the point of wanting to stay in bed despite having to care for my 7.5 year old.
Chest pains (kept thinking maybe I had heart trouble, had cardiac workup that came up PERFECT and bloodwork was perfect, Thyroid test was perfect)
Nausea (morning sickness type, would get slightly better in evening but not so much)
IBS symptoms (diarrhea)

DOR: January 23, 2009
2 days later heavy bleeding for a couple of days.....had somewhat of a "crash" the first week where I was still not better. By the 2nd week post removal I was still nauseated in the morning but improved in the late afternoon and got energy boost in late afternoon.By the 3rd week I was totally back to normal!!!!! (well what's normal for crazy me! hahahahha)

My husband came with me to the doc, and she had no problem with removal. I went back for a follow up this past Friday and she saw how normal I am and that I have lost several pounds as well. She realizes I am extremely sensitive to hormone changes but says i'm the only one that she has seen like that. (how many have problems that don't think it is the Mirena...that's what I want to know???)

Anyway, that's my story and i'm sticking to it!!! If anyone would like to chat or share please let me know. I will also add that I have a Masters in Physician Assistant Studies (just not practicing since becoming a SAHM) and so I looked up tons of information to figure out what was wrong with me, I really am thankful to have found this site....medical mumbo jumbo is NOTHING when you have your body telling you something and all you fine ladies......Thanks again!
~G

I had Mirena placed on Dec.31 and it was a painful experience,the cramping after was so bad I didn't want to mive after I drove myself home doubled over in pain.after 2 days of cramping it went away and everything seemed fine,until this week I have had extremely bad cramps .I have endometriosis so I didn't know if it was from that or the Mirena but it seems much more severe since Ive had the Mirena put in . I took a vicodin and it didn't help.I haven't gotten my first period since Ive had it put in but I am spotting very lightly off and on . I don't know if the cramps are due to the fact that my period is due and not coming or the endo or the Mirena .after reading this I think its the Mirena .Im not sure if I should wait it out or have it removed but I have an appt tomorrow .any suggestions or advice?

Ambien CR is the only prescription that will allow me to sleep in a hotel, but it is a double edged sword. After about 2 days of using I get migraine headaches. Last week we took our family vacation and I took it for 7 nights in a row. Our timing of our vacation was bad because the day after we got back my husband went out of town (another thing that causes me not to sleep). For the last 4 nights I have taken 1mg of Lunesta. The headaches presisit but I see a light at the end of the tunnel. Tonight I am back to what works best for me Melatonin

For me extended use of Ambien CR causes Migraines. It has time and time again. I know it will happen and in extreme cases (vacation, death in the family) I will choose getting sleep over having the migraine.

Occasional 1 time use of Ambien CR does not cause me to have a migraine the following day.

My 5yo son is one week removed from Singulair, and we are starting to see a gradual improvement. When I first started reading these posts, I just sat and cried. My son started the meds last fall for allergy induced asthma and his behavoir has gotten progressively worse this January and February, so much so that I contacted the pediatrician to start the process of having him see a counselor. He was fine before last August. I blamed his problems in the fall to his adjustment to kindergarten, then my grandmother got sick and passed away February, so I thought this time his obsession with death and bad behavior at school was related to her. I never once even thought it was the Singulair. Looking back I realized the behavoir coincided with his Singulair use (I took him off it in December because there was nothing in the air to cause him to cough and he was fine). In January we started back up full steam ahead and the doctor increased dose...Hello!! He was so angry sometimes and had a multitude of the symptoms listed on this site. He would constantly say he hated school. He chewed his shirts repeatedly, actually chewing holes in the neck and sleeves, he would blink his eyes weirdly which I have equate to the "tick" other people described. He would say he was stupid, that no one loved him, that no kids wanted to play with him and that he was an idiot. He said he wished he was in heaven and wanted to leave this world. My mom found him wrapped in blankets over spring break and when she asked what he was doing he said he was trying to suffocate himself. His crying wasn't even a normal cry, it was in a word: soulful. It would make me cry just hearing it because it was such a mournful sound. At his aftercare program he would try and leave and say he wanted to get hit by a car, they actually had to restrain him. He had instances of aggression with other kids in school, which resulted in phone calls from the teacher and principal. Again I thought it was related to the death in the family and him having no other way of expressing his anger. I even blamed the other parent thinking they were overreacting - embarrassed about that now to say the least. I started getting names of dr's to get grief counseling to determine if it was the loss or if he was in the throes of depression. Then I see the news about Singulair and looked it up on the web since he was on it. Talk about taking your breath away. Then his stomach cramps made sense too. I would have to massage his stomach to make it feel better, thinking it was the milk causing it. People can say we are all making this up, or the posts are fake...even his allergist said they feel the benefits outweight the risks, but until you live it you really just don't get it. I took him off it that night. Each day is getting better. Today was a great day and I am cautiously optimistic for tomorrow. He was happy. Even his sister remarked about what a good mood he was in and that he wasn't whining or crying. Putting him to bed tonight he told me he loved me more than tomato pie...and in his world that's at the top of everything The sad thing is that the medicine works for the asthma and controlled his coughing. The cough is now back in force so it is a double edged sword. It's amazing how similiar the symptoms are with other kids. I guess hindsight truly is 20/20 huh?

I'm a mid 40's guy from New Zealand who has been recently prescribed (1 month ago) a 20mg tablet of Lipitor per day. I went off Lipex because I was having certain side effects with that paricular drug. For the last 2 week I have had pain in my right leg, knee and right hip that has got progressively worse. When I wake up in the morning and sit on a chair the leg pain is so severe I can only sit for only 30 seconds . When I stand up the hip issue begins...so I'm like a damn Yoyo at times. This has of course affected my work. After reading information here and on other websites I'm gonna quit Lipitor. Just rely on my Low carb diet and exercise, will later see how this affects my cholesterol level. If it reads okay...no more statins for me.
Pete

I feel compelled to post a message here regarding the side-effects of Yasmin in hopes of preventing someone, even if its a complete stranger, from struggling with the effects of this pill in the same way that I have for the past year.

I'm 29. I started taking Yasmin a year ago to regulate mid-cycle bleeding and I had also just begun a long-term relationship so it seem appropriate to get back on the pill. I had been on BCPs in my early twenties and didn't have a problem with them, but really preferred being hormone-free. My doctor recommended Yasmin. She said it was the "Wonder Pill".

It was the start of a very crazy year in my personal life--death in the family, moves, relationship & health problems, etc. I started seeing a therapist right around the time I started the Yasmin and didn't notice a correlation. After all, life had been pretty cookoo so it seemed fitting that I felt cookoo, too.

After months and months of being extremely irrational, over-reactive, and anxious I decided that I needed a 'clean slate' as nothing seemed to be helping-no amount of therapy or self-talk/self-work was putting a dent in the amount of bad feelings that were swirling around inside myself. I felt very at odds with everyone--my boss, my family, my lover, my coworkers, and my friends. I was generally over-whelmed & completely off-center.

I called my doctor THREE times over the year and told her that something just wasn't right...that I felt "off" and wondered if it could be an effect of the pill. She assured me that Yasmin is the best pill on market, etc. etc. and that no other patients had experienced the effects I described.

Finally, at wit's end, I decided to try the 'clean slate' approach and eliminate any possible stimuli so I could attempt to get a handle on my inability to manage my emotions. I decided to stop taking the pill. My relationship had gone to hell anyways, so it was sort of an act of defiance.

What do you know? I calmed down & was right back to my old self--the one the my friends and family missed and the one that I missed so bad it hurt! I have never felt so refreshed. All the bad things that were/are going on in my personal life still exist, but I am not INSANE from the scary, bad hormone anymore.

I agree with the posts that state enourage you to find a doctor that checks your blood levels before choosing a BCP. Its really important to find a pill that works for you.

I have a lot of regret about my inability to see just how off-centered this pill made me. I made a mess of my life flopping around like a fish out of water for a year. So, the best I can do is encourage anyone who stumbles along this long post to please keep yourself informed..and listen to your body when choosing a hormone.

Yasmin is one of the worst things that has happened to my body. It might not be that way for you, but don't let any doctor tell you that this pill (as with all BCPs) is free of possible major emotional side-effects.

Thanks for reading.