Doctor appointment symptoms and conditions

I had an IUD placed after my second childs birth. All other forms of birth control had caused problems (like the symptoms already listed). After insertion, I told all my friends about it, I had NO symptoms at all. I had no bleeding, no pain, felt as normal as can be, very strong sex drive. LOOONG story short, 2- yes 2 YEARS LATER I began having pain with intercourse. I felt for the "strings" to check for placement, my cervix was EXTREMELY tender and swollen. Shortly thereafter, a doctor appointment and ultrasound confirmed a severe infection (from insertion- 2 years prior) that had become so bad, my cervix was infected and the infection had abscessed the wall of my uterus. At 27 I had a hysterectomy with removal of my left ovary and cervix. Needless to say, I will only ever have 2 natural children when I thought I had "five years" to make that decision. I had no idea this could have happened and only tell my extremely painful story to let you realize that if you still have your uterus, you may want to remove that foreign object from it immediately!!!

I have been on lisiniprol with hctz on 10mg dose since October 2008. My BP averaged around 144/95 before taking the med, now averages about 122/78. The problem i am having is this constant "tickle" in my throat which has been giving me coughing fits. When i breathe in deep i can feel a sensation to cough, sometimes my throat feels tight and sore, the first time i felt this was December 2008 and the doctor said it was a touch of post nasal drip and this was before i have read stuff on this board. Has anyone else experienced this kind of sensation in the throat? sometimes when i talk i even have to cough, i experimented once and did not take my dose and it seemed my throat felt better but then noticed my bp went right back up, i guess i better tell the doctor to get me off of this drug. She did tell me that the cough was part of the side effect. thanks and hope someone answers this.

I was on it for 2 weeks for an upper respiratory infection and I have mild asthma. I got to the point after the 2nd week I could not feel my legs, they felt detached. I cried. I thought I was water in car when I drove to a doctor appointment. I felt like I had the flu 24 hours a day. No headaches but it never touched my asthma. Two weeks of that junk then I went to a doctor who put me on my medication I took as a kid. One pill and it was over.
Sudafed in my opinion is a dangerous drug. Those side effects they list on tv are a joke. They are the tip of the ice berg.

I stopped taking Yasmin about a week and a half ago. I assumed it was the cause of two anxiety attacks I had, constant lump/tightness, weird tingling feelings in my throat and chest and overall body aches and ill-feeling. I haven't felt anything severe since stopping except for a dizzy spell when my period came. I'm wondering if anyone has any idea as to how long these side effects could go away. Off and on, I still get a tightness/heaviness in my chest, and although I don't get a lump in my throat anymore, it's like a numbness and constriction in different places in my neck, and sometimes a clogged up feeling in my ears. A friend told me it takes three months for the pill to leave your system, and I have a Doctor appointment this Friday, but I'm just hoping to hear any advice/suggestions. I had an EKG, cat scan and chest x-ray and everything looks fine in my body. It's just really scary and hard to shake the worry that something worse may be wrong with me. Reassurance would be much appreciated!

After having the third shot I noticed my hair began falling out (July 2007). It is now over a year later and after having numerous blood tests, visiting a dermatologist and doing tons of research, I have concluded that gardasil must be causing this. My hair continues to fall out, I have bald areas around the crown of my head and my mood is very depressed by this. I also experienced soreness in my legs and joints but these are not constant. My periods also are out of whack. They can be between 28-50 days apart. I would not recommend anyone getting this vaccine. I wish my OBGYN had not sold me on it. I was 31 when I got it but she said age didn't matter, she said one day insurance companies would cover this vaccine for all women no matter what age they are. I paid $190.00 a shot and now I have a thin head of hair that may one day soon be bald if it doesn’t stop falling out. I think they should take this vaccine off the market. If anyone else has had severe hair loss, has it stopped falling out after a certain point?

Mirena history

As I neared 50 years of age, my birth control pills no longer controlled my periods, I began to bleed more and more till I was having periods lasting 2 weeks, with needing to wear 2 super tampons and a pad at the same time and having to change this every 30 minutes to an hour. This was not good for sleep or normal life.

A gynecologist recommended mirena. It really helped knock back the heavy periods and let me leave the house, even plan vacations! But I did put on weight and lost my sex drive, which I attributed to eating more and to my husband not looking very hunky any longer.

After 4 years of this, the last year spent with a gym membership which I used daily and lost no weight, but I am shapelier, well as I was saying, after 4 years, the periods were getting worse again, probably because the mirena had run out. I started getting headaches too. I had a ultrasound and found one of my ovaries is still working so no menopause yet.
I had a new mirena inserted. Of course it hurts. but only for a short time.

Now, after 3 weeks, I am bloated. my leg veins are poking out of my legs. Even the hairs on my legs look like they are standing up all the time, an my eyeballs feel pressure. My eyelids must be swollen too because my eyelashes are pointing down rather than their usual curve upwards,(had a gutatta discovered in my eyes last year when I asked for laser eye surgery, but was turned down due to this problem, maybe caused by Mirena?) and I have strange rashes on the back of my calves and the back of my upper arms, possible acne but I don't know. Doctor appointment is next week for a checkup. I don't know if the benefit on not bleeding so profusely outweighs the side-effects, and with a vacation next month, I am afraid to have the mirena removed.

My insurance paid for the mirena because I have it for health reasons rather than birth control.

This medicine is horrible for me! I gave it a long while to give it a chance. Rapid weight gain, hair loss (ongoing), terrible aches and pains, hives, dead tired, terribly hot, irritable...the list goes on and on. After getting pro-active with my health care provider, I have now changed to Armour and now I'm remembering what 'normal' feels like again. I've lost all the weight I gained, my hair and skin feel much softer. I can't believe the amount of people that feel bad on this drug. It seems to be bad-mouthed all over the internet. I guess as long as the major drug companies retain it as the 2nd or 3rd best selling drug in the States and continue to fund, wine and dine and court physicians, we're never going to get rid of it. I chose to dispose of every single one of those evil pills. Armour stepped in to change my life for the better as Synthroid was slowly destroying me.

I originally started on Prozac about four years ago but it didn't work so my doctor switched me to Lexapro. When I went for my next doctor appointment she noticed the drastic weight gain and noted it had been since I started taking the Lexapro so again, I changed medications. I'm now on Wellbutrin and have been for almost a year. I have been exercising, eating healthier, but am still gaining. Is anyone else having this problem. The doctor told me Wellbutrin did not have a reputation of causing wait gain but something is wrong. I also never thought about it until reading all the other postings. I am constantly having headaches and a very short temper. I'm ready to come off of it all together and just deal with the depression.

I am experiencing extreme dizziness, fatigue, nausea, cramps etc. I had an experience at the hair salon. I became very jittery. There was a flutter in my chest the room began to spin. I became very hot and sweat major bullets. I had to fight to keep from fainting and was sick to my stomach all evening. I asked the doctor what was going on? Of course this can not be possibly from the Yasmine I have taken for 8 years. Yesterday I was so dizzy I had to stay in all day. I have not slept through the night for a week. I am so glad I found this blog. I will be taking it with me to my doctor appointment Monday.I have only been off the pill for 1 week.

I am experiencing extreme dizziness, fatigue, nausea, cramps etc. I had an experience at the hair salon. I became very jittery. There was a flutter in my chest the room began to spin. I became very hot and sweat major bullets. I had to fight to keep from fainting and was sick to my stomach all evening. I asked the doctor what was going on? Of course this can not be possibly from the Yasmine I have taken for 8 years. Yesterday I was so dizzy I had to stay in all day. I have not slept through the night for a week. I am so glad I found this blog. I will be taking it with me to my doctor appointment Monday.

I have been taking OMEprazole for approximately 2.5 months and recently I feel dizzy to the point I want to get a doctor appointment to have an MRI or CT scan on my head - my fear is that I have a brain tumor. I feel dizzy as if I am going to pass out, occassional sharp pains in my head and I feel sick to my stomach. I also feel extremely tired and recently like the left side of my body is weak.

I am going to stop taking Omeprazole today to see if this is the side effect of the medicine. Anyone have similar experiences. If so, how soon do they stop after you stop taking the medicine? I was concinced I had a brain tumor - not so sure now.

PS I am a very healthy 50 year old who is a marathon runner. Lately I have sucked on my runs due to exhaustion.

Hi! I am a 34 y/o woman that was diagnosed with "Allergic Reaction of Unknown Etiology". I had a red rash that travelled from my legs to my face and back down. The lymph nodes at the base of my hairline on the back of my head were extremely swollen & very painful.
The doc prescribed Prednisone Dose Pack (I have has dose packs in the past, so I didn't think anything of it).

After day 2, I started to see a slight decrease in the rash, but then it started itching.
On day 3, my hands & feet began to swell...and my joints were extremely swollen & PAINFUL!! The cramps started in my feet and hands...thought I was going to die! Oh, and eating everything in sight is the understatement of the year!
Day 4 saw Abdominal Edema and the hands of a Lobster!
Day 5-7: Same ole same ole! Called to see my regular doctor...appointment tomorrow! BUT, after seeing this website, I think I know what is wrong...PREDNISONE!
I will be adding Prednisone to my Allergy List!!!

Hope I never ever see this drug again! I wish all that are on this a SAFE trip!!!