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IVE HAD THE MIRENA FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW.. THE FIRST 6MONTHS WAS GREAT AND THEN I STARTED HAVING THIS ODOR REALLY BAD - AND THEN STARTED GETTING ACHE AND THE MOOD SWINGS WEIGHT LOST IM THINKING BOUT GETTING IT REMOVED -IM CALLING MY DOCTOR TOMORROW AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHATS GOING ON.. IM SO GLAD THAT I FOUND THIS SITE..

Hi everyone. I am so glad i found this website. I am 26 years old and i got my mirena put in October of 2007. A few months after getting it put in i noticed my hair was starting to fall out, i was real moody, hot flashes. So i went to my obgyn and he said it was my hormones so put me on birth control on top of the mirena, don't know what point of that was. But me and my husband were debating whether or not to get it taken out, because i am really bad at taking the pill but after reading everyone's stories on here yall have made up my mind for me. I'd rather get it taken out and see if my symptoms stop. The hair loss has bothered me the most. I went from having a head full of thick hair to having real thin hair, my husband was amazed at how much hair i have lost. When i wash my hair at night it just falls out like nothing, i have a big ball of hair in the tub. I even went and seen a dermatologist and he didn't know what was wrong! Calling my doctor tomorrow to make an appt. to get this taken out!

I am so glad I came across this website! I have always read that birth control is not the cause of weight gain, but I just could not understand how after years not dealing with weight as an issue that within a matter of a few months I had gained nearly 10 lbs! I exercise 4-7 times per week intensely and have recently been watching every calorie I've taken in and still managed to gain a ton of weight! Also, I've noticed that I've been increasingly lethargic lately and could not figure out why I needed to take at least 2 hour naps everyday. Needless to say, I will be calling my doctor tomorrow and telling him everything. Thanks for everyones comments!

so far, no side effects for me. I've been taking Levaquin for 8 days, 2 more to go. Scary stuff you're all experiencing. That's awful!!!

Like many of you in this forum, I'm experiencing the pins and needles feelings all over my body, especially on my arms and face. I have weird lapses in memory. I attributed the joint pain I've been feeling this past year to being a 45-year old runner. However, upon reading so many comments regarding joint pain, I can only ascertain this isn't just something caused by age and running. Is anyone of you men experiencing erectile problems? Since starting Lisinopril a year ago I've noticed performance difficulties. My doctor said that can be expected with high blood pressure and prescribed me Cialis. Good Lord is that drug awful! I'm going to flush my bottle of Lisinopril right now and call my doctor tomorrow and discuss a safer alternative to this medicine.

I have been on Yaz for 3 years. I am now 39- I took it to help with Pre menstrual tension and moodiness, and mild acne. I have done nothing but shed like a DOG since I have been on it, I have no sex drive, I have gained 5 pounds, which is a lot since I am only 5ft.4 in. I just found out the real kicker... I have signs of kidney disease now, high creatinine levels, and can only link it to the use of YAZ. There is a class action law suit forming against Bayer Co., and anyone using this should check it out. They are talking about the possible RECALL of this medicine, and I would hate to think of any young girls out there ending up with kidney damage like me. Please be informed before you continue to take it.

Wow! So glad I am reading this. I had the Mirena inserted Feb 2006. I never put all these things together before today. I did a search to see if Mirena makes PMS worse, because for the first time I actually noted dates on my calendar for the last three months, of when I am a fight picking, agitated, quick to yell, mean, miserable, sooo easily pissed off psycho. ...I don't bleed at all anymore, and haven't in over a year now, so I just don't pay attention to "that time" anymore. So I'm reading the side effects I have attributed to turning 30 almost 3 years ago. (now 32) So the chin hair and fat tummy may NOT be my age...huh...who would think!? Not to mention sore breasts and wicked nipple soreness, and zits like a 15 year old at times. Oh, did I mention PMS like a crazed woman? I can't stand myself today! I was so mean to my kids and hubby today! And the scary thing, when I do it, I don NOT care at all! I actually want to be mean when I feel that rage, and it comes EASILY! I don't look for it, or pick fights...but cross me?....ohhh...NOT a good idea! And it's always within the first week of the month. I am calling my Doctor tomorrow morning...Game on baby! Get'er OUT! Good luck to you all!

I just started Aviane 28 two days ago and it's my first time taking bc. This morning I woke up with an itchy rash all over my neck, cheeks, and upper back. My doctor warned me that I would probably have spotting for the first 3 months and to just stick it out, but I am worried I am having an allergic reaction. Has this happened to anyone else? I am going to call my doctor tomorrow and hopefully she will say that my rash should go away in a day or so. I am willing to stick it out, but only if this rash goes away soon! I was also really emotional today, but I think it was more likely stress from having the rash than from the bc.
I really want this to work out!

I started this pill about a week and a half ago and i HATE it. I just had my normal period with my old pills, and then i started this new pill cuz i was told i was a bitch when i was on my period. Well I just started ANOTHER period when I wasn't supposed to. And it sucks cuz it turned my blood black. Now thats not normal. I was told this was a good pill but after reading more about this pill I would never have taken it. And I'll never tell any of my friends or family to take this pill. I'm going to call my doctor tomorrow and ask her to call my old pill in so I can stop taking Loestrin24Fe. Then maybe everything will go back to normal.

I started using Yasmin one month ago after using Yaz for a year. I had no problems on Yaz, but have had a multitude of problems that I believe are related to Yasmin. One of the side effects I'm having that I don't see listed by anyone else is insomnia. I am 45 years old and have never had any problems going to sleep initially or when I wake up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Before Yasmin, I would get up once in the middle of night to urinate, and now, I'm getting up 4 or 5 times a night and then sometimes, it takes me an hour to go back to sleep. I have also been feeling depressed and more anxious than usual. During the second week of Yasmin, I had gastritis that lasted for about a week. Gastritis is something I typically get 3 or 4 times a year, but I'm thinking it's another side effect caused by Yasmin. I've also had more nausea and bowel problems this month than normal. I have breast tenderness and I had unexplained rib pain for a few days. Finally, my belly seems to be more bloated than normal. I have an appointment with my doctor tomorrow and I WILL be switching to another pill.

My hair is thinning. I can't lose wait, but I have not gained either. The periods are light after 5 months, almost nothing. I don't even wear a pad.
The sex drive is fine and pain free. I do feel the stomach flutters every now and again. No mood swings. Tender breast sometimes. The side effects mentioned are scary. Not sure if I want to wait for them to show up. But I don't want to be bald either.

I had the Mirena inserted in November 2007 after having my third child. The first 6 months I had bleeding everyday. The insertion was painless. For the last year I have been trying to figure out what is wrong with me. I really didn't pay much attention to it until about 4 months ago when I started having anxiety attacks. I figured it was due to stress of a new job. I have been so tired that I can barely function. I have no interest in even leaving the house. It is even hard to come to work everyday because I am exhausted. I don't sleep well. I wake up soaking wet from sweat. I have a lot of joint pay in my legs, arms, and hands. My arms stay numb most of the time. I too experience the moodiness and I can sit and cry over nothing. I have experienced hair loss since having the Mirena. As far as sex drive it is nonexistent, even if it was there I would be too tired to even do anything. I have blurry vision sometimes. I have gained so much weight it isn't funny. I thought maybe my thyroid was out of wack so I went to the doctor for blood work. My blood work came back great. After researching some more I found this site and apparently Mirena is the cause of my problems also. I go to my GYN doctor tomorrow for my annual exam and I am going to request that the Mirena be removed. I have three children 15,10, and 22 months so I can not live my life like this. I am glad that I found this website and I plan to pass it along for those women that are having problems that they may be blaming other things for. If you have the Mirena you definitely need to read this site. I'll keep everyone posted once the Mirena is removed.

Reading this page made my entire night because I suddenly know I'm not crazy!! I came on here to do research because lately I have been 100% psychotic and could not figure out why- everything people are describing on here! Anxiety, panic attacks, nightmares, irritability, horrible mood swings, crying at EVERYTHING... and I've never been like that before. I switched from Orthotricyclen to Yaz around a year ago and these symptoms have been getting worse and worse. Like so many others here I blamed it on other problems- bad roommates, bad jobs, men, money, etc. But I've dealt with those problems all my life and never had this amount of emotional distress. I'm calling my doctor tomorrow for a new prescription!!

I have been on Climara for about 3 weeks. I was prescribed it as I am 39 years old and going through menopause. Other than an increased number of headaches, I have had no negative side effects. It has been a Godsend in relieving my hot flashes and night sweats and I started sleeping through the night after only one week! The unfortunate part of this picture is that this patch is not covered under my health plan so I am seeing the doctor tomorrow to have something else prescribed (probably something oral) which will be covered. I am hoping for the same positive results with an oral version of the estrogen.

I started singulair a week ago in order to treat my allergies and mild asma. At first, I did not realize that I had headaches and head pressure due to its adverse reactions. On Friday night after my dinner I got very bad vertigo, and I did not take singulair for a day. Believe it or not my vertigo and headache went away. Tonight, I tried it again, and my ear and head pain came back.
I am calling my doctor tomorrow and stopping it right away.
Thank you all sharing your experiences.
V.

Hello. I just finished the one month starter pack of Lamictal for depression. I've been noticing some strange things going on with me lately but did not make the connection to the Lamictal until I spoke with my pharmacist (while picking up my official prescription). Mainly the info warned of dizziness, sleeping issues, heart racing and sinus issues. I have had ALL of these. Two weeks into taking the medication I can't sleep well at night. I wake up and my heart is racing. I have to go watch TV to settle down. Plus, I'm extremely EXHAUSTED all day. And finally, the worst symptom is my sinus issues. I have constant mucous in my throat and pressure in my sinuses. I have the worst headaches. I'm popping Advil to deal with my sinus pressure. It's agony. Plus, I'm not motivated and I think I'm a little depressed. I'm going to discuss getting off this medication with my doctor tomorrow.

Has anyone had side effects pop up after 3 years? Yes, you heard me. Three years. Hair falling out. Joint pain. "Foggy headedness." Chest discomfort. Gotta be that. Please share.

I had the Mirena put in July 3rd 08 at my 6 week check up after I had my second child. I did not have much pain during insertion. However now (about a year later) is a different story. I am glad that I found this page, and I am not alone. I have the common side effects that others list on here like weight gain, mood swings, irregular periods that are different consistency (clots, stringing, heavy flow, light flow), extreme fatigue but unable to sleep, lack of interest in normal activities, and breast tenderness. I know I expected the mood swings, weight gain (but did not think it would be the 18lbs i gained while i was eating healthy and working out) and cramping for a few months after insertion. However the past 2 months I have had a lot of pain in my pelvis. Cramping is not the right word for it, it feels like pressure on my pelvis. Like someone is standing on what feels like my ovary. This is also with the occasional flutter in my stomach that feels like a baby kicking. I have gotten what I believe is my period and took a pregnancy test that was negative. The pain is mainly on the right side which goes around to my hip and sometimes up to my shoulder. It has now turned into a stabbing pain in my lower middle abdomen (this is all with no other bleeding other than my 3 day period). I am calling to doctor tomorrow to get myself checked out. I feel the strings in the same place I always have but the pain is something I can no longer take. I am not sure that this is worth it anymore, I think its time to talk to the husband about a vasectomy!

I don't know where to begin; I have a text box in front of me that says "add a new side effect of the Mirena" but all I see are the same side effects over and over. That, in itself, speakes volumes. As for myself, it's been depression, weight gain, exhaustion and yet unable to sleep, pain down to my knees - of course all of these symptoms can be explained by everything else in the world - who, these days doesn't have money problems, stress, employment fragility, etc.? But I know myself, and this is wrong.

I had mine put in March 2009 and after a month I told my doctor I wanted it out. She said I didn't give it enough time (apparently six months is the magic number).

It's now been three months and getting out of bed is an act of heroism for me. Sex is out of the question (well, we have given it a go a couple of times and he can indeed feel the strings, contrary to what I was told - perhaps it's because he's - er - oh, never mind.)

I bleed erratically and it stinks; if I hadn't lost my sex drive already I'd be put off just by that.

I got the thing not for birth control but for pain and bleeding (not that it makes a difference)- it has made the pain worse, so I don't understand why I'm so nervous about asking my doctor (tomorrow - Monday) to have it removed?

I started taking Loestrin24fe on Sunday June 7th. That was the first day of my peroid. It is now 13 days later and I am still on my period. I am 44 yrs old and was put on this pill because my periods were so heavy. This is defeating the purpose. I want to quit taking them. I am anemic and think this is doing more harm than good. I am going to Hawaii on July 23rd and do not want to be on my period then. If I stop now, I am wondering when I will start my period again. I am really fed up.

I got my Mirena June 13th of last year and I loved it but since I got it I have had alot of things change about my body and just me in general and I didn't even think that they could be because of Mirena until tonight. I couldn't sleep and got to thinking that all my problems have started since I got my Mirena inserted so I came and Goodled "Mirena side effects" and found this site. I have almost all the side effects everyone else on here have. I have very bad depression, oily skin, I keep gaining weight, have no desire to have sex, acne, very bad migraines ( I have been to the hospital 6 times in 6 months because of them), I keep kidney infections, I am always cramping, I stay nauseated, I also am always yelling at my husband for no reason but can't control myself, it hurts really bad when I actually do have sex, etc. I am calling my doctor tomorrow and having this thing removed.

I am 19 years old and I've been on Yasmin for about 2 years now, and lately I've been starting to feel sick, shaky, headaches all the time, MOODY like you won't believe, horribly, horribly constipated, and now in the last few months, my skin has gotten SO bad. I haven't had zits for awhile but now there's nothing I can do to get rid of them. To top it all off (not 100% sure if its related) but my appetite is so volatile! It drives me crazy. I started thinking back to when I started Yasmin, what changes occurred. It was around the time I was dumped, so I picked up a lot of weight and just put it to the fact that I was miserable from the break up, but since then, no matter what I try, I cannot lose weight. I'm on Ectiva, which is a prescription pill that helps with weight loss, and I'm still having no luck, Now i'm wondering maybe i'm not crazy, I'm not the only one with these side effects. Not too long ago, i had my period for a MONTH, thats with being on the pill and taking it every day. Not to mention the nausea, the worst part, i feel terrible! Funny thing is its like my body is warning me or crying to me to stop - i feel sick just looking at the tablet.
I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to see if he can prescribe something else, I'm not happy with Yasmin at all! I'd rather fall pregnant than suffer these side effects!
I hope it works out for the better!
Good luck to you ladies as well
xx

They think that I have either crohns or ulcerative colitis. I have tried antibiotics, lialda, mesalamine enemas, with no improvement. After another colonoscopy they put me on prednisone at 40mgs, 30, 20, 10, then 5 decreasing weekly. Well the first week was okay. I had some of the side affects, insomnia, extreme hunger, and crazy. I could deal with that. But then when I decreased down to 30mg, my body flipped. I awoke from the middle of the night with burning pain in the knees. So bad I took 4 ibuprofen and threw myself in the tub with epsom salt. I thought okay that was weird because I have never had a joint pain in my life. I saw the gastroenterologist that day bc I was still having abdominal pain. He totally blew off the knee pain and said he had no idea what that was. I thought okay maybe it will go away. A few days went by and nothing. 3 days later and I awoke one morning crying in pain because of my legs. I called the on call doctor who also said he had no idea and go to the er. So I went crying hysterically for 4 hours. Even after 3 rounds of dilaudid I was still in pain. They suggested a Rheumatologist. So I went to one a week later who said I was going through steroid withdrawals. And there is nothing we can do but treat the symptoms of pain. I am now down to 10mgs have been out of work for 2 weeks and am absolutely miserable with severe leg pain, muscle weakness and fatigue. He also adjusted the drop down increments to 5 instead of 10. Anyway I will never take this drug again and I think they rushed to this one. Just wanted to share. I am glad I found this website because I went from a fully functioning physically fit 28 year old to a crippled crying crazy person. I think I was scaring my husband, honestly, until we both read some of your postings which were similar.

I am a 42 year old male. I have been on Lisinopril for two years. I developed sore muscles and joint pain. I was so tired I wanted to sleep all the time. My blood sugar was up. Some one mentioned to me that some blood pressure meds can cause blood sugar to rise. I quit taking the Lisinopril for a day to see what would happen to my sugar. It went down, and then I noticed that my joint pain was gone and, my muscle pain and soreness was gone and I had much more energy. I go see my doctor tomorrow for other options.
The drug made me so tired over the years I could not exercise and I have put on 25 more pounds
side effects
depression, muscle and joint pain, muscle stiffness, tired, weakness, dizzy

I started taking Loestrin 24 Fe two weeks ago today. I first accredited the bad period symptoms to just that, bad period symptoms, but after reading this, I realize it was the pill. I was paranoid and stressed out and cried three times, and for someone who's generally laid back and cries maybe twice a year, this was a little concerning. But, I'm willing to stay optimistic and chalk it up as being the first week on the pill to blame and not evidence of anything that will continue.
Yesterday, I had light spotting, but I assumed it was resultant from some rough sex my partner and I had had. Today when I wiped, there was a significant amount of dark blood and I've got cramps like I'm on my period. It's only been two weeks since my last one! I'm kinda freaked out and plan to call my doctor tomorrow morning to find out what's going on, but I'm assuming it's just an effect of the extra hormones that's got me jacked up. It's a little weird, though, since it resembles blood spotting I get halfway to late in my period week rather than the first day, because it's so dark.
Aside from the spotting, I've had a day where I had a horrible headache, but it was no worse or better than severe allergy migraines I've had in the past (it's fun being a severe allergy sufferer *snort, reassert glasses*.) I broke out along my jawline when I first started, but it was only slightly worse than what I normally get during my period. I haven't been bloated, but I do find that I have the munchies more often, so I'm working to control that to avoid weight gain. I have been a little moody and somewhat paranoid lately, but I think it's a combination of family stresses, finals, and basic worries that come with being in a new relationship.
It was mentioned earlier that the last four pills have iron in them, and it is important that you talk to your doctor or do a little diet research to determine whether or not it's even necessary because taking too much iron can be bad for you. They are there because during and around their periods, women generally are iron deficient, but if you are getting plenty of iron in your diet (especially if you take vitamins) you really don't need this extra dosage. That is, after all, what the Fe in the name is for, by the way. ;)
So, aside from seemingly having started a whole new period two weeks after my last one and having some mild mood swings and a single day of headaches, it hasn't been so bad. I had worse symptoms after taking ortho tri cyclen for three months. No pill is ever going to be completely symptom-free, so we must all keep that in mind.
I'll post when I find out more about this strange spotting deal.