Drop of a dime symptoms and conditions

I am a 25 y/o mother of 5 boys, and my youngest is 8 months old now, and I had mirena inserted in Jan. 2009. I also I have lupus, so my hair falls out when I am pregnant or breastfeeding, but I delivered in Nov. 2008, and stopped breastfeeding in May 2009, and since I quit breastfeeding, my hair falling out has only gotten worse. The first 4 months that it was in, I had a heavy non-stop period. Now I get a 7-8 day period twice a month. In between my lengthy periods, I have a discharge that smells really weird. My partner tries to be understanding, but it's difficult for him I know. He says I have permanent PMS, and that I'm pushing him away. My mood swings from happy to sad to out right angry at the drop of a dime. It's kinda scary really, especially since I work around people and can't afford to have a break down out of nowhere. My partner also said he can feel the threads from the mirena sticking him when we have sex, and that it hurts him. On top of that, whenever we have sex, I always start bleeding for a couple of days (2-3) w/ real bad cramping. I have also had weight loss instead of gain, I get body chills, nausea, irritability, and the list could go on forever. I also had a bad experience w/ the depo shot, and I'm not good w/ pills, so I am looking for another form of birth control that isn't permanent because we would still like to try for a girl one day, just not now .... HELP ME!

I used the nuvaring for 2 months stopped and started again three months ago. The first time I used it I had no side effects this time is TOTALLY DIFFERENT! I thought it would be convenient since u only have to worry about it every three weeks unlike remembering to take the pill everyday at the same time, but all the side effects make it not so worthwhile. I have
nausea, headaches, dizzy spells, mood swings (I literally can cry at the drop of a dime), stomach cramps on and off my cycle (I can't get out of bed sometimes), and recently i've had diarrhea but i'm not sure if its caused by the nv. I'm not recommending it to ANYONE. I think i'm about fed up anyone have any suggestions for a better BC?

so i have only been on the nuvaring for 2 months and i am taking myself off of it. i have been an emotional basket case. i have had cramps, bloating, gas, diarrhea, constipation at times, headaches.. oh geeze unctrollable headaches. my boyfriend started freakin out thinking i was pregnant. i kept telling him no way!! i have been exhausted and can cry on the drop of a dime. I have been so emotional i cant even seem to make up my mind on ANYTHING! so i have been off for 2 days now, had an extremely LIGHT period, 3 days and only 2 tampons a day.... and i still have all the other symptoms. hopefully im NOT knocked up.. i seriously doubt it.. but i cant wait for the NR to get out of my system so i can go back to being NORMAL!! i wouldn't recommend it to anyone. and not to mention, just found out.. the reason i got on the NR is because a good friend of mine swore by it. said ti was the best thing next to peanut butter.. guess what.... she just found out sh is 6 months preggo and didn't even know it!!!! UGH!!!

I have been on Quasense for 4 cycles, (a full year ) The first two no problems, the three a little breakthrough bleeding but only lasted two days or so and stopped. Now that I'm on the 4th cycle, bleeding everyday! I thought this was suppose to be helpful not an inconvenience. I am so confused and frustrated. Why now after a year of no problems? But After reading some of these posts I have noticed very severe mood swings and uncontrollable emotions. Crying a the drop of a dime. This stuff is evil!

I have been on the NuvaRing for at least 4-5 yrs now and I love it. However, it wasn't until my cousin and sister started to use it and began to complain of low-to-no sex drive. I have no issues in this area, in fact, my sex drive seems to be in overdrive. But, in the last few months my mood swings and level of depression seem to have increased along with moments of elevated anxiety. I also cry at the drop of a dime these days. I am overall a very happy-go-lucky person and just attributed these symptoms to personal and financial problems. I'm not really sure what to think about the ring, it's so convenient but i may have to revisit my choice of BC if I find out that it's directly contributing to my symptoms. My research continues.

SO I JUST STUMBLED ONTO THIS WEBSITE AND I THINK IT IS GOD SENT!!! I GOT THE MIRENA PUT IN ALL OVER 2 MONTHS AGO AND HAS BEEN TUFF EVER SINCE... THE BIGGEST THING IVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT WAS THE LACK OF SEX I WAS CHOSEN NOT TO HAVE, WHICH FOR ME IS THE BIG ISSUE ALONG WITH MY MANY PERSONALITIES!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE TWO LIL BOYZ THAT I LOVE TO DEATH BUT LATELY THAT HASN'T BEEN THE CASE, IVE BEEN SHORT TEMPERED, SNAP AT THE DROP OF A DIME AND WILL HAVE TO COUNT TO 10 AND WALK AWAY ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES A DAY... MY BOYS DO NOT DESERVE A CRAZY MOM BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW LADIES AFTER KIDS WE BECOME CRAZY ENOUGH WITHOUT THE HELP FROM SOME RANDOM BIRTH CONTROL. IM MISSES FERTILE METAL WITH MY FIANCE BUT IM WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK WITH CONDOMS AND GET THIS MIRENA OUT ASAP AND THATS SECOND BY MY FIANCE. I HAVE A LOT OF SIMILAR SIDE AFFECTS AS MOST OF THE LADIES BUT BECAUSE IM A NEW COMER TO THE MIRENA THERE NOT AS SEVERE. BUT I THINK ITS KINDA FUNNY WHEN THEY HAND U THAT LIL TINY PAMFLIT THERES REALLY NOOOOOOO SIGN OF ANY OF THESE SIDE AFFECTS LISTED AT ALL. WELL GOOD LUCK TO ALL U LADIES AND THANK U FOR ALL THE INFORMATION U'V LISTED ITS HELPED ME OUT MORE THAN U KNOW
LOVE
ITS HARD TO BE A WOMEN

I started birth control a couple months before I got married. I was on alesse and it made me rapidly gain weight. I went to the gyn and she ranted and raved about NuvaRing. I was excited to get off alesse and that I didn't have to remember to take a pill everyday.
The first month was great. I didn't feel the ring and some weight was starting to come off from the previous bc. I have been on it a total of three months and will no longer continue. I cry at the drop of a dime; I am bloated in my midsection as well as even more weight gain; I have zero sex-drive; When my husband and I do have sex, I am crying because it hurts so bad; I have terrible mood-swings; acne; bad cramps (I never have had cramps before); and not to mention, horrible headaches and even my first migrane!
I thought I was becoming a crazy person and have felt like my husband deserves better than me. Come to find out, that person he married is in there still, but hiding under drugs.
What other birth control has anyone gone on that works since the NuvaRing??

I have been taking Femcon for about 2 months now to possibly reduce formation of cyst on my fallopian tube. My periods are shorter, very nice. However my family, boyfriend and everyone around me agrees that i've had terrible mood swings. Extremely emotional and i am not usually an emotional person, crying over the littlest things, getting mad at the drop of a dime. Also this 2nd month i've been taking it i've noticed my breast are tender. Im glad from reading this website im not the only one.

I had the Mirena inserted in December 2006. Within the first week I developed Bacterial Vaginosis that lasted until September 2008. I went to several doctors and each time I was given antibiotics or creams that only worked for 2-3 months then that disgusting smell would come back! I was totally depressed about this and wanted to take it out but I was enjoying the comfort of not having to take a birth control pill every night and decided to work at finding a solution. I did independent research and found a study where patients were treated with peroxide (3%) and it worked!

Now my only complaint major with Mirena is the length of my period. Though my period has a very low flow (pantyshields can be used only), it lasts for two weeks each time! I can't stand it!

I'm more emotional now, I cry at the drop of a dime but I can deal with that...I just wish my periods won't last this long! I've also noticed that PMS is more severe now, but I'm not sure if this is as a result of the Mirena or age - I'm 33. At least a week before my period I feel extremely emotional, angry, overwhelmed, exhausted and my thoughts are very chaotic. Wish there was something that I can use that didn't have all of these side effects and offered the comfort of not having to worry about taking a pill every night...

I've been on Femcon for 5 months now and the only side effect I have is oversensitivity. I cry at the drop of a dime and it seems as if EVERYTHING hurts my dam feelings, lol. I have actually lost 10lbs (over a five month period) since taking this pill. I too like many other new users have never taken any type of birth control and I'm 31 years old. I guess it just depends on the individual. I HIGHLY recommend this pill...definitely for first time users. I love it!

My 7 year old son has been on Singulair since he was about 3 1/2 years old. He too has experienced many of the same side effects. Of course I didn't put 2 and 2 together until I saw the warning on the news last night and then came online and read all of these postings. My son has been very emotional, crying at the drop of a dime. Getting very angry at times and banging his head into the couch or bed. Luckily he doesn't bang his head into the hard wall or a table. He has had behavior problems at school, his teacher even told me she thought he might be ADHD. He has also had stomach issues. He has said things like "nobody loves me and I hate myself, I wish I was dead or never born" He is also very fearful in crowds of people. Now I know that it was all caused by this stupid little pink chewable pill. My son will never take another singulair pill, EVER!! It is just so sad that all of our children have had to suffer through all of this. I for one feel like I have let my son down.

Signed,
another concerned parent from Rolling Meadows, IL

My son is 3 1/2 and began taking singular when he was 2 for management of a constant cough related to asthma. We witness mood changes in him thought out the day. He will say, "mom I'm just having a sad day," and cry for no reason at one moment and then twenty minutes later be laughing with his sister. "Sad" days seem to happen more frequently since being on singular and the change back is quick. I am at a loss whether to attribute this to his medication or to typical three year old behavior. I plan to take him off the medication for a trial period to see what affect it has on his mood.

I've had my Mirena for about 15 and a half months and I am having it removed today at 2 o'clock. At first I had sharp pains when I would sit down and I felt like the cords were poking me and irritating me. My OB/GYN requires patients to come back one month after having it put in so he can check it and make sure it is still in place. At this visit he also trimmed the cords although he acted like he didn't believe me when I told him that I could feel them poking me when I sat down and that it hurt. At first I didn't notice any bad side effects, but I did have one good one: my periods stopped, but I still had occasional and sporadic spotting. I didn't think to look for any bad side effects because I got the device under the impression that it had no bad side effects. I thought it only had a rare complication of perforating the uterus, but since mine was in place at the one month check, I didn't think about anymore until I started thinking about having another baby recently. I went online to see if I had to have a doctor remove the Mirena or if I could do it myself, and I found out that it's best done by a professional because bad things can happen and then you'd have to go to the doctor anyway. Plus, I didn't want to hurt my chances of having another baby. While online I discovered this whole world of message boards where women were having a lot of the same problems I'd been having in recent months and they all blamed their Mirenas. Some claimed that their problems had gone away since having it removed. I never thought to link my circumstances to the Mirena, but when I saw how many women are having the exact same problems as me I knew that I needed to go ahead and get mine out ASAP. Here is a list of my side effects, and I've found other women have had them as well with Mirena: weight gain, bloated stomach, depression, short temper with husband and daughter, acne, low sex drive, spotting, cramps, constipation, and back pain. There may be more, but I can't remember them all right now. Some of them may not even be related to the device, but I've read of so many women with Mirena who are having or have had the same issues, so I suspect a link between my problems and Mirena. I hope this helps someone out there looking for answers. God Bless!

I had my Mirena inserted in July 2007, exactly 1 month after my second child was born. I had it removed today, thank god! I had discomfort putting it in and horrible cramps. I bled heavily for a month straight afterward and haven't had a day in 7 months without some blood or thick discharge leaving my body. And I am talking THICK disgusting discharge. I have had severe acne flare ups, hair loss (falling out in clumps), severe headaches just about on a daily basis. I have suffered from anxiety and depression before but now it is 5 times as bad. Put back on Xanax which I used to take as needed which would be about 1 or twice a month to reaching for it 1 to 2 times a day! Most recently I have had leg, arm and back pain. Irregular heartbeat, very dehydrated. Absolutely unbearable mood swings from anger to sadness on a drop of a dime. I have never had suicidal thoughts or though about death but find myself in panic everyday thinking I am dying and I'm only 28! I could barely walk up the stairs without being utterly and completely out of breath. I did not do any research on this before I got it and I really wish I did. Thank god for all of you writing your experiences so I don't feel like a nut. My doctor said today oh I rarely ever have anyone with a problem. You should really get an EKG to make sure you don't have a heart problem...WHAT? Since I had it removed this morning I literally have more energy. It may sound crazy and it may be in my head but I feel better already. I couldn't even function before I was so tired. PLEASE LADIES DO NOT GET THIS....IT'S HORRIBLE!

The first month on Yaz was great because I was better able to control my mood swings and had less of them. However, during the four day placebo I felt like I was having withdrawals because I would bite my boyfriends head off at the drop of a dime and I hated life in general. I also had diarrhea and nausea prior to the beginning of my period. I experienced spotting the first
13 days of taking Yaz. My sex drive increased tremendously.
During the second month on Yaz I noticed my libido declined dramatically! Three nights before my period started I had horrble stomache cramps and nausea at 4:a.m. and had horrible diarrhea at 4;a.m. before my period started the next day. My flow is a very dark red, almost purple, which is different than it has ever been. I will try Yaz for a 3rd month and see how things go. So far I have do not have enough of a reason to want to continue taking this drug.

I have been on Yaz for almost 3 months, and have had reverse side effects. They said that it will help with PMS, Acne, and shorter periods. NONE of these things are true. PMS: I have been crying on the drop of a dime. I am barely ever in a good mood anymore, and people are starting to say things to me at work. I am MISERABLE. I am irritated easily, VERY paranoid, with no reason to be, and am picking fights with everyone, again, with no reason. It is driving my boyfriend crazy. ACNE: I had pimples here and there before I started this birth control, but now it has gotten VERY bad. It is all over my face and I feel helpless. Shorter Periods? Yeah right! Before I started Yaz, I had periods lasting for at most 4 days. My periods since Yaz have been up to 7 days! AND they start early...I have 2 pills left and I just got my period today. I am getting off this pill IMMEDIATELY, I am going to try Lo-Estrin next, hopefully it'll work better than Yaz!

Glad to find this site! I started taking YAZ this week. I have been crying at the drop of a dime since Tuesday and this morning I was considering seeing my doctor for depression. On my way to work this morning I was in tears so I called in sick. I have not been to work for two days because of fear of losing it in front of patient's families and co-workers. I work at a clinic that treats children with cancer. It's been difficult. Now I know it's not me losing it. It's the pills! I'm getting off of them asap!

I've been taking Yaz for three months and, as much as I'd like to stay on a birth control pill, this one just isn't working. I've been ravenously hungry, and nauseous too. It's been a vicious cycle of eating (to stem the insane cravings), and then vomiting. Yuck. I'm over it. I've read some of the other posts, and I can relate to the need to pee also. I experienced the same diuretic effect, but only for a few weeks during the first pack of pills. I've also had a mild headache nearly every day since I began taking the pill. And I've had sore breasts too. I'm sure there are some girls who can handle Yaz, but I'm not one of them!

Hello Yasmin Sufferers out there, I have currently been taking Yasminfor four months exactly, I started my cycle today which means that I would start to take my new pack of pills come this Sunday, except I have most definately decided that I am going to stop. Especially after reading all of these posts and have come to the realization that all of my health problems seem to be Yasmin driven. I will now list the long list of symptoms that I have expierienced over the last four months:

Water retention, dry mouth, dehydration ( also note: drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day), blurred vision, shaking, headaches, backaches, crying at the drop of a dime, moody, irritable, constipation, nightsweats, coldsores, breast tenderness, as well as numbness in legs. I also have naturally thin hair, but have noticed that my hair has become thinner. I have also gained 10pds.

I am 24 years of age and have been taking this pill for four months. When I was younger I took Ortho Tricyclin for years and gained approx: 60pds. I went off of that pill and dropped the weight almost immediately along with changing my nutrition completely. So, it wasn't just the pill. I then stayed off of the pill for years, and was absolutely fine. Last year I tried to take Yasmin, I went on the pill for one month and withing the 1st week gained 8pds, I stopped taking it after one month, because I am so weight conscience because the pill had made me gain weight in the past.

I tend to have moderate adult acne. I went to my Dr. for an acne treatment, and he suggested the Birth Control Pill. He suggested Yasmin because of the water pill which is in it. This time my Dr. convinced me that I did not give the pill enough time last time and should give it three months minumum.

So, I have given it four months and the symptoms seem to be getting worse as well as the weight gain, and irritability.

I have also felt depressed and wondered if have been depressed which I have never had thoughts of in the past.

One thing that Yasmin has done well for me has been clearing up the acne, which was what I wanted to stop, but after enduring all of these other symptoms, I would rather have adult acne in trade for all of these.

Like I mentioned above I took my last pill last Saturday because that was the end of my pack and I do not plan on starting a new one this Sunday. I can only hope that I do not get any negative side effects when coming off of the pill.

I hope that this helps you ladies out there looking for info and highly recommend researching a birth control pill extensively before taking it.

Wishing you all the best of luck, thank you all for voicing your symptoms as I didn't even realize that these were all pointing to one problem.YASMIN.

Hi, I have been on Yasmin for 2 years now. I have ALWAYS been a very confident and outgoing person. For the past year i have had panic attacks regularly. I am very hot at night, I have trouble sleeping, yet my period pains are at a minimun and I have few symptons of PMT. (Mind you it is still bad enough to take codeine and paracetamol on the first day of bleeding).

Other side effects that I thought would clear up but which haven't are:- dark patches on my forehead and above my lip (doc said they would go, but seem to 'come' and go) and a very sore throat accompanied by swollen glands, sometimes on the right, sometimes on the left side of my neck. My fingers are tingly and my joints are swollen. The Chest pains could be related to anxiety. I get a migraine 24-72 hours before I bleed, regular as clockwork now.

The worst is the mood swings and the depression, I just really don't recognise myself, tired and teezy all the time.

I was very happy for the first 3-6 months that I took Yasmin, but after that I have known I haven't been 'right', but my anxiety and depression have made me unable to make a decision or be focused why.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed on the site, it's great to know I'm not the only one.

I am so happy I found this site. We thought our 10 year old son had anxity disorder. But when I read all the reports people had wrote I thought there may be hope. I took him off the medication last night I hope it will work. My son was always worried he was going to die, that he could not breathe at night, he had night terrers all the time, he would wake up around 2 a.m. wanting to go see the doctor, he felt like there were things crawling under his skin, he would cry all the time then at a drop of a dime he would be really angry, he also complained of a sore throat, head aches and stomach aches all the time but I thought he was just finding something to complain abou. I cannot beleive I would not beleive him, I feel so terrible. I hope other parents read this before they give their children this medication. I cannot believe they could sell such a product and not list these side side effects. I hope i can have my happy go lucky child back real soon. How long does the medication stay in their system?

I Had been taking Yasmin for 6 months and have been off of the pill for 1 month now. 2 months ago I started to get real bad chest pains. I now have to go to the doctor to see if I have some kind of heart problem. I got on this pill because the patch give me acne really bad. As far as the acne happening on Yasmin. It wasn't that bad, but I still would get bumps on my face where I never would get bumps before. I would be confused all the time making mistakes I'd never made before. I was depressed. I could cry at a drop of a dime. I just stop taking birth control pills all around because I'd rather have a baby then die trying not too!