Fingers crossed symptoms and conditions

I had the Mirena IUD inserted in September 2007... BIG MISTAKE! I paid $550.00 for the stupid IUD & another 225.00 for doctor fees!!
Okay here's my story.. I have three children, 26 yrs old, married, 120/122 pounds.. can stay in shape/get in shape easily, happy, VERY short 3-4 day periods.. BEFORE Mirena..
Now.. its been 7 weeks.. And even though I keep to the same diet, I have gained 8 pounds! I have been on a period & constantly spotting for 15 DAYS~ oh yeah.. AND bad, bad, bad, BLOATING!! Yesterday I had Severe Cramps- my doctor is out of town so the nurse actually called in muscle relaxers to help with the pain.. I was in TEARS yesterday. I NEVER EVER had menstrual cramps before.... to make things worse..I am so moody & I hate my quick temper. I have never had acne, but now I get a few spots.. not so bad, but I shouldn't have any. I feel like I don't have control over my body.

My appointment is for this Thursday.. I am getting this thing removed, so I can return to normal!

Before getting this awful thing ( which hurts when inserted & bad cramps afterward) I was using NuvaRing for two months.. I did not have any of these bad side effects with NuvaRing... I am going to try that again.

IN SHORT.. I PAID over $800.00 for severe cramping, 15 day long periods, constant spotting, brown discharge, EXTREME BLOATING, huge weight gain, and acne!! WHAT?!? I want a refund!!

I got the Mirena inserted 4 years ago when I was 24 and after a year of minor problems, it seemed to settle down, the following year I was bleeding quite heavily and after trips to my gyno they finally noticed I had an ovarian cyst which had leaked into my stomach, after the operation I was advised that cysts are a side effect of the Mirena (great to tell me that then) afterwards it all seemed to settle back down again and every now and then I would experience a cyst but it would burst by itself, I enjoyed not having my period or the cramps and had a reasonable run with it, however 2 months ago I had a cyst burst again and bleed for a week, my gyno said it would pass, however over the next 2 months I noticed that when having intercourse it felt like it was digging into me and was quite painful, last week I had another cyst burst and after bleeding for a week decided enough was enough and got my GP to remove it, experienced severe pain and they are now getting the Mirena tested...fingers crossed all side effects from this are gone and the tests are fine. I have not yet had children and will not know if this has effected my fertility till then. Would recommend as great as it can be, sometimes it is just not worth it.

I have only been on topamax for a week and have not had any crazy side effects thank goodness. I went on all the websited before I started taking it and I thought I would bald by now or throwing up all my food! Anyways, I am a 22, F taking it for migraines. I, of course, have only been taking 25 mg since this was my first week. When my dose goes up this next week I am sure crazy things will start to happen! Ha hopefully not though. But, I just to write something NOT HORRIBLE about topamax on here. The only things that I have noticed is the soft drinks and beer, sadly, not tasting that great and I have a gross metal taste in my mouth. But I never drank soft drinks in the first place and I am a college student so I am used to Keystone beer, which doesnt taste that great, anyways! My migraine that I had for 6 days finally went away, so that was good. I haven't even had the tingling yet. Keeping my fingers crossed. Hopefully all goes well after my meds are up-ed;) I just wanted to write something possitive on here for those about to start topamax because I know when I was reading things on here before I started it scared the hell outta me. Good luck. Think possitive.

Wow. I'm glad i found this site. Last night i had a sudden brain wave that my complete lack of interest in sex might just be down to the pill, and it looks like i might just be right. I used to be quite highly sexed when i first met my boyfriend, but 3 years later and i finally have no libido whatsoever, i really dont see the point anymore. This is sad for both me remembering who i used to be and my relationship, especially as i only moved in 3 months ago!
Next week i'm having surgery to see if i have endometriosis as the (minimal amount of) sex i am having is quite painful (sometimes like a stabbing pain, sometimes like a real bad ache), although it seems this could be a side effect too? I wouldn't be suprised if the doctors come back stumped as to what the problem is, but either way i think i need to give Yasmin up. In fact i'm not keen on putting any more chemicals in my body any more, but now what do i do about birth control!?
I dont know about the other side effects - i certainly am tired a lot, dont sleep very well, have the odd heart 'flutter', and now you come to mention it my legs do ache sometimes....but i think i'm lucky to have got away without depression or raging tempers (which is actually why i was put on yasmin in the first place).
Fingers crossed i may have just discovered after the last 2 1/2 years what the problem is, thanks to you guys!

There are a lot of negative experiences on here, so I thought I should share my positive one. I have been on birth control off and on for about 6 years. I was on orthotricyclin for the majority of the time-off and on. After getting horrible near migraine headaches on orthotricylin every Friday before my period for about 5 months in a row my doctor and I decided to try a different pill. I was on trilevelin (sp) for 4 months and gained a few pounds and felt easily irritated and emotionally different-just cried easily and not myself. I've been on Yasmin for a month and have had a great experience. I lost the water weight I'd gained and just verified with my boyfriend that my PMS was hardly even there. Everyone is different and has different hormone levels, but so far I am very happy with Yasmin. I've been migraine free tthe whole month!

Hello,
I am soooooo happy to have found this post!!! I have been on Yasmin for approximately six months for very irregular or non-existent periods. About four months ago I began having dizzy spells where I could not walk or move my head without vommitting. I have now had one each month, this last one occuring for three days. I have also experience nausea, stomach aches, vommitting, etc... intermitent from the other symtoms. Long long story short I was referred to an ENT specialist and was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease (Inner Ear.) I didn't buy it so I began searching for side effects of Yasmin - I am stopping it today! I have my fingers crossed this is the problem>

I've been taking Yasmin about four years...and about a year ago, I kept remarking that I think Yasmin changed its formula because I experienced terrible water retention (at least 6 pounds every month) and psychotic mood swings two weeks before my period. Originally, I started taking Yasmin to restart my periods which I lost for 3 years, supposedly due to weight loss (I lost 40 pounds in four months). But after I gained 20 back, still no period. This is when I started taking Yasmin and within 30 days it gave me a period like clockwork. I was fine for a few years, though very reclusive, which I thought was my depression - I do have a history of it. Funny, while taking Yasmin, I attributed my moodiness to PMS not depression. Since February of 2007, I have gained 10 pounds and my breasts have increased a cup size. As a result, my gyno and my shrink decided I should take Yasmin straight through so I didn't get PMS, or a period for that matter. The only reason I'm not depressed anymore is because I take Wellbutrin and Clomipramine. So now I don't get the pychological symptoms anymore -- just the bloating, constipation, huge boobs (they were big before) and general annoyance. To think it could have been the Yasmin all along! When every doctor told me I was insane...getting older...body changing...bipolar! One I finish the last pill, I'm taking matters into my own hands and kicking Yasmin to the curb. I would seek a Dr.'s help, but I'm sick of them shrugging me off. I'll report back. *Fingers crossed.*

I was given topamax to treat headaches and cyclical mood disorder. I was not given any info about side effects or that, at the time(April of 2006), the drug was not FDA approved for treating mood disorders. I took about 3 25mg tablets a day for 6 weeks and started noticing pain in my chest, stomach, back, and neck, my heart felt irregular as well. Towards the end of the 6 weeks, I felt so bad that at times that I had to crawl to the bathroom at home because my body and heart felt so weak. I weighed 135 pounds before starting the drug and 117 after, lot of weight to lose for me in such a short period of time(my weight very rarely fluctuates at all). I started noticing that when I would eat a large meal, I would then be hungry with an empty stomach an hour later, and about 15-20 minutes after taking my 2nd pill for the day I would feel shooting chest pains and become slightly dizzy, I would take my third pill at home a couple before bed and the symptoms were even worse. I called the on-line nurse late at night a few times and they would say it was just anxiety, my friends and family that knew about all this would also say that I was just worrying too much. I decided to take matters in my own hands and started doing research on the drug. I found all the information I needed, that was not given to me, decided I was experiencing some of the specific side effects people had noticed. I finally decided on my own to stop taking the drug after my doctor told me that all this was because I wasn't taking a high enough dosage, I still can't believe that she said that!!

Now that I've had some time to look back and gather myself a little, I know that I also experienced side effects such as dizziness, loss of taste, decreased sex-drive, Loss of wittiness, feeling like being in slow-motion, slurring speech, heartbeat going from 64bpm sitting on the couch to 128bpm after walking to the bathroom to pea, difficulty breathing, basically felt like crap but was too drugged up to really notice.

It did stop my headaches and stabalized my mood but I think the improvements in mood were primarily due to the fact that I wasn't all there. DEFINETLY NOT WORTH ALL THE SIDE EFFECTS!!!

As soon as I stopped taking this, I felt much better in the head, noticing that I was probably running on about 70% for the past few weeks. Also gained back all the weight very quicky. I felt like myself again and was rejuvanized in my life!! Primarily all the side effects disappeared and I moved on with my life. Unfortunately the chest pains slowed down but did not disappear. I felt like, and still feel like, I had a broken Sternum. I went to the same clinic and had numerous tests done(EKG, blood tests, X-rays), everything came up clear. I have had to tell some of my friends, numerous times in the past year, not to restle with me or hug me too hard because it hurts.

I have not been taking any perscription drugs for the past 14 months because of all of this and now have recently started feeling increased pain in my chest(the chest pains never completely went away) . I do not have health insurance but am going to get this all checked out ASAP, I will post again once I find out what's going on.

Hi all...WOW, hard to believe that so many of us are experiencing similar side effects.

I started taking Yasmin almost 2 1/2 weeks ago. Two days after I started taking it, I noticed I was starting to get nauseous, brief sharp shooting pains in my abdomen just under my left rib and sometimes a wee bit of a burning sensation in the same area. These sharp but brief pains occur anywhere from 4 times to maybe 15 or 20 times in a day and I almost NEVER when I am just sitting still or laying down. These pains are almost always in the same spot so I find it hard to believe it could be from gas although I AM much gassier. Wouldn't gas pains travel? I find I am burping alot and just generally gassy feeling. The other thing I noticed is that I dropped 8 pounds in the first 5 days of taking Yasmin. WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON?

I pretty much have to continue taking BC because my doctor put me on them to see if they would stop my epileptic seizures which occur only when I ovulate. We are testing to see if stopping ovulation will stop the seizures. They think it is all related to peri-menopause. I'm 48. Sheeesh. Does anyone else have these sharp intermittent shooting pains under their ribs???? This is scaring me.

My 6 year old son has had all of these more or less. He has been on Singulair for about 5 months. We took him off last Friday when he started having seizures. It is only now that we are connecting the things he has complained about. He is still going through testing but everytime a test is done it is negative. He is in perfect health. The dr.s are stumped. What happens is, he smells a wierd smell. Then he sees lights. After this he has a bad headache and becomes weak so he lays down. Shortly thereafter he stiffens and starts shaking his arms and legs while clinching his hands. He also grunts and makes a buzzing sound and appears as though he only breathes out. the dr.s say it is not seizures but movement disorder and if it is Singulair it should be out of his system within 3 days... He is still having the seizure type fits and its been a week since we took him off singulair. He is still losing his temper and having horrible dreams as well. Cat scan was normal, EEG was normal, blood work is ok, they want to do an MRI but does this sound familiar to anyone?

Just a follow-up from post #36464 that I submitted on January 17. My husband has been off of Lisinopril for almost 3 weeks and his eye problems have almost completely cleared up. This is the longest his vision has went without another floater occurance or bleeding in his eye. His memory is also improving and he has not had anymore moments of confusion. We're keeping our fingers crossed that this cures his medical problems. I really believe that Lisinopril is a poison and needs to be taken off the market.

Unbelievable!! I have been taking Lisinopril for about a year or a little less. I cough constantly but in spurts but worse reclined, and the dizziness and fatigue are constant. Recently went to a different g.p. who checked me out and said it's probably the Lisinopril and switched my BP med. Keeping my fingers crossed but I am confident it is the source of the cough.

Just a update I have taken 3 of the Lexapro and Iam very tired and dont feellike myself

I also didnt sleepwelllast 2 nights

Of course had all these symptoms prior to Lexapro

I will say it got rid of the creepy crawling under my arms that I suffered with for 6 weeks. It was like restless arm syndrome and it went away only 3 days on the Lexapro keeping my fingers crossed it doesnt come back.

Dejay also is on lexapro a week ahead of me and just so you all know she is doing so much better.
She was awful 2 weeks ago and now she is laughing and decorating her Christmas Tree.
I was really worried about her as she and I have become so close.

She swears she has no side effects from the Lexapro

I feel tired and kind of blah

I need to get back to work and get back on track and its so hard and so frustrating

I only slept 3 hours last night and wish I could take a nap but I cant.

DJ is seeing a therapist and she said the checmicals in our brains were altered by the stupid pill but that we will be back to normal.

I hate that I had to take a pill to get over Yaz/Yasmine as I said I didnt even take a Tylenol prior to this experience.

Does anyone else have any experience with the Lexapro??

Cant believe I had to take it
I too had been to the Emergency like 7 times in 7 weeks everytime telling em Iam fine except the first time I was anemic.
The last time I went to the ER the doctor told me to see a shrink.....he didnt believe a pill could trigger this

Dejay and I are so mad about the pill
It has stolen a part of our life and robbed a part of our soul

This experience forever changed us both

We have to do something everyday innocent women are taking the pill only to end up where we are today! Its wrong

Very very wrong

I have had pharmacist my doctor other doctors tell me its not the pill well it was the pill or the effects it played on my hormones

It made me a person who never took medication in my life have to take Lexapro!

hi silke,
glad to hear you are feeling better again,thanks once again for your kind words,you have been a wonderful support to me over the last year. i will keep my fingers crossed that my weight will start to drop off again naturally.when i was suffering the side effects and people would so ooh you have lost so much weight, i would say i would rather be fat and happy....... i guess i got my wish! i find it so hard to excercise now i get tired so quickly and i get a really bad burning in my chest. i went out for a run today for the 1st time in ages,i used to run quite a lot but today i did 3 laps of the playground and i was heaving for breath!!! i guess it will take time for my strength to get back to how it was before but i know i will get there eventually! i was so glad to read that you are back singing again...keep us posted when your 1st album comes out!!!!!

sarah

I've been on Yasmin for one full month now (without a break...I take it continuously). The first couple of weeks I experienced a lot of nausea (to the point of vomiting sometimes) and breast tenderness. That has all subsided. I'm just waiting for my skin to clear up, the main reason why I wanted to try this pill. Fingers crossed. So far, no improvement.

My doctor switched me to Ovcon 35 after I was spotting two weeks before my period on Estrostep. This is my second month on Ovcon 35 and both of these months I have had brown dishcharge spotting with lots of dark clots starting with the second week of my pack like the Estrostep. I have had no weight gain yet (X fingers crossed that I wont ever) have had nausea however which may or may not be related. My breasts also get very sore about the same time that the spotting starts in the second week and this lasts through my period, which is not much of a period, it is exactly like the spotting except it turns to red blood. ??? My yearly is next month, but I dont know if I want to change to higher dosages of hormones because I've gained weight on them before.

Silke, Chrissy and all
Thought i would give a little update. Month 5 things going ok, although this month on day 15 of cycle i have had bad palps and severe bloating but for the first time since going off yasmin i have got an appetite back and have not lost it while i have had my period. Still get symptoms but again not as bad a before and fears are getting less. Blood pressure was 140/90 last night when i had checked as i had chest infection and considering it was taken after no sleep for a day, i had been on the rush all day and felt tlike hell i guess it read ok just wondering how long it will take to hit the 80 point again, any feedback from high blood pressure would be good, eg how long it took and what your readings are, Im hoping its on the way down as last time i had it taken in a relaxed state it was 150/100 so fingers crossed that maybe its finally coming down, hope SILKE AND CHRISSY AND SHERRY are going well and TWO GIRLS MOM how are you???? Hows the blood pressure. Blurred vision is still there SILKE how long till yours evaded.

thanks for the read girls
take care
Lisa

Hi Two Girls Mom,
Thanks for your response. My cold is actually a lot better and the constant numbing/pain has pretty much stopped. I still have it on and off, but not straight through for weeks like I used to. I took the one dose of Benadryl and didn't take any more. I found that if I breathed into a paper bag, it caused no anxiety whatsoever. (Once I got the numbing I felt so paranoid I would get the anxiety I used the bag). I didn't get it but still I guess at this point I want to be prepared just in case...
I'm still having the weird pulsing in my ear on and off, not quite as constant as I did on the Yasmin, I'm just assuming that it is still Yasmin related.
To be honest with you although I have a cold, this has been the best I have felt in a long time. I have so much energy, and can actually sleep about 8 hrs. a night, granite I'm still up at 6 am, but I've always been like that.
As for the anxiety, I really haven't experienced a full attack in about 2 weeks. I haven't felt anxious, (not that I did on the pill it just seemed to kinda creep up on me for no reason) Keeping my fingers crossed. Like I said I still have a bit of the numbing here and there, but it is nothing like the constant numbing I used to experience. I'm actually anticipating feeling worse this next week, b/c it should be the start of my period. And like you said and others I have read stating it's worse around menstration and ovulation, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
I'm glad you are starting to feeling better. It's a shame that you have to take another drug to cure the symptoms of an old drug, hopefully you will be able to stop that soon as well. I still think's it's absolutely crazy that a stupid birth control pill can cause so many problems. I really don't think I want to take another one. I'm 27 but my b.f. and I don't want kids any time in the near future, so I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I guess condoms for now. I really don't want to mess with my hormones any more.
I did go to the Dr. on Mon. and they took blood pressure, they said it was fine, so I guess that's OK.
Thanks for your help. Like I said before, I really appreciate this site I think it's great that women can talk to other women experiencing the same thing. I really hope they get that crap off the market...
Hill

Hiya. I was on prednisolone for 8 months 40mg a day. I have been of the steroids for a month now and cnt beliveve how much weight i have piled on. I don't eat excessively but have put on a stone and half since taking this horrible drug and it wnt shift regardless of excercise and healthy eating. I'm defo going to try some of your suggestions, hopefully the moon face and swelling may satrt to decrease. Fingers crossed eh!!

Oh my god. I'm 17 and today I went to the 24 Hour Clinic because I was absolutely at my wits end - ever since I got my period it's always been irregular; and after I'd heard that the Pill can control your cycles I thought I'd try it out.

I get there, and the doctor recommends I take Yasmin. I read the little booklet inside and sh*t myself because of all these mentioned possible side-affects... so then I decide to do a little research; see how other people cope with it - and to be honest it's not looking good. All I want is for my period to be regulated just so I can go swimming, and maybe get a little action lol... so I was thinking I'll trial it and see how it goes, but as soon as I feel different/horrible/break-out or anything bad like that I'll stop. I don't ever take pills or anything like that so I'm not used to putting things like this in my body. Hopefully nothing too horrendous will happen.

Fingers crossed aye.

-- Val

I guess I'm lucky - I suffer periodically from "pimples" under the arms that turn to abscesses. I've had one drained surgically, two nearly at that stage and a few luckily gone away. I also had one on my leg that was surgically drained.
I was prescribed Doxyclcine and have been on it for a month.
I noticed sensitivity to temperatures - particularly sun. I would step outside and almost straight away feel my arms burning (I've never worn sun block on my arms, legs before). The burning leaves quite different reddedened areas - like blood spots.

My condition is very periodical and comparatively minor so I've chucked the doxy out today. Fingers crossed it doesn't recur again soon.

p.s. my skin condition only started after having children.

I only added this just in case someone else suffered in the same way - there don't seem to be any reports of it - only moer serious side affects.

I started taking Yasmin in August and stopped taking it five weeks ago.

Whilst I was taking this horrible pill I was subject to the worst stomach cramps, bloating, constant GAS!, my weight increased, my breasts were HUGE, sore and itchy, I was dizzy constantly, I had NO SEX DRIVE whatsoever, my appetite increased and I couldn't stop eating, and worst of all I had a dreadful bout of thrush that lasted the entire two months (and still remains a problem today).

I honestly thought there was something wrong with me, like I wasn't healthy but it was this pill all along. I can only be thankful I didn't suffer from anxiety attacks like so many of you.

If you are suffering from these dreadful side effects and you have not been feeling your normal self since you started taking Yasmin, stop taking it immediately and see your doctor. I acknowledge that some of you have not experienced any negative side-effects. It's great if you can find a pill that suits you.

After five weeks Yasmin-free I'm getting back to normal. The awful side-effects have disappeared although I'm still waiting for my sex drive to return and the thrush is still causing problems. Fingers crossed!!!

I've been prescribed Doxycycline for malaria prevention. Can't take Larium as a major and common side effect is psychotic behavior so this is my only option. Feeling very nauseated within one hour of taking the medicine - if I took it on an empty stomach I would've probably thrown up. And this is only the second day of taking it. =( Heard a lot about different skin reactions which doesn't help as I'm going to Spain in two weeks right after Africa (Guinea) and I still have to take the medicine at that time so what am I gonna do - sit inside all day??? I wish somebody would've warned me or I wouldn't have booked the holiday so close after!!! Haven't had any reactions yet though so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I am a 62 year old healthy male. About two months ago I was prescribed 500 mg. Levaquin by my urologist for a suspected prostate infection. Within the first 24 hours I experienced strange visual effects and extreme fatigue. By the third day on the medication I began to notice motor coordination problems. On the fourth day I awoke with chills, major hand tremors, and extreme motor coordination difficulties in my hands (I was unable to pick up a coffee cup with only one hand). I stopped taking it at this point, of course, and the symptoms gradually declined. It was a terrifying experience.

About one month later I had a relapse of the original symptoms and immediately arranged an appointment with my regular physician, who ordered a brain MRI and a prescription for a beta blocker to relieve the tremors. The MRI was negative. My symptoms improved markedly, almost immediately, and have not returned, even though I am no longer taking the beta blocker (after one month of regular dosage). I have my fingers crossed for the future.

I learned that my sister had similar reactions to Levaqui, suggesting that there might be a genetic predisposition to such an extreme reaction. From now on I will indicate to medical personnel that I cannot tolerate any member of the fluoroquinalone family of antibiotics.

As a side note, it turned out that I did not have a prostate infection after all but rather that a sudden upward jump in a PSA reading led the urologist to suspect the infection. A retest showed that the reading was anomalous, completely out of line with my history of lab tests for PSA. The worrisome part of this experience is the physician's willingness to prescribe such a powerful drug without clear indication of an infection.

I was prescribed 500mg once daily for 7 days for a UTI. At first I thought it was really good because I always react terribly with the weirdest of any possible side effect. In spite of digestive problems, I experienced none with Levaquin and that was simply amazing.

On the third day, I had a hint of bad taste. Nothing to concern me. On the fourth day, I took a niece to the movie and she leaned on mein a way that caused me to lean to my right , straining the left upper leg. The fifth day, the back of that left thigh was so stiff it was difficult to get out of bed, but I attributed it to the way I sat (though it seemed a bit much for that). The pain did not subside all day. I woke this morning and was so incredibly stiff that it was horribly painful to get out of bed. The pain had spread to an area about three times as large as what was hurting yesterday. It became so stiff while at work that I was barely able to walk. Getting out of my chair was excrutiating. It finally dawned on me to check side effects, and this is how I discovered that my notion that the Levaquin was the culprit was on target. By the time I left work, the pain has spread further and tonight it is even more intense, but my doctor has said not to take the remaining dose. I don't know yet whether the Levaquin did or didn't work for it's purpose because it also allowed for a secondary infection that is giving me some of the same problems. Now I am treating taking Macrobid again (which my digestive tract will not like) as well as treating the secondary infection. At this point, I don't know whether the pain in the left upper leg (all of it now, not just the back of the thigh) will get better on it's own or not. I'm keeping fingers crossed.