October 20th
2009
9:45 PM
My daughter is about to turn 5, she was prescribed SMZ-TMP a few days ago in order to prevent another ear infection.
She has been having terrible diarrhea, which is obviously normal, but along with that she started vomiting, she is now vomiting every time after taking the medication. She has a loss of appetite and has barely ate anything in the past 3 days! The poor thing has been battling diarrhea while throwing up at the same time along with terrible stomach pain/cramps. I am calling the doctor first thing tomorrow morning to discuss discontinuation of medication etc.
September 14th
2009
10:37 PM
Ughh where do i begin?? First off i'm so glad I found this site because now I know the reason I've been such a wreck is because of this pill. I've been on Yasmin for about 6 months now and my whole life has pretty much been fallen apart! i have unbearable migraines (which i have never had before), acne (which i have never had before), panic attacks that have been so severe they have woken me up from a dead sleep, insane mood swings that have made me question my sanity.. the list goes on and on! its so scary to have really depressing, disturbing thoughts and not even be able to grasp why your feeling this way. Last year was my senior year and towards the end of it I just started pushing all of my friends away, not caring about my grades, and even cheated on my boyfriend of 3 years. A few weeks ago I started college at my dream school and couldn't be any more miserable. Thank god I figured out its the Yasmin thats making me feel this way before its done anymore damage to my life. I am calling my gyno first thing tomorrow and getting off this pill!
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July 24th
2009
3:13 PM
I know this is long, but I could really use your help, so I would appreciate you taking the time to read through to the end. (thanks :-) )
First, I want to thank everyone posting. I needed to read this stuff because I'm absolutely terrified of what's happening to me. I'm on the second week of my very first pack of Loestrin- my very first birth control pill EVER. I didn't want to start, but my OBGYN encouraged me to, once I told her I had 8 day long episodes of clots, cramping, vomiting and just sheer misery once a month. She said this would help if I'm sure to take it as recommended.
So I took the first one the Sunday after my period started, at 8:45am and have taken it religiously since. I have not changed my diet or routine. I exercise and eat fairly well. And there are no particularly stressful factors in my life. I am also quitting smoking- just down to 2-3 a day instead of 10 or 15.
Now that I've been doing this for 2 weeks, I think I would rather suffer what I had before. At least it was predictable! I have been bleeding for 5 days now. And this is NOT my time to be on my period. I'm sad and tired. I have back pain and on-and-off cramps. I have nearly no sex-drive. My boyfriend and I had sex at least 4 times a week and I masturbated on the nights we didn't. And although he is INCREDIBLY supportive, I can tell he feels lost and helpless around me. I don't want him to touch me, hold me, or even breathe on me! Normally, we are very affectionate and I am active and fun. Now, I just want to be left alone. I feel fat, unwanted, dirty, depressed...the list goes on.
I feel as though there is something seriously wrong with my body, because I shouldn't look or the feel the way I do or bleed like I am. I called the doctor and she said that I should give it till the end of the month. But 1 month is a long time to live with a depressed quality of life. 1 month is a long time to cry yourself to sleep with alcohol and Motrin.
I feel angry that the best the medical society can do is give us something that is trial and error, fully aware that it may hurt us, though temporarily, and make the lives of the people around us miserable. I am concerned the even my doc is in the pocket of some pharmaceutical company to give me a drug that she said would help and has only hurt.
Or maybe I'm just paranoid...
Anyone have any encouraging reasons why I should continue this? My sister, who was on Ortho for a while and DIDN'T like it, suggests that I stick out a little longer and I trust her opinion, but would like more. I'm open to suggestions or comments. (Especially if you know a way to stop my period so I spend less days of the month on it than I am on...)
Thanks :-)
June 21th
2009
5:30 PM
So glad I found this on the internet. I started taking Niaspan about 6 months ago..500mg at bedtime. I had some flushing, but nothing memorable. I have noticed that I will wake up with my heart beating fast, but I went right back to sleep each time. But, last night, I woke up at 1:30 am on fire..itchy, burning...and burning bad. It covered my face, upper chest, upper arms, buttocks, and the back of my thighs. Like many have said here, it felt like a very bad sunburn. My skin was hot to the touch, and red. I was so shocked and scared, that I almost went to the ER. It lasted for about 20 minutes, but then I got nauseated. I thought I was having a heart attack. I barely sleep all morning. I decided to search the internet, and found your posts. Thank you! I suspected it might be my niaspan, but then it could of been shingles or some heart problems. Know I have my answer. I'm calling my doctor first thing tomorrow. No more for me.
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June 14th
2009
3:40 PM
I have been on wellbutrin for four days. I can't think straight. My head feels like it is being compressed when I try to think. I can't remember most things. Someone asked me my mailing address and I had no clue. I've lived there for four years. I had to call someone and ask them my address. I couldn't focus. It was bad. By day three, I had started to get these itchy spots in weird places. Well, yesterday I quit taking it because I couldn't handle the weird feelings. Plus, it was making me suicidal. Today I wake up and my entire torso is broken out in a rash. I completely believe wellbutrin is to blame. If it wasn't the weekend, I would totally be calling my doctor. Guess I'll do that first thing tomorrow...
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April 7th
2009
11:25 PM
So this is my problem...I got the mirena November 08, after my second baby (born in September). I haven't had many problems with it until recently. (When I first got it in my husband could feel the string, after they cut it he hasn't mentioned it since.) The last week to two weeks I have been cramping REALLY bad on my left side. Sometimes to the point I can't walk. The last few nights I've been extremely nauseous. I cannot loose any weight and I've been working really hard on it. I always feel tired. I am a grouch most days. And I have horrible migraines. I had NO IDEA that all of this could be because of the Mirena. If I wouldn't have decided to research it I would have never known. I have had the same problem most of you have and my OB/GYN says the migraines are not because of the Mirena. I plan to call him first thing tomorrow to talk to him about all the problems I am having. Wish me luck!!
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March 4th
2009
12:29 AM
I had it put in in March 08 6 weeks after I had my daughter. Since the first month I was on it Ive never really been off my period for more than 2 weeks and in between my periods i have light spotting and it is really annoying. My face looks horrible , I too like a lot of you have terrible acne now I started using a new make up by Mac and felt this is what had to have caused my breakouts well I tossed out my expensive makeup and went to a mineral make up thinking it was causing my breakouts well that was 6 months ago and NO IMPROVEMENT! so today I decided that I would get to the root of the problem and it had run across my mind that it may be due to the Mirena but never would I have thought so many people have had to deal with my same exact symptoms , besides the bad acne I'm also always tired, depressed at times very easy to cry about absolutely nothing! i almost sound like a nutcase I am going to call first thing tomorrow and get this thing out of me I've also had to deal with pain after sex severe laying on the floor in the bathroom type pain what a nightmare and i am being totally honest no exaggeration here
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January 14th
2009
12:52 AM
Hello. So I got my Mirena put in August of 2008 thinking it was going to be a good idea and WAS I WRONG!!! I bled for 5 months and cramped the entire time. Sex was not good. I had an odor. Just last week I made an appointment with my OBGYN and she put me on some Sodium medicine to stop the bleeding and stop the cramping. Well the bleeding stopped but then I started to feel pregnant!! If I could post a picture of my stomach that I just took I would! I look 3-4 months pregnant! I was so scared that I took a pregnancy test just two days ago and it came out negative! So surely if I was really that far along it would be positive. I have a child and I was 7 weeks when I found out and it came right up positive! I do not recommend this to anyone. I have been crying about it because it has been making me miserable! I am calling first thing tomorrow morning to get it taking out after reading all of these messages of other women! Its horrible!
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December 21th
2008
5:44 PM
After a four month break from Wellbutrin, I asked my doctor to put me back on due to depression and difficulty with some new chaos in my life. Before I picked up my new prescription, I took what was left of my last wellburtin prescription. My new prescription was budeprion XL...just figured it was a generic but the same med.I have been a wreck for the 10 days or so since I have been taking the budeprion. Crying often through out the day, worrying and obsessing more then ever about the issues that are depressing me. Feeling frantic and confused. I just called my pharmacy and was told that if there is a generic available it is given automatically unless the doctor specifies only a name brand. I will be on the phone with my doctor first thing tomorrow. This is far worse than without any drug. Thank goodness I thought to google "wellbutrin vs budeprion" and came across this site.
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December 5th
2008
4:16 AM
Wow this page has helped me so much! I really thought I had lost my mind! I started these pills 2 months ago. I'm not sexually active but have very severe periods due to an ovarian disease. My OBGYN thought birth control would be the best choice. At first everything was great the cramps(which lasted 3 weeks out of the month for me) were gone! my mood did change. I've always been a very happy person and all at once I was this mean crazed person! I couldn't think about anything without feeling mad or angry or just wanting to cry. Then last week I got my first period after taking the pill I was in shock because I didn't even know it was coming. 4 days long I was so happy. I was off my period Wednesday and awoke Thanksgiving morning with the worst pain I've ever felt in my entire life. I went to the ER and they thought it was my gallbladder I've been having tests done all week. Well Sunday I got my period again!!! It's so much more intense then I've ever had in my entire life! It's now day 5 of my second period in 2 weeks and I was talking with my grandmother when she suggested maybe the whole problem was my BC. I read the little info pack the pills come with and was in complete shock. I decided to look up side effects and am so glad I did. I'm calling my doctor first thing tomorrow so maybe finally something can be done. Since I started this pill I've lost my appetite and been tired and bitchy nonstop! But with not eating I've gained weight! It's horrible!! SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE! Good luck to everyone else whose coming off of the pill or just started it!
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November 16th
2008
5:22 PM
I was really happy that a little light went off in my head and I decided to research Aviane and Alesse. I have suffered from depression in the past and that is why my family physician had prescribed this low dose birth control. As I am approaching menopause years this was intended to level out hormones as I was beginning to experience increased troubling and symptomatic times of the month. I am only half way through my second packet and I have just experienced the worst week I have had in a long time. I didn't want to get out of bed, I am desperately sad, anxious about the future, crying uncontrollably, and have had an outbreak of pimples the likes of which I have never had in my life. Oh, did I mention hot flashes? I thought the tightening waistband was the depression and inertia, and I thought the depression was due to the regular suspects this time of year; lessening daylight hours, ANOTHER birthday on the way, dysfunctional Christmas to mention a few. This was no regular bout of seasonal depression I realized while crying last night for Will Farrell's hard luck in Taledega Nights.
I've just returned from the pharmacy and the pharmacist agrees with my decision to stop taking the pill immediately and contact my doctor first thing tomorrow. I hope there is an alternative pill, but after the week I just had I think I can put up with a day or two or bitchy rather than an entire month of being a fat, cranky, pimply, curled up ball of useless.
Thanks for having the information available, it seems like there are more stories than not about what I have experienced.
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October 11th
2008
8:34 AM
I took Avelox for a sinus infection, and had the worst week of my life! It made me so thirsty, I had to have a bottle of water at my side constantly. I am a singer, and it dried out my throat and made my vocal chords swollen. Also, it gave me panic attacks, confusion and ruined the show I had to perform in. Next time, I will just live with the sinus infection. This was hell!
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September 8th
2008
9:13 PM
OMG! My daughter is 15 and received her first Gardasil shot in July, perfectly health, very active teenager. Recently we noticed hair loss in the forward part of her scalp. I'm not positive it is from the vaccine but after reading all the postings on this site I will be calling the doctor first thing tomorrow to cancel her 2nd shot - scheduled for 9/18. Thank you all for your comments. I urge other parents to do the same.
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June 22th
2008
9:48 PM
I'm on day 22 of taking this darn pill. I haven't been on bc for almost 3 years and the only reason I am taking it now is because my doctor has me trying it for 2 months because of ovarian cysts causing stomach discomfort. For the past week and a half I've have intolerable headaches that seem to be increasingly worse. For the past 4 days I have started to have horrible lower back pain and I have been told this weekend that I have been biting everyones heads off for no reason. I still have stomach pain. I snap at everyone just out of the blue. I started spotting brown discharge in day 21 and I am so not feeling right. I'm glad I finally decided to look up this pill and read everyones comments. First thing tomorrow morning I will be making a phone call to my doctor.
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May 1th
2008
11:10 PM
OMG!!! I am so glad to have found this site... I've had mine in since April 2006 and I never once thought that all of these things could be side effects. I have EVERY symptom listed on here and I actually thought I was crazy at one point. I always tried to just "deal" with it and ignore everything I was feeling. I felt as if something was medically wrong with me b/c of the severe dizziness, headaches, bloating, neck, back and shoulder pain- the list goes on.... I was wondering, has anyone experienced tenderness of the glands on your neck and under arms?? I'm sure it's just another lovely Mirena side effect...
I'm making an appointment first thing tomorrow to have it removed ASAP.
Wishing all of you ladies the best!
March 18th
2008
1:54 AM
I had miren inserted in August 2007....It was easy with no pain. I wasn't gaining weight..I had a flat stomach. I've noticed the entire time that it is painfull, or very sensitive to be on top during sex..I can't do it most of the time because of the pain. If my husband goes to deep or hard, normal sex, nothing crazy..it hurts in my adoman like never before. I've noticed I get the gas, painful cramps that travel through my thighs like I'm having contractions for real. I never know when my period will come, if at all. My abdomen swells like never before whenever it's around some time for a period. I am starting to have acne...I never blamed it on Mirena until I read this. I found this site because I had sex with my husband......afterwards I was having severe abdominal pain and pressure in my bottom as well. My butt was hurting and full of pressure..does anyone have that??? I got scared so I was looking up stuff on the internet. It hurts when I cough and there was just pain and pressure all over. It was hard for me to pee. I have noticed these symptoms before, but they seem to be getting worse or more noticeable like it's a problem. Sorry to get so graphic, but I would like to see if anyone else had or has the same problems. I used to really enjoy being on top and going deep and having my husband deep and having hard sex sometimes. Since I've had the IUD it is not pleasant and I can't do it, it hurts too much. I have always had a flat stomach and now mine is like swollen...I get the gas and I hate it. I switched to Mirena because I was having terrible mood swings on the pill and know I'm thinking I'll take the mood swings. I think I will have the IUD removed....I'm scared my husband will poke it into my stomach during sex. Whenever I have a flare up of pain it usually goes away. This time it took an hour for the pain to go away. That was the worst pain I've had yet that's why I'm on the computer making sure I don't have internal bleeding or something. Scarey.
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January 28th
2008
12:44 AM
I'm so glad that I found this site and know that I'm not going through this alone. I started the NuvaRing after not being on birth control for 2 years. Previously I've been on the pill and the patch. I'd heard great things about the ring and thought I'd give it a try. The first three months I loved it. Around month four, I started having pain during sex. It felt like I wasn't getting lubricated enough. Then on top of the pain during sex, I would have a burning sensation after sex when I went to the bathroom. I've also been experiencing a lot of hunger and weight gain around my stomach, which hasn't ever been an issue before. The past month I've had little to no sex drive, and have to wait at least a day after sex before I can attempt to do it again. I'm only 27 and know this isn't normal. Last week I had my period for only 2 days. I thought there was something psychologically wrong with me, especially having no sex drive when I'm with someone that I'm incredibly attracted to. After reading everyone else's similar experiences, I'm taking this ring today and voicing my concern to my doctor first thing tomorrow. Best of luck to everyone in getting back to how we were before the ring.
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January 6th
2008
12:57 PM
I agree, for me this is a horrible drug! This is the 2nd time my allergist prescribed it to me (last time was this past summer and I had severe panic attacks and thought I was losing my mind) this resulted in me returning back to my GP and him putting me back on Paxil (which I had been off of for a year). I was extremely reluctant to use this again but thought i might be able to manage it this time (with the help of Paxil).
My allergist prescribed Prednisone to me 2 weeks ago (5mg 3x's day for 3 days then, 2 2x's day then 1 for 5 days) I made up until the last 3 pills. I had severe brain fog and felt like I was floating through space. I couldn't even remember driving to work and parking my car! Extremely fatigued (I have diabetes (which is under control, but I had to keep checking my bg because I thought my sugar was dropping to low). Now, within the last week of taking the Prednisone I have experienced aching in my kidneys and I think I have a kidney infection.
Can Prednisone do this to you??
I am calling the doctor tomorrow. Today is the first day without Prednisone and I feel like I am totally out of it - really spaced out, dizzy, panicky and a bit nausea.
How long does it take for you to get Prednisone out of your system?
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Mirena (6) Loestrin 24 Fe (3) Gardasil (1) Budeprion (1) Niaspan ER (1) Sulfatrim (1) PredniSONE (1) NuvaRing (1) Wellbutrin (1) Avelox (1) Aviane (1) Yasmin (1)
November 1th
2009
6:31 PM
I am 26 years old and have 3 and 1/2 month old son. i recently had mirena inserted and will be having it removed first thing tomorrow when i call the doctors office. i have ready numerous blogs and have a hair loss problem as well. I know that after u birth a child u loose hair as well as when its cold out as the air changes and may cause ur hair to be more dry and break etc. That is not the case here, my hair line on both sides is thinning as well as the front top part of my hair line.when i wash my hair it comes out way to easily and not the normal shedding when u wash and scrub ur hair. I have very long, thick thick hair so it took a few weeks to notice, but i know this is not normal.The first thing u can do is go to the fda website and find ur region complaint line number and call and report it. they take this serious, as they called me back a few minutes after i left my info with the young lady on the phone. if it is not reported to them they don't know to pull the product. it is even posted on the mirena web page to report any side affects u feel are not normal, or something along those lines. drug reps are surely not going to tell ur doctor this is more common then the 5% the info on the web page says. If u do not know medical terms or what u are looking for, ur likely not to see it and its not listed in "common" side affects like it needs to be. Please help by calling the fda in ur area so that this can be further looked into. i have only had the iud for 7 weeks and already notice this and caught it. I have read a ton of post on other pages and feel so bad that so many people did not catch it for awhile. Like most said, they thought age or an imbalance in their body was the causing factor. if i find more info i will post, hope this helps, and if u have any info for me please send it-
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