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I have been on FemCon for almost a month now. I was on Othro Tryclene before, but due to have Polycystic Ovaries, the doctor changed my pill. He told me that it would help shrink the cysts and help with the pain. This it did do, so far, however I am so agitated all the time, I want to scream. For Thanksgiving I snapped at my best friend, who now won't talk to me. My mom called last night and I felt like I wanted to rip her head off, but did not know why. My boyfriend is always on edge. My son doesn't want to be in the same room with me half the time. I do not like this feeling. I started having a thick white discharge yesterday, at first thinking that starting a new pill and having my hormones changing caused a yeast infection, but there is no itching or burning. I have suffered with a migraine for the past week and every night get a headache after taking the pill. I get so thirsty before bed I feel like I could drink a gallon of water, I thought it was just me, but I read other people had that problem. I am dizzy most of the day and feel like I am coming down with the flu or morning sickness. I have had problems with nausea and diarrhea from the cyst and since taking this pill, it has gotten worse. This pill was supposed to help, but seems as though things are worse. I plan on calling my doctor Monday morning because I cannot live this way.

Hi, I am a 36yr old mother of 2 boys aged 14 & 12yrs. I had the mirena fitted in 1 1/2 years ago.. had all the bleeding at the beginning, but unfortunately it carried on for months. had very heavy bleeding in months 7 & 8, so heavy it left me feeling nauseous and faint. then it went back to 3 weeks of bleeding out of 4. and thats now how long i bleed for all the time. have heaps of discharge (eww), zits, feeling constantly like crying over nothing. Had hard cyst, which went on its own. got referred to a gyno (cause of heavy bleeding) which i saw 3 weeks ago. he has no idea why i had the heavy bleeding, has no idea why i am bleeding 3 weeks out of four (not heavy) but he is now booking me in for a vaginal hysterectomy.!! I still have the mirena in, only because i am told that if they take it out, my periods will be a lot worse than before i had the mirena inserted!! argghhhh. anyone else being put forward for a hysterectomy??

i have had mirena for about 8 months and im ready to get it out...its the worst thing ever! i am only 18 yrs old so i was kinda worried about getting it(but my doctor kept telling me its the most effective birth control out there) and not to mention it was about 4 months after i had my daughter and I talked to a nurse and she told me that it was probably put in to early..now i suffer with chest pains,depression,headaches,backaches,very bad mood swings,really horrible periods,weight gain, and the worst smell down there.I called the doctor that put mirena in for me and they told me i would have to pay almost $300 and that they most likely wont remove it.i don't know what else to do...besides deal with it.

I had the Mirena inserted last September. It was the most painful experience I have ever had! I bled for about 3 months straight, and have not bled at all since. For the first 6 months or so, my boyfriend experienced pain during sex. The wires were actually scraping him! I called the doctor and they said that the wires would soften with time - GEEZ! Since about January, I have been losing hair like crazy! I have to clean my brush every day and the bathroom floor is covered when I blow-dry my hair! I am also getting cystic acne, mostly on my chin. I have been severely depressed and angry all the time. I snap at everyone, and I don't know why. To add to the frustration, I am so bloated and I feel disgusting! As far as my sex drive, it has always been strong. However, half the time my body doesn't cooperate with proper lubrication. Anybody else have this problem? Let me know!

I have had Mirena for 6 months and I am a complete mess. I am 39, had baby number 4 last December and Mirena sounded perfect for me. Until today I had no idea what was wrong with me. I have had severe depression, mood swings, fatigue, acne on my chest, joint pain, absolutely no sex drive (don't even want him to touch me), forgetfulness, and insomnia. I am exhausted all the time, have no energy but I can't sleep half the time either. The depression and fatigue have been the worst. I was beginning to think something was really wrong with me. I went to the doctor, and he did blood work, etc and everything came back fine. I have been so frustrated. Then this morning I decided just to check and see what the side affects were for Mirena and found everything I have been battling. Mirena was great at first. I didn't have to think about it, no periods, wouldn't interfere with breast feeding. But then the side effects started and I have been pretty miserable, not too mention hubby has been catching it all. I wish I had known all of this before hand. The doctor told me there were no side affects and I trusted her to take her at her word. For some women that may be the case, however for me this is not the case. I am scheduling to have it removed ASAP. I can't function this way. I actually feel a little better knowing that I am not just loosing my mind and this thing can be fixed.

Trottmann - don't feel allow with your thoughts. I would think its the Yaz that is making you have these thoughts, and truly not what you are wanting to do. PLEASE do not continue taking Yaz, it is not worth it. The first day without taking Yaz, I was a physical wreck, so please be prepared. I was dizzy, shaking, sick to my stomach, and could have cried at the drop of a hat. Today, I feel like my old self, I have my appetite back, my stomach is no longer hurting, my mood is calm... just everything is good! If you stop taking Yaz and continue to have the thoughts of hurting yourself, PLEASE see your doctor or talk to someone that you can trust. You may be experiencing PPD (since your baby is only 4 months) and not even know it due to the Yaz crazy train we have all been riding on... it masks so much, you don't know if you are coming or going half the time! Please take care of yourself and if all else fails, I would be happy to talk with you if you needed someone to talk to that knows how you are feeling.

I've taken Ultracet for about 4 years almost every day, morning and night time and sometimes in the afternoon depending how severe my pain is. I take 2 pills each time. It does help take the edge off my pain. My doctor said my Fibromyalgia is as bad as it can get, plus I have severe arthritis through my whole body. I can hardly stand up straight and trouble walking. Ultracet seems to help better then Ultram for me. I'm concerned about how long I've taken Ultracet and damaging my liver or other organs. Does anyone know how long you can continue using Ultracet before it does damage. I'm very concerned about that issue because it does somewhat help with pain. I haven't noticed any side effects using Ultracet. If anyone knows how long you can stay on Ultracet without any harm, please post your knowledge or experience. Should I also have my blood monitored periodically?

Hi I am Paul I am a 53 year old male and have been taking Advair 250/50 for just over 4 years. I am so happy I found this site. In the past 4 years I have had increasing pain in my legs, muscles, back, hoariness in the throat, can't even talk half the time, its been impossible to loose weight half the time I feel like I am swollen up like a balloon. And also have heart palpitations and rapid pulse even when I am sitting still I have gotten to the point where I have to walk with a cane and can hardly work anymore, so I stopped taking the Advair and switched back to Albuterol inhaler hopefully I have not done any unreversable damage to myself by taking the Advair. I HAVE DEEMED IT TO BE BAD MEDICINE!

I've been on Wellbutrin with a lot of success for almost 8 years now. It took several weeks of experimenting to find the right dose. Too much or too little had similar effects increasing my anxiety. Missed does constantly exaserbated the problem until I started XL. Shortly after starting I noticed a change in my sexual response --it just took a lot more to "get me going." That subsided somewhat after awhile, but I've also used Viagra about half the time. My mood improved but continued to fluctuate. My Dr. added a small dose of Zoloft a few years ago and I noticed a significant improvement in mood. Finally, a small dose of Ritiln had a major effect on a root ADD problem. I have felt more stable, confident and productive ever since. However, my sexual responses has decreased again in recent months. Viagra has even become unrreliable. I am going to ask the Dr about going off Zoloft, but talk of permanent effects are worrisome. PS; regarding hair--not a big problem, though it is thinner now since 1999. Never mind that i'm 52 now!

Well I've been on Femcon for 2weeks and three days to be exact and the headaches are horrrible and the stomach pains are unbelievable i cant even bend over half the time.This is my first time on the pill...so i dont know what to do.The main reason i got on the pill was to stop my cramps but the headaches and the stomach pains are terrible...i havent even had a chace to make it to my period this month and im thinkin about stop takin them i need some suggestions either stop taking them swicth or find something to prevent cramps period...plz HELP!!!!

In dec of 2006 I was put on clonidine,it made me so tired, so my doc (Quack) switch me to lisinopril-hctz 20/12.5mg, for the last five months I thought I was dying, I could barely get up in the morning my throat feel like there is something stuck in it, I was spaced out half the time,had the shakes and the weak feeling all day ,every day,my joints hurt and a cant sleep because of the itching, my legs felt like i was carrying around leg heavy leg irons my neck hurts. my fingers cramped up, I have had dierra (sp) forever and I have lost 16 pounds,started out at 145 I stopped taking this poison on 7/02/07, I still can't sleep because of the itching, I still have shakes, when I get up in the morning, but it subsides in about two hrs, my throat is still a little sore and it is still a little hard to swallow but it is getting better every day. I am not tired all day, my husband is so happy that he is getting his wife back, this is my first time being sick and it is a shame that the first med I had to take made me sicker, I would not wish these meds on my worst enemy

I was on risperdal for 2 years at 2 mg twice a day. I was put on it for an eating disorder and OCD. Interestingly enough my ED got worse, I didn't gain weight (I actually lost more weight) and my OCD was still there. It was only when I took myself off the meds at 16 did I get any better. I slept very heavy, waking up was so hard (especially at 6:30 in the morning for high school), and my personality was gone. I was a zombie. I did not feel sad, but did not feel happy either. I just was there. It was weird. I feel like I lost 2 years of my life on that drug I still hate my mother and doctor for putting me on it. I missed out on high school cause I was drugged up half the time. Thank god after two years I had the sense to take myself off the drug. Oh well. I am not completely condemning the drug. Perhaps it did not work for me because it was not meant to treat what I had. If it is working for you guys, great. but if you go on it and after a few months it is not working, then it is not going to work. Get off it and find something that is right to treat the problem you have. Good luck and beware. Doctors may have medical degrees (Im in college now to be a doctor) but only you know if what they are doing is helpful and right for you.

I have been on 100 mg of topamax twice a day now for over three years. Most of the early side effects have worn off like soda tasting bad and the memory loss. I never had any hair loss. Also the weight loss has stopped and I did gain it back which really stinks. Anyway, the reason I was looking, was that in the last several weeks, I have been suffering horrible body aches and joint pain. My hands and knees hurt very badly. I am 39 years old and hate to think that arthritis has set in so quickly. And I know that I can't have the flu with no other symptoms and so often. Does anyone else have these symptoms? Also I wonder why these could have started after so many years of taking it.I have tried to wean myself off in the past and the migrains came back full force.

Over one year now and my 55 year old body is still devastated.

I have posted here before. I was given Levaquin in capsule form ( 2 capsules) first night in ER for beginning bronchitis and flu and fainting from low electrolyte imbalance and smashing my nose and face full weight and knocking myself out with bleeding for a week.

I was sent home after 3 hours against my frantic ojections and fainted again within 5 minutes into the ride home.
ER doc said it was a vagal response. They put me in a recovery room and next day gave me more levaquin ( called "the Big Gun" antibiotic amongst doctors and nurses when it first came out ).
They discharged me later that day and gave me 5 more days worth of this stuff. First night home my body "exploded" in symptoms so horrible and unprecedented...nothing like the flu. Nightmares, paranoia, shoulders burning ( got torn roator cuff ) arms burning, down to hands then hands would get numb and ice cold. Stomach going crazy with noise and weird wincing pains. Bladder all weird, cold like never before then hot. Itching arm and elbows and scalp. Other crazy terifying symptoms too like popping in ears and joints.

Next morning tried to eat piece of toast and my body went into shock. Raced back up to ER in ambulance. Told them I felt like I was dying. Did basic tests, never found anything. Did this several times that week. I was crying it was so terrifying and suffering. And I was 54 years old! I kept telling the ER staffs I was taking this "Levaquin" They never once told me to stop so I didn't and I never got any warning pamphletts when they gave this to me nor did any doctor tell me what to look out for in reactions. And you get different docs every time you go to these ER's anyway.

Couldn't eat for months. Lost 35 lbs. So weak and shaky and feeling paranoid and like I was going to die for months...still do feel this way half the time.

Went to ER's 15 times last year. Heart pulse rate down in 30's for months. Passed out in hospital, had 3 and 1/2 "pause" one night with heart. Still having complete body breakdowns to this day one year and one month later. Wake up so sick. Have fractured vertebrae, leg pain and weakness ankles and knees especially. Shoulders and arms hurt and so weak. Prickly nerve haywire feeling inside and out. Feel so sick and weak just like one year ago. Anxiety is out of this world...depression too. Take Lorazepam but fight this as long term use does other bad things to you.

Today is another nightmare day. Moaning in total body haywireness, weakness, nasea and sadness about reaching the end of the line with doctors who say there is no more they can do for me. THAT is about the worst hope crushing thing now. No place to go. Everybody's done what they can. Nobody will send me to one of those Univeristy hospitals. If I was rich, I would say, take me and keep me here until you find out what has happened to me here.

But on the contrary, financially ruined now. 70,000 in debt. And can't declare bankruptcy now with new Bush passed legislation that makes this so hard it just isn't worth killing myself with courtroom stress and tons and tons of paper work and attorney fees.

Still no better one year later and more symptoms than I have mentioned. Just picked up bronchial asthma, sinusitis, and scarring in left lung...all new in last six months. Get rashes on legs and scrotum. Popping in ears and joints. Shakey, tremors...pain in intestinal areas all the time. B-12 reading is 175. Testosterone level so low now must rub gel on back to try to raise this. List goes on and on.

Called manufacturer of Levaquin, Ortho-McNeil and a product complaint lady heard my story and told me that Emergency Room should have never given me this antibiotic when they knew my electrolyte levels were low. Is she inferring that this "Big Gun" antibiotic is so powerful that someone with a low electrolyte balance could be damaged by it? Guess so.

But, no attorney will even stay on the phone with me for 5 minutes about my case. They bluntly say ( I'm serious) that if I had died or my liver had failed...they would take my case. Anything else isn't good enough for them to risk their time and money especially since G.W.Bush has capped medical malpractice awards to $250,000. And I guess you do have to be dead to win one of these cases. Great working man and woman respecting and protecting country we have here.
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The corporaations come before us with these right wing republican guys.

Hi

I have read Kevin Tredeaus book and was a follower of him prior to this experience. I almost or did have a nervous breakdown from taking Yaz I tried to deal with it for 5 weeks on my own taking natural things Kava and St Johns Wort valerian walking swimming, I almost killed myself by not taking anything so be careful to scare women on here against taking anti anxiety meds.

Its a case by case situation.

I never took tylenol or nothing before this

Now Iam on lexapro I was one step away from having to be admitted to a hospital Dejay was locked in the bathroom reading to hurt herself she and I both treid on our own to solve the anxiety ours was horrible. I couldnt sleep bauseated lost 15 lbs crying hysterically in and out of the ER 7 times.
The anxiety was so horrible I cant even dscribe how horrible I felt. I still dont feel good on the Lexapro yet but Dejay is back to her old self shopping going out and is sleeping well but only after 3 weeks on Lexapro it saved her life.

Just be careful telling people not to take them someone could take their life by reading this forum and being too scared to take them.

Again I would of never of in my wildest dreams thought I would take one I didnt own a pill but I was at the brink of maddness.

If I could of done it without a pill trust me I would of.

Iam still shakey as I type my stomach is so torn up I cant eat well half the time cant work cant go in stores not doing well

iam using Calmfortay with the Lexapro tried it last night it is very soothing and homeopathic.

I wonder what Kevin Tredeau would do if he took Yaz or Yasmine and felt like us???

I rarely ever cry, yet I cried today when I found this board. I am so very relieved to see that I'm not alone. I have been taking Yasmin for over a year now and I've had so many side effects from it, I never knew that all this could be from my BC.

For the last year I have been struggling with Vertigo (dizziness), I've had MRI's, CTscans, blood tests, you name it, I've had it, and they have never figured out what has caused it. I've had some awful mood swings, but I'm glad that I can feel them so I can control them. I've been depressed for the last 9 months, and I'm slowly starting to break out of it. I've had lower abdominal pain, pains in my legs and calves, chest pains, abnormal b.m.'s, nausea, headaches and migraines. Half the time my mind is so foggy that I can't complete a sentence without having to pause and figure out where I was at.
I don't have the memory that I use to, and I can't get my brain to function as quickly as it did.
Also, the only allergy I had before was to latex, now it seems that I'm allergic to everything and I'm suffering from some pretty mean allergies this year. The congestion is so awful sometimes that I have panic attacks because it feels like I can't breathe and I'm not getting any oxygen what-so-ever. All of these symptoms are out of the norm. for me. I used to be so active and moving non-stop, now I count down the seconds until I can sit down again.

I'm going to try weaning myself off of the Yasmin so I won't have a complete withdrawal from it. Because I've noticed that when I finish my cycle and go to the placeboes I start to get some severe low-abdominal cramping.

I'm crossing my fingers and hope that this makes me feel better. I can't wait to feel like my normal self once again, this has been so hard for me to deal with since I've always been an independant woman, and now I have to depend on someone to help me out from time to time.

Thank you all for being so strong to step up and listing your complaints about this evil drug.

RaeAnna

I was prescribed Toprol XL for my migraines 1 1/2 years ago. I have taken 50mg pill per day. Because of recent awareness of the side effects I have been experiencing (I though it was just me getting old, out of shape, etc) I ran across this board looking for others with the same situation. My side effects included: very, very tired, sleepy all the time, weird dreams all night long, dry eyes, constantly in a "fog" feeling brain dead half the time, low pulse rate usually around 40 bpm, even unable to control my temper when I got angry. I went to my dr. and asked to be taken off this drug. I half-dosed for a week and am now almost a week off and I can't begin to tell you how wonderful I feel. My blood pressure and pulse are back to normal, I'm no longer tired, have my libido and energy back, and no more weird dreams. If you want to try going off Toprol, ask your dr. first, it's not a medicine you should just stop taking. I have my HAPPY HAPPY life back. Thanks to all of your postings!!!

i have been on zoloft for a little over a month. i have had a lot of diarreah. half the time i am afraid to leave the house, because it is so bad. is this common, does it go away? what good is it taking a med for depression, if you worry about going anywhere because of diarreah?

I have all these complainants and I have tingling in my lip and tongue. I feel bad all the time and have pain in my right side and in my joints. I have a bad liver but I think it is causing it to be worse. It melts in my mouth half the time before I can drink water. My throids have gone back to normal. But I am tired of taking stuff that makes me sick. I had to go on Protonix for the acid reflux that I have now.