Headaches and nausea symptoms and conditions

I am 49 years old and got the Mirena for heavy bleeding / perimenopause systems. I was told I would probably stop having periods a couple months after insertion and that appealed to me. I had it put in place on Friday October 30. Insertion was uncomfortable but over quickly and I did not bleed much as a result. I woke up Saturday nauseous with a head ache and tingly feelings in my extremities. I also felt this thing inside me. I laid on my side, I could feel it. I felt a heaviness inside. I took tylenol and Pepto for headaches and nausea but it persisted. I felt very tired and my skin itched. Sunday the same thing. Tingling, headache, nausea and the sensation of having a foreign object inside. My abdomen hurt too. I took tylenol and Pepto but as the day went on I felt worse. I wanted it out! I called a Consulting Nurse who recommended I go to Urgent Care. I went to Urgent Care last night. My blood pressure was very high as well. The Dr said it was a reaction to the hormone. I got the think taken out and felt immediately better. Today my skin itches but that will go away. I have decided to try natural Progesterone cream and other natural methods vs. synthetic hormones.

I had the Mirena for the full five years and loved it once I got through the first couple of months of side effects. I actually lost about 15 pounds and maintained the weight loss the whole time. My sex drive improved over what it was on Ortho Tri-Cyclen and its generic. Now I'm struggling since having the Mirena removed at its expiration. I tried Seasonale for one pack, but it made me loss sex drive and gain weight. Now I'm trying NuvaRing, but having terrible headaches and nausea. I would have another Mirena, but I really expect I will try to have a child in the next year or so, so I don't want to spend the money for a short usage. My sister also uses Mirena and she likes it as well as I did. The best part was light or no periods for the around four years!

I started NuvaRing 3 weeks ago yesterday after having the Mirena IUD removed (kept in all 5 years). I removed it yesterday as planned. 1 week ago, I felt a terrible pain in my right side under my ribs. I started having very slight trouble breathing, pain when laughing or coughing, etc. I applied heat and the pain subsided over the weekend and I could breathe easily. On Monday, I decided it best to go to the doctor since I had trouble breathing, I didn't want to assume it was nothing. I went to a doc in the box (bad idea) and I was told that I had a swollen rib cage (the cartilage). I'm certain I was misdiagnosed because the dude didn't even do xrays, even after I explained that I had just started NuvaRing. I wanted them to be aware of everything. The doctor dismissed it.

On Tuesday night, I was in so much pain and my difficulty breathing was worsening that I cried myself to sleep. Wednesday I went to work and was in so much pain that I was in tears and headed to URGENT Care, as my primary care physician could not fit me in. They xrayed, ran a urinalysis, a CBC to check my white blood cells and found nothing except for a bit of what appeared to be constipation, though I have regular bowel movements. My white blood count was slightly elevated, but distributed normally. I was prescribed a laxative and Lortab for the pain, which was excruciating. The doctor told me to come back the next day (today) to retest my white blood count. It went down a tad, as I had taken the Nuvaring out yesterday evening. The doctor seemed puzzled, but gave me my CBC results and urinalysis just in case I developed a fever or an infection of some sort, but told me that she thinks I am having side effects from the NuvaRing. She asked me to not put it back in.

On a side note, I had called my OBGYN on Wednesday before I headed to Urgent Care and explained the situation and they advised me to remove the NuvaRing as well.

I'll have to bite the bullet and pop the daily bc, such as Ortho Lo.

Oh yes I forgot a few things. I also experience extreme hot/cold flashes. My husband yells at me because I am constantly turning the thermostat up and down. Also I am losing my hair, much more than other women I know. I attribute this to my PCOS, which already has a side effect of thinning hair, but I doubt Yaz is helping it any. At this point it's hard to say how many of these side effects are not Yaz related, and it's quite possible that 95% of them aren't. I know I'm young and still maturing, however, these headaches and nausea are not normal (and no I'm not pregnant).

If Yaz works for you, that's fantastic, but for those that are having physical/mental/emotional symptoms that you don't feel are normal, please get yourself checked out. Even if you only go off Yaz for a month to see how your symptoms are affected, please do so. Every birth control pill works differently for every woman, and it might not be for you.

This is my third week on Yasmin, and I am feeling completely normal. The first week, adjusting to the pills, I had headaches and nausea, but after that everything has been completely normal.
There are SO many people using this pill that the people who have negative side effects seem outrageous in number. Just remember that there are so many people using Yasmin that the small percentage that have bad reactions to it seem high in number when they are actually proportional.

Hi everyone, I had my mirena put in feb of 2008. Around June 2008 I started having dizzy spells, and headaches. Went to ENT and ruled out inner ear problems, went to neurologist and he said it could be migraines. I never had them before but have a family history. I have in the last couple months been having really bad dizzy spells and nausea, like 4-5 times a week. Has anyone else had any of these problems? Not sure if its the mirena or not, but have been to just about every doctor and no one can figure out why i have been so dizzy and nauseous> Any suggestions?????

Hi, Im an 18yr old female. I recently went to my gyno because im starting college in a month and a half and I thought getting on bc would be a good idea. I went in on the 24th of June, and she told me to try nuvaring. She told me to start that day when I got home. she told me to leave it in until the 1st of July then take it out and wait to the 5th to put a new one in, and progress in that cycle.
Well, less than two weeks into having the nuvaring, I got a really bad uti infection , I have had a history of utis..so i try to do the most I can to prevent them, but this was different. I felt like my bladder was going to explode!. It was so painful and it felt like it was contracting, I was spotting blood and I felt like I was going to pee my pants all the time.. . and horrible burning sensations. I put the ring back in on the 5th, and that day I spotted blood a little heavier and clumpy but not a period. I took it out on the 9th because I did not feel like the infection was getting any better...the ring has been out for 3 days now and I feel so much better bladder infection wise, but I have been having horrible headaches, and nausea. Any ideas?
The only problem is that I have no idea what is gonna go on with my period.
Before the ring, I would usually start anywhere between the 10-14..and I have not had unprotected sex.
Anyone have any ideas on the whereabouts of my period?.

I started using YAZ about 6 months ago. When I first started on this birth control I would get really bad headaches and nausea. For the past couple of months the side effects have gotten worse. I haven't had a period that lasted more than 2 days for the last 3 months. Last month I didn't get a period at all and had to take a pregnancy test. My appetite has been uncontrollable for the past couple of months also. I feel like I don't get full. The worst side effect that I have experienced with this pill is severe mood swings that I have been getting for the past couple of months. I have been getting very depressed for no apparent reason. I decided to look up side effects of YAZ today because my depression is so uncontrollable and I have no real reason to be depressed! I have a great husband and beautiful 1 year old daughter and I started to think it has to be my birth control because I'm not taking anything else. I'm so glad that I looked this up. I will not be picking up my prescription today (when I'm supposed to start a new pack) and see if this helps my mood. Also, I haven't gotten my period this month either and I'm supposed to start a new pack today!!

i am 43 years old and pretty healthy.A couple weeks ago I had a "spell" and went to the doc. they said high blood pressure 198/178. they put me on LISINOPRIL 20 mg. i have severe headaches and nausea and vomiting. has anyone experienced the nausea?? or Vomiting??

I had open heart surgery August 23rd 2006 for a conginital heart defeat (Aortic Valve replaced with mechanical St Jude valve). I wanted a bio valve but Drs insisted I should have the mechanical valve because of my age (45 at the time).

Prior to my heart surgery I was a performer, singer/songwriter/actress/comedianne and I loved what I did. It was my life. Now, after 2+ years post-op and on Warfarin (7.5 mg daily for life) I feel like life has ended and I'm just a walking dead person. The effects I feel daily are as follows...

Dizziness
Severe Headaches
Blurred vision
Memory Loss
Fatigue
Weight Gain
Trouble concentating
Fluttering effect in my head/ears- Hard to explain
Hair loss
Unexplained pains in chest & left side of my body
Unable to sleep well
Tiredness- even when I've done nothing to be tired for
Nausea
Gas & Diarrhea off and on
teeth pain- Like I've drank something very cold
feeling in my head similar to a brain freeze- like you ate ice cream too fast
Night bleeds in my month- wake up with a mouth full of blood daily
What do think, is that enough??

I'm going in tomorrow for a cat scan because the headaches have been so bad they feel I need to be checked for brain tumor and/or internal bleeding. When I tell the Drs I think this is due to Wafarin they pratically laugh in my face as if to say, "Silly silly woman, don't be foolish! We know whats best for you. Remember, we saved your life!" Really? Did you?!

I want nothing more than to get off this rat poison and regain my life, but to do so could mean a stroke or heart attack. I would go under the knife again to have the mechanical valve removed and replaced with a biological valve, but do you think my insurance company (Kieser) would pay for a "silly" thing like that? Right!

Welcome to the greatest country in the world!

I'm going to start a website to help people like us. I want your stories, please send me your info, together we might make a change, what can it hurt to try? Email me ******

B.

Well....i haven't had the Mirena for 6 months yet, but...i know something isnt right with my body. Nausea all the time....im not on my period..or am I?? I mean..i had my cycle but now i just spot really light pink...and i cramp throughout the day. I HATE it! I know its from the Mirena...I too have experienced discharge with an "odor"...i was like oh, uh uh! I really thought something was wrong with me. I feel this horrible sharp pain shooting down my leg...im just really uncomfortable. Headaches..Sometimes the pain is bad enough for me to think that the Mirena is out of place..but later on, i'll feel fine. Im sick and tired of the up and down. Im with you ladies...i want my life and my body back!

I've been on Femcon for almost a year and let me tell you it has been an absolute emotional rollercoaster for me! The first few months I experienced, headaches and nausea. Then I started experiencing severe mood swings, severe bloating, gas, followed by a very low sex drive. This is tearing up my relationship with my boyfriend and it is affecting everything else!! I'm going to speak with my doc to switch.

After reading some of the postings on this site made me feel a lot better. I have not even been on Yaz a month and I started to have horrible mood swings, really bad anxiety, headaches, and nausea. For the past few days I have not felt like myself at all and it sucks. My poor boyfriend has had to put up with me the last few days and he could defiantly notice the difference in my personality. I am no longer taking Yaz or any other birth control because I'm afraid I'll just have to go through the same emotional roller coaster again.

Well I have been on Loestrin now for a week. I started taking it because 2 years ago my doctor put me on Clomiphene and after 4 months at 200mg I began to have bad side effects that have lasted 2 years!! Every month when I ovulate I have symptoms that a women has who is going through menopause they last about 24-36 hours, but it is very draining and I become very sick so my Dr put me on Loestrin. I have some headaches and nausea but thats about it so as far as I know it is ok. Truthfully as far as I am concerned I am happy if anything helps me not to have to go through menopause symptoms.

Femcom Fe has been the wurst I am going on my 2nd week
today I experience vagina dryness this is the wurst thing that can happened to a woman,
and ever since i got on the pill I been in bad mood, constipated stomach pain, back pain, really crazy
I am getting off this pill and will let you know how it goes from here
I have always had a very high sex drive and Femcom totally mess me up :( I am so depress right now I have cry the whole day
your reply is appreciated ladies,

I've been on NuvaRing for over one year and last month I missed my period and now this month my period has not started. I'm not pregnant and am starting to experience extreme headaches and nausea. I'm calling my doctor tomorrow.

I have had the Mirena since September 22, 2008. Getting it inserted was easy and great. I took a pain pill an hour before having it inserted and there was hardly any pain. I cramped slightly for about a week and spotted in between then and now. My cycle came at its normal due date but it has not gone away. This is the second week. It is much lighter now but it has turned brown and has a very strong odor. The odor is so embarrassing I don't know what it is. I am also experiencing a lot of hair shedding. I have beautiful long hair and I am afraid that I am about to lose it. I have read where others have experienced severe hair loss. I have also started crying a lot lately too. I go to the doctor tomorrow and after reading everyone's comments I am having this thing removed. So much for birth control!! I guess I will go back to the pill.

I have had Mirena since may 2008 and I hate it! I have two children and dont want anymore, but because i am young i was urged not to get a tubal ligation. I really wish that i hadn't let myself get bullied into something that i really did not want. As with many of the other women on this page, i have experienced a lot of cramping and i bled like a stuck pig for the first month that i had the mirena. I have frequent headaches and nausea and acne like u wouldn't believe. and it's in the strangest places like behind my ears! my complexion has always been one of my better attributes, so i was kind of ticked when i started breaking out so badly! I was really excited about not having to worry about birth control for a while, but now i'm left wondering if it was really worth it! I was also diagnosed with an ovarian cyst in June, which has not yet corrected itself and may require me to have surgery to have it removed.

Severe itching and burning in chest and breast. Intense burning in rib cage and stomach. Breast pain, had mammo last year,going back Friday to check on that again..Pain in left shoulder and burning in arms to. Some minor pain in low back, legs & toes. Tons of gas & flatulence and bloating. Headaches and nausea, some dizziness & sensitivity to light.

I have been using the Nuvaring for about 3months. After my second child my doc put me on yaz and I was having really bad headaches and nausea. We thought it was b/c I was forgetting to take my pills so she put me on NR. My life has been a whirlwind since then. Migraine headaches once a week, extreme fatigue, extreme dizziness and nausea. I've had MRI's and catscans done and then they diagnosed me with Vertigo. I ended up going to therapy etc...Nothing works. After 3 months of being miserable I decided to take out the NR the day after it had been inserted because my symptoms were so bad. Sure enough, within hours I was feeling better. I will NEVER use this again!!

I am 20 years old and I had no fear about the Gardasil shot until I received my second shot. I had my first shot July 7, 2008 after my sister-in-law convinced me to have to. She swore by it. After I received the shot I immediately noticed that I was having headaches and nausea. I figured it was just a small side effect so I put it out of my mind. I was known for having migraines also. This was on my mother's birthday, I couldn't enjoy it with her. Later in the week I started becoming very ill and I thought it was due to stress and lack of sleep. I was working a night time job as a manager so the stress was normal for me. On Sunday, July 20, 2008 I went over to a friends house because I was depressed and needed to be with some on when I noticed the I had been getting dizzy. My friends boyfriend was giving me a ride home while he was smoking a cigarette and the smell made me feel very nauseated. I thought I was pregnant because my boyfriend and I had recently broken up not even a month before. After I got home all hell broke loose. I started vomiting. For the next 2 weeks I had been vomiting and I was not able to hold anything down. I couldn't eat and I couldn't drink anything. I was working full time while being sick. I had no energy at all. Finally, July 31, 2008 I was admitted into the hospital. I was complaining of stomach pains and a late period along with the nausea, severe heartburn, and exhaustion. After doing x-rays, blood work, and urine tests they came back and said I was not pregnant, but I was dehidrated. I was on a drip for 4 hours making me late to work. I finally was released from the hospital after lying to them telling them that I was feeling better. I felt worse than before. I went to work that night completely out of my mind because my boss refused to work for me. In weeks to come I started feeling better. I got my second shot September 12, 2008. Once again I immediately noticed a headache and nausea and this time I knew it was from the shot. I still didn't think much of it even after I heard about what the shot was doing to people. I noticed a red mark where the injection site was but I figured it was normal. I went through my weekend without a care in the world when I noticed on Sunday that I wasn't feeling well at all and I was starting to get another headache. This was on my brother's 23rd birthday so I put on a brave face and went through the night. I went to bed early. Last night I was sitting on the couch watching my favoraite show when I noticed I was getting another headache. I didn't want to say anything to my parents because there was nothing they could do about it. Later in the night I noticed my headache was getting worse with a sudden sore throat with no cold symptoms. I once again went to bed early. I woke up this morning with the same sore throat and headache only they were both worse following nausea. I was supposed to take a college placement test, but I had to cancel it for the second time due to being sick from the Gardasil shot. After I did that I came online and looked at possible side effects vs. side effects people are really having. Panicing I called a line called "My Nurse" and spoke with a nurse at my local hospital. She told me that since I am on birth control to try to regulate my period that it might have something to do with my headache. I told her about the times before when I was not on birth control and my hospitalization with the dehydration and headaches and she told me that I was the second person today calling and complaining about a headache after receiving the second shot. She informed me to try to take ibuprofin and if my headache was not gone within the next hour or two to go see my family doctor and ask him about the Gardasil and if I should receive my 3rd shot in January. So far it's been an hour and every time I swallow I feel like I'm going to vomit and my headaches only gotten worse since taking something for it. I will not be receiving my 3rd shot and I suggest to anyone who is getting the Gardasil to carefully consider it before getting it. I was perfectly healthy before receiving the shot and now I'm a mess.

I have to comment on some of the Lamictal "new comers". I've taken Lamictal for 1 1/2 years. For the first 6 months, this was the miracle drug. As months went by, I began all of the same symptoms: fogginess, weight gain, short-term memory loss, NO libido, headaches, and nausea, to name a few. As of this moment, I am weaning off of the Lamictal. HARD to do. This is not a drug that can be "stopped" immediately. On my fifth day of weaning off, I am dizzy, tired, weak, irritable, and have vomitted. Only about 3 days left. I am starting Topomax after. I'm anxious to see if there is any difference. Especially the weight gain part. I went from 120 to 135 in one year. (I run and eat healthy meals.) I will continue to take Effexor, which, in 2 years, has had little or no side effects. My advice to anyone just starting to take Lamictal is to GO SLOWLY. My doctor had my doses increase so rapidly that I didn't really see if the lower doses would have worked. (I take 200mg.) The bottom line is to do what feels right for YOUR body, rather than a specified dosage. Best wishes to you fellow BP-ers!

So glad I found this site. I started to think I was going crazy or something. I was prescribed the generic Bactrim for a UTI for five days. I am one pill away from finishing and have been experiencing the weirdest pain in my eyes when I try to look in different directions, VERY cranky and irritable, extreme tiredness, headaches and nausea, as well as random rashes that occur on my neck and arms. The UTI doesn't seem so bad now! Will definitely be flushing my system more frequently w/cranberries and lot's of water from now on. I would NOT recommend sulfas to anyone if it can be avoided.

i am 100 lbs and i have a moderate appetite and cant gain weight im just really petite. I have been on YAZ ,Yasmin, and also Ortho Tri Cyclin lo, i have no sex drive on that so i have to stop it. i have never really gained weight on any of them but Yaz made me moody and have bad periods.. i am switching to Loestrin24 but After reading all these posts im so scared to start this pill! does anyone have similar body type or reactions that could help me out before taking this pill on Sunday?!?

OMG!! Im glad Im not the only one. Im tired all the time, the headaches and nausea is horrible. I thought birth control as supposed to prevent pregnancy not give me pregnancy symptoms. Its only been two weeks, and Im seriously going to have to talk to my doctor about a new bill or a new method.