March 1th
2008
1:50 PM
I want this thing out of me! I've had this thing (Mirena) put in about a month ago and been feeling like crap ever since. I was diagnosed with endometriosis when I was 16 years old and I am now 29. Cause of this condition I have had 4 laparoscopic surgeries. With a little hope and faith I had 2 beautiful kids (girl and boy) and now I am done my family. Cause of the endo I have heavy periods and cramping. I've been trying to convince my doctor's to give me a hysterectomy, but won't cause I am too young and maybe I'm not done my family. I AM DONE MY FAMILY!! I keep on telling them, but they want to try drugs, drugs and more drugs. So they put in this iud (Mirena) and THEN give me the list of side effects. Like, holy shit!! Well since that day I have had nausea, cramping ( like they weren't bad enough before), heartburn, mood swings, hot flashes, dizzy spells, and pain during sex. What the heck is going on?? I guess I wasn't in enough pain before all of this. Well give it a week they say, give a month they say, well I am tired of it. Something will get done once and for all.
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April 4th
2007
2:22 PM
Holy Shit! I thought I was crazy I have only been on advair for 3 weeks yes I also can't talk and I also FEEL DIZZY if I move my head to fast or close my eye's I feel like I'm falling. Trying to go to sleep as soon as I close my eye's I feel like my eye's are spinning in my head. I called the pharmacy today to see if the medication was causing this she said it sounds like the advair I will not be using it anymore as of today... How crazy they perscribe people like me medication that can cause so many problems
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July 13th
2008
2:23 AM
Hi all, I was amazed to find this site. I too have had a rough life for the past eight years! I am going to be 39 in a few days but this story starts back in August 21, 2000. The day that put me in HELL for the next eight years and still going through it. Prior to this day, I had a lot of UTI's and Pneumonia and several times prescribed both Levaquin and Cipro. I did develop Achillies tendinitis but I thought this was due to my active life style, see I was an LPN and a firefighter. So I went for treatment to fix the Achillies tendinitis. This was a foot Dr that of course gave me a cortizone shot in it. I cant remember how much earlier this was that this took place and I am still not sure if this is what did it but as I am thinking back these are the things that come to mind. On August 21, 2000 I was on a fire call and my right Achillies tendon popped off the bone! They took me away by ambulance. The Dr in the ER said to go home with an air cast on, eat or drink nothing and come back in at 10:00am and they would possibly do surgery. Well, I did just that. The orthopedic Doc said oh yeah it is achillies rupture will have to go in and tie back all the little fibers. So away to the operating room I went. They gave me a spinal and just knocked me out. I was awakened suddenly by my Dr. voice loudly saying " Holy shit it peeled off the bone!" And another nurse saying let me see! I came up on my hands and they grabbed me put me back down and knocked me back out! (I still have night mares over that!) Anyway, I spent the next 3 months in a cast. During this time, I was told from over usuage of my left foot, I now was developing tendinitis in my achillies tendon in the left foot! Which this sent me to a wheel chair. They took the cast off in 3 months then I was still no weight bearing for another month. Then i had physical therapy for about 6-8 months with little improvement. I complained to the Dr about the left achillies tendon and he said he would not do anything about it unless it too popped! So now many Dr later, and many many medications tried and many surgeries later, and now diagnosed with Lupus, Sjogrens, and Fibromyalgia, the most my rheumatoligist says is I have a connective tissue disorder, and taking cancer medication (Methotrexate) I am now disabled at 39! My life taken from me. I have situational depression, panic attacks, sleep trouble, Suffer from post traumatic stress, nightmares, basically my life is a mess and it is over. On July 1, 2008 I had to go to the ER cause I was sick. I had been run down and feeling bad and sleeping a lot, disoriented, couldn't stay awake. They found I had another UTI and a sinus infection. The Dr Says we will put you on Levaquin and that should take care of both problems. So he left, it took me a while for it to sink in that I should stay away from that drug, so I caught him and told him, he said to me that this was only found to be in kids while they are young and developing that it causes tendon rupture, and besides he said, one dose will not hurt you. I took 5 pills, one a day. Since then I have been in so much pain all over my body it is unreal! It still took me days to figure out that it was the Levaquin doing this to me! I feel like at random someone is sticking a knife in different muscles in my body! I felt like I had done Tie bo for 24 hours straight! Even my butt muscles hurt so bad to sit here and write this email! I have days when I cant even use my hands! Write my name with a pen. I am not sure if this is all due to these drugs, but I am most miserable and not a bit better. I may have just made it worse by taking this last round of them. Has anyone else had this kinf of symptoms?
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