Insurance plans symptoms and conditions

Ladies (and that is not a sexist greeting. This forum better be women only ;-)---thank you for your contributions!! My oh my. I had a Mirena put in shortly after the birth of my daughter. No pain from insertion, but afterwards, dizzy, nausea, headaches...and CRAZY. I would fly off the handle. We weren't sure if it was postpartum or the Mirena. So, out it came and I straightened out within 24 hours! Now, you may think I'm stupid, BUT I cannot do traditional pills because of the breast cancer history. I spoke with my new physician (switched insurance plans--new doctor) and we decided to try the Mirena one more time (now that I couldn't possibly be post partum). Insurance pays for it, so we will try it. Well, guess what. It has been three weeks. This time around, the doctor PAINFULLY inserted the device. In three weeks, I've been dizzy, nauseated and CRAZY again. Oh--non stop bleeding. So, I'm getting it out as soon as they can give me my appt time. I don't know if this reaction is to a foreign device in my body OR to the chemical. Either way...we have to do what we have to do. Prayers to all of you and do not hesitate to take care of YOU. God bless!

I'm a 41 year old female. I was diagnosed with asthma at age 9 and had taken a number of different drugs until the birth of my daughter who is nearing age 7. I had never had problems with my weight or loosing any excess after childbirth. However, after beginning Advair 100/50 over the course of 6 months and after ridding myself of the baby weight, I gained about 25 lbs. 2 years 3 months later came the birth of my son with whom I’d gained nearly 100 lbs after changing to Advair 250/50.

My son was born 9 lbs. and gained 3 more before his first peds visit less than a week later. He has had a number of food and skin allergies since birth and at 4 ½ weighs 98 lbs and is 4 feet fall. His bone age is 8.5 and still growing. Both my son and daughter eat the same things but she is lean and healthy at 170 lbs. and 4’41/2” tall with no food or skin allergies and no other health problems. Therefore, I’m inclined to believe he too was negatively affected by Advair.

My normal weight of 133 lbs. and a perfect size 8 was no more. I actually consume less now than before and with a 4 and 6 year old, I’m quite active and as conscious of my diet as my kids’. However, I’m still tipping the scales at between 195 and 200 lbs. I’ve never had hypertension, headaches, chest pains, muscle spasms, fatigue, feelings of depression or suicidal thoughts but I did...often.

I recently changed insurance plans and tried filling the script only to learn that the rate was so far out of my range that I could no longer afford it. I’ve not taken it for at nearly 60 days and have noticed my headaches are less frequent and far less intense, no chest pain or muscle spasms and I feel more in control able to deal more effectively with my children and colleagues and just life in general. I have to take my Albuterol inhaler far more frequently than I should but I’d rather do that than to feel the way I did taking Advair.

I changed jobs and thus switched insurance plans. I had been on diovan for about 2 years with no side effects at all. Now my new insurance will only cover diovan with a pre auth, so I have to try this Lisinopril. I'm on day 4 and I feel horrible. Tired, unmotivated, headache, feels like I'm having a hard time breathing through my nose. This is just really really bad.

and I also need to lose weight, but after reading that some people are actually gaining weight from using it, I'm really scared about that. This really stinks.