Little girls symptoms and conditions

I have been on this pill for 8 months, so I can speak out and tell you how it has been. I am a firm believer you give the pill time to get in your system,now I want it out my system as quickly as possible. I already placed a call to my doctor this morning after everything I have read. I am loosing my hair at an extreme rate, even my little girls have noticed my hair seems to be everywhere in the house not to mention I can't clip my hair up without it falling down 2 minutes later with the same clips I have used for years. Moody as all get out.. emotional at times that I have no explanation for. ACNE is BEYOND anything I have ever experienced. They are huge red and seem to be either on my cheeks or along my jaw line. I even switched to Clinique Acne Solutions and that stuff has a guarantee it will work or your money back. Well I am not going to ask for my money back knowing its this darn horrible pill I am on. I will go back to Ortho Trycyclen and have my periods a few extra days and heavier to gain my sanity, hair and tame my temper/moodiness and clear my face back up. I also have experienced dry eyes, major fatigue all I want to do is take a nap when I get home and I ache what seems like all the time.

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My husband thought I was cheating on him because I have NO sex drive and I've been so craby to him and our little girls. I had my IUD inserted June 1st 2009 and have been a crab ever since. I've considered getting on antidepressants but now I'm thinking that it might be the IUD. I've been getting horrible migraines lately and symptoms of pregnancy. A friend suggested it might be the IUD so I started looking online and found this today. WOW this just might save me. I'm going to talk to my husband and we can make a decision together if we think it should be removed. Thank you all so much for your posts. I wish I'd had a better experience with this because I love the no periods and the not having to remember to take a pill daily.

Hi-First, I just want to say thank you to everyone who has posted here. I appreciate your openness. I'm almost 38, have 3 little girls & a boy in heaven, and am almost done with my 3rd month with Loestrin. I almost quit during the 2nd month because of how it changed my life, but my doctor encouraged me to just stick it out for 3 whole months before deciding, and things should level off. So far, she's pretty right. I felt like I was pregnant basically. I was totally green both months but did not get sick. I was totally fatigued, and it was hard to function daily, especially with homeschooling 3 children. And, the biggest symptom is that it ERADICATED COMPLETELY, my sex drive! That was a big part of my husband's and my relationship and it was gone the day after my first pill. We were devastated. It has put a huge strain on our marriage. But, when I started this 3rd pack, I had my energy back and am no longer tired. I have no nausea at all. And, I can feel myself slowly inching toward wanting to have sex again. Yea! So, we'll see.:-) I had no other symptoms like spotting, headaches, or night sweats, Praise God. I haven't been on birth control pills since 1995, so, I feel a little out of the loop with all these new ones. But, so far, Loestrin is doing ok.-Melissa

I had my mirena put in about 3 months ago. About a month later I started noticing hair loss; not to mention lower back pain, acne (mostly on my back, nose), abdominal pain, feeling tired, headaches, & depression. I have been dieting and exercising (extensively) for about 4 months now and have not lost a pound. The hair loss has really gotten out of control so I decided to check with a pharmacist and she suggested that I take Biotin 1000 and Womens One a Day every day. That same night I started googleing "Hair Loss", "Hair Loss Vitamins" and then I thought why not google "Mirena-Hair Loss". I am so happy that I was directed to this website. I was shocked to see how many woman are having the same symptoms I have. What I find most upsetting is that none of these side effects are mentioned on their website nor by the doctor. I already made an appointment to get this "horrible" thing out. Does anyone know if it hurts when it's removed?

I started taking Yaz about a year ago. I started taking it around the time my brother died in a car accident. I thought that my loss of libido, tiredness, lack of interest in everything, emotional outbursts, arguing with my husband for any reason, crying over nothing, unable to concentrate while studying and unable to remember a thing were all because of my brothers death. I am now thinking that this may be due to Yaz. Does this sound like Yaz side effects? or am I suffering from depression because of my brothers death. I just haven't felt right lately and I cant figure it out.

Not really sure what to say here. Had my Mirena put in March 2007, 6 weeks after the birth of my second daughter. I had taken the pill before this, and twice I fell pregnant on it. I took it religiously, so obviously it just wasn't for me. I decided on Mirena, having heard many wonderful stories about it. I didn't find the procedure for inserting it painful or uncomfortable, but maybe this was because I had given birth such a short time before.
Shortly after having it, I began to feel depressed, and ever since I have been moody, irritable and quite hard to live with. I put this down to post natal depression, and my doctor was reluctant to give me any medication for it, his explanation being 'you've had a baby, your hormones are all over the place, you'll be fine'.
I came on here yesterday, a friend of mine asked me to research whether she could have the Mirena or not, she's got 2 little girls, the oldest just turned 2 and both were C-sections. Anyway, not to babble on . . ..
For the past few months, I've been living with demons in my head, I feel no energy, don't leave the house much, am totally depressed most of the time. My relationship is suffering, I'm very short tempered with my girls & husband.
I've thought about seeing my doctor to see if he can help with the depression, but now I'm wondering if this little piece of plastic is the root of my problems.
Before falling pregnant, I had lost 42lbs, abd I kept it all off during pregnancy through healthy eating. I came out of hospital 1lb lighter than when I fell pregnant. But In the past year, I've put every one of those 42lbs back on, and about 10lb more. I haven't been overeating, and I know I've not been 'dieting', but even after a few weeks of quite intensive exercising, this weight will not budge.
I am also hoping my husband will stumble across this page if I leave it on the pc, I really want him to realize that the 'raving lunatic' he's been living with for the past year or more might in fact not be me being the 'negative, bad person, but maybe that something which I chose to have inside me is the cause.
Now I'm at a point where I don't know what to do. Do I continue with the Mirena, or do I have it taken out? Can I live with the mood swings for another 3 years, indeed can my kids, can my husband? Or do I have it removed, and try find some other form of BC?
I would like to have another child or two in a few years time, so I don't want to do anything permanent, but I'm really in two minds on whther this 'coil' is worth the side effects. I have tears streaming down my face as I type this, tears of happiness that I've maybe found out what is wrong with me, tears of sadness because I don't know what to do .

Thanks everyone for posting on this site. I am a 22 year old mother of two. I had the mirena put in a couple months after my son was born in august of '07. My mother has been telling me she felt like the mirena was the cause of all my "issues" for the past few months. I thought the mirena would be perfect for me seeing as how I didn't remember to take the pill like I was suppose to. The only con I had heard from other women was that it hurt when the mirena was inserted. I felt no pain when the doc inserted it; cramping was minimal the following weeks so I thought I had it made. However.....
Slowly but surely most of the side effects you ladies have complained of began. I've had arthritis and back problems for years but NEVER the kind of scrutinizing pain I have felt since I got the mirena. My hands hurt me so badly I have a hard time feeding my son his baby food and fixing my little girls hair. My back gives out often, especially when I'm picking up or holding one of my children. I lost weight really well after my son was born but since the mirena I have gained 30lbs and am still gaining. I, like so many others, exercise and am a very active mom as well. I don't eat a whole lot but thought my eating must have been the problem so I tried dieting (a low fat diet, the same one I always used to get down to whatever weight I wanted to reach). Unfortunately nothing I do seems to work. The weight won't come off. Talk about repulsion. I don't even want to think about sex; and I have always been one who wanted my husband both emotionally and physically, but not lately. I have a lot of fluid which adds to the number I see on the scale. I stay bloated. My hair is falling out so bad the drains in our showers stay clogged. I have had more migraines the last few months than I have had in my life. My mind is so fuzzy, I can't seem to think a lot of the time. I stay sooooo tired. My moods are all over the place. The nausea I have had the last couple of months makes me feel pregnant again. All of our side effects are listed in the mirena info pamphlet we get from the doc when it's inserted. It's ludicrous that any doc would say that the mirena ISN'T the cause of these symptoms. The next time a doc tells you mirena can't cause these side effects PUT THAT PAMPHLET IN HIS FACE AND ASK HIM IF HE CAN READ!!!! The pamphlet does say that only 5% of women have these side effects, but, HELLO, someones in that 5%. I told my mother for the longest time the mirena was doing me no harm and that her concerns were nothing. Then I found this site and now owe my mother an apology. Mirena is a good choice for some women but not for others. Thank you ladies for all of your input. God Bless you all. I'll be praying God's hand is upon you all.

Oh yes...I was so depressed. My mood was so awful! I have 2 little girls and I feel so bad when I yell at them the sex drive? don't even talk about it !!!!!!!...I start working . My hubby thinks It could the home stress. I thought all these feelings will go away! I feel good for a couple of days. I wanted to convinced myself that it was the home stress, But nooooooooooo ! I think I need to seek for help!
And I think I found it in Jesus name!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you all for your comments.
I will keep you posted

I am now 28 and I've had the Mirena IUD since Jan. 2006. I have gained 20lbs since. It has to be the Mirena, because I have never been over 135 lbs, even after childbirth, I was only 130. Just recently I started to get bad headaches everyday. I keep Motrin in stock. I normally keep a bottle of Motrin for at least a year, but now I buy one once a month. I was told there were no side effects with this method as far as weight gain was concerned, but I feel I was lied to. You know doctors get compensated for getting us to use these meds by the pharm companies. Seriously though, the Mirena works. I have had unprotected sex with my boyfriend numerous amounts of times, and I did not get pregnant. The thing is the weight gain, the headaches, the increased body sweats, and bodily fluids, **you have to shower more** it's a must, I have to wear a panty liner at all times or my panties will be wet. When the Mirena was inserted, I was terrible pain for 2 months and I blead for 6 weeks non stop. I would ball up in a knot sometimes and could not move. I had to push myself to go to work and school and plus I had 2 little girls. It was terrible. I don't have a period anymore now, I just spot from time to time, but the panty liner is always in place, so that's all I really use. My only concern with this IUD really is the headaches, and the weight issue, I also heard it could make me sterile.. That's is something I think I would have to sue over. I want a son one day.It's one thing for me to not want anymore kids by my choice, but to have the ability to reproduce taken away from me and it's not by choice.....I would be devastated. I am thinking about having it remove before my 5 years is up. I don't miss my period, so I don't know. I would like to loose the weight though, but I have no energy.

hi. I haven't got the procedure done, but I was looking up the side effects before I decided to get it. I am 21 and have three lovely little girls and have tried the pill and the shot and still got pregnant. I was trying to find something that may will help prevent pregnancy but because of all of your input I think I may go a different direction. My fiance and I are not sure if we want to have any more children so we would like to stay away from the surgeries that could be preformed. If anyone has any ideas of maybe other birth controls methods that the have found that work let me now.

Amyr, denise and everyone.

I am so upset. Last night I woke up in a full anxiety attack. Shakes, inability to sleep & focus, and vomiting! I took one xanax .25 mg. Did not help. I took one again this AM and nothing, I am still shaking, short of breath a little and dizzy.

I have a call into the cardiologist to go on a BP monitor for 24 hours to see if it is my BP (my reg doc ordered that I do this). I have been off of yasmin and all BCP for 6 days now. I went to the psycholigist's office for eval (by a counselor)yesterday and she didn't think i need paxil, but she is not a doctor. The doc will see me in mid-feb.

I did not start the paxil. I want to talk to the cardiologist first. I cannot tell you how SCARED I am. I cannot take care of my 2 little girls, embarassing! My parents and friends are helping me.

Best to all of you... I will keep you posted, please do the same.

I wondered if anyone knows anything about the side effects of Lupron when administered to little girls to stop precocious puberty and promote growth?