Momma symptoms and conditions

Hello! I am 26 and a mother of 3 boys. I had C sections with all of them so since I didn't dilate insertion of Mirena was quite painful. I had it inserted 9/29/2008. The first few months were not bad. Had a period like every other month and spotted the ones in between. Starting in April-May I was having labor type pains so I called her, she checked it and I had an ultrasound, all LOOKED good. Well here I am 06/17/2009 and I have just made an appointment for removal! I feel like crap. I'm excessively bitchy, and I feel preggo! Bloated, crampy, and fatigued. I'm just tired of it. The nurse had told me I continue to have issues I can get it removed and then if I still have issues to go to my Primary Care Doctor. I know its the Mirena. I will just have to prove it when I have it taken out and I see her again for my yearly in Sept. The doctor is so sweet but the nurse makes me feel like I'm just complaining. I just hope I return to normal after.

Can anyone email me who has had it taken out and tell me how you feel after?
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Thanks!

Well, I personally have had no problems AT ALL with NuvaRing. Actually, it is the ONLY birth control that my body has handled without side effects. I've tried SO MANY different kinds of pills and even Mirena (IUD). I either had VERY heavy periods with awful cramps, or I had random spotting between periods. I have 2 kids and can't handle periods like that every month and when it comes to random spotting, my husband won't touch me when I'm bleeding cuz it grosses him out. And let me tell you...if Momma ain't happy...ain't NOBODY happy. It really depends on the person so don't be afraid to try it. If I never tried NuvaRing, I'd prolly have 5 kids and pregnant again.

Thank you so much for all the information! My son was prescribed Singulair pills this fall. He has been taking them for seasonal allergies and we had no problems. These were the sample chewable kind. Then came the pills... Unfortunately I did not see the news or read the article about the side affects of Singulair. Within 4 days my happy well adjusted 10 year old had serious sleeping problems along with stomach aches. He will wake up screaming and crying and cannot tell me what is wrong. He said he had a nightmare but doesn't remember what it was about.

My husband was away on a business trip when I started him on the medicine. He came back to a very unhappy and sleepy child. I asked my son what he was scared of and he asked me to tell daddy that he does not feel safe while he is out of town. He can't sleep unless he is by one of us. He's not safe. His bedroom is 15' from our bedroom! He loves his doctor and begged that I call Dr. Becky so he can talk to her.

I could not take this anymore and started thinking about what was wrong. I went through all his activities, friends he's played with, school problems, anything! Then it hit me, effects of Singulair!

Wow, what an eye opener. Fortunately my husband did not have him take it this morning. He will not be going back to this medication. Ever!

Thank you for the information once again. I hope everyone's child gets better. Everyone wants a happy well child. No child should have to go through this. They have enough pressure as it is without the meds making things worse.

Maeri

in response to bachaman---
For three months I have been taking my daughter to the dr. trying to rule out any and every reason that her behavior, sleep paterns, and eating habits DRASTICALLY changed overnight!!! I truly started worrying that my beautiful two year old was being ABUSED! Family members, daycare providers, and even distant aquatences noticed the difference in her! We parents don't have instruction manuals for our children or how to raise them so we TRUST in the doctors that are supposed to watch out for the health of our children! I don't want money---I want my little girl to tell me she loves me again!! Unfortunatly, the drug companies and doctors are not listening to the HUNDREDS of cases of strikingly similar side effects. That leaves one choice to get this potentially dangerous drug at the very least investigatted if not taken off the market--suing. You know what they say: Money talks. I guess they aren't going to listen until there is money involved. You know how the other saying goes: don't mess with a momma bears cubs unless you want to mess with mamma. I will do WHATEVER it takes to make sure another mother doesn't think her child is being ABUSED because of some side effect!!!!!

Here is some perspective for you all. I take Singulair and do well on it and in ACTUAL studies it has one of the safest safety records. Understand that post marketing reporting does not mean there is a correlation between the event and the product. Throughout the life of a drug the companies must disclose any report of side effects reported to them REGARDLESS of causality. A popular antihistamine that is OVER THE COUNTER also has suicidal thinking/behavior listed in its post marketing section. However, just because patients who had reported having these thoughts while taking the product doesn't mean it was a result of the product! Maybe they had a depressive personality and were also on multiple other medicines to treat that. You must look at the "Adverse Reactions, Warnings and Precautions" sections of package inserts to see the side effects that were actually seen in studies. You can die from ulcers derived from over use of aspirin or ibuprofen. Decongestants can throw off your blood pressure and these events are documented in actual studies! Listen to your bodies when taking any med. If you feel differently report it to your doctor.

These are all drugs people, there are potential side effects. There are also side effects to those "natural" over the counter remedies that are not nearly as regulated by the FDA or studies by the drug companies.

To anyone out there who has experienced side effects to singulair timed to when you started it, talk to your doctor, stop taking it and see if it goes away. Same advice for any product prescription or over the counter medicine. Side effects can be a combination of many factors (what other meds are you taking?) But understand for many people this product is the safest and most effective treatment for them. The FDA and Merck are reviewing all information to see if there is any correlation to the reporting. But singulair been around for about 10 years and prescibed to billions of people and is known to be one of the safer medicines out there overall.

In between the legitimate posts on this site I get the sense there is a lot of ambulance chasing going on. People looking to cash in on this big drug companies. We want drugs, we want them cheap and with no side effects which is not a reality. Keep stepping up the regulation and make the companies hire more lawers to protect themselves and jump through even more hoops and see what happens to the price and access to new meds. Even better, see how regulation has impacted the development of new medicines around the world (here's a tip, it will dramatically decrease). Drug companies certainly aren't perfect but which industry is?

Please, when taking any medicine over the counter, prescription or herbal supplement listen to your bodies to see if the potential benefits of the product outway the risks or side effects. Report any changes to your doctor.

Okay, i am a 28 year old healthy woman. I have had a few anxiety attacks due to moving, new job, being a single momma and etc. But they are under control.
However, last month i started Yaz to help with mild PMDD which had developed after i had my daughter ( who is 2 now and awesome!!!). Well I thought it was okay at first then 2 weeks into it i started my period and bled for 2 weeks!!!! i have never had a period that long, i thought my blood would be low by then end of it. Well, i also had migraines, which i have never had before. Every morning when i woke up my head pounded. So, i have started the second pack and it has been awful, my lower back is hurting so bad, my anxiety is peaked and i am all shakey. Not to mention i feel like crying my eyes out. Oh and i have eaten 2 pieces of bacon today due to nausea. I couldn't believe it was the BC. When i was young i had taken Triphasil and ortho tricyclen. And i remember them being okay. But not this one.
So tomorrow my gyn. is putting me on Ortho-lo so hopefully it will work. I hate we all have to go through these side effects, but i guess that's how it goes. God bless everyone i hope we find some answers! :o)

My 3 1/2 year old son has been on Singulair for 4 days now. Needless to say, I am grateful to have stumbled across this website when I googled "asthma medications, nosebleed" after he had the first spontaneous nosebleed of his life, yesterday. Since this had never occurred before, I wondered if his meds could have something to do with it. (He is also on Flovent and Ventolin as he has just suffered his second asthma episode in a month. He has been on both these meds before and I have not witnessed any notable adverse effects with these)
I have also noticed a slight shift in his attitude and willingness to do as he's asked since day 1 of Singulair. This is extremely unusual for my very sweet, cooperative, focused child. He also stated today that he did not love his older brother, whom he adores. He has actually hit me and kicked me on several occasions, which is so unlike my little momma's boy, it had me wondering about the Singulair even before I came across this website.

I am also wondering if anyone knows whether Flovent or Ventolin can cause extremely frequent urination? He is running to the bathroom every few minutes at times. (this was happening before starting on Singulair)
His urinalysis shows that he has no bladder infection and sugar is normal. Help!!!