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OMG~!!! i will be 23 in nov.. and i had Mirena put in 2 1/2 weeks after i had my only child in 2007.. i really like it. no worries about having a baby for 5 years!, But,i have a super lite period no complaints about that but like 2 or 3 days i sum what start i get this pain in my lower rite side like a cramp..but its fine.. my biggest concern is that i DON'T want to have sex with my hubby~!! he don't understand i just do want to do it, or anything..its kinda blah..i thought at first that i was just not attracted to him anymore but after realizing and seeing this site i think it has EVERYTHING to do with the MIRENA~!!! it sucks so bad~!! i want to enjoy that moment but i don't want to get it removed..he beggs me to get it taking out..beggs!! so its take it out and have another baby or leave it in and have no sex..either way if you dont have sex you don't make babies! uhhh~!!

I was prescribed Simcor and had started taking it 4 days prior to an "attack". Out of the blue, the flushing, redness etc. No worries that is common I told myself. However, the severe burning and swelling set in. I had a splotchy rash that covered entire body and my face was the worst as it was swelling, effecting my neck, eyes etc. I did not wait to see what happens next. Straight to ER. Dr advised a good thing because it is potentially life threatening side effects for some. An IV with meds including steroids and 4 hours later the rash had subsided. Will not be taking this medicine again. Hope this helps.

I am 19, I have never had a child, but I am a junior in college and going to grad school and 5 years of no worries about children sounded absolutely phenomenal. My doctor did not even think twice about putting it in. I got it in 2/27/09. I got it out 3 days ago. I don't know what it was but my body did NOT respond well to this stupid little device. I passed out when I got it put in. I cramped so bad the whole time it was in that my life had to stop so I could roll in a ball and try and feel better. I bled for 4 weeks straight. My hair is falling out. I have TERRIBLE mood swings.. I seriously feel like I'm going absolutely crazy because my emotions are out of my control. When I got it in, 3 days later I got strep throat. The night I took it out, I got a very very high fever and it still hasn't gone away. the 6 worst weeks of my life. I will never EVER recommend an IUD to anyone in my entire life.

If you are considering getting the Mirena don't read this site it will scare the hell out of you....lol I believe every person is different. I would say about 95% of the comments on here are negative so I decided to give my experience. I had my IUD inserted about a 1.5 month ago. Really the insertion process to me hurt like hell, but it was worth a try if I would not have a period for years at a time. The day after insertion cramping was barable. I still continue to have sharp cramps every now and then, but from my understanding my doctor said this may occur up to 6 months. I had a very light 2 week cycle after insertion. I have not experience much spotting since then. I have NOT had many of the symptoms like hair loss, lack of libido, acne. I did experience a bit of depression due the transition from the pill I believe.

I've had my Mirena IUD for a little over 4 1/2 years. I'm having mine removed on March 18th and I will not be replacing it. Initially, I had several weeks of menstrual bleeding, which I was told to expect - so no worries there. For the first two years after that I did not have a period -- wonderful! In the last two years, I've begun to have some cramping, various colors of discharge, and several different foul odors, and itching/burning that is unlike that of a yeast infection - these symptoms seem to cycle. I've gained 14 pounds in the time that I've had the IUD, and can only seem to lose 2 or 3 no matter what I do. No acne, but my skin does seem duller and hair thinner. My sex drive has also diminished. While this posting does seem negative, the first two years were wonderful and I recommended this highly -- but if the negative sides of this are typical, I may try another option. I"ll post again after I've had a couple of months off of Mirena and not on anything else.

Today (2/3/09) my body decided to relapse. I took Yaz from 1/08 to 8/08 and switched to Ocella (generic) in 08/08 - 11/08. I started having pain along my left side when I breathed. I took Augmentin for one week and did not feel any better. I went back to my physician, who then put me on a week of Avelox because my chest x-ray should pneumonia in the left lung. One week later, I still didn't feel any better. I decided to go to the emergency room and the hospitalist order a CT Scan that discovered pneumonia and a blood clot in the left lung. I was hospitalized for a week and placed on light duty for two weeks. It is one month later and it has decided to rear its ugly ahead. I am only 30 years of age, and I pray I did not ruin my chances to have children because I just completed my first year of marriage.

Hey all,

I am now almost a week post-mirena, and my energy is back. ... So is my period, but I've never been more thrilled for it. Women, I think we just need to bleed.

Had a little mirena crash, working through it with vitamins, though. No worries. For those of you who feel bad a few days after: IT WILL PASS AND YOU WILL FEEL SO MUCH BETTER IN THE LONG RUN.

So, I leave you with this thought I had last night:

I am certain it was a man who determined that it is perfectly okay for women to not have periods. I know this, because of the curious correlation between my period and my disdain for the male gender.

I have been reading all the side-effects women have been experiencing with the Mirena, and I just needed to add my two cents. I am a 28 year old woman, no children, very physically active, and I have had no problems with my mirena. I have had my Mirena in place for a year and a half. I have had no weight gain, no tenderness, no facial hair, no mood swings, nothing. The only side effects I have experienced are very light to non-existent periods. I have had my Mirena checked by my doctor regularly, just to be on the safe side. So, some women may experience negative side-effects, but others do not. I have been on several different types of birth control; the pill, the patch, the ring, natural planning, and now the Mirena and this is BY FAR the best method I have used. I feel for the women who have experienced negative side effects, but for me it's the one that works. Oh, and it did hurt having it put in since I have not had children. My cervix did not want to dilate, and it took two tries to get it in, but once in, I was good to go. Now my husband can be active any where at any time with no worries.

Now that I have had mine removed and can think clearly again, I just realized that I had anxiety at work all year long and felt so overwhelmed with everything coming at me all the time, feeling like I had developed Adult ADD and scared I would lose my job because I couldn't keep up or kept screwing up little things with my foggy brain. WOW - it was this IUD messing up my body and my mind the whole time. Why won't doctors listen to us and hear our cry for help???

I had been on the pill for years until my OB suggested the NR. It sounded like a great idea (no worries about missing pills). I was on it for a week until yesterday when I was on my way to a metro station from work. I suddenly felt faint, nauseous, I was hyperventilating, shaking all over and I could barely walk. I stopped at a local store I tried to drink some water and eat something but the food just sat in my mouth, I couldn't swallow and my throat felt as if it were closing up. All the things that could be wrong with me flew through my mind. Was I having a stroke, a heart attack, was I dehydrated, did I have a brain tumor, do I have diabetes, I am going into a diabetic shock. All I knew was that there was something terribly wrong and whatever it was couldn't be stopped and I was going to die. I had to call a co worker to come pick me and take me to the nurse at my office. It was the most terrifying moment of my life.

Once at the nurses office she determined that I was having a panic attack. She ran off a list of possible causes and one that stood out immediately was that it could be hormonal. I knew then that it was my new birth control (the nuvaring). It was the ONLY thing that had changed. This explains the fatigue, mood swings and the general malaise I've been experiencing over the last week. I thought I was just having a bad week, things that never used to bother me suddenly became unbearable.

I immediately took the ring out and I will NEVER use it again. I have had only one panic attack before this, and that was 3 years ago, but it was mild compared to this one. I was absolutely crippled yesterday. I have never felt so helpless/crazy/terrified/alone in my life. I'm still not 100% today (a little weepy/depressed), but it feels like my body is getting back to normal.

So if any of you start feeling depressed or fatigued shortly after using this product please please please consider using another form of birth control. I don't want anyone to EVER go through an anxiety attack like I did.

I have had the Mirena IUD for 3 weeks... I had 1 significant cramp when it was inserted... otherwise I have had no cramps. I DO however have a major yeast infection that is bugging me.. Otherwise I love the idea of no worries about birth control and pregnancy issues. So far I'm very happy I had it inserted.

I had my Mirena IUD removed on Monday, May 5, 2008. I had it inserted on November 10, 2005. I was having major side effects from the birth control, and every doc I went to said that there is no way that Mirena would cause the side effects I was having because the "progesterone amounts are too low to cause these side effects". I have had the following side effects:
WEIGHT GAIN
JOINT PAIN
LUMPS IN BREASTS
BREAST TENDERNESS
HUNGER (as if i were pregnant)
DEPRESSION
LOSS OF SEX DRIVE
HAIR LOSS
SWOLLEN ABDOMEN (BLOATED?)
HEADACHES
GROUCHY/ON EDGE
ACNE
CYST (had a couple weeks ago... i was on vacation in Vegas and had a cyst burst.. never had these issues... this was the last straw)
STABBING PAINS IN ABDOMEN AND IN AREA OF OVARIES
PMS SYMPTOMS EVERY OTHER WEEK FOR TWO YEARS
BREAST GROWTH D TO DD
VAGINAL BLEEDING AFTER INTERCOURSE
FATIGUE
TENDERNESS OF ABDOMEN
BACK PAIN
HIP PAIN

As of today, Friday, May 9, 2008 (4 days after Mirena has been removed) I have lost 9 pounds. I am sure this is probably water weight? I am feeling a little better every day. The night I got home from having it removed, I had major mood swings... would be happy one minute and crying my eyes out the next!!! I would not recommend this IUD to ANYONE.. not even on my worst enemy (if I had one). This needs to be taken off the market. It is not safe! I have spent thousands of dollars on ultrasounds on my breasts (thinking i could have cancer because the lumps i had in my breast) and on other doctors bills to figure out what was wrong with me.. only to find out that "Mirena is not the cause"!!!!

I had my first Mirena coil fitted about 10 years ago and though it had been fantastic. No worries about getting pregnant and no periods. I had take the pill before and had ovarian cysts removed so I couldn't use the pill. However, my second Mirena only lasted 31/2 years before I notice problems. I had a new one fitted and it had been ok for 3 years. Or so I thought. 18 months ago I became very ill with chronic fatigue, sickness, severe depression for which I was prescribed Prozac and then I developed Irritable bowel syndrome. I felt like I was going nuts. Nobdy believed how I felt. My job is at risk. I had a new mirena fitted a few months ago and the problems had eased although I feel that they are now getting worse again. I am considering having it removed. I hadn't made the link between the Mirena coil and my illness until recently. I have also gained a considerable amount of weight but I also had this when I was on the pill. Has any one had problems after using the Mirena for a number of years? as most people seem to have trouble straight away.

Well... I have a 6 week old son and am looking for a new form of birth control. I had blood clots during my pregnancy, so I can never be on things like the pill, the patch, the shot or the ring.Our only options really are condoms or an IUD. At my 6 week PP check up today, my doctor strongly recommended Mirena. After reading this I am not too sure of what I should do. I just can't imagine using condoms for the sole purpose of not getting pregnant over the next 2-3 years with my husband of 4 years. What should I do?

My Mirena Removal....
So i posted here a few weeks ago after I found this site. I had EVERY side effect listed and was so freaked out that i immediately made an appointment for removal.
For those of you reading and wondering what the removal is like..
Well, NOTHING like the insertion. I was so so nervous and it was over before we actually started. The DR was surprised that i was back in his office to have this removed. He then proceeded to do an ultrasound to be sure it was placed properly before removal. And yes, all was OK on the position of it. I explained to him my reasons and he looked at me like he had never heard this before. I honestly can not imagine with all the women he sees that NONE of them have complained. But...as I was getting dressed afterwards, I took a good look in his office. There was Mirena literature ALL over the place. In fact, that was the ONLY thing he was advertising. Not to mention...they made me pay up front with the insertion back in Nivember...billed my insurance and I still have yet to receive my reimbursement. Oh yeah, and that...they charge more than the actual Mirena costs, then they bill your insurance for the price they know they will pay and the DR then makes about $150 profit. Nice.
Ok, back to my side effects post Mirena. The removal was not painful at all. I did spot for about a week- nothing too heavy but it was clotty and def there.
A couple of days after the removal it felt like I was coming out of my skin something terrible. I figured this was my body adjusting to the lack of hormones. I also had some headaches.
It has now been 2 weeks and the spotting has disappeared. I also can see the bloating of my stomach is starting to go away. It looked like I was about 4 mos preggo while I was on it. I also have an increased sex drive. And sleep-- well let me tell you, I have not slept this good in a very long time. I am actually sleeping more than 6 hours now and the night sweats have also discontinued.
I can't believe EVERY time I come to this site and look up Mirena ALL the people that have posted their experience as being negative. Yet, the DR looks at me like I am crazy! I have been seeing him for years and I have never complained about something like this. I really am so happy that I have it out and wish I would have done my research on this prior to insertion (which was one of the most painful things ever!)
So..for those of you out there that are either contemplating having it inserted...I say NO WAY. And for those of you out there that are nervous about the removal or not sure..I SAY YES, DO IT! For our bodies to be reacting this way, it is clear to me that it should not be inside of us. Listen to your bodies...they really do speak to you and let you know when something is not right. Forget about the DR saying it is safe or he has not heard of any of these side effects...YOU be the judge.
Good luck! And I promise it gets better once you get that lil' demon out!
Mona

So...
The Geodon seemed to make me too drowsy and I felt it was causing my sleep issue. I couldn't wake up in the morning. It was like I was still in REM while trying to wake. I could sleep until 12 noon and then realize I was late for work. Adderall barely seemed to help anymore.
After swearing off medications forever, I finally hit rock bottom realizing that my BiPolar had gotten the best of me. A DUI, WAY BAD CREDIT...I dug my self a hole of DEBT! My compulsive EVERYTHING had dug me a hole that thank God my Mother is still willing, after 22 years, is willing to help pull me out.
On my own, no psychiatrist involved, with my samples of Geodon and a prescription of Adderall provided by my primary care physician...I decided to go back on medication and so far...a week into it, I have noticed a significant difference...and so has others. Yes, I still might not want to wake up in the morning, but I am able to effectively work and actually somewhat enjoy doing it. I feel like I want to do things where as before...I just wanted to sleep or lay on the couch watching TV. I want to have a future and I want to better myself, where as before I wanted nothing but another drink and some pills. I feel that my quality of life has already improved and I hope with seeing my new psychiatrist on Tuesday, he might better my therapy.

Here is my current problem before asking my doctor.... hadn't taken any adderall for days. I took the Geodon at night, 60mg one day and 80mg the next thinking it might help with my sleep but it didn't do a thing. I Then the next day I took adderall around 7AM and 80mg of Geodon about 9PM and I couldn't keep my eyes open about 1-2 hours after taking the Geodon and I over-slept that morning and didn't wake up until after 10:30am when I am suppose to be at work at 9:00am.

Is it common for the extreme drowsiness to occur with the combination of Adderall in the morning and Geodon at night? I know before when I took both never missing either one, I was always extremely drowsy and that's one of the reasons I stopped taking meds. But after experiencing Geodon without adderall, I am wondering if the TWO don't mix well.

PLEASE HELP.

Hi, I'm 23 and have been on Yaz since the middle of May and i've been crazy ever since. Im in the middle of my 4th pack and i'm only getting worse. I've had crying fits, days of depression, feeling like I want to die, no libido, mood swings, irritability, snapping at loved ones, anxiety (which i've NEVER experienced before in my life), and restlessness. My gyn isn't in until tomorrow, but I may just call the office today and see if I can talk to someone else. I dont know if it's ok to just stop your pack mid-cycle, but i'm about to just to keep my sanity. Seriously, having "no-worries" sex a few times a week isn't worth feeling like you're gonna go nuts the majority of the time. Birth control pills are such a great invention, too bad they have to make women miserable!!!

I just went onto: http://www.drugs.com/yasmin.html just to see what they had to say about Yaz, (I am no-longer on the terrible thing, see my previous post) but I saw something really scarey on the site, namely: "This medication can cause birth defects in an unborn baby", now I'm sure they are referring to falling pregnant whilst taking the medication, but my concern is that it appears to take a number of month for the drug to leave your system competely once you have stopped taking it, so when is it safe to get pregnant after coming off it??? this is a very very scarey!!!! des anyone have an answer???

EVERYBODY REPLY TO THIS Let's see exactly how many women have had negative side affects from Yasmin. Just reply with the sideaffects. I see lots of posts and was wondering how many women are out there sharing similar problems. So me.... migraines, extremely horrible mood swings all from taking yasmin for 8-9 days next..........? lol

I began taking inderal to prevent migraines. I became severely depressed, and would cry about everything. I even cried when my husband made me dinner! I was angry about everything and couldn't control my moods at all. I never associated it with the medicine. I ran out and didn't get to the drug store, and within 3 days of being off the medicine, I was much better! Please

My main problem with Lisinopril is the coughing. Coughing, coughing. coughing. I will be fine for 2 to 3 hours and then start with this awful cough. People will actually turn away from me if I am out shopping and a cough begins. I presume they believe it is contagious. Sometimes I end up vomiting and I cannot catch my breath. Coughing at night is really a problem because of lack of sleep. Doctors believe my cough is due to allergies because I have post nasal drip. However, none of the medications they have given me stop the coughing. I never had this problem until I began taking Lisinopril. Lisinopril is my first Blood Pressure medication.

i was on yasmin for 6 months and came off it recently because i was getting majorly depressed and started having anxiety attacks...no fun for my relationship as it made problems anyway i find everyone reacts differently to each b/c pill so no worries to anyone who wants to start yasmin, my advice would be to listen to your body and know what is normal for you and for god sakes doctors arent always right you have to be stand up for yourself and get off it if you cant take the symptoms..its your bodies after all ladies.

i recently have been concerned for about 2 weeks.
i forgot to take the nova ring out. I took about 2 pregenacy test. both are negative. im only 18 yrs old. i missed my period for about a week.
what should i do??

chelsea

I have been on the Nuvaring for about 5 years now. I agree that my sex drive has diminished greatly, but I just thought I was bored of my boyfriend, didn't consider the ring to be the culprit! I never had a history of depression but in the past two years there have been times I have felt so sad that I didn't want to get out of bed and I'm not that type of person at all. I, too, blamed it on my long-term boyfriend, thinking that I just wanted happy in my relationship when the the truth is I just wasn't happy period. As for pregnancy paranoia, well, the ring is 99.9% effective so if you're using it right you really have no worries there. But it does affect your body, for sure. You just have to ride it out, get medication to counter-act it (which isn't the best solution but it works,) or try something else. Not everyone has negative side-affects, so they could go away if you give your body a chance to get over it - but weigh the consequences, Nuvaring is convenient but not if it pulls you down. Being a woman is tough sometimes!!