Optician symptoms and conditions

Blurred vision: I can only focus to read for 10 minutes at a time. I went to the optician and was given the all clear and told that it could affect vision.
Lyn

Hi everyone,
I had the Mirena fitted in May 2007 whilst under general anesthetic for an operation for an Ovarian Cyst. I have endometriosis so my GP fitted me with the coil as a way to control this disease. Having not had children i am really glad i was unconscious when it was fitted as it sounds painful.
I had started looking into side effects of the Mirena a few weeks ago as I have noticed that my libido is very low, and I wondered if it could be connected to the coil.
I have had a headache nearly every day for the last 3 months and have recently started feeling very dizzy. Today I have had to take time off work because I feel as if I am on a boat. It is like a spinning sensation really strange not something i have had before.
I am also experiences a sort of blurred vision, like a black shimmering over everything I look at. I have had my eyes tested by an optician and there is nothing wrong with them. The gp is at a loss because I do not have anything wrong with my ears. He basically has said live with it.
So I have made a decision to have the coil removed. I would be interested to know what that is like as i am quite nervous about that?
thanks

Just one question I have been on this stuff at the beginning dose for less than a week. My eyes hurt, my head is about to explode, I am sick as a dog, I lost 5 pounds, I can't eat, constipated, can't sleep, can't function, ringing in my ears, and the ADD is unbelievable. I am a medical transcriptionist I kind of need to be able to work, no work, no pay. Topamax is going bye-bye for sure but how long till the side effects go away?

Yes,
This was also a side affect for me too. Almost finished my marriage because i was no longer interested in sex. It was my husband who first suggested to me that the yasmin might be causing my problems.

The progesterone used in yasmin is similar to an anti-androgen. Could this be the reason it affects some womens sex drive?
If anybody has any answers i would love to hear them.

One month i did not start my pack on the correct day so i decided not to take any at all that month. The difference that month in the way i felt was huge. The cyst in my breast was not so painful and i was not angry with everybody that month.

However i still took it the next month and i went back to being paranoid, unwell and completely disinterested in sex. Finally my husband told me that i was unbearable to live with while on this pill.

Believe me the difference i feel since i stopped taking it is unbelievable. I feel normal again after being on it for three years. No more paranoia, healthy interest in sex and i lost 10 pounds in the first pill free month. All of the extra weight had gone on around my tummy and was completly uncharacteristic for me as i am a vegetarian.

I think i have mentioned this before but yasmin worked great for me at first. After about one year i started to experience problems like anxiety and breast cysts among other problems. I was prescribed xanax to help with my anxiety but realised that was not the answer.
I also noticed that my once perfect vision was starting to deteriorate. It got so bad that i could barely read. When i had my eyes checked the optician told me that i needed glasses. I have recently had my eyes checked again and my vision is perfect.

Nobody can tell me that this is a coincidence.

My biggest guilt trip is that i told my sister how great it was and she also started to take it. She has been taking it for about a year and is now starting to have anxiety problems too as well as her skin breaking out in the pill free week. This is an exact pattern of what happened to me.

My best wishes go to any woman who is going through this at the moment because it takes a while before you actually realise there is a connection between your problems and the medication you are taking.
Of course, as suggested by the person who replied to my post on steadyhealth.com, it will not have these effects on every woman.
But the fact that it has these extreme effects on some of us should surely mean that more investigation needs to be done.
Good luck to you all.

hi jillian,
the answer to that question i'm afraid is like asking how long is a piece of string, some people recover as soon as they stop yasmin,some take,weeks,months or in extreme cases years. The eye problem is quite common with birth control pills,in fact i think it might be listed on theyasmin sire as a possible side effect,i know i have read it somewhere. have you mentioned the fact that you use birth control pills to your optician? best wishes to you and hope that you start to see an improvement soon.