May 14th
2009
8:38 PM
Ironically, when I was in high school, I was sick for 2 years; I had migraines so bad I couldn't read, write or even watch TV. I was nauseated every day.. felt a bit better in the evenings. But my eyes were so sensitive to movement, if i was to move my eyeballs just to look at something move on the TV screen, I would be in agony. At the time, my mother was so worried about me, she took me to see every specialist there was in the city (Winnipeg), I missed 2 years of high school. After seeing about 50 doctors, finally one asked me if I was on the birth control ill and told me to get off it. 3 months later I was completely cured! Since then, i have been so afraid about birth control. i have used nothing but condoms.. until my son was born, my maternity doctor recommended the Mirena. I was skeptical because it had hormones in it, but she assured me they were different hormones then what were in the BC pill, and she said the risks were so low. I thought I would try it, and be on the look-out for the same symptoms I had with the pill. But I didn't have any. No visual problems, no nausea, no headaches... so I thought it was the greatest thing on the planet. Meanwhile, I was miserable, angry at my husband all the time, had no interest in sex whatsoever, was not sleeping.. I thought it was post-partum hormones. We decided our son needed a sibling so i had Mirena removed to get pregnant, and after our daughter was born in Dec '07, i had it put back in... again, thinking I had post-partum depression or something. Even 6 months later after I quit breast-feeding, I still couldn't lose the weight. I was eating chocolate and peanut butter by the cup every single day, crying all the time, had no energy to look after my kids and wanted to nap all the time, and cried when I couldn't! Then a few months later all of a sudden my joints started hurting. My wrists, elbows (like tendinitis), then a couple of days later I was limping because my hip or my knees hurt or my ankles felt swollen and weak. I felt like a hypochondriac because I was always complaining of something. Did I mention the hair loss?
So, sorry for the long story. But most of my symptoms have disappeared since removal if the Mirena this past Valentine's day 2009. However, as I was forewarned, I have recurrent symptoms every month while PMSing. I have never suffered from PMS in my life, until I had Mirena removed. I get depressed, eat more, and my joints hurt so bad, and sex repulses me. My poor husband; A couple of weeks ago I got so grossed out during sex that I made him feel like a creep.
These last 2 weeks, I wasn't supposed to have joint pain, because i wasn't PMSing anymore. But it has gotten worse. That's when I put up my post asking if anyone else has this pain. I was beginning to think I had Fibromyalgia. I also have very dry burning eyes, which is also a symptom on Fibromyalgia. I saw my doctor twice last week, and she thinks I may have it too. Is anyone out there in a similar boat?
March 5th
2009
4:16 PM
so i have only been on the nuvaring for 2 months and i am taking myself off of it. i have been an emotional basket case. i have had cramps, bloating, gas, diarrhea, constipation at times, headaches.. oh geeze unctrollable headaches. my boyfriend started freakin out thinking i was pregnant. i kept telling him no way!! i have been exhausted and can cry on the drop of a dime. I have been so emotional i cant even seem to make up my mind on ANYTHING! so i have been off for 2 days now, had an extremely LIGHT period, 3 days and only 2 tampons a day.... and i still have all the other symptoms. hopefully im NOT knocked up.. i seriously doubt it.. but i cant wait for the NR to get out of my system so i can go back to being NORMAL!! i wouldn't recommend it to anyone. and not to mention, just found out.. the reason i got on the NR is because a good friend of mine swore by it. said ti was the best thing next to peanut butter.. guess what.... she just found out sh is 6 months preggo and didn't even know it!!!! UGH!!!
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February 28th
2009
7:04 PM
All these stories touch home. I recently lost my metal strings. My mate said he hasn't felt them for a while now. Men I sware wouldn't it be nice if they told us these things. I have extreme pain in my ovaries for the last two weeks, the pain is so bad it makes me ill. My mood has been fine however I do tend to cry easily. So I guess I am emotional. I like a dumb arz threw away all the papers the doctor gave me after he inserted the iud. I just wanted to forget about it because it hurt so bad. I am tired a lot more, I started taking diet pills to boost my energy and even they don't work. I am breast feeding only at night now because it drains me so much. After reading all of your comments I want this thing out of me. I am totally freaking out about the iud being lost in my uterus. I hope i'm not pregnant and miscarrying. The pain I fel resembles a miscarriage. I was have symptoms of pregnancy early on when I first got it put in. I'm so tired of bleeding and the embarrassing odor. I thought it was an infection but was to embarrassed to see the doctor about it. I guess it's another side effect. So we are the gunie pigs for this New IUD. Great.....
I'm calling kaiser Monday to have it taken out hopefully it doesn't hurt to much. Over the counter meds won't help that area of the body if they do have to dig around to find it. I am positive it is not in my cervix because I checked.
Ugh.....
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July 20th
2006
8:06 AM
I want to know what side effects to feel when I take glipizide.
I presently take 5mg daily at one half the dose.
what reaction can I expect from this dose. I have been getting dizzy reaction every morning and take orange juice or peanut butter and it goes away
PLEASE ADVISE
November 14th
2005
7:54 PM
My 3 year old daughter has been sick from day one. When she was born she had what they thought was colic. For 1 year. She also has eczema and rhinitis. At 18 months she had some peanut butter and wipe it on her face. She had this huge red mark where the peanut butter touched. So the began the allergy testing. She is now allergic to dairy, eggs and peanuts. But it is all mainly atopic. She breaks out in horrible itchy eczema sores. So they have given her Zyrtec and Singulair. She has been on it for about six months straight. And I think she has had Zyrtec for 3 years. Well she is, for lack of a better word, horrible. I never thought anything about it because she has always cried from day one. Now I am beside myself I dont know what to do with her. I am wondering if i should take her off these meds to see if she acts better. I have a son who is a joy to be around and she is not so much. I know she doesn't feel well. She doesn't look well. She looks so pale and sickly. Has anyone heard of mood swings or mental damage from these drugs?
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May 15th
2005
12:27 PM
I am 19 years old and started Advair only 2 weeks ago, and already I'm feeling the symptoms other posters have mentioned. My back pain is unbearable, I can't even get comfortable long enough to fall asleep. I'm having extreme irratibility and mood swings. I have such muscle weakness that I can barely open a jar of peanut butter. On top of all of this, Advair is just barely doing anything to aid with my asthma symptoms. The side effects of this medication are not worth any of the help it provides.
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December 13th
2004
6:56 PM
I began taking 100 mg x2 per day for ten days for a bacterial infection. I am 48 years old and I have Fibromyalgia and arthritis pain issues as well as other health problems. By day three of taking doxy, my pain issues increased dramatically. My legs burn and the pain the runs from the waist to the heels of my feet are not something that has happened to me before...thus, I surmize it is the doxy. My legs and feet burn and hurt so much that it is difficult to walk and to sleep as even resting them on the mattress keeps me awake at night. I tried taking it with a tbsp. of peanut butter and a small glass of milk and in 15 minutes I vomit. I need to have considerable food in my stomach and yet, I have great stomach pain that comes in waves. This is a very difficult medicine to take!
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July 5th
2004
3:28 PM
my ankles swelled,I gained six pounds in six days and I couldn't stop eating everything in site. I craved peanut butter on bread and chocolate. now I hope I can lose the weight, I had already gained taking depakote.
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March 11th
2004
7:37 PM
Been taking lavaquin for maybe a week now.
The side effects are really bad for me. Nausea to the point of getting a watery mouth like I'm about to vomit. Stomach bloat, which makes me feel like I've eaten the largest meal in my life, even if it's just a slice of bread with peanut butter. Sleeplessness - I've been up until 4am wondering when I was going to go to sleep. Constipation - I'd like to know when my next bowel movement will happen.
Now please excuse me while I go lay down and hope my dinner stays in my stomach.
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Mirena (2) Singulair (2) Avelox (1) Levaquin (1) Doxycycline Hyclate (1) Zyprexa (1) GlipiZIDE (1) NuvaRing (1) Advair HFA (1)
May 22th
2009
6:18 PM
THIS IS TO MR SINUSITIS AND HIS ARROGANT COMMENT. I am a 22 year old male United States Air Force Reservist who currently has chronic sinusitis and just completed my 7 day trial of AVELOX. I just read everyone comments on the side effects of this horrible pill, and i am thankful i am now going insane lol. I have had the nausea, headaches, very bad body pains, tendon pains and very vertigo feeling ( almost like i am no longer human, too hard to explain.) i am very angered at the person ( mrsinusitis) who had the audacity to call everyone fat and the only reason why we have these side effects is because we are lazy, unhealthy human beings. SORRY GUY... I AM VERY FIT, IN THE MILITARY, EAT VERY VERY HEALTHY AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED THESE HORRIBLE SIDE EFFECTS MYSELF. so please, before you speak, think about what you say. Just because you may not have these side effects, does not mean the thousands of others that are experiencing this are not. THANK YOU. I FEEL ALL OF YOUR GUYS PAIN. AVELOX IS THE WORST MEDICATION IVE EVER TAKEN, other than the peanut butter shot in the butt in bootcamp :)
headache, nausea, body pains, depression, vertigo feeling, cant think clearly, tendon pains, feet feel like they are swollen, back pains, blurred vision.
GOTTA LOVE IT!!!
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