Peeling symptoms and conditions

I am literally in tears after reading all of this, I'm beginning to think that Mirena ruined my life and I didn't even know it.

I stumbled upon this site while searching for Mirena side effects related to periods. I had mine inserted in October 2007, at my 6 week checkup after my daughter was born. I had severe cramping and irregular periods for about 3 months, but after that, my periods have been completely regular and pretty much the same as they had always been before my pregnancy and Mirena. But, just now, I've started my period 2 weeks early and was slightly curious if it may have anything to do with the Mirena. Apparently, it may. And now I see that having an early period is the least of my worries.

I've been experiencing so many of these side effects without even realizing they were side effects! I had put everything off on stress, disliking my job, then losing my job, the fact that "pregnancy changed me," and numerous other things. Now I feel sort of stupid for not even thinking that it could be Mirena.

I had my daughter in August 2007, at 23 years old. Mirena was put in during October of the same year. I was overwhelmed with motherhood and suffered from post-partom depression and severe anxiety attacks. I thought that this was what was causing my complete lack of sex drive.

Seriously, the thought of sex physically made me ill. And on the rare occasion that I did give in and have sex with my husband, it was so painful that I would cry. For a long time I thought that it was just because my body was not finished healing after giving birth. I had been told by several people that it isn't uncommon for sex to hurt for up to a year after giving birth. A year passed, and it still hurt. Now it's been almost 2, and it still hurts. I've probably had sex a total of about 10 times since I started Mirena. It's been 21 months.

On top of this, I've also had serious rage issues. I fly off the handle over the smallest things. For the longest time, this rage was directed mainly at my husband. Everything he did was wrong, hurtful, stupid, or just plain irritating. I'm even getting angry right now, just thinking about him. I left my husband 5 months ago, because I simply could not stand him anymore. But when someone asks me why we're getting a divorce, I really can't come up with a good reason. Sure, he made some mistakes, and did some stupid things (don't all men?), but he never really did anything terrible or life altering. He was always faithful to me, was generally a good husband, and loved me unconditionally. So why can't I stand him? Why don't I love him anymore? I can't logically explain it.

So now that I don't have him around anymore to be angry at all the time, I'm starting to direct my anger at my daughter. She'll be 2 in August, and has started that "terrible 2's" phase. I'm very quick to just completely blow up and yell at her for the littlest things. I've been starting to think that I'm just not cut out to be a parent. I love her with all of my heart but I have no patience with her at all. If this rage issue is, in fact, caused by the Mirena, I have to admit that I'll be somewhat relieved.

Other than anger, I'm pretty much emotionally dead. I've cried ONE time since my husband and I split up (well two now, since reading all of your posts actually made me cry). I'm jobless, husbandless, living with my mother, and pretty much have absolutely nothing going well for me in my life right now... and I have not cried. I don't even feel very sad. There has seriously got to be something wrong there.

I'm constantly tired, and if given the chance, will sleep 14-16 hours at a time. I don't feel like doing anything. I thought this might be signs of depression... but again, I don't feel sad. I can't keep up with my daughter. She's so full of energy and I often have to get help from my Mother. I'm 25 years old and I'm so tired I have to get help from a 48 year old woman!

I get headaches almost daily. Migraines weekly. I've got severe anxiety about just about everything. I freak out about driving, being around groups of people, anything new, anything fairly difficult, or anytime my daughter is with a sitter or relative. Even when my husband has her, and he is a wonderful father, and very responsible with her. If I had insurance, I would probably already be on anxiety medication.

I've started getting acne, which I never ever had. Not even as a teen. Now I get those really deep pimples that never come up to the surface, and they ache very badly.

I haven't had a lot of the physical side effects that have been talked about here. No weight gain or loss (120 lbs pre-pregnancy, 145 lbs at 9 months, 125 lbs now). No hair loss. No bloating. No breast swelling/soreness. Normal periods until just now. No pains or flutters or anything. Really the only physical symptoms I've had are the headaches, acne, and tiredness (all of which I attributed to stress) and the pain during sex.

Do you ladies think that my symptoms are all the cause of Mirena? Does my story seem to fit the bill? It seems to all fit, to me. But maybe I'm just looking too hard for an answer. Please give me your opinions! I need to decide if I should start saving up some money to get this thing taken out of me!

I have been on Arimidex for nearly four years. I have suffered with dry mouth, mouth ulcers and peeling and sore lips I have tried mouth wash lip balm but nothing seems to work the symptoms seem to be getting worse. I have spoken to my GP who just prescribes cream for the ulcers.
Has anyone else had this problem?
Would appreciate any remedies

Was prescribed Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim 3 days ago for a bacterial skin infection. At the same time, I also had an apparent allergic reaction going on (unknown source, had never had one before) where my arms were both covered with hives/welts. So my skin was peeling and hive covered BEFORE even starting the meds, which is making the evaluating of the drug side effects a bit trickier. So far, the skin seems to be improving but the hives/rash has not improved, despite taking prescribed allergy meds during the same time. So this could be the current source of the rash, but I can't tell.
On the plus side, have not had any stomach upset (I took all doses w/ food) or other GI symptoms other than increased frequency in BMs. I only seemed to get a headache after not drinking water for a couple of hours. If online sources are to be believed, the "sulfa" portion of this is the culprit behind the worst side effects, AND food may interfere with absorption/effectiveness. Based on that, I'm planning on taking my remaining doses w/ food since the skin infection is already clearing up after 2 days and I've got 10 days to go. Hoping to avoid the reactions folks described here where they starting rashes late in the treatment cycle.

Update after a few minutes. The doctor from ER is not in town and its easter and the other doctor is not working. The lady in ER said i might be allergic to bactrim and just not to take it til i see my doctor. she said ill be fine. But i feel on fire!!! my head jurts my eyes are poping my back is numb, i am twitching and my throwt is getting worse i can barely breathe. what the hell? what the hell do i do? I am panicking =((
oh yeah and my lips are red like red lipstick and really burned and dry peeling off. i am going crazy

I'm so glad I found this site. I was prescribed doxy for a rash I got in the Dominican that they thought lead to some sort of infection. The first couple days were fine but one night I took the medication before bed and was up all night with the worst chest pains. I have been nervous ever since that when ever I take the pills I'm going to get the same reaction. I have had chest pains the past couple days and I've been really careful with what I take them with and have been making sure I drink at least two bottles of water with each pill. But today I feel so weak. The last week on the medication I've been so tired I want to take naps when I get home from work which is unusual for me. Today my head feels heavy and my leg feels like it's about to twitch but it doesn't. I've felt some tingling in my left leg and my left arm. I thought this was from whatever infection I had since the rash was on my left ankle, but I think it's from the doxy instead. I've also been feeling a dull pain in my thigh every once in a while. I normally have some anxiety but a couple days after I started the doxy I put myself into a panic and spent the entire day at work researching tropical diseases on the internet because I thought I had one from the rash. I've also had some shortness of breath. I have asthma but it feels nothing like that. Also the doxy made my birth control stop working and I started my period. I thought I just had bad cramps but I'm starting to think they were more stomach aches from the doxy. I've had diarrhea also. And I feel so light headed that I'm going to pass out but I don't. I'm definitely calling my doctor today to get a different antibiotic. Thanks everyone for your posts!

I took lamasil for about 30 days and then all the skin on my hands began to peel off. A very thick layer of skin began to peel off. About one week later, the same thing started with my feet. I had stopped the lamasil immediately when noticing the initial peeling on my hands. My hands are through peeling now - after three weeks of looking absolutely leperous - but both hands are now extremely sensitive to any heat or steam. Drying my hair is painful if I accidentally get my hand in the way of the air coming from the hair dryer. My dermatologist told me that his office gets about one or two cases a year where ALL the skin will peel off a patient who has been taking lamasil. I go to have my blood tested again this week.

I was prescribed the medicine sulfameth/trimethoprim for a UTI and 1 hour after taking it, I began to itch and noticed red bruises appearing on my arm and back. I also had palpatations. My lips and face began to swell really bad with blisters on my lips and around them. My lips were burning and itching very badly.I also had sores in mouth. I had really bad abdominal pain and difficult breathing.. The next day, I had even more swelling on lips and face and more bruises,vaganal irratations,rashes, severe headache,itching all over body,tongue swelling, throat irratations, bruising continuing all over. I couldn't sleep and was very tired. It has been a week and I am still having some itching, my lips are peeling and still feel very tight as well as bumps on lips and around.The itching and burning on my lips lasted about 5 days as well as most other symptoms. with some lasting longer and all this with taking just 1 pill. After taking this I read so much on this drug and had I read it first, I would have never taken it. I had a reaction to SMZ once and told my doctor that I was allergic to sulfur type drugs and the doctor and pharmacy overlooked it and I was given this anyway. This reaction was much worse than the first. I read so many comments that really helped me and thought maybe I could help someone else. This site is very good.

8 months ago I had kenalog in a very large bolus injected into my knee, since I have had severe deformity to my knee and surrounding area. My skin is paper thin, to the point you can feel the grooves in my patellar surface, I have had very abnormal bruising to my knee (the bruise has never gone away and is constantly changing), my menstral cycle has stopped, I have bouts of severe moodiness, the tissue surrounding my knee appears to be eroding away, my skin is peeling, and my recent MRI shows very abnormal findings. I was not warned of the severe side effects. I have also recently developed GI bleeding.

My sister in law has been taking topamax for at least two years now for migraines, I think 50mg a day. She has developed serious issues, which she nor her doctors believe is from the drug. She has back pain, moodiness, sleeplessness, extreme muscle cramping. Most recently, her legs have become extremely swollen, larger than any pregnant woman I have ever seen. The skin on her feet is breaking open and peeling. The doctors can't find the cause, but I think it is the topamax. Has anyone else had this swelling?

Had a cortisone shot in my foot(sesamoids) and I came home with a BIG puffy, swollen aching foot in the sesamoid area and toes. Had that for at least a week. And also a red colored circle (not just a ring but an entire circle) around where the injection took place on the top of my foot. Someone told me it looked like it had burned my skin. After 3 weeks it is still there but the circle is peeling a little. Was flushed and tired. Felt "not right."

Also, the dr. told me not to hyperextend or my bones may break...Greeaaat...

I am considering just dealing with the pain. The pain of the shot was enough to make me not want to do it again (that plus the stupid circle).

Anyone have a circle? I am dying to know what it is.

I have been taking Levaquin for about 2 months now. I first started
it with high doses of the IV form through a pick line for
Osteomyelitis (Bone infection). I then went on pill form 500mg a
day. The whole reason I got Osteomyelitis in the first place is
because I have no feeling in my right foot and allot of Neurological
damage to my right side due to Spinal Bifida / and a Tethered Spinal
Cord which was released last year but I've only gotten worse since.
Anyway I just found out about all these bad side affects from
Levaquin and now I'm scared. About 2 weeks after starting the
medication I noticed pain my knees and especially in my fingers. The
pain is overwhelming at times. I'm not sleeping even with sleepaids.
Also the skin on the bottom of both my feet is peeling off in big
hunks. I think it Could be from the Levaquin? I'm also freaked out
because I've read that if you have been exposed, more than once, to
this drug or ones like it.... your chances of having permanent
damage is much greater. This is the 3rd time of taking high doses of
these meds. (2 months of Levaquin IV form 5 years ago, 2 months of
Cipro IV form, 3 years ago and now this time. I went to my Dr. 3
days ago and explained my symptoms to him. He kept leaving the room.
First time for 10 mins. 2nd time for over 30 mins. My husband was
with me and went to the bathroom while the Dr. Was out the 2nd time
and when my husband came back he said he past a conference room
where my Dr. And 3 other Dr.'s were there discussing my case. The
Dr. Finally came back in and said to stop taking the medication and
my symptoms would just go away. I haven't taken the drug in 3 days
and still have major pain and can't sleep. My feet look horrible! I
don't know what I should do now!! Please give and information you
have!!!

I started taking Doxycycline the 5th of April because of a skin infection - all was well until I went on tropical vacation on April 15th and was sunburned while sitting in the shade. I stopped taking medicine and in a few days I was fine for the rest of the week - mostly staying in the shade but still getting a tan. I started back on the medicine on the 22nd and the following week I was burning and peeling around my mouth, lips, nose and hands. The knuckles of my hands had that burning cold feeling which left me feeling chilled. As of the 30th of April I have stopped taking the Doxycycline because my face was so red it looked purple even though I wasn't sunburned. I felt if I continued taking Doxycycline I would have no skin left on my face and hands. It's only been 2 days and I'm feeling better (no burning) already.

THE CRAZY SIDE EFFECTS THAT JUST HAPPENED AFTER 2DAYS I BECAME VERY SICK AS WELL AS HAVING MAJOR BURNING SENSATIONS IN MY STOMACH. IT FELT LIKE MY BODY WAS MELTING FROM THE IN SIDE OUT. THE DAYS WENT BY I FELT HOT ON MY FACE SO I WENT TO SPLASH WATER ON IT THEN DRYED MY FACE I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR SEEN THAT I HAD REDNESS AND IT WAS STILL WAS HOT. THERE WAS ALSO PIMPLE LIKE BUMPS, DRY PATCHES ALL AROUND MY FACE. AS WELL AS MY FACE WAS ACTUALLY PEELING OFF. I TRY TO PUT LOTION ON, BUT IT DIDN'T HELP. WHAT WAS EVEN MORE WEIRDER WAS I NOTICE THAT MY LEFT NEE IT BECAME HOT AND THEN IT WOULD START TO TINGLE THEN HURT. BUT NOW IT JUST TINGLES AND HURTS ALL THE TIME.

P.S . THIS MEDICATION IS NOT GOOD FOR ANY ONE TO TAKE. SO FOR YOUR HEALTH AND SAEFTY STOP TAKING IT.
AND LET EVERY ONE YOU KNOW NOT TO TAKE THIS IT'S VERY HARMFUL TO PEOPLE !!!!!

Not sure if this is side effect. Had Thyroid Cancer, Had radiation. became hypoparathroid. Taking large doses of calcium 7200 mg. daily. Taking 200 mcq Synthroid daily. Still hypocalcemic, just increased calcium to 9000 mg. daily. Having heart palpatations so severely, my head feels full. It lasts approximately 1 minute with each episode, skin is really dry, even peeling, leg and feet cramping, finger, hand and arms have episodes of tingling, and hair texture has changed.Doctor has tried to regulate calcium and synthroid for almost 2 years now. Is this normal??

My arms, legs, wrists and everything hurts. I have tried cutting the 25mg of hydrochlorothiazide in half and I have taken that for about 3months and I am still having horrific pain. I stopped taking it for two days and I am not feeling as much pain. I also always had fairly decent fingernails. Now my nails seem to be splitting and peeling terribly. I thought it was the cold weather so I use moisturizer constantly but that doesn't seem to help.

Bad reaction to Lotrel: While taking Lotrel I started having a terribly loose cough. Along with the cough was gurging from my throat. I had to control over this. This went on for 6 months, until I stopped taking the Lotrel.