Pid symptoms and conditions

Wow, ok well this isn't a complaint about mirena. I had the mirena put in Nov. 2006 and still have it to this day. i haven't had any of the problems that you ladies have described.I don't even get a period , i haven't had one since ive been on the mirena. I think the problem is that there are to many doctors that aren't informed enough about this birth control. First of all to fedup2009 your doctor shouldn't even recommend mirena if you haven't had children.That is one of the guidelines for inserting it. You must have had at least one child and be in a stable long term relationship because if you have multiple partners while on mirena it increases you risk of PID.Anyway the only side effects ive had is occasional cramping but thats it.I live in Maryland and there are a lot of really good doctors in my area. The doctor that put it in was Dr. Ortega and she is excellent. When i switch doctors due to insurance reasons my new doctor said that Dr.Ortega did a great job putting it in.So for anyone thinking about the mirena i think it would be a good idea to find a doctor that really knows a lot about it especially since the mirena is still fairly new to some doctors.

I had Mirena put in after the birth of my 3rd son, on 4/2/09, just 6 weeks ago today... I have been cramping really really bad, and had started bloating (bad)... Sex was just painful, it would hurt so bad, and I didn't know what to do... The nausea, ongoing sleepiness, depression, handfuls of hair falling out, and mood swings... I figured it would just pass... I decided that I was going to have my dr take it out today, only because I couldn't stand the pain anymore... ONLY 6 WEEKS!!! I found that I have gained 10 lbs in the 6 weeks...When my doctor took it out, he had it swabbed immediately, not a good sign... He then told me that he had to do an exam at that time... I found out today that I have an Endometrial Infection, which partners with the PID... I have to take 2 antibiotics and see my doctor on June 1st... I also requested the depo shot... I really hope that I will be okay, and I hope all of you will too... My heart goes out to you all... I know that I've been in tears since I left the doctor office, I don't understand how someone can make something that can hurt anyone this bad...

i was extremely excited to start the nuvaring but after about six months i start to get extremely emotional. i am a very laid back person and every little thing started getting to me. Things i would not think twice about before. then the headaches started. i get headaches starting the week before my period and go thru the week im on my period. my sex drive faded and seemed to get worse the longer i was on it and once i actually did have sex it hurt. the pelvic pain had me worrying i had PID or something. very strange. I have never had a yeast infection or a bacterial infection in my life and i have had both at the same time with this!! its terrible. i talked to a friend that was also using the nuva and she was having problems with infection too. both of us stopped using the nuva. I switched back to Yasmin. happy with it just didn't want to take a pill everyday but its well worth it compared to the side effects of the nuva. i haven't had any of the symptoms since i switched. emotional i feel sooooo much better and no infections now.

Hi, Ive had the Mirena for 2 weeks now and it has been TERRIBLE, I have had terrible sharp pains off and on... I have never had kids but is a contraction like the pain that I am feeling? My doctor suggested that I have it put it since I felt sick with the pill and specially if I am not ready to have a baby yet. I've been married six months now.... I don't know if this will go away and I don't know what to do, the only thing good about this is that my sex drive is much better, lol... but this is terrible what should I do? Should I have it taken out and will it hurt?

HI! I posted on 8/18 and let me tell you this has been the worst week of my life. My antidepressant did not work for my PMDD and I was waay crazy, my husband was about to admit me into the stress center. I called my doc to have the IUD removed after reading your posts and they said my symptoms were not mirena side effects and actually made me feel bad about making the decision to have it inserted! saying I must have really forced the doctor into giving it to me. I was supposed to have an appt to check for PID and infection but I went to my reg doc and got an appt for a tubal, cuz I am not going through this anymore. I'm not bleeding during my period, but I have terrible side pain. THis site really saved me!! Thanks

I had my son July of 06. at my 6 wk i had it inserted. For some reason my body wasn't adjusting to it. Just constant bleeding, discharge and headache. so in Jan of 07 I had it removed.I became preg in Oct 07, it was ectopic. My new OB did a HSG found out that my tubes actually have blockage. This wasn't a problem before. I ve never had a STD, PID or anything. Then i was rushed to the ER two weeks ago and gues what another ectopic. This time it ruptured. The worst pain ever!!! I think this is from the IUD but of course all the doctors say it isn't? Why else would this be happening? From what i understand they say that the blockage is right at the part of my tubes that is at the uterus. So now I am on the pill because emotionally i can't go through losing another baby

i have had mirana since july28 2004. i never had any problem with it i though it was a god'sent UNTIL NOW!! over the last 2 years i have had irregular bleeding,odd pain among other things. the bleeding started normal and but now it is very very dark clots and pain OMG it feels like i am being stabbed all the time. i have been to the doctors over and over and over .. they say it is not a side effect it is all in my head. well let me tell you i am a nurse and i know my body like you all do and something is wrong. i am due for it 2b changed and i want it out. i am so afraid of PID or sepsis. i have weird chalky discharge sometimes. and i have been tested for anything and everything under the sun STD wise so i know the pain and all the problems are from this. i have no energy and i am "sad" most of the time. i do not handle stress the way i used to .. my husband says i have changed. not for the bad per say just different. we have 2 children and thought this would be perfect but we were so wrong. good luck to you all... i know lots of women who have it and are fine. but the ones with a problem with it oh man do we ever have a problem...

EVERYONE PLEASE READ!!!! GARDASIL HAS DESTROYED MY LIFE! I am 24 years old and a year and a half ago I was graduating college and planning to be a professional dancer and go to law school...I was perfectly healthy and energetic! In February of 2007 I received my first Gardasil shot. After a few days I started to feel as though I had a Urinary Tract Infection and was also feeling more tired than usual. The doctor gave me an antibiotic and sent me on my way.

In May of 2007 I received my second Gardasil shot and yet again, a few days later I started to feel like I was getting another Urinary Tract Infection. I went to the doctor numerous times between the second and third shot...all for bladder and urinary tract pain. For months I was on different antibiotics and they were not making the pain go away. After visiting a number of urologists, I found out that the urine cultures had all been coming back negative - showing no sign of an infection, so the antibiotics were pointless. All tests that I had run, both blood and urine came back normal. It is not standard procedure for a doctor to call you if your test results come back normal, but there was clearly something wrong, so I searched for a urologist who would believe me that I wasn't making up the pain I was in.

In August 2007, I had a cystoscopy done (they took a scope and went into the bladder to look in the bladder wall) and they concluded that I have an incurable bladder disease called Interstitial Cystitis. This is a condition where there becomes a defect in the bladder wall causing it not to have the protective mucus layer inside of it. The pictures of inside my bladder show red, raw skin, obviously showing the severity of my case of it.

There is no evidence as to what causes Interstitial Cystitis, and there is no proven successful way of treating it. The initial signs are exactly the same as a Urinary Tract Infection (painful bladder spasms, painful urination, body aches and back pain). The main difference is the fact that it is not an infection. There are thousands of people with Interstitial Cystitis who are misdiagnosed as having chronic Urinary Tract Infections.

I received my third Gardasil shot in October of 2007 and that is when EVERYTHING fell apart. The bladder pain became constant and there has not been one minute in a day since that shot I have not been in unbearable pain. This is when everything else in my body began to crash down as well. The other health problems and side effects from the Gardasil that I am having are constant sore throat, vicious migraines, vision changes, back pain, body aches, joint pain, sinus problems, vomiting, constipation, dizziness...I could keep going on forever!

I have tried all of the conventional treatment for Interstitial Cystitis and have gotten NO relief from the pain and other side effects. The doctors didn't know what to do, so they put me on OxyContin and a diet consisting of no acidic foods. That has now posed its own set of problems seeing as now my body is addicted to the narcotic, and I have gone from 5'6'' 125lbs to 100lbs over the course of a year due to the diet. I am extremely malnourished and have to take B12 vitamin shots once a week due to the severe anemia. I am 24 years old, and feel like I am 100. I can not live a normal life, I am going to lose my job from numerous absences, I lost my fiancé and am not able to have an intimate relationship anymore, I am extremely depressed, I have to have my family clean my apartment because I am too sick to do it, I can not do social activities because I am too tired and in pain. This vaccine has DESTROYED my life! I am desperately seeking out someone else who is having bladder problems due to the Gardasil so that I can contact an attorney. This needs to be OFF the market a soon as possible so that it does not run any other lives! Gardasil has caused some deaths, but in my mind, I'd rather die than live with the pain I am having. I did notice there are some posts regarding girls getting urinary tract infections... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE have your urine cultured because there is a good chance it may be Interstitial Cystitis!

I am desperately looking for someone who is having some of these symptoms so that I can go to a lawyer and get something going before things like this happen: Numerous states are pushing to make it mandatory that girls receive the vaccine before they enter the 6th grade. We can not let this happen! We all need to stick together and somehow fight this and get out lives back!

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I am 30 years old and have never had any children. I had my Mirena inserted on on 7/18 (during my cycle). I know it has only been a week but I'm feeling a little concerned and confused.

While having it inserted I was SHOCKED by how painful it was. I, like many other stories I've read, felt like I was going to faint.

Sunday I woke up in at 5:30 a.m. in so much pain! It literally hurt so bad that it woke me up. The same thing happened Tuesday. Night time has been a struggle also. I resorted to taking Tylenol PM to knock myself out.

I asked my doctor to test me for all STD's to ensure that I would not have a PID, but I'm still apprehensive. I realize I need to give it time... but gosh it sucks being a girl! I'm glad I haven't had any emotional side effects and hope that I never do!

I was prescribed Doxycycline to treat PID - Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - 100mg once daily.

After 5 days, my symptoms were not impoving. I had been bleeding and cramping for 11 days, so I phoned my Doctor back with my complaints and he prescribed an additional antibiotoc - Amoxyllin.

The Doxycycline side effects I've noticed are weird.

First side effect was a tingling in my lower lip, like a fizzy feeling. This wasn't unpleasant, just very strange.
I have also been feeling groggy and lethargic, and am feeling depressed. I'm really teary, my mood is low and have little energy.

My throat feels like it's a bit blocked also.

I have another week to go until I'm finished them, I know I must complete the course, and I'm counting down the days.

Doxycycline is not my friend. :(

I am glad I am not alone!!! I started taking this in the hospital via IV for PID and sent home with 100mg 2x day. I have completed my dosages(quitting a day early because i have been on it over 10 days) and I am thrilled to be off. Each day the side effects got worse.
I have severe tightening in my chest, mentrual like cramping, difficulty swallowing, fatigue and white splotches on my face.
What I dont understand is why all of use can report these but yet nothing on the pamplet mentions any other effects other than gastric symptoms like vomitting and diarehea.
Now, I wonder how long it will take for the side effects to diminish?!