Ppd symptoms and conditions

I was on Singulair while pregnant because my asthma got worse while pregnant. Postpartum I noticed my 2 month old breastfed baby was still sleeping way too much and very colicky. I tried cutting out dairy and other allergens but nothing made a difference. When I forgot to take my Singulair a couple days in a row, I noticed my mood was much improved and the anger/irritability went away. Finally, after noticing I was having vivid, bad dreams, I began to realize it might be all from the Singulair. I also had developed a stiff, tight neck and vision loss, which I now realize was also from being on Singulair.
I went off of it and must say, that was the worst week of my life. I never felt so horrible or out of control. Although I noticed the first few days, I was happy and feeling again (it made me emotionally numb) by the fourth day, I began having heart palpitations and bad headaches. I quickly got my thyroid levels checked and those were fine. Then I suddenly had severe panic attacks! I thought I was going crazy! This was mistakenly misdiagnosed as PPD, although I was never even depressed. I was given a script for Zoloft and took Ativan but that didn't take away the panic and the Zoloft seemed to make the panic worse!
I began researching and realized all of my symptoms were from Singulair withdrawals! Even my family noticed I became a mean and hateful person with this last pregnancy. This drug is an awful poison! I am slowly recovering and feeling better everyday. I'm using my fast acting inhaler for the time being. Instead of the therapy I thought I needed for PPD (mis dx'd obviously) I'm also using herbs to treat this homeopathically with a natural doctor since conventional ones still want to pass it off as something it is not due to ignorance that an asthma medicine can wreck this kind of havoc on a person! They just want to use more drugs to treat the side effects of another drug!
I am so angry I took this while pregnant and breastfeeding being told it was okay. It was not okay and I hope and pray there are no long term side effects to my child from this drug!

Mirena was put in on June 19th, and since day 3 or so I've been fighting depression, irrational anger and anxiety, no interest in sex whatsoever. I don't like myself. The cramping has let up considerably, but is still noticeable. I have a 2.5 y/o and a 2 month old. I normally have the patience of a saint, but with each passing day I find myself having less and less with my oldest. Little things that would usually not bother me, now make me want to punch through a wall and scream. This is NOT ME at all. I called my doctor yesterday and explained all this to him, and he offered to call in a script for happy pills, which I declined. He thinks it is a combination of PPD and the IUD, but I felt absolutely fine before I got the IUD. I got the earliest possible appt, July 6th, to have it removed.
On a positive note, I am exclusively breastfeeding my son. I was concerned about my milk supply being affected, but so far we're having no problems.

I had my Mirena placed 8wks after my daughter was born. I have a history of bad reactions to all bc pills on the market, the patch, the ring and a latex allergy (condoms). I didn't want my man to get snipped yet because I was on the fence about having another in a few years. So I opted for the Mirena because it seemed like the answer to all my problems.
I "tightened up" quickly after delivery and had to be re-dilated for placement, HUGE ouchie! I bled like a stuck pig and soaked thru pads for almost a week after insertion, I called and was assured it was normal.
I had already been diagnosed with PPD at the time of placement so I assumed all the emotional side effects were because of that. Until I joined a group for Mirena users and found that emotional problems were top of the list! My family (especially my relationship with my honey) have all suffered from my short fuse, mood swings, crying jags that can last all day for no reason, anxiety (I have had 3 anxiety attacks in the last 6mnths and never had one before in my life!). I have had constant crippling fatigue and can barely get out of bed! I have a toddler and a 6yo son to keep up with and fall asleep on the couch during commercials!
I've had bloating in my midsection, frequent nausea/vomiting, headaches from hell!, constant aches/pains, shooting pain in my reproductive area, infrequent periods/spotting, acne (face AND body), thinning/dull hair. I had an incident of extremely foul-smelling, thick dark discharge that was caused by the Mirena's stopping of my cycle but not allowing the build up that was present to be flushed until a routine pap. I have also had lots of pain during intercourse followed by bleeding afterwards and that is when I can bring myself to have sex! I'm 25 and have a very low/non-existent sex drive!
My honey is finding out thru his insurance how much a vasectomy will be and if we choose to have another child, we'll just have to have it reversed. I can't live like this, I have kids, I have family and friends that I miss, I want my life back. The only way to get it back is to get the Mirena OUT of my body.

I have been on Birth Control since May 29, 2007. I was first put on Errin Tab .35mg, which went well, but was very depressed and angry. I had very few symptoms, but very severe headaches, and mood swings with this birth control. Then on August 4, 2008 I had the Mirena IUD inserted.
About 1 ½ months after insertion of the Mirena IUD, my mood starting really getting severe and bad. Now, this was the biggest issue for me because I have always been a person to lets things roll off my back. I have never once in my life felt the least bit depressed. Other than PPD with the birth of my daughter. I am noticing that I am just not feeling myself mentally or emotionally and I am crying very easily. I even yell at my husband and my daughter about the stupidest things and it’s like I am watching myself from the outside doing this and wondering why the heck am I yelling, but I can’t seem to make myself stop. I know something is wrong. I am also very lethargic and fatigued all the time. I also feel that I can’t ever seem to catch my breath. This still continues today, and is very distressing to me. My PCP has diagnosed me in the past week with Asthma, with no conclusive proof that Asthma is the issue. I haven’t had allergies since I was about 12 years old.( I am 35 now) I can only catch my breath when I lay on my left side. I constantly struggle for air, which cause’s panic, heart palpitations, and anxiety.
I have severe depression due to this situation and have been put on 5 different anti-depressants and sleeping aids as well, however it seems like I am a basket case, over anxious and often times a nervous wreck. There are days when I have uncontrollable crying episodes, off the handle severe mood swings. I have no patience with anyone or anything. This is usually around when my menstrual cycle will begin, then at the time it begins, I have horrible persistent bleeding, pain, cramping, coffee ground blood clots the size of a quarter. I will bleed for about 10 days and then stop and start again in about 8 more days. I have persistent abdominal pain, occasional fever, and unusual vaginal discharge, itching, and odor. It makes it very difficult to have sexual relations with my husband. It is very painful to have sex, and I just don’t have the libido for it as well. Sex drive is completely gone.
Since the insertion of the Mirena IUD, August 4, 2008, I have had horrible constipation, that will last for about 1 to 1 ½ weeks, and then for 2 days, I will have horrible and severe diarrhea, and then have no BM’s for the next 1 to 1 ½ weeks again. I also have severe headaches, that hit at anytime. I have lost a lot of my hair, it used to be very thick and strong. I break out in hives, rashes. I also have swelling of my face, hands, tongue, throat, and ankles. Not to mention again the not being able to breathe.
I also have a horrible time eating, I will eat, and then feel like vomiting for the next couple of hours. Sometime’s I do have to vomit, so I try not to eat at all, cause I just hate feeling that way. It just isn’t worth the discomfort for me.
I am withdrawn, and scared to socialize with friends, which that is not me at all. I am always depressed, have anxiety, severe acne, NO sex drive, angry all the time, very easily angered, and I have basically become a totally different person. I used to be a confident women and now I am a total train wreck.

In conclusion I am incredibly concerned about is the emotional side effects that I have experienced! I have slowly become a basket-case. I have at different times experienced the following side-effects : anxiety, minor paranoia, racing heartbeat, MOOD SWINGS! unexplained crying episodes, foggy thinking, and panicky feelings.

I am 24yr. old and just had my first child 5mo. ago. At my postpardom check up I had the mirena inserted. My undesirable effects as follows:
Depression
irritability
mood swings
NO SEX DRIVE- absolutely no desire what so ever! Best birth control ever, you don't have sex....
Fatigue-any free time between nursing school, work, husband and baby I want to sleep!!!!
HEADACHE-migraine like-I have a headache almost everyday
Unable to think clearly-lack of focus
~I thought I was suffering from postpardom depression, but after reading the other post I am tempted to think otherwise, and my husband thinks so too. He has been suffering from this also.
If anyone could help with distinguishing between PPD and the side effects please help!
Thank you so much!

Dear Ladies,

I think i'm in trouble. I had Mirena inserted appx 4 weeks ago. I had the typical side effects listed: headaches, body aches and bleeding. As of one week ago my complexion looks likes I'm 13 y.o. Starting on Saturday I've had thoughts of killing myself. I'm scared and I feel all alone. Could this really be from the Mirena or am I still feeling the effects of post partum? I had my son 13 weeks ago? What's wrong with me? What do i do?

Remember... Every body is different! I had my mirena removed today after 4 months and my doctor did NOT feel my issues (mostly mood swings, dizzy spells, confusion, fatigue) were consequential, and that I gave it a fair shot. She said the hormones would be gone within a couple weeks, and I should feel better soon-THANK GOD! It's not for everyone, and the mom of four children relating these issues to post baby or age is lucky to not have to deal with these side effects. I was not happy to have to give up this convenience for sure! The Copper T may be an option for some of us, if you can trust an IUD, but I'm sticking with the tried and true. If you feel as though it's not for you, get it removed - life's too short to feel yucky!

Trottmann - don't feel allow with your thoughts. I would think its the Yaz that is making you have these thoughts, and truly not what you are wanting to do. PLEASE do not continue taking Yaz, it is not worth it. The first day without taking Yaz, I was a physical wreck, so please be prepared. I was dizzy, shaking, sick to my stomach, and could have cried at the drop of a hat. Today, I feel like my old self, I have my appetite back, my stomach is no longer hurting, my mood is calm... just everything is good! If you stop taking Yaz and continue to have the thoughts of hurting yourself, PLEASE see your doctor or talk to someone that you can trust. You may be experiencing PPD (since your baby is only 4 months) and not even know it due to the Yaz crazy train we have all been riding on... it masks so much, you don't know if you are coming or going half the time! Please take care of yourself and if all else fails, I would be happy to talk with you if you needed someone to talk to that knows how you are feeling.

This morning I had my Mirena taken out. This came about ONLY after my husband called to say he didn't understand why when I've called two days in a row with concerns and wanting it out they were reluctant...Similar story I read on this blog that another woman didn't get results until her husband called as well. I find it appalling that unless our husband's call we're not being taken seriously about the side effects this is having on our bodies.

They doctor's still aren't convinced that it is the Mirena that is making me have side effects, rather think its PPD. While I'm not discounting that, I find it odd that I am having the same symptoms as other women, its not like I pulled this stuff out of thin air!

I have to say I feel relief that this is out of my body. I will give it time and see how things go, but for now feel confident about my decision and will not let others make me feel crazy or bad about this decision. Bottom line we know our bodies and minds best and need to be better advocates when it comes to our health.

has anyone suffered from postpartum depression put on the pill to see if symptoms go away and was feeling worse? I swear this pill did me in. I am still dealing with ppd but it has been a month now that I stopped loestrin 24 and I feel so much better. I still have rough days though not to bad. I swear I am ready to file a lawsuite on this company and my doctor who kept pushing it down my throat instead of getting to the bottom of it they madi it worse with this pill. Good luck to everyone. I hope you do not have to suffer as long as I did

Those of you that has experienced weight gain....do you think its because the Zoloft as increased your appetite? I can handel being tired and going to the bathroom all day... but I would be in worse shape if I gained weight....what else is more depressing!! My husband started Zoloft a few weeks ago for anxiet, and his main complaint is exhaustion. My OBGYN gave it to me for severe PMS.

Best of luck to everyone here....

This is my 2nd post to this med. I stopped taking it and a miracle happened. I am no longer depressed and have very little anxiety I also do not have anymore ocd thoughts. At first I thought I was suffering from ppd which I do have but I found out that bc pills can contribute to mood disorders. So all you ladies out there that are suffering with mood changes you might want to consider going off for a while. I feel so much better I cant even begin

I am weaning off Zoloft. I began taking it in Nov. 2001 because I knew I would have post-partum depression since I had it with my first two. Zoloft changed my life so much for the better. That was almost 6 years ago. The past year I have decided that I can do w/o Zoloft. One, because I’ve learned how to choose to be happy. Two, because I don’t like being addicted to a pill. I know I’m addicted (or somewhat addicted to) because if I forgot to take the pill, several hours later, I would get weird feelings, like when I turn my head and move my eyes at the same time, a weird slightly dizzy feeling.
Here’s how I did it. In May and June, I took a whole pill (50 mg) every other day and every other day I took half a pill. That’s 2 months of that. Then, July and August, I took a half a pill EVERY day. Now that it’s Sept., I’m taking a half a pill every other day and NO pill every other day. I must say, this has been the hardest. It’s just 4 days into Sept. and I’m having those weird sensations a lot. My toes and fingers are tingly, too. I was planning on doing this for 2 months but I'm on the 4th day (2nd day of no pill) and I'm having too many tingles and weird dizzy sensations. So, I guess I'll continue taking a half pill every day and take NO pill ONE day a week for this month of Sept. Then, in October, I will take NO pill TWO days a week (but not 2 days in a row). Then, in November, I'll go to THREE days a week of no pill (but not 3 days in a row). And so on. I had hoped to be off by Christmas or Jan. 2008, but I see that it won't work unless I wean to a NO pill gradually. I knew all along that it would have to be gradual, and that's what I've been doing, but I had no idea that just missing a mere 25 mg. for 2 days (but not in a row, mind you) would make such a difference.
Now, if I get too many really sad days, I will consider going back on. But I’ve done really well so far. I know that God is helping me. He can lick it; I can’t. I have had just a handful of occasions where I was told something slightly disturbing or something happened to me that was slightly upsetting and it got me down, but only for the rest of that day. AND, I gave it to God and let Him deal with it. He wants to take care of my problems; He doesn’t want me worrying about it. I know that medicine like Zoloft may be the answer and if that is what I ultimately do, then I’ll just continue leave it to Him. I hope this helps someone.

Hello Everyone!

Got the results back from my saliva hormone test and wanted to share them with you. I found out that my progesterone is extremely low. This is causing a lot of the anxiety I am having. I also found out that my DHEA levels are extremely high. I would strongly advise anyone who is having horrible side effects from the pill to have your hormones checked. I am now starting progesterone cream and pills. Anyone else have their hormones checked and if so what were your results?

I was curious to anyone out there if your doctor told you you were going through post partum depression? My doctor told me that it seems my sympotms are the same as someone who is going through ppd. Thought that it was kind of interesting because your body is thinking you are pregnant while you are on the pill because you are not ovulating. Same as when you are pregnant. Well, hope this sort of helps some of you out there....It has been about 4 months since off the pill and it seems like this will be a very slow process to being 100%.

God Bless to all of you!!

Taking zoloft 50mg for ppd...jaw clenching is the side effect I just realized I have too after reading the other posts. I think it's making me feel better too, though so I guess if I just practice relaxing I can say the benefits outweigh the negative. I also sometimes feel like I can't concentrate.