Puting symptoms and conditions

I had my mirena fited march 08 , at first i was spotting for about 3 months hen gradually over the last 7 months i have had no bleeding at all , apart from the other day when i bled for a few hours! I am sick an tired of this nasty thing inside me and im having it taken out next week. I have always been slim and always had trouble putting on weight , my whole life, Since ive had this thing put in , in just over a year i have put on 2and a half stone, my belly looks like im 7 months pregnant , my hair is thinning along my hairline, but on my face , chin and neck im sproating thick long dark hairs , which i just cant tolerate so i pluck them but due to constant plucking my face is getting really badly scarred, I have no sex drive what so ever, and am totally peeded off with this thing. Im 41 , feel like ive aged a good 10 years since having the mirena fitted. Good luck to you who like it , but for me, out its coming!!

I've been on levothyroxine 150mcg for about 3 months before that it was 100mcg and so on. I have gain lots of weight and tired all the time. depression also, headaches. I hate this gaining weight, sleepy all the time and depression is from gaining weight. I thought this med is to up boost my thryiode but it doesn't seem to be working. my dr. said I'm on the highest dose there is. I don't know what to do any more. I was thinking about taking myself off this but not sure what will happen if i do. I hope there is someone out there that might be able to let me know if they are going through the same things what they are doing and how they feel now.

Indeed, some people do have a good experience with Mirena. In fact, I did at the beginning. I began to notice the side effects more and more after about a year, I got v.bad mood swings, acne, joint pains, etc. They have mostly gone-apart from the acne, which as the other lady said, has gotten worse! I hope to god this improvesl. I never had a spot in my life before this damn coil. I got my first 'real' period. It was weird, but ace! It felt proper and as if the build up had left my system. it was really heavy, but only lasted 5days and was right on time. I didn't have any PMT. In fact that was the first weekend that I have gone out dancing when my period was due and not felt depressed and like everything was shit! Wooo. Happy days. I am taking Angelica sinesis or 'dong quai' herb to help balance my hormones. I am using condoms and so far I feel soooo much better for not puting extra hormones in my body, that it doesn't need.

I barely got off the pill Microgestin, because of the weight gain and water retention, to have Mirena inserted the beginning of July. It has been nrealy 3 months, and I am still experiencing back pain, water retention, and my chin breaks out with acne every once in a while. I also have been experiencing moderate cramping and a constant slight feeling of being bloated. I was told when this was put in that weight gain was not one of the side effects, weight gain being the main reason for getting off the pill. I have not lost the weight, and it could be a combo of the pill slowly dissipating, or the Mirena does cause weight gain. Anyone else have the weight gain or slight increase in tendency towards water retention??

I love this little pill I took ambien 10mg for quite some time and it really worked for me the only reason I stopped is because my ins. doesnt want to pay. I will say this, that if I did something after taking ambien like puting things away the next morning I had a tough time remembering where I put them ( like my keys, books ect.) and my family thought that after taking it that I was an actual pleasure to be around they would often ask me to go take my pill

hi kate,
just reading your post and i am shocked your doctor would consider puting you on yasmin. Because any bcp will thicken your blood surely it cannot be safe for you given you suffer from mitral valve prolapse.
please reconsider your choices. and certainly do not take yasmin or yaz.
i dont think either of them are good.
So many women here have suffered from anxiety and other problems from those pills. Is there another choice for you to help with the cysts.
Maybe if you log onto flowerbabies new site one of the women on there might know or have experience with this.
The link is posted below.

If i could just stop one more woman from starting on ths pill l i would be happy.
I hate to think of any body else suffering the way i did.
Research your choices first kate.
Good luck.
muph70