Remeber symptoms and conditions

I am 40 yrs young.... I have terrible PMS with anger to rage mood swings that are sinful.... I considered the birth control pills but my life is simply too busy & I wouldn't remember to take them... I used the BC patches which worked fine but left a rash on my backside..... I had to stop using it because I had high blood pressure and it increased my risk of stroke/ heart attack.... . I felt like the Mirena was a good fit because I wouldn't have to worry about birth control for 5 yrs....At 40, I'm just getting started with all the "FUN"...LOL... I had the copper IUD but it made my periods long (up to 7 days), heavy & I had horrible cramps....

I got the IUD inserted last week Wednesday, yeap, it hurted like H3!! going in.... as soon as my GYN was done putting it in, I had really bad heartburn for a few hours..... I had a tightness in my chest and a dull pain in my left thigh.. she said it was normal and just take some Advil... the next few days I had some light bleeding and cramping...I also had diarrhea for three days.

On the 3rd day, I noticed a serious mood change.. I was going about my day just fine than I got really bitchy.... I snapped at my co-workers and I was down right irritable..... like the PMS mood swings I was trying to get rid of.....

I don't know if its Mirena or me but my sex drive has skyrocketed--- I can't get enough-- I'm thinking about & wanting sex all the time.... engaged in risky encounters with my BF while the cable guy was in our home.... I'm tempted to call the telephone installer to hook up with him... WHY????? ... this is not who I am... I'm mousy & conservative.... I've never felt like this before....

I was concerned about the possible weight gain (i'm 109 lbs on a small frame) because I don't want to gain any more than 5 lbs... I noticed I was eating a lot of cookies ( which is what I crave during PMS) this weekend and had a taste for fried fish.....

I had this feeling of a lump in my throat and a dull ache on my spine.... I also feel like I have to have a bowel movement but nothing comes out.... it usually starts with a cramp like bubble gut but nothing comes out ?????

I've started a journal of my mood, appetite, weight changes and sleep patterns to report back to my GYN in two months.... Honestly, if in two months, things get worst, it's coming out....I already use condom so I'll just have to be extra careful....

I wish I had found this website before I put it in.... I will keep reading here and post an update after my return visit to my GYN in 2 months.... I hope this helps some has much as reading the other post had helped me... Peace to us All...

I have taken ambien for about 6mos not on a regular just on weekend, when i can devote the time to sleep...and feel tired in the moring...but when i take it i get sexual arouse and if my wife tells it...can get a little rough sexually..she likes it when it take it..but i don't remeber what happen the next day..but later on it comes to me....and she looks satisfied when i look puzzled...is this a common side effect and if so can i remeber it the next day or same night...

Hi, Its me again. I am still in severe pain with swelling in hands, fingers, arms & legs (not being able to work everyday) and I took the nuvaring out 3 weeks ago. Many of you seem to have noticed right away. I wish I had been as smart as you all, because I have waited too long. I wish someone could tell me how long it takes to completely get out of your system. My Dr just said a long time. What's a long time? Considering I use the ring for 3 years...I may have to wait longer than the rest of you.

I started NR about 2 months ago and was amazed at the ease of it.! I thought no pill to remeber how great! Without really thinking about it, me and my sons father started fighting all the time, I was so moody, my sex drive was gone, I was feeling tired all the time,and I would start crying for no reason. I just thought it was because of all the stress of having a toddler, plus being a full time respiratory student. After another one of our fights (because I didnt want sex) I started to think something isnt right. I did a search on the web and found this site. I was amazed to read comment after commen "no sex drive", "moody", "crying for no reason". So glad it was just NR and not something far worse. I just hope others arre able to find the same great info I did.

I have MS and have been taking Ambien for a few months now to help me sleep. My husband and daughter told me this morning that last night I got up from bed and was completely naked and walked out into the living room. They said I looked very wasted and was looking all around the house for some soda and them went back to bed. I can't remember any of this. It scares me. what if they were not home, would I of drove to the store naked looking for soda? This is a very dangerous side effect. It only happened one othere time when I got up and was surfing the TV channels looking for a TV program. Again, I don't remeber it happening. I also It is making my MS symptoms worse, I am having more stiffness and spasms along with blurred vision.

this pill sucks. iv'e never felt so horrible dont even waste your time using it

Taking 200 mg of the SR twice a day. This was after being misdiagnosed with bi-polar and put on lithium for two months.
Sooo, I would rather have the side effects of the lithium! I kept getting an all around body rash that would last for a few hours, and itched terribly. That was the first side effect.
Headaches were soon to follow with a deep anger for no apparent reason. I just wanted to to be miserable to everyone!
Soon after that, I had nausea, which I was vommiting often and couldn't sleep. My throat itches, and my tinniutus keeps me awake.
NOW THE BIGGIE: I can't even remember my own address when asked or phone number. I can't remeber what I was going to do and get stuck.
I'd rather be a zombie on lithium.....

I've taken Ambien for a few months. My family tells me of my strange bevhavior at night, and it is frustrating that I dont remeber any of it. Last night I rode my bike around the yard, crashing into trees. I had complained of double vision. I also BBQd steaks at mid-night. I have no recollection of it- am embarassed to have to ask my wife and kids what I did last night. My kids said I was acting drunk. I had double vision the next morning for the first half of the day. I wonder if I ever really sleep! I am sometimes tired the next day. As for the high - you dont remeber it anyway!

Hi guys!

this makes me feel assured I am not going mad by hearing you also are suffering.

I took yasmin around 2 years ago for a short period notably 9 months. Whilst i took it i was relatively happy as i lost alot of weight and my skin ws great. However i was suffering from panic, anxiety, fear insecurity and open to many virouses i have never been ill so many times in a year stretch!. The most damaging thing came after I stopped the pill when my periods stopped completely for nearly a year and i was told i may be infertile! it ha sput me off all pills altogether. Since stopping the pill my weight increased far more than prior to the pill and once my periods restarted i have exèrienced severe pms and anger this is destroying many of my relationships and also my sex drive has decreased since the pill confused my periods!.

Please watch carefully what happens to your body and mind when on this drug and remeber to take a few months off a year to see how it could be effecting you in the long term, you never know how speacial fertility is until you are lead to believe you may no longer have it!.

much luck to you all and if you share something similair please let me know.

Hi Ladies, it's Joodles with a 60 day update.....

To Guest #12137:

I can offer an answer to your question about insomnia.

I too suffered from terrible insomnia while on Yasmin and I also had sleepless nights off of Yasmin. It has been 60 days off Yasmin and just last week has been the best week of sleeping through the night! It will get better!

I still have feelings of being anxious while the hormones are readjusting. I have lost 7 1/2 of the 10 pounds I gained going off of Yasmin so at least that is resolving. I no longer retain water in the ankles, no more racing heart, the blood pressure is returning to a more normal level, dizziness is subsiding and my fear of being alone is subsiding. I still have episodes of being afraid but I have to pull myself together and remeber that my body is working to get well and back to a more normal function. I have issues with my skin though; acne like I was a teenager again and hair loss.

Little did I know how Yasmin would effect me mentally and physically.

On August 2nd I have my 2 month follow-up appointment with my GYN. Boy, do I have something to tell her! I am going to try herbal medicine to get my body back in balance. I will let you know what I am taking and how it is working.

We WILL get better now that we are free of Yasmin!

Take care ladies and know that you are not alone!

Joodles

Hey i started out taking Wellbutrin 150 SR once a day didnt do anything for me so it was uped to 300 XL once a day in the am i noticed sleeplessness, irrabilty, frequent trips to the bathroom, extream memory loss. I work at Tops i cannot remeber if i have asked my customers how they are today this happens within maybe 5 seconds. i cannot remeber what my car looks like, what time i have to be to work, if i have already taken my meds. Has anyone else experienced this? Please let me know.

i was on 240mm of iv steriods and 80mm of pred, + 1m perd eye drops overa period of 2months for a mutli system autoimmune disease, which was tapered to 40mm pred + 200mm ive steriods to only 40 in 4 days. this caused me to believe for 2 days that someone or something would seriouly harm me to the point that i could not leave the room i was in. i also experienced fits, floating type feeling ( like my legs where over my head when i was lying on a bed) to the point that i was bed ridden for 3 days, blackouts, confusion, serious depression and musclue weakness ( again to the point that i was bed riden for a number a days.
i have since found out that i was withdrawn to quickly from the 200m dose but i have also found out that you can get these probs if you withdraw from any high dose to quickly. am happy to say 2 weeks later and alot of these have gone but still on 40mm oral pred so some of it could be due to that as well! i guess we all just have to stay as postive as we can and remeber its not us, its the medication we have to take that is causing this prob or that and remember we are all superstars as there will never be anyone evere just like you!