September 15th
2008
10:46 PM
I am a 48 year old with 4 children. I am not showing signs of menopause at all. I have had increasingly heavy periods, sweats, headaches, mood swings, the whole nine yards so what the heck, I had mirena inserted today. My doc encouraged me to try it to see if my periods would get lighter or even stop. As far as side affects, I am already half psyco according to my daughters. I am still crampy off and on but I expected it. I just switched to this doctor because I was seeing satan who knowing I was very anemic from heavy periods let me almost bleed to death. I skipped two months due to low progestin but still built up the lining so when I was getting ready to have a period the third month, I went in for an ultrasound. The technician was wowed at how thick the lining was. She commented to me that I was going to have a really bad period when it started. My doctor did not advise me to do anything about it. He could have said to call if it went for longer than a week or to call if it was extra heavy but he didn't. My period was at almost three weeks and very heavy. I went to work on my birthday no less, and my potassium bottomed out as well as electrolytes. I felt so sick I went to lay down on the bathroom floor but felt nausea and cramps and thought I needed to use the toilet. When I sat down, I felt my arms and legs go numb. Out of vanity, I tried to stand and pull up my pants knowing I was passing out. I went down and ended up fracturing the fibula in my right leg. My friend knocked on the door and I came around and asked her to call the squad. After my 10 minute $750 ride in the squad, I was admitted to the hospital with a hemoglobin of 6. I stayed in for 5 days receiving 4 units of blood. Needless to say, I found the new doctor. My hemoglobin is now around 14 and I am starting to put weight on my leg. Hopefully, I am on the mend. I know there is a lot of negative response about the Mirena, but I don't have anywhere to go but up. I hope it works for me. If not, I will be on my way to the ER for an ablation.
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September 6th
2008
2:00 AM
I am on my 5th pack of Loestrin 24. This is my first time on birth control. I was worried about weight gain b/c a lot of my friends on various pill have gained a bit. But I, however, have lost about 10 pounds since starting Loestrin. I have been very sick to my stomach and have had no appetite. My periods have been very irregular and have yet to have a period on the brown pills. I notice that I have been fatigued and moody. I went to the doctor and asked if this was normal. He gave the typical response..."there is no normal. Everyone reacts differently" speech. So he scheduled me for a ultrasound and blood-work to see if there is an underlying problem before we decide to go pill hopping. This isn't fun, but the other option ( ie an unwanted pregnancy ) is really not fun.
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September 5th
2008
6:12 PM
I've had mirena for almost a month, and the first couple weeks I had cramping, extremely heavy bleeding. No weight gain. but now I felt something hard inside of me and it freaked me out!!! what was that? I think im gonna get it taking out very soon. Any response?
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October 19th
2006
7:59 AM
Hi Flowerbabies, thanks for responding to my post. Yes I really am considering not taking any other bc, it really had such a bad effect on me I dont think I could handle anything like that again. Just going to use condoms and be super careful. The last few months were just a nightmare, this web site really helped me to get through it so much, i check the site almost everyday, just to see how everyone else is doing, and to everyone on this site I really hope your all starting to feel the benifits of not being on yasmin. Flowerbabies thank you for your responce,
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February 26th
2006
6:48 AM
I have been diagniosed with bells palsy, a tempory acute auto immune responce to an infected facial nerve. Within days I began to suffer from insomnia, mood swings-anger, hunger, thirst, blurred vision. I find it impossible to relax my mind and I am very restless.
Not sure whats wose bells or Prednisone!
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March 13th
2004
5:05 PM
I have been taking Macrobid for almost a week and have Extreme nausea also and the worse case of Diarehea I have ever had in my life, I have lost 8 Lbs in a week. I have had very little sleep because even at night I am waking up to use the restroom between 5-8 times. I have tried to talk to my Dr but all the responce I get is that its a normal side effect and after a few days the side effects will deminish. Urgh! frustrating!!
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June 19th
2003
10:17 AM
I HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT THE PILL IS HABIT FORMING. IS THIS A PROBLEM? CAN THIS PILL BE TAKEN FOR YEARS WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE TO THE BODY? I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH NOSE DISCOMFORT. I FEEL LIKE I AM COMING DOWN WITH A COLD ALL THE TIME. WOULD APPRECIATE SOME RESPONCE. THANKS
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Mirena (2) Zocor (1) PredniSONE (1) Loestrin 24 Fe (1) Macrobid (1) Ambien (1) Yasmin (1)
October 13th
2009
2:15 AM
Started taking the Zocor generic Simvistatin just 2 days ago. My legs hurt so bad that I can not sleep. My right knee is swollen to the point I have very limited range of motion and can barely walk up stairs. It is after midnight and I can't sleep. Also having some angina and my little toe on my right foot is somewhat numb. I will be contacting my physician about this tomorrow. My cholesterol was 105 and this doesn't seem to be worth it to me!
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