Salty foods symptoms and conditions

I've been on Yaz for a month. I experienced headaches for about 3/4 of the month. I'm supposed to be on my period, according to the pack. I'm not.
I've been feeling "blue" all month, even angry. I'm a pretty passive person by nature, so this "blue" thing is not becoming. I've had issues falling asleep at night. I normally crave sweets and soda. Not on Yaz. I crave salty foods. On the bright of things, I haven't experienced bloating or sore boobs at all. I'm drinking more water than normal-so thirsty, might be all the pringles I've inhaled. I don't think this is the pill for me. The headaches are unbearable.

I also have had many of these side effects, constant bleeding, bloated stomache, weight gain (or lack of weight loss), twitching in my abdomen, MAJOR swelling when I eat salty foods, depression . . . I feel so much better since I had my Mirena removed last week, after 4.5 months. I don't look pregnant anymore. I am back to my normal even keeled self. I ate something salty today and can still get my rings off. I haven't felt the "baby cicking feeling".

I wanted to add a thought. I definitely think Mirena should have been more forthcoming with these potential side effects, but it seems as though it is a pretty small number of us. My Dr. had only had 2 or 3 people that had bleeding for longer than 3 months. I know a lot of gals with this that have no side effects at all. So, maybe there are a group of us that just don't react well to medication. I know that the pill made me crazy. When I was induced my uterus went nuts and I had to have a STAT C-section. I know that my body is particularly sensitive so I really don't take any type of medication, under or over the counter. I guess my point is that for most women this seems to be an excellent option . . . just not for us. I do agree that we need to get the word out there because I am sure that there are plenty of other women having these side effects. I thought I was seroiusly ill and was ready to see my General Practitioner and start getting testing for everything.

This is a great forum and I am happy that it isn't just me. My Dr also told me there was no way the depression/mood swings could be from the Mirena but I just knew it was this litte device that was messing up my life . . . . .

I had the mirena fitted to cure my PMT's, I have had the mirena fitted 2 years now only side effect was a little weight gain until this last month i have had constant breast pain, I haven't seen this listed much as a side effect i am very worried has anyone else suffered with this side effect

heather

I was prescribed 42 pills (20 days) of 10 mg Prednisone which I am to take beginning with 4 pills for four days and steadily decreasing every four days down to four 1/2 pill the last four days. I took my first dose yesterday and was told to drink lots of water. I do not wish to gain weight nor have a moon face. My doctor does not feel this will affect me in that way, but may have water retention (swelling). I am 73, and this regiment of Prednisone was prescribed to decrease inflammation due to a possible siatic nerve problem, which is causing extreme pain in my left leg. The pain is excruciating when I get up in the morning but eases down by mid morning with some pain all day and some nights if I move just the wrong way.Does anyone have a suggestion for the best foods to eat and what to avoid? I read that grapefruit juice may be beneficial.

I HAVE BEEN ON METADONE FOR ABOUT 7 MONTHS NOW AND I AM UP 150 MGS A DAY, I HAVE FIBROMYALGIA AND THE PAIN IS JUST TERRIBLE MOST OF THE TIME, WHEN I FIRST WENT ON THIS DRUG I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS THE PERFECT DRUG, IT TOOK ALL OF MY PAIN AWAY, IT WAS SOMEWHAT CHEAP, AND MY DOCTOR WOULD GIVE ME ENOUGH OF IT TO TAKE CARE OF MY PAIN. HOWEVER ...I WAS ALWAYS A SMALL WOMAN THE MOST THAT I EVER WEIGHED WAS 150 PONDS AND THAT WAS WHEN I WAS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH MY CHILDREN, I USED TO HAVE TO MAKE MYSELF EAT TO TRY AND GAIN WEIGHT..AFTER BEING ON METHDONE FOR ABOUT A MONTH I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT I HAD INTENSE CRAVINGS FOR SWEETS THAT I COULD NOT DENY...IT WAS LIKE NEEDING A HIT OF HERION OR SOMETHING.. NOW THAT LITTLE GIRL THAT USED TO HAVE TO TRY TO GAIN WEIGHT AND WHOS NORMAL WEIGHT WAS 115 POUNDS IS UP TO 162 POUNDS AFTER JUST 7 MONTHS ON THIS DRUG, I AM ONLY EATING ONE MEAL A DAY AND JUST HAVING A FEW BITES OF SOMETHING AT BREAKFAST..THE MORE I TRY TO DIET THE MORE WEIGHT I GAIN...SOMEONE HELP!! IS THERE ANY THING AT ALL THAT I CAN DO .. I CAN SOMEWHAT DEAL WITH THE CONSTIPATION THAT IS NEVER GOING AWAY AND I CAN DEAL WITH THE SWEATS THAT ARE HORRIBLE - I CAN EVEN DEAL WITH THE SLEEPINESS AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES BUT I CAN NOT DEAL WITH ALL OF THIS FAT..THIS IS MAKING ME EVEN MORE DEPRESSED AND SUICIDIAL THAN I EVER WAS BEFORE METHADONE....I REALLY AM THINKING ABOUT TRYING ANOTHER DRUG BUT THEY ALL JUST COST SO MUCH.....ANY ADVICE FOR ME ABOUT THE WEIGHT GAIN???

hi justme. thanks for ur reply. i too have the same thing. sometimes i hear a click when i gulp.

yes i did go to a GI specialist. had a upper GI series done too which was normal. so GI thought that the problem is not acid reflux. also i feel better if i take steam and use nasonex spray. still was prescribed prevacid for abt 20 days or so and then later was told to switch to pepcid 40 mg daily which i have been now taking for abt 3 months. after i stopped yasmin the sore throat got better but everytime period is due it comes back.
family doctor told me that the throat lining becomes swollen before periods due to estrogen and fluid retention. so have to cut down on salty foods before periods r due.

thanks for ur reply. helps to know that i am not the only one on this forum who keeps on asking about sore throat :)

I have been on Celexa for a number of years and am taking 60 mg. My side effects keep get worse. I have trouble sleeping, I have horrible mood swings...lots of angry outburts, I have migraines, light and noise senistive, shaky, weight for sure. I have had a change in my sense of taste, I grind my teeth at night, I have no sex drive at all, blurry vision. I have dry eye and mout, skeletal pain, eye pain, hot flushes, edema, loss of balance craving for sweets and salty foods, more depressed than before b/c of all of the side effects and I am tired all of the time. I am only 35 years and I should be enjoying live instead I hide in my house away from the outside world.
L.B.

I started taking Lisinopril 20mg in early April. The week after I started, I began craving salty, vinegary foods (banana peppers in vinegar, pickles.) I also couldn't get enough V8/tomato juice. These are all foods I liked before, but I felt the need to consume them every day in huge quantities. I even drank the pickle juice sometimes! It took me a while to figure out the connection between starting the med and these cravings. I told my doc about it, but he didn't seem to think there was a connection. Well, I stopped Lisinopril a week ago and I haven't had any more cravings since then.

Also, I suffer from depression and I am almost positive that this medication exacerbated that condition. Certainly the fatigue that comes with taking Lisinopril didn't help things anyway. I also found the lightheadedness annoying, though it was livable.

Before Lisinopril, I was on Norvasc for five years and didn't experience any notable side effects. My blood pressure was always normal on Norvasc, whereas the Lisinopril lowered it to low normal (enough that I felt lightheaded.) Interestingly enough, my BP has been normal since I stopped Lisinopril last week. Go figure.

This medication and my body DID NOT get along. I won't be taking it again and I can't wait until the poison is completely out of my body!