Seven months symptoms and conditions

I'm 14 years old and I've been taking ocells for the past six or seven months, and I haven't experienced any of the symptoms or side effects of this pill. My period is three to five days long, and I'm very light, I've only gained about five or ten pounds, and my heart rate and blood pressure are normal. It does say on the side effects may make you lose or gain weight, like I said, I've only gained a few pounds, which I could easily lose.

i am so happy i have found this site! ive had the mirena coil removed just the other day (Thursday 16th oct) im now hoping that all the symptoms ive been suffering will fade away. i had my coil inserted a year ago last October. since having it inserted i have experienced headache, light periods that last around ten days which seem like forever every two weeks, with spotting in between which i was was told seven months after insertion by the doctor it would calm down and be less frequent but did that happen? NO! slowly but surely around two and a half month ago i started experiencing achey back pains where no matter how hard you try and get comfortable its impossible till it subsides, mild abdominal pain, pain in my neck and shoulder blades, chest pains, breast pain, shortness of breath, tearful, and paranoia thinking that theres something terribly wrong and im going to die and constant moaning about my ailments which im sure my poor boyfriend is secretly tired of! i just thought to myself hopefully putting two add two together that it may be the mirena coil thats making me feel so unwell. i have bled since having it taken out but i think thats the norm. so two days on im looking at this site that i found and its given me hope to know im mot the only one thats suffered with these awful side effect. im still going to get a check up to rule anything els out but im quite sure that its the coil that has done this to me. my advice to anyone would be don't have it fitted or get it taken out! good luck.

I have been on Yaz for eight months and absolutely loved it at first...about three months ago, my boyfriend and i broke up and i had a full blown period when i wasn't supposed to.....I just figured it was from stress. But for the last 5 weeks, I have had two full blown periods that lasted four days each and spotting every week to the point that I have to wear a tampon just so i don't ruin any more underwear...ive heard this could be from stress or weird hormone levels, but its just weird that i did so well on it for the first seven months and now this???? whats going on??

I am a male of 67 years old. I took Lipitor for a year, and after a few months of taking it, I felt muscle pains in my arms and shoulders, as well as my back. I felt weak and could hardly put my socks on by myself. I told my family doctor that I thought the problem was caused by LIpitor. He said it couldn't be possible, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong, so he sent me to a rheumatologist, who gave me an initial diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica. I went back for a checkup, and although the sed rate was normal, the C-reactive protein was elevated. He felt his diagnosis was an accurate one. He prescribed prednisone for me. I had some doubts about it, since I am diabetic, and was concerned about the elevated blood sugar it might cause. Well, it did elevate my blood sugar, and I weaned myself off it within three months. My blood sugar went back to normal, and while the prednisone helped the symptoms of muscle pain and aches, after I stopped it, the pain returned with a vengeance.

About a year passed after discontinuing the prednisone, and I felt worse and worse. Any time I engaged in physical activity, such as yard work, I was almost incapacitated for two or three days. I felt weaker and weaker, and by now, my activity is about ten per cent of what it was three or four years ago. I am unable to do anything physical without paying a heavy price.

I would tell the doctor that I felt the problem was caused by the Lipitor. He would dismiss my comments, saying that the pain should have gone away after discontinuing Lipitor. He sent me back to the rheumatologist with results of recent blood tests. Both the sed rate and C-reactive protein were normal. The rheumatologist touched my back and other areas, which caused me to jump. He said it might be fibromyalgia. I told him again that I thought it was caused by the Lipitor. He said the same thing my GP had said: if it had been the Lipitor, the pain would have gone away when I stopped taking it. I know the Lipitor caused the pain, because I tried red yeast rice for a couple months. The pain increased to almost unbearable, so I discontinued the red yeast rice. If I were not susceptible to the pain from the Lipitor, would the red yeast rice have increased the pain?

So here I am with a fuzzy diagnosis from the rheumatologist, and no clue from my family doctor (that he will verbalize, at any rate). My life has gone steadily downhill. I used to be a strong, active person, but now I can do very little, and my strength is a shadow of what it formerly was. What can I do?

I have had progressive muscle weakness, pain in my joints with swelling of the knees, ankles and hips. My doctor said it is not related to the antibiotic and to continue taking it. The symptoms are so disabling I can barely make it to the bathroom alone and I have had to miss work. I also told him the inside of my throat felt swollen, and my tongue is turning white. It just isn't a pleasant drug to be on.

Got Mirena less than 2 weeks ago and have had horrible heartburn and bloating almost daily since. Also increased acne - but that was expected - the heartburn was not - is this normal???? And will it go away after my body adjusts?

I have been on Yasmin for 4 months,but had to switch to Loestrin. While on Yasmin my periods were very regular and timely directly down to the day. This month i took loestrin each day on time, and used back up methods. There was only one "slip up" and even it would make it almost impossible for me to be pregnant. i've taken 4 pregnancy test and each reads negative CLEARLY .However im almost a week late for my period according to the loestrin pill pack , and i'm beginning to get nervous because i'm still waiting on my period! Can switching brands of bc cause you to miss a period, anyone experienced this?

I took Fosamax 70 mg once weekly for seven months before getting off due to intolerable side effects beginning after four months. The worst problems were vertigo and dizziness, which came on suddenly. I woke up one morning and when I tried to get out of bed, I felt like I was falling. I had to call my husband to assist me to the bathroom. Although these symptoms became less severe, I never regained my equilibrium while on Fosamax and was unable to exercise on the floor due to vertigo when I lay flat. I also experienced heart palpitations,extreme coldness, and general malaise about two hours after taking my weekly dose. I now wonder if I was having atrial fibrillation, another serious side effect of Fosamax. I am so glad I got off it!

I gave my body a month to clear out the drug and then I began taking strontium citrate 680 mg once daily. I feel well again and began a blog to relate my progress at http://strontiumforbones.blogspot.com/. Please visit and comment.

Bonelady

I am 52 years old and switched to Singulair last Fall for severe allergies. I have taken all others on the market and have exhausted the list. Since starting Singulair I have had chronic ear infections, the first since I was 11 years old. Have also had a mild cardiac arrhythmia accelerate to a severe state, for no apparent reason, and cannot get under control with the usually curative medications. All cardiac testing proves negative, other than crazy ECG's showing nearly every beat to be premature and weak. Has anyone heard of this side effect?

I was initially very excited to start the NuvaRing. I had been on BC for about two years before and wanted something that was a little easy to take care of, and since you only have to change it once a month, I thought the NuvaRing was for me.

I was probably on the Ring for about seven months. I enjoyed the ease of care, but I completely loss my entire sex drive! This was extremely detrimental to my long term relationship with my partner. Luckily, he understood it was not him but the BC, but it still caused a strain on our entire relationship.

It was sometimes difficult to insert the Ring, sometimes taking about 10 minutes. The ring also fell out once while I was removing a tampon. I did not notice and had unprotected sex with my partner. Once I noticed, I took Plan B and everything was okay.

I had Mirena put in straight after the birth of my second child as recommended by my maternity hospital to have inserted 6 weeks postnatal and kept it in for seven months. At first I just had minor symptoms like spotting slight cramps and a little bit of vaginal discomfort due to the wires, and the only good thing was that my periods stopped eventually. As the months went on my health started to decline as the side effects crept up on me and I couldn't figure out what was wrong. I just thought it was because I have two small children and I was feeling worn out/burnt-out, it got to the point that I was struggling to do everyday tasks and look after my children. I am only 24 years old and I felt like I was a 50 year old grandmother!

I had the Mirena removed 3 days ago after reading this site and I feel so much better! This company must know that there are more side effects than they have listed, yet they still fail to list the serious and debilitating side effects their product is causing people. They were sending the maternity hospital I went to products with Mirena printed on to push their crappy product. The biggest worry I have about this thing is that I am breastfeeding and I had this stupid thing in for 7 months and some of it was coming through my breastmilk and I have noticed that my 9 month old baby girl had really bad clicking joints that have got better since the Mirena removal as have mine! (although not 100% back to normal yet) This company deserves to have their product removed from the market and someone to sue the pants off of schering. The product is completely unsafe!. If there are any long term side effects to myself or my daughter I WILL SUE THIS STUPID COMPANY AND THE DOCTOR AT THE MATERNITY HOSPITAL WHO PUSHED THIS PIECE OF JUNK TO ME. The warnings are completely inadequate - because I'm sure if all the possible side effects were listed next to no-one would have it put in. I feel that this thing is pushed on mothers so that you can't distinguish the side effects from hormonal changes that could possibly occur after the birth of a child to hide the fact their product is dangerous.

one year and seven months ago i was given a coarse of laviquin--750 mg--for seven days.after 5 days I was so sick i thought i would die and at times wanted to--I had severe depression, diarea, musle pain a weakness, ancles ,knees, back and shoulders hurt so bad that I had trouble getting out of bed. my heart was raceing at 120 beats per minute and blood pressure was very high. I also had a lot of pain in my butt muscles and could not sleep, then I got to where i could not breathe and had to go to the E R

now it has been over a year and a half and still have trouble walking because of pain in knees and ancles. shoulders are sore all the time and I can not sleep more then a couple of hours at a time. my butt hurts so bad that I can not sit in a recliner for over an hour with out extreame pain.. I changed doctors now tree times and none of them will consider that the laviguin was the cause. the last one did send me to a hospital for a rectal exam but they found no problem. now that I know what caused the problem, the depression is most replaced by anger. this drug should be recalled and the drug companys should be made to pay for our care. I am 67 years old and been in pain now all that time and think I will never be the same again. my advise would be---DON'T TAKE THIS POISON--AVOID AT ALL COSTS

YOUR FRIEND---ALP

I had a terrible experience with Mirena, I lasted seven months and I could not bear it any longer as the side effects were too great. I bled continuously for seven months give or take a few days here and there. I also had changes in my vaginal discharge whenever I wasn't bleeding. I became very self conscious and it greatly affected my sex life.Sex was painful at times too as I had unusual pains in my abdomen. My emotions were all over the place and I did start to worry that I had depression as I did not feel like myself at all. I am so relieved now that the Mirena is removed. I could not wait any longer for things to improve as my doctor assured me that they would. There was some trouble with having the Mirena removed as the string had gone up into my uterus. One doctor claimed that she could not do it and referred me to another who had no real trouble in getting out. I had a horrible experience with the Mirena as I did with Depovera. I cannot believe that some people have no trouble with these contraceptions, they are very lucky!

I am just about to burst in tears from reading all this information. Our daughter is 4 years old. She is been in Singulair (for her Allergies) since she was almost 10 months. It been quite a rollercoaster for us. We have been told she is ADHD (although can't be diagnose until 6), she has almost all the characteristics. hyperactive, mood swings vary between days, now leg pains, nightmares, etc. Two years ago our allergist took her off Singulair but our pediatrician didn't agree, so we went back.
It has been very painful because our daughter is such a bright girl; we don't want her to suffer, not to be accepted because she is acting like this. From reading all this information my husband and I decided to take her off Singualir. Hopefully we see some changes that can give us a sense of relief. Any words of wisdom?

I started the ring seven months ago and thought, at first, that it was perfect. Though my period lasted 12 days when I first inserted it and my mood swings were monstrous (upon insertion) the first couple months After about 3 months my moodiness - now, one week before I start my period - has become uncontrollable. At first, it was just sore, enlarged breasts and a slight decrease in my sex drive, then it became, depression and crying for no reason, then a burning sensation in my hips and now my depression and crying jags have become all consuming and detrimental to my entire well-being. I would like to know what type of BC that women with similar symptoms have started taking. I need to change before my entire life becomes compromised because of my mood swings.

I have been taking Lotrel 5/20 for only a week and have had terrible insomnia. But, even worse, is the ringing in my ears - actually more like crickets. The first time it happened, I thought my refrigerator was breaking down and kept checking it until I realized it was my ears!

I started Loestrin 24 Fe in September of 2006 and for a few months my skin was terrible but after two months or so it started to clear up completely. I've always had minor skin problems and i just had to wait a few months and these problems subsided. However, I stopped taking it because I was away from my boyfriend while at college and was not sexually active but I started a new pack about 10 days ago. All of a sudden, my skin has erupted in pimples when I had absolutely none last week. Also, I am extremely irritable and have been experiencing horrible mood swings. I know from experience that it takes awhile for my body to get used to the Pill, but I had already been on it for seven months. I don't understand why I am having such an adverse reaction and am considering going off of Loestrin for good. My gyno said that Loestrin is prescribed for people with skin problems and really bad PMS, but it seems to me that both these things are only getting worse. Has anyone else experienced anything similar?

Started 50 mg Topomax a week ago and to help lose weight gained from my lithium. I'm already on a mood stabilizer lamictal so I didn't need it for mood - only appetite suppression. The first day I did notice that my taste for diet sodas changed - I thought something was wrong with the can and threw it away and got another, but no, it was the same. Oh well. My appetite is pretty much zero, which is fine with me since I gained over 30 pounds since starting lithium seven months ago. I don't feel any tingling or any wierd sensations - but I did feel lethargic/"stupid" the first day (and I'm definitely not that!) - so I switched to taking it at night only and that took care of that. I still feel tired when I take it at night and a little slow in the morning but by the time I get to work I'm good to go. As far as how I'll do when my psych ups the dosage I'll have to see - I'll be sure and post. I think everyone tolerates meds differently and you need to research any drug before you take it.

It has been seven months since I had a one time Kenalog injection for a Sinus Infection. The constant Menstrl bleeding which was non-stop for the first two months when to three periods a month, then two and now back to normal. The leg cramps have slowed down as well as the headaches(I think they were from the menstrl irregularities, hormonal) I still have a dent in my left hip at the site of the injection. My doctor said the indent was from the shot and said that it shouln't have happened after one shot. He sent me for all kinds of tests for the bleeding and they came back negative for everything. I recently went back to the doctors office for something minor and asked the nurse practioner about the side effects that I had and she said that they can most certainly come from that Kenalog Injection. Bristol Myers also confirmed that all the side effects that I had are listed on their insert for the drug. I wish I had known this. I wonder what else will creep up? This drug seems to cause extreme hormonal reactions in some people. I am not a complainer and hardly ever go to the doctors. This is just so wrong! I was specifically told that there were no side effects with this shot when it was administered. I wish something could be done about this.

to guest 33546
My periods are finally starting to get better after seven months of irregular bleeding.They still aren't normal like before the Kenalog.Last month I only had one period and it was very heavy and lasted for ten days.My periods used to last three to five days with heavy flow the first two days.Now I am affraid to leave the house when I have a period because the flow is so heavy and I always end up bleeding onto my clothes no matter what I do.I have also experienced random gushes of blood on my ''off days''.I will probably never wear white pants again.I think that it is cruel for a doctor not to warn a female patient that this could happen to her.My doctor said that he never heard of this side effect.The drug comes with warnings how can they not know.I have also suffered depression and severe anxiaty since Kenalog,could this be because I have permanent PMS now? I am like you ,I do not want any more shots or hormones in my body either.Good luck and know that you are not alone.

hiya silke

ive just read your posts.
im so, so sorry to hear that you are not feeling well.

i,m sorry i cant be any help as i dont understand why this is happening to any of us. all the knowledge i have has come from other ladies on this site and especially from you.
i thank you so much for that!

all that i can say is that be very strong. remember i had only been taking it for one year and feel awful most of the time and have only been of it for nearly seven months, but you had been taking it for 5 years so its probably just going to take a while longer for your body to get back to mormal.

please try and be calm and try not to think about it to much, keep telling yourself that you ARE going to get through this, just like you kept telling me silke, remember!

you have been a godsend for me and all the other women on this site, believe me!

you have been there for me and if i can be of any help to you. please let me know

god bless you silke, i really hope you are better soon
remember! STAY STRONG!!!!

to any other ladies out there who have been on the yasmin as long as silke, please please reply to her . she really needs you!!

SOPHIExxxxxx

I have been on Prednisone for seven months and these are my side effects.

Severe gout six times .
Bloody nose for five weeks during my sleep at night. I woke up with blood all over my face and bed covers.
At first constipation then runny stools.
Blurred vision.
Teeth ache.
Face so swollen that I am biting the inside of my cheek. Big double chin and a gaggle below that.
Pains moving from joint to joint.
Headache.

I have had a whole range of side-effects with this drug, some of which have gone away over time (mouth sores) and sometimes I can get hit all of a sudden with a total body meltdown, like right at the moment. Every muscle aches, with stabbing pains in some places. I can hardly lift my arms, my head aches and I imagine myself having some deadly neurological disease. The first time it happened it took me a while to relate it to Advair but then the symptoms went away in 3 days. Seven months ago I was hit and was able to 'detox" during a seaside vacation - that time it took 405 days.

This is my 6th day and I'm as miserable as at the beginning. I feel sick and debilitated. Some messages have said Advair leaves your system in 12 hours. So why am I still having all these side effects after 6 days? This is very scary.

I was prescribed WB SR to offset the fatigue and sexual side effects from Paxil... For the first week I felt very speedy. Not always in a bad way - the focus and energy was great at work. Now I tend to feel more fatigued and am back on coffee. Climax still a problem but desire has increased a lot.

I do drink on it; I've been self-medicating since ending a long relationship seven months ago. However, I do feel a lot more hopeful and am looking toward the future instead of dwelling on the past.

I have had three new side effects just this week... Nausea if I take it on an empty stomach, mild constipation and SWEATING. I mean, I get DRENCHED, mostly when I eat. I was out to lunch with coworkers today and it was pretty embarassing...

That said, for now I am going to stick with it, since I am dealing with things more productively. This is a very useful forum and I appreciate everyone's posts.

Just wanted everyone who has polycystic kidney disease and is on lisinopril to know that I've been on it for seven months and already my cysts are showing a decrease in size. My nephrologist said this may be the drug that turns my condition into one where all I have to do is take a pill rather than need a kidney transplant (like my dad needed). She's right. And at 10mg, I'm not having any side effects. In fact, I feel much better being on this bp med rather than the older one...I'm more active and generally feel great. Everyone's different so don't be afraid to try it.