Shortness of breath symptoms and conditions

I have been taking lisinopril 20 mg for about 9 months. About a month ago I started having this feeling of internal shaking or vibration. It's not visible on the outside of my body. I feel it all up and down my spine, in my pelvis, down my legs. I went to my dr. and she doubled my dose of lisinopril and it's a lot worse now. Before I was having this sensation about half the day and now I have it all the time. I also have the dry cough, weird taste, my hands fall dead asleep when I am sleeping even if I am not pressing on them at all, I'm cold all the time and I feel sluggish and stupid. I also had urticaria on my arms all summer and my doctor didn't think it was related. My BP was pretty high without it so I am afraid to stop taking it, but I am wondering if the weird vibrating feeling is a side effect of the lisinopril. Has anyone else had this sensation? It's not painful but it's distracting and making me crazy.

i am a 63 yo male and was given dexamesone {i am told 5 times stronger than pred. for severe arititis have been on it for 2 years and my life is gone i gained 100lbs and cant pass up sweets.my legs are exreemely weak and i have shortness of breath.for breathing priblem was prescribed albuterol of course with steroids.

29 year old female. My doctor prescribed Omnicef for my Strep Throat, after the first day began experiencing stomach cramps. Ive been taking Acidopholus & the cramps seemed to go almost completely away, don't know if it was the pro-biotic. By the third day began having shortness of breath and anxiety and sleeplessness, along with burning & itching of face,chest, hands & arms (benadryl seemed to help some) Im not on any other medications so very good chance its the antibiotic. I am allergic to penicillin & after doing some research found if you're allergic to penicillin you can be allergic to Omnicef (Cefdinir-generic). Ive never had problems like this from any other antibiotic...the only thing penicillin did was cause a small rash on my neck. Called my doctor to see if she can prescribe something else.From what Ive read this antibiotic can cause a lot of side effects, if you can take another antibiotic I would suggest it!

I have been on it for a month and have had shortness of breath, weight gain and ringing in the ear. I have also experienced many more headaches.
Not quite sure this is the med for me. I think I was better on Metoprol. After reading alot of info it seems as though I may really should not have been put on this drug... as I have RVOT which stems in the lower chamber/s of the heart so opposite of Atrial fibrilation.

I am on 400 mg of Lamictal for a seizure disorder. I am completely amazed after reading these experiences of others how similar they are to mine. Except I've hardly attributed them to Lamictal, I have been constantly just blaming myself thinking that this weight gain and struggle and lack of motivation is an inherent weakness within myself more than likely caused by genetics etc. I've experienced, jawline acne, weight gain (the heaviest weight I've been in my life), lack of motivation, extreme insomnia (I have to take a sleeping pill EVERY night or I will not sleep), lack of thought/word recall, spaciness, lack of coordination/balance, severe shortness of breath (always attributed this to being overweight), along with heart palpitations, constant mucus in back of throat, spaciness, excessive dependency on lists/need to write everything down, mental blankness, difficulty culminating ideas, major blurred vision and nasty headaches that last for days. I normally consider myself somewhat intelligent, I was able to get a masters degree and breezed through college in my earlier years. But now after being on Lamictal for 4 years I'm having difficulty comprehending my daughter's second grade homework! Wow. This is an eye opener. One good thing I like though about Lamictal is I feel a sense of calmness after taking it initially. I feel releived at this point that I am not alone in my experience!

I was on Coumadin several years ago for an upper extremity DVT caused by a picc line gone bad. Was only on it for 6 weeks and had mild symptoms that I was told were not caused by the Coumadin. I now have a large DVT in my right groin. I was on Lovenox injections for 7 days and Coumadin 5mg every day. My INR is now 6.1 (for those of you who may not know, that is seriously high). Was told to stop everything for 4 days and repeat my INR tomorrow. I have had terrible leg pain, shortness of breath, chest pain, extreme fatigue, killer headaches, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, and have lost another 5 lbs this week (not necessarily complaining about the weight loss :). I feel like I can't get out of bed. My previous Internest left the practice 2 months ago and I didn't establish care with my new one until yesterday. He proceeded to tell me that all of my symptoms and problems were caused by anxiety. Definitely NOT Coumadin. Huh, really? After reading these posts, I think I will change MD's again!

I took levaquin for 4 days in Oct. 2009 for diviticulitis. My husband took me to the ER I was passing out and felt aweful. The ER said I was dehydrated gave me fluids took a catscan of my stomach and said stay on the levaquin it's clearing up the infection. I took 2 more levaquin the next day and my heart started racing, I had the chills so bad I went under every blanket and cover with no relief. I then realized that all the anxiety, horrible dreams and little sleep and shortness of breath must be from this poison levaquin. I went to my Dr. she switched me to ammoxicilin. Since October I have been having new stomach issues with pain up my left side and pains everywhere at times. My Dr. gave me prilosec and it seems to be helping. I have never had heart burn in my life other than when I was expecting my children. I am waiting on blood work to try and find whats going on. I know all this is from that crap. If I have an ulcer I will know it is from the levaquin since the catscan in Oct. only showed the diviticulitis. I also experienced the racing heart, shortness of breath and anxiety for weeks after I stopped taking it and now every once in a while. No I never had these issues before taking this medicine.

I have been taking atenolol for 1 month, before that i took lisinapril. I have hoarse voice, lots of coughing to the point of not being able to sleep. shortness of breath, pressure in my chest, fingers are blue and cold sometimes, and headaches. This medication is a joke.... i felt better when bloodpressure was high... im so tired i cant even work.. Please help me ...

I was prescribed time released Omeprazole about a year and a half ago (20 mg 2x daily, morning and night) for a chronic esophogeal sphinctor excretionary condition (what ever that means!). All I know is that I always felt like I had an enormous lump in my throat and couldn't swallow down my own saliva (which was very thick and mucousy). Somehow, food went down fine! I was always trying to clear my throat and when the excretions would build up, and I would try to talk, it would send me into severe coughing attacks and I couldn't catch my breath (it also would happen when I would lie down). I decided to take the omeprazole on a regular basis to see if it would help. It did! But, not without other severe consequences! Recently, over the last couple months I've experienced cutting pains and tightness in my chest, rapid inconsistant heart rythems like I was having a heart attack and shortness of breath. I now get occassional low grade headaches, nausea, depression, fatigue and no motivation. I also experience instability while on my feet which I've never been. Concentration and memory (both short and long term) have also been effected. The latest symptoms have been with my muscles, joints and bones in general. Leg cramps starting at the middle of my butt cheek and radiating down my leg with numbness, cold feeling and tingling. I'm also experiencing periodic throbbing pains in my armpits with enlarged armpit glands. I've also been going to my chiropractor now about 2 - 4 times a week (at $200 - $300 per session) for severe muscle atrophy in my neck, shoulders and arms, which really has not been getting any better. I'm waiting now for a return phone call from the ear, nose and throat Dr. who prescribed the Omeprazole. I'm un-employed and do not have medical insurance. I'm beside myself and do not know what to do. I cannot deal with the symptoms of NOT TAKING the drug, and I'm finding out that I'm literally wasting away TAKING the meds. What is a person supposed to do? My actual daily activities are already severely minimized. HELP!

I have posted before on my experiences with Levaquin. Actually both elderly parents were given this drug for undiagnosed bronchial ailments. My father suffered severe side effects: ocular and ulnar nerve damage, loss of appetite and weight loss, depression, insomnia, hardly able to walk, pain in shoulders, edema, shortness of breath, etc. Taken to the hospital and used as an ATM machine for more drugs and procedures, he was suddenly diagnosed with a rare form of B-Cell Lymphoma after being there over two weeks. Tried to be an advocate despite discouragement from relatives and skeptical docs. Clueless oncologist treated dad with Retuxin. Passed away the next day. A fiasco.
Incredibly, mom took two courses of Levaquin over the same three month period, suddenly came down with rare Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer after finishing the second course, and passed away within a month.
There is an Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer message board on Yahoo. Have discovered that several posts concerning loved ones stricken by this rare cancer involved the taken of Levaquin before this disease suddenly appeared.
I have felt this stuff is cancer fertilizer. Some one needs to investigate this link between Levaquin and thyroid or other rare cancers. Fluoride molecule is anathema to the thyroid. Who knows what this does to the immune system especially of an elderly person. Both parents were 84 years old.
Docs continue to merrily dispense this crap to unsuspecting and trusting patients. We had no proof of tendon ruptures, so could not join the class action lawsuit. How do we get this stuff off of the market?
Who should be responsible for the misery it has created? Docs, the drug company that makes it, the
FDA? I am convinced of a link between Levaquin and rare forms of cancer.

I've been on Yaz for over 2 years, and my daughter also.
We just started talking about how we both were having problems with our arms. Then we said what do we have in common? ANSWER YAZ. I have been going to doctor for extreme arm pain ,they gave me muscle relaxers, I can't function on them ,I've also been going for a heart problem, I've never had problems before , I went for a bunch of test. I know have cardiac arrhythmia(regular heart beat) and have developed mitral valve prolapse (heart muscule not working properly). I have always worn contacts (my daughter too) we are having trouble wearing them, doctor has been trying different types trying to help. Also as soon as I eat I get severe stomach cramps and diarehha. I am also winded going upstairs. I have been off yaz for 2weeks. I can't believe how much better I am feeling. I can use my arms,no shortness of breath,but I have had migraines.My heart has calm down ,still a little irregular and going to the bathroom is back to normal with no cramping.IF YOU ARE ON YAZ GET OFF NOW!!! It took about a year for my symptoms to show their ugly effects. PLEASE DON"T TAKE YAZ--their is other medications out there.

I started Omeprazole about 2 and 1/2 weeks ago. Last week, I had a severe anxiety attack. Tightness in my chest, numbing hands and feet, shortness of breath, extreme diziness and I also felt like I was going to pass out. I called my doctor in tears while I was having another attack and he gave me a prescription for xanax and told me to continue taking the omepazole and the xanax. Has anyone else ever had panic attacks (out of the blue) while on this medication? Also, is it safe to take xanax and omeprazole together? I'm at the point where I'm considering stopping the omeprazole completely.

shortness of breath and light-headedness when I stand up sometimes. when I took 1/2 of a 25mg pill, these side effects did not happen. the doctor changed me to the full pill and the side effects started. has anyone else experienced these?

I have been taking Yaz for about 3 years. I'm considering a change in birth control due to the following side effects: I have had recurrent yeast infections, decreased labido, heart palpitations, occassional chest heaviness, dizziness, and shortness of breath. I also have nausea for the first four days of the new pack I'm taking and have increased social anxiety. On the flipside, I have to mention the positive because there is a reason I haven't discontinued it yet. I have had no mood swings, which I did have before taking Yaz. I have been able to maintain a constant weight and do not have terrible acne anymore.

You just have to weigh the pro's and con's of the medication and decide which outweighs the other.

I am a 57 year old female and i'm writing to tell others about my experience with this medication which is poison itself. I started taking lisinopril in April 2009 for nearly a month and a half everything was okay but in May I came down with flu like symptoms and a severe cough that would not go away. I continued to get sicker and sicker with the cough until my body was severely sore from coughing all day long. I went back to the doctor from May 2009 until September 2009 and everything that was given to me failed to work. The doctor tested me for tuberculosis which came back negative and the doctor also told me that I may have acid reflex which I knew that she really did not know what was wrong. I never thought it was the lisinopril that was making me sick because of the short amount of time I was on the medicine. I went back to the doctor and she wanted me to start taking breathing treatments because my breathing was affected tremendously. One night my breathing was so bad I had to borrow a family member's breathing machine and before that I experienced many sleepless nights because of this medicine and living a normal life again seemed impossible. Everywhere I went, whether it was to pay bills, or school, whatever I needed to do was very difficult because I was coughing non stop and became weaker and weaker over time. I did not know what was wrong with me, I thought I had contracted a fatal disease and my daughter who lived in another state had to quite her job because everyone included me honestly thought I was dying. I continued to get sicker and sicker and I almost passed out but with the help of a friend I was taken back to the doctor. I told the doctor that it was something seriously wrong with me. She took my blood pressure which was 170/100 and she also stated that my heart was racing so fast that it sounded like it would jump out of my chest. She referred me to a heart specialist that same day but all the tests were normal. After consulting with my doctor after the tests were done she was all out of answers but finally decided that it may be my medication so she took me off and within three weeks my health improved but I continued to have minor problems due to the medicine. My legs still ache till this day, I experienced so many symptoms with this medication other than the ones described but I just wanted to share my experience with the medicine. For me if I had the choice of dying with dignity or continue to take this poison lisinopril, I would chose death because what I experienced with this medicine was far worse. Some one needs to take this medicine off the market soon before it claims a life, it probably already have claimed lives. No one should have to endure the terrible symptoms I and others that took it have experienced. I've met alot of women recently with high blood pressure who were sick and the first question I asked them is what type of medication they were taking because they had some of the same symptoms. Bingo! Linsinopril, I advised them to get off the medication as soon as possible because the worst is yet to come. I've had so many doctor bills from doctors not knowing what was wrong with me, heart test, test for tuberculosis and more. I came so grateful to come across this site to see that i'm not alone because the doctors made me think I was crazy but I knew something was wrong. I wish you all the best of luck!

I am a white male age 54 and started taking Flowmax over three weeks ago. I am very aware of my body and how I feel. After taking this drug I noticed an immediate problem with shortness of breath. This of course effected my ability to sleep since I was awoken throught the night trying to catch a satifing breath and feeling smoothered. I also had a 50% decrease in seman. I immediatly dropped the Flowmax and the the satisfing breaths returned as well as the ejeculations.
I figured that I could tolerate a slower uranition if it ment I could breath!!

I have been on Yaz for 9 months and didn't really notice any side effects. About a month ago I had what could have been a panic attack, though I have never had one before in my life, shortness of breath and sudden pain in my chest. The last few months I have been super moody, even crying often, and didn't really connect it, I thought it was just stressed. But now I am thinking that I should go off it for a few months based on the other messages.

I am a 41 year-old female with high blood pressure and cholesterol.The Dr. prescribed Lisinopril 5mg to protect my kidneys on Dec.15,2009. I was rushed to the Emergency room on Dec.22, 2009 with heart palpitations and shortness of breath. The E.R., Dr. said i was having an anxiety attack. Okay, here's what happend next, I couldn't sleep ,heart palpitations at night, headaches, crazy in the head[went to the men's restroom and used it.}, I've been going to Winn-Dixie for 10 years and I didn't know my way out of the store. Sinus Infection, pain in left leg while asleep, problems swallowing like a ball of mucus is stuck in my throat, tightness in my jaws.There are side-affects from Lisinopril and I have them. Today is my last day taking this medication.

A case of acute bronchitis was the cause of my prescription for the Dexpak 13 day. The 5th day I was experiencing blurred vision, shortness of breath, severe indigestion, bloating, lethargy, anxiety, profuse sweating, dizziness, loss of concentration, sleeplessness, nightmares when I do sleep, esophagus irritation. Not to mention my blood sugar was 400 and I felt like I had been hit by a truck. Now day 8, I am extremely ill. I can't stop vomiting, I feel like nothing has changed and I can't get over this. The bronchitis was nothing compared to the sick I have experienced from this drug. Do Not Take this drug!

While taking HCG, I had dizziness, shortness of breath, stomache pain,blurred vision,rapid heart beat, weakness,ect... Then I ended up in the E.R. with blood clots in my leg. I do not have insurance, and now I have huge med. bills I can not pay. Not to mention that I have had to stay off my leg for almost 2 weeks now! HCG realy messed up my life!!! The 30lbs I lost was not worth it. And now that I can not excersise because I can't be on my leg, the wieght is starting to come back on.

My 14 year old daughter received the gardasil shot on 8/31/2009. Her side effects are: seizure like activity-shortness of breath-irregular periods-hair loss-headaches-pale/yellowish in color at times-stomachaches-muscle weakness-chest pain-generally feeling unwell-swollen glands- very fatigued and weak ( she sleeps about an average of 15 to 20 hours per day). My daughter loved to cheer and do hip hop dance, swim , snowmobile, dirt bike riding, loved jumping and flipping on trampoline for hours on end and now we have no life for anyone because we have to be with her 24/7 because we are worried where this will lead us and when and if our daughters life will ever be normal again, She cant even have a teenage life because of her last episode that you will read about below we no longer allow her to go any where without one of us, the bathroom door has to stay open, she has to sleep with one of us or her sister, cant go to the movies with boyfriend or friends w/o us tagging along, we are constantly checking on her through out the day to make sure eveything is ok, Where does this end or does it? Does it get worse? Does anyone know? I am afraid for my daughters life, and she is tired of attending dr. appointments because she says that they think she is lying and that there is nothing wrong with her> I told her that hopefully we will find one that will listen and help. If anyone has any information to help us please email me at loganpaige@aol.com .She started having seizure like activity at school on 9/9/09. Called Dr. and he stated it was not seizure like activity it was probably her vasovagal syncope. She again had another seizure like activity at school on 9/14/09, school called squad because she was not responding. ER did ekg, bloodwork and ct scan all normal. She was treated and released because we had a eeg set up for the following month. Called Dr. he stated no seizure like activity involved it was fainting due to syncope. We went to ER 9/20/09 for chest pains asked if it had anything to do with Gardasil, ignored again, told she had Costchrodritis, sent home.She had another seizure like activity at school on 9/22/09, I got to witness episode on my own for the first time very scary and definetly seizure like activity with hands clinching, body jerking, eyes rolled back in her head and unresponsive. This went on for over an hour. When we arrived at Childrens ER I again for the 20th time told them that she had the gardasil shot but again they skipped right over and went about their way. She had all the same test ran, EKG,CT scan,bloodwork, all came back normal except that she had a hemoglobin count of 8.0 (borderline of needing a blood transfusion). They did another urine test to see blood was in urine, normal. Checked fecal and normal too, asked about bleeding of gums, normal too. They could not give a reason for the hemoglobin to be that low because she did not have heavy periods and they only lasted a day or two. We were admitted to hospital this time for seizure like activity, had 12 doctors over the course of 4 days, cardiologist, and nuerologist, general medicine and no one could give us a reason for thses events again sent home. She started getting these sores under her under arms that had puss like fluid inside that they say happens in girls, they are very sore and have stuff like mersa that just pours out it is the grosses thing that I have seen, we are going to ER again tomorrow to have one of these absesses removedf/lanced and drained. The fourth one sense the shot. 10/01/09 school called having another seizure like activity, called pediatrician he said to prop her feet well above the head because she was just having a fainting episode after 20 minutes of no response, called ped. back told him she was still in seizure like activity he said to get her straight to NCH(NationwideChildren's Hospital) , Father rode to NCH in squad and when they arived she was still in the seizure like activity, they put them (father/daughter) in ER room and left them, father finally got tired of watching this and pushed Emergency button and told them that they better get in there and do something for her, the ER dr. came in and started hooking up monitors, they found irregular brain waves but says that they thought it was psuedoseizures, but admitted anyways for video EEG. 10/2/09 another seizure on vEEG, said irregular activity but still think psuedo seizures so set appointment with psychologist. so now we have cardiologist for syncope, hematologist for unexplained severe iron deficiency anemia, and a psychologist because these are stress related and brought from the stress, adolesent dr because periods are now coming every 4 or 5 days and heavier than usual. 10/28/09 another seizure on the bus, we took her home to come out on her own like the dr told us to do. taken out of school because way to tired and all the seizures was just to much for us all, I was worried about her health. 12/27/09 another seizure while having a nice night with friends, taken to hospital, oxygen dropped to 80%, treated and released. 1/2/10 had another seizure but a few minutes in she stopped breathing, 911 called, CPR performed and she was brought back after 2 minutes, before seizure started she was complaining of tongue feeling swollen, the whole evening of New Year's Day. When came out of seizure (3 hours later) was crying because she had no feeling in her left side, this lasted for about 10 minutes, she then tells us that before she went down her face felt numb and she couldn't feel it. NCH was called for the hospital to transport her this time because they did not know how to treat her but they refused and told the ER DR. that they would have the nuerologist call us later in the week to make an her an appointment to see them in the next week or two. so we were again treated and released. Here it is the 14th and still no appointment or phone call. I have since called other drs and got her to another nuero dr but she wouldn't listen to what I had to say about Gardasil even with all the paperwork and stories that I printed and took to appointment, wouldn't even look at research that I brought. So again we are starting all over with the testing that she has done in the past.

i have only had 4 seizures in my life that i am aware of. 1 seizure 2 yrs ago and one a couple months later. The others were 6 weeks ago and 5 weeks ago. I wrecked my car doing 70mph on the last one. At the hospital they put me on keppra and i didnt seem to have any injury's from the wreck. This is the first time i have ever been on medicine for the seizures. I have had alot of probles latley and dont know if it is a result of the medicine side effects or from the car wreck. it started with my legs going numb then progressively got worse. The numbness spread all over my body. Then all my joints started hurting, my knees became swollen to twice their normal size, shortness of breath, sharp pains down my arms and they became very weak to where i cant do most of the thing i used to do. Evey pain i used to have got way more intense. Every problem i am having seem so random that its hard to beleive its from the car wreck. it seems like it has to be the medicine's side effects. I was taking 500mg's twice a day but i quit taking it hoping all these problems will go away a couple days ago. I dont have health insurance and have been going to a charity hospital and it will be atleast a month before i can see a neurologist. are thses common side effects of keppra?

What a bummer! I've been on Wellbutrin XL 300mg (150mg at night, 150mg in the morning) for almost 3 months. I found this site running a search on "shortness of breath Wellbutrin" because this is definitely a fly in the ointment. The shortness of breath isn't constant but it is definitely bothersome. I've had to cut WAY down on my coffee consumption and am about to quit completely, but I also starting to wonder of sugar doesn't cause some of problem as well.

About 1 month ago, I had a very scary episode that I now believe is def. a result of caffeine, Wellbutrin and possibly sugar not mixing well. I was at Barnes & Noble and met a friend for coffee. I drank a grande peppermint mocha (two shots of espresso + a good dose of chocolate and sugar syrup). During our conversation I couldn't help but notice a sudden-onset of increasing nasal congestion to the point where I was having to mouth breathe for the rest of our conversation/visit. After she left, I spent the next 20 minutes finishing up some Christmas shopping, all the while the shortness of breath continued to progress. Finally, as I was checking out, I said to the sales clerk, "I'm sorry, but I need to sit down NOW before I fall down!" because even though I was breathing very deeply I felt I wasn't getting any air, my ears started ringing LOUDLY and things were starting to go dark so I HAD to sit down - and then *lay* down - right there in front of God and everybody. Freaked them and myself totally out! I am 40 years old but in excellent health and have NEVER had ANYTHING like this happen.

So short story long, I had to lay there for 10 or 15 minutes before I felt well enough to get up. My husband came to get me and we went to my M.D. as soon as possible but it still took a couple of hours before I got in to see him. All the while I experienced waves of breathlessness and weakness interspersed with periods of feeling almost normal. I felt like I had the flu - that sort of out-of-body weirdness that goes with having a fever - but EVERY test he ran came back normal - no flu, no fever, glucose, urine, blood and EKG tests all came back PERFECTLY fine. When I started crying b/c I was so scared and still felt so awful and mentioned that my father's side of the family has trouble with blood clots, he consulted with his colleagues in the office and referred me to the emergency room of the hospital he's associated with to have additional tests run that he could not do in office and it was after hours.

4 hours later and ALL tests run AGAIN, PLUS sonograms to check for clots in my legs and a CAT scan to make sure I didn't have a clot in my head, I was pronounced 100% perfectly healthy and fine. Great. Nice wellness check-up: only $2,000. :b~

So this afternoon I gulped a bag of M&M's in record time (I'm healthy, not a saint) and then lay down for a nap. Sinus congestion rapidly set in along with shortness of breath. ENOUGH ALREADY. So I went to Google and that brought me here. Lo and behold, I'm not the only one. Trouble is, I really, really like the Wellbutrin. I'm going to cut out caffeine and sugar completely and see what happens. I'll report back in a week or so and leave my findings.

Best of luck, everybody!

I am 33 and started using NR about 8 months ago. At first I didn't really notice anything unusual. My periods were less painful, but were never really all that painful to begin with, but they would last about 2 or 3 days. I did gain A LOT of weight though!! 30 lbs to be exact. Now I'm not entirely blaming NR for the weight gain but I know it played a big part. I have always been thin and have weighed around 135-140 which is ideal for my 5'7 height but I am now at 170. My sex drive has also taking a huge dive. I am RARELY in the mood. I am angry a lot of the time and I cry A LOT!! I stopped using NR a week before xmas 09 and have just started experiencing terrible headaches, depression, nausea, night sweats, daily hot flashes, dizzyness, fatigue, shortness of breath, and painful intercourse. I had also recently noticed that my hair is thinning from my forehead. I have always had thick, long hair so this I noticed right away. I have decided to stop taking NR to see if my mood changes for the better and hopefully my sex drive will come back, along with hair growth. I used to take tri cyclen and never had any problems besides forgetting to take it...

What a relief reading these posts. I am 31, have two kids, and had my Mirena inserted in Feb of 2009. When first inserted, I had a drop in blood pressure and had nausea for about an hour. I had to wait an hour to drive back to work.

No other symptons really there at first except night sweats for a few weeks. After that was over, I thought this was going to be a pretty smooth ride. Gradually I have gotten to the point where I started to think something was seriously wrong w/ me. Since I am on no other medications, have no other ongoing health issues, I got online to see if my side effects may be from Mirena. (I did my research when I had it inserted, but did not anticipate having symptoms this intense.) All of the following are without a doubt things I DID NOT have before the Mirena: weight gain, especially in my abdomen/belly area (I've had 3 people ask me if I'm pregnant-and I'm not a big girl), constant appetite, dizziness/heavey headedness feeling, very intense mood swings, headaches and flutter type feelings in my abdomen/belly.

My sex drive hasn't decreased much which is good. No acne (never had any anyway). My menstrual bleeding has decreaed slowly over time to be replaced by a brown discharge (that had an odor..ewww!!)

I am scheduling an appointment both with my OBGYN and GP to review my situation (and the smelly discharge). I plan to keep the Mirena for now and see what happens over the next couple months as I try to also increase my exercise and eat better. We will see what happens.

Has anybody else experienced where it seems like the symptons came on gradually and got worse over time?