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I have had the Merina IUD for almost a year now ,, when I got it put it I thought I was gonna faint it was so painful,, I have had severe cramps non stop since I have had the IUD,, I have made several trips to the ER and they try to make it out like ive just got an infection ,well things never got any better so i kept on going until they told me something that was worth hearing well sure enough about 6mnths after having my IUD I got told that I had a 3cm by 3cm mass on my uteras that some women experience with an IUD and still its in my uteras right along with the IUD ,, and like all the other women out there having problems ,, I have experienced low sex drive , sever irritability, weight gain, and im just plain oumit miserable. I have been having an awful fishy smelling discharge for the past 3 months, and like most women my OBGYN tries to throw the truth of the matter off and try to make it out like im crazy,, heck no!! im not crazy and I know my body and I know this just aint normal,,so I made me an appointment at my local Health Dept to get this thing out of Sooo!!! to all the women out there that want an IUD I don't recommend it,, Its dangerous and all it does is destroy your body and your life :(.....I hope all goes well with all of you , best wishes and good luck!! Im ending my miserary ASAP!!!,,

I've been on NuvaRing for two months now. at first I thought it was great. I had been on 6 other birth controls over the past 6 or 7 years, and I had horrible side effects from the other bc . the first month I used NuvaRing I felt sooo sick I thought I caught the flu and no meds worked to help my flu, I was also very depressed and really anti social which pissed my boyfriend off a lot. I also had absolutely no sex drive ( that pissed him off even more... pissed me off too) I started to have breast tenderness and vaginal discharge the second week I was on the NuvaRing. it got progressively worse as I started to get my period I had heavy bleeding and even more cramps than normal ( usually I am curled up in bed wishing that I could just die the cramps are that bad. they were worse on the NuvaRing) than the second month I started to have weird thoughts and grew even more depressed to the point that it was effecting my life in a serious way I spent two weeks in bed it was horrible. so today I decided to stop NuvaRing I had horrid cramps so bad that I fell on the floor at work from the pain. a warning to all of you ladies that think this is great plz read up on it and be careful.

Hello, I have been on Topamax for about 2 months now for severe and unexplained dizzy spells\vertigo. I am at 100mg. The spells are gone thank God, because they were debilitating, but the side effects are HORRIBLE! First it was me just feeling like an idiot, dropping everything, forgetting words, losing my train of thought mid sentence... I am a hair stylist so this could be quite embarrasing. Then I got the crazy weird tingles everywhere, but they are kinda cool. Except when they wake you up in the middle of the night. AHH! But luckily the stupidness has worn off, and the feeling like I never get enough sleep has too. But now I AM LOSING SOOO MUCH HAIR! Like handfulls of it. I took a ziplock bag of it to my Dr. and (extreme, I know...) he says "yeah, that can happen..." not to me! I'm a hairdresser! I think I may go off of it... Has anyone else experienced this??? Soda still tastes like crap most days, but I don't like it much anyways. It can up your anxiety level at times too, i think. The positive is that it keeps you from overeating. The side effects get better, as in not as constant, but they never completely go away.

I have to honestly say I LOVE the Mirena. Yes it was a little painful when it was inserted but that is the only bad thing I have to say about the Mirena. I have had the Mirena for about 2 1/2 years now. I don't have to worry about taking a pill everyday, gaining weight or the best part not having a period. I spot very little for like a day and to be honest it is only when I go to the bathroom and wipe is when I notice that Im spotting. I guess Im just one of the lucky ones that can use this method of birth control.

Update:
Another week has gone by with the ring out and i feel GREAT!
I'm not paranoid! I'm not sad, or antisocial... I haven't passed out once since it's been out!
I've been able to stay awake all day, every day. No naps, very very little fatigue (just a little at the end of long days, which i think feels normal).
I feel social! Sexual! I have self confidence!
Honestly, in the past month I feel like my life has completely turned around. I am getting along with my boyfriend sooo much better because I am mentally healthier and finally have a libido again!

I agree- if you're not experiencing weird symptoms, you're lucky! I loved the ring at first. Just be careful and aware!

As for alternatives to the ring... I don't know what to do really. I decided with my doctor to take 3 months off of hormonal birth control just to figure out how I feel naturally. After that though, I'm not sure. Just relying on condoms alone kind of freaks me out. Definitely not ready to deal with baby decisions...

The ladies who are bashing this are obviously uneducated on BC pills. There are so many different types of bodies and so many types of BC pills. It just all depends on how your body works and deals with certain BC pills. And when you find it you'll know. Don't bash on it just because it doesn't work for you DOESN'T mean that it isn't gonna work for other people! OH and also I don't know why people say that you can gain weight from BC pills? I talked to my doc and she said that stuff is NOT true. Unless she is wrong but I personally don't believe BC pills do that to a womans body.

I started Yasmin about 7 months ago and i must admit it has definitely took away the acne, have an awesome 4 or 5 day period. BUT i seriously hate the side effect of crying and being so emotional all the time, it really has come to be a problem between me and my husband, i'll tend to blow up over anything and was never that way before.

I was on Singulair for about 5-6 years and I rarely had an asthma attack. I had the vivid dreams that are common with Singulair, but that didn't bother me. I also had the occasional earache, but it was tolerable. My last 3 months of taking this drug, I started "seeing things." I would see shadows darting out of the corner of my eye. At the time I was waitressing and I went out to wait on a table that I thought was there. When I looked up to take their order, there was no one there. One night I almost got into an accident because I thought a car was behind me that was tailing me when there wasn't one. It was at that point that I really started to freak out. I thought I was going insane, possibly schizophrenia. One day I was flipping through a magazine and happened to see an ad for Singulair. I read through all the fine print and saw that a rare side effect was hallucinations! It all made sense at that point and I knew I wasn't going crazy!

I stopped taking Singulair and then started to have breathing problems (I wasn't taking anything for my asthma at that point). I went to the doctor and he laughed when I told him about the hallucinations being from Singulair. He told me to go back on it and see if it happened again. The second or third day I started to see shadows again. I lasted about a week and then just stopped and went to Advair. It doesn't help much.

It makes me really sad that Singulair did this to me. It was the only time in my life where I didn't have to worry about breathing. Now I have to take prednisone about twice a year, which I never had to do on Singulair. I just wanted to write this in case anyone else was experiencing anything similar.

Wow...so after eating 2.5 plates of pasta...I was wondering how the hell I could eat so much..I mean mounds of pasta! But of course...since I have been using the Nuvaring I am ALWAYS hungry...and I have used depo provera..and depo lupron because I have endometriosis..and have also lost my sex drive. Not to mention the fact that my breasts are very tender! It has stopped my period which is great because I was on my period for 6 months..not even kidding...I would have 1 or 2 day breaks sometimes, but was bleeding most of the time. I guess I have to live with the side effects since it is helping my endo. so far....but it just sucks because i was hoping this would finally be the thing that would agree with my body! ahhh sometimes being a female is sooo difficult!

I am so glad that I found this site, and I don’t feel like I’m going crazy anymore! I’m 22 and had been taking Yasmin for 2 years. About two months into taking Yasmin I began having unexplained migraines for days that would not go away. I was prescribed medication for my migraines, and it didn’t help. Then, I became depressed and would cry about everything. I also became moody and would yell at everybody for no reason at all. I was also tired all the time and was constantly having hot flashes. I also had terrible nausea and vomiting with Yasmin. I vomited almost every night for two months! The worst symptom of all though, was panic attacks that almost put me in the hospital one time. I finally looked up the side effects of Yasmin and thankfully found this site. I have been off Yasmin for two weeks now, and already I feel like myself again! I have more energy, and I am no longer moody or sick to my stomach. I have also not had a migraine and I even feel more clear headed. Yasmin destroyed my relationship with my fiancé and I’ll never get that back. Hopefully, other woman will see this and stop taking Yasmin before it ruins their relationships. I thank all of you woman who shared your stories! I felt so much better after reading them.

I have been having chest pains every afternoon since July 13th, which was right after the doc prescribed me Toprol-XL. I have had SOOO many tests and they can't figure out what the problem is. The chest pains happen in the afternoon while I'm walking, I don't mean walking for exercise I'm talking about walking to the bathroom or just to the other room and my chest feels like it is about to explode. I accidentally quite taking the Toprol for about 5 days. My husband had knocked my pill bottle off the cabinet and out of sight out of mind. Well, Saturday was the first day in over 2 months that I didn't have a chest pain. I didn't have any problems for the 5 days, then I realized that I had been forgetting to take the Toprol and started it back up and the chest pains have come back. Has anyone ever had this same problem?

I've been on Diovan for about 9 months and I have all of the side effects everyone else here has mentioned! Weight gain, bloating, fatigue, mood swings, extreme muscle aches- especially in my lower back and legs, hunger, and more! These Drs. are sooo stupid!!!! They tell us to lose weight and then give all of us medications that cause weight gain. I am also diabetic and my Dr. also has me take Humalog insulin- which also causes weight gain! I would enjoy hearing from everyone who has had side effects from Diovan, and I would like to hear about alternative remedies for hypertension. Good luck and Best Wishes to all of you....Kim Q.

I can't believe I have found this site!!! I have been having horrendous but very petty arguments with my boyfriend just lately, to the point I do not know if we are over as he is only speaking to me in a temper voice. Obviously I believe eveything is his fault(!) and now after reading the site I am wondering if it is all actually me and down to my pill, yasmin, as everything I have read about everyones mood swings rings true! I am almost 3 months in and have been experiencing headaches for the first time in my life and I thought it was just one of those things. My breasts are nearly up a whole size and I have become really really self conscious which I have also never been like before and few of my clothes appear to fit. I have also recently visited the Dr's with dizziness which I actually put down to Jasmin although she said it couldn't possibly be the pill and put it down to a dodgy eardrum which she thinks I have - also I believe I have become increasingly deaf... could that be the pill too or am I now blaming everything that is going wrong in my life on that one tiny little tablet????
I am going to book an appointment with my Dr for tonight but am really conscious that I am going to burst into tears the moment I walk into the surgery - is this the table or because of the rows with my boyfriend? (Like the chicken and egg!)
I have been on Dianette for years and have never experienced any problems - surely it can't be that bad, can it?????

Hi, I am really glad I came across this site, I have just recently started Yaz (I am in my 2nd week now). The reason why I searched the side effects of Yaz is because my breasts are so swollen and sore, I cant even touch them. I am naturally large breasted and hate the fact that they are now much bigger that I cant even wear my normal bras. I too have become sooo sleepy despite the fact that I am getting my normal hours sleep.
Does anyone know of an alternative pill that I could take instead of Yaz as i have only heard negetive things about it.

Thanks,
T

I have been using the Ring for about 2 years now. I did gain a total of about 20 pounds since I am on it. Just figured that comes with age. I do suffer with migranes monthly. I have gone to ENT for my sinsus, thinking it was that so they wanted me to have sinus surgery but I cancelled. I went to the TMJ specilalist thinking it's from that. All they did was give a splint. My Doctor then decided lets try Imitrex. It worked wonders. I live on that stuff. Well I use it so often that I really cant afford to keep refilling my prescription. So now I just seen a neurologist. He put me on Topamax to try to stop the headaches before coming on well the side effects from the Topamax were just as bad as the migranes. Well rigth about now I am having a nervous breakdown. Where do I go from here every doctor thinks I'm crazy. So I get online thinking where do I begin so I start with NuvaRing side effects. I go to this site and start reading and all my symptons are the same as all these on here. I have the weight gain, migranes, I am actually on Zoloft so I can't say I am moody. I also have microscopic blood in my urine that we are trying to figure out where that is coming from. Hopefully the NR and nothing serious. I will let ya'll Know!!!! I am sooo glad I read about all of this. Even though my doctor says that it's not the NR. I will prove him wrong!!!!!!

It makes me sooo dizzy

I used Nuva Ring about a year ago and decided to stop using it due to major mood swings, (Going from laughing to crying in a split second) but I recently decided to try it again, as I liked the conveinence of it and the fact that it's the only birth control I've used that hasn't made me gain weight. Well, I've had the ring in for about 2 weeks now and I'm not liking it!!! I've been feeling extremely fatigued, nauseas, constipated, experiencing heartburn, having brown spotting and abdominal cramping. I don't know if I should keep this thing in or take it out. Right now, I'm feeling sooo nauseas I'm contemplating going to the hospital.

numbness in hands, sometimes sooo bad it hurts and wakes me up in the middle of the night. Anyone else have this expierence?

Thank God for this forum. It's my second day taking this poison and I am feeling AWFUL ..insomnia, anxiety, flu like sympotoms and all this time I was thinking I was going crazy. I am just worried about what would happen if I stop taking it, but at this point I can't feel any worse. It is obvious to me now that we cannot put our heath on anybody's hands, except ourselves. I can't believe this things is still being prescribed after everything I've read about it.

hi guys! about four months ago my doctor switched me from ortho tri cyclen lo(which I had been on for two years) to yasmin. It was the worst experience I have ever had in my entire life. About a week into the medicine I started getting horrible headaches, terrible anxiety and suicidal thoughts. I was sooo scared from this medicine that I stopped taking it thinking that everything was going to get better! Well wasnt I wrong. I developed OCD really bad to a point where I would sit and worry that I would hurt someone I loved or that I would hurt myself. and I had disturbing thoughts in my head that made my anxiety worse. I have been off the medicine for like 4 months and I am now taking 50 mgs of zoloft for my OCD, anxiety, and depression. I am unsure that it is working yet it's only been two weeks! I hope and pray eveyday that I finally start feeling myself! It's been horrible! Has anyone had this experience from this medicine? and if so do you think that I should get a hormone test, because I am almost convinced from reading other posts that my hormones are wacky! Well thanks for reading! and I hope everyone feels better! :)

i've been on synthroid for 9 years. started at some low dose and gradually went up to112 mg. get extreme itching all day everyday if i don't take allegra for that.not a rash just itching. that doesn't bother me as much as the fatique. every joint in my body aches all the time. sure there are better days but fo rthe most part it's bad. tried physical therapy and chiripratic care but no avail. they ended my sessions. my legs get sooo weak and my feet burn lower back really aches. sometimes muscle cramps. i'm very negative towards my loving family and it hurts me to do so. can't seem to keep upbeat. soo tired all the time.
is it the syntroid? i used to be very energenic and a doer. now i have spurts of activity in the morning , but then i just can't get motivated. help me any suggestions?

I have experienced a lot of muscle spasms, cramping in my calves while on yasmin (14 months). Has anyone

wow i was starting to think that i had something wrong with me cuz of the depression! i have been on the nuva ring for 6 months, every month i get worse...im soooo irriatable i cry over everything...my sex drive has not decreased but i have absoultly noooo confidence...i feel fat...i get bloated for no reason...im so tired so i have dark circles under my eyes everyday, all of that makes me not want to have sex...i have convinced myself that im ugly and hes only touching me because he feels he has too! my boyfriend and i have 2 kids together, and he has recently told me that he doesnt know who i am and he doesnt want to be with me anymore cuz he cant take my mood swings. i have no sense of humor, i snap at everyone. i also always have a discharge! its sooo annoying. and i spot almost everyday during the month, and i still have a full blown period that to me has become more painful then ever, my doc said all this would stop but it hasnt!
im to the point where i have thought about sucide and i dont want to take care of my kids, i barely eat anything and when i do, i get bloated and i work out (with 2 babies under 3 im pretty active!) and i have only lost 35 pounds since i gave birth in oct. i only gained 27 my whole pregnancy! my pants are tight today, but in 2 days they might be loose and then a few days after that they are really tight again...i hate the niva ring!

I am amazed to read these side effects. I have been on the nuvaring for a little over a year now. The things I was experiencing I never associated with the ring. I have gained weight, feel so overly tired everyday, and have noticed that I get more headaches, and that I get pain in my chest that feels like the muscles are tightening making it hard to take deep breaths sometime. Then to top it all off I have been having pain in my gland in my neck and the gland gets rock hard. My boyfriend also tells me that I seem overly paranoid and stressed which has put a strain on our relationship. He is the one that suggested I look at the side effects people are experiencing.
My only problem is I cannot take the pill, as that made me sooo depressed that I could not stand my self. I need to be on some kind of low dose hormone, and the last time I took myself off the pills I got pregnant and almost died.

boys boobs a side effect from singulair? my 12 yr old is getting weight and I see that his breasts are large for his body, he is getting weight but not that much, his pediatrician noticed that, I read that the condition is called gynecomastia and is many times cause for some drugs or medications, my son is "only on singulair" for about 4 yrs, it works wonderful for his asthma but now that I read some of the side effects such leg cramps, stomach irritation, moodiness, stc, c'mon he is a child, he is healthy (to a degree) because all this symptoms can not be just a coinsidence, is like before singulair no leg cramps, moodiness, tireness, he was sooo slim and now all these side effects?.. does somebody else has this side effect with the boys breasts? please reply