Waking up with headaches symptoms and conditions

Like most of you state in your posts.........I cannot begin to describe how relieved I am to have found this site. I honestly thought I was losing my mind. I had Mirena placed in December '06. It was uncomfortable during the actual procedure, but not too bad. Then within a day or two I was in severe pain and bleeding like crazy with severe lower back pain. I was told to take ibuprofen and allow my body to "adjust". I went for my follow-up ultrasound and the placement looked fine although I was still bleeding like crazy and very uncomfortable. After several more calls they brought be back in for another ultrasound, told me that my uterus must have gotten bacteria in it during placement and that I had an infection. They sent me home on antibiotics and pain medicine. I bled pretty regularly for 6 months straight accompanied by lower back pain, fatigue, and headaches. Finally the bleeding let up only to be followed by a multitude of other nasty side effects. Depression, anxiety, fogginess, forgetfulness (severe), waking up with headaches every morning, nausea (to the point that I can't tell you how many pregnancy tests I've taken), weight change (redistribution, thicker waist, tummy, and hips even though actual number only changed by about 5 pounds), feeling swollen and bloated when I wake up in the morning, NO libido whatsoever and feel like crying during sex because it's nearly impossible to reach orgasm (this has never been a problem previously), hair loss (becoming more noticeable over time), dandruff, boil-like acne on my face and back, dry eyes and blurred/double vision, chronic yeast infections and dryness in that area too. The list goes on and on. I went to three different doctors and had tons of bloodwork done, all came back normal (thyroid, hormones etc....) I was told over and over that it couldn't be the Mirena. HA! How can this many women be delusional? I called last week and got an appointment for May 20 to get it removed. After reading this forum my husband called the doctor himself and I don't know what he said, or how he managed to do it.........but I'm going in tomorrow morning at 10:20 am to get it removed and you better believe I'm going in armed with this website and others I've found. Physicians need to be more aware of this! Even if it's not common, it's miserable for the 1 in 1,000 woman who gets the worst of the side effects. It's literally ruining my life and my marriage. It's impossible to be a good wife and mother when you feel terrible everyday.

-Amanda

I was given Advair 500 to use twice a day for a month to see if it improved my lung function test. I typically do NOT follow through with my meds so I promised my allergist dr - i have been seeing for over 25 yrs - that I would use it religiously 2 tiems per day for a month. Well, beginning the first week I starting waking up with headaches and keeping them on and off all day. The second week, the headaches got worse. i was thinking maybe the humidity and storms with it being June. Third week, headaches still intensifying, but bad tatse in moth - bad breath- sore throat, ear ache, drainage, horrible loud sudden sneezing, and nausea. Fourth week, all above still but nausea is awful. I kept thinking i was pregnant. I was nauseated mornings, with frequent urination, nausea after eating, and nausea at night. I have been living with headaches, sore throat, nausea, and this horrible mouth feeling like cotton inside. Well, when it came time for my 1 month appt something came up and i had to cancel so i called to tell the nurse I stopped due to the above symptoms and during that week I had to begin using my albuterol because I was having chest tightness. I have not had a new lung function test to see if it improved, i seriously doubt it did. he know has me on Albuterol and Flovent every 4 hrs. Before this is had not used any inhalers for atleast 6 months. All this just to improve my lung function test. I ekpt thinking it was in my head, but by the 3rd week there were too many things going wrong with my body. Thank you to all of you who have given your side. It helps me to know I am not alone.