November 1th
2009
6:22 PM
I had the Mirena for the full five years and loved it once I got through the first couple of months of side effects. I actually lost about 15 pounds and maintained the weight loss the whole time. My sex drive improved over what it was on Ortho Tri-Cyclen and its generic. Now I'm struggling since having the Mirena removed at its expiration. I tried Seasonale for one pack, but it made me loss sex drive and gain weight. Now I'm trying NuvaRing, but having terrible headaches and nausea. I would have another Mirena, but I really expect I will try to have a child in the next year or so, so I don't want to spend the money for a short usage. My sister also uses Mirena and she likes it as well as I did. The best part was light or no periods for the around four years!
-- By over35 | Reply | Private Message me
October 14th
2009
9:59 AM
ok, so I am 28yrs old just had my lap for endo on October 1 and my doctor has recommended lupron, and am going to be getting the med in a week to 2weeks,but after reading this I am soooooooooo scared to even get near this med. Its like you either take this with the hope of saving fertility and no pain..or not and have endo ravage your body and you will live with unbearable pain!!! I have no idea what to do,and i am so scared after reading this. Is there anyone that did not have weight gain, headaches etc...anyone that can testify that lupron actually worked for them? did any one have a baby after doing this. my bigs thing is being able to have a baby. Cause right now its my health on the line, my ability to have children, my ability to have a normal life free of endo pain or these crazy, horrible side effects...please help me!!!
-- By jadejean | Reply | (3) replies | Private Message me
September 20th
2009
10:31 PM
I have posted a couple of times previously about negative side effects, i.e. migraines, weight gain, acne, chin hair, eczema, lower back pain, no sex drive...and the list could go on. As a mature 36 year old woman I have educated myself over the past couple of years and can really only attribute all these issues to having the Mirena inserted 4 months after the birth of my daughter 3 years ago. Although at this time my doctors will not openly acknowledge these side effects, I am confident that one day they will. I encourage women to report adverse side effects to the FDA. It onlt takes a minute or two. Who knows, it may be the hormones or it may be the silicone plastic? It has to be something. It should also be acknowledged that some women, my very best friend for one, have had wonderful experiences with the Mirena. I really think it may just depend on the woman and her own body. I am having mine removed tomorrow after researching all of this for about 8 months. All I can say is, thank goodness. I am also scheduled for the Essure(permanent birth control). Food for thought for the older women in the group. Whatever each of you decide, realize you are not alone and you do not have to continue to feel the way you do if you believe that the Mirena could be making you feel so bad. Take care.
-- By alexi9 | Reply | (2) replies | Private Message me
September 16th
2009
9:36 AM
okay so iv been on this dang birth control for 8 months and it sucks! iv had a headache for almost the whole time iv been on it. i constantly want to eat even when im not hungry so iv gained a lot of weight. im trying to loe it now but i cant find the energy to workout because im so tired all the time. my boyfriend has noticed i am eral big bitch sometimes and before i started this birth control i was not. sometimes i get waves of extreme nausea. my lower back is always killing me. iv had 4 pregnancy scares because my period started late. i love kids but i cant afford to have one right now with being a freshmen in college and also having 2 jobs. i cry all the time..i get depressed easily...i want to go off this damn pill! but my mom says our insurance may not cover another type so im going to go to the doctor Friday after school because i cant handle feeling so sad all the time. and i also cant afford $30.00 a month!
-- By dianab09 | Reply | Private Message me
September 3th
2009
4:50 PM
I've been on Loestrin for four months now. Previously, I had a hormonal IUD, which was in for 2 months and I had it taken out because I had HORRIBLE HORRIBLE side effects. Cystic acne, had my period the whole time it was in, it stabbed my boyfriend when we had sex, made me incredibly depressed, I sobbed myself to sleep every night, and then the icing on the cake was when it started to slip out, but then got embedded in my cervix halfway through and caused me intense pain that wasn't helped at all by any pain medication, over the counter or under the table ;)
So then I switched to NuvaRing. I had that for two months. First it gave me a yeast infection. It also caused intercourse to be very painful, my boyfriend could feel it when we had sex, and I could feel it at all times. It also made me INSANE. I didn't trust anyone, was a total paranoid freak, and at one point I locked myself in the bathroom screaming and crying because I thought my boyfriend was trying to kill me. I was pretty close to actually hallucinating. I would describe my side effects with NuvaRing as similar to paranoid schizophrenia.
Then I was on Ortho Tri-Cyclen, which gave me a migraine every single day which once again was incurable by any drug. So I was only on that for a few days.
Since then I've been on Loestrin. I am not completely happy with it, but I've stuck it out because compared to side effects of other hormonal birth control, they've been relatively mild. If I miss a single pill, I'll get my period, but true to form, they only last three or four days at the most. Before I started birth control, I hardly ever got cramps, but on Loestrin I get pretty bad ones. The worst thing is my skin. When I wasn't on birth control, I had beautiful skin. Maybe the week before my period I'd get one pimple that cleared up quickly with spot treatment, but now I have between 10 and 20 big, red, angry pimples on my face at all times. I've spent literally hundreds of dollars on Proactive, Neutrogena SkinID, Mario Badescu, UV acne "zappers," and many many other face washes, lotions, masks, scrubs, etc, but NOTHING helps. The weird part is that for the first 2 months I was on Loestrin my skin was fine. It wasn't until the past month and this month that it's been a problem.
I'm going to wait it out for at least another 2 months to see if my body gets used to it and my skin calms down, but if these flare ups last longer than that I'm going to have to try something else. I don't want to unnecessarily switch pills because I've had such horrible results in the past that I'd kind of rather stick to the devil I know.
I would also estimate that once or twice a month, I get a killer migraine. I assume it's related to the Loestrin because I used to get them only once or twice a year. The only thing that helps with them is going to sleep, usually with the help of a couple Tylenol PM or 5 or 6 Benadryl or Dramamine. To give you an idea, the first month on Loestrin when I got a migraine, I took 2 Excedrin Migraine, 2 Excedrin Tension Headache, 2 aspirin, 4 Motrin, 2 Tylenol, 1 Aleve, AND 1 Percocet over the course of 6 hours, and it did not help ONE BIT. I hope that this will also improve over time.
-- By artschoolshmartshmool | Reply | Private Message me
August 26th
2009
1:03 PM
PLEASE READ BEFORE GETTING MIRENA.....I recently had my second child (which was unplanned) so i was all for it when my doctor told me about Mirena. She talked this big game telling me how great it was and it was perfect for a person like me, so i had it put in at my 6 week check up. To start, it kinda fells like mild to moderate labor pains when they put it in. Not even 2 days later i started experiencing swelling all over my body most of it was in my feet and legs, kinda like when your pregnant except i never had that with either of my children. I have constant pain in my back, hips, and feet. Weird fleshy discharge. I feel like you should when your on your monthly cycle with the bleeding, tired, crampy and hungry except its not just once a month, its been this whole time. I've gained 10-12 lbs in 2 months. I HATE it!.. To top it off it took me THREE requests to finally get them to agree to take it out and it comes out next week...They like to tell you they hardly ever have anybody get it removed but thats because you have to fight with them tooth and nail. It might actually be wonderful for some people but NOT for me!.....So warning to all other women out there BE WARE because i know i'm not the only one...
-- By mommaof2 | Reply | (1) replies | Private Message me
August 20th
2009
7:40 PM
I got the Mirena inserted about 5 weeks after having my baby and have had hell ever since! Almost immediately after having it inserted I had a feeling like something was in my vagina, kind of like feeling a tampon in there so it was tough to get the thing off my mind. I also started having panic attacks about something being in my body (the Mirena) and it freaking me out. After only 2 days of this I had enough, I could tell my body was telling me this wasn't right. I had it put in on Mon the 3rd of this month and taken out on the 5th! I felt great until Thu morning (the 6th). I got flu like symptoms that hit hard. Nausea, no appetite, diarrhea, which soon led to weakness, tiredness, and off and on anxiety also bleeding like a period. I was so ill that I could not care for my kids (the new baby and a 3year old) only lie in bed miserable while others cared for my children. I made a Dr. appointment the next day and she said it was just the flu so to eat when I can and call on Mon if I still felt sick.
On Mon I still felt sick, I went back to the Dr. and this time she ordered blood tests and thought it may be from the IUD but could not confirm and had never heard of effects like this before from the IUD. She said to just keep doing what I was doing. The sickness lasted until the following Wed then let up although there was still some depression/anxiety feelings on occasion then all of the sudden on Sunday night I got nausea again and have been "sick" again ever since. This whole time (except the 3 or 4 days I felt OK in there) I have not really been able to eat much and have lost 11 pounds- not healthy! I have also had to pass off my kids to others to have them cared for while I can't which is totally depressing in its self. My husband is at his wits end with me pretty much disabled for no apparent reason so it is certainly putting a strain on our marriage too. I know my friends and family have tried to help as much as they can but I also know they are getting tired of the situation too. ANYONE ELSE HAS THIS EXPERIENCE? HOW LONG BEFORE I GO BACK TO BEING NORMAL??? I just really want my life back and of course I would never recommend the Mirena to anyone and if I could go back in time and not get it I SO would!!!
August 11th
2009
3:22 PM
Keflex was not as bad as I thought it would be since I had recently been on Doxycycline which was torture.
I was put on Keflex for a UTI. I took 500mg 4 x a day for 12 days.
I experienced ringing in my ears which was tolerable because it was intermittent.
I had a continuous low-grade headache. When the headache would get worse I would take Advil, which would reduce it to low-grade again - it hardly ever went away completely until I was done the Keflex.
I also had diarrhea which is common with antibiotics. This too was tolerable.
I was nauseous pretty much the whole time but did not vomit.
The thing that bothered me the most is the way my body would feel like it was buzzing. My head would feel weird. And sounds such as running water in the sink, vacuum cleaner, rain on the windshield, etc, felt so loud and like a horrible rushing in my head.
It is a little hard for me to distinguish what was caused by the Keflex, or what was caused by the UTI, or the Endometriosis I might have, as well as the Doxycycline I had been on left some lasting effects.
-- By smacky | Reply | Private Message me
August 7th
2009
12:46 AM
I used the NuvaRing for 2 months, and had a bad experience the whole time. Within the first couple of weeks, my sex drive was gone. I didn't even want my husband to kiss me. I was extremely hormonal, as well as nauseous. I had cramps and spotting for three weeks the second month I used it. It was awful! As soon as I got rid of the thing, my sex drive was back and I feel so much better now!
-- By staffner | Reply | Private Message me
July 27th
2009
10:32 PM
I'm almost 16 years old. I'm almost done with my 3rd pack. With the first two packs I had my period off and on the whole time. My mood swings were crazy. I'm just happy I warned my boyfriend before taking the pill what my moods might be like.
When I started my third pack everything got normal. My breasts have got bigger, witch i'm not upset about. But they get very sensitive towards the end of my pack.
Sex after taking the pill is very different. I know I'm young. But my mother put my on Loestrin after my 4th time, maybe. I've only been with one boy, so its hard to compare before and after. But how I feel about having sex is different.
I plan on staying with Loestrin. Other than the mood swings, I have no problems.
-- By jordancb93 | Reply | Private Message me
July 23th
2009
10:15 PM
wow...i must say i feel sooooo muh better now reading this website..this whole time i have been thinking i had fibroids or even ovarion cancer because what i have been going through...this is my 3rd month with nuvaring..i went bc free a month between those though only because my bf was out of state and the bc is expensive..anyway the first month was great i loved it and so was the second but my gosh..this month my period was normal at first..i had the usual 3 days then im done..then all of a sudden my period came back and it came back strong and for a long time i was on my "2nd" period for a total of 3 weeks and 3 days..and finally the bleeding has stopped but im still having the HORRIBLE cramps i have to have 800mg of ibprofn just to make them go away and even still ill still have a horrible headache..(usually in the back of my head) .my cramps are so bad they extend down into my legs..i finally took my ring out yesterday night to start my ring free week and i doubt that i will be paying for a new one...i have also been very moody and bitchy lol...sometimes crying for absolutely no reason...and as for sex drive...now that you talk about it..i haven't wanted to have sex...im just sooooo happy im done with this..and that i wasn't going insane lol..feeling so much better..well mentally lol...
-- By nicole29989 | Reply | Private Message me
July 16th
2009
9:35 PM
Ok well I got the mirena almost three months ago.. i am so bloated that i I look 6 months pregnant.i. the weird thing is ,,i cant even suck it in.. i feel like i just ate like it was thanksgiving.. im eating healthy.. and it dosent matter.. and also.. i get so mad I want to rip out random peoples neck with my mouth.. i have this uncontrollable anger that is insane. Ill be getting this thing out soon.. oh yeah.. and the spotting they talk about? I have been bleeding for the whole time going on 3 months now.. non stop!!! Its like a never ending period.. and i was going to try and wait it out to see if the symptoms would go away.. but they are not.. I don't need the mirena.. I am 40 pounds overweight, and i have turned into satans spawn.. I couldn't pay anyone to sleep with me..
-- By beckytea | Reply | (2) replies | Private Message me
July 13th
2009
1:04 AM
I received my iud im October of 2008 it was a little painful when inserted but very quick and simple. I had a period for almost 2 months straight then it calmed way down and i had it every other month for 8-9 days but so light that i could wear a panty liner. i haven't had any children so my side effects may be different from some of yalls. I haven't noticed any hair loss but i have always lost lots of hair when in the shower. I have had major severe cramping the whole time, even now. I haven't noticed and mood swings or sleep issues or sex issues but i am also very young so. I have had at least 5 bacterial infections if not more, i believe its from the iud. That is my only real complaint it smells and is always pouring out of me. I haven't had a period for 3-4 months now except for a light spotting for a single day, which i love! i have felt it during sex maybe 3 times not bad though. i have noticed hot flashes but never thought of it as being the iud. idk though ive been pretty happy with it...
-- By whttr08 | Reply | Private Message me
July 7th
2009
5:04 PM
I had mirena removed almost a week ago. One thing i wish i had been informed about before removal,is that your not supposed to have unprotected sex 7 days prior to it being removed. My DR told me to wait another 3 weeks, when I should be on my period, and have it removed, but because i have no transportation, I HAD to have it removed that day. I told the DR I would rather get pregnant than keep Mirena. I know everyone is different, and some are saying its not mirena, its our lifestyles, but I don't believe that. It amazes me how many women have complained about these symptoms, have tried to figure out where the depression, anxiety, acne, headaches and so on, are coming from...and how many found this website. How many women got their answers. Thats how it was for me. I had depression a few years back, I would say from my life style, but to look at my life now, I know how good I have it, and that this depression should not be a part of my life. I've made many sacrafices to be happy, and i have finally done it. I love my life. If mirena was the reason I was having all these symptoms, its gone now, and I can be me again! It really didn't hurt to have it removed, it was just crampy. I bled right away for 4 days. I had the worst depression in my life those 4 days. I couldn't smile, I didn't want to move, to go anywhere, see anyone. And I cried the whole time. yet, Sunday I woke up, and feel wonderful. I still feel foggy, and tired. But I feel one step closer to the person I was 2 years ago. Mirena didn't ruin my life, but i know that if I had kept it in any longer, it would have.
-- By ksb07 | Reply | Private Message me
June 21th
2009
4:49 PM
i just got on the nuvaring about 2 1/2 weeks ago. its about time for me to take it out. for good im starting to think. the reason i got on the nuvaring is because i was on the pill then stopped it for a while and i took a pregnancy test and it came back positive. then the next day i started bleeding and cramping really bad. i went to the doctor and they just did the urine pregnancy test on me and theirs came back negative. so apparently mine was a false positive. but this whole time i have been on the nuvaring i bleed NON-STOP. my period is usually only 5-6 days. and its been 2 1/2 weeks. i have no sex drive what so ever. couldn't because im bleeding anyway. horrible mood swings that drive my fiance just absolutely CRAZY! i have a 5 1/2 month old little girl and i try soo hard to be happy around her. but im soo emotional. i cry all the time about the littlest things. my breasts are incredibly tender. i have already gained 4 pounds. and i eat maybe once a day. i get these really sharp pains in my stomach that is just unbearable. i have always had bad cramps but just on the first day of my period and i could take Midol and it would make it go away. now NOTHING helps. the cramps are the worst pain. is it the nuvaring causing all these problems for me?
-- By alyssasmommy | Reply | (1) replies | Private Message me
June 16th
2009
2:26 AM
22 years old i have had Coltis for 5 years,flair ups pretty much the whole time, i have been on Prednisone a lot this last time has been the WORSE!!! All i can say is i hate it!! i was put in hospital the 4th time steroid thou the iv for 5 days sent home got worse again back to hospital then to try Cyclosporin thou the iv and also the steroid thou the iv. Ten days later they sent me home on prednisone coming off the iv was hard the pain in my legs was unbelievable!!! finally i was sent home on prednisone,coliform anemas,salfak anemas,and salfak granuls,i thought the worst was over but it was far from it... I turned in to a complete loony,crazy women i don't even know myself anymore my poor partner and kids. Having to deal with the pain and everything eles that comes with having a flair up but then also going though the side effects of the prednisone and the coliform was unbearable, i just wanted to die! My flair up was not getting much better and i hated myself as i felt i did not know myself with the mood swings, the crazy flip outs,crying all the time.My partner has been great having to pick me up off the ground and turn the crying reck into someone half normal. I hate the moon face,weight gain, im hungry ALL the time,night sweats,sleepless nights sore teeth,I have come off it now its been 4 days, so now all i need to stop its the coliform then i will be steroid FREE!!!!! i cannot wait!! For my face to go down and to be normal and back to the good old me! I forget what shes like... Coming off the Prednisone has been hard with the leg pain,muscle aches,head aches,mood swings,nausea. Its just hard as no one around me understands what im going though or what it feels like so i just sound like a sookie cry baby or a raving loony. does anyone know how long it takes for moon face to go away??? I wish everyone luck with there battles with Prednisone, its one of the hardest things i have had to deal with. =) your not alone. stay strong and be positive even throu your lowest times.
-- By roxy8_7 | Reply | (2) replies | Private Message me
June 3th
2009
7:52 AM
Same thing here. I have a sinus infection and pharyngitis that just wouldn't go away for 3 weeks. I was prescribed the generic version (Clarithromycin) 500Mg twice daily. The antibiotic does seem to work. I have had a bitter taste from it almost from the beginning. I took the fourth dose on an empty stomach in the morning with little fluid and 10 minutes later started to eat. 20 minutes after taking the antibiotic I had experienced an uncharacteristically severe panic attack. My heart just instantly started racing, confusion set in. The whole time while I am taking it I have difficulty breathing which eases off as dose wears out. Luckily for me I had some lorazepam laying around which I took to suppress this reaction. I skipped my 5th dose in the evening but my infection is still an issue. Now I am unsure whether to continue taking it or not. I am about to see my ENT today so I think I will not be taking it until I see him.
-- By rozenfeld57mh | Reply | Private Message me
May 22th
2009
4:12 PM
Hi everyone. So I got the Mirena two weeks ago. I did my research on the internet before getting this put in. I did see all the bad posts and I went in and talked to my doctor about it. She told me the hormone level that reaches your blood stream is so small that it cant have effects on you. She said she just wondered if the people posting on here just had other things going on or what not. She has also had the Mirena for six years and loves it.
On the other hand when I got it in I was on like day five of my period. It did pinch a little but wasn't overly painful. I did get cramps on the way home and I did take two ibuprofen before I went in. I would get sharp pains every once in a while too. Enough to where you stopped and said " ouch. " But I wasn't bleeding until like later on that day. I bled for a week and a half. I was bleeding to where I would soak two liners per day. It seemed like a lot of blood. Plus I felt like I was on my period the whole time.
My other side effect that I just cant handle at the moment are: my hair falling out. Im talking a ton of hair. I cant believe how much hair! ****** This is a picture right after I took a shower last night. That is from only one shower. Its falling out all the time. Its been doing it for about a week. But its every where!!
Since I got this in I have been tired. I notice a huge change with that. I just have been so sleepy. I was sleeping four hours at the most with my baby and I was doing so good not looking and being tired. Then he started sleeping 6 hours through the night.... and that made me have so much more sleep. I feel so much worse. I hate it!
Another effect: About 4 days after getting this in I just was mad. I told my husband I was just so mad that I couldn't stand it. Nothing happened to me.... but I was so pissed. I can tell I have changed. My moods have changed. Im being way more honest than I normally am. Little tiny things make me mad super fast and Im being mean. My husband even approached me last weekend and said that I have said a lot of mean things over the last two weeks. I can notice that Im different but didnt realize I was being mean. He can notice a huge change.
Just One More Effect: Sex drive is gone. I was talking to my husband the weekend before about my drive being very high... then BAM I got this thing in and its gone! The sex drive being gone, being mean, and careless is enough to ruin a marriage to me.
I just called to ask if I can get this thing out. I just cant do this anymore. I have to wait four more weeks before I can get it out. Plus I have to pay 150 bucks on top of the 385 to get it put in! I have read that some people tolerate this very well... and others just don't. I rarely have found someone that has been in the middle. Its one way or the other. Dont you notice that?!
Feel free to email me if you want to talk more. I honestly don't mind.
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May 22th
2009
12:20 PM
I started taking Lamictal for a seizure disorder a little under 1 year ago. It was difficult to tell how it effected me because I was going through xanax withdrawal at the same time, which I am sure is the reason I had the seizure to begin with. I did not realize this was the case at the time and so i cannot really tell you what my initial reaction to Lamictal was. Now I am noticing some side effects. Difficult to fall asleep (but that's always been the case.) Nightmares (they have gotten less intense, though). Occasional nausea, although never to the point of vomiting. I recently cut my super-long hair b/c it was falling out a bit. It' not as bad now that I got some of the weight off of my hair. I definitely have trouble finding words and often find myself feeling embarrassed when I'm in a social or professional situation and I'm not able to contribute as much to a discussion. I will probably stay on the med til I have been seizure free for a couple of years. I only had the one grand mal seizure. I am 31 and trying to decide if I want a child within the next couple of years, but have to consider the risks associated with the Lamictal. Good luck to everyone. Just do your best to be healthy and take care of your body.
-- By allisonbadgley | Reply | (2) replies | Private Message me
May 22th
2009
12:16 PM
I had my mirena placed in march of 07 for heavy periods. It has been a little over 2 years. I have most of the same side effects as everyone else headaches, Extreme weight gain, fatigue and back pain. I also have not missed a period the whole time on mirena in fact it has not even helped a bit with the heavy bleeding and clotting.
I made an appointment to have my mirena removed on April 29th. I had a regular pap appointment then when it was time to remove the Mirena my Dr. could not find it. I was scheduled for an ultrasound the next day and they were able to find my mirena at the bottom of my uterus near the cervix opening. I was then scheduled tthe next day to try again to remove it. This process was40 minutes of torture and to no avil. Four days later I was back into try once more again nothing I am now scheduled for Surgery on June 1st to have the Mirena removed, do a biopsy to make sure everything is okay and to have the NovaSure procedure done to stop my Periods.
I will post once I have had everything done. This has just been a nightmare!!
-- By jena9543 | Reply | Private Message me
May 21th
2009
10:41 PM
One month too long....this is an update from my two previous posts dated May 6th and May 1st, 2009. After starting to spot on the second day of the second week of the pill pack of Femcon FE, I contacted the doctor to verify that everything was truly okay. When it was the third week of the pill pack and I was still spotting quarter sized clots, I called again, and the docs office said to just keep on with it. So I did. At one point I stated to my fiance that the reason it's effective birth control, was because it's impossible to get pregnant if you can't have sex!! He wasn't too amused!!!
I took my last pill of the pack on Saturday May 16th and have lost 4 and half pounds and much of the fullness in my cup size of my already large sized 36DDs. Now, if I were to choose to continue with Femcon FE, which I am not, I would start my new pill pack on Sunday. I would assume that the pounds would come back along with the fullness of my breasts. I refuse to put my body through that on a monthly basis.
Good luck to all of those who are trying to make the decision themselves to take Femcon FE. I was really hoping that it would work for me. So far it hasn't. If I had more time to fool with it I would, but I am getting married in 6 weeks and can't play with my weight like that (I have to fit into that dress!!). I do have 5 months worth of samples left though, so maybe after the wedding, I will give it the two months that the doctor wanted me to. My primary doctor said that she thought the hormone wasn't strong enough since I spotted the whole time, so then again maybe not!!!
Again, Good Luck!!!
-- By cbuzelli | Reply | Private Message me
May 18th
2009
5:02 PM
I HATE MIRENA!
im 19 years old and i have had two children. i had the mirena put in jan. of 09. my doctor made it seem like such a great little invention.. but let me tell you its NOT! throughout the past 4 months i have had hair loss, been tired all the time, nausea, sinus infection after sinus infection and even a rash! and not to mention the terrible cramping and vaginal discharge! but thats just the physical symptoms. I have been extremely anxious and have been getting panic attacks, depression, i had to go to the ER 3 days ago for my anxiety and panic attacks. i have been sad for no reason and extremely moody! i thought this whole time that i was dying but then i realized that my life was great until i had the mirena put in so thats when i found this website which has really saved me!! im getting this horrible thing taken ou tomorrow and i would not recommend this too anybody!!!
-- By alexis09 | Reply | Private Message me
May 15th
2009
7:27 PM
I took Yaz for a month and the whole time I suffered from urinary tract infections. After taking 4 different antibiotics and having my doctor say that the cause could not be the birth control pill I decided to discontinue. I'm lucky to be a researcher and have access to journals and research information that helped me figure out that it was, in fact, the pill. Doctors do not know anything and I lived in HELL for a month because of yaz with people treating me as if I'm crazy because they would not admit it was the pill. Their only suggestions was to see a urologist. As I imagined, once I stopped taking the pill the uti symptoms went away. THIS PILL AND THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INCLUDING DOCTORS THAT CAN NEVER BE REACHED SUCKS. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS THE WORST HEALTH CARE AND THEY TREAT PATIENTS LIKE CATTLE. YAZ is a horrible drug that is overrated.
-- By romibri | Reply | (2) replies | Private Message me
May 4th
2009
11:10 PM
Hello, fellow suffering souls, I was given Doxy for a sinus infection. I had heartburn and felt depressed the whole time. I took 100 mg twice a day for seven days. It's been two weeks and I'm super sensitive to light. I can't see! Everything is blinding. It's really bad. Ughhhh..... MahaYoga 108
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November 6th
2009
5:00 AM
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-- By samgard | Reply | Private Message meI was recently suffering with severe constricted airway, probably due to allergies. My Dr. put me on 10 days of 10mg Prednisone, 4 for 4 days, 3 for 3 days.... I was in a fog the whole time. I sometimes had to stop and think, where am I and how did I get here, not good when you are driving down the road. I felt like I had no control over anything. And my eating habits did a 360. I did not want to eat anything other than pastries and drink cokes, which is not typical of me at all! I have been off for about 5 days now and keep getting terrible headaches and muscle aches. I go from feeling like my old self for an hour or so to all of a sudden feeling like I have been beat up and all I can do is just sit around.
I don't think I want to ever take this again unless it is absolutely life or death. I am breathing wonderfully now however. I hope these lingering side effects pass soon.