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I am on my 2nd mirena. the first one expired and was changed after being in for 4 years...not 5. with the first one, the only side effect was the acne. ive had the 2nd one in now for just over a year and im really considering having it removed because the past 8 weeks have been hell. while i have virtually no period, i also have no sex drive, and my cramps are horrendous. headaches, nauseousness, etc. 8 weeks ago, i had all of the symptoms of pregnancy witch came back negative thru a hpt and a blood test. also had symptoms of UTI, couldn't urinate and when i did it was very little, even had the pain in my lower back which led me to believe the UTI was bad. turns out after 3 cultures, i had no UTI, ive had a cat scan, mri and a scope up into my bladder, everything came back clear. symptoms disappeared, or so i thought. here i am again with all the same symptoms and its right around the normal time i would get my period. could this be a mirena side effect? lower back pain (not intolerable, more of a nucience *sp* ) my back feels like i rubbed BenGay or Icy hot on it. has anyone had these symptoms??? im going insane!!!!!

I have a little sister taking FEMCON FE shes only 15 yrs old out of no where she started acting strange.She started taking the pill for stomach cramps since in our family of girls we have chronic cramps. She got angry for no apparent reason, she got depressed,headaches,nausea, and she got cold shakes, she was ticked off at any little thing. We thought that she was just rebelling because of her age, but then I heard my mom talking about my sister taking birth control pills. I thought "oh thats it" thats the reason she's acting strange. I explained to my mom that the pill can give you a hormonal imbalance witch leads to mood swings, depression, and fatigue. Just to check out if I was right I looked up this prescription and came across this website. I read the stories and was amazed how most of the women/ girls had the same symptoms of my sister. Now I know I definitely should prevent my sister from taking this medication. I also think that if the pill is having a negative affect on you or anyone else you should stop taking it!!!!!

Well, I haven't had any side effects with omeprazole, but I just got home from my gastro doctor who prescribed what he called a slightly stronger version of Prilosec, and they filled my prescription with omeprazole, and reading all of these postings I don't think I will be taking it until I call back and have a conversation with him. Last August I was diagnosed with acid reflux/anxiety and was given a prescription of ranitidine wich I tolerated and which is in Zantac anyway, which I also tried....I was also prescribed clonazepam for my anxiety which has helped. My main annoyance when this all started was a slight shortness of breath, went to the ER two days in a row, they did EKG's and found some spikes that they thought were unusual and made me an appointment to have a stress test with a cardiologist....all of which came back normal....
I have been back and forth to my regular GP. He says my heart and chest are fine, breathing is fine. I have taken everything you can think of over-the-counter from Mylanta to Zantac, but Pepcid seems to help the most...anyway, to make a long story short, the last time I went to my GP I explained I was still having the constant belching all day, the spitting up, not a lost of reflux, mostly liquid, and he gave me a coupon for a new drug called Kapidex....
It is similar to this omeprazole I believe as it is a time-release capsule.
With Kapidex, you get the release of the proton pump inhibitor, then 4 or 5 hours later the release of a medicine that is supposed to work toward healing any EE that might have occurred with the reflux...I took 1 capsule and felt so wiped out I decided not to continue it, couldn't take it and work a mid-day shift as well, but there were no other side effects to it, and I checked online and people had mostly positive things to say about it, so I might call him and see if I can get a lower milligram dosage of it as he started me off with 60 mill.
Glad I got on here and found this web site with people posting their experiences with omeprazole before I actually took one. I am going to call my doctor back and inform him or someone of all the horror tales I have come across on this web site.
I had two gastric tests, a barium swallow and x-rays and a stomach ultra sound....what they found was a bit of GERDS in my upper digestive tract, but it is nothing I can't tolerate so far compared to the horrible experiences I have read here....I hate to take any medications, but I think I will stick with my Pepcid and my clonazepam until I talk to my gastroenterologist again...
I hope everyone is well....

oh please your all a bunch of whiners. I don't understand that when people get something medically new that they seem to blame every little thing on it!!! seriously!!! if it were so bad it would not be on the market..... i have had it for two years.....a little cramping in the beginning which is NORMAL and as STATED on the side effects list. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND that these are listed because they DO AND HAVE happened to other people. That is why they are listed! NOW if you died, got cancer, pregnant or what have you then you can bitch. BUT PLEASE don't complain about the LISTED side effects. it is a wonderful product and it does just as it claims. yea the cramping sucks....the spotting is a pain.....men can feel it during intercourse and yes sometimes they can bump it and hurt you. also it causes cysts to grow on your ovaries which can sometimes require surgery. it can also grow outside your uterine wall at time. and it can fall out. all kinds of things can happen that are LISTED. what i would recommend people should do BEFORE they leap into bed with a new contraceptive is RESEARCH the SIDE EFFECTS BEFORE you decide you want it or not. its simple read the damn sheet and decide if you can live with the side effects. maybe one....or all...or none. THEN DECIDE.

After the smelly fishy vaginal odor, I felt like it was the end of the world for me. I was like how can an odor come out of my vagina smelling that bad, oh my god. I had to walk around with a rag to wash up after urinating every five minutes. I had mirena put in twice. The first insertion was fine; only I got pregnant on it. Could you imagine 99.9%. I was the.1% who got pregnant. I look like a whale now. I have dark circles under my eyes and a whole bunch of pimple. I gain so much weight; that i started taking xenical. The xenical does ot work. I took my IUD out on friday,so hopefully the xenical and work out good work now. This IUD is so dangerous that I think it should be banned. I wanted to hurt other people if i would be able to get away with it. I forget simple things. How is life after removal,what can I expect when will I be normal again. I want to have a pleasant odor down there, so I can have my self esteem back

I am 38 yrs and have had my Mirena for about 15 months. Since then I have gained almost 15 pounds. I called my OBGYN and spoke to his nurse and told her about my weight gain and she said that nobody has ever complained about it being a side effect. I also told her about my stomach bloating so bad I swear I look 6 months pregnant. I do no have a period AT ALL anymore but still have PMS. My breasts get so sore. I'm tired all the time, constant headaches, cramps everyday, wich is unusal for me because I've never had a problem with cramps, EVER! I also have a clear discharge but mine doesn't have an odor. It only does when I'm supposed to be on my period. It just smells like the normal odor from when you actually bleed but that goes away. Also I know not having a period to some is a god send but I would prefer to at least have a little bleeding(to get some relief if that makes any sense) Since I've had it placed the only time I could tell I was on my cycle was when I would wipe after using the bathroom and there would be a little blood. I haven't had to use a tampon since I 've had it placed 10/2007 and now I don't bleed at all. After the birth of my son 15 yrs ago I had a different IUD...the copper T and loved it. When your insurance doesn't pay for hardly any method of birth control, except for the pill(which I hate) and I'm getting older I think I will get this thing taken out and have my tubes tied. Thank you everyone for your comments. Now I know it isn't just all in my head.

For me having the Mirena removed just last Thursday was the right decision. I was not using it for birth control but as hormone therapy for heavy, crampy periods. I had it inserted in July 2008 and bled every single day for the entire time, I had it removed last week and now I am bleeding very heavily but hopefully that will stop once all those hormones are out of my body.
While on Mirena I lost all sex drive, I became severely anemic and with that fatigued terribly, and moody, crying at nothing and screaming at my kids or husband for stupid reasons, I felt bloated and gassy and didn't have those problems before.
I am 42 years old and I hate my heavy bleeding in fact I want a hysterectomy, but not sure now what I will do.

For those of you who had the Mirena removed, how long did it take to stop bleeding afterwards? This is draining every last ounce of energy for me and I am taking iron supplements.

What sucks is the cost of this, Even with insurance I ended up paying a lot out of pocket to get this thing and then all the Dr. visits due to bleeding and side affects in the 4 months it was in and now the removal of it. I am wondering if there is any way that we can get a Class action lawsuit against Bayer for this horrible thing they are trying to sell to women.
I know there are some out there who have not suffered all these horrible side effects at least not yet or that they are aware of, but I truly believe that there is nothing good about this IUD and those of us and there are a lot of us who have suffered with this should be reimbursed or compensated for the pain and loss of parts of our lives and expenses with this. Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?

I HAD MY IUD IN 2007 AFTER MY BABY BOY AND IN 2008 I GAINED WEIGHT LIKE CRAZY I GAINED ALMOST 30 PONDS EXTRA AND IM GETTING CRAZY WITH THESE SIDE EFFECTS AND THAN I THOUGHT Y NOT USE A MULTI VITAMINS 1 A DAY WHICH IS GOOD FOR WOMEN IT GIVES ENERGY SO I DON'T GET HEADACHES BUT DO HAVE PROBLEM WITH WEIGHT IM JUS NOT LOOSING IT EVEN THOUGH I DON'T EAT FAT FOOD A LOT I JUST SUDDENLY GAINED I HAVE DOUBLE CHIN LOL I LOOK LIKE A FAT COW 157 POUNDS B4 I WAS 130 POUNDS SO U CAN SEE NOW BUT IM THANKFUL TO MULTI VITAMINS PILLS I FEEL MUCH BETTER I DON'T GET THOSE HORRIBLE PAINS IN MY BACK HEAD AND LEGS ...CHEST PAIN BUT IM THINKING TO TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF ME BECAUSE ITS NOT GOOD BECAUSE IT CAN DAMAGE THE UTRES I THINK AND IM ALREADY HORRIFIED WITH THIS I CALLED MY DOCTOR AS SOON AS I GET HER IM TAKING IT OUT WHEN LAST TIME I TOLD MY DOC SHE SAID ITS NOT MIRENA CAUSING WEIGHT GAIN BULLL S*** THEY JUST LIE I THINK THE DOCTORS I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I CAN GAINED WEIGHT SOO QUICK SO IM GETTING IT REMOVED ..MY ADVISE TO ALL LADIES PLZZ NEVER CHOOSE MIRENA ITS BETTER THAT OUR MEN SHOULD USE STUFF NOT USS I HATE PILLS TOO .. SO I DON'T CARE I WILL NEVER HAVE TO PUT UP WITH S*** AGAIN GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL

Well my experience with Wellbutrin has been better than that with Lexipro which i was on for a month as well . I have been taking Wellbutrin for about a month now at 150 mg's. I am 15 years old and am on it for ptsd,depression,and anxiety I've been experiencing really vivid and horrific nightmare, mostly centered around cuts on my body and hurting my loved ones, it was really concerning me so I asked my psychiatrist about it, he recommended that I switch to different med's . So if any of you are experiencing what I am you might want to concider that option. Wish me luck on my path to a long awaited relief

I am so mad right now. I blindly trusted my doctor and had mirena inserted one year ago, just realized reading the posts that the mess I am in right now, started with this thing. I have gone thru a very bad year of depression, weight gain, aches and pains and no energy. I put on 40 pounds and lay in bed countless days and was also prescribed wellbutriun and lexapro, for severe depression, with suicidal thoughts, no sex drive, mood swings and just feeling I could not move out bed and totally helpless. What is the most scary part is that I was put on these thinking that it was all my brain's fault.
After all, my marriage had not been in so good shape, I got pregnant at 41 and had an abortion due to many complications. Also I had lost my job and when I decided to work for my best friend and got hurt on the job, requiring 3 months of treatment, I discovered I did not have a best friend after all. I finally start therapy and after several months of ups and downs, even with meds and counseling, I feel I have not made much progress at all. Today when I decided to go online to check on my meds side effects and getting terrified with it, I decided to check on mirena. I can tell you that, having this put inside of me put me in soo much risk for depression which in turn led me to the meds that also can course weight gain, confusion,dizziness, liver demage and a bunch of other things. DO NOT EVER TAKE YOUR DOCTOR S WORDS AS THE GOSPEL.

I am so glad I found this web site. I had Mirena before for three years with no problems at all, I loved it. So after I had my daughter I had another one put in around oct 2007. I thought it was fine and latley I have been feeling as if I was going to start a period and nothing has happened. So I started looking up mirena realated problems and up came this page. I seriouly thought I have been going crazy my biggest issue is my moods. I will have incresdible bursts of rage (wich is not me at all) for no reason at all. Along with the anger Other symptoms I have are, severe fatigue, bloating, cravings, acne, mood swings, dizziness, memory loss, painful intercourse, depression, nausea, weight gain, severe backaches and cramping. I NEVER put all of these things together with merina I thought it was all just my body getting back to normal after having a baby. I am absolutly dumbfounded. It all makes so much sense. I am going to go and get it removed and my husnband is going to get a vasectomy. I know this works for some people but it is good to know I am not alone in this craziness.

I have had Mirena since July. I went through a lot of life stress this past fall (moving to a new city after 10 years, being separated from my bf during this time for two months, etc) but I really think Mirena is not right for me.

I am bloated all the time, my periods are erratic, I am more moody than usual and I have NO sex drive. Worst of all, I think I'm pregnant ALL THE TIME. I just don't trust this thing and I literally drive my man nuts worrying about being pregnant. I also have developed some pimples (like on my back, upper arms, etc) that I never had a problem with before! I have gained a few pounds as well.

I feel like a putz spending all this money but I really want it out. I feel like I should "give it more time" but really, what is the point?

I have been using NuvaRing for about 3 months now, it is my first time using any kind of birth control. I haven't been the same since I've been on the NuvaRing my boobs have gotten bigger which is a good thing but they hurt some times, I've also experienced headaches, abdominal pains, lower back pains, depression and lack of sleep, had my period for only 3 days and it wasn't a lot of bleeding.My sex drive has not been the same lately I just don't feel like doing it with my boyfriend at all, I've been thinking that I might be pregnant, but its impossible I've been very careful. I decided to take the ring out and have been off it for a couple of day but I still have some of the same feelings.How long would it take for me to go back to normal? Some one please help me.

Hi,
I am a 36 years old italian girl,I apologize for grammar mistakes I will make, but I really want to share my bad experience with the ring.
I didn't find anything on italian websites, most of women simply find it great as I did for the first 5 minutes, but I soon started to experience strange effects wich I couldn't imagine were related to the ring.
The notice doesn't say many things!
When I inserted it, my period stopped to reappear after 15 days very heavy, this way I had a period of almost 2 weeks!
Second month I didn't have spotting, but I started experience chills and flashes as well as vertigos (and I was on holiday!) but I didn't think this could be the ring, as I say, the notice doesn't speak about this.
My cholesterol is higher together with 2 others levels in my blood analysys I am not able to translate.
Third month I gained 4 kilos in 2 weeks and believe me I am so concerned about my weight, always going to the gym and eating healhty. My breast and belly are huge as if I was pregnant and spotting is neverending.
I drink a lot of water, but don't go to the bathroom as much as I should, it seems I am absorbing all the water I drink!
Last thing my eyes are burning and it is getting difficult to stay to the computer
I will change b/c asap. I am happy I have found this site, it makes me feel that I am not alone.
Thank you girls

hey my name is sam
i have been on birt control since october 2006
my dr put me on alease it game me no problems
then last month i filled out my refil and they gave me yasmin insted... they said they called my docter wich they didn't and i am on the sugger pills now i just finnished my firs 21 days and since 4 days ago i get the flu and along with the flue i got this pain in my stomach. it feels like some one is standing on me and they wont get off.. i feel like i want to puke and i dot have that much of a apitite.. i'm seeing my docter this weekend... shoul di get off this pill?

Just got off of lisinopril a few days ago under doctors orders after taking the drug for about 6 months. Was having bouts with itchyness with skin writing all over the body, went to a dermatologist and suggestion was made that lisinopril was the culprit. Itctyness is subsiding now. Still coughing with a little phlem once and a while that I hope will subside within a few weeks. Was getting shorness of breath wich seems to be getting better as the days progress being off the drug. On the plus side it had lowered the blood pressure significantly. Am now monitoring and recording blood pressure at home till drug diminishes from system and something else can be prescribed if needed....

I just started the IVF process and I am on my 3rd day of the lupron injections, 5 units. I started having hot flashes, and sweats lasting the better part of today, I also am experiencing a mild headache. I thought i would get online to see if this was typical for the medicine. I am also taking birth control pill wich will stop tommorow. I haven't taken BCP's in over 16 years and only for a few months. The BCP's did have me nauseous, and a little moody but i have seen a marked difference in the taking of the lupron in just three days. Only 5 units I am thinking whoa! I can just immagine what will happen over the next few weeks of this.

I got a kenalog injection 5 months ago.I am still having terrible periods but atleast not 2 or 3 a month anymore,they just last 7 to 10 days now ,very heavy with spotting after.How long will this last?I also have atrophy that keeps getting bigger and deeper.I will need to get Sculptra injections wich are very expensive and only a temporary fix.Like so many others I have also had other side effects,acne,hair loss and growth,headache,cramps,ect...Hopefully none of us will get any of the life threatening side effects like blood clots.I got the boxed insert from Brystol Meyers and it lists all of the side effects that the doctors failed to tell us about.You can call 1 800 321-1335 and get a copy mailed or faxed to you.

I went to the doctor for trouble breathing. I also wanted to take a physical cause I have never taken one. So he just checked me and prescribed me prednisone 10mg 1pill every antibiotics, and an Inhaler.

The side effect was swollen face and neck within the week of taking it. I would take one a day or sometimes I wouldnt take it and vise versa. But It was supposed to be for 5 day wich would be 10 pills and since. The doctor said yeah keep taking it. So this past week has been 6 more.

16pills in total through a period of three weeks and what I feel is
Pain in my left shoulder. Like muscle pain. My breathing problem once in a while. When I dont have anxiety. My face is not swollen, cause when it did get swollen I would feel it.
Well the doctor said after my X-ray exam that I had bronchitis and previous imflammatory disease. but still I dont know what was the problem in the first place.

For this amount of prednisone how Much effect is it going to do?

Because its been 2 days that I dont take it.

i am loosing a lot of hair every day, yesterday i wash my hair and i count all my hair , and they amount of 500 hundred hair loss,i think it to much hair loss, this can be the pill of toprol xl 50mg, orthis pill nifedical xl 30, orhydrochlorothiazide 25 mg,or vytorin 10/40 ,or potassium cl 20 meq.wich one is the pill let me loss all that hair ,please answer me back as soon is possible, thank you mrs. ricci my age 58 .

I have only been on this for about 5 days and I just came from the eye doctor because I had very blurred vision, after looking at me eyes He was concerned of more than a migraine. Possibly swelling behind the eyes wich is called "Adema" part of a side effect on Ovcon. My breasts have been extremely tender and HUGE! A little moodiness and anxiety have also been associated. I am going to see my obgyn today and let Him know what the eye doctor reported.
Praise God He heals us and Comforts us Through His Son Jesus Christ.

I have been taking celexa for 2 years but i quitted 2 months ago. I feel great !!! but it left me with a little problem I HAVE NO SEX DRIVE wich makes me feel "miss erable" .
I'm 25 and i used to have by 20 orgasms in the same day and now all of it is gonee!
I will appreciate if someboby knows for how long does that happens? havent someone got rid off this awfull side effect?

chery

ive been taking ovcon35 for about four months for the last 3months ive had chronic diarea, im constantly tired wich is getting worse, pelvic pain,naseated wich i am still, persistent gas heartburn, and just reasently low back pain and i stopped haveing diarea last week 4 days after that i started abnormal bleeding. i was taking orthotrysyclen no problems and i never whould have thought my birth control would be the cause of all these unexplained symptoms!

I belive that there is a thread in here about someone who had a stroke for yasmin. It was from a lady who was from another site. I also heard of a 19 year old girl who had a small heart attack wich was linked to yasmin. I would sugest that you stop taking this pill asap if you have any odd side effects!!!!

I started taking Zoloft in 2002, I had suffered from social anxiety disorder wich led to depression as well. I started taking setraline and felt normal for the first time in my life I was totally comfortable in every situation. I began to make friends at a rapid rate and was loving every second of my life. Stupidly I stopped taking the meds as soon as I felt better and have been on and off of the medication. I just started taking 200mg a day due to the fact that the 100mg dose wasnt helping any more, im 6ft4 190 lbs. I recommend this druf to anyone who is having trouble with depression or sad along with counseling. Anyways the side effects have been delayed ejaculation, better sleep, the first 2 weeks I felt like I was drugged everything was just cloudy and I had a wierd feeling in my stomach.