Wonderful thing symptoms and conditions

Here's an update to my previous post from a couple weeks ago. After reading all the posts here, and talking to several close friends, I had mine removed last Tuesday, May 26, 09. Wow! I can already see and feel the changes. I do want to say one thing though, I did not gain weight with the Mirena. In fact, I lost weight. Now I'm concerned that it will have the opposite effect on me and I will start to gain. I hope not since I am very happy with my current weight and hope to maintain it. Tomorrow will be a week and I can already tell a difference in my sex drive. Plus, my partner could feel it. He said it hurt and was starting to leave a permanent "place" on the end of his penis. But here is my dilemma. I'm a smoker. Yes, I know, bad, bad, bad. Trying to quit but not having a lot of luck. I am also 41 yr. old. There are not a lot of birth control options out there for women over 40, let alone those of us who smoke. I would be interested in hearing from anyone else who is in the same situation as me.

Also, I'm sure that the Mirena is a wonderful thing for a lot of women. I agree with Kimboslice that it is an individual choice for each person. Don't let all the comments scare you. It's just not the choice for us. Do what I did, try it for a while and if you don't feel it is the right thing for your body, have it removed. But give it long enough to make sure. Personally, I think you should give it at least 6 months. Good luck to everyone!!!

I LOVE my Mirena!!!!!! I don't know who you all are out there complaining, but this is the best thing I have ever imagined! No pills to remember, no periods to deal with, and I can't even tell it's there. I had the most minor cramps when it was placed, and felt totally normal the next day. I had minor spotting for the 1st 3 months, and then absolutely no bleeding, cramping, bloating or weight gain. My libido is completely unchanged, and I feel carefree and with a lot less to worry about than with any other birth control I've ever used. The only drawback to this thing has been mild acne, which got much better after the 1st 2 months, and is controllable with Proactive. I loved my Mirena so much I talked my 3 best friends into getting it too, and they love it just as much as I do, only they didn't even get the acne. Sorry you all got so unlucky... my experience is completely opposite of yours...

I had my Mirena inserted about 8 months ago. I talked to my doctor about having it inserted and he consigned the idea. I have irregular, heavy periods lasting about 7 days with bad cramping. I was given a many pamphlets and testimonials from women who all said it was the most wonderful thing. I even read that it was painful getting it put in, but the end results were worth it. So I decided to have the Mirena inserted. The insertion was very painful, but nothing I couldn’t handle. Fifteen minutes after it was over, I was doubled over in pain. I had to call my finance to come and pick me up. Since I have had it in I have been having about 2 -3 periods a month lasting about 5 days. They are certainly lighter than before, but they are extremely painful now. I feel tired all the time, I feel like I want to throw up a lot. I am very moody and worst of all my stomach cramps so bad, sometimes I just cry because the pain is so bad it sends shooting pain down my leg. However, if I take it out I do not know what form of birth control I should use. I rather find that out first and be sure so I won’t be in this situation again.

I am so sorry to read about the bad experiences with Mirena. For myself I was put on it to keep hyperplasia and the beginnings of an oestrogen dependent cancer at bay. I was very hesitant at the thought of having something in me but oral progesterone had left me bloated, with awful migraines and terrible mood swings.

Once the Mirena had been inserted, It took a few months for all the bleeding I had been having to calm down and eventually stop altogether, but the most wonderful thing to me about Mirena were the side effects it had on me. My monthly migraines completely disappeared, so did my terrible depressive PMT, and best of all, the severe almost disabling pain from endometriosis was completely gone! I began to be one of those blessed women who hardly know they are having a period.

Five years later and a repeat one was put in last week. I have an extremely gentle and skilled gynae and a lot of the problems I am reading about seem to be related to incorrect insertion that is leading to terrible pain afterwards, because the darn thing is to low in the uterus and is sticking into the poor woman.

I quite understand those for whom is just seems not to be suitable, but for me I wish I had known about it's wonderful effect on endometriosis, migraines and PMT years ago. I would have taken it for that alone 20 years ago. And it is keeping me cancer free. My sex drive has also not diminished on it at all.

So I post this just to balance the negative experiences. Above all get a skilled and gentle Gynae.......that is the secret of skilled, speedy, and gentle insertion of an IUD.

I have had my mirena since April of 2006. For the first two years it was the most wonderful thing in the world ( no cramping, spotting or periods). But lately I have been feeling very horrible. I have no desire to do anything. I am very tired, moody, gained weight (just around stomach area), depressed, joint pain and sik to my stomach. After reading a lot of the posting on this website. I realized that a lot of the women feel just like me. Now I know that I am not crazy. I also scheduled to have mine's removed on August 1, 2008 (yay!!!).

I am 54 and Prempro has been the most wonderful thing that has happened to me. I can sleep through the night, although I do wake up at least once to pee, No more hot flashes, my MOOD is so much better, I am happy. NO more PMS. I still get a period every few months and it lasts for about two weeks but the second week is light. My sex drive is not so good but I have been married for 30 years so I think that's just it. Nothing a studly 40ish manly man couldn't cure. The only BAD thing is weight gain. I could eat a horse on a daily basis. Food is my new sex toy. i have gained 10 pounds in 5 months. I have no will power. So I am doing a 1/2 pill now and that seems to be working. Although now I have an occasional hot flash if I eat chocolate or pasta but other then that I feel great!******

I don't have a side effect to report, but I have read all of your responses. Over all they are 95% negative. The only thing I am wondering, is WHY you chose Yaz to begin with.

I have been thinking about taking Yaz to help with my severe PMDD. If you don't know what that is, basically it's like the moodiness side of PMS times 10. I am euphorically happy normally, lol, kind of like how happy a cocker spaniel is when their family gets home... except I don't piddle on the floor. About 5 days before my period starts I go into a very deep depression, I bloat, I am irritable, and my entire life suffers. I cry (wail is more like it) for absolutely NO reason... blah blah blah. But once I am about 2 or 3 days into my cycle it all passes and I am back to chipper me.

Long story short, I heard Yaz is supposed to be amazing to help stabilize emotions in people like me. How many of you started Yaz just as birth control, or as an acne control? How many of you took it for PMDD and it STILL didn't help?

well Sunday afternoon here, and very very hot,everybody is napping in the air conditioning,As i watch my son nap on the couch,i cant help but wonder what these three years did,when i ask him how different he feels ,he explains it as not being trapped in his thoughts.He will be 15 by the time school is back in session,he is kinda nervous kinda scared about returning to school,he had been out of school and home tutored for 2 years due to his anxiety and panic,but that is getting better now although some days i see in his eyes that a touch may be hiding, but i push him and say ok to the mall we go or to putt putt, .I know i can push him now and he will be ok.That in its self is a wonderful thing,i knew before if i pushed he would break.I worry about his return to school and the stigma that might surround him, you know kids can be cruel, well he forever be known as the kid that was in the psych hospital.As i ponder i wonder when did it all go so wrong,when was it ever ok to murder and torture children in this way,and some how call it the cost of doing business.Somebody needs to man up,speak out and care what has happened .Merck is not knocking my door asking if they can help bring back some of the innocence lost.the doctors seem to want to ignore the fact it even happened,barly taking the time to even ask.Not surprising really as they properly don't even know his name.As the weeks go by and the healing continues,I ask can i ever forgive,the answer is no as it was not me victimized but my child ,your child,precious children,in the name of doing business.

Im a 36 year old man who has been taking singulair since 2000 (i think that's right). I also have had problems with depression and suicide ideation since adolescence. I will be seeing my doctor soon and look to change medications just in case my depression is being worsened by the medication.

My sister and I have taken medications for GERD, asthma, ADD, and depression most of our lives and i wanted to try to give some advice as to how to think about the side effects of medications.

First, you cant really isolate variables. We don't live in laboratories. If you take you or your child off a medication and your or his mood improves, great. Don't assume, however, that the drug was the culprit and never to try it again. Maybe other things are going on in the environment or developmentally that improved coincidentally. If the asthma becomes severe, you may have to try it again. Just watch the mood closely.

Second, people's reactions to medications change over time. For years I believed my sister to be a drama queen: she always experienced side effects to medications. Now I'm older and i experience side-effects to medications i have been on for years. Its shocking and irritating to have to deal with it now. Sometimes i find that my body adjusts given time. My point is that our bodies are not static and their reactions to medicines are not static either. Be aware that how you or your child reacts to a medication can change.

Lastly, although this side effect is scary to me and it angers me to imagine that it has contributed to the mountain of time and opportunity depression has taken from me, its also been overall, a great good for people. Most people don't experience these side effects. And its let me breathe easier and exercise in ways i never could as a child. I have not gone to the ER once for asthma since i have been on singulair, and that is a wonderful thing.

Overall, i guess just be aware that side-effects are different for different people; side effects can change over time with an individual; that singulair has undoubtedly been a great boon for asthmatics. Watch mood carefully and peace be with you.

I didn't really have any side effects with Relpax. The most wonderful thing was that it made my headaches go away. Of course my Dr freaked out when she found out that I was taking them on average 3x a week and switched me to Topamax because the frequency of my headaches meant that I had chronic migraines. I HATE Topamax. It gave me a lot of side effects and I still have my headaches. I want my Relpax back!

I still think a class action lawsuit should be filed and this product taken off of the market, i felt like i lost 3 years of my life on this medication!! Not to mention i put my husband and daughter thru hell!!

After by-pass heart surgery in 2002, my cardilogist put me on 40mg of zocor.
I was in good health with no physical limitations. I had no heart damage. The restriction of heart arteries were found due to my stress test that was performed each year as a part of my annual Physical. After surgery I was on zocor for three years, during that time I experienced a little tiredness, little weakness, a little muscle aches. some tingling in my right arm and shoulder. I went to my heart doctor Jan. 2006 and he changed me to vytorin (10mg zetia and 40mg zocor). about 6 months all of the about symptoms got worse.
By Jan. 2007, my muscles became so stiff, I could not walk, had balance problems, severe muscle aches and cramps, numbness and tingling in both arms and hands, also stifness and pain in my hands, stiffness and pain in both feet, stifness and pain in my back and weird nerve sensations over my entire body. During Jan. and Feb 2007, I was seen by my family doctor, a neurologist, and a muscle doctor. Thanks to the internet, I found info on zocor and zetia, which is the drug vytorin. Warnings described the same symptoms I am experiencing. I stopped vytorin, I am not taking any statins drugs now. My doctor order a blood test to check for muscle damage, It indicated severe damage, a Creatine level of 770. This level should not be over 200. After being off the drugs for 30 days the creatine level dropped to 645. My condition has improved by 25%. I am walking a little better, but I still having muscle problems, there is improvement. I think there will be a very long recovery. There seems to be some evidence that these Statins affect people of age much more than the young. I am 70 years old. PLEASE PEOPLE, IF YOU ARE TAKING STATINS DRUGS, STOPPED NOW! SLOVE YOUR CHOLESTROL PROBLEMS BY OTHER MEANS. Since I stopped my cholestrol has gone from 157 to 280, but I am not going back taking these drugs. I am trying the natural way now. I have read post after post on many web-sites of people with the same symptoms that were using these drugs. The drug companies and the FDA are responsible for the the degradation of people's health taking these statin drugs.

Hi Ladies,

I just wanted to offer some hope to the ladies suffering out there post yasmin. I stopped Yasmin 2 years ago after realising it was the cause of my major depression, panic attacks and personality changes. Within days of stopping Yasmin the dark cloud over me lifted and my depression ceased.

The most challenging aspect of stopping Yasmin was definately anxiety...the first 6 months off Yasmin was probably the hardest, particularly around ovulation and pre-menstrual times (although some months were worst after my period). These times were filled with days where I didn't remember the 'old me'...anxiety fills you with scary and sometimes terrifying thoughts...my main anxious thoughts were that I was a bad person that could do bad things to people and I was keeping it a secret...ridiculous as it sounds, but it would go over and over in my mind, making me feel sick. Anxiety is an awful thing because it feels so real when its actually all chemical.

The wonderful thing is that every month since getting off Yasmin I have gotten better and closer to the old me. I remember being at the stage so many of you are at now, and reading these posts to get me though the day. It is these times you have to remind yourself 'these thoughts and feelings are not real, they are the result of chemicals...these feelings are only temporary, and no matter how bad it is...THIS TIME WILL PASS'.

Try also to remain busy and distracted while you ride it out....books, puzzles, crosswords, movies....running/exercise really helped me as it increased endorphines (happy hormones) and I'd be so focussed on my breathing and not stopping that I'd not be 'thinking'...it would also tire me out and help me sleep.

We are survivors...everyone of us. Imagine how equipped we are due to this experience to deal with anything life has to offer.

The old you is coming back, slowly but surely, I promise.

Take care each of you. God bless xxx

I am 42 and started BP treatment almost three months ago, I thought that I was just having side effects from the Flue shot, but now the Dr. feels that it is side effects from the Lisiniprol 10mg. My joints ache from head to toe, Cough, fever, sore throat and infamous cough. Oh what a wonderful thing! I was so excited as the blood pressure went down and was at a normal level now I am afraid to start something new. yes we decided to go off the medecine "emediately" continue 5 days of BP check and go from there., Go figure find something that helps, and BAM Alergic.. good luck to all those out there hesitant to try something new,. then to have the side effects.. I pray that the side effects will go away now that I stopped taking it, especially the joint pains and muscle cramps.. I am not overweight and pretty active but this has made it hard to move especially stairs.. Good luck