Year 1 symptoms and conditions

Girls! I am so glad I am not the only one!!!!
I had Mirena right after I had my second baby (around March 2007) and I had it for 2 1/2 years. I think I was alright for the first few month (but it is hard to tell as I was quite overwhelmed with baby and toddler care). But the past year 1/2 or so It was clear to me that something was not right. I was feeling really intense mood swings, had no patience, felt angry at times, loosing interest in my job and feeling at lost with my life at times and... NO libido whatsoever!
My OB told me over and over that Mirena was not the problem! But it seemed to me that this had to be the answer. My husband did not encourage me to take any other drug to fight my mood swings and he suggested I just take this off. So, I did it... exactly 5 weeks ago! And I am so much better. My libido is back. I have not felt down. I am enjoying my work. I am loving my children and my husband!!! I am so sorry I did not take it out sooner!
Alright now... the hormones are not crossing to the blood stream... But I had NO periods and of course No ovulation! So why is this so surprising to all of those guys that there may indeed be such side effects!!!
So girls! You are not crazy! Give yourself a chance and take this IUD out!
Good luck.

well, well, well, I stopped taking Singulair about a month ago after reading bad side effects. Guess what? My medication resistant depression is GONE. I was on Singulair for about 9 yrs....and on EVERY antidepressant there is....I went thru so much ag, and side effects, when it was the Singulair all along! Now to find a NATURAL asthma helper.

I started dating my now husband over a year 1/2 ago & started taking Alesse for 6 months. I had no bad side effects & everything was great those 6 months but I didn't renew the prescription because remembering the pill everyday is a hassle... Dumb mistake! I got a 3 month trial of that new NuvaRing thinking it would be great not to worry about the pill. Wrong again, I had the worst breakouts. mood swings, numbness in my face/arms & total lack of sex drive brought on by constant pain during intercourse with painful tenderness lasting days after.... So I asked to be prescribed Alesse again but the pharmacy ended up giving me this Aviane since my coverage is for generic. I don't know how to explain it really, don't know if it's just the switch but I my period lasted about one day. First it was dark (nearly black) hardly blood at all but congealed! Than later that night I had some cramping & a flow of blood. That was it. The next morning I woke up to find my labia majora was painfully red and swollen. (Now I have never been sexually active before my husband and a few months after we started having intercourse I asked him to get checked with me & both came back clear so as far as I know there is nothing unknown that can be causing this!) I am going to call my doctors office today & hopefully speak with a nurse... In the meantime I refilled my prescription for Alesse & will dish out the extra money..

Hello. I am 23 years old. On December 1st I suffered a miscarriage. After going through that horrible ordeal, my fiance and I decided to wait and not have kids yet. I had the Mirena inserted on January 10th. The pain was horrible, and the next few days I was really sore. I started my period on the 24th of this month, nothing special to note, except it is longer than I am use too. What I have noticed is a sharp pain in my left side. It will not go away. I have called the doctor and scheduled an ultrasound. Hoping that turns out fine. My side effects that I have noticed are breast enlargement, ( I went up two sizes), and anxiety. I was going to go to the doctor for that, but now am considering just having the iud removed. I just wander how many other people are going though the same thing.

I have been on Ovcon 35 for 1 1/2 months now. My period FINALY seems to be getting normal. I was very,very messed up after I had my daughter. This is my 5th pill in a year 1/2!! They said if this one didn't work I had to get off bc for a while to let my body heal. But I am noticing cramps & lower back pain like you would when you start your period(it's been acouple days now) but I m not due to start for another 2 weeks. Is this normal & I just dont remember what it's like to be normal? I am having a flash back of when I first found out I was pregnant...Fill me in,lol!

I have been living in the UK for four years and started suffering with bad hayfever in the first summer. I battled through the first year with antihistamines that offered little relief. Now for the the last three years I've had a Kenalog injection from my local clinic.

Year 1 and 2 were fine, with almost instant relief. This year has been rather different - it's not had nearly the same effect and I've been battling some severe headaches in the evening, a week after having the injection.

I'm hoping they are unrelated, but given some of the texts written here, there's probably a strong chance they are as my normal routine has not changed much.

A year or two ago I would probably have recommended it without hesitation, but I'm a lot more sceptical now.