Gardasil and stress

I got my 1st gardasil shot about a week ago. I am currently having my period and have such severe cramps I can barely move. I did not know if this may be related to the shot, which is why I looked up this forum, and am astounded by what i've read. Right away there was intense pain at the injection sight for several days, so much as that when I would turn on that side while sleeping, it would waken me from the pain. For the past 3 days (since I have gotten my period) I am having terrible cramps, no appetite (bc i feel like i am going to throw up), unusual bowel movements (diarrhea/constip.), and am very dizzy. I have also been pretty irritable but that could be from stress/lack of sleep. After reading this, I will not be getting my second shot. I will give an update if any more problems arise (God help me, I am terrified!)

I received my 1st shot last year and received my last one this morning. Around the time I got my first one, I had lost some weight but since I began the shots, I've lost more weight. My mom said I lost all the weight after Gardasil but I'm not trying to blame it since I'm not sure yet. And I've been real stress lately, I get mad easy, take everything defensively, and i'm not happy as much. Could this be due to Gardasil?

I received my first shot of Gardasil in January 2007. It could have started sooner, but about a month later my hairdresser noticed a bald spot in the back of my head. I rushed back to my ObGyn and asked her if the Gardasil could be the cause as nothing else had recently changed. She said that she had not heard of this, but she referred me to a dermatologist. I asked him if my hair loss had anything to do with the Gardasil. He replied that I had Alopecia areata and one thing had nothing to do with the other. He advised that I continue with the Gardasil and that he would start treating me for the alopecia. I wish that I would not have listened. I don't know what would have happened if I had stopped then, but I didn't I proceeded with the treatment to the end now over half of my head is bald!!!
I don't know what to do. I keep going back to the dermatologist for treatments for the alopecia, but it just keeps getting worse.
If anyone has had a similar experience and would like to share or has found some other treatments that work, please post a reply.

Melissa

I received my first Gardasil shot on May 5, 2008 and about two days later I began to notice I was losing a lot of hair. I didn't fret because I had just gotten done taking finals and had been stressed to the max. I figured it was just my body responding to the stress. I have a lot of hair so it didn't phase me one bit. A week progressed and I would lose gobs of hair when I took out my hair band, brushed my hair, washed my hair, dried my hair. Now May 17, 2008, nearly 2 weeks later, my hair is half of what it used to be. I am freaking out. When I say I have lost alot of hair, I mean I can ball up the amount that comes out after a typical shower and it is about the size of a golf ball. I have not introduced anything new in my diet, nothing has changed, and I am not stressed. I am convinced this is due to Gardasil. Has anyone else experienced hair loss? If so, for how long? I am really scared.