15 minutes symptoms and conditions

I have been taking Yaz for a month and a half. The only medication I have been on in several years.
At work yesterday, my head started getting foggy. And my perception, was all messed up. After about 15 minutes of this not getting better, I started to lose my speech communication. I couldn't finish sentences or words. Stuff was jumbling together. In my right hand, two fingers went numb, then the whole hand. A client ended up driving me to the ER. I tried to call my receptionist, but I couldn't get the words out, my client took the phone and told her I was going to the ER. By the time I got to the ER, feeling started coming back, and I could communicate, in full sentences, if I paused between. By the time I was checked in and saw the doctor, I was able to tell him all that happened. With no problem, then a huge headache came on.
He wanted to rule out stroke, so did the CT scan and MRI. The nurse had some trouble getting blood from me. She kept mentioning that the blood kept clotting. The doctor sent me home saying my brain was perfectly healthy, and to go see my regular doctor.
A friend told me it was the birth control, because she could not take it, as she has lupus, and could have a stroke. She said it causes clotting. All of this was making sense to me. I looked up the side effects I had and found the "stroke symptoms", listed as rare, on Yaz.
My opinion of what happened, I had a blood clot that ended up passing through, and it could have become a stroke.
Another thing I read, besides the clotting. Was that oral contraceptives increase the potassium in your blood. I had been eating a banana for breakfast, 3 mornings in a row (the third on the day of this episode). The added potassium, could have been related to this episode.
How is anyone to know they can't eat something like "bananas" with birth control? I certainly didn't.
I am afraid to try any form of birth control at this point.

My experience with Norvasc is headache, stomach pains, depression, and nausea, frequent urination, and my chest feels very heavy about 15 minutes after I've taken the pill.

I am 20 weeks pregnant & was prescribed Labetalol 200 mg 2 times a day and about 15 minutes after taking it I began experiencing some of the worst breast/nipple pain imaginable. It felt like someone was ripping my nipples off. I am so glad to see other people have had this side effect too, because it was not listed on my side effects sheet.

In December of 2006 i was taken from school to the emergency room for sever menstrual contractions. It was the first time i had ever experienced that kind of pain during my period. Literally it felt like i was going to have a baby.
My doctor put me on Loestrin and it worked beautifully. My periods stopped completely after 2 months. I had no symptoms at all, no side effects either. Now that i have been on it for almost 2 years my periods are coming back (only lasting about 3 days), my cramps are returning, ive developed muscle and joint pain, my lower back stiffens up making it difficult to stand or walk for more than 15 minutes, i get dizzy easily, and now ive developed brown spots on my back near my shoulders. if any one else has these spots please let me know so don't think im crazy. My doctor says i have a fungal infection but iv had it for 6months now. IDK!!

At the age of 17 I was diagnosed with Acid Reflux. I was given a couple stomach medications, in which one of them was Reglan, for my nausea. I then began experiencing "severe" anxiety attacks and found myself very depressed. I was unable to be around people and sadly contiplated suicide several times, when oddly my life was great and pretty normal. I was sent to a therapist in which he also could not resolve the problem. I was put on anti-depressants which partially helped. When I experienced anxiety attacks I was force myself to sleep them off, causing myself a sleeping-disorder called insomnia. I also bagan to lactate milk, when I was not pregnant. I did not know that the Reglan WAS the cause of all my symptoms until the age of 23 when I was hospitalized. I had stopped taking all my medication for over three years and was doing very well. When I was in the ER a nurse seen that Reglan was on my chart and since I was experiencing nausea, she inserted the Relgan into my IV. Within 15 minutes I began to freak out, I was having an extreme anxiety attack. I was yelling I that I wanted go home. I felt like ripping my hair out. That was when another nurse (also a good friend of mine) seen me and said I was having a reaction to the Reglan. The doctor came in and explained that the Reglan was cause of my anxiety. After I calmed down hours later, I explained my passed symptoms and he said that all my symptoms where Reglan related side effects. I DO NOT RECOMMEND REGLAN!!! It's better to feel like or even to throw up, then to feel like taking your own life and not knowing why...

Hi, I just got the Mirena back in April and I have had nothing but problems from the get go. First they had trouble inserting the Mirena so instead of 5 minutes it took more like 20 minutes....by the time they got finished I started sweating really bad. I went to stand up and almost passed out. They laid me on a bed, put an ice pack behind my neck and gave me water. They checked my blood pressure and it was VERY low. 15 minutes later my blood pressure still wasn't coming back up so I was not allowed to leave. They started telling me that some people's bodies go into a form of shock and that was probably what happened and they were worried about my blood pressure not coming back up and possibly having to take me over to the emergency in order to get my blood pressure back up. Well about ten minutes later they finally get my blood pressure back up to normal so they finally let me leave their office. I get out to my vehicle and all of a sudden I feel like I am fixing to pass out again. I laid down and called a friend to come and pick me up. I kept an ice pack on the back of my neck for another 30 minutes while resting before I finally felt better again. A couple hours later came the pain. Very bad pain that lasted for the next two weeks and I am usually a person that can take pain. Finally the pain eased up after that and now I only get pain once in a while but here I am 3 months later and I am still bleeding. I feel tired all the time, I've had a lot of migraines, it is painful during sex sometimes, my sex drive has almost totally vanished and my energy level is almost at 0. I have also been experiencing stomach problems and a bloated feeling. I am EXTREMELY tired all the time. I never feel like I get a good nights sleep. I have also been experiencing hair loss but I didn't know if that was from the Mirena or not until I started reading posts on here. Now my bleeding is slowly getting worse the past few weeks. Not only am I bleeding still but now it is coming out in little clots too. Now I am getting worried so I have made an appointment to go back in. I came on here hoping I can find someone that has had the same problem so I wouldn't have to worry until the appointment. Its really disgusting and I am so sick of having this mirena in already.

Good luck to those of you that haven't already experienced these same side effects already......

Hello ladies! I have had ny IUD in since Tuesday and have not enjoyed one bit of it. I should have known when the doctor couldn't put it in the first 2 times. As soon as the procedure started i instantly began to feel severe cramping, it was like having full blown contractions. I also was very dizzy and my vision was blurred. As soon as I sat up I had to lay back down for 15 minutes before I was able to drive home. Since Thursday morning I have felt like a walking zombie. I have had no energy, peeing like I am pregnant, I am also having severe swelling and severe allergic reaction. I woke up at 4am this morning because my hands were itching, so I started scratching and it got worse, and then my hands swelled up to the point that I could not bend my fingers. This rash then spread all over my body. I am not sure if the skin reaction is due to the IUD, but I can definitely tell you all that this has never happened from taking ou using any kind of medications. I also am allergic to bee stings,but I haven't had one of those.I have 4 daughters and never really used birth control before.I thought it might be a good time to start taking something, but I was wrong about this product. All I can say is DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT!!!!!! I would rather not have sex with my husband than use this!

Here is my Mirena Story.

I was 6 weeks post partum....I had mirena inserted...it was very painful and I was not warned about that.
About a week later I noticed yellowing in the whites of my eyes which I thought could be coming from a iron def. since I just gave birth. So I made sure I was eating well and taking vitamins. I also had severe itching at night especially on my ankles and legs. Oh and sex drive was gone. It was fine the 6 weeks after birth but as soon as mirena was in it was gone!!! I went to the doctor about a month after insertion and asked to have it removed, of course my doc said it couldn't be iud causing my problems...come back in a month...So I did....within this month I started having severe anxiety, insomnia and panic attacks, to the point were I actually thought I was loosing my mind. Of course again the doc told me that it wasn't iud and prescribed me an antidepressant which I reluctantly excepted. I'm not depressed...my life was perfect before mirena!!! I finally went back for the third time and decided I wasn't leaving until somebody took this thing out of me!

Here is a list of other side effects that I had/still have!!

acne
migraines
extreme lower back pain
numbness and tingling in hands and feet
vision problems
fogginess
An ADHD type feeling
inability to focus or concentrate
extreme fatigue
feeling of throat closing up
heart racing and palpitations
night sweats
sinusitus
dizziness and light headiness
headache

The problem here is that the doctors don't even know how extreme these side effects can be and they keep telling us that it's not the mirena. PLEASE trust your instinct.....I wanted to trust my doctor but I knew in my heart what was causing my problems...I am only 1 week post mirena and I am still having a lot of my problems but I can tell a difference. DON'T LET IT GET OUT OF HAND....TAKE IT OUT!!!!

DON'T GET MIRENA...IT MAY WORK WELL FOR SOME...BUT IN MY OPINION IT IS NOT WORTH THE CHANCE THAT THESE HORRIBLE SIDE EFFECTS COULD HAPPEN.....HAD I BEEN INFORMED PROPERLY I WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD MIRENA INSERTED!!

Good Luck Ladies!!

My neurologist started me on Keppra about 10 months ago after I began having an increase in partial seizure episodes. I can honestly say that this medication worked wonders on controlling my seizures. In fact, when I feel the very light beginning aura of a partial seizure, I can take 250mg of Keppra and within 2 minutes feel the recession and retreat of what would normally be a seriously confusing episode.

Initially though, I didn't think I would be able to continue with this drug. It would completely wipe me out, and often put me right to sleep within 15 minutes of taking my 500mg dose (I'm on 500mg 2x daily). After a few months though, it doesn't affect me like it did. Now it "relaxes" me, in a nice kind of way. I probably wont be the life of the party 20-30 minutes after my dose, but within another 10-20 minutes, I would say that I would be able to keep up with just about anyone.

Effective: Absolutely!
Side Effects: Very tolerable after adjusting to it.

About 2 years ago, I had an injection of Kenalog in my knee. I was having knee pain and it was diagnosed as a miniscus problem. The doctor decided to see if the Kenalog relieved any pain. 15 minutes after I had the injection, while driving home, I felt warmth in my crotch area, then under my armpits, and then the itching started. I was having an allergic reaction.
By the time I got home, I went into full anaphylactic shock. My daughter called the paramedics and my blood pressure was 50/10.I barely had a pulse. I spent 31 hours in the ER and 5 days in the hospital. This kind of reaction is rare but very real. FYI.
Rindi B, Carlsbad, Ca.

My doctor prescribed Cipro for a UTI I had. My symptoms were minor. Within 2 doses of Cipro though, my symptoms got worse. Fever, excruciating lower back pain, shakes, all over pain. Thank God my boyfriend was aware of what was happening (because I wasn't). He gave me Cipro 2 more times and had been keeping track. Within 15 minutes of me taking it, all the symptoms would flare up. Finally he said we need to call the doctor, this drug is making you ill. We called the doctor and he said, "no way is it the drug, just continue taking it" So I did 2 more times. And then my boyfriend demanded and threatened the doctor to reconsider. And you know what, I went in to the doctor they gave me a shot of something else, and within 10 minutes I had no fever, no pain, no nothing. And they said I must've had an allergic reaction. It's interesting now to hear how we all MUST HAVE had an allergic reaction. Or that the drug is unsafe. My input here is to just remind people to pay attention to how their bodies respond to any drug. Keep track. No one knows our bodies better than we do.

I had the Mirena fitted not quite two weeks ago. Friday evening, I had a panic attack with depressive tendencies including nasty, nasty thoughts -- along the "my kids would be better without me" lines -- not suicidal, but horrible nonetheless. This is so completely out of line with my normal thinking, it was as if an alien had taken over my brain! Fortunately, a good friend of mine helped me to get re-grounded, and insisted that I speak to a doc about a return to antidepressant meds (I'd been avoiding them, but completely agreed). She called me back perhaps 1/2 hour later with one simple instruction: "Google "IUD Depression." I was shocked to see all of the horror stories of the Mirena. Like many, I'd believed that the hormones were limited to the reproductive tract, so wouldn't affect the rest of my system. Whoops.

Knowing that I'm highly sensitive to hormonal BC (the pill makes me a crazy person), I'm having it out at my 2-week check tomorrow. What good is birth control if it means I'm irritable, cranky, and completely pissed (for no good reason) at my husband?

Back to TCOYF for me -- and I'm now on a mission to learn to love condoms. Oh, and to determine if I really *need* AD meds, or if removing the Mirena will do the trick. Any thoughts?

Two days ago I took out my third molars (wisdom teeth), afterwards I took a prescription strength 600mg Ibuprofen with no side effects. I took another pill 6 hours later, and I have been having the worst upper stomach pain, much worse than the tooth ache ever was since then. I have been waking up with agonizing pain every hour for the past two nights, and I can't even take Tylenol for my tooth pain now since my stomach is so messed up (I tried and it cause horrible stomach pain).

So on top of having to treat the stomach problem, I can't take any pain medication for my teeth and I'm just miserable. I'm 25 years old and have never had stomach problems before, the first night I thought I was poisoned or something and I was dieing. I think the small label on the bottle that says "if it causes upset stomach, take it with crackers or bread" needs to be replaced with "it doesn't matter what you take it with, it can cause much more pain that you have ever imagined." Because it actually doesn't matter if you take it with bread, or inject it to yourself, the function of ruining the stomach lining is because of it's anti-inflammatory chemicals, not direct contact with stomach.

I read about it now, and apparently the deaths from Ibuprofen and Aspirin (anti-inflammatory pain medications) caused by gastrointestinal problems is about as many as deaths by HIV-Aids in USA*. I don't see any Ibuprofen awareness rallies though. I wish I had time to sue someone because I really really want to.

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Recently, I had an experience very similar to pocoloco's experience with Lactaid. The main difference is that pocoloco experience seems to have wained within hours, mine were much more severe and lasted for days.

On a Monday, I took some Lactaid before eating a salad, that had perhaps 2 tablespoons of Ranch dressing. The next morning I awoke with very painful stomach pains. Like pocoloco, I feel I have a high threshold for pain, but throughout the day, I was unable to concentrate on my work because the pain was so severe. I went to my doctor the following day as I had not made a connection between my pains and Lactaid. The doctor had bloodwork done and a sonogram performed. She thought that my pain may have been the result od some gallbladder trouble or a viral infection. She prescribed a strong antibiotic, pain medicine and ulcer medicine to attack it from multiple angles as I am a healthy 32 yr old.

Over the next several days, I was feeling better, but still in discomfort. On that Friday, I took a Lactaid pill with a bowl of cereal for dinner around 7-8 pm. By 11 pm I was vomiting violently and had extreme abdominal pain. Again, because I had feeling better, I thought that perhaps I had a bad reaction to the combination of antibiotics and pain medicine. I vomited over a period of 4 hours, and like pocoloco, was expelling yellow/green liquid (bile?) near the end of the experience (3-4 am).

Between Saturday and Tuesday, I was still in discomfort, but was 90% better by Tuesday. I decided on Mexican food for dinner. I took a Lactaid pill and had some Queso with chips for an appetizer. By 11 pm, I was vomiting more violently than the first time and had a strong bitter taste associated. I finished vomiting around 5 am this time and the following day was still nauseated and in very strong discomfort from stomach pains. This was all it took to finally connect the dots and realize that the effects were the result of Lactaid, not a viral infection or stomach flu.

I would say my experience was very similar to pocoloco's, except that my stomach pains lasted over several days and my vomiting was over 4-5 hours as opposed to his 1-2 hour experiences.

Ok ladies...day two since removal. Still no major relief of symptoms...but I did start a period...pretty moderate flow. I'm exhausted and my emotions are all over the place. (I have cried about 4 different times today...and yes I've been at work for most of it. Nice.)

I found a posting on here earlier...can't remember whose it was (Sorry!) about checking out a site from "nerdnuggets" where it posted a product monograph which is the informative packet released by Bayer Corp. in Canada. If you can find that posting, do it! Pull it up and print it out...it's a 46 page description of the medication. Page 10 specifies all of these side effects...even the tendinitis I've been treated for! Page 33 lists the absorption and distribution of the medicine into our bodies and specifically discusses how the medicine becomes systemic in our bloodstream within 15 minutes of insertion! So what I did was printed out several copies, attached letters, and sent it out to all my doctors and specialists, including my EX-gynecologist asking him to use the information to educate not only himself, but his staff as well so they do not grossly discount another patient's side-effects they way they did mine. Keep in mind that this information is not readily available to us here in the US...this is a Canadian report.

Hence my other phone call made today to attorney Justin Wikin (out of Florida I believe...thank you, Amayaa, for this info) at 850-916-7450 regarding a possible class action suit. They took my story down and recorded names of all my physicians and told me I should hear back from them within 7-10 days.

In the report, I also found how it is excreted form your body once removed. It has a half life of about 20 hours. Layman's terms: After 20 hours, or approximately one day, only about 50% remains in your body. The next day, 50% of that is removed, leaving about 25% in your system. (So: Day 3, you should only have about 12% left, Day 4 = 6%, Day 5 = 3%, Day 6 = 1%.) Realistically, every day should get better and better...and I should start feeling some major relief when, after about 1 week, all this is out of my system.

Good luck to us all and for those of you who are having the same problems with their doctors as I have been...print out that report! (Plus, it's fun to see the look on their faces when you show them a medical report that they cannot dispute!)

I had the mirena inserted in December of 07 and didn't realize that I was having some serious issues with this thing until about 4 months after insertion, my weight would not budge, I stayed at 220 for 4 months and I walked 90 minutes a day and am eating very healthy, some weeks I'd lose 3 pds and the following week would gain them right back, this happened for the entire 4 months, I didn't think anything of it until I did some online searching and found many woman complaining about weight gain with Mirena and other horrible side effects. I was having panic attacks and was always extremely emotional, I was also very bloated all the time, my husband looked at me one day and said you are exercising and eating healthy, why does your belly look so big? So, that was it, I knew it was the mirena. He also noticed my facial acne, which I never had in the 7 years he's been with me. I finally had the mirena removed on 4/14/08 and instantly found relief, I mean, when I say instantly, you may think I'm crazy, but it was immediate relief, I felt so much better in a matter of seconds. I did read somewhere that the mirena after it's inserted goes into your blood after 15 minutes so, not sure how true that is, but I believe it, after all I went through. I lost 1 pd in one day after the mirena was removed, and now 5/7/08 I've lost 9 pds so far. Not only was it a relief for the weight, I've also noticed a major change in my mood, I was always cranky and started to get nausea and felt bloated and just miserable all the time, my acne is clearing up, my hair also stopped falling out, which was another problem I had which I believe was a major side-effect, everyone said that it was because I just recently had a baby and it was normal, but after a while it was just falling all over the place so now I'm actually seeing the difference and my hair is starting to grow back in. I'm so glad I had it removed!!

My experience and a question...

Hello all,
I had mine placed 6 days ago. First 2 days were a little painful. But I was able to go to school and work (in my final year of college and am having a hard enough time in Calculus without missing a day). I have been on many different kinds of birth control (patch, pill, and shot). My problem is I suffer from severe migraines. At the worst point in my life, they were 3-5 times a week. The patch worked the best for me. I lost weight, periods didn't change at all, migraines went to 2-4 a month and I (still to this day) have never really experienced cramps. However, because of the cost and my financial situation at the time, I couldn't afford it. The shot was the worst. Gained 10 pounds every 3 months, very emotional and depressed all the time, and the migraines slowly became more frequent. Changed to the pill (Kariva) and took it so that I only had a period every 3 months. My migraines almost went away completely but I had a lot of lower abdomen pain. Had every test under the sun and they found nothing wrong. My doctor suggested changing my birth control so here I am. My question is are there any signs of complications from the placement of Mirena? About once a day or more I get a sharp pain in my lower left side. Not sure if this is just the same pains I had from the pill (didn't take anything for birth control for 2 months and all the pain stopped. didn't start up again till placement) or if others have experienced this when something was wrong. I am scared they may be something wrong but being a broke college student, don't really have $100 to spend at the doctor to have the usually *shrug*. Thanks! email ******

I was told the same thing "A little cramp" .. I never have had kids before and was told this is easier for women who has have kids. I was in tears when the insertion took place. could not walk immediatley... I was about to faint, got to the point they got something for me to vomit in because I was starting to retch about 15 minutes after insertion. The pains were soooooooooo intense. I was told that this is what it is like when a woman has contractions. But I also had some hydrocone which helped a lot. I took IB - profen first ..800mgs I took lasted for maybe 3.5 hr. So then i took some Hydrocodone and that worked great. Got a good nights sleep. BUT i have never had pains so bad. At times I was crying or wanted to fall to my knees. I was afraid I was gonna wake up in my sleep in pain cuz the hydro was only to work 4-6 hrs. but I slept for a good 8 hrs. When I work up, a few pains here and there but nothing like yesterday.. Took 3 IB profens this morning - 7 hrs ago and I just noticed some discharge.. Mucus n blood I guess from the cervix which is normal? Thats what i was told. could happen on and offf for 6 months. i called after hrs to check on it cuz I was freaking out -- what was it... my obgyn told me what is was. She also was surprised that I was just about painfree less than 36 hrs later! So far so good for me. Now origiannly have been told since I went directly from Deprovera to merina, I have a very slim chance of getting my period at all. I have been on deprovera for 10 years. I need to lose weight and did not want my period (which was hell when I did get it before deprovera) so this is why mirena was choosen by me. So I am hoping it works for me!

I took one dose of Lisinopril and thought I was doing a colonoscopy prep. I had diarrhea every 10 or 15 minutes all night. No cramping, chills or fever, just flooding, dehydrating diarrhea. My husband had eaten the same food that I had eaten, so that could not have been the cause. I was fine the next day, and will not take Lisinopril again.

Headaches??? Really i have been getting headaches recently
I hate the new HFA inhalers
I have been a chronic user of the old inhalers for years and i never complained, I actually really liked them. I have been on a ventilator 3x and I am only 24 years old. The most recent hospitalization was the worst. I have been found to have an under productive heart. They did exploratory lung surgery and also gave me a chest tube and took numerous lung samples. I honestly believe that this was due to the new inhalers. Whenever I take the new inhalers I feel slightly better (not much) approx. 1/3 of the the way the old ones made me feel. I feel slightly better after about 15 minutes, but as soon as I take it I actually have a harder time breathing and it just SUCKS!!!

I quit Lipitor (40mg) five weeks ago. I believe I was on a trajectory to disabilty within a year.
The unbelievable left elbow pain has gone (maybe the cortisone worked!). My left knee feels "normal" again, not perfect but nearly like it used to be. Within a couple of days of quitting I had severe pain in my right thumb along the bone, then in the middle of my right hand, then between the first and second fingers in my right hand. I currently have minor pain in my right wrist (this is new) on the pinkie side and minor pain in my left shoulder where the arm joins (this has been intermittent for a couple of months). I am feeling much better - but would not be at all surprised if pain appears in another part of my body before this is all history! There is also plenty of joint clicking going on.
I believe I first reported pain to the assistant doctor to the heart surgeon two weeks after I had the stent put in and was put on Lipitor. I was also on various other medications. I had tingling on the ends of my fingers and toes at random - hard to describe but it was as if a fairly sharp object (like a ball point pen, say) was being pressed progressively harder from the end of the finger/toe and towards the rest of that finger/toe: and as the pressure increased it would suddenly become painful. It was not a tingling/numb sensation but more a tingling which increased sufficiently that it hurt.
I am only being so specific because when I described these "symptoms" the doctor shrugged. If anyone has had similar - and I have seen tingling mentioned here - please make contact with me as I do want to report my experience back into the medical community but find, an exact description difficult. Things never needed to have got so bad if this was the first warning.
I since asked my family doctor if my knee problem was Lipitor related and she thought not: I was referred to Physical Therapy. I also told the physical therapists (who thought my knee should recover much sooner, and were surprised that I had zero mobility pain) that I also had serious elbow pain.
The orthopedic surgeon I saw did not connect the elbow problem to Lipitor.
The heart surgeon (stent insert) could perhaps be the only person who I did not tell of the pains - I don't remember - but I may be so grateful to be alive - that he may be someone to whom I did not voice a complaint!
On the positive - five weeks later I am feeling significantly better.

I have just posted about my experience with Avelox on 11 Mar 08 but forgot to mention that my blood pressure dropped to 80/40 in the ambulance on the way and I kept blacking out and have also experienced extreme urination about every 15 minutes but thought that was from the catheter the ER used that night while treating allergic reaction to same.
I had to return to family physican Wed for shot Depramedrol as the Avelox was still in my system and the hospital also told me to use Benadryl to couneract same. I am glad to find this site as I was doing some research to see what in the world happened but my throat totally closed up as stated in previious post so could not talk!!

I am freaking out!! I just found this site and can't believe what I'm reading. I have a huge crater in my right buttock as well. This is the second time it has happened to me. After the first incident, I went to the doctor and she said she didn't know what it was, that it must have been due to trauma. This is the same doctor who prescribed the Kenalog shot for my allergies. It started out as a large bruise, so I assumed I must have hit something really hard and damaged the tissue. Now, a couple of yrs later, I have another, larger crater. I thought something really bad was wrong with me, so I decided to google and see what I could find. I am truly blown away by this and VERY upset that they did not warn me of this. I called the doctor, but they haven't returned my call yet. I'm concerned is this going to continue to get deeper? I also believe it affected my period as well. I have always been very regular, but for several months after the shot I would start my period every couple of weeks.

About a minute after it was sprayed in my mouth, I started to get nauseous and lightheaded. Then I got dizzy and started sweating. I couldn't focus my eyes and I had trouble taking deep breaths. It took about 15 minutes for the worst to subside. It was well over an hour before I became completely lucid. And for the rest of the day I was very nauseous and had a migraine-like headache (like a bad hangover).

I just had my MIRENA inserted today, OUCH! I asked the nurse prior to insertion if it would be painful and she said I would be "Alittle Crampy" but that was it. ALITTLE CRAMPY is not the word for it, I felt and have felt for 51/2hours since the insertion like I am in labor. Thank god I had some old Vicodin in my med cabinet because it was UNBEARABLE! I decided on this birth control because I didn't want to gain weight and had with ALL the others I have tried but maybe that wasn't the right decision? I don't want to gain weight,lose my hair,get facial hair(YUCK) or get even moodier than I already am. I already have NO libido how could that get worse? My poor husband, I will have to get him a lifetime membership to the "soap in shower club". Can anyone give me hope? Please , please, please!