Nauseas symptoms and conditions

I was on Nuvaring for one month and things were okay but not great - nausea and cramping. Then after taking it out for a week and putting it in for the second week I only made it 3 days before I thought I was going to die. I did the patch years ago, which admitting that raises eyebrows but that was a cakewalk compared to this! I feel like it's ruined me for good because I took it out two weeks ago and the symptoms aren't getting better - they're just changing. I feel pregnant and I know I'm not. I feel like I have cysts or something and I know I need to see a doctor. I'm so scared that using this for a grand total of 3 weeks 3 days has ruined me. I have heartburn, cramps, abdominal pain, swollen breasts, weight gain in the mid-section...this was THE worst idea ever!

When the ring first came out, I used it for about 2 years. It was great. No problems, no side effects whatsoever. I recently had a child and decided to start back up on the NuvaRing after a 3 year break with no BC. It was not the same as before, I was sick to my stomach all month, very dizzy, nausea and felt like I was pregnant again. After that first month of torture I decided to try one more month, thinking that I was just adjusting to it. And second month just the same. I decided to switch to Pills, which I forgot to take constantly and made me feel even worse than the ring. I really do think that something changed with the Nuvaring because it had never done me wrong in the past, and it would be my only option of BC to go back to... but now I really don't know what to do. What a shame. It was so convenient too.

I responded to a previous post but don't see it here so I'll post again. The post I was responding to suggested that maybe it was a different ring than the past rings:

You may have something there, regarding a change in the ring's chemistry. I'm 47, and I've been on it, happily, for 4 years. Just this last month I had my period and, at 4 weeks am still having it with large clots coming out. (I went through 3 boxes of 40 tampons, 2 boxes of 20 and 2 packages of pads. I'm extremely dizzy and sleep 12-14 hours a day, still waking up exhausted. I went to my natural doctor and he gave me some supplements that usually help immediately, but still I bleed. I've decided to take the ring out after reading all of these posts. Have you stopped? I'm hoping to get my life back. I've had no energy to do anything, I love the beach (live 3 minutes from it) and went ONCE this whole summer. I've read that some women feel better within a day or so of taking it out - any thoughts? Also, I, too, went through a period in June/July of extremely high blood pressure. I'm normally 120/80 and I skyrocketed to 250/120....felt like I was going to collapse. I also couldn't sleep which is SO not like me. I love my sleep. I went to the doc thinking it was my hormones. He said "If you're on BC your hormones are regulated, so I don't want to do a panel." He then prescribed Ambien for a few days just so I could get some sleep. Three days later I couldn't stop crying and was extremely depressed. I thought it was the Ambien. I never thought about it being the ring, just thought it was my high-pressure job. I really wonder if they've changed it in the past few months. There are lawsuits against NuvaRing - does anyone know about these? Take Care.

I'm 21 years old. I'm in my last year of college and student teaching. I've only been taking the pill for a week. I thought it was the stress of my last few classes of something for school that was making me this way. I originally was thinking the stress was changing my mood. My boyfriend and I have been arguing and tonight we realized we started all this bickering when I started the pill. I've been extremely moody. I've also been nauseous in the mornings, had high anxiety, been tired and lazy, and just overall "blah" feeling. I agree with someones post I read before about trying different pills to find what works for you. In high school I was on orthotricyclen-lo and I don't recall any of these effects. I took Loestrin for a month just a few months ago and stopped after the first pack because it made me feel the same way. I think I'm going to have to stop this one too because I can't stand feeling like this.

I have been on Loestin 24 Fe for 4 days and had to stop taking it on my 5th day. I am experiencing terrible headaches, nausea, and dizziness! I started thinking that I might be pregnant, but after reading all of these posts I know that it's not the case. I would not recommend for anyone to get on this pill because of the sickness I have had with it. It just doesn't seem worth it to me! DO NOT TAKE THIS PILL! I'm Switching for Sure!

Okay, I am 16, have never taken any birth control,and I am in my 3rd week of Loestrin. My doctor told me that if i started the pill on the first day of my period (august 1) that i would not have to wait to have UNPROTECTED sex, but to be safe, my boyfriend and I waited until august 7th to have sex, we also had sex on the 12th. Around the 15th I had some light pink discharge that lasted for 2 days...this worried me a little but i did not think much of it. Soon after that I started having back pains, cramps, nausea, headaches, my breasts are swollen, VERY tender, nipples are larger/darker, you can see the blue veins in them also. I have been picky about foods,discharge has increased, and have had terrible heartburn and have been extremely emotional. I have also had pains in my knees and ankles, and smells make me very sick to my stomach. I am very worried that I am pregnant.....but I am not supposed to get my period until the 28th so I have to wait...if anyone has been pregnant or had these symptoms on Loestrin PLEASE let me know....Thanks!

After having my first gardasil shot I was a little nausea. After my 2nd shot my throat felt like it was closing up, I slept a lot, I hallucinated, I had strange pains in my head, my vision my fuzzy, felt nausea.The next day I had to take the day off work, I had the side effects for at least a week and I got my period early. Since the shot ive been having a period every 3 weeks and the period lasts 5 days. I wont be having the 3rd shot and advise others not to have the shots.

i started taking Loestrin FE just under a month ago. i havnt gotten to the brown pills yet for my 1st period on it.
since i started taking it ive noticed that ive been pee'n 2 times as much as i normally do..
my gums bleed slightly when i brush my teeth and in the afternoons i get nauseas and light headed..i get really week and after a few minutes it goes away.
ive taken a pregnancy test and its came back negative (i took it today)
but idk

what do you guys think?
plz let me know

I hate the NuvaRing! it has done nothing but make me depressed , nauseas and give me bad mood swings! I only been on it for a week but I am not willing to wait and see if the side effects go away!

hey, i have been on the ring for like three days now, i am kinda nauseas, have some abdominal pain, i am kinda dizzy and very tired. my doctor says the side effects should go away. did anyone have a hard time just at first and then the side effects got better? in case i dont get back to this site please email me at kimbrali@comcast.net thanks

I started using NR almost two weeks ago and it had cause me nauseas, headaches and a very hard lower back pain, so bad that it wakes me up in the night. Do anyone knows if something bad can happen if I take it out before day 21?

Thanks. Ruvene

My dad has dilaudid in his pain pump that goes right to his lower spine. It has slowed down digestive system. Food is staying longer in his stomach and is not processing thru his system properly. As a result he is always nauseas. He is constipated also. At times he has experienced shortness of breath.

I used Nuva Ring about a year ago and decided to stop using it due to major mood swings, (Going from laughing to crying in a split second) but I recently decided to try it again, as I liked the conveinence of it and the fact that it's the only birth control I've used that hasn't made me gain weight. Well, I've had the ring in for about 2 weeks now and I'm not liking it!!! I've been feeling extremely fatigued, nauseas, constipated, experiencing heartburn, having brown spotting and abdominal cramping. I don't know if I should keep this thing in or take it out. Right now, I'm feeling sooo nauseas I'm contemplating going to the hospital.

No appetite at all -- when I ate anything I felt very nauseas -- very tried -- felt like I would pass out -- On the 2nd day -- my hands started hurting. I take arthritis medicine -- However my hands had not really bother me in over 10 months. I took Sulfameth for 4 days and have been off of it for 3 -- my hands are still bothering me-- it hurts to use them. I noticed on the last day -- it was making my heart beat faster. I could feel it racing. It gave me a headache

I have tried many types of birth control and I think this is the worst. I have been irritable and edgy since I put it in and yesterday I left class early because I felt tired, nauseas, and had a headache. I woke up feeling not much better today, and realized I was depressed too, so I decided to look into it on the web. It has all been the ring! When it is time to take it out this month it is not going back in. If any figures out a better way to prevent pregnancy please pass it on.

Well my personal experience is that it sucks, and isn't worth it. I had mine inserted last September, and in the beginning I had some heavy periods and cramping, and now that passed a few months ago. But now the cramping is back, very severe off and on, lower backache, and my headaches are back. I have started have a thick brown discharge (sorry, I know too much info), I'm nauseas, light headed, gaining weight, my hairs falling out like crazy, the acne is terrible(never had a problem before), depressed, my moods are insane, one minute I'm on top of the world, and the next I'm yelling and screaming. It's tearing my family up!! I'm definitely going to get it removed. I guess my body is just rejecting it. But remember this is just my personal experience, and everyone's bodies accept and reject things differently.

I have had my Mirena since Jan 07. My periods are certainly much lighter however I am spotting in between. I am having cramping and nausea almost daily know for about a week and my lower back hurts as well. The nausea is what is really bothering me. I don't hear too many complaints about nausea. Is anyone else expierencing this?
Thanks.

WOW, this sounds so similar to my symptoms. My ailment started out as a sore throat, then progressed to a headache then an awful nagging cough. I went to my doctor and he checked me out, my blood pressure was a bit elevated but my urine and my lungs were clear. I was running a low grade fever but nothing serious. He said it was probably just from post-nasal drip. He gave me Levaquin anyway in case I did have some kind of infection. The first day I took it...3 days ago....I felt like I had literally been beaten to death, it hurt to walk and I felt numb allover, that night I couldn't sleep, I kept having crazy thoughts and my legs were going wild and throbbing with pain. I finally managed to get to sleep but woke up drenched in sweat, my clothes and my side of the bed was as if someone had poured water on me. I have never in all my 40 years ever sweated like that. I am overwhelmed with hot flashes, even when I'm in an air conditioned place I feel like I'm on fire. I tried to go out shopping yesterday and it wore me out just walking from the car to the store. I mean I am a normal otherwise healthy 40 yr old woman here and shopping to me is the best fun in the world, but I was just too weak to even walk around in the store without leaning on the cart. I had my husband rub me down with Ben Gay last night and when he went over a spot in the middle of my back towards the right side...right under my bra strap it felt like I had been either shot or stabbed there...I actually screamed out when he just rubbed over it . I began feeling nauseas yesterday Still am today, even threw up this morning. I am taking myself off of this drug right now...too bad I did not read these posts until after I had already taken my dose today. So no more for me.
Update: June 16th, 2007 3:26pm I got up this morning a bit woozy and soaking wet with sweat again...but I refused to take another Levaquin. I went to help my husband paint our church house and felt great all day...no more leg pain but still hot flashes though. No more fatigue either. I just wish we all could get a settlement from this dangerous drug that should have been taken off the market a long time ago.
~*Dee

~*Dee

I am on Levaquin 500 now for what I was told was a respirtory infection, this is my 4th antibotic for the same problem. I am extremely sore and feel as if there are hundred pound weights on my ankles, it hurts to walk. My stomach is sore, my muscles are so tired, it hurts to situp. I am so lightheaded after taking this medicine, I feel ok before I take it but it all hits me at once after I have taken it. I have only been on Levaquin 4 days is this normal?

Ive been on NR for 2wks and the only side effects that Ive had are the following. This weird odor, which I thought was from my period. But now I have no period and the smell is there. Hmm? I dont think I have an infection and I tried cleaning everyday with a mild soap down there and nothing. The other thing that I have noticed is the fact of depression. But not really depression more like Im to sensitive. I think everything is wrong and I want to cry all the time.

Hi All

I just started taking doxycycline three days ago for Chronic Folliculitis of the scalp. I am so glad to hear I am not the only one who gets nauseas. The first morning that I took it, I was driving to work and threw up right in my car. Didn't have enough time to make it out of the car when I pulled over. Anyway for some reason this medicine will not let me sleep at night either. I keep waking up every half hour wondering why I am waking up for. Its nerve raking! Now everytime i eat i get pain in my chest and back. After reading all the post about the sun effects, you can rest assure I will not be going into the sun while on this medication.

i just took this today for the first time and other than feeling slightly woozy and the absolute slightest of nauseas i have not experienced these "horrible" side effects others speak of. maybe its working.

My husband and I took this before bed and soon after we both became extremely itchy all over. Then about two hours later we became extremely dizzy and nauseas. I threw up for about 2 hours. Also broke out in sweats and fever. I could not move or open my eyes without being sick. Finally when that subsided, I began to experience shortness of breath - it felt like my throat was closing up and I could do nothing about it. It was the scariest experience I've ever been through. I would rather cough all night long then EVER go through that again. I seriously thought I was going to die! My husband called a CVS pharmacist and found that we would survive but to drink tons of water to help alleviate symptoms. Needless to say, the next morning I was still extremely dizzy and nauseas. DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE!!!

Both my wife and I were prescribed Vi-Q-Tuss. It stopped the cough when we both took it the first morning. I had no noticable side effects, my wife said she was nauseas and dizzy. We both took it before going to bed, and both of us woke with nausea, dizziness, headache, and sweating that lasted most of the morning. We're not going to take this anymore, I would rather choke with the cough. Instead I took, and recomend, Fishermans Friend cough drops to help with the cough..... if you can stand the taste.

I BEEN TAKIN YASMIN 2 MONTHS AGO BUT I FEEL PREGNANT I BEEN NAUSEAS AND FEELING SICK