Sick to my stomach symptoms and conditions

I'm so glad I found this web site because I did think there was something seriously wrong with me, I took Prevacid for years without any side effects, switched to Nexium because it was cheaper and never had any problems with it, I was just at my doctors in Dec. 08 asked the doctor if there was a generic brand for Nexium because the cost has risen on that also so he prescribed 40mg of Omeprazole, took my 1st dose on Dec 31st, I thought I was having a heart attack, had severe pain between my shoulder blades, alot of burping, sick to my stomach, when I would eat it felt like my food was stuck in my chest, and also had a very nervous feeling, my husband suggested, that I stop taking the Omeprazole until I could talk with the dr. I only took it for 4 days and had these effects, I can only imagine what long term would do, I am feeling better still slight effects, but nothing like before, I will never take this drug again, I guess I will go back to forking out more money for the Nexium, it is just crazy the price we have to pay for meds.

I think I had an upper respiratory infection. This is my 3rd day taking the zpak and I have been experiencing headaches and am sick to my stomach. The first 2 days I had extreme stomach cramps but they have subsided. My infection is completely gone though. I feel much better even though the side effects suck.

I just started taking Femcon FE. I have PCOS they have put me on different drugs to help with the constant pain. (Gyn did exploratory surgery to check things out. My ovaries are the size of my uterus. Fun I know.) Since starting the pain has worsened not lessened. I am so sick to my stomach that I can't keep any food down, and I haven't slept in 3 days. Not to mention the bleeding. This is so not worth it. I am glad that some people are getting relief. I'm just not one of them.

I started taking this medication at the end of October for birth control because I thought it couldn't hurt to be taking something just in case. Immediately I began noticing changes in my mood. I was always short fused, had little patience with people, was easily frustrated and got emotional over the smallest things.I was sick to my stomach and had a hard time going to sleep. I stopped taking the pill after I completed all the white pills. I never took the brown pills because I had had it with the extreme mood swings and I figured I would start my period anyways. It has been almost three weeks and I have not gotten my period! I am seriously beginning to worry. Has anyone else been in my situation and stopped taking the medicine without getting their periods?

I went to my family doctor for some mild allergy problems. He prescribed me a daily Claritin-D and suggested that I get a shot of kenalog seasonally (4 times a year). I allowed him to do the first shot, that was almost 9 months ago. I am not sure when the dimple at the top of my right cheek started, but it is now noticeable to me. After googling "butt indentation" and I came across this page. Fortunately I did not go back for the other 2 kenalog shots I was supposed to get, and I am sick to my stomach that this thing is permanent. My doctor has lost a patient due to the fact that I feel misinformed about the possible side effects of something he seems to prescribe so easily. I also, have lost a little pride in the fact that I used to be very proud of my ass and now even though most people will never notice it, I know it's there... :(

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've been taking Quasense for only about 2 weeks, but so far it hasn't been good. I was sick to my stomach the whole first week and had no appetite. Also, when my normal period ended when I began taking the pill, it was like the last day of my period every day since then. I've got brown spotting every single day. I took this pill so I could feel comfortable having sex, but that side effect makes me feel more uncomfortable than ever! Are there other pills which work better than this? I specifically asked my doctor for Seasonale, and didn't notice until I got home that it wasn't what she prescribed for me.

I have had the Mirena for five months, I have gained weight and seems like I keep gaining and I have tried everything to loose this pouch. I am always tired and moody. I feel sick to my stomach all the time, especially after I eat something. I feel like I am having another baby. I told my doctor and all she did was prescribe me anti depressants and anti anxiety pills( like I need anything else messing with my system ), and she told me to give it time to work, the symptoms that I am having are normal. I feel like crap everyday and didn't feel like this until I got this thing put in me. Don't get me wrong my life was not peaches and cream before the placement but I was able to deal with my days. Now I just feel like i am about to have a nervous breakdown or panic attack. I literally feel crazy. My husband feels neglected and I am going to get a second opinion from a different doctor because I don't know if I can take it any longer.

i am 28 years old and started the YAZ pill and have only been on it for 5 days and it is horrible stuff it causes me to be weak and feel like my body has a ton of bricks on it i have a hard time breathing i also have sever back pain and the day after i started it i started to bleed very heavily . I seen to be extremely moody and am am sad and angry just like that . Before i was on it i had very light periods some discomfort for one day and then it was gone but none of the other systems . My arms hurt and i feel confused as we speak and out of breathe and i am still bleeding . I also have nightmares and fill sick to my stomach unless i eat then it subsides for about a hour. I think this is the worst thing i have ever been on in my life . Plus the doctor who gave me this meds knows i have depression issues and knows i smoke i knew from the moment she mentioned me taking it some then was just not right . I urge to stay away from this new so called miracle med it is bad news and yes i know you are not suppose to be smoking on it so why did she prescribe it to me?????

My fiance has asked me several times now to have the mirena removed/ He has told me he wants my normal self back. Apparently I am moody, sad or angry/ almost walking around not being my normal self. My sex drive has completely gone away. And the bleeding still has not stopped since I've had it in (oct 30) I'm afraid if I have it removed that I will continue to have side effects and that this has all been for nothing. Although if I keep it in I am afraid that I will not get back to normal any time soon. This is putting a big space between my fiance and me/ the mood swings are not so good. He has also asked me why I would continue to keep something that makes me have a lack or appetite/ feel sick to my stomach everyday/ eyes hurt/ headaches/ and cramping.. I am the type of person who tries to stick through tough times and usually believe the doctors' when they tell me it is just my body adjusting... But how long can I suffer through this?
I am almost certain that birth control has a bad effect on my body.. Does anyone have any advice as to a better method of birth control/ as my fiance and I have one child at the time and are not ready to have another for the time being?

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 took this pill for 3 weeks, I know they say it takes 3 months for your body to get use to them. There is no way I would of made 3 months, I was so moody, depressed for no reason,sick to my stomach all day, had horrible headaches, and acne that I have never had before. This pill was horrible for me. So, I have stopped taking it about a week ago, I am still nausea. All the other side effects went away of course my acne it still there : ( Just wondering if anyone else had stopped taking it and how long there side effects took to go away, or maybe I have a stomach flu not really sure.

hi i have had mirena for 8 weeks or so now. For the past two weeks, everyday, i feel sick to my stomach and my throat feel tight, i have also been struggling with anxiety everyday for two weeks, i have had anxiety troubles in the past, but cant figure why it is returning now, after reading this site, i am wondering if it is from the mirena..
Also i have not stopped bleeding since it was put in. I have also noticed my alcohol tolerance had been dramatically reduced anyone else having anxiety issues? i didn't see a lot of postings for this, so i am wondering if it is just me>?

Ive been taking yaz for almost a year. I stopped taking the pill two days ago. I am currently on a heart monitor due to anxiety/panic attacks. I felt anxiety feelings soon after taking Yaz but it was not bad enough to stop. Now it is BAD! I am (was) very healthy (mentally and physically) and happy, and have never experienced anxiety until yaz. I also have a painful lump in my lower back. I have had a MRI which showed mild disc bulge. I felt the lump in April 2008, it is now 11/2008 and it is still there. I wake up stiff and in pain. Doc thinks its a muscle issue. I"m starting to think it is the Yaz. I also have had no sex drive, very dry and painful sex. Yeast infections and bacteria infection which I have never had. I cannot sleep. I am struggeling every day to be normal. I feel totaly out of control. I do not recommend Yaz. I cannot wait to be me again!

I got my mirena placed in April of 2007. The insertion is one of the worst pain you will ever feel in your life. Remember your contractions just before birth.....The pain is not to far from it. After going home the pain did not get any better. It was about to weeks before the pain was tollerable. It is an constant cramping sensation that you also feel in your legs. DONT do anything that involves you tightning your stomach muscles for about a month. I was a delivery driver and had to do heavy lifting. It was hell. I could not have sex for about a month.When I did try to have sex my husband was hitting the strings or the actual mirna not sure. When I went back for my month check up the doc cut the strings some more saying that might help. It did but when my husband goes in deep in certain positions he can still feel it. The up side to mirena is that you dont forget to take it. I have very light periods. There are some months i only bleed one day!!! Think long and hard before you choose to do this. They only thing that I am fearing now is when they remove it. I wonder what that will feel like. If everything goes well I will know in April of 2012. If anyone can tell me what thats like tell me please.

Since having a Lupron shot three weeks ago,my ankles and feet are swollen,has anyone else experienced this?

I WAS TAKING YAZ AND FEMCON FE. THEY BOTH MADE ME EXTREMELY SICK.I WAS DEPRESSED AND SICK TO MY STOMACH WITH BOTH. AND WITH FEMCON FE I ALSO LOST HAIR. SO I TRIED NUVARING AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THE STOMACH PAINS HAPPENED WITHIN A HOUR OF STARTING THE NUVARING. NOW I WANT TO TRY PARAGUARD. ANY ADVICE ANY BAD SIDE EFFECTS. I NEED ADVICE.

I used to take Zoloft as a teenager, along with a wide variety of other anti depressants I tried, and it didn't seem to really work. I don't think I was "depressed" back then but the doctors seemed to like to say I was just because I didn't get along with my family.

Forward 5-6 years and a death in a family occurs and I completely lose my mind. Extreme anxiety and depression during those episodes. I got a prescription for anxiety medication which made a world of a difference but I was still experiencing symptoms, and felt very dull and dead every day. My doctor said I am definitely depressed and gave me Zoloft to go back on again. So far it has only made me sick. I feel restless after I take it but not in the sense where I am energized and running a marathon. I'm basically a "dead" restless where I stare off like a zombie and lay in bed wide awake at 4am. Also I feel sick to my stomach. If I end up stopping this medication, it will be because of the nausea. I can't handle it. It makes me MORE depressed to stay up all night thinking and feeling sick to my stomach.

I've had Mirena for nearly two and a half years now. About 6 weeks after I got it in I had to take a pregnancy test because I was dizzy, nauseous, bloated, and had sore breasts. I was not pregnant. But I've had a repeat experience every few months since then. Sometimes I feel so sick and tired that I can't do anything but lie on the sofa. After I stopped nursing I got bad pregnancy symptoms and cramps so horrible I thought my IUD had punctured something. Currently I feel sick to my stomach, and I've been getting headaches, and I'm tired and terribly thirsty all the time. I've read about others who had the same problem. I've also had nearly continuous yeast infections and vaginal irritation since I got it in. My libido has dropped incredibly and I'm always kind of dry during sex. I had problems with depression before getting the Mirena, but now I have anxiety on top of that. At the two-year mark I started getting nasty under-the-skin acne under my chin, and I've gained ten pounds since then. Some of that might have been my own fault, but I currently eat healthily and exercise 1 to 1 1/2 hours most days, and it's taken weeks for me to stop gaining, and I know I'm losing way slower than is natural. I put up with it this long because I haven't gained huge amounts of weight or had really bad mood swings, and I'm afraid of what might happen with other types of birth control, but I am sick of being sick all the time. I'm getting this thing out!

I started taking NuvaRing a few days ago....I've had strong sensitivity in my breasts, i've been sick to my stomach for the last day and now my leg has gone numb to the touch.....this is all after 4 days!
I've never had problems with circulation in my life!

I wish i would have seen this site before taking it, but thank god its only been a few days.
Back to the good ol' bc pill!!!

I had my Mirena put in on 9/11/08 last Thursday. I got it done on the recommendation of two of my co-workers that recently got theirs a few months ago. I had been having stomach problems, found out I have food allergies and than suddenly couldn't stomach my birth control that I had been taking for several years. Mirena seemed to be the answer. I had it put in on Thursday which hurt like hell. I was a little sore Friday and only spotting from my 2nd day on my period. By Saturday I was very sore and felt nauseous. By Sunday I was bleeding heavily, nauseous and had migraine headaches. By Monday I couldn't keep water down and had the worst headache. I called the doctor and she told me that the side effects were normal and I needed to give it time. I had read these post from Saturday and was getting worried. On Tuesday I couldn't even lift my head off the pillow. I woke up with my hands in a cramped position and couldn't feel them or my feet. I had tingling and numbness in my hands, feet and lips. I called my regular doctor who got me in right away. I had to be rolled in a wheelchair to his office because I couldn't even walk. I throw up about 4 times on the way down to hall to his office also (thankfully they had trash cans along the way). He immediately took the Mirena out and I got feeling in my hands and feet about 10 minutes later.

I was finally able to go back to work today after being out sick. I still have a dull pain on my right side around my ovaries and my stomach is very tender. I have felt like I was in a fog all day today and still a little sick to my stomach. I hope these symptoms wear off soon.

I'm 18 and I've been on NuvaRing for a little less than 2 months. The first month was fine nothing out of the ordinary except that it kept slipping, it wouldn't stay all the way up in my vagina(and still hasn't). My doctor told me I could either do 4 weeks in and one week out or 4 weeks in and then put in another one right after(so i wouldn't have a period). I put the new ring in just over 2 weeks ago and started to experience abdominal pain(i thought it was just a pulled muscle or something), but then I started to get a brown discharge. Last week I started to feel absolutely sick to my stomach and am so tired all the time. I decided to take the ring out on Monday since the discharge hadn't stopped within a couple of days. I also did this because I had started to get terrible cramps and diarrhea. I had to skip 2 classes because they were so bad. I almost never had cramps before but these are so terrible that not even a hot shower and Ibuprofen can fix them. How long will it take for this to go away since I didn't use the ring for the entire time? I hate feeling like this, I can't really function. I'm glad I'm not alone on this.

I am on my 5th pack of Loestrin 24. This is my first time on birth control. I was worried about weight gain b/c a lot of my friends on various pill have gained a bit. But I, however, have lost about 10 pounds since starting Loestrin. I have been very sick to my stomach and have had no appetite. My periods have been very irregular and have yet to have a period on the brown pills. I notice that I have been fatigued and moody. I went to the doctor and asked if this was normal. He gave the typical response..."there is no normal. Everyone reacts differently" speech. So he scheduled me for a ultrasound and blood-work to see if there is an underlying problem before we decide to go pill hopping. This isn't fun, but the other option ( ie an unwanted pregnancy ) is really not fun.

i am almost done with my second pack of Femcon Fe, i have 3 days left of active pills. I started my first pack the day of my period, then for a whole month i bled continuously. Only when i was done with the brown pills for the first pack did it stop. I started my second & for two weeks was period free, then for the 3rd week i started to bleed again. I know they say that your period won't regulate til the third pack, but come on i want a break here. Not only have i had a VERY long period i also cramp badly in my lower pelvic area after each meal & i mean every single time i eat even if it is only a cracker or something. I always feel sick to my stomach too. My breasts have been continuously terribly sore. My breasts have also increased in size dramatically, a whole cup size I was a 36 c now i am a 36 d. I don't have signifigant weight gain anywhere else either. I have headaches & my heart seems to flutter more often too. I talked to my doctor & she told me to just stick it out for a little while, she said that everything will become more regulated after the third pack. I am just wondering if anyone else had these kinds of symptoms with this pill 7 does everything eventually work itself out?

Trottmann - don't feel allow with your thoughts. I would think its the Yaz that is making you have these thoughts, and truly not what you are wanting to do. PLEASE do not continue taking Yaz, it is not worth it. The first day without taking Yaz, I was a physical wreck, so please be prepared. I was dizzy, shaking, sick to my stomach, and could have cried at the drop of a hat. Today, I feel like my old self, I have my appetite back, my stomach is no longer hurting, my mood is calm... just everything is good! If you stop taking Yaz and continue to have the thoughts of hurting yourself, PLEASE see your doctor or talk to someone that you can trust. You may be experiencing PPD (since your baby is only 4 months) and not even know it due to the Yaz crazy train we have all been riding on... it masks so much, you don't know if you are coming or going half the time! Please take care of yourself and if all else fails, I would be happy to talk with you if you needed someone to talk to that knows how you are feeling.