Copper IUD, Constant Nausea, WHY!?

[StephanieMStoner]

Hello!  I have a post in another area of this site, too, but I just want to have piece of mind.  I have felt nauseous for the past 4 or 5 days and have missed my period, which should have started around the second week of March.  I'm also quite light-headed and dizzy.  Every time I move, I feel like I'm going to puke and I often have that salivating sensation you usually get right before you throw up.  Nothing in the realm of food or drink sounds appealing to me, so I have limited consumption of everything.  Occasionally, I get cramps that feel like I should be having my period, but I'm not bleeding at all.  I have had a copper IUD for a little over a year and usually have a very heavy period every 28 days or so.  This is the first time I have missed one.  

I'm taking a pregnancy test tomorrow, but I keep reading that people have had negative results with ectopic pregnancy and still ended up pregnant!  I'm also really nervous because I am living in rural Japan right now and have no idea what it might be like to go to the gynecologist with this kind of concern!  Should I try to remove the IUD myself?  Should I have it removed regardless of whether I am pregnant or not?  Are the risks of pregnancy with an IUD greater than I was told?  It seems to be fairly common!  I'm very concerned. . .

[grannienannie]

if the IUD dont agree with your body and you feel so sick take it not yourself!!! go to the doctors and have them take it out...if your body is not use to something remove it and try another method..you might think your doing your body justice by preventing a pregnancy but you might be doing more damage than good..tell your partner to help out too if you decide to try another method of birthcontrol...buy practicing pulling out or using a condom with spermacide...

[patriciat]

I would think seeing a general practitioner would be the best way to go.  You are having several symptoms.  Your body is telling you something is wrong.  If you need to be referred, then a doctor will send you to a specialist.

Too, with the recent events in Japan, maybe you need to be checked to ensure this is not related or in addition to radiation.  

Prayers for you to feel better soon,
Pat