Abrupt symptoms and conditions

I have fbeen taking Flomax for 5 days. My doc never warned me about any side effects. I shlould have asked, but he is so fast and abrupt, he really does not give a guy any time to ask questions. So far, I have an occasional pain in my gut like I just got kicked. What really freaked me out was the fact that I have absolutely no semen output during ejaculation. That is a very strange side effect. Also, my legs seem weak. And my vision is very blurry. My urine stream is a little better, and I don't have to urinate as often. I slept through the night once or twice. Big deal. Not a good tradeoff in my estimation. I am so used to getting up 2 or 3 times a night, it really does not impact my sleep that much. Thanks to this board, I am going back to my Physicians Choice Super Prostate Formula. Google it. It has helped me and several guys that I know a lot. It definately made things a lot more manageable. I have nothing to do with the company that makes it. Just thought that I would give all of you a heads up on somehting that seems to help me a lot. Thanks.

Wow, I'm so glad I found this website. I am not an anxious person, so when I began feeling really anxious and having heart palpitations it was really unusual for me, but I figured it was something situational. I never suspected Yasmin. I wanna go off of it, but am concerned about the side effects people have had in going off. Can anyone share how long it took to feel "back to normal" after going off of it, and anything that helped in the meantime. Thanks so much.
LT

To guest 14703,

When it comes to psychological and emotional matters, it is difficult to come up with one absolute answer. The steroid's psychological side-effects can take a toll on anyone at any time, any dose or any stage. The way people deal with the side-effects depends a great deal on a person's mental history, personality traits and inner strength.
For me, although I was taking a high dose of 100 mg a day for 3 months and so on for 6 months, I never became manic, schizophrenic or had suicidal thoughts. However, I did become a little depressed due to things I had no control over, like the abrupt weight-gain, the ugly triple chin, hunched-back, hair-loss, lack of sleep or concentration, aches in my muscles and stomach, lack of support or understanding from my partner (the list is endless!).
The physical as well as the emotional changes go together hand in hand. All I wanted to do was to get off the horrible drug and be drug free. One good thing out of this nightmare was that I learned to take better care of body, mind and soul.

Gypsi

Does no one have a great number of side effects form Alesse? My doctor switched me to Yasmin (which I haven't yet started because I had a few packs of Alesse remaining) because I complained about moodiness/crankiness that is so sudden and abrupt that I just know it has to be hormonal).

After researching Yasmin, I see that many people have sooo many complaints about it, yet they are the same complaints that I have with Alesse (which I hadn't realized it was causing until I made the connection with the other BCP). i.e, leg/arm numbness, extremely dry flaky skin, severe mood swings, tiredness, gas, heartburn, sleeplessness, the list goes on and on and if you look under the Yasmin board it will list just about everything I have trouble with on Alesse.

Is everyone REALLY all that happy with Alesse?

I am going to try Yasmin. I am basically only on BCP to regulate my periods (which can be very heavy and very unpredictable) so I will go off of it if I continue to have such horrific symptoms.