Alarm clock symptoms and conditions

I'm 27 years old and have been married for 2 years. In May I decided to get on female birth control for the first time in my life to regulate my 7 day period. The first month I felt like a mental patient, lol. I'm already an emotional person so when I started the pill I swore I would stop it. My nipples looked deformed because they were so swollen, I was depressed and nausea. I decided to stick it out because I wasn't taking it at the same time everyday. So I regulated myself with an alarm clock and the next month everything was wonderful. My period only last 4 days, and all of my symptoms were GONE!!! I'm now at the end of my fourth month and my period has come early which is freaking me out because I have never had an early period in my life. I've read about spotting on this product, but I haven't spotted EVER not even in the four months that I've been taking the pill. Other than my first month of horror and my recent early period everything else on loestrin has been wonderful.

My suggestion to women who are on their first pack is try to tough it out, you will feel horrible the first month but just apologize to whomever feels your rath and remember your body needs some time to adjust. I'm a victim of horrible menstruation, and so is my mom. Since I was 9 years old I used to get 14 days of cramps and 7 days of bleeding. I would pass out all the time on my period and my husband and family was very upset since he or others would find me blacked out at home, work, the salon, at the zoo, in the shower, and once my neighbor found me. Loestrin has DEFINITELY changed my life for the better, so stick out that first month ladies its worth it. I hope my experience helps other women who are scared and feel like the symptoms won't end.=)

I just got a root canal because my tooth is "dying" and it was causing severe pain throughout the whole right side of my face, head, and ear. I asked the Ortho not to give me Percocet or Vicodin because I get nauseous / puke profusely. I took an Ultracet and luckily I only felt a twinge of nausea... just on the brink of nauseous but I could live with it. It also made me feel really dopey and high. I liked the feeling because I had been days of severe pain and finally it was gone after the numbing from the dentist and the Ultracet... However, when I took one just before bed (4 hrs after 1st dose) I did get nauseous. I also felt twitchy and restless. My mom takes Ultram religiously for her headaches, and takes two at a time... I don't know how she does it. She is dependent on them. I went to work today and took one because my face started pulsing again. It was interesting because I didn't get nauseous and I felt more productive. I did get dopey for about 45 minutes but it went away and the pain stayed gone well after that. So in my short experience with this drug, I've noticed the side effects aren't as bad during the day (maybe because I'm moving around more and not concentrating on them). I've also noticed that if taken during the day I got a little bit of an energy burst after the 45 minute dopey phase passed. Now it's night time again and my face hurts again, so instead of taking a full pill, I broke it in half (Verified with pharmacist that it's okay), and took an 800mg ibuprofen. Hopefully, I won't get sick and I'll sleep through the night without a pounding face alarm clock.

Okay, I figured I would put this out there. I am normally high strung but I am fairly flexible and try to go with the flow, if I get upset or confronted, I cry. I have been on Nuvaring for almost 3 months and didn't make the connection until the other night. Lately I have wanted to hit things, I am mad constantly about things that never used to bother me, I want to scream, I want to throw things. 2 days ago, I did, I got upset with my husband and ran through the house screaming like a lunatic (not caring if I woke my daughter) I slammed my fists in to the wall multiple times, I threw things and knocked stuff of the fridge, I told my husband (a VERY patient man) that I wanted to pummel him with the alarm clock, finally I sat in the kitchen and cried for 1/2 hour. It hit me, this all started right around the time I got on Nuvaring. I took it out last night and already had calmed down and have high hopes of returning to my normal loving self. The difference is like night and day, I can't believe the mood swings I had, I was getting violent which I have never done before in my life. I will be looking into something else b/c it is just not worth it. Good luck all, I know being female is SO much fun some times!!!!!!

About a year ago my doctor put me on Zoloft for depression and anxiety. I only gave it a chance for about 3 weeks though. In the first week I thought I felt pretty good and things were fairly smooth sailing, aside from feeling a little loopy. Once I got into the second week though, I started feeling a lot more dizzy and like my head was in a constant fog. I started feeling a lot more depressed than I was before being on the drug and I was sleeping all the time. There was even a day where I had slept right through my alarm clock AND phone calls from work. I'd missed an entire shift of work because of it, which is when I decided I didn't want to take Zoloft anymore because I didn't want a drug to affect my life so negatively. When I was talking to a coworker about it after the fact she had told me that she noticed that I seemed really off recently, that I was talking slower and didn't seem myself at all. I didn't have a very good experience with this drug at all.

I have been on Topamax for about two years for migraines, and was very pleased that after the first month or two, most of the noticeable side effects (dizziness, flat-tasting soda, etc.) disappeared, and the Topamax has been very effective in cutting my migraines in half. However, I've recently begun to question whether other health problems I've been experiencing are actually Topamax side effects and I just didn't realize it.

The first is intermittent stomach troubles that have been ongoing for the last year. Starting last January, I started experiencing diarrhea, stomach pain, and other persistent gastrointestinal problems, and through online research, I decided that it was probably either a spastic colon or Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I lost 15-20 lbs. in the spring and summer, but the problems would always recede before I took them to my doctor, then resurface just long enough to irritate me before disappearing again. It never occurred to me until recently that these could be Topamax side effects.

The other possible side effect that I assumed was an unrelated problem is interruptions to my sleep pattern. I have been experiencing some occasional bouts of sleep paralysis, and which researching this, read that in normal sleep patterns, one is supposed to enter REM sleep (when dreaming occurs) after about 90 minutes. I frequently enter into dream sleep in as short as a 20-30 minute nap, which does not seem to be normal. Again, researching this, the only two explanations that came up were narcolepsy, which I obviously do not have, and that my normal sleep patterns are being interrupted "by medication." So I'm back to wondering if it's the Topamax. Has anyone experienced similar sleep symptoms?

I have been taking Lyrica for about 4 months (200mg total taken over 2 intervals per day) and have been having a terrible time with insomnia: I fall asleep but only sleep for 3-4 hours, then I either don't sleep, barely doze, or sleep extremely lightly with many awakenings for the rest of the night. I came online to research whether insomnia was a possible side-effect of Lyrica, but the information I am finding suggests the drug is used to *treat* insomnia... I am not certain my insomnia is linked to Lyrica, but in case there are more people out there experiencing similar problems and it's an as-yet undocumented side-effect, I thought I should add my two-cents-worth to mathews1965's comment. (No nausea; definite depression, although it's a bit of a chicken and egg thing considering the prolonged lack of sleep.)

Update to my previous blog...I stopped taking Jolivette on Sunday, September 7th after having begun bleeding (again). I had enough of this and was wondering if Jolivette was the cause. By Tuesday evening my bleeding had stopped. I was sick and tired of spending more time "having a period" than not having one. I thought it was supposed to help make my periods lighter, and perhaps it did (but only slightly), except when you bleed constantly for many consecutive days, who can tell? I did exactly as instructed and took my pill regularly, at the same time each day. I even set the alarm clock on my cell phone as a reminder. Jolivette didn't work for me so I will be looking into other options.

I took Toprol for 4 years. I gained 50+ pounds, had the worst dreams ever. They were so real, I would get out of the bed and put on my glasses to make sure I was seeing what I thought. Sometimes I would see actual performances. If I wake up and see a light, any light, even on the alarm clock, some figure would appear. I and my family thought I had lost my mind. I sweated like a maniac for no reason, you would think that I had just ran a marathon. My body ached, legs would be so heavy, especially upon waking. Sometimes I had to lay in bed longer because my legs were achy and too heavy to get up. I had brain fog, couldn't concentrate and my night vision was almost zero. I never felt like doing anything, the only thing I wanted to do was sleep. I never got a good night sleep, sometime I didnt sleep at all.
Being on Toprol was HELL!!!!!!!!! I am off now and I feel like a different person.

Has anyone experienced hypersomnia with Topamax? My son just started taking it a couple of weeks ago and now I can't wake him up in the mornings. Not just tired... but literally unwakeable. Then he has sleep drunkenness once he eventually wakes up in the middle of the morning. I have taken him off it to see what happens.

My husband has been taking Lipitor 20mg for 1 week. He immediately became fatigued (this is a 44 year old man who has NEVER used an alarm clock in his life and now, sleeps through the alarm clock for 45 minutes until I shake him to wake up), experienced joint pain in 1 of his knees and the sme side ankle. Needless to say, he will not be taking this medication anymore. I also reported this to the FDA because I read the following online:
U.S. patients can report side effects to the FDA themselves -- by logging onto the MedWatch Web site ( http://www.fda.gov/medwatch). But few know about this option.
The FDA needs to know how bad this drug is for people. I hope more people read everything that is written here to save themselves or loved ones from the pain and suffering caused by Lipitor.

Michelle

Hello Ladies- I started the NuvaRing in the last week of October 2007. I've been on the pill in the past and never had the problems I am having now. I would also like to mention that I have not been on birth control for over 2 years prior to the Ring. The first month was fine, I actually enjoyed my sexual experiences with it in. As directed I took it out the 3rd week and had my period like I was supposed to. The following week I replaced it to start a new cycle and everything was normal. Then suddenly I started spotting, and passing clots, cramping, bloating, headaches. I don't want to be disgusting but some times as large as raisins, quarters, it is fleshy. The only way I can describe it is the worst PMS I have ever experienced constantly/the worst first trimester! For the past 2 months I have been so incredibly tired, 14 hours of sleep is not enough. I have had an uncontrolled appetite, constantly feel like I have a heavy period. I can also relate to the mood swing, irritability, odd dreams, and Radom off the wall thoughts. I have to tell ya' I'm giving it one more cycle and if it is still awful. That's it! I'll set an alarm clock and take the pill every day! On top of saving the $50 a month I be back to normal and everyone will be happy!

I just started taking this medication at the beginning of the week. My greatest side effect is the falling asleep after approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours and not being able to stop it. A good example was when I was putting my children to bed last night and not being able to because I had to go to sleep right then and there. It makes me sleep fast and wake up early. The first day I took it, I could not wake up at all. My alarm clock went off and I kept hitting snooze. I went to bed at 1030 that night and did not wake up until after 1 the next afternoon. I am also experiencing cold chills from my calves to my feet and my lips have become extremely chapped.

I woke up last night extremely dizzy- could hardly negotiate the trip to the bathroom and back. My eyes could not focus and the lighted area on my alarm clock moved back and forth at high speed. I could not make out the numbers on the clock. My doctor has now removed me from this medication.

My husband has been on Remeron for about one year now. He
sleeps like the 'dead', so sound, if the house where to catch fire, he would never wake up even with our dog barking. He can barely hear the alarm clock in the mornings. He also sleeps with earplugs, as he says noises keep him from falling to sleep. Also, he has night sweats so badly. He is drenched every night. He takes one 45mg per night, but he has now cut that to 1/2 pill per night and he still sleeps far to soundly and has the night sweats. Are these side-effects, and does anyone else out there suffer from these symptoms? Send me an e-mail reply. Guest