Allergic reaction symptoms and conditions

I had a case of acute bronchitis and doctor prescribed Azithromycin (antibiotic) and something new, Advair. I took both medications, and, I have had several prescriptions for that antibiotics over the years, never a problem. But, on the morning of day 2, woke up, 30 minutes later and my legs and arms covered in hives. I never ever had an allergic reaction in my life, so I immediately expected it was the Advair. Went back to the doctor, who then took me off the advair. At that point, he gave me Xyzal, for 5 days, which helped subdue any more hives. After the Xyzal ended, guess what--the hives have returned, but in their former glory, but they returned nevertheless---is it possible that there is some residency period in the body for the Advair agent? I took it only for one day, but this is frightening.

I am a 45 year old that was prescribed Loestrin for ovarian cysts. I also have asthma that has been under control with medications. This is my first time taking birth control pills because I had my tubes tied after my third child. After the first week, my asthma started to act up and I couldn't understand why with all the meds I have been on. I am now in a hotel for a week while my environment at home is improved. I'm sitting here thinking, what have I been doing differently to cause such a reaction? I think it's the Loestrin! I am on my 21st day of the pill and have been on two methylprednisolone treatments, and nebulizer treatments three times a day on top of three different inhalers. Could this be a allergic reaction? Calling doctor first thing in the morning and stopping the pill. Has anyone had this type of reaction? Loestrin and prednisone; what a combo!

does anyone get tingling of the lpis when they have an allergic reaction? i just switched from sero to geodon(80mg) n i cannot sleep- when i do get to sleep- i cannot wake up in the morning- it takes 3 more hours for me to feel regular- one eye stays blurry till then- trouble driving- n eeewww this just sux but i dont feel suicidal anymore- sero n clonazepem stopped working so now i am just taking the geo n clonazepem. worrying about my tingling lips-has anyone ever had thta as an allergic reaction?

does anyone get tingling of the lips?i don't know if this is an allergic reaction??ave been on sero n clonazepem for many years- the sero just stopped working so i just the other day started on 80mg of geodon. i can't sleep wither- omg- n the sero would knock me out- i would'sleep eat' lol- ok not funny but now i am reading all of these other side effects. i have been allergic to almost every single 'generic' anti-anxiety pill except clonazepem. now here i am again- i am 3 days on 80 mg of Goedon n can't fall asleep- when i do- i can't get up in the morning- have blurred vision in one eye for about 3 hours.this sux. i don't know what to do. i just took a benadryl- IF i am allergic to this- what r my other options??? these past 3 months have been hell=-serious suicidal thoughts for weeks at a time!i just wanted it to stop so i agreed to go on Geo n stop the sero. if i am having an allergic reaction or does anyone else get this when they r allergic to something? i went 3 weeks being allergic to the generic for xanax- 3 weeks- talk about stoooopid! tongue swelled-lips- couldn;'t think at all- it was awful. i don;t want thta happening again. can someone please help? thank you (:

the first time i took sulfa was last month for 3 days. After 2 days of not taking the medication, the allergic reaction kicked in. It was mild...not so bad. Hives here and there but they disappeared after 2 days. Well a couple of weeks ago I continued my treatment because I wasn't sure what had caused the allergic reaction in the first place and took the medication for 5 days a couple of weeks later. After a couple of days that I stopped using them the allergic reaction began again with hives. The hives lasted for 5 days...the ER doctors told me to take Pepcid AC along with Benadryl and that didnt help much. So I tried Zyrtec and that eventually helped some. I started treating the rash with clorox as well mixed with water which helped even more. Now I'm on day 6 with the allergic reaction and I have very little hives but a high fever now with body aches. I can't believe a medication that's suppose to cure you make you so sick.

I started taking Bactrim to treat Epididymitis, so also related to UTI. The first 6 days went by fine, I didn not notice anything special. (I did not sleep good as usual. but I did not think anything about it) The 6th night I got moderate fever and could almost not sleep, restless, heart beating faster than usual - very annoying, but not scary. The fever stayed, but went down a few hours if I took paracetamol, after which it came back again. Day 7 I went to the doctor, my first question was "could this be the bactrim?". No way, the doctor said, allergic reaction of bactrim is different, you clearly have all symptoms of a virus. So don't stop taking the bactrim, rest a lot because the virus we cannot do much about that, you have to sit it out. the rest of the day situation remained the same. Day 8th in the afternoon, my symptoms are getting significantly worse! Higher fever, and the worst headache ever experienced. Also a sore neck, painfull glands in neck and chin. Fever, that only moderately goes down from the paracetamol at that point. Cold hands and feet while having fever - 38.6 centigrade temp (metric). That is the point where I say, ok now I go browse the net a bit, cause I dont trust this one bit. The progressive worsening of symptoms seem to me to be an indication this might be other than a flu or similar virus. Off course I think about meningitis, start reading up on that. But when I google "bactrim fever" tons of pages appear like these.. with again and again very similar stories like mine!! I know we have to be very sceptical about what people post, but in this case the long list of testimonies is the missing key of the puzzle to me. It is likely to be the bactrim causing this.
The bad thing is I just took one an hour ago!! now I have to sit it out ... and I feel the worst so far!! I called the doc (at 11pm) and she was receptive about my theory on the bactrim reaction now.
Anyway, I hope I survive the coming night, I am confident I will but it just doesn't feel like it right now. I just wish I had found this website earlier....

I've been taking wellbutrim for two weeks now and I too have broken out with a horrible, itchy red rash with welts. I thought it was something in my clothes, perhaps in my detergent. I first noticed it yesterday- I began to itch like crazy and my torso, arms, hands, and legs were red. I took a shower, put on different clothes and felt better by this morning. I took my pill, and two hours later, the itching started again- only this time it is unbearable wit huge red welts- looks like an allergic reaction. I googled side effects of wellbutrin and found nothing about red, itchy, hives. Then I googled "itchy welts and wellbutrin" and found this post. I will stop using wellbutrin and contact my doctor. I'm about to go take some benedryl and hope this doesn't come back tomorrow.

I hate Omnicef! I took this drug to treat an ear infection. After I finished the entire Rx I started to develop an allergic reaction. I was in bed one night & my bottom lip started to swell. The next morning I went to the Dr & they gave me a steroid shot. My lips were better w/ in 30 min., but a few days later my lips started to swell AGAIN!!! Of course I went to the doctor and got ANOTHER steroid shot. This happend 4 or 5 times. I even had to take a medical leave FROM WORK for an entire MONTH b/c of this stupid drug. I hated dealing w/ this & would have rather my throat swell up & die in my sleep than deal w/ looking like I had just been punched in the face!

I went into the Dr because I had a rash in my mouth like an allergic reaction to something. My tongue and throat were slightly swollen. He game me a shot of sterois called Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 125mg that hurt SOOOO MUCH! I COULDN'T STAND OR SIT FOR AN HR! Then he prescribed a 5 day dose of Prednisone at 60mg a day. First day I was in pain...my legs hurted sooo much! Now my second day they STILL HURT! LIKE A RAN A MARATHON!!!! I'm afraid of what my 3rd 4th and 5th day will look like at this point....I've never felt like this before...I have a dry mouth all the time! and ON my first night I already had trouble staying asleep but in the morning I slept alll day! I'm gng to go see my personal physician tomorrow as the Dr that gave me this stuff wsn't even my Dr, he was the only one in the ER at the time...I'm scared...hearing everyones side effects to this medication makes me think twice about taking it...if only I knew what I was gettin myself into.

I had my mirena inserted in Oct. 2008; it was the first birth control I had used so when the side effects began I didn't really notice until it was way to late. I had very severe mood swings; in fact, I am surprised that my boyfriend didnt up and leave me (yeah, it was that bad). I did have some concerns with it being inserted with me having HPV, but the doc reasurred me that it would be ok. I really thought that it was going to be the perfect birth control for me because I want my children spaced exactly 5 yrs. apart. It didnt hurt at all to have it inserted and I thought that was a good sign. My acne even disappeared! My boyfriend said he could feel the thing pokin him when things got a little rough, but for the first few months that was my only complaint. Around Feb. I started having major problems; I began getting yeast infections back to back, I swear I kept vaginitis, I also began to have painful cycles and a lot of discharge between them. I would go to my doctor at least 3 times a month with some new problem. Finally, my body had enough. In May, my Mirena ALMOST KILLED ME! It was all very sudden, but this is the conclusion that me and my doctors have come to. Apparently, I was having an allergic reaction to the mirena the entire time it was in me, and when my body couldn't handle it any more I developed an infection around my cervix where the mirena was. I had sex, and the next day I could not walk without screaming. I thought that I had the flu at first; i was burning up with fever, all of my joints ached, especially around my pelvis, and I had chills, loss of appetite, and an overall feeling of pain. I had to go to the doctor, so I went to my family doc and they ran blood tests to find out what was wrong with me other than my temp of 103 and rising! Turns out my white blood cell count was 18 which was the highest it has ever been on record( I have been going to this doctor since i was born, no joke) They knew I had a massive infection, but they didnt know what kind of infection it was, so they perscibed me something for the pain and then a major antibiotic for my infection. She told me if this doesnt help within 3 days come back. I laid in agony in my bed for 3 whole days! I didnt eat, drink, and I couldnt sleep because the pain was so awful that the painkiller did nothing for it. I couldnt even take care of my infant daughter; i had to call her father to come and pick her up and keep her for me because I couldnt even move. That day I went back because the reality of being too sick to care for my child was just overwhelming. They still couldnt pinpoint my infection, so my doc went back into my recent records. I had been going to her with my yeast infection probs and she knew that the mirena was given me a hard time, and she said, " It is your Mirena!" She told me that i had been having this allergic reaction( that is why i had yeast infections and vaginitis so much) which eventually developed into an infection, and when I had sex it made the infection enter my uterus and caused me to have something similar to PID. That same day I went to my gynocologist and had that thing taken out! I had to walk with a cane that entire time and about a week after, and I had the worst bleeding ever! I had HUGE pieces of tissue and clots falling out of me for about a week and a half. After this infection I lost 30 pounds and got down to a skimpy 120, my immune system wont be back to normal for about a year. If me and my doctors would have just paid more attention to the warning signs then I would have been spared all of this agony. The fact that it may have sterilized me in the process only adds insult to injury. So ladies please pay attention to any side effects you may have because if I had laid in bed one or two more days then I would have died.

Prescribed sulfameth/trimethoprim for blood poisning after a puncture wound on my hand. It was supposed to be a 10 day course. Right away I had insomnia, headache for days, I felt uncharacteristicly anxious and depressed, numbness and tingling in my hands and feet, reddness, bumps, and itching on my hand and arm in the area of the blood poisoning. Today, 6 days into the course, I went back to the doctor with extream fatigue, a low grade fever, and I am red all over and getting redder and hot! The doctor suspected allergic reaction and had me discontinue the medicine. Also I am going to drink lots of fluids and take benadryl tonight when I go to sleep. It is 8:30 p.m. and in the last hour my red body is developing little itchy bumps all over. But, I am so happy to have found this website and find out that I am not alone. I will be calling my doctor in the morning and refering her to this site. Maybe it will help others like it helped me. It will get better! Good luck to you all!

I am a 57 year old female and i'm writing to tell others about my experience with this medication which is poison itself. I started taking lisinopril in April 2009 for nearly a month and a half everything was okay but in May I came down with flu like symptoms and a severe cough that would not go away. I continued to get sicker and sicker with the cough until my body was severely sore from coughing all day long. I went back to the doctor from May 2009 until September 2009 and everything that was given to me failed to work. The doctor tested me for tuberculosis which came back negative and the doctor also told me that I may have acid reflex which I knew that she really did not know what was wrong. I never thought it was the lisinopril that was making me sick because of the short amount of time I was on the medicine. I went back to the doctor and she wanted me to start taking breathing treatments because my breathing was affected tremendously. One night my breathing was so bad I had to borrow a family member's breathing machine and before that I experienced many sleepless nights because of this medicine and living a normal life again seemed impossible. Everywhere I went, whether it was to pay bills, or school, whatever I needed to do was very difficult because I was coughing non stop and became weaker and weaker over time. I did not know what was wrong with me, I thought I had contracted a fatal disease and my daughter who lived in another state had to quite her job because everyone included me honestly thought I was dying. I continued to get sicker and sicker and I almost passed out but with the help of a friend I was taken back to the doctor. I told the doctor that it was something seriously wrong with me. She took my blood pressure which was 170/100 and she also stated that my heart was racing so fast that it sounded like it would jump out of my chest. She referred me to a heart specialist that same day but all the tests were normal. After consulting with my doctor after the tests were done she was all out of answers but finally decided that it may be my medication so she took me off and within three weeks my health improved but I continued to have minor problems due to the medicine. My legs still ache till this day, I experienced so many symptoms with this medication other than the ones described but I just wanted to share my experience with the medicine. For me if I had the choice of dying with dignity or continue to take this poison lisinopril, I would chose death because what I experienced with this medicine was far worse. Some one needs to take this medicine off the market soon before it claims a life, it probably already have claimed lives. No one should have to endure the terrible symptoms I and others that took it have experienced. I've met alot of women recently with high blood pressure who were sick and the first question I asked them is what type of medication they were taking because they had some of the same symptoms. Bingo! Linsinopril, I advised them to get off the medication as soon as possible because the worst is yet to come. I've had so many doctor bills from doctors not knowing what was wrong with me, heart test, test for tuberculosis and more. I came so grateful to come across this site to see that i'm not alone because the doctors made me think I was crazy but I knew something was wrong. I wish you all the best of luck!

I am a 55 y/o female who has had hypertension for over a year now and have fibromyalgia and arthritis. I just found out the hard way on 1/18/10 the poison this drug is for my system, and thinking that I would rather live with the pain and fatigue of the joints anyday over the hell I have been through this week. I was put on 20 mg a day of lisinopril last fall when my HCTZ alone was not controlling hypertension. I suddenly woke up on 1/17/10 with pain in the middle of my chest, like a pill was stuck, and couldn't swallow without pain. I went to bed that night thinking it was esophagitis and would call the doctor in the morning. I woke up early AM on Monday, 1/18/10, with lip swelling like I had had Botox, plus severe itching around my mouth and chin, terrible itching deep inside the ear canals, a slightly swollen and stinging tongue, and a rash that looked like bad dermatitis. I knew then that I was having an allergic reaction to something, so I took Benadryl and went to the doctor first thing in the morning. They didn't diagnose an allergy to lisinopril, but started me on 40 mg prednisone per day anyway with continued Benadryl and omeprazole. I ended up later in the day at the ER with continued esophageal pain, worst itching of my life on face, neck, and underarms, continued ear itching, and continued lip and tongue stinging/burning sensation. The ER doc said it was the lisinopril causing all symptoms, to immediately stop taking that, and increased the prednisone to 60 mg a day for 5 days. No problem, I tho ught. Most of the symptoms were abating pretty good, and I thought the drug was probably just about out of my system. Wrong! By Thurs. afternoon 1/21/10, my hands became extremely tight and swollen, and turned really red and itching that about drove me crazy. I was experiencing waves of feeling chilled then alternately burning up like I had fever. I went back to the doctor on Friday, 1/22/10, and was assured that I was just now having a reaction to being on both the prednisone and the HCTZ, because one is trying to retain water, and the other to shed it, but like it would just get better. I stopped the prednisone Friday night, but spent another hellish night of itching. By late Saturday morning, 1/23/10, I was scrambling for a ride to the ER, because the itching was driving me crazy, especially all over my scalp and my face was now broke out in a red blotchy rash with pimple-like lesions, had some shortness of breath, kept going from feeling chilled to burning up, and had developed acute gastritis. I literally felt that I was going to die. After spending all afternoon in the ER, my stomach is doing better, but I continue to have the on again/off again cold/hot sensations, continued itching with welts on my face, neck, upper neck, and in a line down the sides of my chest underneath the underarms. I didn't need to be told to stop the prednisone, as I had already done that Friday night, and just continue the Benadryl, and come back to the ER or call my doc if problems continue. I have only slept in spurts all week, and am just miserable. I pray I make it through tomorrow without ending up back in the ER.

I am a 55 y/o female who has had hypertension for over a year now and have fibromyalgia and arthritis. I just found out the hard way on 1/18/10 the poison this drug is for my system, and thinking that I would rather live with the pain and fatigue of the joints anyday over the hell I have been through this week. I was put on 20 mg a day of lisinopril last fall when my HCTZ alone was not controlling hypertension. I suddenly woke up on 1/17/10 with pain in the middle of my chest, like a pill was stuck, and couldn't swallow without pain. I went to bed that night thinking it was esophagitis and would call the doctor in the morning. I woke up early AM on Monday, 1/18/10, with lip swelling like I had had Botox, plus severe itching around my mouth and chin, terrible itching deep inside the ear canals, a slightly swollen and stinging tongue, and a rash that looked like bad dermatitis. I knew then that I was having an allergic reaction to something, so I took Benadryl and went to the doctor first thing in the morning. They didn't diagnose an allergy to lisinopril, but started me on 40 mg prednisone per day anyway with continued Benadryl and omeprazole. I ended up later in the day at the ER with continued esophageal pain, worst itching of my life on face, neck, and underarms, continued ear itching, and continued lip and tongue stinging/burning sensation. The ER doc said it was the lisinopril causing all symptoms, to immediately stop taking that, and increased the prednisone to 60 mg a day for 5 days. No problem, I tho ught. Most of the symptoms were abating pretty good, and I thought the drug was probably just about out of my system. Wrong! By Thurs. afternoon 1/21/10, my hands became extremely tight and swollen, and turned really red and itching that about drove me crazy. I was experiencing waves of feeling chilled then alternately burning up like I had fever. I went back to the doctor on Friday, 1/22/10, and was assured that I was just now having a reaction to being on both the prednisone and the HCTZ, because one is trying to retain water, and the other to shed it, but like it would just get better. I stopped the prednisone Friday night, but spent another hellish night of itching. By late Saturday morning, 1/23/10, I was scrambling for a ride to the ER, because the itching was driving me crazy, especially all over my scalp and my face was now broke out in a red blotchy rash with pimple-like lesions, had some shortness of breath, kept going from feeling chilled to burning up, and had developed acute gastritis. I literally felt that I was going to die. After spending all afternoon in the ER, my stomach is doing good, but I continue to have the on again/off again cold/hot sensations, continued itching with welts on my face, neck, upper neck, and in a line down the sides of my chest underneath the underarms. I have only slept in spurts all week, and am just miserable. I pray I make it through tomorrow without ending up back in the ER.

Vasovagal, reduced hear beat, passed out, nausea. Ocurred about 5 minutes after installation of one drop in each eye. No prior history of allergic reaction to medications.

I was prescribed Bactrim for a UTI and felt worse after starting the Bactrim...headaches, chills, aching all over my body. On the 6th day of taking Bactrim I woke up with a burning sensation on my back, by the 7th day the burning sensation had spread around to my lower chest. the burning sensation is what you would have if you had a severe sunburn, but no redness!! It's bizarre. I told the doctor about what was going on and he said to continue the Bactrim because he didn't think my symtoms sounded like a drug reaction. I strongly disagree, so I stopped taking the Bactrim with only 2 days of medicine left. I'm now about 36 hours medicine free but from what I understand, Bactrim has a 60 hour half-life so I guess I'm still under the influence to some extent. I still have the burning sensation on my back, which makes clothing almost unbearable and sleeping isn't doable without some type of pain med to get me past the pain....Just wondering if anyone else has had this type of reaction to the Bactrim experience. I know I'll never take that drug again, for sure.

I,m 35, and recently was on amoxicillin- clavicular acid (amoxi-Clav) for a Ear & sinus Infection. On day 6 of the Antibiotic, I started getting a few hives on my face, which by 10 hourselater had turned to sever reaction of my throat closing, and my entire face, chest, and scalp covered in Hives. I went to emerg early in the morning to be started on a iv, and IV Steroids, with Benadryl IV. Apprently now very allergic to Penicillin, (never had a reaction before.)
The steroids gave me a racing heart, and insomnia, and a jittery weak body, at times feeling so dizzy i could not stand, or walk. I am home now, and clear, afeter bieng in/ out of the emerg room, and admitted twice over 6 days. I,m currently on 40mg. day of Prednizone, and still am having a hard time functioning. I,m very weak, shaky, racing heart, Insomnia, Heartburn, foggy vision. and generally feeling like I ,m only existing in this body. not always a part of it. im wondering if the side effects will east off with time. I have 8 more days to go at 40mg, and was not prescribed a decrease to ween off of them. What should I expect to feel? The Allergic reaction has come to a stand, and that is good. as I was definately afraid of the outcome of that. However, now I,m concerned about the lack of sleep, and how this will affect me.and Whether My heart can continue to run at these speeds?????

I was on YAZ for a year and half. During the first year I didn't notice anything but my husband said I had no desire anymore. The only thing I noticed at that point was a terrible vaginal dryness issue. It was severe and I complained to GYNO about it. He said to use "replense".....well then my world fell apart. Not sure if I had allergic reaction or not but I was on FIRE....stopped using it and also a few months later as i wasn't getting any better decided to stop with the YAZ. I have seen GYNO many times and now have been diagonsed with a very painful "VULVODYNIA"...OMG.....my whole life has been ruined. I too sleep all day.... I have no desire to do normal daily activites. I do work but can't wait to get home to lay down again. I have lost all friends as I am so unbearable to be around and snap at everyone for no reason. Now I suffer daily with this diagnosis and I'm on daily meds plus my body aches as if I have fibromyelgia or arthritis. I have had blood work done and nothing abnormal shows up?????? Help !

I hate to say it, but I can relate to you all, to some effects....I went in to Urgent Care 3 weeks ago, knowing I was dealing with a UTI, I was prescribed Bactrim--2 a day for 7 days. I took the entire dose and just felt yucky. It wasn't until 6 days later that my first symptoms appeared...ultimately this is what I have dealt with, severe joint and muscle aches and pains, irritated mouth/throat/ears and tongue (YES, my tongue ITCHES), I have dry eyes (moreso than normal, since I deal with severe dry eyes) I have had pains all over my body, one comes, leaves, then a new one appears....just odd. Hot, swollen wrists, elbows, knees, ankles, feet, you name it. Rashy face/neck.... I finally made an appt. with my reg. doctor who immediately diagnosed me with an allergic reaction to Bactrim. She said you can take it 1, 2, 3...etc. times, and one of those times your body may decide it can't handle it. She also stated that your body can react to it up to 3 weeks after taking it. I took the full course which I believe is why I am having more side effects. She mentioned Lupus or Lymes Disease, but the treatment for anyone of the issues is the same....Prednisone. She told me I could take Tums with it, as it may upset my stomach, and that Claritin or Benadryl would help the itching. Thankfully some help!!! This has concerned me terribly,. knowing that so many people deal with this daily, and for NO REASON!! I would love to see Sulfa drugs off of the market, and unfortunately the drug companies do pretty well at covering their butts by putting apparent warnings on the info. sheet. Enough to protect them from most lawsuits anyway. My Doctor also stressed to me that I should NEVER take any sulfa drugs ever again, including Septra, or any drugs that mimic Sulfa drugs....therefore get well informed about the drugs you are on by your pharmacist!!! I just took my first prednisone, and am off to take a nap....thanking God for this to be over soon!! Same to you all!!

i started Wellbutrin about 3 weeks ago and just a week ago i started noticing hives and or an allergic reaction, thought it had something to do with a body wash i receive as a gift, however, after throwing out the body wash about 4 days ago, i am actually noticing the hives, under my arm pits and on my stomach, all around my sweat glands, and it's itching horribly bad, so i am going to just stop taking it and call my doctor on Monday to see what else i can do. i did not realize this was a possible reaction, but now i know it is. other then that, those are the only side effects i've really noticed physically at least.

Before my p-doc prescribed Risperdal, I was on Seroquel XR 100-200mg per night and Cymbalta 90mg per day (30 in the morning and 60 at night, and I'm still on the Cymbalta). The Seroquel was making me oversedated during the day so he decided to switch me to Risperdal. That was early December and it wasn't until this past Sunday that I was finally able to get the prescription filled. Even though I've only started it recently, I've already experienced some side effects - muscle aches, headaches, sleeplessness/insomnia, inscreased dreaming and one that I'm not entirely sure is a side effect, feeling itchy while trying to sleep. That last one does not seem to happen when I'm awake, but when I try to sleep, or wake up and try to go back to sleep, I start to feel itchy in different spots of my body. I know that one of the signs of having an allergic reaction to Risperdal is itching, but I'm not certain if my instance is an allergic reaction to the medication, a reaction to my laundry detergent, or because maybe my skin is dry. I called my p-doc's office Tuesday morning because of the headaches and sleeplessness and someone called back after being in touch with him and he said to just give it some time. I'm thinking I don't like this medication very much though. I'm seeing my regular care provider on Monday and I'm going to talk to her about it and see what she thinks. I'm on the verge of wanting to just quit this medication though - I'm not sure what bugs me more, not being able to sleep at night, itching like crazy when I try to sleep, or waking up every morning with a headache that seems to persist well into the day. I never had these problems when I was on Seroquel - it was just the problem with feeling oversedated during the day. Right now though I think I'd rather feel that way than feeling the way I do now, and it hasn't even been a week into the new medication.

Hi,
I am a 26 year old female that was diagnosed with severe heart palpitations, high blood pressure and tachachardia all at the same time...it was nothing for my heart rate to get up to 140 b/p/m SITTING STILL! Any physical activity at all and i felt like i was going to pass out! My heart was also palpitating just every few minutes. I was SO SCARED i was gonna have a heart attack or worse. I am also an insulin dependant diabetic since I was 8. The drs put me through EVERY test in the book, holter monitors, lab work, ekg, echocardagrams, stress test and even a heart catherization in July of this year. They could not find ANYTHING wrong with my heart! My cardioligist said I had the heart of a 16 year old! I changed from a very active person to a couch potato because i was so scared something was going to happen to me! I developed severe panic attacks and depression and was afraid to be alone even for short periods of time. My blood pressure was also running high like 140 or 150 / 90's to 100's. They started me out on Diltiazem which did me absolutely NO good and caused me to feel very tired and sleepy all the time! Then they tried me on bystolic which i had an allergic reaction to and thought my throat was going to completely close up! Then they put me on Metaprolol 50mg tablets once in the morning. I have been on this pill since October. So far the ONLY side effect that I have is that my ankes are swelling pretty bad. It has dropped my blood pressure to like 117/60 or 70 and has dropped my pulse rate to like 70-80. It has also made my heart palpitations very few and far in between! I have NOTHING bad to say about this drug except that is has made my feet swell but I can deal with that verses living every day being petrified that something is gonna happen to me! I am supposed to go to my family dr. to probably get put on a low dose water pill for the swelling! This drug has REALLY helped me!

I was given Bactrim DS to treat a possible kidney infection. I was to take it 2 times a day for 5 days. I made it to day 4 when I noticed I was broke out with an itchy, burning rash on my chest, back, and arms. I also had the glands behind my ears get real big and swollen and they hurt like crazy no matter what position I was in. I have never had an allergic reaction to any other antibiotic before so I didn't expect to this time. This is one med I will never take again.

I gave birth to my son this November (2009) and had mirena placed last week which was my 6 week check-up. I have had cramps and a pinching/scraping feeling, stabbing stomach pains, heavy bleeding, headaches, crying spells and a severe allergic reaction. This was all in my first week! I had hives and swelling all over my body and my throat was constricting and ended up in the ER on Christmas day. This was not a fun way to celebrate my baby's first Christmas. The doctor's were insisting that I must have developed a sudden food allergy and the IUD could not possibly be the cause. I have never ever had an allergic reaction to anything in my life and I am 41 years old. This is all too much of a coincidence. I will be calling the doctor tomorrow and have it removed immediately. I am truly disappointed in not doing more research on my own before having this placed and trusting the Mirena pamphlet to truthfully disclose all the possible side effects. Thank you for sharing your stories-I feel better knowing I am not alone with my symptoms. Best wishes to all of you suffering from this IUD...

I took this drug for MRSA and was supposed to take two pills at once for ten days. The first time I took two pills before bed and felt a hot flush on the back of my neck as I was going to sleep. The next morning I woke up I felt awful. The hot flush was still there, I was vomiting and had diarrhea. I thought I was dying and almost had my husband call the rescue squad. I called the Dr. and he thought I was sick from the mrsa infection so he sent me to be admitted to the hospital. I stopped the Bactrim while in the hospital and was put on IV meds. I had an allergic reaction called Red Mans Syndrome to the Vancomycin. I felt better after one day in the hospital and convinced the Dr. to send me home. They told me to continue taking the Bactrim one at a time every 8 hours. I did that and noticed I had a huge lump in my throat (it felt like I had a pill stuck in my throat) This lasted for 3 days. I kept taking the Bactrim not realizing I was probably allergic. After taking the full 10 days, I had absolutely no energy, couldn't even feed myself, felt like I was coming down with the flu, and had diarrhea for 3 weeks straight. I lost 10 pounds in a week and started to have anxiety attacks. I had never had them before. My Dr. put me on Zoloft for anxiety. I still had panic attacks and they became worse than before. I decided to stop taking all medication and am slowly returning to normal. I have been off the Bactrim for two months and the zoloft for a week. I am still experiencing the hot feeling on the back of my neck on occasion but my anxiety attacks have gone away. I am convinced this all started with the Bactrim and that I was allergic to it. I am just wondering why the side effects linger if the Bactrim has been out of my body for this long. I will NEVER touch this stuff again. I have not been myself since I took Bactrim and I am wondering if I ever will be myself again.