Alltogether symptoms and conditions

when I was in my early 20's i got a sever case of bad acne! I was prescribed 100mg of Doxy 2 times a day. Of course I learned very quickly to eat before having it. Other than that no side effects. I had flawless skin for about 2 years, at which point i had built up a tolerance to it. When I noticed a few pimples I went straight to my derm before it got out of hand. My derm switched me to minocycline and after about another year of perfect skin I got off of meds all together. I have great skin now, just use proactive and nothing else.

Well now my 14yr old has started breaking out..nothing topical worked, I want to protect her from all of the emotional damage that acne caused for me. Put her on doxy 100mg 2x a day. Shes been on it for about 2 weeks and it seems like the big ones went away but there is an over abundance of small ones now and they are flaring up. Is that normal..I don't remember this happening to me but it was so long ago. Does it get worse before it gets better? Anyone experience this?

Hi...

I'm having a tough day with these withdrawals....since 0330.
I want to just stop taking these steroids altogether.
I'm at 4 mg...this is day seven.

Yesterday, I was finally able to take a 3mg and it lasted till 4pm
(split dose) So I'm stubbornly moving forward.

I can't stand these side effects of the steroids....!!

I found a calculator for steroids this; *******



Current symptoms 24/7:

Creepy-Crawlies all over
Curious Buzzing all over and especially in my head
Ringing ears
Blurry Vision
Can't sleep properly
Head feels 'full'
Can't focus on anything
Making serious mistakes (IE paid two house payments this month and wondered why my account was seriously overdrawn)
Memory is shot
Feel like I have Alzheimer's
Can't make simplest decisions
Scary heart palps
Light sensitive
Sound sensitive
Brain fog
Severe, scary brain fog after 0900~doesn't go away in the afternoon anymore??
Chills
Hot flashes/sweats
Nausea
Pacing behaviors
Head pounding all the time now
Problems breathing
Anticness
Skin crawling all over everywhere
Thoughts of going insane by the day and never getting well...
Flu-like symptoms when I make a cut
Twitchy arms
Dry, flaky skin...especially on hands and feet
Feel like I'm dying

Here's something else I found
~Shan

Subject: Dr. Zashin's Tapering Schedule (4 mg to 3 mg and beyond)

Dr. Zashin's Tapering Schedule To Reduce Prednisone Withdrawal
In terms of a taper regimen, the longer one has been taking steroids, the slower the taper. I will typically taper patients:

by 5 mg increments when they are taking less than 40 mg of Prednisone
by only 2.5 mg when they reach 20 mg of Prednisone
by 1 mg increments once they reach 10 mg I may elect to decrease the dose on a daily basis for patients who have not been taking steroids long, to monthly in those who have been on them a while.
It is not uncommon, when patients first decrease the dose to feel some achiness or fatigue. These symptoms often resolve over 2- 7 days. If they do not, one may elect to temporarily increase the dose and taper more slowly. Some patients may have difficulty tapering off steroids despite incremental tapers of only 1 mg. Occasionally tapering on an every other day basis may be useful. For example, instead of tapering from 4 mg to 3 mg of Prednisone, one might try taking 4 mg one day and 3 mg the next day for one week.(i.e. an alternate day taper) Then if successful, try 4 mg one day and 2 mg the next and so on until you are on only 4 mg every other day. (e.g. 4 mg one day and 0 the next day) Then, try to go down on that alternate day.

I have been on Levoxyl for 10 years and have never felt "good" yet. My dtr thought maybe I needed an increase, so I am on 125mcg three days a week, 112mcg the other four days. Upon taking the increased meds, I was experiencing headaches every morning, and also severe exhaustion every afternoon. I also have muscle pain and cramps, and memory loss, thinning hair. I also have developed a stomach issue- maybe acid reflux, probably because I feel hungry all the time. I would really like to explore the natural thyroid but my dtr is not familiar with it but I think would be willing to try it. Can anyone advise me on the process of switching over? Has anyone weaned themselves off the levoxyl alltogether? I have a friend who was on it for 10 years and her tyroid no longer has a problem. She is totally off all meds.

i cannot believe this!! everything is starting to make sense to me now!

i have been on the BC for 5 years, i started with yasmin for a little over a year then i started getting bad migraines. i even put up with it for another few months because i needed the relief i was getting from my cramps!

i changed to ortho-low and loved it till i started to gain weight! for the sake of not having to buy new clothes i stopped taking that, but switched back to yasmin.

i would have loved to just be off the pill alltogether but, again, i needed relief from cramps! and... my mother (who has worked for a gyno. for over 20 years) was completely convinced that this pill was right for me! she pushed me to take it. even my gyno said it was good for me (being that i was only 18) b/c it would help my teenage skin problems.

i have been back on yasmin for over 2 years now and in that amount of time have experienced the following problems (yasmin related? after reading this forum i think it is possible!)

- anxiety (i am on zoloft now)
- severe sinus problems
- pains in the neck
- restless legs at night
- fatigue
- bad heartburn that comes and goes
- one eye can see better than the other!
- headaches

i think the FDA needs to read this forum!!!! i am getting off of this pill IMMEADIATELY. i will update my withdrawl symptoms.

I really didn't have any side effects at the time, however, I was getting injections in my nose for sinus-allergies. It did help. I probably had 4 injections alltogether. One day I called in to see if I could come in for one of the injections. The nurse told me that only one Dr. gives them - which was my Dr. and he was out of town.

I made an appointment to get one when he came back and went to the appointment. I expressed my concern that only he would give them. He said he would leave the room and I could think about it. I decided not. At age 50 probably 4 years later I got Good Pastures disease - an auto immune disease. It took my kiidneys. Now I sometimes wonder if the injections had anything to do with it.

I'm a 28 year old male, started Zoloft for anxiety, tension, panic attacks, and preoccupations/compulsions two months ago at 50mg a day.

Now I'm:

CONSTANTLY SLEEPY!!

Having vivid/intense/deeply involved dreams, often involving nearly forgotten people/places from a decade ago and sometimes violence (ie, getting shot and FEELING it..not waking up from it....)

Lacking a sex drive (or preoccupation with it) whereas before I was a sex fiend..but this is better than before when I needed it so bad I had risky behavior...

Having an out of control appetite and have turned into a couch potatoe...the bed has never felt so good.

A fat bastard. Used to be a competitive bodybuilder, now I'm wondering why people exert themselves working out.

But I am much less moodier now, thus more "lovey dovey" and in tune with my relationship. A GOOD THING vs. the past.

Going to decrease the dosage to 25mg mostly due to my lack of energy/sleepiness. Maybe seek a different med or even get off the Zombie Train Express alltogether.