Anxiety and panic attack symptoms and conditions

I have been on Prednisone 40mg x 5 days and am now reducing to 30mg x 5 days followed by a 10mg reduction q 5 days until I am off the med. I have read your blogs and my heart goes out to you all.

Has anyone lost their sense of taste? I can only taste salty things, but just the salt only. I have the nausea, stomach pains, depression, mood swings, inability to focus and a tremendous amount of 'floaters' in my eyes. In general, I am extremely drug sensitive, but the Prednisone has brought me to a place I don't want to be.

I welcome your input on the sense of taste issue. Thanks in advance for your comments.

I've been on Simvastatin for 2 1/2 years, since taking them I never felt like my old self. I feel nausea, my legs feel achey, I've been getting these anxiety and panic attack, feel my heart pounding, ringing in ears and I never ever connected to Simvastatin. I've stopped taking them for 3 days and already feel more lively, less panic attack and less anxiety, nose feel fine. Thank god for the interent and all these people who all whistle blow.

Thanks a lot to all of you people who share their experience with doxycycline. My dentist prescribed me doxycycline and 1 week later I started to feel bad just like some people described above I hade shortage of breath my legs and arms were shaking. I had anxiety and panic attack. The first time I experienced something like this I didn't know what was wrong with me. Normally I am healthy and very happy person. I am 27 years old go to the gim, I don't drink, I don't smoke. I have been in the hospital ER 4 times. They sad there is nothing wrong with me temperature is normal blood sample is normal AKG is normal. They gave me penicillin instead for the next 2 days I had even worse panic attacks. I stopped taking any antibiotics since then. The next day I felt much better. I had only some little panic attack. Today is my second day after taking antibiotic and I still feel some anxiety but not as bad as before. I would like to tell people who has similar side affects to avoid any sugar and bread in their diet this will significantly reduce anxiety and drink mint tea to relax It helps me a lot.

Today is my firs day on Zoloft and I have had the most dreadful headache and stiff neck all day. I also feel exhausted but unable to sleep. I don't know how I will get through the night. Please someone tell me this head/neck pain will go away. I can't take much more.

I've also had so many problems that I never realized until recently were related to Yasmin. I'm so angry at myself for not realizing sooner. I started taking Yasmin about 3 years ago because I was on Ortho Cyclen for a long time and stupidly thought maybe I'd try something new. Ortho was great, the only reason I switched is because I like to run my packs together and skip periods and I was starting to have breaththrough with the Ortho. BIG MISTAKE. I've had nothing but issues since, and I consider myself a stable, normally functioning woman. Since staring Yasmin 3 years ago, my libido has completely dried up. In fact I can barely let my sweet hubby touch me, let alone initiate it. We're starting to argue constantly because things irritate me that never did before. I've had mini anxiety and panic attack symptoms, blurry vision, foggy head feelings, and weird inner ear pain with occasional ringing I never had before. The worst part is, shortly after starting this terrible drug I developed IBS when I'd never had it before. Now I literally run for the potty after every meal. I cannot even lead a normal life anymore. I've struggled off and on with depressive type feelings, but for the most part have been able to muster through. Some days I am just so fricking tired though I can barely get out of bed. Oddly enough, I also get very hungover from even small amounts of alcohol....(also unusual for me)

More recently I have developed increasing chest tightness and palpitations. I am only 33 and have been checked out and they say nothing is wrong, except for my BP which always used to be very low, and has risen steadily over the last 3 years. I have also experienced significant bloating to the point most of my clothing no longer fits, despite the fact that I eat little given the IBS. My thyroid has been tested and is fine.

Finally, my hair has gone from great spirally curls that I loved to limp, weird half staright, half frizzy. I've never had this ever before. You literally could see this happen over the last few years as new hair grew in, it pushed the curls out and left this behind. I actually blamed my hairdressers and went from salon to salon before I put it all togehter!

I stopped Yasmin 2 days ago as I have had enough. I want to take something though so I started Seasonale, but this will be it. I'm giving it 6 months and if things aren't better I'm done with hormonal BC. I think with so many women who have had serious problems on this pill, you'd think they would listen. My GYN said no way it could be the Yasmin causing the IBS, but Yasmin does increase serotonin levels and the number one side effect of serotonin is diarrhea...so I think it is the cause!!

My physician prescribed Paxil for me over 7 years ago, the side effects were dry mouth and felt a bit sleepy most of the time. The good part was I did not have any anxiety or panic attacks. Then, about 5 years ago the doctor changed my medication to Celexa. With Celexa I still had the dry mouth, but felt more awake and less sleepy. Then about 2 years ago the new drug Lexapro came out. My doctor changed my medication to Lexapro and in doing so cut my dosage in half. I still have the dry mouth side effect but I do not feel the slightest bit drowsey or sleepy with the new medicine. I have to say each time my doctor changed my medicine it was an improvement over the last one. I feel the side effects were a minor compromise to being rid of my Anxiety and Panic attacks. You have to weigh the benefits that you receive from the medication against the side effects you are experiencing. In other words which is worse? I am Anxiety and Panic Attack free because of this medication and I thank God for it, or should I say I thank God for giving man the wisdom and knowledge to be able to create this medication.

Paxil caused weight gain, lightheadness, vertigo, weird felling of not been all there, like a fuzz when out, was perscribed Paxil for Anxiety and panic attack but I stoppped cold turkey. this caused my blood pressure to rise really high , also a racing pulse, am weaning off after told by doc to get back on a see if it had an effect on blood pressure and pulse, it has lowered my blood pressure and pulse but i feel terrible with the side effects, can't wait till I get off and find something that workes for me, Xanax does by they don't llike to prescribe it for very long.