Blow up symptoms and conditions

lost a lot of weight with Topamax but their were several side effects, tingling and numbness, blood problems, bloody noses, confusion, left leg felt like I was having a deep vein blow up!!, THROMBOSIS???, even though I had all these problems I still wanted to go back on it because of the weight loss, I am crazy??, It helped my head aches so much too!!! some times my sweating would stop, be very careful on this drug, monitor yourself carefully!!!, this drug also controls your appetite.

I started Yasmin about 7 months ago and i must admit it has definitely took away the acne, have an awesome 4 or 5 day period. BUT i seriously hate the side effect of crying and being so emotional all the time, it really has come to be a problem between me and my husband, i'll tend to blow up over anything and was never that way before.

IF YOUR TAKING THIS GET OFF NOW!!! I have tried lots of pills and this by far was the worst! I have had 6 kids and even post pardom depression was nothing compared to the effects this had on me! I noticed just after 2 weeks of taking YAZ I stared having mood swings not just little ones just crying all the time..I would be fine one second then just blow up on everyone around me! While working out my toes would go to sleep and it was so painful! I contemplated suicide! This is how bad it was. I called my doctor the nurse switched me to Yasmin..*which of course she said was different but it wasn't* After taking Yasmin for 2 more weeks I was wanting to die everyday! I called my doctor at 6am he actually answered! He said that both pills were the same. I am now on the old school Ortho and I'm doing awesome! This pill should be taken off the shelves! I actually got this pill free from my doctor! The drug reps must get paid alot to tell doctors that this is good for you! It's BS ladies! Please I'm begging you don't try this pill nor give them to your children! I Beg you! email me if you have any questions I've been doing alot of research and talking to doctors in my area to stop giving these out!
Good Luck

I have had the Mirena since June of 2004. That would make it three years. I have never had any problems with it up until two or three months ago. I went from 150 pounds to almost 170 pounds. I am a mother of two children and I am 23 years old. I skipped two periods before I had one last month. I have had MAJOR weight gain and a LOT of stomach pain. Everytime I eat, I blow up like a balloon. I HATE it. I can feel myself slowly becoming depressed. I am glad that I researched this because now I can go and get this situation under control. And maybe even get my sex drive back. I never would have had this inserted three years ago if I knew all the pain it was going to cause me now. Thank you for putting this site up.
Holly

I started using the Nuvaring on a Sunday around 11:00 am. By 3:00 pm the same day I had the most unbearable stomach cramps I have ever experienced while not on my period. The pain was so intense I had to take 6 ibuprofens and use the heating pad and it still hurt. I am taking it out today after reading the other posts.

I was on prednisone for 6 weeks off and on and took it a total of 28 days for an bronchitis and gained 8 lbs. and still gaining.
It is very depressing since I am also going through menopause. I have been off of them almost 3 weeks. Does anyone know how long it will take to get the weight off? I feel like anything I eat will make me blow up. Thanks.

My child has had so many problems throughout his life, they are too many to mention. But rages and not being able to control them, his lack of pain receptors, tremendous strength, years of sleep and no sleep, medication to help him sleep at 6 months, no naps when he was a newborn, lack of fear of anything, including extremely dangerous things. He still tells me his mind races and he is in a fog. He knows every conversation going on in a room that is full of people and does blow up for no reason. He has been in and out of mental institutions from when he was 15 on. Now after 3 yrs in prison because he hit someone bad, he thinks he can get out and control this somehow. I am afraid for him that he will be back in prison in no time. this needs to be brought out in the open, I wonder if this is being covered up on purpose.

I have been on the Nuvaring for about 4 months now, but have only been experiencing problems about the last month....i went through major depression the 3rd month and this month i have had trouble reaching climax, i started early, and my mood swings are the worst. Ive been engaged now for 1 week and it has been the worst week ever! I cant remember the last time we had a decent night together. I just blow up over something that usually isnt that big of deal! It's gotten REALLY bad! I was even breaking stuff and yelling lastnight, and I'm not that kind of person AT ALL. My boyfriend told me that i haven't been myself and we almost called the engagement off! The day before yesterday i got a horrible cramp in my side and i couldnt move, and today i have horrible nausea! I thought the nuvaring was the best thing ever but i have to find something else FAST! Its nice to see I'm not the only one experiencing problems with this!

I was only on Nuvaring for a month In the first week I started getting sunburn looking hives all over my body. I thought it was the new detergent. So I swiched back. I stuck it out for a month and the hives came and went. It also made me severly depressed and I would blow up over anything. I've been off it for a month no more hives and I don't feel depressed.

I've been using maxide now for over 5 years as a way to keep off unwanted water retention. For the past year I've been experiencing numbness and tingling in my feet and hands which has progressed to severe peripherial neuropathy. In the beginning, it was only brought on while running and I thought it was just a result of my running long distances and perhaps just an electrolite deficiency. I began taking a potassium supplement and continued to run (30- 60 miles per week) without much relief. At this point I am no longer able to run. My arms are numb much of the time and my feet and legs become numb while sitting. I am unable to stop using the drug as I blow up and cannot even wear my own clothes. I have not been able to go off the drug for more than a few days without intolerable side effects. It's changed my life. I'm depressed and frustrated that I can no longer enjoy running which was a major part of my life. Has anyone experienced any similar side effects or have any idea if this condition can be reversed?

I HAD A SIDE EFFECT , I HAVE HAD SHOTS BEFORE BUT THIS TIME IT CAUSED ME SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS.AFTER A SHOT IN 6 AREAS IN MY BACK I ENDED UP WITH A SEVERE HEADACHE FROM THE NECK UP.FOUR DAYS LATER.I WAS DUE TO HAVE MORE THE FOLLING FRIDAY.I CALLED ME PAIN DR AND HE SAID NOT TO WORRY ,SO I WENT THE FRIDAY AFTER AND THEN THE DR GAVE ME 6 MORE SHOTS IN THE LOWER SPINE. TWO DAYS LATER,WHICH ENDED ME INTO THE EMR,I NO SOONER GOT HOME ANOTHER ONE HIT,IT WAS SO TERRIBLE,THE PAIN WAS SO SEVERE ALL I COULD DO WAS WHISPER TO THE MEDIC AMBULANCE PEOPLE TO PLEASE HELP ME,MY HEAD FELT LIKE IT WAS GONNA BLOW UP.I ENDED UP BACK AT THE EMR SO THEY KEPT ME A COUPLE DAYS,WELL IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND MY PARTNER CALL THE AMBULANCE FOR THE SECOND TIME.I HAD TO GET NARCOTIC SHOTS TO SETTLE IT DOWN,MY BLOOD PRESSURE WENT HIGH,202/102.MY DR FINALLY TOLD ME I HAVE AN ALLERGY TO THE KENALOG ,MY BODY WAS HAVE SIDE EFFECTS.SO PLEASE BEWARE-------------THERE R SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS . SEVERE HEAD AN NECK PAIN THE DR CALLED MIGRAINE BUT TO ME ITS WORSE.
THANK YOU CORINNE

i have been on and off this stuff for 3 yrs. I have problems with my lower legs and feet from my diabeties. It works good most of the time. First i must say i have a little bit of a tempper but some times i blow up at my wife really bad over nothing at all, mostly in the am. If any one has had this happen please email me. i feel realy bad when i do the to my wife. the meds are what my wife and i can ony figure out.

Reading all of your your sx's was both heart-breaking and eye-opening. I have been on Topamax for 4 months--just moved up to 100 mgs in the hopes that the migraines would be defeated once and for all. So far, besides a week-long doozy that I think was actually a horrible manifestation of the stomach flu, the headaches have reduced themselves to about two times a month rather than averaging about every day. An improvement. Never-the-less, I still wrestle with the choice of the depression that has followed me like a black cloud since I began this therapy, and also the rage that can blow up out of nowhere, or the headaches. Quite a choice. I often wonder how my children will remember me. I'm not normally a moody, angry person, but since starting Topamax, you wouldn't know it! Not surprisingly, my doctor simply offers me an array of more prescriptions to add to the cocktail. I've had about enough. I too get the tingles in my hands and feet--especially if I've been sitting with my feet elevated--like in an easy chair. I'm getting good at ignoring it, though. It's actually quite painful! My face quit tingling after the first month. Words can still elude me at embarassing moments. So frustrating! I lack all ambition, and I must literally force myself to do anything--housework, exercise, take care of my children! Guilt, guilt, guilt! I'm so glad that so many of you mentioned that! I've been beating myself up about that particularly, wondering what in the heck was wrong with me! I could sleep all the time! I've lost about 8 pounds, and my appetite is satisfied very easily. Carbonated beverages don't taste horrible, exactly, they just don't taste good. So I've more or less quit drinking them. No loss. We spend less that way! As I read all the entries, one thing is very clear to me. We have got to be less passive in the hands of our doctors. No one knows too much about this drug. There are alternative forms of medicine that are being more actively explored by reputable practitioners. I am starting to research it more myself. I don't want to live out the rest of my days so...sad. And angry! Good luck to all of you.

My side effects include:

rage and extreme rushes of anger
I feel myself getting a rush (probably in blood pressure) and get extremely angry at little things- almost to the point that I can't control it. I had to leave the house tonight to work out so I wouldn't blow up at my fiance.

anxiety
I have a new job with lots of stress, but I have found myself not remembering things at work and have jumbled thoughts. I can't organize myself and feel frantic sometimes.

breast size increase and tenderness
they hurt 24-7

better acne (but not all gone)
shorter and lighter periods (something had to go right)

Since I`ve been taking morphine when I wake up I`m so stiff I can hardly get out of bed. I feel very diconnected at times and blow up at the littlest thing. I seem to be spending more time in bed due to stiffness and pain in my spine and muscles, then before I took this medicine. I have Fibromyalgia and arthritis. I thought this would help with pain, I`m beging to wonder.