December 12th
2008
9:49 PM
My brother passed away at 56 of a stroke. So after having my blood tests done, everything was high, cholesterol, CR Protein....doctor put me on 20mg of Lipitor....the very first day, I had severe muscle weakness in my upper thighs, back of my calves, pain in my knees, pain in my wrists, pain in my fingers. What a nightmare. I tried it for two more days, called the doctor told him, he said reduce the dose in half........not a chance, I told him I believe in quality of life, not quantity of life. I'd rather be dead, then live like that.......and yet the doctor didn't tell me to get off of Lipitor!!!
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November 1th
2008
6:59 PM
Three years ago, I came to the conclusion that I was lactose intolerant. I switched to soy milk in my lattes. A couple of months ago, I learned about lactaid and decided to go back to regular milk. The product worked great but then after about 3 weeks I began to develop stomach pain after my visits to the coffee shop. I didn't know what was causing it. Had I become sensitive to the acid in the coffee? Was it the artificial sweetener I was using to make my scones? Maybe I wasn't taking enough lactaid to counter-act the effects of the milk. After a few 'tests' I decided that I needed to take more lactaid. So this morning I took two pills with my latte and within 20 minutes I was in so much pain I had to call my husband to come drive me home. As soon as I was feeling better, I got online and googled 'side effects of lactaid' and found this site. I will never take lactaid again. It's back to soy lattes for me!
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September 12th
2009
5:14 AM
Hi Everyone,
After reading all these posts, I am just hoping that this pill caused me all my problems.
Back in march i had what I could now call a panic attack.. I started sweating and thinking i was going to faint and die.. I managed to run to the coffee shop.. and after a chocolate and few mints resting I was ok..so i thought my blood sugar may be low..... during April and June i could feel my legs very week...i thought i was not eating properly.. so ignored it..At the end of June on my third day of holiday I got the same feeling as i did in march i thought i was fainting and dying...After this episode I had shaky legs all the time..thinking i could faint at any time.. my heart was beating very fast once a day.. I had a blood test done just for thyroid and it was ok... after three weeks of thinking i was dying inside I started feeling very strange like if it was not me.. I was anxious..scared of my dreams..scared of my thoughts.. very anxious in the morning....feeling like i was in a dream and disconnected from my body.. I stopped the pill and it has been two months..i could say i probably got 5% better but i still not feeling like this is my body and my life..feeling I am going crazy.. i am not able to think properly..some sort of brain frog..it feels like if i didn't exist in this world..It has been horrible...headache everyday however I dont know if it is my anxiety or if i have something in my brain..
I just hope this feeling goes away and i can come back to be my old self... i used to love life ..every bit of bit...with bad and goods.
Do you guys have a similar experience?
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