Consistently symptoms and conditions

I've been on TOPROL-XL( 50 mg) for about 18 months now. Gained 25 lbs. Lack of interest (consistently) in getting much done. I had an aortic valve replacement 12 years ago and they were recently concerned about an enlargement of the aorta-so they wanted the Toprol to reduce the blood pressure further. Its keeping the pressure steady but not a huge decrease. When I discuss the side effects- they smile beningly. I'm having difficulty with digestive tract issues, also, which seem to be connected with weight gain. Other than fluuid retention- anybody know WHY this cuases weight gain? Anybody had any luck switching to other medications??

Leaking breasts?
I've been on NR consistently for 3 months. I love it. I tried it several months ago and had horrendous nausea that I had to remove it. I tried again 3 months ago and it's been fine. Although, my breast literally squirt milk when squeezed. I know I'm not pregnant. Why the lactation? It makes no sense.
Also, I get to a point just about the day I'm scheduled to remove the ring where I can't stand to be in my own skin...just incredibly frustrated, emotional, over the top crazy feeling. I take it out and I feel a difference withing just a few hours. Starting to connect the dots here....anyone else have similar effects? I've gained 5lbs, have zero sex drive as well.

I have been taking Lamictal for just over a year. Some of the side effects have been noticable for a few months, but others seem to just be appearing and getting worse. I have loss of balance and coordination, my vision is gettng worse, I have a hard time concentrating and finding the right words, I forget how to spell common words, I have short-term memory loss and feel spacey. I can always figure it out, but it takes longer. I began doing Pilates every day about 3 months ago and still cannot get the routine down and it is just as hard for my muscles as it was in the beginning. I can't seem to lose weight and have horrible acne on my face. I had 2 seizures before beginning Lamictal and am suppose to be on it for 2 years before trying to go off. Without insurance though, I am unable to do follow-ups w/ my neurologist and she seems unconcerned and unsypathetic to my situation, not giving me the time of day. She never even told me all of these side effects could develop, much less that they might begin long after I started taking Lamictal. Has anyone had these side effects after having taken the Lamictal for so long then stopped taking the Lamictal? Will these side effects go away after I stop taking it??

Hello everyone, I have been on Yasmin for a little over 3 years and have taken it consistently, exactly as prescribed. I had my normal period and about 3-4 days after I started my new pack of pills I've began to feel very nervous most of the time, feel like I've had an elevated heart rate, and a slight increase in appetite. Are these all side effects of Yasmin? I was a bit worried that maybe I was pregnant because this is me and my boyfriend's only form of protection but I've been on the pill like clockwork, we've been together using this method for over 2 years, and we had not been active since about a week before I had my normal period or even up until the time that these symptoms began. Someone please help ease my mind!!!

I just finished my last shot in my six month treatment of Lupron. My doc tells me he wants me to do another six months because he has never seen anyone with so few side effects. I haven't had any hot flashes, very few headaches, I'm a little achy now and then, and my moodiness is tolerable. The only thing I would like to change is my ability to get a full night's sleep. I always feel exhausted and like I don't have too much energy. My question, however, is about blood pressure. Since I have started the Lupron, my pressures have consistently been 20 points higher than normal and it's getting to the point where my doc says I need to do something (like hypertension meds) for my own safety. Does anyone else have this from the Lupron? I am 27 and the Lupron has completely taken away my endo pain!!

I am a singer and i'm concerned about the effect if any
advair will have on my voice. However, I've been coughing for years. I've taken Advair off and on for about the last 5
years. I was officially declared as having Ashma about 5 years ago. When the coughing gets out of hand, Advair seems to do the trick. I'm really pretty anxiouis about taking it consistently(I never have). I will take 2x a day when my
coughing is really bad. It was keeping me up at night,
and working was really difficult. I was truely wore out
every morning and it's impossible way to live--tired most all
the time and coughing your like I'm gonna cough up a lung.
I've never smoked in my life.

I've been taking Advair 2x a day for about two weeks,
and yes I don't go thru the night coughing. I'm still coughing some but as the medication gets in my system I'm really coughing much, much less. My co-worker have noticed that I'm coughing less and have asked me what medication I'm using. However, I don't sleep well at night, I mean it's really difficult for me to get to sleep. I'm very wakeful at night.
It's ether take Advair and no coughing, but it may be hours before I get to sleep. Has anyone else had this problem with not being able to sleep as a side effect of taking Advair?
I'm afraid if I don't stop coughing it will take a toll on my voice.

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:03:10 -0600 by Guest, #36378

This is just plain rude and talk about petty. Please, raise your standards here and remember what this site is about for God's sake. I think that you should remember that when post things like this here, new folks coming in are likely completely confused or think that someone such as yourself has just plain lost it.

If you want to be supportive of other women like yourself, as you are clearly in a rant, than exercise less judgement and some kindness for goodness sakes. Everyone here is trying to be helpful. And I would definately say that your comments are about the least refined, helpful or thoughtful in months of coming to this site. If anyone is trying to get some help, it certainly helps for all of us to hear how long someone has been on, off or trying to come off. There is nothing "petty" about that and many women that do find it helpful.

I have no idea who you are, where you come from or what your "hell" has been like on yasmin but it certainly sounds like it is still taking its toll if the way you are coming across says anything. While personal experiences are helpful, so is information. I also don't even know who all the folks are who have been posting but I discovered that alot of what is there-highlights a good majority of the symptoms I experience and many of the other women here have.

While being more "touched" may help you, for others, havinng "information" to apply may be just as valuable to others. Ya follow?

Sarah, I think that making your own site is helpful and am consistently impressed by your level of maturity and kindness and wanting to reach out and help others.

Whoever this person is that made this post, I certainly hope that you get the help and support that you need as you sound rather crude and out of control. Good luck to you.

Its really so disappointing when women do this kind of thing with eachother. Really. Keep your chin up will you. For all of us, you set an example.

I was given Topamax about 2yrs ago because I have epilepsy. It seemed to be working pretty well at first, all I had noticed was that I lost about 10 to 15lbs and that the medication seemed to be controlling my siezures fairly well-and who was going to complain about that right? As time went on both my family and I began to notice that my weight wasn't the only thing I seemed to be losing. I'm only 20 and I'm losing both my memory and my hair. At first I just seemed a bit more flighty than usual, and I was finding my hair everywhere-but at this point its really just impossible to deny the difference in me or the amount of my hair thats consistently in my hands, sink or tub. I don't care how thin I am, it's not going to be worth anything if I end up without any hair.

I have been taking Yasmin for only 12 days now and have stopped without hesitation as it is turning me into a lunatic. Before starting this drug i was a happy, content, balanced person since starting it i have become insecure, anti social, irrational and the crying is just a joke! I cry consistently for no reason whatsoever. I cried the other day because it was 3 o clock, no other reason! I have been reading these postings and it amazes me how some of you have managed to stay on it for years at a time. I am getting the hell off it and to be honest i will never touch another birth control pill ever again! I have a degree in Psycholoy and i am very aware of how the chemicals within your brain can effect your mood so if you ask me yasmin messes with those chemicals big time! Anyway i am going to get on with my life now and just be grateful that these effects started so quickly and i recognised immediately that it was this pill making me feel this way. My advice to anyone that has any niggling doubt that Yasmin has changed some aspect of their lives get off it because they are probably right and whatever you do, do not allow any docs to tell you you are depressed because you are not. The only thing that is wrong is the little yellow pill that you are putting in your mouth!.

43 yr. woman on second try with Zocor. The first time was 6 years ago, and I thought the muscle and hip pain was a side effect from another medication that I was taking. Recently, I've been taking Zocor for 6 weeks and the muscle pain and deep bone aches along with the severe fatigue have been unrelenting. It's not worth such a change in my quality of life and I'll be researching for other alternatives. PS. When I first told my doctor about the symptoms, he said it wasn't the Zocor and that is was in my head. I found that depression is also a side effect of statins. Hmm, my research has consistently directed me to information that tells me it's not in my head. Needless to say, I'm frustrated.

hello! Wow I'm glad to find this site! I have been on Orthotricyclen-Lo, Orthotricyclen, and now Yasmin in just the past 8 months. The nurses and OB/GYN like to tell me to just give it "one more month", but when you're going through severe mood swings, one more month is an eternity! Besides, BCPs shouldn't keep us from living our normal lives! My problem is also with extreme fatigue on the last few days of hormones and then into my period. I bloat the whole time I'm on the hormones...and my boobs are waaaay too big. Plus, around the 3rd week, I get depressed - consistently. I can't live like this. I'm waiting on a phone call from my ob-gyn to get her thoughts on getting of BCPs for good. I never had any issues with my periods before getting on bc and I can sure find another way to keep from getting pregnant.

This is a follow-up to my previous posting (Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:32:40 -0500 by Guest, #13255). Almost 3 years on lisonipril now and only positive results. As noted in my previous post, I had BP of 150/160 over 85/90. Now consistently at 120/60 with resting pulse between 45 and 55 BPM. I would recommend this drug for people who are athletic. I run 30 to 40 miles per week, (8 to 9 minutes per mile,6 days a week)and will run another marathon in April. Lisonipril was given to me because I am athletic. After starting on lisonipril, my athletic performance improved dramatically since my BP dropped to normal levels. I would be interested to hear from other athletic people to hear of their results. I am 60 years old, 5' 11", 180 lbs. and take no other medications, eat a low fat diet (about 2200 calories per day). Perhaps other posters could put their age, weight, height, diet and exercise programs/habits into their posts. Since there are more than 1 million people on this type of medication, there must be some other people with positive results, otherwise, how could it stay on the market? P.S. I do have the infamous "cough", however, I have had a chronic nervous cough most of my life (smoked 3 packs a day from age 14 to age 37, quit now for 24 years) so my cough continues - and - I can appreciate how getting the cough for the first time could be a serious problem. I simply live with it.

I found this sight after a search for "Singulair" and "Nightmare."
My 26 month old daughter was started on Singulair (4mg once daily) 3 weeks ago to combat a persistant sinusitus condition - now attributed to allergies.
She has been waking up more frequently at night, often crying and or kicking her legs. Tonight she yelled "No-No" at the top of her lungs, kicking her legs, scaring my wife and I - as we've never heard the sounds of absolute fright from her. She's having nightmares consistently - we're going to the Dr. for an alternative treatment.

THANK GOODNESS for this site! I've been taking Yasmin for almost 3 years, ladies. I absolutely have to be on the pill, though. One reason is, a man can just look at me cross-eyed and I'll get pregnant. I have 3 lovely kids now I don't want to have any more.

I also have to be on the pill, because all the women in my family (including myself) have horrible PMS, cramps and general depression. During our periods the depression can become quite extreme. I took notice after reading this site that, I have been consistently depressed for about 2 years now and thought it was just genetic. My first year on Yasmin was great. That's why I took it - VERY LITTLE OR NO PMS, it claims.

About a year ago, I went to get a physical and had my thyroid checked. The doctor told me, "Maybe you're just one of those people who needs more sleep." I do like sleeping.... just not all day! With Yasmin, I've noticed I will wake up and need to go back to bed just 2 hours later, in addition to feeling hopeless.

I know trying find the right BCP is like playing Russian Rulet for some of us. I am 37 and, until I can just worry about menopause, I need to find something to prevent pregnancy and all the other undesireable side effects.

HAS ANYONE FOUND A PILL or OTHER SOLUTION THEY ARE AT EASE WITH?

Thanks ladies,
Melody

I've been on the pill for 3 weeks. During this time, I've had my period, and severe cramps consistently. For the last 3 days, I've been moody, and severely depressed - unable to stop crying. This is definitely NOT like me. I'm not taking any more of these pills. I had really hoped they would work for me because I've had so much trouble with other BC pills, but these were absolutely the worst yet.

Kenalog injection is the best thing that ever happened to me. I have suffered with Keloids since the age of 11, huge ugly one along my jaw bone which protruded about an inch. It was HORRID. i have had 3 operations and I followed up consistently with Kenalog injections monthly after the 3rd surgery ( about 2 years ago) You should see me now-beautiful!!!. The area is discolored -who cares and I am African American. Every now and then a hair grows out of it, so I pluck it-big deal!! Well now I go as needed and we are talking about an incision at least 4 inches long.
I am sorry for the side effects people have experienced but there are always 2 sides to a story. :)

I am not sure if this is from morphine or other meds I take for RA or Lupus but I have been having a consistently high liver function test result?

I had been using Loprox for seborrhoeic dermatitis of the face for a month or more with varying effect because I was not consistent in following the routine of application twice a day. I was also consistently using Loprox shampoo with definite improvement to the scalp. One day the affected parts of my face suddenly got much worse. The skin reddened and swelled and began to burn and itch. It looked awful. There was no explanation for this sudden effect except that it coincided with a series of very sunny days in July when I was outdoors quite a bit. My condition did feel a lot like a bad sunburn. I concluded that the cream must have made my skin much more sensitive to sunlight, promoting burn. Note that parts of the face that normally burn first--the nose, for example--were not affected. Note also that I have had the condition for several years untreated and never had any particular reaction to sunlight.

While the sunburn was healing, I started applying Loprox to one side of my face and over the counter cortisone cream to the other. The cortisone side has now cleared up much faster, while the Loprox side has cracks in the skin and little scabs.