Constantly tired symptoms and conditions

I was put on Lipitor in 2004 and didn't realize what was happening to me-I thought I was just getting old. (I'm now 66) I went from a very active person to one who struggled to get out of the car and my entire body ached. I was constantly tired, I had trouble putting thoughts together. I would sit at the kitchen table and cry because I felt so awful. I started losing my balance and falling down. In one of my falls in December 2006 I injured my left hip. I went to a chiropractor to see if he could help relieve the pain in my hip. While going over my symptoms and medications he pointed out that the Lipitor I'm taking could cause most of my symptoms. He suggested I call my doctor and talk to her. I did and she said that Lipitor could cause severe muscle aches-she wanted to do a blood test and said that I could just go off the Lipitor. My blood test was normal. That was in March 2007 and I have been off the Lipitor since. The fatigue and muscle aches have gone away. I still have the hip pain (bursitis) and have been going to physical therapy for that. My memory is improving but I still have to concentrate, repeat names and write things down trying to remember. I'm trying to lose weight (most of it gained around my middle). I go to the gym and exercise to try to build my muscle strength. I'm not tired all the time, I've read that the symptoms can last a long time and sometimes may never go away. I've been told by the doctor that if my cholesterol is up at my next visit that she wants me to go back on Lipitor. She also said that if it had been the Lipitor, the symptoms would have gone away right after I went off the Lipitor. I will absolutely refuse to go on any Statin-I cannot take the chance of feeling so badly again.

I am so glad that I found this site! I feel like I could have written most of these posts. I had the Mirena inserted a year ago this month (when my daughter was 2 1/2 months old), and all was great the first six months (after the initial bleeding had stopped, anyway). These last six months have been SO hard. My mood swings have been HORRIBLE. I am constantly yelling at my 3 older kids and husband, over nothing. Things that would never have bothered me before, drive me crazy now. I hate the way this has affected me. I feel like I am such a mean person sometimes, not the good mom I want to be. It has caused me terrible anxiety problems, I have panic attacks, skin breakouts, loss of sex drive, I am constantly tired, the list goes on and on...Reading through all of these posts today has convinced me to call my midwive's office to make an appointment to have this thing removed. I can't wait.

I've been on Lisinopril for about five months. I'm a female, age 47 taking 20 mg once a day. My BP was 150/90 but now low at 100/62. Doc says my young age can support low BP for now. The chest pain and leg twitches are the worst. I'm constantly tired and find a lot of times that I just can't think clearly. I often awake at night with arms that have gone to sleep. Not sure though if the symptoms are from Lisinopril or the low blood pressure that it creates.

Wish me luck because I've decided to stay on the meds but try some lifestyle changes instead. I quit smoking two days ago but have often gone over a week and then caved for a cigarette. Only smoke about five cigs a day anyhow. Started walking when I quit, starting at a mile first (1/2 uphill.) Technically, I"m not overweight by charts but have never weighed this much in my life before. I"ve always had a slender, tall frame until just six years ago (turned 40?).

Also, not sure how much is stress related at every level of my symptoms. Working through a separation and hopefully divorce.. For now doc says stick with this med and lifestyle changes will win out.

Aug, 22th, 2007

on Aug 4th I was diagnosed with a chronic sinusitis. My doctor wasn't available, so I went to an urgent care facility (what someone might call a doctor in a box), who prescribed Bactrim, telling me that "this will clear up any infection". (12 days worth, or 25 pills).

After living with the side effects, I can understand why!

The first few days on the medication I was a bit out of it. My mental acuity was off and I was feeling sluggish and constantly tired. half way though my first week I would break out in cold sweats and my face would go pale, I would feel as if I just swam the english channel, under water. Out of breath, muscle aches, and just plain tired. by day 6 I was not only feeling tired, but was feeling an uncomfortable tingle under my skin, and by day 10 was experiencing a heavy pain in my chest, and sharp abdominal spasms.

At one point I thought I might be having a heart attack.

I ran an internet search for side effects of the Bactrim, (and possibly if it reacted badly with pseudoephedrin), and found your site. I guess I'm lucky I didn't have as bad a side effect as others. (I'm setting up a visit to my doctor to have tests run on my internal organs, just to make sure).

After reading how the sulfates are used, the nearest thing I can think of is that the sulfates get into the blood, and then irritates everything the blood "touches", which gives you the skin on fire / crawling effect, and why my chest hurt so much. All that blood uses the heart as it's central local. Anything effecting the blood, would also effect that muscle.

It's been days since taking my last Bactrim (SMZ/TMP DS 800-160), and the pain in my chest hasn't gotten any better. My energy levels are returning but I'm still not able to concentrate on anything for very long, my skin still crawls, and I have reoccurring cold sweats.

Sometimes the cure is worse then the illness. I would much rather have had the sinus infection, then be leveled in this manner.

HI IM A 3O YEAR OLD MALE IVE BEEN ON TOPROL 50MG FOR2 1/2 YRS.I WAS PUT ON IT BECAUSE OF A BUNCH ON PANIC ATTACKS I HAD IN A WEEKS TIME WHICH GAME ME A RAPID HEART RATE AND ALSO THEY TOOK ME OFF MY NORMAL BP MED AND SAID TOPROL WOULD HELP.WELL MY HEART RATE IS FINE AND BP IS GOOD BUT I HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH DURING THIS TIME IVE GAINED LIKE 30 LBS I DNNT FEEL DOING ANYTHING CONSTANTLY TIRED,I HURT IN MY BACK,HAVE HEADACHES,I JUST WANT TO BE MYSELF AGAIN...IF TOPROL IS DOING THIS I WANT OUT!HOW CAN ISTOP IT ON MY OWNWITHOUT HURTING MYSELF

After by-pass heart surgery in 2002, my cardilogist put me on 40mg of zocor.
I was in good health with no physical limitations. I had no heart damage. The restriction of heart arteries were found due to my stress test that was performed each year as a part of my annual Physical. After surgery I was on zocor for three years, during that time I experienced a little tiredness, little weakness, a little muscle aches. some tingling in my right arm and shoulder. I went to my heart doctor Jan. 2006 and he changed me to vytorin (10mg zetia and 40mg zocor). about 6 months all of the about symptoms got worse.
By Jan. 2007, my muscles became so stiff, I could not walk, had balance problems, severe muscle aches and cramps, numbness and tingling in both arms and hands, also stifness and pain in my hands, stiffness and pain in both feet, stifness and pain in my back and weird nerve sensations over my entire body. During Jan. and Feb 2007, I was seen by my family doctor, a neurologist, and a muscle doctor. Thanks to the internet, I found info on zocor and zetia, which is the drug vytorin. Warnings described the same symptoms I am experiencing. I stopped vytorin, I am not taking any statins drugs now. My doctor order a blood test to check for muscle damage, It indicated severe damage, a Creatine level of 770. This level should not be over 200. After being off the drugs for 30 days the creatine level dropped to 645. My condition has improved by 25%. I am walking a little better, but I still having muscle problems, there is improvement. I think there will be a very long recovery. There seems to be some evidence that these Statins affect people of age much more than the young. I am 70 years old. PLEASE PEOPLE, IF YOU ARE TAKING STATINS DRUGS, STOPPED NOW! SLOVE YOUR CHOLESTROL PROBLEMS BY OTHER MEANS. Since I stopped my cholestrol has gone from 157 to 280, but I am not going back taking these drugs. I am trying the natural way now. I have read post after post on many web-sites of people with the same symptoms that were using these drugs. The drug companies and the FDA are responsible for the the degradation of people's health taking these statin drugs.

I have been on Effexor for about 3 Months now I find I am staring off into space alot and constantly tired sleep 10 hours a night After reading what happens when you go off of this drug I am scared. Is there anyone who has gone off of it with no problems out there that can give me some hope-

I am a 22 year old in fairly good physical shape. I lift weights and play sports. I was prescribed levaquin for a sinus infection and noticed horrible side effects shortly thereafter. My legs were in so much pain I could barely get out of bed or a chair. I was constantly tired, but could sleep in 1 hour increments without waking up in a sweat that was not there prior to taking levaquin.

my 2.5 year old son began taking Omnicef after 2 rounds of amoxicillan did not work for a sinus infection. His prescription is for 14 days. By day 6 he would not nap but was constantly tired. By day 9 he began to sleep more, sleep later, go to bed earlier and take longer naps. He started to be antisocial and cried constantly. By day 10 he was throwing fits, throwing toys, crying and screaming about everything. He was even beginning to be hurtful by saying "I don't love you anymore." This was all out of the ordinary. Even when he was sick and not feeling well, he did not act this way. Just clingy to his parents. I gave him the last dose last night before bed and today has been the worst day ever. I have never seen him act so out of control and disobedient. At first we thought he was just tired and sleepy. But now that we have read these reports, we truly believe it is the omnicef. We will see our Dr. again tomorrow and tell him about the side affects. We won't be using this drug again.

yasmin has completely ruined my life. I was on yasmin originally for 2 years and it worked wonderfully- no weight gain and face cleared up completely. I decided to take a break from it when i traveled for work for 2 months.. i started getting severe panic attacks- didn't associate it with the yasmin though, so i went back on it when i returned and my face brokeout severely- i gave it 5 months to work- but it didn't and after stopping a week ago the anxiety has returned- and im not an anxious person.. and severe anxiety- feel like i cant breath.. dizzy.. constantly tired and scared.. so while this medicine could be beneficial to some people.. i really wouldn't reccomend it- not worth the bad side effects that last for a long time after taking the medicine...

I take 100mg of topprol twice a day for high blood pressure. It does keep my blood pressure under control. However, I am constantly tired & am feeling a bit a depression which I never felt when I was taking a lower dose.

hi charity,
murph70 is quite right when she says that out bodies change after we have children. i was on dianette on and off for about 10 years and never had a problem with it, then i had my daughter (my youngest...now 3 ) i breast fead her for a year exclusively so did not have a period for the whole year,when my periods came back they were quite heavy and i also had outbreaks of acne when my period was due. my doctor put me on the new wonder pill yasmin! well he was right about it being a wonder pill,i started taking it and "wondered" what the hell had happened to me,within 6 months i was an agoraphobic nervous suicidal wreck,i had no sex drive at all and actually thought about telling my husband to go out and find another woman because i never wanted to have sex again! i felt constantly tired,i had tingles,aches,pains,blurred vision,constant thirst,raging headaches...the list goes on. my doctor diagnosed me with an anxiety disorder and gave me diazepam (which made me worse) when i asked if it could be my bcp he said no he didn't think so...but i know so because i found this site,found hundreds of wonderful women all with the same problems all taking this same pill, i stopped taking it 7 months ago now and while i am not back to my old self quite yet i am well on the way. Most of my symptoms have gone now so i think that is proof in itself. As murph70 says only you know how you feel,maybe you could try alternative methods of birth control for a while and see if you feel better? whatever you decide to do i wish you all the best.

sarah

My Mother has had a severe cough, running nose and watering eyes for months. She has been constantly tired and unable to sleep.She has also been experiencing dizziness and back pain. After explaining this to my Uncle, he told me to check her medication. I believe the culprit is Lisinopril. What I don't understand is why with all the side effects this drug causes-Why-Why-Why didn't the doctor take my 84 year old Mother off this drug. Why, After she constantly complained to him he kept her on this drug.

I have been on Lisinopril for two months now, 1 a day at 10mg. I was on atenolol 5mg till the doctor changed it. The differance I noticed was a general feeling of not being well and constantly tired. Also can no longer sleep well, waking up during the night and not resting. Doctors appt. on the 1st, I think we are going to change BP meds.

Hi I have been taking jasmin for nearly 4 months now and since i started taking it i have no sex drive and i feel different about my boyfriend sexualy. I also have really bad contipation and constantly tired can someone tell me if they have experienced any of this because i'm thinking of coming of it

in the morning.. i wake up with alomost a hangover i am stiff and achy espiecially after excercise... i always get sore throats and im always coughing. Constantly tired and have mood swings:( I often have really bad dreams or nightmares ones that stick in my mind all the time.. im struggling to concentrate at college! It stops me from having ashmatic symptons when i excercise which can compensate for some of these negatives

I've been on Toprol for 4 and a half months now. I started at 25mg but the BP and heart rate would skyrocket with the slightest physical/mental stress. I started 50 mg two weeks ago. BP is coming down slowly, heart rate is still up (better than before) I wasn't sure if these were related to Toprol. I get disoriented (especially at night) only happening after I started 50 mg. I'm constantly tired, unusually depressed or angry some days and can't lose weight. I actually am increasing in size. I am so glad to find this board..I know I am not imagining these side effects.

I have read through all the symptoms. I started Yasmin about a week ago, after having a bad time on dianette.

I now feel worse than I did on Dianette. I mean, is it normal to feel constantly tired ? and my ears feel blocked up my vision blurred and I feel really really weak like iv got no energy.
Im really confused!! I come home from work and go to sleep for 2 hours , wake up for two hours then sleep again and i STILL feel tired the next day! I am also on Prozac but im not sure whats doing this to me > ??ANy ideas> ??

Hi! I am so happy that I found this website. I was on Advair 500 for over a year and had almost every side effect listed here. After reading the postings, I went to the doctor and demanded that he put me on another asthma medicine. He put me on Asmanex and I've been feeling absolutely wonderful for the past 3 months. Coming off the Advair was scary for me. I had tingling lips, fingers, and skin on my back for almost a week. I also had to use my albuterol every 4 hours during the same week. But other than that my list of symptoms quickly disappeared. Since then, I've only had to use my albuterol a handful of times, mainly on a humid day or when working in my basement or brushing my dogs. I had experienced so many side effects while on Advair that I started to feel depressed. When I asked my doctor's about the side effects, they told me that they weren't from my medications. Advair had caused me to have a constant cough, numerous episodes of bronchitis, hoarseness almost one week every month, severe asthma attacks, constant thrush and other throat infections. I also had my blood pressure up 20-30 points on average, which caused me to constantly feel anxious. I was extremely moody and snapped at my kids and husband very easily. I had trouble sleeping and night sweats. Since I couldn't sleep I was constantly tired. One of the worse effects was joint pain and muscle cramps. My hands and feet would cramp up like I had severe arthritis. Sometimes I cramped so bad that couldn't hold a fork or toothbrush. My legs would cramp so badly it would make me cry. My back ached and I got severe stomach cramps. I had horrible menstrual cycles which lasted for over a week. My elbows hurt so bad that I couldn't carry a bag through the mall. I also lost all interest in sexual relations. I also had jitters. My hands would tremble even when I wasn't holding anything. I also lost my appetite. Food didn't taste or smell the same so it didn't appeal to me. I had to force myself to eat. To say the least, I felt like I was falling apart. Within a few days of going off of the Advair I felt like a new person. I was pleasant to be around and had hope for the future. I am feeling great. My husband and kids are so happy to have the real me back. I strongly encourage everyone to try Asmanex and go off Advair. It's really made a difference in my life.

Well, I just stumbled across this site but WOW am I happy I did. I just started Yasmin about a month ago and have experienced some weird things. I've been having these random occurances I guess you could call anxiety attacks? I start getting really hot and then start shaking and a huge headache and my throat starts closing up and then my head goes blank with a MASSIVE headache. I also have constant headaches, random food cravings, and I am constantly thirsty. I've also been in such pain and it's a hastle to walk places and I am constantly tired. I thought it could just be growing pains untill I came across this site.

Could this all be related to the pill?

And what are the attacks called that I had described above?

Is this pill worth taking since it's doing all of this to my body?

Is there any other pills less risky I could take?

Thanks in advance.

ive been taking ovcon35 for about four months for the last 3months ive had chronic diarea, im constantly tired wich is getting worse, pelvic pain,naseated wich i am still, persistent gas heartburn, and just reasently low back pain and i stopped haveing diarea last week 4 days after that i started abnormal bleeding. i was taking orthotrysyclen no problems and i never whould have thought my birth control would be the cause of all these unexplained symptoms!

I have been on yasmin for 3 yrs. Six months ago I started having horrible chest pains on my right side. They would come and go. Sometimes it moves to the center of my chest and sometimes on the left, but predominiately on my right side. I went to the Dr. 3 times and he said I was fine. Then a few months ago, I started having numbness in my right arm and leg, as well as shortness of breath, a slight cough and major anxiety. They tested my throid twice and that's fine. I finally got a second opinion last week and they took more blood and a chest xray. The Dr. said Yasmin has been know to cause blood clots. My old dr. thinks it's in my head. It's certainly not in my head. I feel like I'm dying every day of some wierd disease, b/c no one can figure out what's wrong with me. I have had two full blown anxiety attacks. And I am constantly tired all of the time. I used to run for at least 40 minutes every day, now I have to run for 20 and walk the rest, or just walk. I have also started walking at night too, b/c I have gained 20 lbs, in the last 4 months. Has anyone experienced any or this. I went off the pill yesterday, after finding this site. My boyfriend is starting to think I'm nuts. I'm hoping it is the yasmin. I've been on a pill since I was about 17 so that's 10 yrs. maybe my body needs a break?

I have been taking Lisinopril for almost two years now. I have developed a distinct cough which is worse at night and in the morning. I feel like I have constant congestion that I need to clear from my throat. It seems to be getting worse as time goes on. I have to keep a bottle of cepacol next to my bed just to get rest during the night. My Dr. told me that I may develope a slight tickle in the back of my throat from Lisinopril but I did not expect this bad of a problem. Now I'm reading about thyroid problems as well and it has me worried. I'm constantly tired and drained of energy and now I'm wondering if it's the meds or some other problem.

I have been taking adderall for 5 years now, 10 mg a day. I must say that it truly works when its comes to focusing. However, I hate the way my body feels when I am on it. I do not take my medication on weekends, over the summer, or anytime that I am not in school due to the fact that I would prefer not to be addicted to the medication. I can focus in class, and take notes, and study and do well in school because of it however, I always feel like crap. I have dry mouth, I can feel my heart beat, I get headaches, I am constantly tired, yet mentally aware. Sometimes I even get horrible stomache aches. My eyes always seem like there is a screen infront of them, and even on the occasion my body is tingly and itchy due to it. And I also tend to have a soar throat on a regular basis. I would not take the medication everyday, only when it is needed and that completely depends on your level of needing it. However, I would stay away from it if you can avoid taking the medication. Be Aware of whats going on around and inside you. It also has the effect of causing seizures, epilipse, ticks and tremors. Serious side effects come from this drug. Be informed and take this seriously. It is not a drug you should mess around with. Exspecially if you may have an eating disorder, this will only make it worse, considering the fact that it lowers your appetite. Good luck

I started taking zoloft again after a 9 month hiatus. The first week, I felt that foggy feeling, where nothing affected me, which in a way was kind of nice because before everything affected me. However, days later, I found myself sinking again, even to the point of suicide. Fortunately, my boyfriend caught me.
I told my doctor and he increased my dosage to 100mg and is considering putting me on wellbutrin as well. I'm constantly tired, I can't hold a thought, and everything makes me nauseous. I haven't been craving carbs, but I want chocolate. And the dreams are very lucid. I don't know how I feel about adding welbutrin to the mix, but I guess it's better than trying to kill myself