Cronic symptoms and conditions

Took a few tablets over a few days. Slept excessively. Extremely Mental Grogginess for a few weeks. Went Back to the Doctor & Explained the negative effects. He said, "That feeling of stupidity you had, some people don't come out of it. We don't prescribe it anymore." I feel it took about 6 months to regain sharp memory & mental abilities. I was prescribed Flexeril for cronic muscle ache & spasms. It did ease my back spasms & aches, but not worth it due to the side effects.

this medicin is killing me, ive had to apply for ssid dissability because of side affects of maxzide hctz i have comlain from start of this medicin ,problem is i guess that all blood tests come back normal for electrolites except once my magnesium was low but dr said it was no big deal and for me to just add a banana to my daily diet well that dident work and i only take a half tab of hctz everyday .i have no quality of life at all anymore because of cronic headachs and my whole body hurts ,all joints ,wrists feel broken knees too, muscles hurt and are weakening more everyday my muscles have what i describe as seazure type spasums , and now i cant hardly walk to my car cause my legs tire so fast, arms have same problem . and also i developed a cronic sinuse problem i can breath through nose but im allways feels stuffed up and overly dry .another problem for me is that i cant take ANY other bp meds do to alergic reactions and even worse side affects. i dont have insurance anymore .

I am 48 yrs old and have been on Advair 500/50 for a little over three years now and although it helped my asthma dramatically in the beginning, everyone around me has commented on the crazy mood swings I have been experiencing for the past two years. I have also developed a very persistent case of thrush in my mouth/throat that never seems to go away-the doctor keeps on asking me if I rinse my mouth and it's starting to get annoying because I'd be an idiot not to rinse out my mouth-I even gargle, but the thrush keeps coming back! Also,my throat always feel tight-I frequently feel like I'm choking and I get hoarseness that interferes with the important thing like reading a book to my son. Recently, I have started bruising very easily. Everytime I mention all these things to my doctor she says that I should stay on the Advair and disregards my complaints about the side-effects. I would really like to stop using it, but I stopped once for Three weeks and I had a really bad bout of tightness in my chest and shortness of breath-any suggestions on how to get off it and what I can do instead?? I forgot to mention that I have gained weight and even dieting won't get the weight off-I am very active and exercise, but the weight stays.

If anyone can help and let me know if once they removed the NR, if they were back to themselves and if the depression subsided.

I was given so many anti this and anti that but the one that killed me was remeron within 2-3 months I had tonsilitis and I was 57 bronchitis pnemonia and phlebitis I had gained 60 lbs had lost my job couln"t work and ended up with a massive pulmonary embolism and died Dr Steven Creelman stuffed me full of every pill that those pill pushers bring as "samples" keep in mind I was being treated for cronic neck and back pain.

Hi,My biggest side effects are the hair loss,limb swelling,insomnia,halucinations(unless my dead dog really is a ghost),memory loss,numbness in legs and arms,tingling in arms and hands expecially when I cough or sneeze,sinus stuffiness and infections and cronic bronchitis.Allthough I have these side effects I personally think that I am better off taking the singulair for my asthma(does not help my allergy symptoms at all) than when I was on all the allergy meds and streoids.I used to have a bag load of those and I was allways having attacks,was depressed and thought of suicide but then I did the study for singulair about 15 years ago and thought it was a miracle cure so I waited for it to come out on the market.I know it is not a miracle cure but I don't have to take those other meds anymore and I only use my fast acting inhailer mabee once a month now.I am now 6 months pregnant and will be looking for an alternative treatment from a hollistic/natural Dr. after I have the baby.There has got to be a better way to control this disease,I hope,naturally through diet and other remadies with less or no side effects to treat my allergies and asthma.If anyone knows of such tratments,please post it.Thanks.LR

have Lupus (SLE) I have been on and off of prednisone since i was 13 yrs old and I am now 36. I have gained wieght that i can not seem to lose even though i barley eat anything due to the SLE it has taken my appitite away. several years ago i had cronic diaherria and went down to 80lbs It was either die or take the prednisone. Now iam about 200lbs which i usually wiegh 115 throughout most of my life. Now i have no energy I am in pain all the time I now am having tics in my upper and lower body, i have problems with being able to eat now i have lost teeth and the others are not doing well either.
isnt there somthing that we can do about the wieght gain and the effects that it has on our bodys. regular diet pills do not work because i dont over eat. the wieght has really done a number on the rest of my body. I am in constent pain!

thank you

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I have been taking Yasmin for around 1 and half years. When I started it the side effects were bad but this time they seem worse! The effects go away after a week or so but each time I start a new cicle the effects come back and I think they come back worse than the last time! This time I'm felling a pressure in my head and a bit of dizziness. I feel very lethargic. I don't feel depressed or loss of sex drive but the pressure on my head and a cronic mild headache are driving me nuts. I feel that I could sleep right now (it's 13:00pm!). I also had some cramps in my feet. I decided to look for my symptoms on the Internet and after finding this page I'm calling my GP for a change of pill, this is not for me!!!

The chronicles of my nightmare:

First of all.... I have been on Yasmin about 3 years... I have been batttles for "3 YEARS" with being dizzy, fatigue, vaginal dryness, chronic yeast infections, chronic discharge, mood swings, panic attacks, anger issues, anxiety and stress, trouble sleeping at night, loss in sexual desire, depression, constint fluctuations in my weight (I swing 13 pounds), and gastrointestinal problems.... I have been to every doctor and tried every medication known to man.... (Well almost).... I started testing for thyroid disease cuz my mother has grave's disease... At first I test for hyper (Got put on meds), then went to hypo, then they thought it was hashimoto's thyroid disease, until I tested back to normal and have been normal for about 2 years now even though I have been feel all wacked out. But, during this wholefiasco I had been making regular visits to my OBGYN to see why I am in so much pain from sex and why I have cronic yeast infections.. (Visited two to three times a month to be exact)... I've takin dyflucan (yeast infection pill)... no less than 24 times... Never helping me, so I became immune to that, then we trying creams, which gave me an even worse yeast infection, then we tried a homopathic approach ("biotic acid sappasitories")... Which made me so inflamed and in pain tha I have had the same irritaion/ yeast infection for the past 6 months.... Where no one could help me and the most the Gyno could tell me to do was don't have sex or use tampons for a whole month, which I did... and it didn't help one bit... I tried everything from eating large amounts of yogurt (Which is quite painful cuz Im lactosintolerant).... I tried not shaving my gential area, shaving my genital area, changing body wash, changing detergent, not having sex, and changing lube.. Literally have tried everything... Then, they start sending me to different doctors.. They want to send me to an internal medicine doctor which told me the route of my problems was sleep and that would make everything better... SO, he gave me Xanax.. Which turned out to make me very angry, verbally abusive, and still could not get a good nights rest... Then, he told me I have to go to a physiatrist... Which I am still waiting on to see next month.... I thought all was lost and I would permanently be in pain forever until I thought I would give the practice of gynocology one more chance. Before my visit I decide to do some research on the one medicaton I take..."YASMIN".... I came to this very site and the testimonials blew me away. The side effects that many women were complaining about, were the same exact things that I was going through. I read every single page and went off to a new gyno doctor to explain my situation. She was the best doctor I have ever had.... She immediately said stop taking birth control! She also recommended taking a large about of vitiamins ( like calcium, vit. B complete, and vit. c)... She also said to take warm salt and olive oil baths to overall bring back the nature anatomy of my vagina. She also could'nt stress enough.... DON'T SHAVE! She said that the hair is there for a reason and shaving brings all sort of bacterialinto the fragile vagina... On other thing she said was to use a condom made out of something else, not rubber, latex, or goat skin... I forget what it's called... So, now that I have the knowledge from the doctor and this web site, hopefully my nightmare wll be over soon... I finish my birth control pack in a matter of days and I can't wait to start feeling better after 3 years!!!!!! I never knew that something as simple as a little pill can turn your life upside down and have your dragging for years.... Thank you so much ladies for all your help.... I really could have never found this out without you guys.... I hope I helped someone out there with my story... Has anyone else experienced this kind of horrific nightmare?

I was perscribed Levaquin after a complete regiment of amoxicillin for a sinus infection. After the second day, my heart began racing, I was sweating purfusely and shaking took over my body. I felt as though I was going to black out. I called my doctor who called back 5 hours later. My husband came home from work because I thought I might go to the hospital. While waiting for him I read the sheet that came with the medication and lo and behold, it can cause a hypoglycemic reaction which is what I was experiencing. After drink a soft drink I felt fine. I told the Doctor what happened but she told me to make sure I eat carbs and stay on the med. The 1st 14 pills did nothing for my infection, so she ordered a second regiment. After starting the second supply, I found that I was loosing the ability to walk. My legs swelled and I had severe pain in my one foot. This continued for three days over a weekend. I have cronic Lyme disease where I have been in remission for 9 years. I chalked it up to my remission fading until I found this website. One of the people who wrote in experinced the exact same symptons. Needless to say, I will no longer be taking this drug or a similar derivitive. I made an appointment with a new doctor and see if he can come up with something that will help me recover from this infection.

If you scroll down a ways you'll see entries by Leah. Leah is my sister. She had terrible problems with Yasmin and I have too!

I was on Yasmin for just over 3 years, I stopped taking it this month becase Leah and all of you convinced me that I wasn't really a sickly & emotional mess... it was Yasmin's fault!

Over the past 3 years I've been suffering from the following side effects I now believe are directly related to Yasmin:

Clouded Thinking/Poor Attention Span
Depression (I've been on 2 anti-depressants for almost 3 yrs)
Anxiety (I've been on an anti-anxiety medication)
Violent Mood Swings
Night Sweats
Daily Headaches
Feeling tired all the time
Poor Circulation
Shortness of Breath
Leg Cramps at night that wake me up
Cronic Muscular Pain in my back
NO sex drive

It's been almost 2 weeks since I stopped taking Yasmin. Already my thinking is clearer, I have more energy, less headaches and the sex drive of a teenager! From what I've read here it sounds like things will continue to improve in the next few months. I'll keep you updated. Thanks everyone!

Guaifen. I too would stear anyone away from this med. Lost 8 pounds, not sleeping well, waking up at 3-4am wide awake. Eyes are really heavy but the rest of me is strong as ever.

Taking with AMOX for cronic sinus infection.

Anyone else suffer from a 3 weeks Sinus infection?

I have been on advair 250/50 about 6 months. The first couple weeks I had sore throat and slight cough, the symtoms went away. My asthma is under great control, breathing has never been better. The last 2 months I have had periodic bouts with diarrhea, stomach cramping and nausea. I have neck and shoulder pain. As well severe pain in my left leg and hip. I have sinus pressure, earaches, sore throat, occassional horseness and have been treated for cronic sinus and upper respitory infections. I am starting to feel depressed because I feel sick all the time. My husband said I was fine until they changed my asthma medication so I asked the doctor and pharmicist and was told the symptoms are from an infection not all like the symtoms I would get from taking advair. After veiwing this web site I am now convinced more then ever it is the medication.

ULTRACET NON-ADDICTIVE??? YEA RIGHT!!! Just like Xanx was suppose to be non addictive when it originally came out. My husband has cronic back pain and ultracet is one of many drugs he's taken over the past 20yrs. Ultracet is one of the most addictive drugs he has taken. The Side effects of the drug is no walk in the park either! His side effects include: sleeping on 2hrs per night, confusion, pain in arms & legs, tremors, not leaving the house and extreme weakness. When he tries to quit taking it he becomes an emotional disaster!! He trembles, becomes extremely paranoid, cries and hurts. RUN FROM ULTRACET!!!!!!! COMMING OFF THIS "NON-ADDICTIVE, NON-NARCOTIC DRUG" IS HORRIBLE!!!

I'm Back (bnorvell Side effect # 4520)
I have now developed the cronic itchy throat eye watering gaging cough. It's really raises up when i'm sitting in the quite Church. (How embarrasing!) I found a way to subside the cough a little, by Just blowing your nose even if your nose feels clean. Blow it hard and your cough will be suppress for 1/2 hour to 2 hours. (Well it works for me) It takes out the post nasal drip. This is by no means a cure. I'm looking into another remedy for High BP.

Good Luck Group..

Captopril plus many other drugs for cronic angina, CAD, CHF. The intern at the hospital prescribed to split a 6.25mg in half and take that half tid. The 6.25mg tablet is so small, I cannot split it. any suggestions? Is a side effect upset stomich so I throw up all my pills
Richard Burton
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I started taking Gabitril about 3wks ago, for cronic back pain. I was taking morphine and klodipin. Which helped but the doc. wanted to try something alittle less pontent.
On this Gabitril I feel worse. I feel disoriented at times, and unable to hold my head up or walk without holding on to something. I get sensations , kinda like dull , shooting pain down my face and forhead, its really hard to explain. But i hate this drug, it scares me...I am going to call my doctor today and ask to be taken off it and try something eles. I am so dizzy right now and feel like my eyes are about to roll up behing my head.............I can hardley type this message.