Did i mention symptoms and conditions

Topamax has made my life a living hell for the last few weeks. I only started it three or four weeks ago but as of a week and a half ago (when I reached the dosage of 75/mg/day), I started getting anxiety attacks that lasted all day long. I've experienced mild anxiety before and this is nothing like it. I'm in college, and my parents finally got sick of the hours-long crying phone calls and drove in last night from 10 hours away to get me. Under this medicine, I get confused and have too much memory loss to take myself to the doctor. I'd rather have the daily pain of the headaches than the constant panic from this medicine. Did I mention that I weigh only a little more than 100 lbs before I started and I've been steadily losing weight from the alternating lack of appetite, nausea, and diarrhea?

I am so glad to see all these postings about Lisinopril! At least I now know that I'm not alone...and maybe I'm not crazy! My hair is falling out by handfuls every time I shampoo it. I thought it was my scalp psoriasis causing it, but now I know what it is! I even wonder now if the Lisinopril has brought on the scalp psoriasis! The weakness in my neck is driving me crazy along with just a general feeling of all-over muscle weakness. Feels like I can't hold my head up all the time! I can't get enough sleep, and feel tired all of the time. My vision is blurry, and I do have some tingling in my arms and fingers. My concentration is shot, so is my memory! I'm quitting this stuff and going to try the diet/exercise routine and see if that does the trick. Never had high blood pressure until I gained this extra 30 lbs. so maybe losing it will put me back where I need to be. Oh! did I mention that just the thought of sex is more than I can take, let alone trying it!

I have been on Lisiopril HCTZ for a week and a half now and the stomach cramps, gurgling, bloating and gas started yesterday.It really scared me. I switched from Diovan because of simuliar pains. I thought I had gallstones because of the pinching cramping pains. (also have slightly elevated liver enzymes) I had a sonogram and everything looked normal.I have also had the painful neck/throat this past week and my shoulder muscles started cramping this morning. I am going to go back on my old propanolol and diuretic tomorrow, just long enough to show myself it is these awful BP pills. The doctor told me I need to quit reading the side effects on the RX label. I told him I had been doing that once I started having symptoms. When it says contact your Dr immediately if you have severe abdominal pain, I think I need to take that seriously and drop the Doctor who tells me to not read the drug phamplet! Oh, did I mention that I had the Rash from Hell show up too. Again, a side effect that says to contact your Dr immediately. The severe rash was while on the Diovan and lasted a full week.

My fiance' has been on Lipitor for the past 2 years. Over the past 6 months, he has experienced extreme back, muscle, joint and wrist/hand muscle pains. He also has a very mild patchy rash around his mid-section (comes and goes). His hair has dramatically thinned over the course of his treatments and he has very little energy. Now, he is now experiencing sexual dysfunction. This is very concerning to both of us. Did I mention he's only 35 and clearly got the raw end of the gene pool? What is an alternative?

I received Kenalog injections for alopecia. An associate in my dermatologist office thought it would be a good idea to increase the dosage so that i would get better results. Oh I forgot to mention the fact that I had hair all over my scalp. I just had some areas where the hair was thinner than other. However, I had no bald areas. Well that is until I was injected with a larger dose of Kenalog. I now have a dime size bald area in my scalp. The area is also hypopigmented as well. I mean white in color. Oh did I mention the fact that I am african american. So you can imagenine what it looks like. It has been 3 months. I still don't have hair the area and the area continues to be depigmented. I have consulted an attorney.

I have been on Prednisone for over a year to treat my Chrohn's. I am finally done to half a pill. The side effects I have or have experinced are.sweats, no sleep, increased appetite, mood swings, feelings of being stoned, hyperactive, shaky, acne on face and chest, flushed face and hot flashes, sore eyes, weak skin, sore muscles, sore elbows (not knees or hips), unable to concentrate for long periods, skatterbrain, forgettfullness, anything else I am forgetting. I am a 32 year old female. hate this drug, once I am off will never go back. I would rather have a colostromy then go on this drug again. Oh and did I mention the depression. Very suicidale at times...crazy drug! Anyone can tell me when the moon face and acne side effects will go away?? All the best to everyone on this drug.

I have been taking Yasmin for 2 1/2 months now. I take only the active pills. I have never taken bcp's before and am only doing it to treat endometriosis. I have been spotting everyday, feel nauseous, daily headaches, ACNE (never had this in my life), and have tender swollen breasts. Am I really supposed to put up with this for 3 months before calling my doctor? That's ridiculous! Women put up with WAY too much pain and inconvenience! I am waiting for my doctor to call me back right now. I'm sure he'll try switching me to another pill...then I guess I wait another 3 months to make a judgement. At least all this daily pain (oh, did I mention hot flashes? Well, I had them worse before anyway) is better than debilitating pain from enometriosis. There's got to be a better way!

hello all. i have been taking yasmin for 3 months. my obgyn suggested birth control pills to control my extremely heavy menstral cycle due to a fibriod tumor ( my tubes are tied). since using yasmin, my sex drive has decreased to almost nothing. i am 42 and recently married. i have never in my sexual years had a problem. after reading some of the responses here, i can add that i do have joint pain, nausea, headaches...and did i mention no sex drive! i dont like taking meds and really hate taking these pills as a temporary means of my problem. i agreed to try pills because my only other option would be removal of the fibriod tumor along with my uterus.

Hi room... Well, I think I am also a victim of this Yasmin Pill !! I went on Yasmin one year ago this month (May). For heavy periods and PMS. Well, for about the first 6 months I felt just fine. I found this site about 4 months ago and read a ton of the postings, but at that time I felt fine and just figured I was one of the lucky ones with no side effects. Then about 2 months ago my world changed. I felt major tired all the time, could cry all day if I let myself, horrible headaches in the back of my head and down my neck, every month my period seemed to get heavier and heavier and the PMS started to come back, my hair is so dry I cant stand it. I went to the doctor this month and she told me to try something else so I am on another pill now. I have been off of Yasmin for 7 days now and I can totally tell a difference, I have energy again, I dont have that weird FOG feeling in my head, still a little tired but not bad, I can really tell I am feeling better. Oh and did I mention that while I was on Yasmin I had no libido, I mean nothing.!!!
Any questions please email me I would love to talk with ya...

Thanks, Tami

thanks to my wonderful husband i have stopped taking lipitor cold turkey!i have been in excrutiating pain for the past couple of months.had no idea what was wrong with me !went to my doctor several times complaining about sleepless nights,blamed it on menopause.then swelling in my feet.
well , now i am at the point of felling like cripple !i can't get out of a chair without severe pain , can barely walk down the hallway to the bedroom,don't even ask me how i do on stairs !it doesn't stop!even when i am off my legs and laying in bed it kills me.my muscles in both legs feel like they are on fire all the time ,but if you touch my legs you can't feel the heat.i can't sleep at allwhen i go to bed , i'm awake about every 2 hours.if i take a pill to sleep i can get about 5 hours straight sleep , if i'm lucky.my husbands boss told him to have me stop taking the lipitor,well i did 2 days ago.oh did i mention the knife stabbing pains in my kidneys !well , so far after 2 days , the kidney pain have eased up,now i hope the leg pain will go away.my husbands boss said it took about 3 months for his to go away ...here's hoping ! i've been on lipitor for 2-3 years now ,not anymore.

I took Levacquin in APril & thought it was my imagination that my hip began aching. I now have severe tendonitis & cannot drive. I am thin, an athlete & never had such a prblem. Then my kness swelled up, my neck spasms constantly & I looked this up here.

My dr. told me not to work out when taking this & I did not BUT this still happened. A small case of tendonitis is what she said might happen! Not swelled knees, bruising, fatigue like I am 90 years old. As for the idiots saying this is "whining"? I work 70 hours a week as a project manager in the FDA field. I have no time or desire to whine. Perhaps 100 plus entries does not hit you as odd but it actually is, for we educated people. DId I mention that I work in an FDA related field? I just had a sinus infection that would not clear up & I did not bargain for this ...nor was I told. I am going to go to the fda.gov website & ask for their "adverse events" reporting information (based on the drugs clinical trials) which they have to release by law. I advise that you all do as well ..... uh, except for those that have too much tome on thier hands and just don't get it.

Hot flashes, hot flashes and did I mention Hot Flashes!!!They were the worst! I had my TAH-BSO three weeks ago today, and I have not yet experienced the hot flashes like I had on Lupon. I was on it for 6 months, had all the menopause symptoms... hot flashes/night sweats, insomnia, mood swings (I was evil at times), fatigue, vaginal dryness, no desire to have intercourse and I gained lots of weight (started weighing 110--ended weighing 125). After all this, it still didn't cure my endometriosis and as I mentioned, ended up having a TAH-BSO. Bottom line, I would NOT recommend Lupon to anyone!