Euphemism symptoms and conditions

I had an agonizing migraine this Saturday, with all the usual delightful symptoms: pain, violent vomiting,... Went to the ER. After many hours I was hooked up to an IV with Tegretol (an anti-seizure med that's effective with migraine) and Reglan (for the nausea). Within a couple of minutes after the IV drip started I realized something was wrong. My migraine pain was actually increasing. I felt a desperate sense of being connected to this IV that was feeding me drugs whose effects were suddenly unexpected. Then things spiraled from there. I went into a panic. This sense of panic was unlike anything I have ever experienced in my life (and I've had my share of hospital horrors). I thought my heart was going to explode. Luckily my friend was next to me. I told him to get a nurse. I told the nurse frantically that I didn't know what was happening to me, I was freaking out, but I begged him to do something. He said I was probably having an "anxiety attack", which can happen with Reglan ("anxiety" sounds like a euphemism for what I was living through, but whatever...). He moved quickly, and hooked up some Benadryl to the IV. I also asked him to get me out of the dark, airless room I was in, as I felt like I was going to choke from the claustrophobia. Between the Benadryl (which apparently counters the panic effects of a Reglan reaction) and standing out in a spacious, well-lit hallway, I felt a couple of degrees removed from hell. Anyhow, there's my Reglan tale. R.M., Newton, MA

Hello

I´m writing from Madrid, Spain.
I just wanted to say than I´m so grateful to have found this website with. You just cannot imagine how grateful I am.

I started with Yasmin about a month ago. My doctor said it was working pretty well with all her patients.

From the very first day I started taking it, I start feeling really sad, depressed. First I thought it was because of my period, or because my boyfriend was abroad for a week. But I started being worried when I felt anxiety, was about to cry all the time, had paranoias about my boyfirend quiting me... a real NIGHTMARE.

I have to tell that I am a very positive person, very happy with all the aspects of my life and that I have NEVER suffered any of these depression symptoms before.

I was sure it was because of the pill, because the symptoms appeared clearly at the time I started, so after 2 weeks, I looked the Yasmin prospect, but there was NOTHING about depression on the side effects. Not even the "moodiness" (an euphemism) that is mentioned at the American website.

So I decided to investigate and to look into the Internet, I found this website and others and I felt really relieved when I read all your testimonials. I stopped Yasmin, and I returned to normality in a few days. I am a happy, optimist person again.

Excuse my English and thank you all for sharing your experiences.

Laura