January 11th
2008
5:37 PM
hi, Finished a 6 day pack of Prednisone and am so very tired. I feel a bit sick and have hot/cold flashes. More than the normal for my age. I do not feel energetic. I don't know if it is the winter and gray sky doing it to me, but I don't think so. I feel so blah. Could this be from the Prednisone?
Thank you in advance for your help.
November 30th
2007
1:40 AM
At age 71, in excellent health and rarely seeing a physician except for minor skin irritations, I experienced a mild TIA and to be on the safe side, checked into the Emergency room. Among the medications recommended were Lipitor which I began taking regularly. Within less that 6 weeks, I'd developed a heart murmur, had an echocardiogram and was told that I'd developed a severe stenosis. The murmur was not present at the time of my TIA or a month later.
After about another month, I was walking the dog and began to experience fatigue and muscle soreness. At the same time, my left little and ring finger began to 'fall asleep' with tingling and loss of a sense of touch. That has continued for several months.
By the following day, the sense of fatigue upon any moderate activity was like being hit by a truck, it was sudden, unremitting and would only relieve with rest. Any attempt to walk more than 100 yards was out of the question.
I talked to 3 different specialists, none of them were willing to listen to me when I suggested that the cause of this was linked to Lipitor. By now, I had taken myself off of it and have not resumed.
I believe that the Lipitor also caused renal insufficiency which I'd only begun to experience after taking it.
The most difficult part of dealing with this problem is finding a physician who is willing to listen. Presently, the neuropathy is 24/7 but the generalized weakness has not gotten any worse and seems to be permanent.
As I read others complaints, mine are limited to the physical, there's been no effect mentally other than insomnia.
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March 16th
2006
5:57 AM
I have been taking Lisinopril for about 3 weeks, i notiiced occasional coughing and tickling in my throat that would occur throughout the day, along with this i have began to experience fatigue and lack of energy. recently i have experienced muscle cramping in the calf of my leg. I have a follow up in a few weeks, i will let the doctor know at that time.
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January 9th
2005
12:50 PM
I've noticed that when I lay down my arms and legs and stomach jerk. Sometimes the movement is so strong that it wakes me up. One time I woke up thinking I was falling. Also, horrible memory loss. One day I was home cleaning my house and I forgot to pick my 8 year old son up from school. Also experience fatigue. My gynecologist has prescribed 300mg Wellbutrin and 80mg of Prozac for my depression and PMS syndrome. I'm concerned because everyone is telling me I should be monitored while being of this medication. Also, I question my decision making. Another thing is I was always scared of rollercoasters -- well, on this medicine I can easily sit in the first seat of a rollercoaster ride and go on it 4 times without being scared.
That also makes me nervous. Headaches, sleeplessness, dizziness and lights are too bright.
September 24th
2004
10:41 AM
sometimes i experience fatigue when i am too active such as exercise, walking, playing sports and riding bike. what is something that i can do so i can avoid this? i want to get into shape but it doesn't help when i run out of energy too quick. otherwise i have all the energy in the world but when i boost up my cardiovascular i tend to get more fatigued. so what can i do about this so i don't get too fatigued?
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April 11th
2004
10:02 AM
I have been taking levoxyl for 2 years now. For the last 6 months, I have had muscle and joint pains, experience fatigue and, for 4 weeks now, tingling in the fingers. I also need to add slight fungal infections. This is awful because symptoms do not tend to subside.
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April 11th
2004
10:01 AM
I have been taking levoxyl for 2 years now. For the last 6 months, I have had muscle and joint pains, experience fatigue and, for 4 weeks now, tingling in the fingers. I also need to add slight fungal infections. This is awful because symptoms do not tend to sunside.
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Levoxyl (3) CellCept (1) Wellbutrin (1) PredniSONE (1) Lisinopril (1) Lipitor (1)
May 13th
2008
9:23 AM
I had always used the generic form of synthroid & then the generic form Levoxyl. The beginning of April 08' my endo prescribed me the brand name Levoxyl. I take 175mg. everyday. After several weeks I began to have terrible insomnia. It was weird because I initially fell asleep easily but began to wake up every hour of the night for no reason. This went on for weeks. I even tried taking Tylenol PM to help me sleep & I still would wake up every hour if not every other hour & I had very vivid dreams that I would remember. I began waking up in the mornings feeling exhausted from all the dreaming & all the waking up. I believe I became more depressed because I was so tired. Then I read on-line that someone else experienced this while taking Levoxyl. I switched back to the generic Levoxyl & now I can sleep through the night again. I still experience fatigue & have problems losing weight. None of that changed when I switched to the brand name anyway.
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