Extreamly symptoms and conditions

Yes I too have been noticing recent disabilities regarding brain function. Ive only been on lamictal for 5 mths and there has been remarkable improvement for its intentional purpose but I feel like such a dumbass.
I am a 4.0 student who is obsessed with A's and have been on the deans list for 3 yrs. However, recently I cant spell, take notes without immediately forgetting what my professor said, loose my point, or like just now, I completely forgot what I was trying to say. I have trouble speaking and finding the right words and its extremely difficult to think through anything because I loose what it is I was previously thinking! GGGRrrr.... Does that make any sense?

I am however seriously relieved to find I am not the only one having these issues and that its not mental regression or lack of intelligence.

Also, since being on Lamictal I have never experienced any skin problems, but 3 days ago I started tanning (which I know is already horrible for you) and today I have red blotches between my chest and on my back. These are places I normally burn a little bit when I start tanning again, but now there are welps and they burn and itch like crazy. Does anyone know if UV exposure causes this in Lamictal patients? Could it also possibly be a reaction to the tanning lotion?

Thanks
Itchy in Houston

I was on the NuvaRing for about four months and I loved it until I asked myself why I was even on it considering my boyfriend and I had not had intercourse for as long as I could remember. I realized every time he wanted to I had no interest and would make up excuses and could not achieve an orgasm for the life of me. That's not all, I began to noticed a very unpleasant, potent smell that became increasingly noticeable as the days led on and it got to the point where I could smell it when I was fully dressed out in public and I can assure you I have never smelled anything like this. I have been off for a about a month and a half now and the smell has disappointed, and my sex drive is back but the smell won't seem to go away in full and it soaks into the skin of my partner and he has to wait for days for the smell to go away after he spends time scrubbing himself. This is no way to live! It's humiliating!! I also feel that since I have been off I get extremely tired and pass out in the middle of the day not even realizing that I've fallen asleep! I sleep for hours and I was late to work yesterday because of it. I know that I am not pregnant, and nothing has changed in my life except the NuvaRing

Been on NR for 10 months. I had been off the pill for a few years after being on it for 15 years straight. The 1st few months on NR I noticed the mood swings from the insertion and removal of the ring, otherwise it was ok. I also lost about 9 pounds. But it has stated to creep up on me that over the last 6 months I felt like I had to really work hard to focus on anything. Very spacy and possibly depressed, critical of myself and others and a bit obsessive about certain things. This was nothing like the laid back person my friends knew before. Then I got a urniary tract infection and a few months later, after very painful sex, I got a yeast infection. Since the yeast infection a week ago I have gained 5 lbs. I hope it is bloating and will go away after this period. It feels is like my body is completly out of synch. I have felt extreamly tired over the past 6 months. It wasent a constant tiredness, but when it came on it was very difficult to stay awake, at work, in meetings etc. I also could not get out of bed sometimes, I had the achy bones and sorness that others have experenced. I kept looking at my nutrition intake to make sure I was getting what I needed and I should have been fine. I keept wondering what is wrong with me...... Then one day I wonderd if the extreme need to sleep, and the general feeling of not beeing fully conected to my surroundings could be this ring and the hormones. I am thinking of going off it to see if my life, sleep, etc. improves. I also wanted to mention that the NR website does not address if there are any issues with using a yeast medication over the counter or the pill. I have seen on other websites that both can cause issues. When I called NR they could only comment on the Monistat, Miconazole-That it will increase the level of hormones-and it is safe to use. Now scientifically if the levels go high enough it can cause spontanious ovulation......but they could not comment on that. They had no information on Diflucan- the pill for yeast infections or its possible affect. How is it possible they do not know if common medications can cause you to potentially become pregenant or have other side affects. I now truly question if this company has did the research in shlud to be on the market.

I only took geodon for about three days. It maid me feel like my legs were week to the point where they were going to give out at any time. Plus was constantly pacing around and believe to be extreamly over ancious. I also no that I especally was not a nice person to be around. 3-40mg a day!

I recently missed 2 doses of my Effexor and became severly dizzy, irritable, very sick to my stomach and extreamly tired. It was by far the absolute worst I have EVER felt missing a drug of any kind. I switched to Effexor about a year ago from Prozac. I NEVER EVER felt this terrible if I missed a few doses of Prozac. Why are the side effects of missing a dose sooooo severe?

I get a hoarse voice and swelling of my toung only little, extreamly high heart rate, I am on ToperalLx for already raped heart rate and the Doctor is aware of this but will not change the meds. I also get sisnus infections from this med. Once my asma is undercontroal and I don' have to take Albuteral my voice and every thing eles clears up.

My husband has been taking Remeron for about a week. The first effect was, totally knocked out and slept for almost 24 hours. That soon wore off and now he is abusing the drug he takes not the 2 at bed time but 4 throughout the night. He has used up 22 pills in one week. He is not sleeping at all and is extreamly diffacult to live with. He is edgy & rude to me and our 16 year old daughter. He feels like he can do and say anything, not just to us but to anyone. He also had nightmares and talked all night in his sleep when he was taking 30mg a night. I hate this drug and what it is doing to our family. My husband has a brain injury(1988) but he has few motor skill problems just depression and cognitive trouble. Has anyone had suicidal thoughts? He has had them in the past and I'm hopeing we won't have to go through that again. He cut his wrist in 2001, and spent 2 weeks in the mental hospital. I know this is an extream case but I need help.

As I mentioned before, I know that a cramping stomach has been noted before. But I was not sure if my meaning was clear in the first message. It is just an uneasy type of cramp. This is not a painful cramp. Just extreamly uneasy.

I have been using Yasmin since September when I had to have a ovarian cystectomy due to a burst cyst. I thought that I was crazy until I came across this site. I have been having some random side effects that had never occured before with any other BCP that I have used.

Panic attacks at random times for no reason
Inability to concentrate at times
Discharge from my nipples, but no growth... go figure.
Hair in the most random places
I am extreamly tired all of the time
Weight gain
Swelling of my feet and hands
Bad Acne and i have never had even a little bit before
I am always sick to my stomach

I kept on wondering in the back of my head about Yasmin, but my doctor said that it was stress. Maybe I will give him the link to this site so that he fully understands the negative side effects of this pill. Thank you to all of you ladies who took the time to help educate me and make me realise that I am not alone.

I have most of the symptoms of all of the above. The weird dreams, severe headache, extreamly painful neck and arms. I didnt have any of these things before taking levaquin. I dont evenknow why they put me on it because I have always responded well to amoxicillian. To late now though. I have been off of it for about three weeks and the pain is just as severe as when I was taking it. Does anyone know how long it takes to clear up. Is there anything we can do about this? I cant believe so many people have the same symptoms and the professionals dont question the drug.

My entry is slightly different the the ones I have read so far. Iam writing in behalf of my 10 yr old daughter who has recently been diagnosed with a pretty sever case of hypothyroid. She has been on Levothyroxine for 6 months. At first it was amazing.She went for being anti social and extreamly lazy to finally acting like a 10 yr. old and playing and making friends. She has grown almost 4 inches and lost 26 lbs. Of course she is more to handle but I enjoyed seeing her act like a kid. How ever she did have insomnia, but has over come that. But in the last 3 months she has NO train of thought she has gone from a gradeA student(i know alot of it was because she had no friends or social life,childrenare very crule and all she did in school was work, no socializing) But now her 5th grade teacher does not belive she is the same child.She began the meds in july, so her teacher never knew the old Dani. But of course she looked up her previous records and saw she went from being in the 98th percentile nationwide to failing this years Terra Nova testing. The teacher knows Dani is a wonderful child and this is not rebelling. But at the same time she has not learned anything this year. I spoke to her doctor and she blew it off, because her "T" tests are finally in range and no longer has 400 cholesteral level. Hypothyroidism took every effect on my child, just short of hospitalization. I was told she has to be on this for ever.She says she feels so much better, but she will have to repeat the 5th grade.I have no problem! Healyh comes first but her side effects are getting worse every day! Will she ever be able to live a productful life when she can't remember anything.Even things she learned years ago! I am just a very worried mother that has no answer! 4 hours too do 20 SIMPLE math problems! Please help!

I have been taking this pill for a little over a week i have all the same side effects except extreamly bad hart burn. I'm still going to take it the weight lose and the buzz feeling i get are okay with me.

I have been on Ovcon-35 for 2 months. I am really happy with it. My skin hass cleared up. I was put on this pill to help me have a menstural cycle. So far I have had one on time every month. Im going on my 3rd month. No nausea, fatigue,weight gain, no side affects at all. I was on Ortho Tri-Cyclen in the past. I did like that also but they stoped making it. I stoped the pills because I wanted to get pregnate. But when the pills stoped, I stoped having menstural cycles. I was told because of a lack of Esterogen. I am extreamly happy with the the switch to Ovcon-35. I was worried because I've tried others in the past and they didnt work. However, I do want to get pregnate. Maybe I will try my luck with skipping a few pills. lol Just to comment: Every womans body is different a pill that dosent work for you works for others. There's no need to attack a brand just because it's not for you. Different strokes for different folks. Just try another. Good luck ladies.