Fir symptoms and conditions

Hi All,
I am very concerned about the effects of Geodon. My 12 year old daughter is on it has been on it for some time and now is having speech problems. When she talks its as if she has what I call a"Mush Mouth" you can barley understand her and it's almost like a whisper talk. Has anyone else experienced this? Please I am in need of any input. Thanks,Annette from Michigan

Hi!
I have ulcerative Colitis. I had a bad flare up since Thanksgiving 07.I have been on Prednisone since the beginning of Dec.07. The first 3 days it was giving to me by IV every 6 hrs.I was hospitalized due to tremendous blood lost. After this my doctor put me on 60 MG a day. 6 pills of Asacol and I also was on ennama with Cortisone which totally almost killed me. The side effects were sooooooooooooo bad,let say I had them all.Right now I'm dealing with the side effects of the evil Pill " Prednisone" Moon face and this awful bloating in my upper abdomen, tiredness, no energies, heavy legs. It makes it really hard for me to get out & around.I hope my doctor will get me off this Prednisone. Not only messes it up your normal living no it also makes you look like a ugly bulldog! I hate it!

hi everyine,i just got prescribed prednisone today for reactive athritis i am 25 and the athritis has hit me out of no where.i went from being very fir to almost usless.i take 2 tablets a day and have just read all of your stories and am shocked that my doctor didnt tell me anything about these side effects it sounds like a awfull drug ! il let use no how it goes as today is day 1 of meds .

I'm on 240 mg a day and its no fun at all. I've built up a big tolerance to it, so much that even at this high of a dosage, I could fall asleep in no time at all. I've been at this dose fir like 4 years now. The good thing is that I have lost a lot of weight and managed to keep it off - going from a juniors size 11 to a 3 is the best thing thats happened though. Probably the only good thing. Otherwise, its made me different in many ways. I get to feeling that I just want to be left alone a lot so I can do my own thing, whatever that may be cause it varies. Some days I have a lot of energy, get lots done (cleaning, errands, some exercise classes, stuff like that), and other days I just feel like doing nothing. Mood swings are not uncommon for me, but I have always been that way I guess. Oh well, I guess if it works for you, take it. Its worked for me, but its about time I start to think about getting off of it as its effectiveness has run its course, at least I think it has. And I don't want to try anything else, its simply time to quit the ADD drug scene entirely. But like I said, if it works for you, then go for it. Just watch out cause it can build up on you fast like it did me, and you don't want to be taking as much as I do. (Its prescribed that way for me, BTW. I don't use it illegally).

I am a 58 year old female. I have been on Lipitor (40mg) fir 10 years. I had high blood pressure and did not know it. It damaged my kidneys. I am working with only ONE or less. All my doctors say I have to continue taking Lipitor because of pressure and chols. They have addeed 10mg of zetia.

i have been taking libruim for 10 yrs and 5 mo 10 mg daily capsules and now the DR says its time to do a change so he put me on 5mg libruim and 25 mg od Zoloft as of yesterday i want to kno what the effects may be during this change if any and after being on 10 mg Libruim fir 10 and 1.2 yrs i want to get off the Libruim but with none or little side effects. coz after being on Libruim all this time. I feel like I have been on them that long its a kinda bad feeling.