Foot cramps symptoms and conditions

I am so glad I ran across this site. I had got the Mirena in April 08 and started having leg cramps and foot cramps all day, as if I had just run a marathon, but trust me I couldn't even run a block. I am so tired all the time and recently started having headaches lasting for over 3 weeks, they have caused me to be dizzy and "not focused". I actually went to a MRI clinic today for a CT scan because I was convinced I had something going on. I also had my doctor run blood work today. After reading these posts, I am thinking it could possibly be the Mirena, I hope so, at least I can have that removed.

Hello, I've never been on birth control before, but i recently had an abortion and decided I really need to get on some kind of birth control. I am 27, married, and I am a NON-SMOKER. Nuvaring seemed to be the best option for me, easiest, effective and practical. I'm only on my first ring, it comes out for the week break in few days. So far I have NOT had any irritability or headaches, or anything like that. I have gotten a little "spotting" which to me can still be linked to the abortion or even sex. What I DID notice, however, is that I had a few sharp chest pains here and there, quick and not consistent, my husband thinks that could be from stress. I also noticed what I thought to be a pulled muscle in my lower calf could be a sign of a blood clot, which totally scares me. A persistent issue I HAVE had so far, is that I have that numb "pins and needles" feeling in my limbs a bit more often than usual. I do sit odd and my limbs tend to fall asleep more than the average person, but I actually notice it happening more frequently, like my blood circulation isn't as good as it was. I have NOT had high blood pressure. I ALSO noticed I wake sometimes with severe leg pain (cramping) that reminds me of those "growing pains" one would get as a child. I haven't had those since I was a child, wondering if it could be due to the NuvaRing. If anyone has felt similar pains let me know. I am visiting the clinic tomorrow to discuss these things and to see what could be a safer method of BC 4 me!

Started Levaquin yesterday for Bronchitis. Today I started with episodes of Tachycardia, Tightness in the chest, and numbness and tingling in the hands,feet and face. I am a nurse and trust me I will make sure none of my patients leave the office I work at with a script for this class of medication. 1 DOSE WAS PLENTY FOR ME I'M THROWING OUT THE OTHER 9 PILLS ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sept. 4, 2007 I am now 55 yrs old and have been on ADVAIR for 2 1/2 years. I recently stopped taking it because my insurance co-pay was maxed out for the year. It was going to cost me $235 for a disk and I didn't want to pay it. So it's been two weeks now. OMG, the differences I am noticing. My weight is dropping and I'm not doing anything different. I have gained about 20 pounds. Then when I started reading some of the side effects of ADVAIR on line I realized I had almost all of them. Fuzzy thinking, bloating (especiallly right after eating), disturbing dreams, hoarseness and the constant need to clear my throat, digestive problems and heartburn all the time, foot cramps, feel tired and rundown, heart palpitations out of the blue like just sitting at the computer or watching TV, weight gain.

So already no more bloating, dropped 5 pounds, sleeping without the bad dreams, more energy. I'm feeling better on a daily basis. I have an Albuterol inhaler that I have used, but just drinking enough water helps. I plan on seeing a Naturopathic doctor soon to try a natural way to deal with my asthma.

i've been on synthroid for 9 years. started at some low dose and gradually went up to112 mg. get extreme itching all day everyday if i don't take allegra for that.not a rash just itching. that doesn't bother me as much as the fatique. every joint in my body aches all the time. sure there are better days but fo rthe most part it's bad. tried physical therapy and chiripratic care but no avail. they ended my sessions. my legs get sooo weak and my feet burn lower back really aches. sometimes muscle cramps. i'm very negative towards my loving family and it hurts me to do so. can't seem to keep upbeat. soo tired all the time.
is it the syntroid? i used to be very energenic and a doer. now i have spurts of activity in the morning , but then i just can't get motivated. help me any suggestions?

My normal period arrived again , but this time about 3 days too early (30.12.06). And today it's already lasting 8 days!! And it only got a bit lighter today. I'm feeling totally drained, tired, dizzy, completely weak... I wish I finally would be as I was before this Yasmin nightmare... But it seems as if my body will need much more time as it already had to finally find its balance again...... :-(

I had a fainting spell during my gig on silvester and had foot cramps (which is not usual for me......) during standing on stage...

Anybody out there who has also such problems during their period???

Greetings
Silke

I have toe and foot cramps, also, swelling in my feet and ankles, I mainly have severe joint pain all over my body. I hurt all over. Is this caused by the Maxide? I also take lotrel with the maxide.

Severe itching after exposure to the sun. Switched from generic Triamterene to Maxide after pharmacy switched generic manufacturers. Since on the Maxide, I've had the toe and foot cramps.

After almost two months on prednisone ( 1st 2 wks, 40 milograms/remaining 5 wks, 30 milograms per day, I have experienced hand cramps, foot cramps, leg cramps, increased appetitite, face swelling, irritability, mood swings, hyperactivity & gradual weight gain.

On the positive side, I have been able to channel the hyperactivity energy into exercising more (I walk or go to the gym mostly every day). I also have the stamina to do more housework after a 12-hr work day & taking care of the needs and activities of my 12 & 14 yr olds. And I have never been more caught up on my job. In regards to the irritability, I have never felt so good when I have had to put certain people in the place and give them a good piece of my mind. My usual nature is being too kind & holding things that bother me inside. In addition, I suspect that the medication had something to do with healing a fingernail fungus that a had. Previously, my doctor told me that for a quick fix for my nail problem, I would need to use a $300 medication! But all in all, I would still rather be off the medication and adopt all of the positive changes I mentioned above using my own merit.

I am SO relieved to hear of all of the side effects that people have mentioned here. I have only taken this stuff for a week and have had the "sticking toes", foot cramps, back cramps, and debilitating heartburn after I eat anything. Fortunately, I was given the advair temporarily for a bronchial issue, but will not be taking it any more....

I have been on Advair for 3 years or more. I started on 100/50, then went to 250/50. And after a while I had a terrible "burning" in my mouth. I had never associated it with the Advair. During a routine visit with my Pulmonary Dr. I mentioned that my mouth, throat and stomach had been burning very bad. He immediately said, "ADVAIR". I asked if he thought that Advair would do that. He replied, "I know it can". He told me to stop using it and he gave me a prescription for Nystatin. The yeast had gone through my mouth, throat and my stomach and intestines were burning too. However, after a few days I had to ask him to let me go back on the Advair because I was having a bad problem with my breathing. I am now on 100/50. I've had all the same problems that everyone else is talking about. I believe two people have mentioned the "foot cramps". Two of my toes will draw together and I have to pull them apart. I also have bad cramps in my legs. I mentioned the problems with my toes drawing together and nobody seems to believe me. I too have a problem with my weight. I keep wishing I could give up the Advair but I have COPD and use oxygen. I use Atrovent solution and Xopenex in my nebulizer in addition to the Advair. I wrote to the Company about all the "symptoms" I was having. They were very nice, listened to all my complaints and they did follow-up with a letter to my Dr. I'm sure they had heard my story before. But I wii have to say they were concerned and tried to be helpful.

I have been on Advair 500/50 for 3 years now. I have so many of the already mentioned symptoms which include a 40 lb. weight gain, the horrendous foot cramps that last about 15 minutes and can happen as often as they feel like it. I also have the heartburn, indegestion and very dry mouth. My doctor has never mentioned that my foot cramps were due to this medicine, he has tested everything to see why. I have decided no more!! I am tired of looking and feeling horrible, I feel like the goodyear blimp. Before I started taking this medicine I weighed in at 98 lbs for over 20 years Now I am at a whopping 147, can anyone tell me once you stop this medicine how fast does the weight and other symptoms go away?

Hello everyone. Firstly I have to say that I'm a hard one to deal with. I don't trust doctors for the most part, I find that they're the legal drug pushers. Out of the blue 2 years ago, I developed Asthma. Without any testing they put me on advair 125. After reading your postings..wow... I thought I was taking crazy pills until now. Lately, due to enjoying the odd cigar... I've found that I've had to increase my usage (I've since stopped the run of cigars)...and as of late I've had a funny aching pain in the center of my chest. it comes, it goes, it comes it goes... it seems like every couple of minutes, but it does eventually stop. by stop I mean it doesn't last continuously for 24 hours, but it has been happening at least every day. i've gone for stress tests, MRI's... and a host of tests, ut yet they say my heart is normal. I've also noticed that some days within 2 minutes of taking my advair it seems like my heart flip flops... again, it usually only lasts for a few minutes but it's scary as hell... the only thing is that it does help me breathe easy... I've also noticed that the past 2 years of using it... I"ve had a ton of foot cramps on the bottom ball of my foot leading into the toes... painful as hell and at 3am it'll shoot me out of bed so I can walk it off and put as much pressure on it as possible in the hopes of fixing the pain. Is this really normal...or rather are these really that normal of side effects for using Advair. If so... that's it...I'm going natural in my search for an asthma cure. What kind of crap are the drug companies trying to put into our bodies.

I now have peripheral neuropathy (numbness, aching, loss of sensation ) in my feet from 4 years of Lipitor use.
I stopped Lipitor 12 months ago and had some small improvement in my feet ie I can now bend my ankle and stand on the balls of my feet and even flex some toes instead of all the toes being stuck together. Formerly my feet did not bend at ankle nor at ball of foot.

The terrible pain felt when I bent my knees has gone and my legs are now more vertical rather than slanting in.
In the course of visits to various specialists it was discouvered thAT MY THYROID WAS UNDER ACTIVE (Hypothroidism).
(Under active thyroid might sometimes have some relation to high cholesterol )
There has been an article in the "Australian Prescriber" August 2005 noting adverse reactions to statin medication in patients with hypothroidism, dehydration, liver disfunction and decreased renal function.
Their checklist for statin-induced muscle symptoms includes:

* muscle aches,tenderness,soreness,weakness or pain
* decreased muscle strength
* difficulty in getting up from a chair
or holding arms above head
or performing usual tasks

For Australian residents there is an Adverse Medicine Events telephone line operated by pharmacists at the Mater Health Services Brisbane. Their Australian phone is 1300 134 237 (Mon -Fri 9am -6pm EST)

In my experience statins caused me general confusion, muscle weakness, difficulty in walking, needing a handrail for steps, unable to bend ankle, foot cramps etc etc.
Years ago we survived without statin drugs. What have you got to lose if you give up the statins for a 6 month personal trial???

Patricia ***, Gordon, Sydney

This isn't my first entry on this website. Thankfully, about 6 months ago, I found this website and it changed my life. I was on Yasmin for about 2 years. During that period of time, I was on the brink of losing it. I had SEVERE anxiety/panic attacks (was prescribed and anti-anxiety medication), racing heart (was prescribed a beta blocker), awful foot cramps, depression, headaches, and diahreah almost daily -- to the point I could hardly eat a thing!

I went off of the pill last year, and have to tell all of you who are going through this, that I personally am fine now that I have it out of my system. I thought there was something wrong with my head, and if any of you are going through the same thing, think twice about this pill. It may not be you!!

Best of luck to all.

This website has been such a blessing to find! I took Yasmin for 2 years and thought that I was the only one with crazy symptoms that I had NEVER had before -- all of which have gone away since I stopped taking this pill a few months ago.

During the past 2 years, I have been diagnosed with IBS and Anxiety Disorder. I have also experienced migraines, nausea, terrible foot cramps, crying episodes for no reason, and tiredness. I used to be very active, going to the gym every single day. I haven't been there in ages!

Becuase of the anxiety and panic that I had, I was put on an anti-anxiety medication which I now have to work on going off of. This pill just isn't worth it, think twice before you begin. It feels like I have spent most of the past few years going to the doctor, this is not who I was before!

Good luck to all.

Was on Yasmin for about 1 1/2 years, I have suffered from leg & foot cramps, pains in chest & arms, pins and needles in arms, headaches, detoritating vision, nausea, breathlessness, tiredness and kidney infections (caused by the diuretic in it), weight gain, constipation and heavy periods, thought I was becoming serioulsy ill, felt like 70 instead of 30. The only positive thing about this pill was that I didn't get pregenant.
Am off it now about a month and all symptons are just gone.

I have been taking 20mg Zocor (simvastatin) for 14 mos post heart attack/stent placement(2) in L. ventricle. About 2 monts ago I developed severe muscle pain and weakness in right forearm/elbow, left elbow, dexterity problems in the hands from time to time. I have had for some time; a burning sensation in the right leg, foot cramps, fuzzy vision and other symptoms. I am also taking other drugs; atenolol, lisinopril, asprin and venlafaxine, so they all had their part.

Just an update on the dizziness.... I'm on the 6th day of my inactive pill week and still experiencing slight vertigo. I read here about someone's foot cramps, which reminded me of my own! In fact, I had asked my chiropractor what the problem was, and he couldn't find anything. Anyway, I talked to my midwife about my dizziness, and she said it was probably from the absence of estrogen while taking the placebo pills. Either way, I told her I am not starting another pack of pills because I'm tired of the hot flashes, the sweating and the dizziness.... even if it is only on my inactive week. I am done with this pill.

I had taken Yasmin for almost two years, and stopped about 6 weeks ago. Reading the postings on this site really opened my eyes. When you ask your doctor if these odd side effects could be from Yasmin, they act stunned that you could even think such a thing...it's supposed to be the new "miracle drug" they say.

Looking back, I can now accurately target just what Yasmin brought to my life since these side effects have disappeared ever since I stopped this awful pill. After about 6 months on Yasmin I began having SEVERE anxiety attacks -- so bad that I was put on medication and wondered what was wrong with me. I was depressed...a level of depression that can almost not be put into words...along with mood swings that made my friends think that I was defiitely losing it. I had foot cramps regularly, acne, shortness of breath and utter exhaustion 24/7. These are the bad things.

On the only good note, my periods were light, pain-free and wonderful. That was why I stayed on for as long as I did.

I was switched to Mircette 6 weeks ago and all of the Yasmin side effects are now gone. Unfortunately with Mircette, I began hemmoraging a week ago (2 weeks before my period was due) and am still bleeding. I now do not know what to take, or if I should go without. If anyone has advice, I would much appreciate it.

I hope that reading about my Yasmin experiences has helped you, please don't think that any of these side effects are just you...no matter what the doctor says.

All -- stop taking YASMIN now if you have any of these symptoms- I wrote in a few days ago with all the same complaints. I went off the pill 3 days ago. Within 24 hours my personality was back to normal. I was no longer depressed or angry, just normal! My physical symptoms are now starting to subside. No new acne has erupted at all and my cysts are healing. My water weight is 70% gone and the tingling in my legs, foot cramps, migraines, and chest pains, and acid reflux and nightly vomiting are all gone. I am so relieved! IT IS THE PILL! GET OFF OF IT AND YOU WILL FEEL BETTER TODAY! I WORRY ABOUT THIS PILL --- IS IS LIKE POISON TO SOME OF US! Good luck to everyone and god bless...

Ack - forgot one more possible negative side effect: foot cramps, not calf cramps, whenEVER (not just nighttime). Never gotten foot cramps like this before. I just posted the long-winded effects immediately before this one. Positive side effects: there aren't many cramps at all, but sometimes it feels faintly like I have them--when it's not that time of the month. Good luck, everyone!

My husband has been experiencing leg cramps, shoulder cramps, arm cramps, foot cramps, headaches, and muscle spasms in his chest. Has anyone heard of muscle spasms in the chest being caused by zocor? I have told him to go off the medication and see if the side effects disappear. Loss of strength in arms and hands as well. Fatigue too.

I can't believe I found this website! I have been on Yasmin for 1 1/2 years. For the past two weeks I have been suffering from almost unbearable foot spasms in the bottom of my feet. Also foot cramps off and on for the past year or so. Has anyone had this before?

Also, I have been telling my doctor for months that I feel as if I'm having huge mood swings along with severe depression. I feel like all I do is cry lately--and I'm usually quite a positive person!

One year ago I started having severe anxiety attacks, to the point that I had to start medication for that. Until I read this website I never once thought that there could be a link between Yasmin and that situation. I would love to hear from anyone else who has experienced this.

E-mail me at: ss111131@yahoo.com

I have been on Yasmin for 1 1/2 years. In the beginning, it helped clear up my skin considerably which I was happy about. About 6 months after I started, I began to experience severe anxiety/panic attacks that seemed to come from nowhere! I had to start medication for that. I have also been depressed, exhausted and moody like never before during this same period of time.

For the entire 1 1/2 years, I have had SEVERE foot cramps! For the past few weeks I have been experiencing sharp pains in the bottom of my feet and now I'm told that Yasmin causes severe blot clots (which I wasn't told in the beginning). I have decided to stop taking Yasmin and am being switched to Nepco this week. With all of these side effects, it's just not worth it!!!!