Fuse symptoms and conditions

My doctor started me on Loestrin about six months ago after I moved in with my boyfriend. I knew that my body would go through some changes because of the hormones in the pills, but I had no idea how drastic they would be. I've gained at least ten pounds and my stomach is always bloated. I've always been a size 6 and now I can barely get my jeans past my thighs. I also wasn't prepared for the anxiety, depression and drastic mood swings I continuously experience. I notice I have a lot less patience and a much shorter fuse than I use to, and I hate it. It sucks because I feel fat and dumpy all the time, but I don't know of any other pill where I wouldn't have side effects.

I was prescribed Loestrin24Fe 3months ago because I had an ovarian cyst for a few months. Also (aside from the cyst) I had a history of endometriosis, severe cramps and uterine fibroids. My periods would come like clockwork, however I would spot for about 3weeks out of the month. Basically, I'd have about 4days a month spot-free.

Since taking Loestrin24Fe, my spotting has decreased significantly, and I'm looking forward to even more improvement. 1st month on this pill my cramps were nothing to write home about. 2nd and 3rd months, I could have written a novel as the pain was baaaad, but still not worse than before beginning Loestrin24Fe. I have had 2 yeast infections, that being said, I also have a new sexual partner after over a year of having no partners at all, so- I don't want to blame the pill for the yeast infections.
My bleeding wasn't terribly heavy before this pill, but it has gotten lighter- which is fine by me.

I have noticed that my fuse is much shorter and I've made mountains out of mole-hills. I feel for the first time in my life that I've been experiencing a bit of anxiety...nothing clinical, but there nonetheless.

So far I am very pleased with this pill and I'll continue to take it with an open heart and mind. Simply not spotting for nearly an entire month has done wonders for my psyche, and for me dealing with a little anxiety is worth it. I feel now that I know what the cause of the anxiety is, I am better armed to cope with it instead of letting the anxiety grow legs and run wild.

I just got Mirena on Monday of this week, April 13th. The procedure was terrible! I thought I was going to pass out and I deal w/ pain pretty well. Tuesday was ok. But by Wednesday I could already tell a difference in my mood. Today is Friday and I feel like I could exploded I am SOOOO pissy! I am having heart flutters, grinding my teeth and my fuse is so short I feel like I am going to loose it! Last night I didn't even want to deal w/ my son who is only 2months old, this is my first child. Usually when I get home from work all I want to do is spend every second w/ him! Not to mention I don't even want to kiss my husband much less have him touch me! On top of it all I have had non-stop heavy bleeding. Can Mirena cause all of this sooo soon? I feel like I could cry any second now and my head is killing me!!!

WOW. 1st of all i must say if u r about 2 take budeprion, DON'T!!!! EVER!!!! i read these posts b4 i took it, i read all about the side effects of this drug and didn't take it as seriously as i should have. i figured i would give this drug a chance because my depression was so bad nothing at all helped, ever, and i figured i had nothing 2 lose. well, i lost my f***king mind. i am hundreds of times worse than i was b4, i am insanely irritable, angry, self destructive, depressed, i feel like a monster. i have been taking it 4 2 weeks, and i am very dizzy all the time, i feel like i am losing my vision. everything is really blurry and i swear it feels like i am going blind and i cant see very well at all.

i cant believe i did this 2 myself by taking this awful drug. whoever said it was way better than no drugs was so right... my depression was bad b4 but this is out of control!!! its f***king amazing.... i am whacked out beyond belief and so much worse off... soooooo much worse.... i have the same things running thru my head over and over and over and over all day!! and it is all awful!!!! i was NEVER EVER EVER this bad, nowhere near this bad.... now i am completely psychotic and utterly insane and i feel dizzy, drunk, and i cant see. i feel awful. i am so rattled up... if u want a fair warning from a real person, here is my testimonial, NEVER EVER touch this disgusting stuff. my god... how in the hell do ppl get away with giving ppl this crazy shit???? seriously????? sadly... i know no1 will ever give me an honest answer 2 that question... there isn't one!!!!! =(

All I can say is:

1 – for no “explained reason” my neck collapsed and I needed a life saving fusion operation to prevent my spinal chord from going any farther into the brain. I was told that I “should” have died. I did not. It was less than one year from starting FOSAMAX. and I had no other symptoms that would have indicated the neck would collapse. Kind of like DEAD JAW, but in the neck.

Thankfully, vIOXX (which (allegedly…) prevents bones from healing (and spines – do a google on “vioxx bone healing”) was not on the market at the time… and the operation did fuse (else death).

Go forward one year… a later total lumbar operation, (also going to be added to a lawsuit in re to FOSAMAX) causing the collapse of the lumbar spine was needed. Sure, before FOSAMAX (allegedly) did its thing, it was supposed to be an EASY, ‘no sweat” operation that would merely help my body geometry a bit with a simple procedure - sure one more year of FOSAMAX and the spine was now about ten times worse than expected. The surgeon was stuned.

Anyway, that (total lumbar fusion) - failed because (allegedly) along to the market comes vIOXX…. I am pursing the detail, but as FOSAMAX is now known to give many DEAD JAW and it now appears that my neck bones destruct – which are near the jaw decided to destruct. Further, FOSAMAX is showing to have more problems than DEAD JAW. Had FOSAMAX and vIOXX not entered my life, I would have merely had arthritis and had done fine except for some pain. My brother, having exactly the same arthritis, DID NOT have either “poison pill”, and has done just fine, by the way.

2 - They are now finding that FOSAMAX also tends to provide problems with long bones and people are breaking femurs (allegedly) from FOSAMAX. Nice huh? So, now what happens? I simply fell and broke my femur – or I am now realizing that I broke my FEMUR THEN FELL – another thing people are finding out about (allegedly….). It also should not have happened as I DID NOT HAVE OSTEOPOROSIS and had fallen many times before I took the FOSOMAX POISON and it imbedded into my bones (takes about 6-12 months). FOSAMAX took me down big time, vIOXX kept me down. Almost having died 3-4 times from operations that failed and complications - I did not die obviously, and will continue my pursuit of the truth – look for a web site in a month or two…..

3 – So, FOSAMAX caused/contributed (allegedly again I must say….) the broken femur, and vIOXX stopped it from healing. That is called the “double whammy” in recent vernacular. After several operations (and over 6 months of hospitalization; 8 months total) failing without anyone knowing why or expecting that (my overall health was just fine except for arthritis and it was supposed to be a routine operation), they were about ready to amputate the leg. Fortunately, an astute NJ surgeon 150 miles away just realized IT WAS NOT GOING TO HEAL, and patched it together with glue, thus saving the leg and walking for first time in more than ½ year.

4 – I am going to leave alone the issue of “stress fractures” as this is enough to digest for now… but watch out for this issue….

5 – someone mentioned this: -- > “Can Fosamx D 70 mg be the cause of Ecchymosis Petechiae, I have developed what looks like an "under the skin" rash, on the ankles and upward on the leg, sometimes dark and also gets lighter…”

All I can say is that I went from having TEXTBOOK just beautiful circulation in my legs (was sincerely told it should be in a textbook) to a lot of problems, including very similar to the above AFTER taking FOSAMAX for 2 years. That was another quick thing to happen. Readers can interpret if FOSO may have caused that.

6 – I shall not forget, also, the horrible aches and pains I had within a few months of having FOSOMAX. I just thought it was arthritis acting up. NO, now I know it was from FOSAMAX. My whole history fits like a glove…

In fact, FOSAMAX brought me down, and vIOXX kept me down (allegedly). Merck should not sell their wares when they know their bone “science” was not “science” but a fraudeulent, dangerous and even (vIOXX) killing poison(s)…. (allegedly….)….

FOSOMAX and VIOXX were the very worst things to have entered my life. I pity others who had them concurrently. I shall spend 2009 finding others in the same situation with bone – spine problems from either or both concurrently.

If you have have had a bone/spine destruction or healing problem and taking FOSAMAX and/or vIOXX at the time – please feel free to email me at badbonehealing@hvc.rr.com. I will be creating a Web Site to dialogue and share research on. These (bone – spine) are horrible problems from these two poisonous (allegedly…) drugs and the PUBLIC NOW NEEDS TO KNOW. I asked the courts to help, and they have not. So, I cannot be blamed for not being transparent and doing as I said I would do.

Thank You…

bones
badbonehealing@hvc.rr.com

Had Mirena put in 2 days before period and I have not stopped bleeding for 1 month so far. I noticed my hair starting to fall out the other day, just like it did right after having my babies. Constant cramping, so bad I took and old prescription of Oxycodone to relieve the pain one night. I am so tired and depressed during the day.. I have an incredibly short and angry fuse. Insomnia at night. I'm going to try to call this morning to have this thing taken out and switch back to the pill, which I had zero problems with in the past. Oh, did I mention I have worse acne than when I was 13, and it's not limited to my face. I'm getting it on my back, neck and chest and it's the really deeply rooted kind that leaves dark scars. Honestly, the ability to not get pregnant for 5 years is great, but if I'm a short fused monster, with acne and a constantly bleeding vagina, who's going to want to sleep with that anyway?

I feel Singulair has completely destroyed the beautiful, peaceful personality of my 6yo. Although it's helped with her allergies and allergy associated asthma, this poison has destroyed her life - and all those around her. Her fuse is so sort, there is none. She's gone from a calm child to a spaced out, angry wild child - throwing tantrums like she's never thrown, hitting, screaming, shouting. She has no reasoning capacity, she often seems like "the lights are on but no one's home", she's absolutely inconsolable when in one of these "rages". The aggression is unbelievable and uncontrollable. She, herself, feels out of control and explains she wants to stop screaming, but can't. She hates herself, poor little angel. She's also experienced tummy pain, headaches and numbness in her extremities. This drug is despicable. We should all demand that it's removed from the market...immediately! And what about the doctors telling us there are no side effects? Children could be put on anti-depressants or ADD medication to relieve the side effects of allergy medication, and it's considered to have no side effects! Incredible! Does anybody know how long it takes to get this poison out of the system? I took my little girl off it two days ago and she seems to be experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms.

15 yr old son has taken 5mg Singulair since 1998.
In 7th grade I asked the Dr. if it could possibly
cause him to be irritable and was told no.
He has severe rages over little things. Also has complained of dizziness, overtired and has reflux. We have taken him to
a Child Psychiatrist who is puzzled because his behavior
makes no sense. Thank God he hasn't been put on any psych. meds yet, maybe it is the Singulair !
We just found out his liver enzymes are 3 times
elevated, sgot/ast of 162. This was the first time he has ever been blood tested. We have taken him off the
Singulair for the past week and a half and his fuse
is much longer so far. I can't wait to see his blood results
at the end of one month to see if it was effecting his liver too.

20yo wm. 5'11"@220lbs.

I started taking lisinopril about two months ago. I have noticed tiredness and wooziness, severe indegestion, headaches, increased perspiration, and a shorter fuse. No cough though. Lisinopril does keep my bp down. Previous to meds, I was at an average of 185/85, now at about 130/70.