Getting sick symptoms and conditions

My daughter has been on Singulair 2 times now. The first time my husband & I thought it was wonderful - she was a little over a year and just stayed sick throughout the winter, once on Singulair she didn't get sick again. So they next year around the same time, the Dr. gave us another prescription to take throughout the winter, to prevent getting sick. My now 2 year old has been on Singulair for a month and this past week she has been evil! She WILL NOT listen, she is extra hyper, doesn't eat as well as she used to and has pretty much done away with taking naps. She used to be wonderful at school, but now the teachers are even complaining she wont listen, or sit still, she takes whatever she wants no matter what friend is playing with it. She is not phased with spankings or time out. My 2 year old was sent to the Day Care office because she wouldn't listen or be still. I was so embarrassed. It has gotten to the point at home that spanking hurts our hands worse than it does her. I am so frustrated, however after reading this, I think we are going to take her off the medicine and see if her behavior and appetite return to normal. I am pregnant with our second child and don't have the energy to keep up with her. She has always been a hyper child, but her behavior she would listen. She has just gotten out of control. I feel like those people that should be on the TV show where someone comes into your house and teaches you how to discipline your child.

I am a 39 year old female who was prescribed Avelox on December 21, 2005. That date will stick in my mind forever because I nearly died that day. I finished eating dinner about 8:00 pm and took 1 pill of Avelox, within 20 minutes I was vomiting and had diarrhea and then developed what I can only describe is an internal burning sensation in the pit of my stomach and it spread outward through my body. It felt like my insides were being burned which cause me to start to sweat terribly (you could wring out my hair and clothes) then it felt like some one was sitting on my chest and I started having difficulty breathing. I went to the ER and by the time I got to the hospital I could no longer walk. After they wheeled me in the ER I lost consciousness for over 30 minutes and when I awoke I went into convulsions. I knew that it was the Avelox that did this to me and all of the ER staff acknowledged that as well. But over the last 2 years, the medical problems I have experienced all the docs say it can’t be from the Avelox (that’s out of your system by now) DON’T THINK SO ……………………..

Had all the medical test run – tested for arthritis, MS, MD, had an EMG for muscle weakness and I still felt horrible all the time. My husband was getting sick of me being sick all the time – my kids were worried all the time “What’s wrong with Mom?”. Actually it was my daughter’s Pediatrician who suggested I start eliminating food and maybe I will start feeling better. Well after some research I found out that Avelox is in the Fluoroquinolone family of antibiotics and that is the same family of antibiotics that is given to poultry. I love chicken and eat if all the time but I stopped eating all chicken and eggs and turkey and over 75% of my aches / pains and gastrointestinal ailments. That was over a year ago and I stay away from all chicken, things made with chicken, eggs and all products made with eggs (mayo, cole slaw, potato salad, cake, cookies, etc…). So if you are still suffering a lot of adverse reactions and are eating poultry and poultry by-products – you are re-ingesting antibiotics through the food you are consuming. Also, it seems the older I get, the more sensitive I have become to these antibiotics, where once I would just vomit and / or have diarrhea if I ate something that had eggs or chicken in it by accident but now within 24 hours after consumption all my muscles bunch up / knot / and/or tighten that if becomes very painful to walk.

My Doctor tells me that as long as I believe that’s what is causing my problems and I feel better because I don’t eat any of the foods that contain that antibiotic then keep doing what I am doing as long as it makes me feel better. I really don’t know why she doesn’t believe me but that’s her prerogative. Ever since I went through the anaphylactic shock when I took Avelox, I have a very hard time with my cognitive thinking skills and trying to verbalize my words. There are times I have to stop mid sentence and gather my thoughts because I lost my train of thought. This is coming from a person who used to do ad lib speeches to 400 people and also teach computer classes in a technical school, while conducting workshops to teach job readiness skills to the economically disadvantaged. I never before had trouble speaking but after my episode over 2 years ago – I do now.

I tell everyone DO NOT TAKE A QUINOLONE ANTIBIOTIC -- these are very dangerous drugs and should be banned by the FDA for regular use and to be used to treat infections in life or death situations NOT for sinus, ear, prostate infections when there are literally thousands of other antibiotics that could be used that are not as dangerous.

If there is anyone out there who would like to get in touch with me regarding your or my experience with this antibiotic

Hi there... I have just found this site and I'm very grateful to everyone who has taken the time to sit down and tell us their story mine is very similar. BELIEAVE me I feel like I am pushing my family away and I'm losing my relationship with the one person who used to make me feel like I was the most beautiful woman in the world.
I'm a 40 yr female have or maybe had a great job that I loved... On April 12 I noticed a small red rash on my lower right leg no big deal went to the Dr. gave me some cream and sent me home well I went to work and by the afternoon things just seem to get bad my legs began to swell and little blisters started to pop up so I went to the E.R. they had no Idea what was wrong with me got me an appointment to see a skin DR. so I went home but the pain from the swelling was so bad I could not walk any longer went back to the E.R. they gave me some pain meds and called in some other DR. things had gone from bad to worse my feet had gotten to big I could not put on shoes and I had bruised completely across the bottoms of my feet they put me on 30mg of PRED. and it seem to be under control sent me home after 3 day in the hospital things were good for about a day or so I thought I would go back to work well that was not a very good idea.... My sister had to come and take me back to the ER where they did 2 biopsies and still have no idea what is wrong with me. so now they put me on 60mg of PRED the rash has gone, lots of scaring on my feet because of the blisters once they broke and dried out but I can live with that....
It's the side effects that they don’t tell you about,
MOON FACE I can't look at myself cause really that’s not me anymore,
WEIGHT GAIN I have always been thick but I can't handle the extra 30lbs I've gained,
MOOD SWINGS are unbearable,
PAINFUL JOINTS, CAMEL HUMP, BLOODY NOSE, BRUSING, SORE TEETH/GUMS, DRY EYES, FAITIGE, and worsted of all
I don’t have a support systems in my life so I'm fighting this by myself everyday, I have 3 kids that I have tried to explain all this to but they don't get it and well my boyfriend he tells me he understands that its the meds pushing him away but if I can't figure away to control this I will lose every thing including my job. I cant even get the energy together half the time to make it up and down the stairs which also comes with the pain of just trying to lift each leg up to climb the stairs, I also have the camel hump which I find very painful, The acne and the hair growth that I have to get wax off once a month cause I feel like a man I feel like a loser and as of the last couple of days I just want to give up I am now down to 20mg per day but I find that I am feeling so sick I cant think straight I hope and pray for each and every person out there that has to take this MED that you get better and I do hope that my symptoms wont come back. Thanks for being here and I’m glad I found this site. I know now that I’m not losing my mind completely. Elizabeth.

I'm so happy I found this site. I've been thinking I'm crazy or just getting old for the last 3 years while on Yasmin. I started taking it at age 29 and almost immediately after started having mood swings, extreme irritability and depression. I had previously been on Ortho Tri Cyclen and the Ortho Cyclen before Yasmin and was on them for MANY years and never had one side effect. I only switched in the first place because I like to have very very few periods and I run all my active pills together to forgo periods very often and I was having breakthrough on the Cyclen. Hence, the Yasmin trial.

I'm actually a doctor (which is why I CANNOT have frequent periods with all the accompanying issues), but I didn't even realize the possible connection between IBS and Yasmin. This needs to be studied and taken seriously. I never once had IBS symptoms until a few months after starting Yasmin. Now, 3 years later I have almost constatnt trouble, to the point everytime I eat I run for the bathroom, yet my weight has never been higher. I asked a GYN friend at work if they could be related and she said definitely no, but reading all of these "real life" examples, coupled with my own experience has made me think otherwise. Often, the symptoms will occur shortly after taking the pill, even when I haven't yet eaten breakfast. It's crazy!!

I'm going to switch either back to Ortho Cyclen or to something new ASAP and will report back. I'm both excited at the thought that my "IBS" might really be Yasmin related but also scared that it might not go away and therefore might really be IBS. I'll report back... It honestly never entered my mind that all of it could be the Yasmin. I had just moved, started a new job in a town I hate and I thought it was all stress related.

I've also had an interesting side effect no one has mentioned yet- my hair texture has dramatically changed. It isn't falling out, but has gone from VERY curly with a nice soft spiral curl pattern to very dry, straight and hard to manage. Nothing else has changed and now I'm wondering if it's not the DRSP. If pergnant women can have hair changes, why not women on the pill?? It's all hormones.

As always with a drug, there are always possible side effects. No one drug is perfect, and humans are so complex in their make up and they way they process drugs. Therefore, please don't judge your family docs or GYNs too harshly as not even the best doctor in the world can predict every side effect.

I had been on nuvaring for 6 weeks. I usually don't do well with any birth control pills so when I heard about nuvaring I was excited to try it. The first few days I felt some light body ache as if I were getting sick. I noticed I was feeling depressed, but I thought it was because of some problems in my personal life. Then I went on a trip to Brazil to visit my family. I always have a great time. This time I wasn't having fun at all. I was always super depressed. I was always tired and never felt like doing much. Some days I just felt like crying. Some nights I would wake up in the middle of the night, think about my problems and just start crying, something that is not like me. My emotions were totally out of wack. I was not in conrol of my emotions, which is not a good feeling. I also had this horrible pain/feeling in the middle of my chest. More like an emotional pain as if you were missing someone super bad, as if someone had died, a very weird feeling. These symptoms subsided a little with a vitamin b complex. I read that vitamin B6, about 100 mg is good for depression. I would take a multivitamin and with it a vitamin B complex. On the days I would forget I felt the difference, the symptoms were worse. Two times during my trip when I was having one of those days my grandmother then my father asked if everything was ok, that I looked pale. The second time when he asked me, I thought to myself, this is not normal. I feel horrible. I came on to the web and found this sight. The same day I took out my ring. I was on my second month starting my third week. It has been two days. That pain in my chest has gotten much better and also my mood is getting better. About the sex drive I am not sure, because I have been away from my husband since I started the ring, but I haven't thought about sex at all. I think it was the right choice to take it out. Another thing about a week and a half ago my breasts have been very tender. My breast are still very tender, maybe a little worse, probably because I took olut the ring a week earlier, but I am glad I did. Hopefully now I will enjoy the rest of my trip. All these products for birthcontrol with hormones is like poison to our body. Well at least I have noticed it has been for mine.

I began using the Nuva Ring four years ago after deciding I was too irresponsible to remember to take The Pill every day. 3 years ago, I started began getting the worst headaches I have ever had in my life, and my sex drive became non-existent. At the time, I decided it was stress-related. I had started school full-time, after taking three years off. In addition to the above side effects I was also slightly emotional and depressed. This continued for three years before I started to notice more changes.

Last December, I realized I had gained 15 lbs. Someone told me they saw it happen over a period of three months. I didn't really notice because I never weigh myself, I have been consistently the same weight for the past 10 years. When my clothes started getting really tight I got on the scale and was shocked. In February, my breasts started swelling to the point that I could not even hug someone without falling over in pain. In addition to this, I was experiencing breakthrough bleeding, which I have never had before. And once again, my sex drive hit the floor.

At the time, I figured it was because I had an impacted wisdom tooth pulled. It started with a tooth infection and then I had it removed, so I was on anti-biotics and pain killers for about 3 weeks. Combined with lack of good nutrition (I could only eat soup and milkshakes), I figured my body was having a hard time adjusting to the change in diet and the sudden surge of medication.

However, this continued the following month, and the one after that, and the one after that...... then I noticed that the breast swelling started about 5-7 days after inserting the Nuva Ring. Followed by that was the breakthrough bleeding. Coincidence? I think not. I then started thinking that maybe all the years of migraines may very well be related to the Nuva Ring.

I decided I was going to consider getting off birth control. I paid a visit to my GYN, and told her about my symptoms. What was her response? "Well, that is so strange, for this to happen 4 years later!" Really? I could have guessed that myself, don't you think? So what was her answer? "You might want to try a different birth control. Have you thought about the patch?" Actually, I'd rather be free of all of this stuff. So I guess what really pissed me off, was that she had no solid answer for me, and just wanted to throw me on something else. Thanks, Doc.

My plan was to continue BC until September, since I am taking a vacation in August and don't want any unpleasant changes in my cycle to ruin my trip. I picked up my new ring on Saturday, and brought it to work with me on Sunday since I had been running late. On the way to work, I get a call from my boyfriend. "Go pick up the New York Post and read the article called Birth Control Killed My Beloved."

So I pick up the paper and read the article. I was in complete shock. These women, young, healthy, and look what happened. I am 24, a smoker, a drinker, and rarely exercise. The only thought going through my head is how lucky I am to be alive and in decent health.

So I made the decision right then and there not to put my ring in. However, still being nervous about my vacation, I thought I would give a call to my GYN to see if she could prescribe me the patch until after my vacation. Before I did this, I googled this event, along with the 37 lawsuits that were filed against Nuva Ring two weeks ago, and found out THEY ARE ALL THE SAME. All of the birth controls. I am now officially off birth control, for the rest of my life. How I could be so oblivious to this, I have no idea.

It is now Monday, the day after I should have started my new cycle. I was hoping to feel like a million dollars, like I have read some women do, but instead I feel like crap. I am extremely moody and have a bad headache. I am hoping I will return to normal soon.

I have one thing to say to all of you: Every woman is different, and every BC is different, but if I were any of you, I would get off whatever you are taking NOW. It's too risky, and who knows what kind of side effects we may have down the road? It's not worth it!

I was prescribed YAZ in Nov 2006. Initially it was not that bad.....here recently I have been experiencing horrible side effects. I was having bad migranes, i was getting sick all the time, I had the shakes, anxiety attacks, insomnia, etc...I have decided to get off of the YAZ. It made me feel horrible. I still have some side effects....thankfully I have no more anxiety attacks....I do still have the shakes and headaches though, sometimes I still feel sick. I hate what this birth control did to me. I don't even want to get on another one because I am scared it will make me sick like YAZ did

I've been on yasmin for two months now and have no side effects. Well, besides stomach problems i had before taking the pill.But otherwise nothing,except i stop on a sat get my period on a wed/thur and start the pill the sunday right after i start my period and it doesnt stop! ill have it for a week, never had that long until now!! any suggestions what i should do?

I have been on Yasmin for 2 weeks and experiencing the most horrible symptoms. I have SEVERE nausea, extreme tiredness, dizzy/lightheaded, and SEVERE bouts of depression. There is something definately wrong here..especially if we are all suffering from almost the same symptoms. I'm almost elated to see I'm not the only one, especially since my doctor told me today that the depression I'm suffering from is not from the pill...it's me. Nice!

I am due to start my third pack of YAZ, and I am getting off today. My dr. gave me a three month trial after I switched from ortho-tricyclin low because I had break-through bleeding. I realize with any contraceptive there are going to be side-effects, but this is ridiculous... I have had extreme fatigue, I am sleepy all the time. I also feel like I cannot think clearly, like my head is clogged or something. I also feel very anxious and this feeling like I am going to pass out. Also my eyes feel very dry and unfocused. Nothing is worth feeling like this, and it is very obvious that all these symptoms are coming from this pill. I am scared to try anything else!

I have been on Yaz for over 2 and 1/2 months, and during this time I have been bloated, gassy, pain in my stomach, vomiting, diarhea, headaches, etc. I have been to the ER once and they said they couldn't find anything wrong. I get well, put some weight back on, and just when I'm better I get all those symptoms again. The only thing that has changed in my life is the addition of Yaz. My son and husband are not getting sick, so its nothing anyone can catch. All my doctor can tell me is to take Nexium. I've never had an acid problem in my life. So today I took matters into my own hands and I've stopped taking the Nexium and the Yaz. I'll update later with how I'm feeling. Thanks for all the posts validating my concerns on Yaz.

I've only been on the nuva ring for three days now. I hate it. I thought I was getting sick, because the day I put it in I was just exhausted. Then the next morning when I woke up I was sweating and I didn't want to move all day. I was so tired. I felt like if I stood up too long I would fall down. Then when I ate dinner my stomach bloated out like a cow. This morning I was still exhausted and I just layed there crying. I hardly ever get sick, and my symptoms really weren't making any sense.. and then I just put it all together. I'm pretty sure it's the nuva ring that's making me feel like crap. The day I put it in I also got this weird bloody discharge. Also, I haven't necessarily lost my sex drive.. but sex hasn't really been at all enjoyable. I want on a new birth control, but I don't even know what I would want.. the nuva ring is supposed to have the lowest amount of hormones.. so wouldn't anything else just be worse?

I have been taking Advair for about 4 months. I have a lot of sinus drainage,so when it's bad I use Advair 2x a day so I don't end up getting sick. However, this last time I ended up getting an earache. I was wondering if that was related to the drug. Before the ear pain I had a sore throat for about a week and sinus drainage. If I leaned to one side or layed on one side I would have pain on that side of my throat and ear then if I switched sides the other side would be sore. Finally it stayed in one ear and I am going to see my Doc tom. I don't usually get ear infections. I wondered if anyone else experienced increased ear pain. It's almost like instead of drainig it just stayed up in my throat and ears.

I'm glad I wandered across this page. I have been on Yasmin for almost two weeks and I finally decided that I couldn't take it any more. I have hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and the pill exacerbated the effects. I was barely able to get out of bed and missed several days of class. Yesterday, I experienced some slight vertigo and when I lay down on the bed I experienced a spinning sensation. At times my heart beats fast and at others I get chest pains and it feels like my lungs are burning. My complexion has gone to hell. I have a lot more acne than usual. Also, hot and cold flashes. Yesterday I felt feverish and thought maybe I was getting sick. Sometimes the nausea gets to the point where I think I might vomit.
These symptoms are in no way bad compared the Ortho Evra patch that I tried a couple years ago. It made me paranoid and lethargic. I threw up a lot. I locked myself in my room and had horribly violent dreams. I also developed a severe rage problem that came out of absolutely nowhere! There were times when I thought that I was loosing my mind. I think maybe I was a bit. The paranoia was awful and it fundamentally changed me as a person. I think birth control is sceary. I think I'm going to stick to condoms and spermacide from now on.

VOICESI, FLOWERBABIES, SILKE and all the women who have suffered or are presently suffering:

I've been off of Yasmin now for almost 3 months. I've noticed that several people experienced a heaviness in the chest and chest pain? Can all of you say that? My chest pains started in May of this last year. i went off of Yasmin in August. They come and go now, less so, but especially around or just before the on-set of my menstual cycle. Do you know what this could be caused by? I had an EKG and the RN confirmed that I had a slight murmur but that that was not something to be concerned with. There are times at night while I am lying down that my chest feels very heavy, like I can't take full breaths. Is this normal? Does this go away and if so when?

I am between jobs so I only have major medical and I don't want to be panicked about this or rack up more medical bills which I can't afford on this plan or in my current financial state but I wanted to see how common actual chest pain is among users former/current? What is it caused from? It started on the left side in May. Than in July radiated across my chest (felt like it was coming from underneath my breast bone and now when It comes its mostly on my left side. Is that where the heart is or is that rumor?

How and what is the best method to replenish the body after 2.5 years on Yasmin? I've never been fond or responded well to taking vitamins however I've been sick now for all of September and October, two weeks in November and again now for the last week! Alot of chest congestion, stuffed up sinuses and a cough. Sometimes headache. Is getting sick like this for months afterwards common as well?

Unlike many women here, I can't say I experienced anxiety on Yasmin. The prescribing Doctor actually recommended it for anxiety. It helped that enormously however I was in a "fog" alot-tired. They recommended taking it at night and I am now afraid that perhaps the slowing of the heart it created, on top of sleeping and an already tremendously low blood and pulse rate put me at risk otherwise?

I am presently on Orthocept but afraid of going off of it because of the emotional upheaval in the midst of having just moved back across country, looking for full time work.

After reading through so many of these writings now for the last couple of months, I'm absolutely astounded by how many problems women are experiencing. And it is being so heavily advertised I'm sure there are so many more women out there, starting it every day. I see their writings here just starting it...and I just think, this is crazy.

I'm struggling with how to be healthy now and be off of BCP's and stay away from the anti-anxieties and otherwise because my body is so sensitive I've just had so little tolerance for any of them.

HAS ANYONE BEEN ON YASMIN AND GOTTEN OFF IT AND GOTTEN PREGNANT? I'M 37 TOMORROW AND WONDERING HOW SYNTHETIC HORMONES AND ALL THE SYMPTOMS THIS PILL IS CAUSING-HOW IT COULD EFFECT OR IS AFFECTING THE POSSIBILITY FOR PREGNANCY AND HEALTH OF BABIES!!!

HAS ANYONE REPORTED THEIR SYMPTOMS TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY AND IF SO, WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESULT?

Many thanks in advance,
Jasmine

I was on Lisinopril for 1 1/2 years (20 mg), and I seemed to have retention of water with other urinary problems, such as darker color, etc. My doctor said that this is not the case, but a friend who is a good doctor in Mexico said that urinary problems were a complication. This was without my saying anything along that line.

I cannot say that all my problems came from Lisinopril, but I was getting sick at every turn: I had coldness in my legs and feet; my heart just gave me fits as it palpitated or whatever out of order; other symptoms!

My doctor did concede and take me off the L because of the congestion/cough problem I had developed. It was not extreme, but I had never had that before.

I now take enelypryl morning and night. I was on that before the L and did not have side effects. I feel so different now after just 10 days or so.

Silke
BitterRN here again. Im sorry yesterday was the craziest day for me, at work and at home! But I did want to get back to you sooner. I think the reason you are getting sick is when the testosterone is dipping lower. Testosterone also helps keep the immune system strong. So it sounds to me like your body was (the past few months as you were feeling better) starting to kick your testosterone levels up a little higher which would cause you to feel better and kick your periods back on again.(When estrogen dominates periods dissappear)
but then you said after that month of a good period (higher testosterone) the following 2 months you only had light spotting (testosterone dropping again) Hormones fluctuate constantly all the time, this is why we feel ok some days and horrible the next. I think your testosterone dipped lower the past couple of months, this can be caused by many factors, the body demands more testosterone for stress, exercise, and any kind of healing. So you may have just overexerted your body in some way and caused it to go down. This would explain why you got sick (lower immune system) and why your symptoms came into play again, or the virus you caught may have caused the symptoms because your body could not fight it with the lowered resistance. I will write you some more tonight silke. I am at work and have to go. I just didnt want you to think I forgot about you.
BitterRN

I've had 4 remicade treatments on my 2 treatment they had to stop it after bumping it up to 20 cc cause it started respitory problems and made my blood pressure go up. now when I go for treatments I have to take 75 mg of benedril and 30 mg of prednisone, now i'm noticing leg cramps, muscle pain, joint pain, my hair is falling out more than it ever did before. I'm not sure if this is related. Now i'm having bruises that don't heel up and, i'm getting sick with a respitory infection and i get frequuent migrains I also noticed tooth aches , i try to stay away from sick kids but for my crohns and ulcerates colitis i'm eather bound up or running for the restroom.

I posted last october and said i would keep everyone posted. at that time we were in and out of the ER and always on antibiotics and steroids etc...my 7 year old daughter had the exact same results as the earlier post here. she was on all meds. singulair, nasonex, advair 250, zyrtec, orapred when needed (frequently needed), nasal drip which caused coughing and airway restriction etc. all the behavioral symptoms. she was diagnosed as clinically depressed and severely adhd. (gee, can't imagine why on all those meds!) we went the natural approach. i finally told the docs i want to know WHY she keeps getting sick. we did the normal allergy tests and they were not helpful. i went to a chiropractor who ordered the 90 food blood antigen test. this tests for food intolerances. she was intolerant to 30 of the 90 foods!!! the biggests culprits were dairy, wheat (gluten!), nuts, soy. we removed the foods and she has not needed any medication since january!!!! nothing! we had one slip up where someone gave her some cake at at party and she backslid, but that was it. it really works. the docs didn't believe it. like the other mother said, it is really important to do your own homework. i argued with several specialists until i took it in my own hands and took charge of her diet. she is stronger and happier than ever! good luck everyone!

I started using the ring about a week ago. Everything was fine til I started getting sick. Shortly after I contracted a bladder infection. I thought it was just another bladder infection cuz I've gotten them before. About 3 days in using the ring I woke up with a mouth full of blood. The blood was seeping out of my gums from my teeth, and the bladder infection was only getting worse. I began running a fever, had a sore throat and felt extremely weak. I couldn't take it anymore, I felt these symptoms were occuring from the ring. I finally pulled it out seeing a large amount of gunk attached to the ring. The next day my mouth had ceased bleeding and I as a whole felt much better. I still am battling the bladder infection, but once the doctor's office is open I can get some antibiotics to fix that. BOO to the NUVARING

It has been just amazing reading these posts. I'm headed to my allergist to discuss other options and I wanted to be as educated as possible before hand because I feel for sure he's going to think I'm crazy.

I took Advair 250 for the first half of last year and I notice weight gain and feeling lethargic. I thought the lethargy was just normal stress. In September my dose was bumped to 500 and by November I was so depressed I started seeing a therapist. I kept asking her "Why is this happening to me now?? I have no reason to be here!" She gave me all the typical answers about clinical depression.

We went skiing over the holidays and I forgot my disk. I noticed immediately that I felt better. Happy for the first time in months. I thought it was because I was on vacation. When we returned, I started my dose again and guess what??? Within 3 days I could barely get out of bed again - and that's when it hit me - this wasn't mental. It came on so quick and was so contrary to my mental state that it was literally like getting sick. I suddenly made the connection and threw that stupid disk in the trash. I immediately started feeling better and I'm saving a ton of money on bills from the shrink.

been in the bathroom all day long with diarhea and now getting sick to my stomach

I started taking doxycycline just 9 days ago,I couldn't believe it when I read these posts..I am having alot of the same symptoms as the rest of you. I have been getting sick to my stomach, no matter if i take it with food or not...more so if i don't take it with food. I have ringing in my ears..icy/hot flashes, headache and my eyes hurt. I am not sure if this med is worth all these side effects. I am taking it for adult acne. I also noticed that my face is quite red and sore to touch.I will give this med a month or two and if i don't see considerable improvement, i will stop taking it. I feel miserable.

Hey Everyone! Today is a wonderful day. like others in this forum, my last pill was on Saturday, Since then I've had my period which was not too bad, really thick but not too painful. Had a few headaches but my complexion is better than ever, I feel somewhat normal, I finally had a full nights sleep last night. I've had to get up and change clothes every night because I sweat so much, It feels like my heart rate is actually slowing down and I am more aware of my surroundings. It's great. I still have the sense that my chest is tight and my throat is somewhat closed off but besides that I am a happier person and am excited to be alive! U an very convinced that BC methods in general are all poisonous, not just Yasmin. I am constructing a list of all BC's I've been on and all the syptoms. I was always healthy as a child and never got sick until college. Well, I finally made the connection that I started getting sick after I started the BC. Stupid me! Why did I ever start it! Anyways, things are good, and I'm sure will get better, keep your chins up everyone.

Oh yeah, I think that there is a correlation with how long it takes to get over the syptoms and how long you have actually been on the pill. for me it's been less than a year and things are disappearing quickly.

Heart Palpitations, running nose, tired, no energy, feel like
I am getting sick.