Hallucinating symptoms and conditions

My son is 40 years old, diagnosed with Downs Syndrome. In April 2007 he had a sore on his leg diagnosed as Cellulites. 15 days of Lavaquin 750 mg. was prescribed. Since taking this medication he has had a complete personality change. He appears to be hallucinating and is constantly talking to himself. He previously enjoyed TV and music. He now continues to watch TV but with the volume very low. He is no longer interested in music. He is more involved in talking to himself. We have taken him for every medical test available with no problem diagnosed. He has also been to an Neurologist, again with nothing unusual noted. He constantly is in the bathroom attempting to go to the bathroom. Yes, he has also had all the urology and gastro. tests, nothing noted. Very frustrating. Appears to be the result of the Lavaquin.

I am normally a very physically fit specimen, working outside every day. One 500 mg. tab of this poisencompletely debilitated me. Within six hours of taking levaquin I experienced excruciation soreness in my arms and shoulders. My throat swelled up and I could barely breath. I was perscribed steroids to stop the swelling - I took only ONE 500 mg time release tab 7 days ago and today I am still experiencing incredible pain.I am so sore I can't sleep. If anyone wants to start a call action suit I am in - I have NEVER sued anyone - but I am furious.Any advise out there as to how I can flush this poisen out of my system?
Chris

I'm 15 years old, and I've been taking Singulair since late February of this year, so about 4 months. My asthma and allergy symptoms seemed to have almost disappeared, but just recently, I've had headaches, and I've been irritable and moody according to my mom. After reading these posts, I've discovered that some weird things I've been experiencing may be linked to taking this medication. I've had weird hallucinations, in which I've been seeing and hearing things that aren't there. At first I thought it was just because I was tired and/or dreaming, but reading these other experiences, I'm starting to think otherwise. I don't think these symptoms are bad enough to quit taking it, but its starting to worry me a bit. I've told my mom about all the posts I've read on here, and that I've been experiencing many of them, but she think I'm just a hypochondriac. Any suggestions or anyone with similar symptoms?

I had a laproscopic on my gall bladder, was prescribed Meprozine 50/25 capsules QUA 1 capules ever 4hours for pain and sent home, this was on Thursday; Friday I became delirous, hallucinating, had to urinate all the time, had small seizuers, not in control of my body movements (twitching), dizziness. After admitted into the hospital developed pneumonia, put on abuterol, oxygen, different IV pain medication, was given blood thinners, and readings were done regularly on my blood gases. I was released after 4days when I realized I had a white rash on my neck, went back to the Dr's. office and was give a shot for the rash and cordizone. I have discoloration on my neck from the rash.

My 24 month old daughter was prescribed Omnicef for a sinus infection. She began waking up multiple times in the night screaming. She acts like she is in pain, but won't tell you what hurts. She freaks out when you touch her when she wakes up like that. She also appears to be hallucinating and we're not really sure she is even waking up. She has had 4 doses and now the mood changes have gone into the day hours. We have contacted the doctor and they agree with us that she should stop taking the medication. We cannot confirm the bowel movement side effects because she has not had one in 2 days. We checked the side effects insert from Omnicef last night when things were bad and nothing was on it about nightmares. I understand that not all children react the same to medications, but there are too many with the same reactions to overlook this.

I am a 59 year old female who went to the doctor last week pith the flu. The doctor said we caught it within 24 hrs. so I was perfect candidate for tamiflu.

After four pills of tamiflu, I was hallucinating, disoriented and could not stand up without falling. Within two days I had pneumonia, double ear infection, sinus infection and heart arrythmias. I finally got where I could stand without falling, but did not have strength to walk across the room. I was in the hospital for 5 days.

I knew this had to be more than just the flu, so I started investigating tamiflu and found there has been at least 100 cases with the exact symptoms.

I do not know if I got hold of a bad batch of tamiflu or this is the serious side effects they don't want you to know about.

When I called Roche to let them know the results of my taking tamilflu, they said........have you thought maybe you were just sick???

Has anyone else experienced these side effects. I know Japan has quite a few cases reported with these same side effects.

my name is Pete i'm 47 I took 1 pill of Levaquin 750 mg I was not able to sleep , I started hallucinating & confused after one pill I then stop taking it , it is an evil pill , it seems as like the drs are trying new medicaton on us with out our consent as a patient . I was just greatful for having my family & friends to help me .my wife ask a nurse how long this would take to flush out answer was 21 days . I hope & pray that each person will get over the side affects .

I was prescribed Levaquin 750 for 5 days and only realized it when I went back to the pharmacy as I could not read the doctors writing on the script. I recalled my sister having a very bad experience with this drug hallucinating, as well as being disoriented. I took one before I confirmed with her this was the drug she had problems with and my heart rate has shot up to 110 per minute normally 78. I am on blood pressure medication which I took after the Levaquin about four hours so I hope it counteracts it. The doctor was told of the medication and conditions I have and went ahead and gave it to me anyway.Needless to say tomorrow I am calling the DR and asking for someting else. The public truely are the pharmacutical company guinea pigs.

I'm not sure what to think about Advair. My 16 yr old son has asthma & has been on Advair for a few years & did well for the most part. While on vacation last summer he came down w/2 ear infections & quickly went downhill. He had an attack & was nearly closed up completely; went to the ER & received several breathing treatments, a steroid shot & was released w/oral steroid prescription/antibiotics. The next afternoon he had another attck & went back to the ER. He was given breathing treatments & then an IV steroid treatment. He immediately got a raging headache & got morphine for the pain, started severely hallucinating & violently flipped for hours. He eventually was well enough to leave & woke up the next morn as a vegetable. Didn't know where he was...was hallucinating, couldn't walk etc. We went back home to his family doctor. It turned out the steroids was the culprit. I didn't know Advair was a form of steroid, & the IV steroids caused his psychosis, & he just had too much steroids in his system overall. A few days later he came out of it. My mother had said she heard Advair can cause severe infections & actually worsen asthma. I asked his DR & he said there were other reasons for those problems which didn't pertain to my son, so he's still taking Advair.

Ever since that episode, he is much more susceptible to EVERYTHING. First semester of school he missed a total of 10 days. He'd also been having horrible mood swings, could not sleep at night & then went into a depression. So he was precribed a low dosage of Elavil. This was about 10 weeks ago. 12 days ago he started wheezing & coughing, so we did his at home nebulizer treatments. He went to the DR & was diagnosed w/bronchitus & was given a Z-pak. Last weekend he worsened, took him back to the DR Monday & was diagnosed w/walking pnemonia. He was given another Z-pak & oral steroids. He's slowly getting better, but has missed 9 days of school & I don't know when he'll be well enough to return.

My mom researched Advair again & found that you shouldn't take it w/Elavil, which he is still taking. She also found that side effects from Advair are eveything my son is dealing with. My husband thinks she's nuts, but I have to wonder can Advair actually be making my son worse?

Impotence, etc:

I have been on Geodon for about 8 months to treat my schizophrenia. It has given me sexual dysfunction: decreased libido, impotence, decreased sensation and excitement, and premature ejaculation. I did not have these problems before I started antipsychotic medicine. I had my testosterone and prolactin levels checked and they are normal, so it is most likely the medicine. I am rather angry that I wasn't warned that this could happen from my medicines.

Other side effects I have experienced are dizziness and teeth clenching. The dizziness went away after my dose was increased to 120 mg. The teeth clenching went away after a few months. Geodon also seems to have affected my sleep. I would sleep about 12 hours a night. However, the long sleeping has decreased over the months to about 9 hours of sleep per night.

Despite these side effects, the Geodon has successfully treated my hallucinating and delusions. I occasionally experience anhedonia and it isn't clear yet whether or not the Geodon treats this. It certainly doesn't treat it on a lower dose. I hope this information is helpful to other people.

I took Meprozine after minor surgery. I became disoriented and confused (sorted the mail and then threw it all away including 2 checks, among other wierd behavior) I was talking with my granddaughter and suddenly she disappeared (she never was there, I was hallucinating) My speech was slurred and rambling. It was a horrifying experience that still haunts me weeks later.

I was having trouble sleeping in college, (imagine that) and my doctor put me on Ambien. The first couple of nights, I was strongly hallucinating, and I would even fall asleep while eating! About the fourth or fifth night on Amien, I had a siezure and was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. After that, I won't go near the stuff. My mother tried it for a night just to see what it would do to her and she experienced the heavy hallucinations as well. I am now terrified of any sleep medication.

I only took 8 days of my 10 day script, I had one crazy night that I though I was hallucinating or something cause I was sleeping so heavily, I thought I was losing my mind. After that I started getting rashes at night when I would lay down. Then the sun started having an effect on me, I drive home with a towel over my head to protect me from the sun coming in the car. I live in Florida heat is something I can not avoid. What no one is saying here is does it go away???

My mother was prescribed this drug for the pain associated with Shinges. The doctor prescribed 1 to 2 tablets every four hours. My mother is 89 years old and was in much pain. Shortyly after taking this medication she began hallucinating seeing building, flowers on the wall and people in her room. I was never able to tell if she was dreaming in her sleep or just high on the drug itself. But when fully awake she was confused about almost everything. She got her Doctors mixed up, her heart medication and other drugs were either not taken or taken too often, and her ability to do such things as operate the tv remote or the wireless telephone was so confusing she couldn't use them. Beware of this drug for the elderly, especially if they live alone. It did help with the pain but she now says she would rather have the pain than what the drug Propoxy did to her senses for almost two weeks. Oh, she even cut the dosage to a half pill every four hours but the results I just described were the same. It took her a long time to get back to normal. She is now taking acylovir for the shingles and seems much better.

For the past three months, I found my menses to be abnormal. Light and lasting a mere three days. I thought of the possibility of an early onset of Pre-menopausal sysmptoms. One Day I began to hemorage, and it persisted for five days. I get myself to the doctors and Norethindrone, is prescribed. Talk about being dillusional, anxious, hallucinating, irritable, frustrated, crampy, depressed and suicidal. Boy have I entertained thoughts...i almost feel very wierded out with myself. Like I do not like looking at myself in the mirror..Its almost as if I have changed...maybe due to all the bllod loss....i am recuperating thought, but this medication, has done me in...I stopped taking them, bleeding has stopped but now I am leaking and its clear, not urine...and gotch it smells Awful!!Pardon Me.....some medication is just not for everyone....My appetite is completely gone too..

My 6 1/2 year old son is in la-la land with this medication. After only one dose his pupils are dialated, he appears to feel uneasy and he seems to not be able to function. He has completely lost his appetite and only wants to remain still. It is as if he is hallucinating but he does not know how to describe the feeling. I will not give him a drop more. Very, very bad for children!

My 16 yr old started taking Sulfameth for acne, by the 2nd day she was extremly nervous, sick to her stomach, had a slight fever, headache, and was very shaky. By the 4th day she had gained almost 8lbs and started hallucinating!! on top of all the other problems. When we put two and two together and realized it might be the medication and not the flu we took her off it immediately. She is now back to normal after being off it about 5 days.

This is scary stuff!!!

The first two times I took Ambien it worked fine and I had no side effects. But last week was another story. I felt like I had taken LSD or something--I was hallucinating, I could barely walk or talk, and I kept crying because I was so terrified. Then I vomited and passed out. I will never take Ambien again!

My nine year old son was diagnosed with a Urinary Tract Infection and has had 5 dosages of sulfameth/trimethoprim. Tonight (currently 2:15am) we are up with him going to the restroom about every 15 minutes and he is hallucinating.

Do not take this drug. I took it on a Friday night and I am still feeling side effects on a Monday morning. I feel like vomiting and like I'm going to faint. Not a pretty feeling.
Right after I took it I was hallucinating things like purple elephants and singing animals. It was very wierd. I also had no recollection of a phone call. You are completely out of control while on this medicine.

Daughter 17 years of age 6 months pregnant
broke out in hives last Thursday. Was put on prednisone. 20 mgs per pill. Took 3 pills Friday, 3 pills on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and went into a psychosis she's been confused, hallucinating, paranoid, you name she is. They put her on Haldol now, she took her 3rd dose today. She suppose to take the Haldol for 7 days. I had to take the week off from work to be with her. I'm not upset with that but I do think the ER dr is an ass and should not of given her such a high dose of prednisone

Please keep her & her baby in our prayers

I took Ambien for about 8 months and in the beginning it was great. I would sleep for 3 to 4 hours at a time uninterrupted (unheard of for me). However after a while I noticed some very unpleasant and embarrassing side effects that include: amnesia, sleep walking, apnea (felt oxygen deprived), headaches, would sometimes wake after sleeping for a while and try to make telephone calls and fall asleep while talking to my son (I can only imagine what he thought), I would have sex with my husband while hallucinating that he was wearing purple capes and had multiple sex organs, I didn't remember these events, I was told the next morning. I only kept taking it 3/4's of a 10 mg. tablet, because I needed to sleep but since I woke up feeling anything but rested I wondered how much I really slept. The most serious side effect happened 2 weeks ago. I woke to use the restroom 3 hours after taking & fell asleep on the toilet for almost an hour. I don't remember getting up but when I did I walked a few feet and collapsed, hit my nose & went into what appeared to my husband to be a seizure when it was most likely brought on by low oxygen intake due to AMBIEN. He thought I stopped breathing and called 911. I know that Ambien caused this and I destroyed all of my prescription and will never take it again. I had no problem stopping it as it almost killed me. I am back to my old self, not sleeping but that's better than permanent sleep. The makers of Ambien must know that this is happening to people but don't disclose it or they feel that advertising 7-10 days of treatment is recommended gets them off the hook. Long term Ambien use is extremely dangerous and may build up toxic levels in your blood but why aren't we told that. I had no addiction to this drug and all of you can stop too. Your just addicted to sleep and I don't blame you. Sleeps a problem for me too now but I will be too scared to ever take anything for it again. Good luck to you all!

I was put on Zoloft for (alleged) depression and unrelenting fatigue after a panel of medical tests (blood work, urine, CAT scan, etc.) revealed normal levels. After 3 days on Zoloft, I started hallucinating...flashing beam, lights, etc. Has anybody else experience that so fast? I got the heck off of Zoloft immediately.

Huge pupils
Hallucinating
Mouth moving constantly
27 pound body weight