Hard to explain symptoms and conditions

I'm a 37 yr. female. I was diagnosed with depression/anxiety about 6 yrs. ago.I take Effexor XR & about 3-4 mo. ago was prescribed 10mg. of Lisinopril for my high blood pressure.Med worked for that :)
My side effects from this med are the dry hacking cough at night.(Comes and goes) Loss of sex drive(even worse)
And about 2wks ago I started feeling really down.Crying, angry,withdrawn & having suicidal thoughts due to all the added feeling's.I had ran out of my meds(BP) and missed about 3 days.Best thing to happen :) 'Cause just a couple days ago it's like the old me returned!!! I'm HAPPIER, the depressed feeling's are GONE. I care about myself alot more than I have in a long time.Just bad brain zaps(on & off) from the sudden stop.
I've been reading on here how some side effects came on slowly,and I'm one of them this has happened to. I have MORE energy too now that I stopped.
I thought maybe my anti- depressant med. needed to be adjusted again(even took one extra pill) and that didn't work.It was my BP med making me feel terrible. Anyone who has depression should really watch for any added changes. I'm SO GLAD I found this website!!!
I thank everyone who has shared they're experience's.

I had been taking lisinopril for a few years with no apparent effects but last summer began waking with extreme fatigue and slight nausea. I also developed spiking blood pressure but that was stopped by adding a beta blocker. I have vivid dreams and often wake feeling worn out from the dreams.The fatigue is severe and accompanied by depression and anxiety. I also wake feeling hot in face and torso and have intolerance for heat.My dose is 40 mg and has controlled my BP until recently when I have had a couple high readings, possibly due to anxiety. I also had a couple of remissions when I felt OK fro a coule weeks, but the symptoms recurred..

HI,
I had my Mirena fitted in March 07, the first fitting was a nightmare as I went into spasm so the doctor was able to fit it, that experience was so painful so i had to go back again about 3 weeks later, that time it was a little painful but bearable. I thought at the time brilliant, no probs at all except for the obvious bleeding and cramps for the first month or so till it settles in. Things weren't too bad to start with once I stopped bleeding even though I bled every month, I did at this point start to get what looked like acne on my face which was so itchy. Then one night in July I experienced the most horrendous pains in my right side, i didn't know what to do with myself, i thought to myself I'll leave it for a few days and see how I feel, so 4 days later I went to see my doctor as I wasn't any better starting to feel worse, started getting pains in my lower abdomen, she checked me over and wasn't sure what it was, I said it feels like my reproductive organs related, she wasn't convinced !! done a few tests etc.

So she sent me home and said if I wan't any better in a few days then to come back. That I did as I felt even worse, it was so painful to walk, I felt so ill, tired, you name it. She did check to see if my coil was still in situ and it was, so she sent some swabs off and urine sample even done a pregnancy test. We can't treat you until we know what it is we're treating she said !! How great did that make me feel, come back in a few days if you're not feeling any better, yet again I done that. Eventually the doctor said we'll try you on 2 different kinds of antibiotics to see if that sorts it and treat it as a pelvic inflammatory disorder !! Both myself and my husband wasn't convinced, but I thought hey I'll try them. I had to wait a week for the test results which turned out to be all clear which I thought they would be.

I still felt so sore all on my abdomen and in my side, really hard to explain, it felt like something was pressing on my bladder when I walked and me pain, then one night both my husband were on the internet trying to see if we could find out what was wrong with me, thinking all sorts of things, then we come across this website and it answered everything.... Now the pains in my stomach and side have gone away but I seem to constantly be bleeding which isn't very good for my sex life (my poor husband), My skin looks terrible with the acne (which I never have suffered from not even in my teens) and I'm 30.. people at work even comment on it saying whats wrong with your skin !! of course I feel tired all the time and get the pains in the legs, arms, I'm really not sure what to do now, I want to get it taken out to be honest. I've said if my skin doesn't sort itself out then Its going and thats that.... I've really had enough of it now... Is it painful to have it removed?? Any answers would be appreciated.. thank you for listening, Paula from Cornwall xx

I began taking this drug in May 2007. It lowered my BP immediately and both my Doctor and I thought it would work out. In the beginning it had few side effects that I could notice (maybe a bit more difficult to get out of bed in the morning) but I figured that came with the territory.

As the summer progressed I noticed that my skin around my Belly and Forehead were very hot to the touch, like on fire. Yet I had not fever at all. I had night sweats on and off but not consistent. 4 weeks ago I thought I came down with a bug because I was extremely fatigued and as tired as I've been in my entire life. That feeling would not go away. Then came the dizziness and hot flashes. At one point I fell to the floor to keep from passing out. I have never felt so sick, yet my temperature is normal, I have an appetite, and I can sleep at night. The other symptoms I notice are a general felling of fuzziness like I am not really taking everything in at normal speed and my eyes seem dry/buggy. It is hard to look at someone or focus on something for more than a few seconds.

I quit taking this med one week ago, and am not feeling as tired and the dizziness is gone. But the vision problem is still here and it is bugging me. How long does it take for this to wear off??

Thanks and good luck to all of you.

I am a 50yr old female... was prescribed Lisinopril 10mg for bp.. after a few weeks I started getting a funny hard to explain feeling with my heart beating a certain way.. don't know how to explain it.. fluttering maybe.. feel it pounding. So after I realized it could be this pill I stopped it.. I moved out of state from my dr... and not ins. yet.. however I watch my bp and when it got alittle higher I thought I will take 1/2 one.. which takes BP down to normal, but after doing this here and there.. that same feeling in my heart started..
Has anyone experienced this feeling?? I don't seem to have the other side effects Thank God.. but this one scares me as I don't see anyone mentioning this feeilng..

I've been having these strange sensations in my arms. A kind of tingly pulse of energy going through my arms. It is hard to explain. I don't know if it is in my bones, muscles or exactly where it is!!

Hello All - I have been on Paxil for about 3 years now. I'm a 31 year old male who suffered awful for years before Paxil with anger issues, constant depression, trouble sitting still & rushing through everything, not being able to feel "normal" - I had constant stomach aches, afraid of everything ect.

I have to say I have not one complcation from using Paxil - No issue with sex drive - no sweats, i sleep great, work at a normal pace, can hold friendships and foucus on everthing, small amount of weight gain but i"m very active and have a ton of energy so I stay in shape. I really cant find anything i dislike about taking Paxil, the other thing i find is that I'm in a constant state of ---------it's hard to explain, the line i typed is sorta how i feel, just even keeled, nothing gets me really excited much, and i dont get mad either - It's all just a feeling of ------ haha - anyone feel like that too? I tend to find myself being alone, and i have a big social life, but sometimes i rather be left alone.
Sometimes i feel like if i never talked to anyone, had a relationship, friends ect i would not even careless - It's normal to cry and get excited and mad and that's the only part that I dont enjoy, otherwise life is awsome but I guess it could be alot worse!!! and trust me it was!

My experience with many asthma and allergy meds over the most of my life has been that some are anxiety producing. A healthy balanced diet and lots of physical movement, sports, activity, etc helps. I take advair and it really controls my asthma. My doc added singulair and it helps my symptoms but I just dont feel right. Hard to explain. More anxiety and it seems like depression started to set in. The combo of the two drugs allows me to function as though I have no asthma. The side effects however are made worse by caffeine so I am going to try some dietary modifications and report back.

I have been on Advair 250/50 for about 2 years. About 6 months ago I started experiencing feelings of heat on my back....like hot/cold clammy feeling. Hard to explain. My skin feels cool to the touch even when I feel like I am burning up. I feel more or less normal when I wake up and then progressively get these sensations of heat as the day progresses. The steroid in the Advair makes it hard to keep my weight where it should be. Before I was on Advair, I was on Albuteral inhaler, Atrovent and Azmacort. I notice, too, that immediately after inhaling Advair, it is hard to breathe for about 30 minutes. Hoarse voice comes and goes. I think I will try to go back to my previous meds or maybe ask if I can go on Foradil and another type of inhaled steroid as I have a strong asthma component with my Emphysema.

I have been taking Lisinopril for approximately 2 weeks and have found that after taking it I become extremely tired, and nauseated. The strangest effect is that after taking it, I feel like I am falling. It is hard to explain, but when laying down for example, I find I need extra support of pillows because I feel like I am going to fall. Anyway, I am newly diagnosed with high blood pressure and will definitely be asking my doc if there is another option for treating me.

I've been taking 50mg of Levothyroxine for about 3/4 months. I don't feel an awful lot better, apart from the fact that I'm not quite as tired.
The main symptons I have experienced are... funny feelings around the neck area ( hard to explain, but it makes my hair irriate me) and, an incredible pressure around my forehead. which is not a pain, but just like someone has stuck a load of cellotape on my forehead.. very uncomfortable indeed.

Has anyone else had this weird symptons?

I am going crazy.. my third shot this thursday... hummm do I wanna stop... ??? My biggest compliant is my face is red and blotchy and puffy around my eyes it hurts.. I cannot go out.. I am suppose to be looking for a job but am not into that at all.. other side effects I have noticed is Headaches. But my face is my biggest compliant it burns surprisingly, I tried to put Lubriderm lotion, sunburn medicine, but that made it tingle and feel hot burn.. My skin on my face feels so harsh... it is hard to explain. kinda feels tightness in my face .. I am very fair skinned and usually my face is so soft... My eyes feel so drained... I started getting blotchy on my first shot believe it or not but it went away in a day and now it is back but we are going on two days, We will see what happens tommorrow....Also I was told I am more nervous and driving everyone crazy.. I feel like I am in a dream..
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I have a prescription for topamax now for 3 weeks and I have been scared to death to start it just because of the side effects of nurontin. Those were nothing compared to what I have been reading for topamax!! I have badly damaged nerves, plus I take many other meds such as oxycontin, norco, soma, baclofen, phernergan, levid and xanax. I am waiting on my nuro doc to tell me if taking topamax is ok. My memory is my life....I have a great ability to multitask about 12 things at once and do them all at 100% and have a memory like an elephant...I dont want to lose that and from what I have read, topamax will do it to me. I can handle the nausea and anxiety because I have meds for that. I wear strong glasses already because of my bad eyesight...I am afraid of making it worse. Please give me your opinions. I have a home to take care of and a husband and 2 young daughters...my husband does so much for me and the thought of this drug making me hate him or treat him bad is more than I can handle. He does it all for me, get me out of bed, take me to the bathroom, get me dressed sometimes..I am scared. Someone please give me some advice.

Tinay from Houston

i have posted here before.... ive been off for about 6 weeks and i still have anxiety but it is gettting a bit better.
my question is this-- has anyone had a tingling in your head? sometimes its concentrated in one area, and sometimes its just randomly in different spots on my head. sometimes it will be a little tingle here and there, and on my ear and my left arm. hard to explain. its not all the time, just sometimes. anyone???? please let me know because its so weird! my dr said it may be anxiety. i take .5 of ativan daily because of the anxiety. thank you in advance for your reply!
-AG

hi again i thought i would let you know what the doctor said well i went last night with my very supported husband bless him putting up with me after being on yasmin

well i said to him about since starting this i have visted him god knows how many times been on antibiotics and admitted in hospiatal coming away with no result everythink ok .
so i told him about my side effects im having and that we think it is this that is causing my 14months of what ive been through.
i said i have been of the yasmin since last sunday and staying of it to see how i go and told him i have been smiling a little since coming off this horrible drug still having side effects but not like they were.
last night i wasnt to good after tea was sick and i felt as if i lost my breath and started panicking its hard to explain but i went to bed and today i feel a little better
well to my surprize my doctor was very intrested in what i had to say he says its a new pill and that there is no side effects in his doctors bible book
so he wrote down what i told him and said use condoms and i will review you in 6-8weeks time to see how im getting on just hope each day carrys on like it is my chest pains have near enough gone just anxity will prob haunt me for a while had to get out the shop yesterday went out for a hour with my mum and couldt hack it need air but i just pray for the day to come when im back to normal will keep you posted on how i am anyone who want to talk then email by all means thaks nicola 22

To Guest #10748......Yes, I had terrible side effects while I was reducing my dose. In fact, I ended up in the emergency room one Sunday because my blood pressure and heart rate went sky high. I am a person with anxiety and panic attacks anyway, so the prednisone really put me over the edge. I am now down to .5 (1/2 of a 10mg tablet) a day until they are all gone; and they are almost all gone, thank God!!!!! I am feeling much better these days; not to say I don't have my bad days. I am taking the prednisone for sudden hearing loss in my right ear, so I still have my days where I feel weird because my head feels lopsided. It is the strangest feeling ever. It's very hard to explain to anyone unless they have experienced it too. I had the muscle weakness, mostly in my shoulders and arms; the extreme hunger, (I still can't believe the food that I could put away) and just a general LOUSEY feeling. I was a nervous wreck. Hang in there; it will get better. I can say this.......I will never take it again. Even if I end up in a wheelchair someday for some reason....I will NOT TAKE IT. Oh, and I had extreme sweating; mostly at night when it was time to go to bed. I would have to get a cold washcloth and lay it on top of my chest to cool down my core temperature. It was awful!!!! I guess it was pretty much a NIGHTMARE. Like I said, Hang in there!!!!!!

I have taken paxil 2 - 3 years probably, started out taking 12.5 miligrams but during the last year and a half increased to 20.m.g. I have terrible night sweats, clinch my teeth really bad, have dreams that are "hair raising", not frightening all the time but just wake you up feeling strange.I've gained weight but that may not be the paxil, I have a real urge to eat sweets that I've never had before the last year or so. I have very hard to explain popping in my ears when I'm laying down. It affects my hearing and I even see flashes when I'm trying to go to sleep. I have miagraines and attribute some of this to that. However this did not happen prior to taking the paxil and I wonder if other people have the same symptoms. I'm in the process of stopping taking this drug and have just about gotten off it. How long will it be before its out of my system? Does anyone have these "strange feelings with their ears and head?"

I get the tingles, my face feels kind of like it's going numb, but if I touch it, it feels like electricity. It's hard to explain. Sometimes also I feel like I am hallucinating, my head feels huge, that's mostly at night, but sometimes when driving I get the weirdest detatched feeling, like I'm watching it on TV.

I started taking Gabitril about 3wks ago, for cronic back pain. I was taking morphine and klodipin. Which helped but the doc. wanted to try something alittle less pontent.
On this Gabitril I feel worse. I feel disoriented at times, and unable to hold my head up or walk without holding on to something. I get sensations , kinda like dull , shooting pain down my face and forhead, its really hard to explain. But i hate this drug, it scares me...I am going to call my doctor today and ask to be taken off it and try something eles. I am so dizzy right now and feel like my eyes are about to roll up behing my head.............I can hardley type this message.