Haze symptoms and conditions

I am really glad that there are these other postings on here so that I know that I am not alone. I am 49 years old and had my mirena inserted day after labor day. I was told that it would help with my medical conditions but so far I believe that they have only made them worse. I have yet to stop flowing and to be honest would prefer how it was before hand with just one week for severe heavy flow instead of 2 months so far of heavy. I have started with acne something that I never had as a teenager and I feel like someone has inflated me into a balloon. I find myself walking around in a haze all the time and I also find myself very depressed and with no or very little energy which is all so uncommon for me. I have an appointment in 3 days with my family doctor and this thing is coming out one way or another even if I have to pull it out.

I only used the Nuvaring for one month because I could no longer handle the side-effects. Physically, it was great. I did not gain weight and my boobs became noticeable larger. However, the mood swings were unbearable. I cried all the time. I went on vacation and the entire time, I felt fat, ugly, and just DEPRESSED! I fought with my boyfriend non-stop, fortunately, he was very understanding and knew that these mood swings were not me, but my medication. I hated him seeing me become this monster that was completely hormonally induced and not at all a reflection of who I am. All I wanted to do was drive in my car, listen to sad music, and cry. I have one of the most fun jobs in the world and I LOVE it, but I suddenly hated going to work. I grew increasingly resentful and then depressed by my own behavior.

I kept the NuvaRing in for the full three weeks, then took it out. When I awoke the next morning, it was as if a haze had been cleared away. The sun was shining and I felt a thousand pounds lighter. The familiar feeling of MYSELF had returned.

My doctor really wanted me to stay on Nuvaring for another two months, but I refused. I've had problems with low-dose hormones in the past, so I switched back to a high-dose hormone and have not had problems since. I'm back to loving my job and no longer cry because the wind changes direction.

Im taking lamictal since 2004. So far so good no seizures. As far as the side effects, well, I have VERY vivid dreams! Always bizarre! Sometimes really bad, but most the time just strange. Every once in awhile I will get the night sweats but not on a regular basis. My short term memory is shot, I've developed anxiety and also ocd even though that hasn't been diagnosed yet. Im on Zoloft for the anxiety which has brought on its own separate list of side effects! I also have dealt with hair loss, Im not balding or anything but have def. noticed a gradual increase in the hair loss. Cant grow my hair out anymore. Ive gained tons of weight! This has also been gradual. I wonder how long I can deal with this. I started out on carbatrol (is that how you spell it?) That was a nightmare! For two weeks I walked around in a dream, a haze! So when the doc switched me to the lamictal I was glad I didn't feel so terrible. Now Im terrified of switching meds. Im half tempted to get off of both of them all together. Does anyone have any suggestions? Im a 30 year old mother and newlywed and dont want to let my life pass me by while I struggle with these side effects! Help!!!!

Ok.. I've been Neurontin for three or four years up to 800 mg 5 times a day for glossopharyngeal neuralgia (extreme Pain in one of the cranial nerves in the throat) any way when the symptoms go into remission i back off from tacking the drug... Since this is my third time coming off I have really tried to pay attention to the feelings and sensations surrounding sided effects.. The biggest thing that I have noticed is more of an emotional problem. the drug seems to make everything OK.. or mountains seem like mole hills. my first time I came off, I had a hard time sleeping and would find myself crying over nothing... I just couldn't cope with my own mind. I feel like the drug subdued everything, The fog or haze it puts you in sorta makes the whole world a wonderful place. I have lost my sex drive and have a hard time working now.. I'm going off it again slowly and am having a hard time completely letting go because it has kept me from being depressed.. I feel more depressed when coming off neuronton than I did on it. I believe long time use of the drug is some what emotionally addictive.. Just be prepared to feel your emotions again once you are off.

I already had experienced some bad side effects due to singulair with my daughter. She had become moody, emotional, having nightmares and those are just a few to mention. However, my son had no side effects. When I went to my children's pediatrician, she agreed some children do experience some side effects like my daughter was having. But somehow she didn't see it as quite a concern. I vowed then and there to take both my children off it. Then my son continued having his allergies and over the counter zyrtec didn't seem to help him. I went back to the dr. and because I trust her and have known her for many years....she convinced my to put him back on singulair since he had never had any previous side effects. Well, its been maybe 2 months and now I see my son acting strange. He is not himself. The normal activities he used to enjoy don't interest him anymore. For the last few days, he has been wanting to lay down and he says he's sleepy. To me, he is acting like someone who is depressed and he's only 5!!!!!! I am taking him back to the dr. and taking him off this horrible drug! For all you parents out there...I think we should all go with our "motherly" instincts and do what we think is best for our children. We are the ones that know our children on a day to day basis..not the doctor's. So I am kicking myself for not sticking to my original instincts. My daughter improved drastically! Even her teacher noticed a difference. Please if you notice something, take action before the drug does more damage.

I've been taking 150mg of topamax a day for the last 10 months for trigeminal neuralgia. I haven't found any improvement in terms of appetite or memory in this time. Side-effects haven't lessened at all. Tingling in feet and hands, emotional instability including anger and grief, cognitive impairment in terms of slowed though-processes, spelling problems, and general intellectual functioning haven't improved with time. It seems as though I'm still walking in a haze all day long. I can pass ridiculous amounts of time by just staring into space and thinking about nothing. It scares me sometimes but it's taken away a lot of the pain and has allowed me some sort of normality. I'm 28, I want to live and work and build something for myself. So, for now, it's a trade-off .... side-effects vs life with pain or jumping off a balcony with my hands in my pockets some night when I can't take it anymore. It all comes down to the degree of debilitation that your particular disorder imposes and your ability to deal with it. I couldn't physically handle the pain or isolation anymore so I opted for the side-effects. I just wonder what the long-term implications of Topamax will turn out to be in five or 10 or 20 years from now.

I've been experiencing bad depersonalization from just applying this stuff twice a day
it didn't affect me for like a month and a half but after so much use it just got to me
i've been freaking out randomly and other times just living life in a calm haze
i've been afraid that it's going to cause my grades to drop and ruin my future career but im hoping this is just paranoia
it clogs your brain like no other and makes you feel high all the time
unless you absolutely need this, don't take it if you are depressed or experience any depersonalization
don't go down this road
it can lead to sever depression

I am recently out of the hosp after 9 days with COPD exas, pneumonia, flu. I have been on heavy antibiotics, steroids--home now for 1st time with oxygen---I feel GREAT.First time in years I feel like I have a life to live. Like a veil has been lifted. I'm scared for this feeling to go away--what is it? the steroids?? the oxygen?? Whatever it is I need to know so I can fight for it and stop just waiting to die.

I was prescribed Doxycycline 1 dose twice a day for 2 weeks because of my lyme disease diagnosis. I am now at the end of the 2 weeks. For the first 9 days I felt pretty good. Lyme Disease symptoms were almost gone and my energy was very high. Now I am in a zoned out haze and I urinate like crazy. Whatever I drink just runs right through me. I feel tired and kind of achy. The craziest thing is the frequent urinating. I suppose I could have a urinary tract infection. This medication is messed up.

I am posting again and it has been around 9 hours since I had mine removed and I already feel a world of difference! My energy level is up, I have been up and doing things around the house where the last week I have been worthless. My headache, numbness, and join pain is gone...for now anyway, and I don't feel like I'm walking in a haze anymore. I was so upset when telling my doctor my symptoms I was shaking and didn't know why? All I can say is I only lived with this for around 2 weeks and something told me to research this more and came across all these posts and thank God!!! I hope all of you get yours removed ASAP and are healthy and stay healthy!!! Please trust your own body and don't let your Dr. try to change your mind!

I am sure that all kinds of people told Kate Miller that Concernedcitizen was a cuckoo or a Merck competitor. I haven't been employed by a pharma company in many years. Everybody ever employed by a pharma company higher than a certain level (practically the mailroom) knows this stuff and what to look for.

I think that I am about ready to say my opinion on how montelukast works and why these problems develop. It will just be my opinion. I need to try to find actual proof but I may forego that and just say it soon.

I was recently prescribed Cipro for a UTI. I've been on it for 6 days now. The first night was crazy. I felt excitable and when I finally did fall asleep I had the most intricate, amazing dream, almost lucid. The next day I felt a boost of energy and was running circles around my husband while doing yard work. The third day was when the pain hit, soreness in my elbows, knees, feet and hands. I attributed it to my previous day of insane energy. Right now I'm feeling quite bloated and I have this dull pain that feels like it's in the marrow of my bones. I have a tingly sensation in my muscles and my mind is a foggy, yet racing haze. Two more days of this and I'm hoping for the best. I didn't even know I had a UTI. I just know I was feeling very lethargic and had horrible pains in my left side and bad back aches, which now leads me to believe I had a kidney infection. Hate to say it, but I think I am experiencing the lesser of two evils. What's worse, raging, possibly life-threatening bacteria, or anti-biotic over kill with severely inconvenient side-effects?

3 weeks after putting in the NR, I went to work explaining to my co-workers that I "had a hangover" and needed to eat some bread , as my 3 glasses of birthday wine from the night before really had done me in. After a baegal, and an energy drink, I noticed my eyes had this weird kinda haze, and my head over my ears was really starting to ache. The worse it got, I finally voiced to the girls how "weird" I felt, and with their own experience, we figured out it was a migraine. A migraine? I had never felt a headache like this before. this alone made me anxious, and made my heart palpitate (which I was already familiar with) I left work early because I was having difficulty concentrating, and i felt bad for having everyone work in the dark with me. I got home and did nothing but sleep ALL night into the next morning. When I woke, it felt like just breathing was making me more nauseated by the minute. I vommitted all morning, had no lunch and am still queezy 6 hours later. I was glad to find this site to answer the question of this being due to the ring or not. I took it out, with no plans to re-insert, and my stomach is still in knots. as a nurse my advise to other women is: reconignize the common/small symptoms, before the big/scary ones occur.

Wow ladies!! First off, thank you, all of you, for taking the time to share your stories.

I had my Mirena inserted mid March 2008. It is April 3rd today, and so far I'm not a fan.

Insertion was easy. I barely felt anything. Minor cramping afterwards, some spotting. The worst part was the black gritty sand like discharge. (previous poster compared it to coffee grounds) Every time I sat down or stood up I could feel the grit rubbing inside me. It was the most AWFUL feeling in the world.

I have been spotting every single day since insertion. I did have a full period (started a few days before Easter) and it lasted about a week and a half. It was moderate to heavy. I did have more than usual cramping for me. And with every cramp I felt a sharp stab in my uterus. I imagined it was my uterus pressing down on the IUD. It was very uncomfortable. Now my "period" is over and I am still spotting! Its strange though. My discharge is clear, but with streaks of purpleish/brown blood. Its not typical spotting. But i've ruined one too many pairs of good underwear so its starting to get on my nerves!!!! I thought this was supposed to STOP bleeding. I've bleed every day in some shape or form.

My one month checkup is on the 10th. I am going to express my concerns with my doctor, but I know she'll blow me off like everyone else. I am getting a lot of pressure from my husband to keep it, despite the side effects. We already have 4 children, and dont want any more for a few more years.

Other side effects I am experiencing that I can only assume are from the Mirena (they might not be, but I cant explain them any other way):

- I feel stupid! Im spacey, i cant think straight. Very forgetful. Simple jokes go over my head.
- my vision is wacky. I feel like im staring through a haze. I have a hard time focusing on objects or fine print. I have never had a vision problem before!
- i feel weak and woozy occasionally.
- extra crampy. and often feel pings and pangs in my uterus.
- increased thirst
- slight paranoia. I actually feel like all my friends are mad at me, when i know they arent.
- I sweat at night.
- moody.
- my nails are all dry and splitting. I normally have very healthy nails
- a general feeling of laziness. It takes a ton of motivation to get up sometimes. I have 4 kids and I work full time...I'm not a lazy person! I cant be! So this feeling is very frustrating!
- I'd rather sleep than have sex. which for me is abnormal. I am more of a hornball than my husband usually. hahaha

wow this list is longer than I thought!!

I'm going to give this thing more time. But so far I am not a fan. I know it works for some women....but these things were not in the little pamphlet they pass out! I guess if they were no one would get this thing!

Thanks for listening!

I would just like to thank all who left posts on this page. You can not imagine the relief I feel that I am not going mad. I have been taking Yasim for about 4 years now. I have been getting very dizzy, been having heart palpitations, sweating, chills, panic attack like symptoms, feeling faint, blurry vision, feeling foggy in my head and lack of concentration. I have been to 4 doctors who ALL found nothing wrong with me. I spent 4 days in hospital with these symptoms and was told that I had vertigo. I am so annoyed that no doctor made the connection between Yasmin and my symptoms. I have wasted the last year of my life in a foggy haze over this pill.

Thanks... I no longer feel like I should be committed...

PS Does anyone know how long it takes to get this demon pill out of your system???

I have been taking Omeprazole since December 2007 now so 2 and a half months.

I had the dose increased to 40mg 3 weeks ago as 20mg wasn't curing the burning in my throat.

For a few weeks now i have had increasing vertigo/dizziness and palpitations. I only linked the 2 to the medication just yesterday, googled it just now and confirmed my suspicions to the Omeprazole.

Other feeling i have had since taking this medication...

Severe dizziness
vertigo
palpitations
headaches/migraines
weakness
fatigue
sweating
nausea
bloating
stomach cramps
visual problems
intolerance to bright lights
aching joints
chest pain

Now my question to myself is do i come off the tablets and endure the misery of my acid reflux? surely there must be something else we can take for our stomach problems that don't cause these awful side effects.
Anyone tried anything else that worked and didn't make them unwell?

Had my Mirena installed in Sept 07 after having a bad experience going back on the pill (LoEstrin 24) for a few months. I am 43, was on the pill for years in my 20s with no issues. After 5 months on the LoEstrin, my blood sugar went through the roof...thought I was having a stroke....never had anything like that happen before, doesn't run in my family. Anyway, decided to try the Mirena. Went through the usual adjustment period....30+ days of spotting, headaches, nausea, dizziness. It got a little better but the bloating remained. Didn't have my first real period until Dec....then another one 3 weeks after that...lighter, but 10+ days long!! Acne has been horrible! Never, ever had that kind of problem before, not even as a teenager. Insomnia almost every night and severe brain fog every day....can't concentrate at work. This past month, the extreme fatigue set in....and to top it all off, the libido is in the toilet....that was enough of that. Went to my OB/GYN for my annual 2 days ago, told him I had enough. I started on my list of side effects and he was finishing my sentences. He said something to the effect of "A year ago, I was really excited about the Mirena, but now, not so much"....he apparently is hearing a lot of this and bless him, he did not try to talk me out of having it removed. After only 48 hours, I feel like that Claritin commercial where the layer of haze is peeled back. Just now starting to spot a little....removal was nothing, just one small cramp. I am happy for those who can use this form of BC without any problems but not all of us can. What's scary about this is that you don't always connect the side effects with the IUD....who would have thought that the stuffy nose had to do with something in that part of your body??? And today I woke up with a clear nose for the first time in months...what a difference. Am expecting the "crash" but maybe I will be lucky and it won't be so bad. It seems that perhaps the longer you have it in, the stronger the crash is. In any event, the difference is already perceptible and everyone around me has noticed. Good luck to all....good health and a good sex life should not have to be this difficult!

Seroquel is awesome. I, at the age of 50 realized that most likely I was Bi-Polar. My swings we not drastic but were hard on me and people close to me. I am taking 300mg at bedtime. I sleep like a rock, wake up with a slight haze which disappears after my first cup of coffee. I feel on top of my problems and not underneath them.
I have a theory about the weight gain, something that may possible help. I noticed I was becoming constipated a bit. I think that when your food stays in too long, your body sucks out every bit of fat, etc. I bought some Metamucil, which works great to keep things moving quickly. I also have modified my diet to lean eating.
I am having one problem. I have a crick in my neck, on the left side. It is very painful, kind of like I have pulled something. We went out to a Christmas Party last night and I had a few drinks. The neck pain came on quickly. Anybody else have this?

I'm writing for my mother. She was on 20mg of Lisinopril and her doctor insisted her violent coughs was from her asthma. Being an asthma sufferer her whole life and knowing the difference, she insisted it was not. He told her that this drug does not cause violent coughing as she described (but later admitted otherwise). I saw her in October and then in November for Thanksgiving and it looked as though she aged ten years! She was coughing badly, throwing up from coughing so violently and was white as a ghost and was extremely tired from not getting enough rest (from coughing). Everyone in the family told her to STOP taking the medication. She stopped taking it the day after Thanksgiving. It's been about five days and she is still coughing, although it's not nearly so bad, but she's taking pain medication (Hydrocodone) and I believe this narcotic has helped to subside the coughing, plus allow her to sleep, but masked the effects of the Lisinopril. Please, anyone, that has discontinued this medication, can you tell me how long to expect this drug to be out of her body? This has been an absolute nightmare and I'm so worried about her! Please email at ******

I was given Levaquin in the ER via IV Push which should never have occurred. It should have been infused over 60-90 minutes. Almost immediately I had a strong metallic taste in my mouth, my face and head felt hot and throbbing and I told the nurse I was having a reaction. Her response was that I could not have reaction that fast. I immediately stood up and began pacing and felt a burning sensation travel down my arms, to my legs and up the center of my body. I FELT LIKE I WAS ON FIRE. Then it was if a heavy brick was dropped on the center of my chest. The last thing I recall is seeing the ER doctor's face and hearing him say, "Pupils dilated. She's gone". When awoke I was in CCU on a ventilator. Since this experience I have had intermittant chest pain in one area only, EXTREME fatigue, and tinnitus. Most days are spent in a haze. I am so tired all of the time, but have difficulty falling asleep because of the ringing in my ears. I have not had one moment of quiet. There is no peace or quality left to my life. NO ONE SHOULD EVER TAKE LEVAQUIN. Many other antibiotics are available without the potential devastating, permanent adverse reactions of this one.

I have been taking Singulair for months now....and to be honest I think I am going crazy. After reading some of this stuff on here, I think I am going to quit using it for a couple days and see how I feel. As of now, sometimes during the day I get confused, dizzy, and feel like I am falling a part. I had a check-up on this back in Feburary and they said nothing was wrong with me. I then went to the ER shortly after because I felt really confused and fuzzy headed. They checked me out, took my blood, EKG, glucose tolerance test, and a CT Head scan.....all came back negative. I have been feeling the same ever since. I have recently made an appointment with a head shrink to talk about stuff...thinking it may be work related stress or anxiety. If it truely is the Singulair that is doing this to me, then I am going to be mad that I did not quit using it earlier. It almost feels like I have lost most of this year to a haze of thought....hopefully, when I quit the Singulair it will all go away....if not....then I must be going crazy.

I had the Mirena IUD inserted in March 2006, 6 weeks after my first child was born. I had it removed on July 26, 2007. At first, I didn't notice any symptoms. I had spotting for a while and then just regular shortened periods after that. My first noticable symptom was that I was extremely fatigued. For the last 6 months I feel that I was living in a haze, very tired, and felt that I wasn't able to function. I felt like I was way older than 31. In fact, a few months ago I was so worried about what I was going to feel like when I was 80. I went to my PCP and she could not find a medical reason for my fatigue after doing extensive bloodwork, so she thought maybe I was depressed. I went to my therapist and she very quickly verified that I wasn't depressed, I'd been seeing her for a year already to work on family issues so she knew me very well. My joints ached and I also experienced arthritic like symptoms in my hands - I could not twist a bottle cap off or open a sealed jar at all. About 3 months ago I started to get chin acne, then it moved up the sides of my face around my hair line and then all over my forehead to the point where it was very painful to touch. I was terribly moody, snappy, and emotionally stressed out all the time. I feel that the last year and a half have been wasted and I wish I could go back and not have it inserted.

After removing the IUD, I had bad cramps and my period came 2 weeks early. Blood was heavy, dark, and clotty at first (alot) and now is just medium flow, but bleeding for almost a week now. I've also had lower back pain since it's removal.

I started taking 25mg about a few days ago, now I'm experiencing blurred and double vision along with a 'fog-like' haze around my brain. I'm almost sure. After reading through these posts I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna "give it time to work" as the doc suggested.

I went to the Dr. last thursdays with a severy UTI....He first prescribed to me Bactim.. I took this for about 3 days and he called me back and wanted to place me on levaquin 750mg 5 day. I started it that night... I feel asleep... 2 hours later i woke up and could not go back to sleep. by the next morning i felt so disoriented, like i was in a haze.... my skin crawled I had a headache. upset stomach, completely drained.... I called the dr and told him how i felt... he said it was more than likely from the infection. and told me to go ahead and continue to take it.... 2nd night...still no sleep. i have severe dry mouth aches in my left side same dull headache...so so so drained i cant even concentrate kind of depresses and paranoid, even nervous. MY GOD this is awful.... I have missed work because of this. With me just being on this a couple of days with this go away pretty quick i cant handle this I am absolutely exausted. I refuse to take this ever again

Hello all-
I only took Yasmin for a little over 2 weeks and felt liek a completely different person. It didn't help that I took it during a major time of transition (live-in boyfriend moving out, etc) but I was in such a haze that I couldn't even deal with my feelings. I was also ALWAYS nauseous, bloated, constopated then had diarhea.
So now I have been off of it since July 5th and I felt the haze lift after only a few days. Unfortunately, my digestive system is nowhere back to normal. I am now super bloated and having extremly bad cramping. Does anyone suggest taking anything in particular to help with this? Would a water pill help? SInce I was on it such a short period, I am hoping that the side effects go away much faster but maybe that isn't the case. Can anyone who has been on it for a short time let me know when they physically started feeling better?
I just spoke to the nurse at my doctor's office about it and she said all tehse side effects sound like more of an internal medicine problem and they are probably not related to the YAsmin. I find that EXTREMELY hard to beleive seeing how this all started when i started the Yasmin. And to think my doctor recommended this drug saying that it has the least side effects.