Horrific experience symptoms and conditions

Many of the Mirena's negative side effects were not posted on their website or in their brochure 2-3 years ago when some of us had it inserted. Also, many of the negative side effects do not appear for many until after having the Mirena a good 6 months to a year. For those who want to be critical and negative please realize, these issues/effects are not just created or in these women's minds. They are very real and very very difficult to deal with both physically and emotionally. Yes, the Mirena has worked great for some women(including my best friend) but it has also been a very horrific experience for others, including myself. I had it removed 3 weeks ago after having it for 3 years and I really do feel so much better.

My son has had 3 night terrors in the past 2 years. This is such a horrific experience for a parent and I can't imagine what the child must be going through, but my son is in such a panic state when this occurs that you can't do anything to help him. All I can do is keep trying to talk to him until he comes around. He never remembers the episode thank God!! I just realized last night that there might be a link to him taking Omnicef and these night terrors. He hasn't had one for awhile til last night and he had two doses of Omnicef yesterday for an upper respiratory infection. After reading this morning about others who have had this same experience, I will not be giving my son this medicine again. Hopefully this medicine has been the cause and the night terrors will be over.

It's been a year since my horrific experience with Avelox.
It was so traumatizing I still think about it a few times a week.
I am fully recovered, however, determined to help people that have the unfortunate experience I did.
(The post of my reactions was on May 28, 2008)
My friend works for the pharmaceutical companies and provided me with
a website to email the company any adverse reactions.
It's been a year since my horrific experience with Avelox.
It was so traumatizing I still think about it a few times a week.
I am fully recovered, however, determined to help people that have
the unfortunate experience I did. (The post of my reactions was on May 28, 2008) My friend works for the pharmaceutical companies and provided me with a website to email the company any adverse reactions.

It's been a year since my horrific experience with Avelox.
It was so traumatizing I still think about it a few times a week.
I am fully recovered, however, determined to help people that have the unfortunate experience I did. (The post of my reactions was on May 28, 2008) My friend works for the pharmaceutical companies and provided me with a website to email the company any adverse reactions.

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EXTREME PSYCHOTIC SIDE EFFECTS

I want to preface this by stating that I have never had any mental problems aside from occasional depression, and I have never taken any anti-depressants, or similar drugs, or even ever done any illegal drugs, nor do I drink.

I never would have thought in a million years that an antibiotic would have given me such extreme mental side effects. I was given Z-Pak after a tooth extraction as I had a bad (and similar) reaction to Clindamycin.

I was on the 250 MG X 3 days. After the first day I started to suffer from depersonalization. Depersonalization, in my opinion, is the worst thing that can happen to anyone. Essentially I felt like I was dead, in limbo. Nothing mattered. I questioned reality. I felt like a ghost. It was so bad that I had to break out the Bible.

I had to take Valium in order to sleep, as I would wake up in the middle of the night and have an utterly terrifying feeling of dread. I would wake up and "realize" that I did not exist and have a panic attack.

It has been since December 2nd and only now am I feeling anything close to normal mentally.

Ever since day 5 after taking the drug, I have a burning sensation in my upper abdomen on both sides and a pain in my right side. I just pray to God that this damned drug has not burned out my liver.

Worse yet, I had to be put on Doxycycline, as the Z-Pak did not work, and my extraction site became reinfected.

Thank God the Doxycycline is apparently working with no side effects.

The only positive thing about my horrific experience with Z-Pak is that I went to confession and communion and have accepted Jesus as my savior again in my life.

I also have realized that hell does not need the fire and brimstone. The depersonalization I suffered was the same as separation from God. It was the worse experience ever, and I have been through some tough stuff.

I realize that each drug affects everyone differently, but I have read too many posts listing mental side effects to think that my experience was an anomaly.

If you must take this antibiotic, be sure you understand that it can knock you on your ass if you are not expecting it.

I'm going to be interviewed about my family's horrific experience with Singulair on Monday by a CBS news affiliate out of Boston. I am going to try and blow the lid off this story and will hopefully be posting my interview on youtube. This has gotten so ridiculous with the ALA "study" ....and I never wanted to go there....but it almost to the point of conspiracy. These people are just downright creepy!!!!!!!!!!

Hi All,

I am a 28 year old married mother of two (10years and 19months). I suffered from extreme hyperemisis and I just barely made it through my pregnancy by the grace of god. Due this horrific experience and high chance of it reoccurring with the next pregnancy I decided to try the Mirena. I just had mines inserted about 1week ago. It was painful during the insertion but pain quickly subsided and became minimal. So far I have been experiencing practically constant cramping (about the same as when on cycle) and slight bloating feeling. I also have been spotting almost daily, but my biggest concern is that I feel tingling in my legs if they are crossed or bent. Almost has if the flow of the blood has thickened. I just contacted my Dr about this and am waiting on a response. At the moment I am thinking I can tough this all out if the symptoms will disappear after 6 months. I like the fact that my appetite has decreased, and my portion size intake has decreased to about half. I have been struggling with my weight and feels this is a good thing. I will keep updating just as and F.Y.I…..
Melissa

I am just about to finish my 3rd month of nuvaring. I have never been able to take the pill (I either vomit, or bleed non-stop). I have been having side effects that are increasing daily. I have a bit of lower back pain, started bleeding the day before I took it out on the 2nd month. I have been spotting this month since Thursday of last week, and have 3 more days before I am supposed to take it out. I am using a tampon today because it is so heavy.
I have nausea that comes in waves for the first 10 days. I also have severe breast tenderness.
I have minor headaches in the early evenings. I am not a headache person; never really have them.
The worst part is is the panic attacks (which I have never had). It starts with me holding my breath, tightness in my chest, and severe anxiety. I have felt weepy and out of control. It is getting worse the longer I am on it. It feels like someone else is driving my feelings. I don't recognize myself, nor my reactions to things. I feel a bit paranoid about things. My fears have been irrational. I feel sad, and cry for no reason at some point every day. On the 6th day after I put it in, each month, I have cried the entire day. I am taking it out tomorrow after I speak to my doctor, and getting an IUD. This is a nightmare. I also have night sweats. I also think it is pushing on my bladder. I feel like I have to urinate all the time, and then I sit down to pee the tiniest amount imaginable, and I do not have the ability to push my urine out quickly, which I could do before the ring was in. I had my doctor check me for a UTI, or any other problem like that, but I was "fine."

This is a horrific story but must be read for those who may want to EVER use this drug. I am a 26 year old female who has had some fatigue/headache problems for the past two years. In an attempt to alleviate some of the symptoms associated with the headaches (burning, tingling, hairloss). So, the doctor administered seven small injections of 3-1 dilluted Kenalog into the top of my scalp. After two weeks I started to notice small indentations at the injection sites. After a month I started to feel painful sore spots all over my head; they were actually raw and bright red. It felt as though someone had placed a hot curling iron on my scalp and left it there! I notified my Dr. who said there were no known side effects with dilluted measures and it couldn't be the cause of it?? So, I waited a few more weeks only to notice that the seven injection sites were now large bald spots where the hair completely stopped growing and then just fell out. There are now VERY deep crater-like formations in my scalp that are tender to the touch that are getting worse and may never go away. The injection actually ate away at the skull! This has been a horrific experience and all my doctor can say is, "Sorry." One thing I want to post is this...yes, this is hugely unfortunate and we are all dealing with some major symptoms here but we are not alone. You know what they say about "power in numbers" so there may be a class-action suit on the way...this is not acceptable so don't let your doctor tell you it is nothing!

I have just underwent my 7th Lupron shot (I am starting the six month series over again), and I thank God that Lupron exists. I have had no terrible problems while taking it, other than the expected side effects (headaches, hot flashes, moodiness, rash and aches/pains) but none even compare to the horrific experience I had my my endo. At this point, I have had no abdominal pain, no period means no endo, and I am happy to say my quality of life has improved 10-fold since beginning Lupron. If you are considering Lupron, don't just take the horror stories into consideration, view the facts from both sides.

I WOULD NOT PUT MY CHILD OR ANY CHILD ON SINGULAR. Singulair can cause a hormonal problem that may cause your child to halucinate experiences and to believe them to be true. A child may not be able to communicate the experiences, nightmares etc. that they could be experiencing. Even adults may not be able to tell reality from halucinations, dreams, etc. I am sure this is not true of everyone who takes this drug, but I PERSONALLY WOULD NEVER PUT A CHILD ON THIS DRUG.

My husband had a horrific experience with this drug. He was so afraid to tell me that he had the cops chasing him at night (he was at home with me every night), he though he killed a dog another night, and other more disturbing imagined experiences. Thankfully he trusted me enough to confide all he thought he had done. We found this website and went to the Dr. and took him off the drug and within 3-4 days his brain began working properly again.

Can you imagine how a child might deal with that? Please consider another alternative.