I brush my teeth symptoms and conditions

I am currently taking Lipitor, I was taking another cholesterol med, don't remember what it was, but it was changed because the other wasn't effective. My cholesterol is great. Tonight while researching multiple symptoms I am having, I found this site. I have been on Lipitor for around 2 years now. For 2 years I have also been being treated for severe leg cramps, they knot up at times, this was diagnosed as Restless legs syndrome. I have numbness and tingling in my hands, my doc says most likely carpel tunnel ( I really don't do anything repeatedly with my hands) , my ears ring constantly, my hands and legs swell daily, so now I am taking a diuretic for that, I have constant headaches, blurred vision, severe upper and lower back pain, joint and muscle pain, severe dry mouth, at times I get very swollen gums (no bleeding of the gums) a metallic taste or salty taste in my mouth all the time, and unexplained pain , like bruises, all over my body. I am making another appointment in the morning about the dry mouth and gum pain, recently my teeth just started falling apart, my doc said that was from poor dental care, I brush my teeth at least 4 times a day and use mouthwash.

Yup, all of the above... I have been dizzy, restless at night, nausious, but like you have all said, the worst is the TASTE that is in your mouth all day and night, it tastes like a combination of grass and metal and it gets worse every time I cough (I am taking Biaxin for a very bad lung infection). I wake up in the middle of the night gagging and I have to run to the bathroom to basically drink mouthwash so that it will go away for an hour or so and give me some relief. It is disgusting and if it weren't for the fact that I NEED to get rid of this infection I would definitly stop taking it if only to just get rid of the taste in my mouth.

I have used advair for about 5 months and it has significantly imporved my capacity to breathe without the usual symtoms of my asthma controlling my life. On occassion I still have to use an inhaler. I brush my teeth and rinse with Listerine after each enhalation and this seems to control the thrush. I have, however experienced some soreness in the right Kidney and my urine has a strong order to it. this comes and goes.

I began taking prednisone 7/13/06, and the side effects are terrible. I have thush so bad that my tongue bleeds when I brush my teeth, I'm constantly hungry and I usually only eat twice a day, I feel bloated, my eyes ache and I have heartburn so bad that it feels like someone is literally pouring acid down my throat. I was given predinose to relieve chronic laryngitis. The side effects are much worse than the loss of my voice. I wish I would have been worned by my Dr. prior to taking the medication. My concern now is what type of long or short effects will taking this medicine have on my body and how long before I notice an improvement. I'm also a diabetic and my blood sugars have been out of control.

Extreme dry mouth, taste perversion, leg and neck pain, exteme tiredness, general muscle pain. My mouth is so dry that in the morning, if I try to swallow without drinking something first, my throat sticks together and I have difficulty breathing. My ability to taste has decreased and I have a tin-like taste in my mouth all the time. I brush my teeth and use mouthwash five or six times a day, am always chewing gum to try to get rid of the taste and the dryness, but nothing works. I can't sleep at night because of the joint and muscle pain and am always exhausted. Am going to the doctor today and having her take me off of this medication.

I have been talking Levoxyl for years. I had my whole thyroid
removed in 99 with a precancerous nodule. For years
I have had trouble with concentration -- always feeling
kind of "out of it," "zombie -like," but just since about
September I have felt very bad. I have noticed this bad
feeling begins bout an hour or so after I take
my med.

I began in Sept on 88 mcg, then went to 100mcg,
then to 112, and then to 125. I cut myself back to 112
because with 125 I was so so so tired, and cried with
strange anxiety every day. Since cutting back to 112, I don't feel a lot better. During the day I feel to tired to do anything,
and I have lost my interest, personality, and sense-of-humor.
But, on days when I completely skip my med. I feel soo
good, but I can't do that two days in a row b/c then I feel
worse. Also, at my last dentist visit, I had 3 cavities and
I brush my teeth twice a day, every day.

I have another apt. tomorrow (with my specialist).
I hope he can fix me.
I have suggested Armour and Cytomel many times,
but he always says "this is rare that anyone needs to take
these" I hate feeling this way. I want to feel like everyone
else so bad, I just feel like I never will. It is very debilitating.
I have recently graduated from college and I feel like
an old woman -- too tired and bad to go after my career
goals.

Write back anyone that feels this way too.