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I was prescribed 42 pills (20 days) of 10 mg Prednisone which I am to take beginning with 4 pills for four days and steadily decreasing every four days down to four 1/2 pill the last four days. I took my first dose yesterday and was told to drink lots of water. I do not wish to gain weight nor have a moon face. My doctor does not feel this will affect me in that way, but may have water retention (swelling). I am 73, and this regiment of Prednisone was prescribed to decrease inflammation due to a possible siatic nerve problem, which is causing extreme pain in my left leg. The pain is excruciating when I get up in the morning but eases down by mid morning with some pain all day and some nights if I move just the wrong way.Does anyone have a suggestion for the best foods to eat and what to avoid? I read that grapefruit juice may be beneficial.

On the evening after my insertion, 10/11/07, which was rather bloody and took two OBGYN"S to put in place, I began feeling very ill! Shivers, cold, sweats and a very high fever set in! I was sick and in pain! It was a horrible night!!! The next a.m. I phoned my M.D. and told him what happened. It was hard to tell for him if it was caused by the Mirena insertion or something else. However, he ordered me on antibiotics for 10 days. Three days after the antibiotics finished, I began itching severely, ALL OVER MY BODY and it has not stopped!!! I am scratching my skin off!!! The itch comes the inside and my skin welts up and hives show up. The intensity comes & goes. The areas of the body vary. However, I am continuously itching; at times in desperation!!! I have held back from the E.R. this weekend, awaiting for Monday to go to the Dr.s office. I heard from a Berlex Rep (my Brother), that in 5% of women, skin disorders have been reported!!! HOW NORMAL IS THIS??? I do not wish this side effect to anyone!!! It's horribly distressing & nerve wrecking!!! Not to mention, skin destroyer!!! I have sores from scratching throughout my body... I s till don't know if Mirena is the cause, but I have not been able to determine anything else responsible... I will let you know what happens...
Sylvia in Miami Beach

I've been on Topamax since just Tuesday, 10/9/07. I find that I get very tired a couple hours after taking it and I have horrible nightmares and very dark thoughts, too. Diet coke tastes so HORRBILE which is bad because I loved my diet cokes, but then again I guess that's good b/c I need to stop drinking them anyway. My worst side effect is that I have horrible mood swings. Is this normal? Is this going to go away over time? Because if not, I'm going to stop taking it now. This is not like me and I am not going to subject my family to this - losing weight is not THAT important to me. Thanks for any help. :(

P. S. I'm taking 25 mg in the morning, afternoon and evening.

Hello Yasmin Sufferers out there, I have currently been taking Yasminfor four months exactly, I started my cycle today which means that I would start to take my new pack of pills come this Sunday, except I have most definately decided that I am going to stop. Especially after reading all of these posts and have come to the realization that all of my health problems seem to be Yasmin driven. I will now list the long list of symptoms that I have expierienced over the last four months:

Water retention, dry mouth, dehydration ( also note: drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day), blurred vision, shaking, headaches, backaches, crying at the drop of a dime, moody, irritable, constipation, nightsweats, coldsores, breast tenderness, as well as numbness in legs. I also have naturally thin hair, but have noticed that my hair has become thinner. I have also gained 10pds.

I am 24 years of age and have been taking this pill for four months. When I was younger I took Ortho Tricyclin for years and gained approx: 60pds. I went off of that pill and dropped the weight almost immediately along with changing my nutrition completely. So, it wasn't just the pill. I then stayed off of the pill for years, and was absolutely fine. Last year I tried to take Yasmin, I went on the pill for one month and withing the 1st week gained 8pds, I stopped taking it after one month, because I am so weight conscience because the pill had made me gain weight in the past.

I tend to have moderate adult acne. I went to my Dr. for an acne treatment, and he suggested the Birth Control Pill. He suggested Yasmin because of the water pill which is in it. This time my Dr. convinced me that I did not give the pill enough time last time and should give it three months minumum.

So, I have given it four months and the symptoms seem to be getting worse as well as the weight gain, and irritability.

I have also felt depressed and wondered if have been depressed which I have never had thoughts of in the past.

One thing that Yasmin has done well for me has been clearing up the acne, which was what I wanted to stop, but after enduring all of these other symptoms, I would rather have adult acne in trade for all of these.

Like I mentioned above I took my last pill last Saturday because that was the end of my pack and I do not plan on starting a new one this Sunday. I can only hope that I do not get any negative side effects when coming off of the pill.

I hope that this helps you ladies out there looking for info and highly recommend researching a birth control pill extensively before taking it.

Wishing you all the best of luck, thank you all for voicing your symptoms as I didn't even realize that these were all pointing to one problem.YASMIN.

after taking for about a week of 100 mg of doxycyline, I had a severe headache that lasted for almost two days. I do not wish to take this drug again.

This isn't a new side effect or anything, but I just got off of Yasmin because I had diarrehia everyday for the past 6 months since I first started taking it. At first, I thought maybe I had inherited my dad's stomach problems, but then quickly realized that it wasn't just my dad's problems wearing off on me, it was Yasmin. Yasmin is probably the worst of 4 kinds of birth control that I have ever been on. I am scared to death for those of you that think that Yasmin is good. I have been off for less than a week and I am going crazy because of it. A couple months ago I had my first panic attack. I didn't know then what it was until yesterday when I researching the symptoms I had again...another panic attack just 3 days ago. Now my whole body feels numb. I don't know what to do. I finally decided to tell my mother who is taking me to the doctor tomorrow morning. It is almost as if my body is non-existent. I feel like I itch, but when I go to scratch, I really can't feel it but I know I am scratching. It's almost like "if I can't see it, it's not there". I am hoping that the doctor can help me out. I see where some people took 6 months to get over the panic attacks...and that scares me to death. I hope that I am a quick recoverer because this is something that I do not wish anybody to ever have to go into. I am a college student and I can almost tell that this is going to affect the way that I look at things and my studying habits. I would urge EVERYONE to NEVER take YASMIN because it really does have some very negative side effects that they failed to mention.

I took one dose of 500 mg of Levaquin for one day. I noticed a couple of hours after I took it that I felt really funny; dizzy and kind of nauseated. I was not sure about the side effects as the doctor gave me samples so I really had nothing to read about the possible side effects. I went online to see what the possible side effects were and I came upon this site. I am totally in disbelief. I can guarantee that I will not take another dose after reading this site. I do not wish to have the side effects that many of you have experienced. The lightheadedness that I feel is enough for me. I have called my doctor today and told them that I would not be taking any more of this medication. Good luck to everyone who is put on this medication because you will need it. I wonder if there are any positive stories from anyone taking this medication.