Irrational symptoms and conditions

Last November, I got pneumonia. My doctor prescribed Avelox. I took the first dose while standing in the doctor's office. Less than one hour later, I was standing at the pharmacy counter and began to become irrational and very anxious. I called my husband who met me at the grocery where our pharmacy is located. When I saw him, I ran from him. Can't explain that except that I had become very freaked out. Can't believe I drove myself home either but the anxiety continued and was so bad that I could not sleep, could not stand to be touched, could not read. We called my doctor's emergency line. They denied that I was having a drug reaction but I knew better. I started drinking water like crazy. I contacted a friend who is a phychologist. She agreed that I was having a drug reaction and prescribed lorazepam which I took the next day-still very anxious. I could feel the anxiety but I did not care. Funny now-not then. I had horrible attacks off and on for almost two weeks. A month later, I was still edgy but no longer anxiety attack prone. My doctor refused to remark in my record that I had had this reaction. I fired him. I have read about and discussed similar reactions to this drug with many people-yet the doctors refuse to believe it. What can we do?

I’m a 47 Year old male Diabetic. I was prescribed Lisinopril about a month ago by my doctor, as a protection against kidney damage. I have a some experience with drugs, as I have a degree in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry. I must stress that I knew nothing about the side effects of this drug before taking it,( I didn’t even read the instructions – that will teach me!) so for those who suggest that the problems are ‘imagined’ from reading the literature, in my case its just not true. I was given a 10mg daily dose, within the first day I started coughing, and suffering flu-like symptoms. As I had been given a flu-shot at the same time I just put this down to the injection. For the next few days I was feeling nauseous , achy and the cough was getting worse. I was finding it difficult to sleep, and found myself falling asleep all the time. After 4 or five days I started to have breathing problems, I was short of breath all the time, I found it difficult to climb stairs, and was waking in the night gasping for breath. I was also starting to find it difficult to concentrate. After about two weeks I returned to my GP, and advised him of the symptoms. He checked my chest, but could find no problem. He thought it was probably due to the flu jab, and would clear up in a few days. However I was starting to feel much worse. I was becoming distressed and irrational, my body was constantly aching, the cough was getting worse, I had no energy, and was becoming seriously depressed. I was suffering from blurred vision and stomach cramps, and eventually was escorted from work by my boss, as I was on the verge of a breakdown. All this time I was blaming it on the flu-shot, as Lisinopril is so commonly prescribed I couldn’t imagine that this was the cause. By chance a friend mentioned that he had had problems when he started taking it, So then I checked out the leaflet and the internet. There it was, all my symptoms – I was not going mad! I returned to My GP last week, A locum was standing in, who recognised the symptoms and told me to stop taking it. She commented ‘Your not the first I’ve seen with these problems’. I’ve been off for 3 days now and I feel a million times better.

My son has bipolar disorder and ther derma put him on the med for acne despite my concerns for ant loss of mood stability. I was told it would be just fine. By 3-4 days in he was irrational, sleep was erratic, he was paranoid, grandiose and moods were swinging up and down within the day. Anyone aith bipolar disorder BEWARE!

I just want to say that I was on YAZ for 1 1/2 years and I had absolutely no problems with it. In fact, YAZ was one of two birth control pills that I was on that didn't make me sick, out of five. Yes, sometimes I have anxiety, I'm depressed, bitchy, etc, but it is because I am Bi-polar and have been diagnosed for years now. I hate to sound insensitive, but maybe some of you ladies are just crazy like me. Also, birth control pills pump hormones into your body, and hello, what do hormones do... they can make us a little irrational, bitchy, depressed, etc. YAZ is not that much different than any other birth control.

I just went on Yasmin, because my insurance covers it better than YAZ. I will keep everyone posted, but I'm not too worried.

I am just about to burst in tears from reading all this information. Our daughter is 4 years old. She is been in Singulair (for her Allergies) since she was almost 10 months. It been quite a rollercoaster for us. We have been told she is ADHD (although can't be diagnose until 6), she has almost all the characteristics. hyperactive, mood swings vary between days, now leg pains, nightmares, etc. Two years ago our allergist took her off Singulair but our pediatrician didn't agree, so we went back.
It has been very painful because our daughter is such a bright girl; we don't want her to suffer, not to be accepted because she is acting like this. From reading all this information my husband and I decided to take her off Singualir. Hopefully we see some changes that can give us a sense of relief. Any words of wisdom?

I am here b/c I've been having crying spells with very light (at first no) periods. I've been on Yaz for about 4-5 months and I don't know if it's causing it. I've reviewed my life and don't really have any particular reason to be crying... great family, good life, good job, etc. so... why the crying. I'm here trying to find out if this might be a side effect. The good side? I'm not as irritable as I was before YAZ, while taking Ortho-tricyclen.

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."

I am so happy to have found this website. I started taking Yasmin 2 months ago and was only on it for 1 month. I began a round of Prednisone at the same time due to hurting my back. Well, while tapering off of the pred (going into my 3rd week of Yasmin) I had one night of NO SLEEP. In the morning my muscles were so tight and painful I could barely walk. My heart was racing, I was so dehydrated I could barely speak, my vision was blurry, I couldn't form sentences clearly my head was in such a fog and I had lost 5lbs literally overnight ( I am already extremely thin naturally, so this is not a good thing for me) I was skin and bones. My normally thick, shiny hair became dry, thin and brittle and my skin broke out horribly and I had painful diarrhea. This is just the physical symptoms. The mental symptoms were out of control. I was crying all the time, yelling at everyone and just being completely irrational. I truly thought I was dying. My doctor thought maybe I was having withdrawal from the pred. This continued for a week until I started researching about Yasmin. I immediately stopped taking it after reading the side effects people were having as they were the same as mine. Strangely, they were also the same as prednisone withdrawal, the only problem was that I was off the pred and still having symptoms. Over the following 2 weeks, they slowly got better. Then, it all started again for my next cycle just to a much lesser degree since I was off the BCP. This makes me certain that my symptoms were absolutely from the BCP and not the Pred. I am reaching the end of my period today and my weight has gone back up and I am again starting to feel better. I just hope next month will be normal again. The thing that makes me the most angry is that my doctor refuses to believe that any of it had to due with the BCP. I have been on plenty of BCP's and NEVER experienced anything like this. This stuff needs to be pulled from the shelves or doctors need to be more aware of it's potential side effects and quit discounting our intelligence. Thank you everyone for your posts.

Was on Lamictal for 3 months..Didn't think it was helping.Also experiencing shortness of breath,fatigue,irrational,uncontrolable anger and terrible short term memory.So i went off of it cold turkey(like my doc told me to)and symptoms are MUCH worse..BArely can type this message..LOL..I'm going to WEAN myself off it,and NEVER Listen to another QUACK doctor again...What ever happened to a good ol' VALIUM every once in a while..

- stiff, achey lower back
- emotional
- tired
- mood swings
- irrational anger
- violent
- short fused, hot tempered
- depressed
- tender breasts

but, it's only been 2 months... not sure if it's supposed to get any better...

I still think a class action lawsuit should be filed and this product taken off of the market, i felt like i lost 3 years of my life on this medication!! Not to mention i put my husband and daughter thru hell!!

Where do I begin??? I have been taking Yaz for six months. Migraines! The worst migraines ever, I cannot function for one full day and sometimes more, the pain was so intolerable.

Hives! For the past two months, I keep thinking that I had a food allergy; even my doctor diagnosed it as that. After going to the allergist, I was told that I have developed an allergy to the Yasmin pill. No part of my body has been discriminated with this medication. Hives from the top of my head, in my eyes, right down to the bottom of my feet! This has been the worst experience of my life with this pill.

Fatigue to the extreme! I fall asleep sitting up and never feel rested. Yaz has caused me to go up two cup sizes so far, I went from being a 38C to a 40DD and I can't fit into anything. My boobs are sore a lot.

Weight gain, at least 20 pounds heavier. Nausea; Indigestion; Diarrhea & Constipation; Decreased Sex Drive; and Mood swings; Uncontrollable Rages; Severe body aches; Hot Flashes/Chills; Crying Spells; Blurred Vision; Lack of Concentration; Trouble sleeping; Dizziness; Shaking; Restlessness mainly after 9pm when I should be winding down to go to bed; Terrible night sweats; Never ending cravings for junk food; Inability to cope with stressful situations; Feeling of being inadequate; Can’t concentrate; Gassy; Hate family & partners; Irrational.

This morning I awoke with my heart racing and a very anxious emotional state of mind. I felt irrational,frantic, like crying, hand-wringing & completely out of control emotionally! It was very scarey - I've never experienced this before. This is my 7th day on the antibiotic, and I'm seeing no improvement in the sinusitis that I'm taking it for.

Hi Ladies,

I am stunned by everything I have read on this site. I am crying as I read each posting. I felt like I have been completely alone and adrift with some of the same symptoms.

I have been on Yaz for approximately 6 months and I am not sure what to do. I am irrational, at times scared and inconsolable and overly emotional. I cry and take offense at the smallest thing my boyfriend or anyone says. My personality has done a 180 since I started Yaz. I have always been a happy, loving, outgoing person.

Last night was the last straw. I had a panic attack during a disagreement with my boyfriend - which I escalated. My outrageous behavior has isolated me from my boyfriend and my family. Everyone around me is confused and not sure how to help me. At this point, I don't think I can salvage my relationship with my boyfriend. My Mom is begging me to stop taking Yaz. Is it safe to just stop taking it, or will I continue to spiral?

Any advice you can provide would be helpful.

KCK

I have been on the ring for about 9 months. Before that I had been on different types of tri-cycle pills for over 7 years. I didn't notice much at first, but I have realized that my sex drive has almost diminished since using the ring. Also, I've always had mood swings on the pill and have noticed that I seem to have more irrational ones now! I have the once-a-month crying days. I haven't seen any recommendations for a birth control alternative. I do LOVE not having to worry about taking a pill.

Hello Ladies,

I haven't posted on this site for about 2 years but thought I'd re-tell my story for anyone new who is suffering the debilitating effects of Yasmin...particluraly those searching the net to try an understand what is wrong with them.

So here goes...I had been on Yasmin for a year and a half with no obvious side effects (was 27 at the time). If anyone had asked me what I thought of it during this time, I'd have sung it's praises. Then after this time my world came crashing down around me. I started having major panic attacks, vertigo, disturbing/irrational/suicidal thoughts, and depression. I lost about 7kg over 3 weeks...became a recluse...a shell of my former self. Prior to this I have always been a healthy well adjusted, and most of all positive person who had every reason to go on being happy. I had no history whatso ever of the above conditions...it is for these reasons I began researching (at the same time starting seeing a psychologist as I was sure I had developed a late onset mental illness)...My family were in great distress as there seemed to be no explanation for my sudden and obvious decline.

One day I was absolutely desperate...I prayed for help whilst I was on my computer and it suddenly occured to me (gift from above) to look up 'Yasmin side effects'...I found this website and my life changed. I still remembering crying into the screen as I read other women's stories describing in detail what I had been going through. I immediately stopped taking Yasmin. Within 4 days my depression lifted, as did the vertigo.

It has now been 2 years since I stopped Yasmin. Every month off Yasmin you start to feel remnants of your true self return. Anxiety has been the most difficult ongoing struggle since Yasmin, but that has improved 99%. I have been seeing a naturopath to help my body recover...as the other ladies have mentioned Yasmin depletes your body of so many vital nutrients. It also takes a while for your hormones to re-balance.

In the first 6 months off Yasmin I relied on reading posts from this site to get me through it. I am always heartened by the support I received from complete strangers during this tough time. I see my life as 'pre and post Yasmin' now....I am a much stronger person because of it...by far the most challenging and terrifying time of my life. But I would not wish my experience on my worst enemy. I emailed every woman I know my story and asked that they pass it on to every woman they know in turn...we need to broadcast that this pill is pure poison. There should be no debating to be done if you are thinking of or are on Yasmin...stop taking it immediately, and get help in the recovery process.

I wish everyone a blessed and healthy 2007.

Good luck and big hugs xxx

First off, I can't believe I found this site. For once I don't feel alone about having side effects from the Nuva Ring.

I'd been on Nuva for over 2.5 yrs when I left it at school and thus accidentally went off of nuva for a month and a half. I was shocked at how much better I felt after a few hormone-free weeks:

-I could finally drink alcohol in normal amounts and not get crippling hangovers the next day - before even just a few drinks would send me over the edge the next morning.

-My sex drive doubled. I didn't know my sexual capacity until going off of this. (Anyone have a favorite non-pharmaceutical contraceptive they'd like to recommend???)

-I don't get mood swings anymore- when I was on Nuva I knew that I'd get at least one day a month where I'd sit in bed and cry for hours, fully aware that I was being irrational. I was emotionally unstable for a whole week every month.

These are just a few of the many things I've noticed. I'm very disappointed that it took a mistake 2.5 years later for me to realize that it was because of Nuva.

Irrational,addictive,constipated

I have the tingling fingers and feet and face tingles too. My skin feel slimy and so does the inside of my mouth. I feel like my breath stinks and I have acid reflux I also seem to be the only person who seems to feel bloated and water retentive and has GAINED weight even though I don't have an appetite. I agree that I am moody, but I don't feel well Last night I had the worst night. I didn't sleep at all and I just hated everyone. I never felt so angry in my life and just wanted to yell and scream all night.Yet I was able to pull myself out of it and realize that I was irrational,thank goodness. I had a migraine to boot so the pain seemed intense and all the suffering with the side effects of the Topamax futile. I have never felt so depressed. I don't know if I should pack it in and go back to Elavil. 8 years of that. I am so tired of pain and pain management that just doesn't seem to work. Any answers out there.

My daughter has been taking Yasmin for 9 months (for cramping) and she has been so emotional and irrational that she does not get along with anyone in the family. We have thought that perhaps she needs counseling, or anti-depressants and now after reading your reactions to this pill I am reconsidering our plan of action. Perhaps we should just take her completely off the pill and have a strong talk with our doctor about prescribing a anti-cramping pill instead.....

I am 42 years old and I started taking wllbutrin to quick smoking. That aspect went fine and I quit smoking but, I've had two other issues come up.

When I suddenly quit taking the medicine, I became almost irrational and depressed. I had to go back on it and then I mellowed out.

The other thing was that I developed severe asthma. I had always had minor issues with asthma but I hadn't had an attack since I was a kid. It got so bad that I had to go to the emergency room and they said that wellbutrin was probly the cause.

Delema!!! Do I stay on the wellbutrin so I won't be a mad man or do I become a madman and breath?

My just recently found out my mother is taking adderal. She has been acting very strange latley. She has pretty much cut of all ties with her family. She has been acting irrational and just not herself. Could this really be the medication doing this to her? What can i do to help her and is anti-social behavior a side effect of this medication

I have been taking Yasmin for only 12 days now and have stopped without hesitation as it is turning me into a lunatic. Before starting this drug i was a happy, content, balanced person since starting it i have become insecure, anti social, irrational and the crying is just a joke! I cry consistently for no reason whatsoever. I cried the other day because it was 3 o clock, no other reason! I have been reading these postings and it amazes me how some of you have managed to stay on it for years at a time. I am getting the hell off it and to be honest i will never touch another birth control pill ever again! I have a degree in Psycholoy and i am very aware of how the chemicals within your brain can effect your mood so if you ask me yasmin messes with those chemicals big time! Anyway i am going to get on with my life now and just be grateful that these effects started so quickly and i recognised immediately that it was this pill making me feel this way. My advice to anyone that has any niggling doubt that Yasmin has changed some aspect of their lives get off it because they are probably right and whatever you do, do not allow any docs to tell you you are depressed because you are not. The only thing that is wrong is the little yellow pill that you are putting in your mouth!.

i've been taking yasmin for a week now, and suddenly feel anxious, ill at ease, i've been irrational, moody and not wanted to see my friends.
i'm pretty in touch with my body but took yasmin as a measure to control my adult acne which was making me depressed, but not as depressed as this.
does anyone know of any side effects of stopping taking yasmin straight away?

Wow, this site has totally amazed me.. I thought that I was going mad for the past couple of weeks, but I am seeing now that that is not the case.

I have been using the Yasmin pill for the past 3 weeks. In that time I have like so many of you experienced: nausea, such sore breasts, a headache that has so far lasted for 8 days, bloating, mood swings, irrational anger, excessive tiredness and a giant drop in my libido. A lot of the symptoms feel like pregnancy - so I am going to get a test today. I fear though, that they are more a result of the pill than from being pregnant.

My doctor, did not tell me of any of these adverse side effects, he simply said it would clear up my skin. Heh... well its certainly done more than that. Does anyone else get the feeling that the pharmecutical companies are paying lots of $ to keep the actual effects of this drug quiet so that sales continue to increase? I don't understand how if so many people are using it and having adverse effects that it is being recommended so frequently. *sigh*

Yesterday, when I found this site (in tears) I decided to stop using the pills, I wonder how long it will take this body to find itself again. Any thoughts on the ratio between the length of use and the amount of time to recover would be appreciated.

Good luck to all of you, and thank you for sharing this important information.