Knee pains symptoms and conditions

After reading all your posts, I just went in the bathroom at work and removed my nuvaring. I have been having many of the symptoms described here. I have been on NR for a little over a year and have noticed the dryness, irritation and decreased sex drive. I have also had extreme tiredness, but attributed it to having 2 small children and working full time. Now, I'm not so sure. My symptoms have all gotten worse in the past few months. I force myself to have sex w/ my husband 1-2 times per month. I have hip and knee pains to the point I can barely walk and then I'm fine the next day. After getting 7-8 hrs of sleep, I am dozing in my office at 11am. My temper is out of control sometimes. I feel like I want to get in my car and drive away from my life...and my life is not bad! Also, I imagine all the terrible things that could happen to those I love and it makes me cry. These are all out of character for me and I was chalking them up to stress, but now I'm not so sure. I have an appt to see my gyn tomorrow due to the fact that after putting in the ring for the last 2 months, I feel like my crotch is ON FIRE...burning, itching, but no discharge like a yeast infection. I also tried to speak to my gyn about the pelvic pain after insertion a few months ago and was encouraged to stay on it and told it was my vaginal muscles adjusting to the ring. Also, I have gained 5-8 pounds with no other change in routine that I cannot seem to lose. I actually took 3 pregnancy tests due to mood swings, weight gain and breast swelling/tenderness a few months ago!
I just hope I go back to normal soon. Anyone know how long it takes?

My serious hell started at age 43 and I am 49 now. Diagnosis was hormonal changes. My doctor put me on Zoloft, klonopin, xanax, flexril, pain killers, and prescribed many other meds to control my very frightening panic attacks, depression, fibromyalgia, migraine, arthritis type pains, knee pains, insomnia, restless legs, tingling, numbness, hot flashes, and many other indescribable symptoms.
Nothing helped. I stopped going to work and stayed in bed most of the year and a year later stopped taking all of the prescription meds because of the serious side effects etc. I continued the Zoloft though. Zoloft helped with my panic attacks but all other symptoms are intact and some new symptoms have joined the list.
New development is that about 6 months ago I started feeling very tired, drained, exhausted, thinking became slow; weight won’t come off (put on 40 lbs last couple of years). My depression and other symptoms listed above worsened.
Now in Dec. of 2008 I got my annual physical done and the blood test showed that my thyroid hormone was low (hypothyroidism) so my doctor put me on Levoxyl which drove me even more crazy (manic depressive type symptom, restlessness, blurry vision, and vomiting. Ear infections, sore throat, cough that won’t go away for weeks. But there were moments here and there when I found myself feeling good and happy but the moments didn't last longer than half hour. There was one week when I didn't get any migraines and my appetite reduced but then there were times when I felt very very hungry and ended up eating a lot.
Fed up with my indescribable hell and the doctors I decided to check into some alternative medicines, home remedies, and herbs. A friend who is a nurse and has been going through worse hell recommended that I start taking Thyroidinum 30cc, a homeopathic tincture, and slowly stop the Levoxyl. So I ordered it online. Then I researched on Black kohosh and bought it in liquid form from whole foods. I also bought chamomile liquid form and progesterone cream. I looked for bioidentical hormonal creams but didn't find any so decided that I will try progesterone cream.
OnDec. 26, 2009 I started taking Thyroidinum 30cc 10 drops in 1 ounce of water three times a day and at night before going to bed I started taking black kohosh only 10 drops in water. Recommended dose of black kohosh is 30 drops in water three times a day (total 90 drops a day). I was little afraid to take that much because I read some reports which said that it can cause liver damage. I tried it couple of times during the day but it made me feel funny so I stopped taking it during the day time.
Now I don’t know what’s making me feel good whether it’s Levoxyl adjusting to my body or Thyroidinum 30cc or black kohosh. Believe it or not I have never slept like this in my whole life before as I have in the past one week. I go to bed at 10 PM and wake up at 9 AM. I have no idea what happens in between. I am happy. Energy is great. I go out to do things I had lost interest in in the past 6 years. No migraines. No joint pains. No body pains. It almost feels like I am woken up from a very long sleep. I don't know what’s making me feel good. It’s too early to tell but I will keep you all posted if anything changes. Please give me feedback regarding my condition and the meds I am on. I will also be posting this message for the greatest and the best homeopathic doctor Pankaj Varma /Max Varma and see if I can get some help in that forum. I started Thyroidinum without consulting a homeopathic doctor and I want to quit Levoxyl and Zoloft in the next week or two. I am afraid to do so but I am really fed up with the doctors heavily medicating me for the past 6 years and all I have felt is minute help in couple of symptoms and gotten twenty additional side effects from the prescriptions. I have not had a normal life since I turned 43 and I will be turning 49 in Feb this year.

ive been on levothyroxine for about 6 years...... for an underactive thyroid gland and i am stunned reading all these side effects as for about 4 years ive suffered from severe joint paint, fatigue ,very low moods , foggy brain, mood swings hair loss, all i want to do is sleep and even then im still tired.
I am 35 and feel about 80 as my back hips legs calfs and feet all hurt so bad.
I have been to the doctors so many times and got no where.
ive been told your in pain because your depressed( who would not be depressed ) but i said i am depressed cause im in such pain.
i remember asking once if it was due to the thyroid or the drug and the doctor said your levels are fine and the drug gives no side effects.
I feel like stopping it right now to be honest.
I only got it after my third pregnancy and i remember reading once it can correct itself as it could be caused by pregnancy ????? any ideas.
ive copied and pasted a lot of these comments and i will be making a trip to doctors to be fobbed off again im sure ....but its worth a try

Hello, told my doctor today of leg cramps, facial rashes and numbness in feet....and specifically asked if they were related to Synthroid? He said no, I have been on it for 2months...and just upped script to .50mcg....and cramps are worse....I am going off the meds. I am in excellent health @ 64 and only went to this Doctor because of back pain.....was tested for a myriad of things...I had none of the symptoms for hypothyroidism.....what natural remedies are there for this . E.

I have had numerous side effects with tramadol (nausea, heart skipping beats, restless legs at night) but I was too desperate and needed something so I just started taking 2 half pills a day (total of 50 mg). Well, now I've quit after about 2 years because I have sudden onset swelling and tendinitis in both of my achilles tendons. There was absolutely no trauma involved and tramadol was my only medication. After doing research online, I found that this is a rare side effect to some other medications but it hasn't been mentioned for tramadol. I truly believe this is a side effect that just hasn't been reported yet. Also, it can lead to both tendons rupturing. I just hope I stopped the medication in time so that it doesn't lead to that. It's only been a few days and I have a lot of pain and difficulty with stairs. I think this will take a while to get over -- like all orthopedic related problems.

Severe swollen wrist and knee pains, hurts to walk and hurts to do anything with my hands. My Dr. said to keep taking for a couple more days i guess because its thre week-end, but now after reading this stuff, I really don't want to, I have only taken 2 pills.

My son started Singulair ibn January of 2004. By March he became very aggressive, having knee pains, abdominal pains and headaches and night terrors (he would appear awake, but was asleep walking me through his nightmare). He also began bittting in school . I took him to speak with someone thinking that something was going on in school that he was not telling us about. Upon the first visit she pointed out the side effect of Singulair. I immediately took him off and have been symotom free since!

I took Lipitor for 3 months and developed horrible pains in my leg (behind the knee), every evening. It was a pain that would continue to build till I couldn't stand it anymore and had to move my leg. Once I thought I was ok, and my leg was in a comfortable positiion, it would start again slowly building up to were I could not stand it again. This continued all night long, every night. I lived with this for a while, till I got a horrible pain in my back. I couldn't move my arm or be touch on my back without sharp piercing papins. I stopped taking the Lipitor immediately an called my doctor. My doctor agrred to taking me off the Lipitor. My knee continued to hurt, for months so I finally went to an orthopedic Doctor and was told that I was starting to get arthritis in my knee. He thought that was my problem and said that he thought the Lipitor had nothing to do with it. I have now been on Celebrex for my knee pain, for 6 months and it has helped, but I always have some pain. A new doctor wanted to put me on Lipitor, even after I explained what I had gone through, and she also, thought my knee pains had nothing to do with the Lipitor. I took the Lipitor two nights and woke up with the horrible pain building in my leg. I stopped taking it immediately.

Well I have MPGN Type 1(type of nephrotic (kidney) syndrome) and I've been on 60mg of Prednisone since October 21st. I really hate this drug, but it seems to be working. I have all the side affects minus the eye problems (thank God) My hands cramp up, they are always shaking, and I can barely write properly. I have the moon face, I aslo have the weight gain, I get sad a lot, just because I have this rare disease, I have the acne, I have the knee pains, it hurts so bad I can't walk properly, I can't even sleep because of it. I've never been to the hospital in my life, but now I find myself in there atleast twice a week. Predisone is an amazing drug. To me I think it is a bad drug, But who knows, it might save my life. I have had the increase in appetite, but I'm trying to minimize how much I eat. It really sucks for me. I'm only 15, it's hard to go to school...I just want to stay home because I feel everyone notices how much I have changed! But I have a good support system, My family, always saying things will be alright. My doctors just decided to slowly wean me off the predisone, hopefully it doesn't affect how it is helping my kidneys. I wish you all get better, it is hard, but if I had to chose with the side affects and living my life and getting my health back, and between my kidneys failing and possilbly death. I think I would go with the side affects.

If anyone wants to talk I'm up for it, I could always use a friend, not everyone understands when you tell them your on steriods and thats why you look and act this certain way!

Best wishes to you all, Have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Years, and always stay positive and keep your head up, yeah its hard, but you know try atleast ;)

any advice on diuretics to take or other to help swellings below knees.still suffering from + knee pains-diffic walking-since stopping neurontin in Dec.how long do these effects last?.I had no joint pains/clicking of joints/swelling before taking neurontin in oct then a couple of weeks later all these problems started.have been off this drug for almost 4months now & still pain/swellings.anybody else with these symptoms who managed to improve?