October 20th
2007
11:48 AM
MY LITTLE GIRL HAS BEEN ON SINGULAR FOR A WEEK AND EACH DAY SHE HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT CRABER AND DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO KG.WHICH SHE LOVES OR DANCE CLASS .TWO DAYS AGO SHE WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND SAID HER EAR HURT, SO I GAVE HER SOME TYLENOL AND AFTER 1HR AND HALF SHE WENT BACK TO SLEEP.FRI. NIGHT SHE WAS ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO HER BED SCREAMING AND CRYING LIKE SHE WAS HAVING A NIGHT TERROR (SHE HAD THOSE ALL THE TIME WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE BUT HAS OUT GROWN THEM) SHE KEPT SAYING SHE WANTED TO GO HOME AND HER ARM HURT ,I GOT HER TO GO BACK TO SLEEP AND HOUR LATER SHE WAS UP SCREAMING AGAIN.TODAY SHE GOT UP AT 8 AND WAS LAYING ON COUCH BY 9:30 SLEEPING WHEN SHE WOKE UP SHE HAD 102.3 FEVER AND I KNOW NOW THAT IT IS THE MED. BECAUSE WHEN OUR THEN 2YR OLD (NOW 3) WAS PUT ON THIS MED. HE GOT A FEVER AND HUGE SORES ON HIS TOUNGE AND WAS COMPLETLY MISARABLE THE DOC.KEPT SAYING THAT HE HAD MONO AT 2 NOT. I TOOK HIM OF THE MED. AFTER I FIGURED OUT THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS AND HE HAS BEEN FINE SINCE .I SHOULD OF NEVER LET THEM PUT MY 6 YR. OLD LITTLE GIRL ON IT .
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October 7th
2007
1:34 AM
Okay so I JUST started taking Yaz today and I was laying on the couch and I had ringing in my ears which I've never had... so naturally I went up to Yahoo and put in ringing of the ears and Yaz and up popped this website. I'm truly terrified after reading all of this. Do you think I should switch to something else asap? Any advice would be great!
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February 7th
2007
5:41 PM
I've been on Yasmin for... honestly I'm not sure... at least a year, maybe closer to two years. I started (and still am) taking Yasmin because I had such painful periods that my doctor thought birth control pills would help.
At first I loved Yasmin and didn't have any problems... my periods were shorter and not as painful, and I didn't have any side affects that I could see.
This time last year, I developed insomnia, and I am someone who NEVER has had problems sleeping. There was alot going on in my household and I thought it was from stress... I finally ended up DROPPING OUT of high school in my senior yaer and doing independent study because I had depression, anxiety and insomnia that kept me from attending and I was at risk of not graduating. I took sleeping pills for awhile, but eventually my insomnia went away and I could function more. In addition to insomnia, I developed severe depression that kept me home and I stopped contact with all of my friends, stopped doing the things that I loved and my personality disappeared completely. This, too, went away after some time and I developed new symptoms.
Around summertime, I started getting daily headaches that were annoying. These annoying headaches turned into SEVERE migraines that would land me in the hospital... at one point I was in so much pain I remember thinking that I would rather die than deal with these headaches any longer. Daily migraines kept me home and my social life ended completely. Just like my insomnia, after awhile, my migraines got better and went away, although they come back sometimes (as well as my insomnia)... like a few times a month.
Now (in the past 2-3 months), I've been getting sicker and sicker and I had no idea why until I found this website. I have muscle pain and weakness 24/7, and when I'm not at work I'm laying on my couch at home and I don't do ANYTHING anymore... I don't go out with my friends, I don't want to get dressed, my room is the messiest it's been in years because I have no energy to clean it and I feel like I'm going crazy. My doctors have recently tested me for mono, diabetes, underactive thyroid, and a few other diseases and have found nothing. In addition to these symptoms I've had (periodically) experienced:
*ringing in my ears - enough to make me stop what i'm doing and make sure my ears are still working.
*chest pains
*numbness in parts of my body - usually when I'm falling asleep... the other night my lips went numb for a few seconds.
*severe acid reflux
*stomach problems - unexplained constipation and diarhhea without changing diet or anything else.
*faintness - i've nearly passed out two different times in the past two weeks, and i've never passed out in my life.
*muscle pain 24/7
*muscle weakness
*what i call "mini migraines" - i don't get the pain of a migraine, but i get slight nausea and the odd sensations or disorientation that i normally get before a migraine. for three weeks i would randomly get these "episodes" where everything looked strange and then that would develop into a mini anxiety attack.
*anxiety attacks - i've never been a person with much nervousness or anxiety but have experienced at least one full-blown attack in the past 2 months.
*dizziness - sometimes out of nowhere, and sometimes it wakes me up at night.
*nausea - for a month straight, every morning when i woke up i would feel nauseous... but like every other symptom, it eventually went away.
*loss of appetite - just in the past week. i force myself to eat but honestly have no appetite. last night i went to bed without dinner because of it.
These are most of the physical side affects that bother me on a regular basis, and after finding this website I have decided to stop taking Yasmin completely.
My thoughts go out to the ladies who are so completely ill that they have sickness every single day because of this pill. I think that it should be taken off of the market. Obviously certain pills don't work for certain people, but this website is proof that this pill could be deadly in many cases.
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July 24th
2006
7:50 AM
I started taking 10 mg. of Lisinopril 4 days ago. I was taking the hctz but switched because of not being able to be in the sun with that particular med. I have been experiencing the tightness in my chest, heaviness in my entire body, extreme fatigue and I am having trouble laying on my left side as I experience rapid heart beat as well as pain through my shoulder and neck. I don't know if anyone else has experienced this but I will be calling my dr. right away.
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September 8th
2005
12:44 PM
I have been on toprol for 2 years and gained 20 lbs, I am so tired all the time , I can' t walk by the couch with out laying on it. I don't feel like doing any thing that takes energy.
At first I was on 150mg, and felt dopedup and light headed all the timeso now I take 100mg. I also have a metalic taste in my mouth, and leg cramps, I get charlie horses in my toes.
May 7th
2003
12:29 PM
I'm a 58 year old male in good health. Was riding a bike 5 to 6 miles each day and no problems or arthritis. In January I got a Urinary tract infection and was put on a Sulfa drug which gave me a rash so I was switched to Levaquin.
Started taking Levaquin 24 Feb.
Started having lower back pain and heat in two days.
28 Feb went to Physical therapist to see if she could do something for the pain and the heat in lower back. She could not find anything wrong and sent me back to my Doctor. He checked me out and said the infection was gone and not to lift anything over 10 lbs.
1 Mar. pain almost unbearable.
2 Mar. by evening could not control my back and was laying on the floor.
3 Mar called doctor and told him I couldn't get out of bed and he called in a prescription for a muscle relaxant and recommended heat and ice. Called my therapist and she recommended ice 20 min every hour and to come in as soon as I could get out of bed.
5 Mar finally able to get out of bed and went to therapy.
6 Mar took last Levaquin.
Continued therapy and things seemed to be getting better but kept injuring joints when I used them too much.
Since then it has been all downhill. Symptoms include aching in all joints. Unable to sit or lay on my back. Anytime anything touches my back it gets hot. One Rib has gone out of place twice. My back continues to go out of control. Unable to sleep due to the pain. Knees weak. Sometimes have hot spots on legs and arms. Doctor has taken blood tests and had Xrays thinking I had Arthritis which isn't the case. Any physical exertion compounds problems. Had to quit therapy as it causes more pain. Doctor has me on muscle relaxants, Vioxx and pain killers. He doesn't believe this ailment was caused by Levaquin or if it was the effects would already be gone.
It's over two months since I took the drug and no relief. Seems to get worse every day. Tried to go to a Neurologist and he needed me to have a MRI and so far the insurance company has denied it.
Tried going to a Chiropractor but any manipulations cause more pain.
If anybody has suggestion on how to get over this and back to a normal life please let me know.
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Yasmin (2) Toprol-XL (1) Singulair (1) Lisinopril (1) Remeron (1) Levaquin (1)
November 24th
2007
4:09 AM
I began 15mg of Remeron per day about 1 month ago. At first, it was wonderful. I slept better than I had in years and my depression was reduced greatly. I felt hope for the first time in ages. However, about a week into it, I started to become aggitated VERY easily. I would get angry at anything. This has not subsided at all...in fact, it's worse. Now I wake in the middle of the night with my mind racing and either in a rage or STARVING. I eat a lot. It's nice to have my appetite back, but I crave sweets too much. I can accept that symptom if it wasn't for the rage and inability to stop my mind from switching between utter numbness to anger. I'm going to give it longer, in the hopes that it brings me back to where I was when I started taking it. If this keeps up though, I'll be in trouble.
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