Leg cramp symptoms and conditions

I have been taking it for almost a week. I was swimming and got this awful leg cramp and had to get out of the pool. I got some potass. pills and took a couple before I noticed it wasn't recommended. Dear me! I couldn't go to sleep last night and rolled a lot and just couldn't relax I'm hoping things get better in the next few days. My back was hurting a lot today so don't know if there is a relationship or not. I hope this gets better as this medication did take it down a lot from 166 to 110.

I'm just not used to taking medication at all, but want to live awhile.

Hi All

I've been on Yasmin for a year. At first, it’s fine until there’s some side effect such as emotionally, leg cramp, headaches, breathless, chest pain, etc. since July ’08. Had stopped taking Yasmin on end Aug ’08. Since stopping it, I feel much better emotionally but was feeling so sick every day as had gained about 9 Lbs, stomach bloating, indigestion, abdominal pain, headaches, water retention (swelling on my finger & legs), having acne on my face, skin become very dry & skin allergy and the worst is that I’m losing lots of hair everyday (about 1/4 of my hair in the past few months and it’s still dropping & some portion already bald).
Could anyone give some advice how to get my hair back to normal through their experience?

Thanks

Jan. 4th, 2009
4:35 am
I have been on wellbutrin 150 for several month's now and I have extreme dry mouth, sometime's unable to swallow without taking a drink. Itching, strong urine odor, hand's shake badly when drinking and sometime's eating, headache's, dizziness, lightheaded, balance is bad, nausea, depression seem's to be returning, weight gain, short term memory, leg cramp's bad enough that I have to get out of bed and walk them off, burning spot's on my lower leg's. Including the wellbutrin 150, I take about 27 or 28 pill's a day and it seem's like every time I go the doctor they add more pill's. I now also have nighttime incontinence and barely make it to the bathroom in time, but still have leakage or worse going to the bathroom, having trouble getting to sleep and if I get awakened it sometime's take's 2 or 3 hour's to get back to sleep.
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I was put on Yasmin as a healthy 31 year old. I noticed severe foot and leg cramps shortly after taking Yasmin but didn't connect the two. At one point, after a severe leg cramp that left me with a sore leg that lasted more than a couple of days, I contacted my OBGYN to inquire about blood clots. The nurse asked me if I noticed any discoloration, swelling or 'hot spots'. When I told her no she said that I would know if I had a blood clot and there was nothing to worry about. The pain subsided after a couple of days and I attributed it to a pulled muscle. Almost a year later I developed severe chest pains and shortness of breath. A trip to the emergency room uncovered a massive pulmonary embolism. I was admitted to the hospital for 5 days and endured months of recovery to get back to good health. I was on a blood thinner for almost 9 months and still take a daily aspirin in combination with fish oil as a precaution. I can't tell you how I wish I had know just how serious the side effects might really be. I would urge all women to seriously consider all options before committing to a daily medication with these possible side effects. Best of luck to you all.

I was put on PredniSone for a lung virus that i developed asthma due to. I had been border line asthmatic for 10yrs. Dosage was 6tabs 3days, 5 tabs 3days ...etc... I am two days from finishing my dosage and I have had sever leg cramps for the past week. I wake up 2 to3 times a night and have to walk around. I wake up at least 3 times and are able to straighten up enough and go back to sleep. I have also had to get up 2 to 3 times a night to urinate. This is uncommon for me. Hopefully with discontinued use these side effects will stop. I need to get a good night rest. I will never want to take PredniSone again.

I am a 39 year-old man who has been on warfarin for just under three years. To date, there have been no adverse side-effects for me that have really jumped out as being due to the drug. I have noticed that my memory is not as sharp as I once remember it being (no pun intended). One thing most of the posters have to remember is that once you are over age 25 or so, then things really start to go on our bodies. I feel horrible for people suffering from side-effects, but don't forget, not only are our bodies starting to show signs of aging, but most of use have gone through a major illness (which stresses the body) that forced us to be on warfarin in the first place. My illness was a DVT, which I thought was a leg cramp, that became a full-blown PE which almost killed me! I am surprised and thrilled that I haven't had the same side effects as many of the posters here. Don't forget to look at some of the positive things people have written too.

Hello I have been on the pill for a month and going onto my second month of femcon. I have had the worse leg cramp and pains. Has anyone else had leg cramps or pains?

I used to be on Yasmin for about 6 years and about 8 months ago I switched to yaz because a friend of mine told me she had less side effects. Not true. I haven't been myself. In the last 6 months I have been getting a charley horse type leg cramp in my right calf about 1-2 times per week in the middle of the night when I am sleeping. After reading this site, I am concerned because a few people said that lead to a blood clot. I didn't realize this until now. Does any one know if this is true? If so I'm off of it asap.

My almost four year old son has been on singulair for a little over two years now and I am SICK to my stomach after reading all of these entries.
Our son was such an amazing baby, he was very even tempered and behaved beautifully. After some chronic sinusitis and environmental related allergies he was placed on Singulair 15mg granule packets once/day. It was a gradual change in his behavior but very noticeable.

Our wonderful child became very irritable, hipper, restless, moody, and overly sensitive, Our son went from sleeping trough the night to waking several times a night. We are lucky if we have a couple good nights a month. He has also been tougher to get to sleep at night he goes from 8am to midnight on most days (no naps) and will stumble and fall - and he will still protest sleep. On other days he is so hard to keep awake sometimes crashing after school, missing dinner, and going thought the night.

He too like others has been complaining of leg cramps, but I just thought it was a tingly foot....after he would continue to walk around for hours limping, I just thought he was joking. But, the funny leg cramp would always make a reappearance.....and now this could be why????

He is very physical with us and his brother....always hitting and kicking intentionally. His behavior was only exacerbated by the recent birth of our 6 month old. My husband and I have been brought to tears and worn out by his extreme behavior. One moment he is happy - then aggressive or moody and brought to tears....he is like an emotional roller coaster.

He always has a blast at pre-school but completely loses control and freaks out when it is time to go, he says he hates school and is miserable there, he cries so much he throws up. He also goes through hunger strikes, when he is so emotional he choses not to eat. It did not used to be like this!

Coincidental or medical poisoning????

After reading all of these entries, there is no doubt in my mind that Singulair is the culprit.

This drug should be recalled and the pharmaceutical company should be held liable and accountable for this. Our lives have been disturbed and our children's health compromised, what for....a PROFIT?

The FDA needs to do more extensive testing on pharmaceutical drugs and implement more stringent guidelines. and the prescribing doctors shouldn't push these drugs so emphatically.

As of last night we stopped the medication and are relying solely on the Zyrtec OTC. I pray for a change.....we miss the little boy we used to know :-(

My 4yr old son began taking singulair about 6 months ago. He was a very happy active boy. And now, he is an aggressive boy who has a tendency to throw fits and never did before. I just thought it was me letting him get by with to much, and never once thought anything of the medicine. I just thought he was being a typical child, who don't wanna do anything his parents ask of him. When he first started the medication also, he complained of a leg cramp, and I just blew it off as a growing pain.
I feel like I have let my son down. I am just so angry at not knowing this was a side effect. How could they have let us give this medication to our children? Some parents could have even gotten the diagnosis of ADHD and medicating there child for that when in fact it wasn't ADHD it was the side effect of singulair. This is not going to go away soon, we need answers and we need them NOW!!!

All I have to say is that if you start Yaz and have any kind of leg cramping--see your doctor and insist they make SURE it's not a DVT. I started Yaz last Spring. I am 41 but I'm a fitness fanatic who doesn't smoke or drink. I have a very low resting heart rate and exercise all the time. One would think I'd be a likely candidate for success on Yaz.

I went to my regular doctor in July because I had had a leg "cramp" at night and wanted to make sure it wasn't anything serious. My "cramp" was not the usual tightening of the calf muscle. It was an achy cramp at the side of my calf. I hadn't experienced anything like it previously. My doctor assured me it was muscular so I ignored it and went on to have two or three more episodes over the next few months.

My last "cramp" happened 3 or 4 days before I had what I originally thought were abdominal pains. I woke up early one morning thinking I had the worst gas I'd ever had. I tried all day to make myself feel better (walking on the treadmill, drinking lots of water). Finally that night I went to the ER since I was supposed to board a plane the next morning and wasn't sure what was wrong.

After many tests, I was diagnosed with a blood clot in each lung. I was hospitalized for 5 days and am now on blood thinners. From what I've learned, athletes can be at a greater risk for DVT than the general public since low heart rates and dehydration can mean less viscosity in the blood.

Needless to say, I'm not a big fan of Yaz. I think the hormones combined with the diuretic wreaked havoc on me. I have a hard enough time staying hydrated as it is without taking a diuretic. Little did I know I was putting my life at risk by taking that little pill.

I have been on this drug for a year. I have never felt worse in my life. I am a 54 year old woman who works out daily and am not overweight but I have HBP. My side effects did not start until 6 months after being on this drug, so I didn't think right away that it was this drug.
I would wake up with severe leg cramps at night that would not go away. I had severe pain in the lower back and on both sides where the kidneys are. I thought I had a terminal illness. I could not function in my life at all. My dr. changed my RX to Benicar which is in the same family the results were worse than the lisinopril. I took myself off both drugs for two days and all symptoms went away except the HBP. I am now on amlodipine for two days so far so good no cramps no pain. The only side effect is flushing which is a piece of cake next to what I lived with.
I am also so happy I found this site I thought I was either dying or going crazy.

Hi guys, I've been using the NR for about 8 months and i am experiencing very painful leg crapms in my claves. It happenes once a month or so, but they seem to be getting more frequent. Is anybody else going through this too? please let me know/

I HAVE BEEN ON NUVARING(THE RING OF DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS) FOR A YEAR AND A HALF I HAVE BEEN MOODY AND JUST NOT MYSELF I WENT TO THE DOCTOR TO GET MEDS FOR DEPRESSION ZOLOFT, WELBUTRIN, AND ZANAC, AND THAT SEEM NOT TO HELP I THOUGHT I WAS LOSING MY MIND OR GOING CRAZY, MY HUSBAND THINKS IM NUT AND MY CHILDERN DO TO, I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY BIRTH CONTROL, MY BREAST HAVE BEEN KILLING ME FOR ABOUT NINE MONTHS NOW THE DOCTOR SAID IT WAS CYST TO STOP DRINKING DRINK DRINK MORE WATER SO I DID I CAN DRINK 10 GLASSES OF WATER A DAY AND NOT GO PEE BUT ONE TIME, I WAS LIKE WAIT A MINUTE I SHOULD GO MORE THAN THIS THEN HERE COMES THE WEIGHT GAIN, I COULD NOT FIGURE IT OUT I HADNT CHANGE MY EATING HABITS WHAT IS GOING ON, SO I STARTED EATING RAISINS AND BANANNAS DURING THE DAY AND SPECIAL K AT NIGHT AND I STILL GAINED WEIGHT, THEN I TRIED ON BOWL OF CEREAL A DAY AND STILL MORE WEIGHT, I COULDNT FIGURE IT OUT, AND MY BACK HURT ME ALL THE TIME , THEN HERE COMES THE YEAST INFECTION, THEN I HATED TO HAVE SEX BECAUSE IT HURT AND IRRATED ME THERE WAS ALWAY A BURN DURING AND AFTER, I KNOW THEY SAY THINKS HAPPEN AFTER YOU TURN THIRTY BUT MY GOD, MY LEGS HURT AND CRAMPED ALL THE TIME I STARTED GETTING FLUID BUILD UP IN MY KNEES AND ANKLES IT MADE IT HURT TO EVEN WALK AND IM ONE THAT LIKE TO WALK IN THE AFTERNOON AND WORK IN MY YARDS BUT THIS YEAR I HAVENT EVEN WHEN OUTSIDE I HURT TO BAD, I JUST FELT LIKE I WAS FALLING TO PIECES ALWAYS TIRED AND IN A BAD MOOD, THEN THE BREAST PAIN GOT SO BAD I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO, I KEEP THINKING ANDTHINKING WHAT IS DOING THIS, THEN I THOUGHT MY RING MIGHT I WAS HAVING ALL THE HEADACHES NIGHT SWEATS PAIN JUST FALLING APART SO I GOT UP ONE MORNING AND I COULDNT TALKE IT ANYMORE I WHEN AND TOOK THAT THING OUT AND NOW IM LIKE I NEW PERSON THE FIRST TWO DAYS ALL I DID WAS PEE AND LOST 5 POUNDS MY BREAST DONT HURT AS BAD THEY GET BETTER EVERYDAY I DONT HAVE TO WRAP THEM AT NIGHT ANYMORE BACK PAIN GONE SWELLING GONE KNEES FELL ALOT BETTER , JUST OVER ALL BETTER LIKE IT WAS BEFORE I STARTED USING THIS THING I CAN LOOK AT A TOY ON THE FLOOR NOW AND NOT GO INTO A RAGE, I KNOW ALOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THE NOT HAVING TO TAKE A PILL EVERYDAY BUT ALL THAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH IS NOT WORTH THIS, I HAVE NEVER HAD ACNE NOW I DO BUT ITS GOING AWAY TOO. THE MORE I WRITE THE MORE I CAN THINK THAT HAS HAPPEN TO ME, IM GLAD IT GONE AND DONT EVER WANT TO USE IT AGAIN...........

I've been on NuvaRing for almost a year now and am I realizing my low sex drive and depression is the cause of the Ring.

Since starting the ring I've had the following symptoms:
- low sex drive
- leg cramp (restless leg)
- depression/moodiness
- lack of energy/sleepy
- breast/nipple tenderness

I also have a microscopic amount of blood in my urine and I'm being tested next week- but this could be unrelated.

The depression thing just hit me when I visited this site- for months I've been detached and in an emotional slump. I don't want to talk to anyone at work, and I'm dying to get home at the end of the day just to lock myself in my room and not answer the phone if anyone calls.

I also feel completely uninterested in my boyfriend of 8 years emotionally and sexually - this is unusual since our relationship has been getting better over time - because of the Ring I feel detached from him and sometimes feel like I could care less if I go weeks without seeing or talking to him which is very unusual for me.

I've also had about a 15 lb. weight gain in the past 5 years from using birth control- I'm nervous to stop NuvaRing because I've heard it actually helps with weightloss.

I was really nautioss after taking Plan B, Now after about 6 days after taking it , I have a severe leg cramp in my left leg, I also had blurred vision for a couple of days and I have broken out on my back, face and my vaginal area. I guess I should go see a doctor.

my nose itching when i take it.

I have taking Omep,Losec, or Domparion??? for the last 3 yrs. The major side effect for all 3 have been knee and calf cramps after going to bed. The morning starts with the cramps, and they are getting more frequent. I place a ice pack on the area, and it subsides for awhile. Hot baths seem to inflame the area. Any suggestions??? The acid refux is gone. I have taken myself off the medication, and the AR returns with a vengence. Interesting about the comment re: generic drugs, I hope you are wrong, as the insurance company that we have will only pay for the generic. When on group plan, I didn't care - but now...... Anyone else experience this? I am also on Lipitor, which have the leg cramp side effects??????

Okay...I started the NR 48hrs ago...and so far...no depression or anything like that. I am however having these weird leg cramps. I didn't know if I should be concerned or if its your typical leg cramp. I am not one to try new things so this is kinda scary for me. I have always used the Depo shot...but quit taking them after forgeting to get them every 3 months...and then became pregnant. Now that I am back on birth control I thought this would be better than the pill. I will definatly not take any sign or sympton for granted. Thank you all for your postings...it will help lots of people.

Levaquin 500 mg. I have never had side affects in 64 years of life till this drug. Weakness, and sever cramps in the calves both legs. I was given this drug for Bronchitis for 7 days. On my third day I had a leg cramp in the right leg and on the 5th day, the left leg.

Post your symptoms since stopping Yasmin!!!

Hey everyone it's Kay21 here and I just wanted to post my 3 month off Yasmin update. Because stopping the pill is a hard decision, I figured we should all post are updates here to help/support those who are planning to stop or who have recently stopped Yasmin.

I have been off of Yasmin since April 17. As some of you already know, I was experiencing horrible side effects while on Yasmin for 3 years (particularly stomach problems, vaginal dryness, muscle cramps, increased blood pressure and heart rate and anxiety).

The first 1 month off of Yasmin was okay. In fact, I felt the best I had ever felt in a while. My blood pressure and heart rate decreased and the migraines and muscle cramps went away. But when I hit the 2 month (8 week) mark, I felt HORRIBLE. I was severely depressed and anxious. I was crying all the time and felt a severe sense of DOOM! The physical symptoms also started to become problematic. The acne increased and I started growing more facial hair. The worse symptom, however, was that I started losing a ton of hair. I would lose stray hairs all day (probably about 200 a day). Since I have hit the three month mark, the hair loss has gotten MUCH WORSE! Now I am losing CLUMPS of hair all day. I have seen several doctors about this. Some say it's because of stress and a few (a derm, GYN and endo) say that hiar loss is common after stopping bcp. I have already loss about 1/3 of my hair.

I am also really concerned, because I have not had a period since April 22. So my doctor has put me on provera for 10 days to induce a period.

For those who have stopped Yasmin, what have your symptoms been (i.e. increased acne, weight gain, anxiety, etc.). Has anyone experienced hair loss? How long did it take to get a period???

Thanks...

i've been on yasmin for 7 months now, and the first month wasn't so great (moodiness, some anxiety, the occasional leg cramp), but after the first month the side effects mostly seemed to clear up as my body got used to it. It hasn't helped my acne, but it hasn't made it any worse. no effect on weight or sex drive either; both seem just fine to me ;). i do get moody around my period week, but that's no worse than it was before i started the pill. honestly, now i don't feel any different than i was before i started taking it. i guess it just depends on your body and what works with it. although i do wish the packaging were a little more convenient...

Started Yasmin six days ago and I am so tired all the time. Usually I need about a ten minute nap and I am ready to go. Now I cannot get enough sleep. All I want to do is take a nap. Last night I had a leg cramp. After reading all the posts I am quiting Yasmin.

This is my fourth day on Celexa now. First day I felt very tired (yawning all the time), kind of spacey/slow, jaw hurt, nauseous yet strangely hungry, headache, lathargic and had a cramp in my leg that night. Day two I felt great except for another leg cramp that night and sleeping longer than normal. Day 3 I felt very tired, nauseated which calmed down a bit once I ate something and again very tired and slept longer than normal. Day four, so far I feel great with no side effects other than sleeping longer than normal, I feel alert and the spaceyness/lethargy is totally gone now along with the nausea which are the symptoms that bothered me the most. My depression has lifted substantially.

I have been on 20mg. of zocor for 4 years, due a heredity of high cholesterol. I though I was doing OK until about 3 months ago, when my eyes began feeling "heavy" with pressure. I most recently ran a marathon in 2000 (just before being put on zocor), and have continued to run. I have had difficulty keeping my weight down after going on zocor. 2 weeks ago, I had a severe leg cramp in my lower right calf muscle while running. I could barely walk home. I ran again after 1 week--the same cramp happened. I have never had this in 31 years of running. My Dr. said to try going off the drug for 1 week. I'll see if things improve.