Medcine symptoms and conditions

My entire life I've been very sickly many doctors thought thyroid but I guess my numbers always came back normal and test never lie right... My levels were finally abnormal at age 21 and I was diagnoised with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis last week. Just started Synthroid right away and my breathing is better then it has been in a few years. Doctors had no idea why my breathing was so horrible in the first place since I only have mild asthma. They just heard the wheezing in my throat and in my chest and knew something was wrong. They knew I needed an amount of breathing medication that was pretty much killing me and the E.R gave me even more then I'd take at home. Only a week of being on synthroid I'm now only taking what a severe asthmatic would take daily. Thats going to be like 100 vials less then what I was on by the end of the month!!! I don't know if I will stay on Synthroid because of the side effects I'm having that maybe I won't have on another type of medicine. We'll see I guess. But I Thank god for Synthroid without it I wouldn't be here right now. We had no idea it would even do anything for my breathing...I wasn't even prescribed it for that. I've learned now though to do my own research because doctors don't know it all especially General Doctors. Sometimes it's correct to raise the dose to get past the hyper swings of hypo sometimes it's an overdoes causing it....it's crazy. Anyway I wish all others with thyroid problems good luck your not alone.

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I am here to share my story about topamax in hopes that others may read this and not have to go through what I did. I went on topamax for the prevention of migraine headaches. It worked great to prevent my headaches but gradually I could not talk, I stuttered severely, and I have memory and other cognition problems. At my doctors recommendation I stayed on the medicine for about 6 months because he assured me that the stuttering would go away. I was in such awful pain that I agreed with him. Needless to say that 6 months was not me. I couldn't talk and I couldn't think. Now when I think back on it, I wish I had just endured the pain. When I went off of the medication I still stuttered. It was not quite as severe but it was bad. It effected my work, my personal life, and daily menial tasks. I could no longer communicate. I was devastated. My doctor was puzzled and said that he had never heard of this before. So to make a long story short I went to a speech clinic, bought casa futura techs small talk device, and tried some anti-stutter meds. My speech now, 2 years later, is much improved thanks to the smalltalk but guess what,? I still stutter. Manageable and not very noticeable to others at times but my speech has not returned to pre-topamax status. I looked into sueing the drug company to bring awareness about this issue but did not get much positive feedback from attorneys. IF YOU ARE ON TOPAMAX AND ARE STUTTERING, STOP TAKING IT. IT MAY NOT GO AWAY WHEN YOU DISCONTINUE THE MEDICINE. It is not worth it. You cannot put a price on speech. I don't care what the physicians desk reference says, what your doctor says, what the corrupt drug companies say. I know my experience and it has been a catastropohic effect from topamax. Find a different med if you have speech problems! Please, for your own sake. Thanks for letting me share my story.

Hi I started taking Lipitor when I was about 41 and gradually noticed a big toe becoming numb. Then later another toe became numb. I had just started swimming about this time with fins and thought at first it may have been caused by them. But then I stopped swimming and the numbness continued. I visited a Neurologist a couple of years ago who tested for everything and found some peripheral nerve damage to the feet. I said the only thing I could think of was Lipitor. He said here was no conclusive evidence it causes this but explained how nerves are made of Lipids and lipitor limits the production of lipids. I stopped taking it but later my GP said I need to go on something for my cholesterol. He put me on Crestor. I took a Lipitor the other week and my toes tingled that night. So I am convinced it is Lipitor. I am not sure how to reverse the damage though.

I been taking ALBUTEROL in a nebulizer for Wheezing an for Asthma that got worse from a Upper Respiratory infection,I never have gotten any bad side effects from being on this medication,I have used it a lot threw the years,times a box a week,2-3viles a day,this medicine does work and stops wheezing,and opens up the air passages! You could get shaky from using it but only if you use too much at a time,go by what dr. tells you how much to use.

My son, now 10...has been on singular off and on, since I don't' know how long...today was the second time he was intentionally hurting his cat. He has told me time and time again about visions while he was awake, violent ones, he argues with anyone and everyone. He has no friends at school. Last year I took him off all his medications to see why his behavior was so drastic, he got so calm, it was like a new boy, but then when he started back to public school...he had to be put back on them again, and again with the singular...
If it was not for this site..I would think my son was sick mentally. But after this...he will see his doctor tomorrow and no more singular...
When I took him off all the meds I told his doctor I was really worried about his behavior and they said it will be okay...he went right back to just out of control. Could not sleep, concentrate at school or at home. He is so smart and he is failing school..not because he is slow, but they kept saying he was add...but when I home schooled him and took him off his meds...he was so great, obdient..not perfect by no means, but just a normal boy...
I hear him right now, in the other room, fighting imaginary people...he seems to go go go..and with no sleep...the dreams in the day time I just thought were his imagination...but now that i hear about other children like him...they are to him real..just like he tells me..he also always tells me how mad he stays..he says all the time I am just angry mom, and I would say at what..he just says everything...
Thank God for this site....now i know..it is not in his head, it is just like I told his doctor...it is his medication..now I know just the one it is..
THank you all..
God Bless all the others here suffering with the same problems...it is just shocking that we as parents and patients, even after telling the doctors, are right...I feel vindicated...I will be printing this off and taking it with us to the doctors...

I am in the zoloft 50 mg since 2 months for anxiety disorders and hence depression. Initially it gave me abnormal side effects but after two or three weeks it slowed down now there is very low side effects. I used to feel that i am going to die or my heart is going to stop work in the time of side effects.

it worked me initially and i felt good for few days. I can work, i can live happily i used to think so but now a days my previous condition is trying to return back and i feel anxiety again but i am still taking the medicine.

can any one suggest me why it returned back? is it due to the low dose or what?

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I was prescribed Levaquin (500mg. for 10 days) for pnueamona. By day three I wanted to jump out of my skin. I felt like I was going crazy, I had the shakes, dizziness, trouble catching my breath, couldn't sleep etc. I called the the doctor and he said keep taking the medcine. By day 6 I had it...I no longer could take it, I stopped the medicine, come to find out I talked to other people and they had the same symptoms...sometime of bad reaction...I have been off of this for two full days and still feel strange....This medicine is not good....they need more warnings....

I am taking 50 Micrograms of Toprol per day for heart palpitations and high blood pressure resulting from too-strong thyroid medcine (my thyroid is underactive and the increased dosage of Levothroid caused this). After just 5 days on Toprol, I had some light headedness, nose drip, numbness in the legs, and my BP is still 137/85 at best. I'm seeing my cardio this afternoon, and he is going to switch me to something I think is called Corzine? I am hoping once we get my thyroid med back in balance, I can quit all the BP meds. I did not have high BP before this incident.

I just found out that I am 2 months pregnant and have been taking warfin the whole time. I am trying to find out the side effects of warfin on a embryo or fetus?

my 2 and half was put on this medcine for infection and know its caused a yeast infection. what do i do

I have been taking doxycycline now for two days for a bad sinus infection.I feel the need to take the medcine near the time of dosage due, I have this nervious feeling within 15 min. and my heart speeds up for about 20min.I have the sick feeling on/off during day and dizzy right after taking it if I move around to quickly. I have migraine frequenty so I am unable to take any other meds to help this until I am finish with this.I am during my period and it seems to have increased the flow. But heyone good thing, I am feeling better with the sinus infection.

i been on this medcine for only 2 week i am experincing headache and dizziness ,hip and knee pain i fell like i 75 year i am only 49 lost of energy i have not experince no cough yet but mild chest pain

I was prescribed Guaifen Pse Er for a "stuffy" ear. I am on day 4 - experienced extreme difficulty in urinating the past two days. After reading this site, understand that this is a side effect. Going off med and calling my ENT to get correct medcine. This web site is great.