Mexico symptoms and conditions

weight gain (not being able to build muscle)
HORRIBLE MOOD SWINGS!
headaches
hungry all the time
depressed
tired all the time

I got mirena put in at the beginning of July, and I have to say it was a horrible decision. I hate this little devil inside of me. This thing has put the biggest strain on my relationship. My mood swings and depression are out of control. Most of the time I cry for absolutely no reason. My boyfriend and I went on vacation to Mexico and not one day went by that we didn't fight. I've never felt this way, it's like I'm not even the same person anymore. And the weight gain has been yet another problem i have with this, I have zero ability to build muscle now even thought I was extremely athletic before my pregnancy. I say to anyone who is thinking of getting Mirena, DON'T! its not worth the money or the pain.I'm getting mine out next month, counting down the days!

i am a very healthy 55 year old who dances salsa 4-5 times a week, skis 4-5 mornings per week and works out at gym with wight 4-5 mornings. i developed a possible case of pneumonia and was prescribed avalox for 5 days (at $90.00 dollars no less) on the 3rd day i woke up ,and felt heel pain in my left heel and attributed it to0 a nerw pair of shoes i used for dancing. upon rubbing my heel and noticing NO callous or rubbed area i stood uo do experience sharp pain in my achilles tendon area. later on that same day i noticed my left shoulder area(rotator) seemed sore and did not make any connection since i use left arm to spin salsa partners. that same morning while drinking coffee at breakfast I read the sheets given to me by the HMO pharmacy to discover to my ALARM the side effect for people my age "possible torn achiiles tendon" as well as other tendon issues. alarmed i stopped to meds and called the PA who prescribed them.meantime i was on my way to Mexico and put on zithromax instead and upon coming home 10days later off of marvelox i still have extreme heel pain and discomfort in tendon areas . i finally went to see a doctor 3 days ago and upon telling him of these symptoms he told me there was "not a definite connection"....i proceed ed to almost start screaming and told him "not top talk to me like a stupid FU---ng 21 year old. i know my body and I HAVE BEEN VIOLATED AND when i confronted the head of pharmacy at the clinic she informed me thast on the computer Avelox was"blacklisted" for these side effects and it was posted on the system. when asked if this was permanent symptoms she did not know for sure and I informed them that I expected a call from their pharmD to discuss these symptoms,history,effects and possible remedies. i've been screwed and SOMEBODY will pay for abusing me!!
mark

hi im from mexico but i went to see the a doctor in san diego, three years ago i was diagnosed with anxiety panic attacks etc.. my life was horrible i would never leave my house i was scared of everything even to eat, to be at the movies, TO DRIVE, it was a nightmare. So I took paxil for three whole years and my life was back, i was happy, nothing appeared to affect me i was strong,then i started to notice that my sex drive was non existent. i would never want to have sex, or have an orgasm, i felt very sleepy, so i decided to get off paxil, and for eight months everything was great i had the best orgasms ever it was me again, i was ver happy, until a couple of days m anxiety came back with the panic attacks, right now i would not leave my house, im terrified i dont want to drive anymore, so i guess i have to start taking it again as Sad as it is, the quality of life without paxil is worse than anything even an orgasm, it is just sad to not have it all. Anyone knows how to have a good sexual life taking paxil?

Started taking Levothyroxine 100 3 weeks ago, for last week I'm in agony, my joints and muscles are sore, specially legs and arms, got constant headaches, mood swings, I'm also short of breath which developed before muscle pains, went to the doctor, was told it's probably asthma (!!) got tablets and inhalator and he mentioned anxiety, when muscle pains started, went back, was told that it's not related with hypothyroidism or Levothyroxine, it's a virus (??) have to drink plenty of water and got Diazepam and link to anxiety website. Help, it's not stress related! I don't know what to do!! Does anyone know how to get rid of those pains?

My father had such severe mouth sores that he could not eat for 2 weeks which eventually led to his organs shutting down which in the end led to his death in 2 weeks time. Please make sure to insist your doctor does something to help with the mouth sores before they get so bad that you cannot eat! Actually, if any loved one of mine gets cancer, next time we are heading to Mexico to the Hoxsey Clinic. I will never again subject a loved one to the poison of chemo again!!!

I was just switched to Metopolol Taeth from Tropal XL and am not liking it at all. Cough has increased and throat hurts and my voice is changing.
I am having trouble with eyes watering but am not sure it is from that.

Dear Friends,

Just want to reconfirm that this drug, that according to the Lab, present this side effects as "rarely" now we can see that it is not, I have a 2.5 year old boy, that is presenting these same side effects that you are mentioning. In a sudden he starts to act really nervous, his eyes turn red and cries while he tries to express something, but he does not know what is going on, in the meantime he has this truly visible crisis, his heartbeat goes up like hell, and his hands shakes. My wife and I got really scared the first time we experienced this with him, and we did not know what to think, we asked the Doctor and the stupid guy told us that he needed a shrink, but we did not believed it. Today he had the second same crisis, not as hard as the last one, and we discussed and came up with the idea to find out what were the side effects of this drug, and voila, is the gdm Singulair. I just can't believe that the Doctors that are prescribing these drugs do not warn the people that this may happen. The only thing that I can do is write my experience to you, thanking you for your attention, and spread the voice to the other parents that are around me that they take care of this and prevent their children to go through this process. I really feel like trash, because I did not do this before starting giving him this drug. Thanks for listening.
By the way this is an international problem, I am writing you from Mexico City.

I live in Israel, and here in this country not only do the police do their duty incorrectly, but so do psychiatric officials.
I was in a bad state emotional, and that did not result in any obscene or out-of-the-order matter, but me having chosen to move on with my life was a bad idea since moving on meant letting go and kicking out of my life a she-devil that posed as a girlfriend.
she had connections and accused me wrongfully of stuff i didn't do, and since she had friends in the police force, I ended up being admitted to a psychiatric hospital, there I was forced to take 10 mg of ZYPREXA, every day, for a little more than a month and a half, after a couple of weeks i developed a rash on my head, and vibrations with palpitations.
when i stopped taking ZYPREXA, the rash continued, the vibrations when i go to sleep with the palpitations continue but are even worse,
I cant sleep, and when i do fall asleep I wake up every hour, if lucky i sometimes manage to sleep for 2 hours and then only wake up, and i keep waking up until i give up on sleeping, i get headaches, nausea, dizziness, i eat, and after 30 minutes to 1 hour i go the the toilet and diarrhea..
my left eye sees blurry, i hear much less in my left ear, and not to mention that i have no tinnitus, - all day long i hear an electric pulse in my ears, i am disconnected from emotions, cant concentrate, my memory is impaired, i cant seem to make myself do anything, i cant even figure out what i am feeling, my teethes health has gone bad, get mood swings which are not extreme at all, resulting in me not knowing what it is I'm going through, i think this Zyprexa ordeal as resulted in multiple sclerosis which hasn't been diagnosed yet, and i don't know what more else there is, since i am quite handicapped mentally emotional and physically i can do stuff, but for some reason i don't do anything.
bad dreams (when i do manage to get several minutes of sleep), and i feel stoned all the time. and this is not all, but seriously, here in Israel or overseas, who really gives a damn? and who can help these things go away??..Ive been told to wait (I've been waiting a little more that 3 months) for all this to go away, and nothing as gone away, instead more things slowly gather.
too bad there is no death sentence here in Israel, if there was I might try to get it, to end this suffering, though, what can i say, even dying is not something I can manage to get myself to do, I cant seem to actually decide to do anything, I just think of it, and in the meanwhile, my whole life is passing in front of my eyes, making me realize, this might be the ending of my life as I know it, and all i have to do about it is just sit and wait, either for things to change (cause i cant change them), or to die.

I took my ring out this morning. I have dealt with anxiety and some depression to varying degrees in my past, but lately it has been much worse for no apparent reason. I started having panic attacks and heart palpitations last fall, they told me I was fine physically, and there was no other explanation. I have irregular periods, so I was hesitant to stop using the ring, but I've made my decision. Before I spend hundreds of dollars going to specialists to try to help me, I'm going to see if taking the ring out improves anything, and based on all of the other posts here I suspect that it will.

Just another FYI, I started the ring in the first place because my doctor told me it was a lower does than the Pill. The Pill gave me GALLSTONES 4 tears ago at 19 years old and I had to have my gallbladder removed! Then, when I was on vacation in Mexico, I had to go to the emergency room b/c I had symptoms of a blood clot in my leg. UGH! I was hoping the Ring would be different, but my elevated level of anxiety and depression and mood swings leads me to believe that it's not different at all.

Overall, birth control is just not worth it. It is not worth sacrificing my sanity. Condoms here I come! lol.

As a prime candidate for osteoporosis I was prescribed Fosamax at least 12 years ago if not longer. At the time I started taking it, my mother was very ill and did pass. That was when I noticed small 'jumps' in my legs at night which I attributed to the stress of the time.

Over the years, the 'jumps' increased in intensity to almost convulsive movements of not only my legs - but my arms - head - neck - torso. There were times when I thought I would be flung from my bed or dislocate my joints so strong were the muscle contractions. It was impossible to get to sleep and I was often woken from sleep by a convulsive movement.

I went to the Seattle Sleep Clinic for help (around 2000/01) after 5+ years of progressive worsening of these symptoms. Unfortunately, the doctor only wanted to fit me into the 'restless leg syndrome' in spite of my constant statement that I had NO feeling of 'creepy crawly, etc' before the convulsion. None. They just whipped me about out of the blue. No resolution.

About two months ago I ran out of Fosamax (actually taking a generic here in Mexico) and (for whatever reason) I did not refill. Since then I have noticed a HUGE lessening in these god-awful, annoying, scary convulsive movements. I have made no other changes in medications nor can I think of anything else that would cause this reprieve. A "milagro" isn't likely.

I haven't seen this side affect listed and am wondering if any other people have experienced this 'convulsive' problem?

Gracias,
Jillian

I left for Mexico a couple of days after I posted that last (Aug. 2) msg. and just returned a few days ago. I stopped taking lisinopril for about a week and a half and without question i felt much better all the way around. I didn't take any substitute after stopping the med and 3 days ago my bp is high again... 152/96 sigh. I started taking the med again but cut it in half bcs I refurse to feel the way I felt before. Well my friends, my bp is in control again with only half of the dosage (about 5mg now). To my dissapointment, i begin to experience those side effects again! ... even with only half the dosage! I've gotta switch to something else. I was on Atenolol before the doc switched it to lisinopril. I've been quite athletic all my teen and adult years and my heart rate is normally lower than average, and the atenolol dropped my heart rate too low, so the doc recommended lisi. My bp problem is mostly genetic, my Dad passed away when he was only 44...his bp was over 200 / 100 teens when he passed out and never regained consciousness. I was only 6 then ... now I'm 48.

56 y/o female recently diagnosed as bi-polarI with dissociative features. Dr. started me out on the standrd regimen of 25 mgs. per day and today went up to 50 mgs. per day. The Dr. says that I will have to go up to 22 mgs per day. The change from 25 mgs to 50 has been noticeable. Today, I felt grumpy and miserable. She also put me pn abilify which made me eat like a termite and which titrated myself off of after 2 weeks. I probably gained at least ten pounds on that stuff. I have also been experiencing increasinly worsening vision which is of extreme concern for me since I had two episodes of narrow glaucoma using zyban/wellbutrin and have lost a good deal of my central visiual acuituity as well as a lot of peripheral vision. I abslutely do not want to lose anymore vision. I am already at the point of considering that driving may be dangerous. Two years ago I was in Mexico and used HGH. Human Growth Hormone and I felt better tha I had felt in years at the time I was taking Lexapro...was able to go off it entirely. I plan to go back to Mexico soon and will get more HGH and see how it works with the Lamictal and if it doesn't work well then the Lamical will have to go...I have yet to know anybody who has been able to maintain cconsistently on any one drug regomen with bi-polar disorder...perhaps it's because so many of usgo off the meds because of the miserable side efects.

I was on Lisinopril for 1 1/2 years (20 mg), and I seemed to have retention of water with other urinary problems, such as darker color, etc. My doctor said that this is not the case, but a friend who is a good doctor in Mexico said that urinary problems were a complication. This was without my saying anything along that line.

I cannot say that all my problems came from Lisinopril, but I was getting sick at every turn: I had coldness in my legs and feet; my heart just gave me fits as it palpitated or whatever out of order; other symptoms!

My doctor did concede and take me off the L because of the congestion/cough problem I had developed. It was not extreme, but I had never had that before.

I now take enelypryl morning and night. I was on that before the L and did not have side effects. I feel so different now after just 10 days or so.

I RECENTLY WENT TO THE DENTIST IN MEXICO, SHE USED NOVOCAINE IT IS THE ONLY DRUG THAT WORKS FOR ME. TWO NIGHTS LATER I HAD A SIEZURE, IT WAS VERY SCARY. FORTUNATELY I HAD FRIENDS WITH ME. THE NEXT DAY I HAD MY DENTAL WORK FINISHED- WITH MORE NOVOCAINE. I HAD ANOTHER SEIZURE THAT NIGHT. IF MY FRIENDS WERE NOT PRESENT, I WOULD NOT KNOW THIS HAD HAPPENED. I HAVE NEVER HAD A SEIZURE BEFORE AND HAVEN'T HAD ONE SINCE. IS THIS STORY FAMILULAR TO ANYONE ELSE?

I did not suspect Lipitor as the cause for my shoulder pain and rash on my leg. I've been taking Lipitor for couple of years and over time both my shoulders were so painful that the doctors (2) said I had inflammation and possible muscle tears. Put me on antiinflammatory pills and eventually gave me cortisone shots in both shoulders. During this time I continued to take Lipitor. I went on a 2 week vacation to Mexico and forgot to take the Lipitor with me and I didn't have a prescription to get more in Mexico (legally) so I did without. Magically during my second week without Lipitor, my pain started to subside in both shoulders and the rash eased up. I have been off Lipitor for 1 month now and my shoulders are almost back to normal and rash has stayed away. I am convinced it is the side effects from Lipitor. I encourage all to see their doctors regarding going on another form of Statin. I myself have started taking some liquid glucosamine (with condroitin, MSM, and Colegen) that I got at Costco, Vitamin E, and Fish Oil capsules. Not sure about my cholesterol but the pain is almost all gone and improving daily. Good luck to all who are dealing with the side effects of Lipitor. This is my theory and I'm sticking to it.

To be honest, I liked this medicine since I took it the firs time because my arrythmia stopped, BUT the libido is gone out somewhere else. The problem number 2 is that if I don't take the metroprolol, I have heart problems, and one advice: Don't ever stop taken the pill once your Doctor give it to you because you will have a real hard experience, he he.

I don't like medicine, before I knew I had and ASD in my heart I used not to take even pills for the flu, now my life has changed a lot, I can't still get used to be an "open heart operated", but I'm happy I'm alive and that the problem stopped.....even I was a little bit old when I knew I was just feeling worse and worse..... I'm 30 years and my heart problem just began.

Good luck, sorry my english, my name is Alina from Mexico.

OH MY GOSH! I am so happy! I found this site and I am so excited. I thought I was going out of my mind. I was on Yasmin for about 8 months. After approximately 5 months of being on it, I started experiencing panic attacks and horrible anxiety. I was put on a SSRI and told to continue the Yasmin because "it wouldn't cause anxiety" HA! So, I stopped the Yasmin about 3 months ago and have gotten better with time but still not completely back to normal. I went to Mexico and decided to take the Yasmin to make sure I didn't start a period. I had HORRIBLE side effects and freaked out in Mexico and wanted to come home! Now I see that it wasn't just me! I am so relieved!

FIRST I WILL LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS PILL TENUATE IS THE SAME PILL THAT WAS SOLD IN MEXICO MONTERREY AND WAS DISCONTINUED? IT WAS CALLED A FEW YEARS BACK TENUATE DUSPAN AND THIS HAS BEEN THE ONLY PILL THAT HAS HELPED ME LOOS WEIGHT. WHEN I USED TO TAKE THIS PILL YEARS AGO IT DID NOT GIVE ME ANY SIDE EFFECTS. I BELIEVE IT IS A VERY HELPFUL PILL TO LOOSE WEIGHT. IS IT A WHITE TABLET? PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTIONS ASAP SO I CAN ORDER IT. THANK YOU