Mg 3 symptoms and conditions

I am 50, pretty healthy, but have had a new condition of inflamed and severely painful joints and muscles limiting activity. Doc put me on 60 mg prednisone for 3 days, then 40 mg 3 days and 20 mg 3 days. First day was ok. Since then I have been a raving lunatic! I read the post about the person chasing their cat around and had to laugh and relate. I flipped off the neighbors workers because they were backing up a truck and it was noisy! It is all I can do to keep myself in check. I have canceled/rescheduled all unnecessary appointments until next week when I am finished. I "sleep" about 3 hours a night. Last night I peed the bed. I eat constantly. I have to work and concentrate (teach college) and that is so hard. I imagine my students must think I am on meth. I can't take it any more. I have 1 day left and I am not going to take the last one. I hope that this regimen will have calmed down the inflammation and if it recurs I will seek alternatives. AM NEVER going back to prednisone unless it is life or death situation.
Good luck to all those out there who have to take it long-term. Bless your hearts.

I started Levaquin 750 mg 3 days ago . Beside feeling foggy and very tired & exhausted, I've had terrible insomnia for two nights in a row now. I'm taking it for bronchitis, but I'm going to stop, even though I don't like to stop taking an antibiotic in the middle of treatment.

Have had the flu for 6 days, taking 500 mg 3 times a day for accompanying bacterial infection on the chest. I had 40º temperature for the first four days felt awful due to that but now on reflection I believe the amoxicillin is causing mood problems; feeling furious about insignificant things, crying triggered by sad news stories (I am a man) waves of hopelessness and depression, today I sat in the kitchen and wept feeling pessimistic and overwhelmed by life.

The first 2 days that I felt ill I had no negative mood, just fever and headache, before I started taking the antibiotic. Also I think the first dose caused me to vomit.

I was prescribed Levaquin 750 mg 3 days ago for a sinus infection. The first day I was just in bed. I could not sleep because my neck hurt so bad. I figured I had slept funny on my pillow. The next morning I woke up and took my second pill. I got so very dizzy and when the lawn guy wanted a check, I discovered I could not write. My hands were so shaky and weird that I could not even write my name. I had to call someone to pick my son up from school because I was scared to drive. I could not sleep that night but did take my third pill. Today I got up and could not lift my right arm. My shoulder hurts so bad and I can't lift my arm without extreme pain. I am not going to take another dose. The Dr. did not tell me any of this could happen. I won't take this medication again. I hope I will be able to lift my arm soon and this horrible shoulder and neck pain will go away.

I started taking Omeprazole 20 mg 3 days ago. The very first day I took it at night. The next morning I woke up and my head felt like it was spinning out of control. I tried closing my eyes, putting my head back on the pillow, etc. Finally it stopped. Next day, same thing but not as severe. I am stopping this medicine before any other symptoms occur. Glad I found this site!!

Hi everyone,
I cannot live without xanax and its terrible, I have been on them for 5 months and have tried to stop them and its a nightmare. I suffer memory loss, have blackouts that I do not remember what I have said after a few drinks. It does help ease the social anxiety. But I have become moody, sleepy. . Does anyone else have these problems?

They just prescribed welchol for my mother ... 625 mg ... 3 tablets 2x a day ...That's 6 tablets total @ 625 mg each ... I decided to research it before she starts taken it ... I am SOOOOO glad I did...

Prescribed Flexeril 10 mg/3 times a day for back and neck pain and stiffness. I had no relief with one tablet, so yesterday I took 2 tablets at noon, then another tablet before bed. Today my muscles are looser, but I have a strange tingling and numbness sensation on my left side. It's affecting the left side of my upper and lower lip and face, left shoulder, left arm and fingers and left leg. It's not painful but I am a bit scared. The pill should only last 4-5 hours and it's now been 10 hours since that last bedtime dose. So why am I still feeling this effect and when will it go away? And I am supposed to take 3 a day for a month?! I am not sure if I will be taking anymore.

I stopped taking wellbutrin xl 150 mg and lamictal 200 mg 3 days ago cold turkey because there is no way to cut thewelbutrin tablet in half and take it safely. The first day wasn't bad at all. I felt better than I have felt in years and years. Then yesterday I felt okay, but not as good as I did on the first day. Today I woke up feeling like I have the flu. Every single bone, joint and muscle in my body aches. I feel fine one minute and the next minute the room feels like it's spinning and the body aches return. My psychiatrist started me on all of this poison,,, oops, I mean, medications 2 years ago. I had lost a child and had gone into a deep depression which led to severe anorrhexia. He started me out on Lamictal and Lexapro and after a year of awful side effects from the lexapro(especially sexual side effects=no desire at all) he finally switched me to the wellbutrin xl and told me that it would help better than the lexapro. At my last appointment, 1 week ago, I asked him when and if I would ever be able to go off of these meds. And he told me that I am probably a "lifer". He refused to hear anything about my stopping or weaning off of these meds. So, after my 3 minute office visit and prescription refills written out I left the office. I did not take the prescription to the pharmacy because I decided then and there that the only reason he and a lot of other psychs put people on these outrageously priced prescriptions(the lamictal is $140 a month and the wellbutrin xl is $170 and that is for the generic per moth) is because they get HUGE incentives from the pharmaceutical companies to keep us on them. I will not go back on the meds ever again. I am tired of living in a drugged up state. I want to feel alive again like I felt before I ever started taking this crap.

Rx for 10mg Flexeril 6/19/08 for severe muscle spasms upper back and neck. Took one tablet 6/19 2pm, one tablet 6/19 10pm. Slept well, but woke up with spasms worse than ever. Took 2 10mg tablets 6/20 7am and slept ALL day - 16 hours in a 24 hour period. This is day 5, 10 mg 3 times a day. It has greatly decreased the muscle spasms, but makes me feel spacey and out of it. Today my wiccan goddess friend asked me if I was stoned - she said my eyes looked funny and my energy "felt chaotic". I didn't tell her I was on Flexeril. Makes me wonder: do I appear more "altered" to others than I feel inside myself? That's bad, because if I have less control than I realize, I probably shouldn't be -- well, driving, for one thing. For five days I had an odd sense of well-being - today I feel agitated. My heart has been racing all day, which it hasn't done before.

I have been on this medication 10 mg 3 times a day for 2 1/2 years , I was under the impression that i was only going to take it for 12 weeks , but my Doctor has told me to stay on it . I have not noticed and side effects. But after reading this i need to talk to my DR. about the long term effects from the use of this medicine.

I regularly chart my basal body temperature as a way of tracking my menstrual cycles. Prior to starting Neurontin, my cycles were very regular, though I had an abnormally short luteal phase. I've been taking Neurontin for a month now: 300 mg 3 times daily. Now my basal body temps change drastically from day to day instead of following the regular rise and fall pattern of my cycle, and my period is 4 days late so far. Have any other women experienced similar side effects?

For optic neuritis, and arm and shoulder pain: I had a combo of 3 days of Solu-Medrol infusion (steroid via IV) and then went on the following regimen of Prednisone: 5 days 60 mg; 3 days 40 mg; 2 days 20 mg.
Side effects have been terrible with the WORSE CASE OF FACIAL ACNE I have ever had. I'm 28 - I have my 10th high school reunion, weddings, and more -- and it may sound vain, but if you saw this acne (hundreds of tiny pimples all over my cheeks; sides; chin; and upper neck) you'd feel my pain. Also, got shoulder, arm, back, and chest acne -- which I can take b/c I can find ways to cover that up. But face! It's terrible. I'm using Pro-Activ and see minimal improvement. The #2 problem has been SEVERE heartburn during the tapering off phase. I have never felt that much pain and it only went away after I completely went off the drug - I treated this with ginger drink (a hot tea sold in international food stores) and Pepcid AC. Also, due to my original symptoms I can do virtually no exercise when I used to exercise 6 days/week. I'm really worried about weight gain which I already see in my arms and face. My appetite has been through the roof. Irritability was the worst but I forewarned my family. My original symptoms have greatly improved, but I'd honestly rather fight through that original pain than endure the craziness that is prednisone.

I was just diagnosed with Crohns 7 days ago. They started me on 125 mg of Prednisone for 2 days over IV and now 60 mg a day. So 20 mg 3 times daily. I'm severely tired but I think that is just from being in the hospital for 2 weeks and not being able to sleep and I am just now getting home. The main problem is after I started the steroid I have all this white stuff in my mouth. Like the plaque you get on your tongue but it is all over my tonsils, cheeks, back of my throat and my mouth feels really raw. I cant eat because everything burns. The GI siad to gargle with mouth wash but nothing is working. Is the thrush from the high dose of steroids? or because now I have no immune system so I have a yeast infection in my mouth??? Any help would be great. Has anyone notice rapid weight gain with in the first couple of days of being on th ehigh dose????

I'm on a temporary prescription for extreme hives...30 mg 3 days, 20mg 3 days and then 10mg 3 days. So far on 3rd day. I have tremendous energy and endurance. Feel great.

Has anyone experienced a burning sensation on the balls of the feel and sometimes the toes? Also accompanied by numbness at times. My dose of Lipitor was increased to 20 mg. 3 weeks ago, and my symptoms started 2 weeks ago.

I am a 20 year old mother of a 3 year old daughter. Two days ago in the worst way I found out that I had asthma. In the hospital they presrcibed Prednisone to me to decrease the inflammation. It has been 3 days so far and I am flushed. I am taking 20 mg 3 times a day. I have become very weak in this short period of time and I am very tired. I can go to bed at 8p.m. and will take naps throughout the next day. I have a very small frame. I am 5'5 and weigh 120lbs. My biggest fear is gaining weight. My body is beginning to feel very heavy and I have been aching on and off. The different side effects that I have read has become very scary for me and I have gotten to the point of wondering what should I do. I still have patience but my nerves are getting very bad. My questions is since I have only been taking Prednisone for only 3 days now and I am experiencing these things already will they gradually stop or do you think there is more to come?

Pain in knee and foot. Pain during walking so I had to limp. I am taking Welchol 625 mg. 3 tablets two times a day after meal, total 6 tablets a day.

I was started on Toprol XL 50 mg 3 weeks ago and am stopping it immediately. I have had 3 trips to the ER with shortness of breath and left sided chest pain. Other symptoms include a 10 pound weight gain, leg/feet swelling, difficulty swallowing, tremendous fatigue, headache, periods of feeling faint/lightheaded, extreme nausea and constipation with abdominal bloating. I have never felt so horrible in my life and will NEVER take this drug again.

I'm a female age 47 yrs. old. I begin taking Toprol xl 25 mg 3 weeks ago. I have bloating, sore breast, a tingling sensation in my toes, weird dreams, tireness and sometimes I awake with a bad headache. This is not the drug for me. I've tried Lotrel and experienced the same effects.

PREDNISONE: One of the most scary medications that I have EVER taken.
I had injured my neck about 6 months ago. The doctor prescribed 20mg to be taken in the mornings. I am also taking Lorazepam (.5mg) Lorazepam is a tranq and muscle relaxant. I was taking .5 mg 3 times a day and 1 mg at night to help me sleep.
My experience with prednisone was short term: 20 mg the first 2 days... then I was so preoccupied that I forgot a day. On the 4th day I resumed taking the medication, but I was experiencing panic attacks, hostility, and depression.
Soooo, I increased my Lorazepam. By the 5th day, I had no concept of time or space... I had obviously over medicated myself, and luckily didn't die. However, when my significant other got home and tried to take my pills, I became violent. I guess I thought I was superwoman! I among other things, threw him out and called the police... He did not press charges, but the state did... on him, because I called first. Now we have to go to court.
I can honestly tell you. For me, this is a dangerous drug. Needless to say the doctor told me to stop taking the drug when I called the next day. My remorse was unbearable.
My doctor claims that I was only on a small dose and that he had only seen one bad reaction in his 30 years of practice; and he said she was taking twice as much. The doctor said that the prednisone cause the irritability and the Lorazepam removed the inabition (much like alcohol does).The pharmacy did not warn me or give me any paper work on the drug when I picked it up.
It is too bad that we find this site after the fact.

Prednisone- what can I say.
I was on 40 mg 3 times a day, then cut to 40 mg 2 times a day. This lasted for 2.5 months before they started to slowly get me off of it. I finally got off of it after 4 months. This was pure hell.
FIRST OFF to any of you that goes cold turkey on getting off of it, DON'T. NEVER DO THAT!!!!!!!! If anything get off of it SLOWLY!!! If you are at 20mg a day, cut / break them in half, take 15 mg for a couple of days, then 10 mg for two to three days, then go to 5mg for a couple of days. The higher the dosage that you are on, the longer it takes to get get off of them. REMEMBER, I'am NOT a Doctor, this is some of my insight on this 'demon' drug.

How long to get it out of your system, well it will depend on the dosage you are taking and how long you have been taking it. With the high dosage I was on and the lenght of time, about 5.5 months, I'm STILL affected by the 'demon' drug and it has been 2.5 years since I got off of it.

One VERY IMPORTANT point to make if you are going to be taking it over a lenght of time is: If you have a wife / girlfriend, family, and friends, let them know right away. They don't know or realize what it is and what you are going through. For your family if they don't understand have them talk to your Doctor.

I have MANY side affects from this drug and will go through more of it some other day, but right now I'm having 'wife' problems because of this stuff. I sat her down three times during the couse of taking the 'demon' drug but she did not or could not believe it. (note: for the first month on it, I average 1/2 hrs of sleep per night. This IS with taking a stong sleeping pill.) To this day, my wife is not really even talking to me because of the way I acted when I was on the 'demon' drug. I don't remember any of it, and try to explain what it is like to not sleep for weeks. SHE doesn't understand that, she just says that it was me and my fault.
There is nothing I can say now to change her mind. So now after 33 yrs of marrage, (30 of them were just great) she wants to leave me. So keep that in mind with any high dose long term use. Side effect possibly lose your spouse or friends if they are not aware of what can happen to you.

To those of you on it, God be with you and stay strong. You are NOT going out of your mind, it is that some people do not understand.

Talk to you all later.

Angel

I was put on Zocor 40 mg. 3 weeks ago. I just had sugery 2 weeks ago, so I thought I was feeling this way due to my surgery & pain medications I was on. Then my hips started bothering me when I sleep,cause I usually sleep on my sides, now real fatiged , now out of breath, & my vision, I started hurting in eyelids , like preasure ,white blotches ,almost like trails in my vision. Cant seem to get up too quick ,like lightheadness ,almost like im going to black out.Why would any one put you on medication to help one problem, & cause so my others? I dont understand . I really dont!!!!!!!!

user beware!!!!!!!!! bipolar disorder runs in my family, i unfortunately inherited this vicious disease. i was on eskalith 300 mg. 3 times a day. over time the drug did calm down my manic episodes, but as time went on for it took more than a year. my blood sugar started going up, and my triglycerides also went up. my triglicerides shot up too 723 and my blood sugar went up all the way to 496, yes that is correct. to make a long story short, they took me off the eskalith, to try to lower my blood sugar, it has gone down from 496 to about 206. never any lower than 206. thanks to eskalith i'm now a type 2 diabetic, the damage has been done!!!!!!!! there is no reversal of the symptons. i believe the fda should take more time before granting pharmaceutical companies like smithkline the go ahead to put a drug like this on the market. it is not about making money at the expense of the patient, it is about caring for the patient and trying to make him well.

sincerely:

charlie

I've been taking 1800 mg 3 times a day for a few weeks. This stuff makes me higher than a kite. Light headed, dizzy, brain fog, short term memory loss. I've gained 8 pounds. I take it for neurogenic pain and so far it hasn't done much for me except make me feel loopy. My heart races if I stand up fast, and I can feel it pounding in my head and hands. I'm gonna hang in there and see if it is worth all of this is the end. After reading everything posted here I am rather freaked out now about this drug.

I took my two caps 2 hours early trying to get back in a schedule I can hang with and I thought I was gonna die for about an hour. I felt like my head was going to explode and I was gonna have a heart attack or a stroke...I'll never do that again.