Midway symptoms and conditions

I started Coumadin back in March and it wasn't too bad. We got my INR straightened out pretty quickly and everything was fine. About midway through May I began having stroke symptoms, and a hard time breathing. Just this past month, I was completely numb on a regular basis, I couldn't exert myself in any way without my body becoming tingly and numb, I also have had a non stop headache for nearly two weeks.

I had been on Yaz for about 1 1/2 years with little to no problems until the last couple of months I began to get severely depressed and experienced suicidal thoughts about midway through the pack. The rest of the month I felt like I was in an emotional and mental fog. My husband recognized a difference in my behavior after a couple of months of starting yaz. I finally broke down and called my doctor. She decided to put me on Yasmin... now that I have read through some of the thousands of side effects of Yasmin on this website, I'm not so sure that anything is going to get any better....

I got all those problems but the higher the dosage the more attacks i had.Another neurologist think that i just have pseudoseizures-paranoia attacks.Anyways the doctor screwed me up,he gave me 5 years ago something different and my seizures started daily than switched me to lamictal.I must say that sometimes i have or HAD electricity in my left hand all the time and once a women touched me and got stunned lol.anyways lamictal is bad,i didn't have any side effects like loosing hair but i did have A LOT of head hecks.I must share something with you,when i read epilepsy.com it seems that my seizures called myclonics in the end they are not but they similar in effects.Myclonics its seizures that happens only in the morning.Heres the catch for me,i figured out that if i won't close my eyes the first hour after i got up and went to the sun outside than i didn't have seizures.Its not a real solution so i decided to raise the lamictal from 175 which was ok for me to 200-250 like the good doctor said,just made me worse.Now i started dropping it by 25 mill each week and i must say i feel better only a little tired after 5 years that my body got used to it.Anyway if any of you have myclonics than don't close your eyes.BTW i have AURA-feeling before the seizure but luckily for me after a second if i open my eyes nothing will happen although i don't always take notice of it.In midway it would happen if i seat in front of computer and will lose attention if someone will call me or whatever but its a mill-sec seizure,barely noticible if at all and i never get "disconnected" from reality!!!
the ONLY thing which is bad for me is that except that im sick now my blood pressure is huge-140/82 and pulse 106 which is being like that for couple of days but i will get trough that.Since i lowered my dosage my midway seizures stopped,now im on 100.

P.S=Check yourself with the neurologist with a different one preheps.IF you can describe the whole seizure it means you don't dispatch from earth which mean it might be psydo seizures which are psychotic and not epileptic,the most important thing is that if someone takes lamictal or any anti apileptic drug even tho he doesn't have real seizures the medicine can do this.I got screwed and now i try to get over it,the doctor trowed me on woods with tablets after having a first seizure WHICH IS WRONG because you sepused to get tablets only after 3 attacks and after describing seizures and doing eeg tests to make sure that you DO have the problem.

Anyways remember what i said about the closing eyes in the morning part,if you close your eyes and feel weird keep them open at least those that have them after they wake up,that was a solution for me and it can help you to...MY doctor said everyone like me but i think he is laying,the other neurologist said my doctor was wrong probably about the seizures,i think i have both but i do know that believing and saying that you don't have anything WILL help you and lower your seizures,after speaking with the doctor i actually started to believe i don't have anything and walla i have almost NADA,today i had zero!!!! :D

OF course don't lower dosage without first consulting with someone expert,but since i know i can control basically every seizure i have and i know what to do to avoid it i let my self start dropping dozes!!!

GOOD LUCK my friends believe in yourself and if you want some personal info leave your msn i will add you and try to answer you the best i could,i was researching my self trying to figure out the core of the problem for 5 years but after 6 months knocking my head in the pipe when i washed my face i learned what i should avoid to minimize the chance!!!Try that

I started taking Prednisone in late November for inflammation of my lungs, a complication of influenza A. I started at 50 mg daily, then went to 75, then was hospitalized and went to 160 intravenously. After about a week, I was reduced to 120 then 75 by mouth a few days later. After 15 days in the hospital, I was released only to come back two days later with internal bleeding. I was released two days later and my doctor knocked several days off my withdrawal plan. About midway through all this, I started having a constant mild headache. After my second release, the headache started to get worse. The headache became debilitating and I spent some time in the ER where codeine helped. (I'm allergic to morphine which would have been their choice). The codeine helped for a day or two, but when I got to 60mg of codeine with no effect I gave up on the pills. My doctor gave me some sort of anti-inflammatory shot which helped.

I've been off Prednisone now for over a week and still have a constant headache, but most of the time it's not bad and only moderate at times. On average I see a gradual improvement.

I have had increased appetite and energy (in the beginning) followed by face and neck swelling, headache, nausea, blurred vision, internal bleeding and large muscle weakness.

I know that I needed something to stop my lung inflammation, but the cure has been worse than the disease at this point.

I have same back pain and stiffness. Can not do the yoga pose I used to do any more.

If I stop taking Lipitor for several days, the pain is gone. So I'm sure it is the Lipitor.

Now, I take lipitor(10mg) for one month, and skip for another month. Not sure if this would cause any issue, but somewhat midway solution for me to remove back pain and lowering cholesterol.

Where do I begin??? I have been taking Yaz for six months. Migraines! The worst migraines ever, I cannot function for one full day and sometimes more, the pain was so intolerable.

Hives! For the past two months, I keep thinking that I had a food allergy; even my doctor diagnosed it as that. After going to the allergist, I was told that I have developed an allergy to the Yasmin pill. No part of my body has been discriminated with this medication. Hives from the top of my head, in my eyes, right down to the bottom of my feet! This has been the worst experience of my life with this pill.

Fatigue to the extreme! I fall asleep sitting up and never feel rested. Yaz has caused me to go up two cup sizes so far, I went from being a 38C to a 40DD and I can't fit into anything. My boobs are sore a lot.

Weight gain, at least 20 pounds heavier. Nausea; Indigestion; Diarrhea & Constipation; Decreased Sex Drive; and Mood swings; Uncontrollable Rages; Severe body aches; Hot Flashes/Chills; Crying Spells; Blurred Vision; Lack of Concentration; Trouble sleeping; Dizziness; Shaking; Restlessness mainly after 9pm when I should be winding down to go to bed; Terrible night sweats; Never ending cravings for junk food; Inability to cope with stressful situations; Feeling of being inadequate; Can’t concentrate; Gassy; Hate family & partners; Irrational.

I took a 20 mg tablet on April 1st then took another half a one on April 2nd and wish now that I had'nt. Today is May 9th ad I lts all the other side effects except the tingling down the left hand side of my body and my lips I had the facial flushing and almost all the other sysptoms that most of the other that are posting have except "the cough" Midway through I had the sinus pressure and the dizziness and lightheadedness and just a feeling of "off balance" I guess we all cant me losing our minds? Anyone who wants to email me personally with anyhting that they might have on there minds about this medication I pretty much can relate to all of you.

I am glad I found this site. I recently started taking Yasmin, I am 22 years old and it is my first experience with oral contraceptives. Anyway, the first month was fine, except that my flow was unusually heavy (we're talking super+ tampon & Heavy pad were necessary for the first 2 days), which is unusual for me since I've never bought anything stronger than regular.
About midway through the second month, I became depressed, gained 15 pounds, and was crying every day over little things. I know I've been under stress, but I am always stressed, and this was not a usual reaction for me. The only thing I could think of was mabye it was the Yasmin, but my healthcare provider assured me that this was not one of the side effects. I came across this site and decided that I needed to get off this stuff. Especially when I would be on the verge of tears all day long, and was missing classes because all I could do was hide under the covers crying.
Finally I quit Yasmin and demanded to be put on something different. I am not too familiar with any other BCPs, and I was warry of trying them. So I was given NuvaRing to try. So far....I am symptom free. I am hoping that this will help other women who feel as if they are "going nutz" and don't understand why, as I had felt. Even if your healthcare provider denies this side effect demand to be given an alternative. I have never felt as horrible as I did with yasmin.

Hey all,

thanks for your posts. I feel a bit better now i have come off it. I got a period today even though i had my last just 2 weeks ago, obviously an effect of stopping midway through a packet.

Had another night of horrific nightmares, and slept badly, but for the first time in ages i have had 2 days where i have been able to switch off, even though i have strayed to the same thoughts they have been easier to stop and turn off and they are not there the whole time, that is major improvement!

Going to doc tomorrow so will talk to him about that. In germany so must do it all in german, i think some stuff gets lost in translation!

Will be happy when these death thoughts disappear, it is like i have a major obsession with it, is very depressing. My dreams are full of it, and i hate that, my poor boyfriend gets no sleep for me screaming constantly in my sleep!

I can't wait to see how this pill works, it would be nice to think of the future and not imagine it wont be there cos i won't be there to see it, i might start to enjoy what i have for once. I told my family about my problems and somehow it seems a bit better. Going home to england for a week on friday so we will see.

Thanks for your support, i hope you all are doing ok, i'm glad to know i am not the only one, but why has no drug company or doctors realised this???

Linzi

Hi all:

I was given an injection into the nasal tip about a month after septoplasty, to reduce swelling.

I left the office and midway home, about 20 minutes after leaving,, my vision blurred so completely that I could no longer read the street signs. I did not have a cell phone at the time, and somehow I made it safely home without needing to see totally clearly, likely because I was familiar with the route and could still make out large landmarks. My vision improved somewhat after stopping the injections, but not completely.

Recently, too, a new veterinarian treating my dog switched to triamcinolone injectables, instead of using the dogs normal depo medrol injection for hypo-adrenalism. I was not apprised of the switch and the dog began exhibiting severe muscle wasting, and weakness Finally, I checked the bottle and saw that it was triamcinolone not depo medrol. I was pretty darned upset, and requested that he be switched back

The dog is slowly gaining weight and muscle, but at one point he had lost so much muscle we feared he would die.

Is there anyone who has experienced horrible weakness, muscle fatigue, feeling just like every muscle was made of pudding, even find it hard to brush my hair or such?!!?

Didn't find anyone, who has posted about this, yet, but this is still happening to me, even after going off Yasmin 4 weeks ago (I know it would take a little bit longer to get really free from the hormones...).

It's really frightening for me, what's going on. The weakness seems to get worse through a cylce (midway and right before the period is goint to start).

Please feel free to E-Mail me or post directly here.

Really need some pep talk through all this torture!!

I am midway through my 2nd pack of Yasmin. I started it in April, and my first period while on the pill was the beginning of May while I was on the white pills. That period was brownish and lasted only for a day or so. Since starting the 2nd pack, I have VERY sore breasts and frequent urination. so bad that I thought I was pregnant(never been pregnant before-so Im not familiar with pregnancy symptoms) until I read others comments regarding yasimn including frequent urination. I take my pill at bedtime(at 11pm) and I usually feel nauseas until midnight or so. The frequent urination is consistent throughout the day, and my breasts are always sore. I have not gained anymore weight, nor have I lost any.