Miracle symptoms and conditions

ok, so I am 28yrs old just had my lap for endo on October 1 and my doctor has recommended lupron, and am going to be getting the med in a week to 2weeks,but after reading this I am soooooooooo scared to even get near this med. Its like you either take this with the hope of saving fertility and no pain..or not and have endo ravage your body and you will live with unbearable pain!!! I have no idea what to do,and i am so scared after reading this. Is there anyone that did not have weight gain, headaches etc...anyone that can testify that lupron actually worked for them? did any one have a baby after doing this. my bigs thing is being able to have a baby. Cause right now its my health on the line, my ability to have children, my ability to have a normal life free of endo pain or these crazy, horrible side effects...please help me!!!

I have been dealing with Total neuropathy of my feet and legs for 18 years now and i was taking neurotin 300mg 3x's a day and that was not even putting a dent in my pain. 2 weeks ago I fell in the shower on Monday and fell down my stairs Tues. ( due to not being able to feel my feet) and I sprained my whole body and was in major pain. My Doctor prescribed 10mg flexeril and 50mg of tramadol. It has been a miracle for me!! the pain is gone from my nueropathy, I haven't slept this good in many years & I am hoping that after talking with my Doctor i can continue taking this ! What a difference this has made in my life. However the second and third day I was severely grumpy but I was aware of the fact so I was able to minimize it!

I have been taking Geodon for about 4 months now and it has relieved my bipolar symptoms remarkably well but in the last month and a half I have experienced a "Shocking" feeling to my heart that goes down my arms and legs. I was referred to a cardiologist and had a not so good EKG. I am scheduled for a ecocardiograma and to wear a heart monitor for a few days and then follow up with a nuclear stress test on Friday. The feeling is scary and recently I have not been sleeping. At first the medication was a miracle and I had for once in my life a normal sleep pattern. I guess I am worried about my heart. I take 180 mg every night along with a sleeping pill that was prescribed by my doctor. He was running out of medications that would help me. I have lost 27 pounds since being on the medication which is on the good side but is the cost going to be my heart? I will post what the doctor finds so that all of you can know what to look for or be on the watch out for. Many thanks for listening. B.

I am also really glad I have found this website. I had my mirena placed in March 2006. I loved it, told all my friends thought it was a miracle. I have completely changed my mind. I have dizziness, headaches, joint pain and my PCP put on Lexapro for anxiety and mild depression in September 09.
I have a 3 and 4 year old, but am so fatigued at times I don't want to do anything but sit around. I can not lose any weight. I tried nutrisystem and
that didn't help. I am also having having a symptom that hasn't been mentioned on the site. I have done some research and noticed that the mirena can also cause blood vessels to constrict. In December 08 after having some (quite a few) drinks and smoking cigaretts at my husbands
Christmas Party the next morning my forearms and hands were a dusty blue color. I have had this happen one time since. A couple of times the bottoms of my feet were a purple/ bluish color looked as if they were badly bruised. After researching the cause of this, the only thing I can find is that the mirena can also cause constriction of the blood vessels. Has anyone else had this happen???? I had and echocardiogram done, that was fine all my blood work has come back normal. Am seeing a neurologist, he has me scheduled for a nerve condition test, but he thinks
I may need to see a vascular doctor.

I took lupron for about a year or so back in 1999. I don't remember a lot, just the hot flashes, etc, that I was warned about. I began to have memory problems a little. As the years passed by, it became worse. It is 10 years later and I have no short term memory. I have searched and searched to figure out what is wrong with me. My memory is gone. Its a sad thing, that this shot is still being given.

I have had problems with regulating my period since I was 15. When I was 17 I was on Depo (2 years) and it really screwed me up, I gained 40 lbs. and became lactose intolerant (don't ask me how that happened, i have no clue). I still have not been able to loose the weight. I then tried the OrthoEvra patch and I loved it. I went off bc because my insurance doesn't cover it anymore and i could no longer afford it. About a year and a half ago I was diagnosed with PCOS and my fiance and I decided that it didn't really matter if I was on bc, if I was able to get pregnant we would consider it a miracle. Over the last 6 months my mood swings and periods were so severe and painful that I have had to go to the ER 2x so we decided to try bc again, I was prescribed Femcon about a month ago. My first round of pills left me sick to my stomach every day and having migraines every couple of days. I started my second round yesterday and I have been so violently sick since swallowing the pill last night that I haven't slept and had to call out of work. I spent 6 hours in my bathroom last night and by the time i passed out I had thrown up blood twice. Ive never been this sick in my life and I'm waiting to hear back from my doctor to tell her I refuse to take this pill one more day.

My 62 year old husband has had Parkinson's for about 10 years now. The other day he was prescribed Prednisone (20 mg tablets, twice a day) for 5 days. After the first day his pinched nerve problem was greatly improved, and as a side effect, his Parkinson's symptoms disappeared completely and he was like normal again! This is a miracle to us and we are looking for medical research to help prescribe Prednisone for Parkinson's', or some agent similar. Did the Prednisone make the other Parkinson's drugs more effective; or did the Prednisone fix the Parkinson's on its own. We don't know. For 5 days, it was bliss; I hope we can get someone to weigh the side effects against the miracle of being normal without any Parkinson's symptoms!

wow- glad I found you guys! I'm female, 54, thin, healthy, have always exercised and watched my diet. cholesterol went up to 280 a couple of yrs ago- tried more diet/exercise but it only came down to 250, so since then have tried 4 low-dose (40 mg) statins (crestor, lipitor, zocor, and now pravastatin), all of which after 2-6 months made me feel like I was jumping out of my skin and caused chest pain and palpitations that stopped almost immediately when I discontinued them. Also, I've always fallen asleep quickly and now take an hour or more, and recently my fingers have started falling asleep/tingling. I'm stopping the pravastatin today! Maybe 250 isn't so bad, if this is the alternative. Does anyone have any remedies to suggest besides low fat/low sugar diet? I just read that we should avoid reduced-fat milks (I drink 1%) because they contain oxydized cholesterol, which irritates the artery wall.

First of, let me say I am a Pharmacy Technician. I was on Yaz for about 5 months. It was OK. It wasn't strong enough to stop my periods until about 4 days into a new pack, it didn't do much for my skin, and it was $40/ month because there is no generic! I only kept taking it because it didn't make me nauseous (I am very sensitive to nausea).
After $40/month was a little too much, I went to my dr and wanted to be put on Yasmin (ocella) because it would only be $10/month and it has the same hormones as yaz which didn't make me sick, but it was .01mg stronger, which made me a little nervous. But I tried it, didn't make me sick AT ALL, cleared my skin up, periods start and stop on time, no cramps, cheaper generic, and I lost 17 lbs! I actually love this pill... it's a miracle serum.

We put our 3 year old son on Singulair 2 weeks ago for allergies. It seemed to be helping him. He is a very mild mannered kid that has never been an aggressive child and never bites or hits. In the last 4 days his mood has changed, and he has bitten 2 kids at school, hit one kid, bit and hit his grandpa, has been waking up with nightmares and has been very clingy to me (his mom). After reading the side effects of Singulair last night we contacted the pharmacist and told him what has happened and he told us to take him off the Singulair immediately and contact our Pediatrician. I am waiting for a phone call back now. I am saddened that a medication for Allergies can cause such a personality change.

I suffered with huge patches of psoriasis on both elbows which continued to grow larger and larger for years. Numerous treatments of various creams and light therapy had absolutely no positive results on my problem. Then I found a doctor who injected some small amounts of Kenalog directly into the layers of my psoriasis, and FINALLY the psoriasis disappeared completely. It was a MIRACLE for me! My patches of psoriasis now normally remain in remission for about two years. When I notice them to slightly reappear, I got get another Kenalog injection to clear it up for another couple of years. I have never had any side effects with this procedure except for positive ones! My self image has improved, and I can now wear short sleeve shirts without anyone asking me "what's wrong with your elbows?". I think it's the best thing!

I recently had a bad reaction to Benadryl also. I have been taking Remicade for over a year now which has been a miracle for my Crohns. Last week after the benadryl went into the IV I started having a really bad reaction. First, I felt restless and twitchy, then I felt like all my muscles were numb and I had to stretch everywhere. I had to stand because my hips and back hurt so much. It was scary to me and I know I freaked out the other Remicade patient. My husband rushed a hydrocodone to me for the pain and it also helped me feel less restless. Next time we will half the Benadryl and take a hydrocodone to begin with.

I had Mirena inserted in May 04 and have been miserable ever since!
I had my 2nd child and did not want any more, I was scared to get my tubes tied because I had a newborn & a 4 year old to take care of.
Since I had Mirena, I have had severe back pain, weight that won't budge no matter what, severe constipation, swollen legs & feet, panic and anxiety attacks, moodiness, hot flashes, miscarriages, severe stomach cramps, depression, bloated stomach, almost constant nausea, headaches, you name it I have it.
My husband got a vasectomy 4 weeks ago and I can't wait until I can get this horrible evil thing out of me.
I didn't think it was the IUD until recently. My doctor played it up like it was a miracle contraceptive-even told me it was better than tubal ligation and vasectomy. ha!

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I was diagnosed with peti-mal epilepsy aprox 17 years ago. I tried many different anti epileptic drugs and had many negative side effects from teeth problems to depression and none of which controlled my seizures. 12 years ago I went on lamictal (600 mg a day) and I haven't looked back, I feel I have my miracle. So far I have no side effects, am completely seizure free and I have a life. BEFORE lamictal some side effects were poor concentration ( when reading a book I could not remember what was written on the top of the page by the time I got to the bottom), little co-ordination with sports (most times I could not catch a ball when thrown to me, this caused a lot of social problems), forgetfulness and I was quite clumsy. I hope you all can one day find a medication that works just as well for you or even better a cure. My heart goes out to you all.

hi.
i am so glad i have found this site. i was trying to make a decision wether to have my mirena coil taken out as i have had it in nearly three years and all the symptoms i have been having i thought it was me,
stomach ache, forgetfulness, sore boobs, depression, anxiety, moodiness, oh need i go on...
well i had my coil in 1st time around 5 years ago( about) and i thought it was great because i have unbearable heavy periods i cant go anywhere, well they went to nil, which i was very happy about, then i got pregnant.....had to make the decision of wether to risk having the coil out or leaving in either way can cause miscarriage, i had it taken out very carefully by a wonderful doctor.
my daughter is now three which i call my miracle baby.
i had it put in again because of my periods.. and even tho i don't have them i am regretting it cause im suffering so bad, Monday im having it out and looking forward to getting my body back to normal,,, i do however need a contraception, for my periods and obviously i don't want to get pregnant right now. so i don't know what to choose... i had the pill in the past got pregnant with my son!!!! so what d i do?> ill report back Monday when i have had it out (hopefully)thanks to everyones stories they have really helped me at least i know why im a moody cow

Hi Metoprolol pill takers, You need to get off of this nasty drug immediately. My husband has been on it for 5-7 years and it has ruined his life. He still works and that is a miracle to me. His short term memory has been totally taken away. When I am talking to him, he forgets what I just said to him. I no longer let him drive our car. Everything that he once loved to do, can no longer be accomplished. He was once a fun loving guy who everyone wanted to be with. He no longer has friends that call him to do things with. He has night terrors that are horrible. The news on CNN announced last week that they are using this drug to give to people that have just gone through a traumatic event.. You know, like a plane crash, attempted murder, rape. This drug takes away their short term memory and they forget about the event ever happening. Can you imagine my husband running a lumber yard, getting a order, or talking to a customer and trying to make sense of the whole thing. I heard that the drug company has recalled the drug. I couldn't get it at Costco but I managed to get more of it at Haggen's. It's like they are getting rid of every last bit of it. Drug Companies will do anything to make money no matter who they hurt. They should be ashamed of themselves for putting out such a dangerous horrible drug. They need the money so they can bore the living hell out of us with their television commercials promoting erectile dysfunction and the four hour erection. I'm sure that is really good for you. Joking aside, I want everyone to know about these life altering side effects of Metoprolol. My hope is that he will return to normal after he is taken off of this drug and can lead a normal life with his memory intact. I will write to you again in 4 months and let you know.

My son had croup and bronchitis, he was prescribed the albuterol 1 full vile 3 times a day for the 1st 3 days then 2 viles for 2 days each day then on the last day just 1 vile. I was advised by the pharmacist that it might make by 5 month old a little shaky. NOT THE DOCTOR which i think she should have told me something about the side affects of a 5 month old. I had never heard of this stuff or what it was for all i knew is it was a breathing treatment. I finished giving my baby the 6 days of albuterol and now that today is the last day he took it I cant seem to calm him in any way, he cant go to sleep, all he does is cry, he wont eat, he's always irritated, restless and IF i can get him to nap, its about 10-20 mins. its AWFUL to see my baby act like this, sometimes when i gave him the treatment and i was holding him i would end up inhaling the albuterol since he was sitting right in front of me i would feel hot flashed ( mind you i would inhale VERY little) i would also feel dizziness hours after inhaling it. however i never noticed it and never paid attention to it. not till today that i noticed my childs behavior did i decide to investigate this stuff. I will NEVER give this to my baby again. I should have been advised about all this however i was not. also my fault as a mother i should have investigated it before i gave it to my child as i trusted the doctor. =(

What a relief to be reading everyone's stories. My symptoms all built slowly over the last 7 months and have really reared their ugly heads in the last 3 months especially. In fact, I have been crying for days with no good reason. I feel like I am going crazy and am unable to cope with the simplest of things, things that in the past may have caused stress but not an emotional breakdown and feelings of despair. I had the Mirena put in in July 2008 because of painful cramps that led to several ER visits. My doctor raved about it, said she had it before and after her children and yes it does affect everyone differently but it's pretty much a miracle. The research I did conveniently didn't lead me here so I thought I'd give it a try. It sounded the same as a pill but just without the daily obligation. Well, the last 7 months of my life have gotten progressively worse and more frustrating. I have become irritable, angry, moody, depressed and anxious. I have experienced a complete loss of sex drive, along with worsened acne, and unexplained weight gain (despite generally healthy eating and consistent exercise) . I feel horrible for my fiance because it's like I am not me anymore. I was such a happy, friendly, fairly consistent person but now I'm a mess and my moods are all over the place. I hate feeling so fat and sexually blah. It's miserable! I actually feel depressed and I have no good reason. I love my life and it's a very good one, challenges and all. Needless to say, I am having this awful thing removed tomorrow. I've been waiting for a month for this appointment and if I were braver I think I would definitely remove it myself to put an end to this craziness. I want myself back.

I have been on the nuvaring since May of 08 to relieve my endometriosis. At first I loved it; less cramping, lighter periods, but then around November I started feeling stressed. Lots of anxiety during the first few days of every cycle to the point it was like I was paranoid. I'm not one to worry about what to do if my husband dies but with the Ring I was getting these feelings. I thought it was stress of work messing with me, maybe some winter blues. When I finally got around to seeing my Dr. he said it could be the ring and I needed to get off of it. He's putting me on the pill and I look forward to seeing if things change.

Topamax saved my life. Comes down to everyone reacts differently to each drug. I started slowly, on 50 mg, and worked myself up to 300 mg a day to prevent seizures. It worked the miracle, stopping the seizures and giving me a life back. I lost 45 lbs, I'm at a healthy weight now and sustaining it. Side effects: math skills are laughable, tingles in hand, vocabulary comes and goes. These diminished somewhat as I adjusted to dosage. Side effects are a small price to pay for the desirable primary effects. (I bought a calculator and a thesaurus.) Life is good. Topamax is damn expensive and worth every penny.

I'm writing back to tell you ladies that I got the Mirena taken out yesterday. I can't say I feel better yet, because it's only been 15 hrs..I also got my teeth fixed right after that so I feel like crap but it is because of my mouth hurting. I did notice that my acne isn't so red and isn't sore right now. I had the worst Acne and although it's not gone I feel it looks different already. I'm mainly writing to tell you all about my experience with the doctor. I'm sooooo mad because I explained why I wanted to get it removed ( Acne, weight gain, back pain, bloating, migraines, mood swings, no sex drive..etc ) This fool told me that it has nothing to do the Mirena because the it has no Hormones and my body is reacting to my normal cycle.... I was shocked because I thought it had progesterone?of course I never had ACNE at all and that was before I started any birth control. I've only been on the NuvaRing and Mirena for the last 3 yrs. I didn't start getting Acne until 3 months after starting the Mirena and I know that's what it is from. He blamed all my other side effects on getting old..LOL I'm only 28 yrs old and never had problems like this before. I told him they need to do more Research on the Mirena before they put in women, and that fool was like....WHO? ME? I said Yes, YOU AND EVERY DOCTOR WHO THINKS THIS IS A MIRACLE BIRTH CONTROL.. He was upset but so was I. I shouldn't have had to go thru that. I'm still mad about it! It would have been better off telling him I want it out so I can have 12 more kids and then I wouldn't have heard anything from him. They are all in denial and that's scary.

I also wrote a complaint with the FDA and hopefully if everyone does the same we can get this crapp off the market. I want a refund and won't stop until I get it because it didn't last 5 yrs for me and a lot of you out there. I will be writing you all back after a couple months to tell you how I feel then.
There is all kinds of websites about Mirena, mostly bad ones. Look up " Post Mirena side effects" that was a good one to. Women were talking about what vitamins we should take afterwards so we don't have the crash the happen between day 4 thru 10 afterwards. 5htp, B6 and primrose are good for that.

I have been taking Lamictal for 8 years for the clinical diagnosis 'double depression.' I now have no depression so for me this medication as been a miracle.

I take 100 mg at bedtime. I have very vivid dreams every night which I do remember upon waking. Whatever I am thinking about or watching on TV seems to be the theme of my dreams so I have stopped watching frightening movies or television.

I also experience balance problems, I have difficulty reading out loud, and thinking of words when I am having a conversation. My cognitive problems are not with thinking but rather verbal expression. I have a lot of problems with three dimensional thinking, as in reading blueprints.

I suppose as my doctor suggested you have to decide if the quality of life is improved weighed against the side effects. As my doctor said "you'll have to decide whether you want to be depressed or clumsy." This is a no brainer for me after many years of depression.

I had my Mirena taken out yesterday after only 2 months of using it and a couple of hours after having it removed, all those nasty pregnancy symptoms I had are gone !!!! I'm soooo happy. Doctor told me that this is the first time she heard of a patient who is so sensitive to the amount of hormones released. I think she's lying. I'm not surprised if we are guinea pigs by the drug company to test it's side effects. Paying guinea pigs mind you.

Hello I am 30 years old and have gerds, I was put on Aciphex 20mg and the first week i felt a lot better, But after the first week I have been having to urinate ALOT! I have had horrible tightness of the chest, I felt like I was having a heart attack the other night! Very scary, I have since quit Aciphex and started today on pantoprazole 40mg! I hope this pill is a miracle! If this pill doesn't work I am just going to work out and eat light.
I would advise anyone thinking of going on Aciphex to be careful the anxiety attacks and hard time breathing is very scary.
If anyone knows about Pantoprazole let me know asap!

Well, let's see, I am 37, I just had my third child a year ago. When I had my first child at 19, I entered the world of Rhumatoid Arthritis, I did not take anything for it, it just seemed to go away by itself. After the second child it flared up but not long enough or hard enough to remember. After the third child at 36, wow did it get bad, so bad i couldn't get her out of her crib. That was the day I started 10mg of pred a day,,it made all the symptoms of the RA almost disappear...almost...which was a miracle,,,but it made all the side effects of the med start,,,,weight gain BIG TIME, bad moods, maybe 2 hours of sleep @ night,,,hair loss which scares me the most, blurred vision, buffalo hump looks like I'm looking for something on the floor all the time,,a wonderful neck that looks like i swallowed a couple bananas whole,,hmmmm,,,,let's seeeeee,,what else, easy bruising thankfully I like the color purple, oh, and me and mr. potty have become well friends. At first, the doc thought it was hypothyroidism because I also had 2 periods a month, but a blood test told threw that theory out. I just want to say,,,,I like that my RA is better because of it,,,but I am as of yesterday taking myself off of good ol prednisone, and sticking to a high dose of IB or Tylenol. It's just not worth it.