Mood symptoms symptoms and conditions

This medication f----- me up! It made me hate my job so much that I had panic attacks before going to work. I've had extreme mood swings and severe paranoia. I am a nurse and I have never been worried about catching anything but all of a sudden I thought I had all sorts of diseases. Also, I was exhausted all the time!! It got so bad that I felt like I couldn't get out of bed. I had no motivation and I couldn't concentrate on anything. Then I started getting a rash that would come and go which only fed into my paranoia. I've never had any of these problems and I couldn't figure out what could be wrong with me until I saw this website. I have been off of singulair for several days and I have already noticed a difference in my mood.

symptoms ---- paranoia, nausea/stomach pains, depression, rash, anxiety

I was given a sample (two packages) of Yasmin by my gynecologist to help control terrible period symptoms. I only completed one month due to the side effects. The good news was that I did not get the horrible cramps during the one month I was on Yasmin. However, the side effects were unbearable. I bled for almost three weeks, including light cramping throughout. I was nauseated and lost all appetite; I would forget to eat until I was about to pass out. However, the worst was its effect on my mood; I was having symptoms of anxiety, depression and paranoia, with an inability to think clearly. (As a counselor, I recognized these pretty quickly, though it took me a couple weeks to link these with the pill.) This is very abnormal for me, and I normally do not experience mood swings due to natural hormone changes. Also, I would have difficulty sleeping, and would wake up in the night terribly anxious and sad.

I realize that many or all of these side effects may have gone away after a couple of months. As bas as they were for me, that was not an option. Part of the problem for me was that the hormone levels were just too high; I am only around 100 pounds.

The good news for me was that my mood went back to normal in only a day or two after I stopped taking Yasmin. The odd thing was that I noticed a recurrance of mood symptoms the week before my next period, which came on schedule. I seem to have been back to normal permanently since then. For those of you with similar symptoms, I hope your rebound is as quick as mine. Don't get discouraged with a slight relaspe!

Hi! This is a reply to the last two guests. I logged in about a year ago as a guest and reported the same symptoms after taking this drug for one month. I developed anxiety and depression and was a mess. I was about to start taking an SSRI when I began to make the connection between the mood symptoms and changing from diovan to lisinopril. I switched back to diovan and felt better within just a few days. I am a mental health professional myself, but a psychiatrist also agreed with my conclusion that the mood changes were most likely a reaction to the lisinopril. We ruled out other possible explanations. It's now been a year, and I still have not needed an SSRI. Of course each person is different, but it appears that some people react strongly to this medication. Hope that helped. :)