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I took one injection of Lupron for fibroids in Nov. 2001. It totally changed my life, I am no longer the same person I was before. It started with severe migraine headaches for 14 days straight and attacks of nausea, lack of appetite. I used to have a strong stomach - now I was very easily nauseated. I never went for the second shot. I began to have panic attacks regularly (I had not had them for over 20 yrs). I was tired all the time, and a person who used to work out at the gym 5 days a week - eventually I quit. Now I just walk. I feel about 65 yrs old (I am just 49). I look old, my face began to droop, my hair thinned. I had bouts of depression coupled with general anxiety. My migraines worsened. My sex drive dropped to zero, I feel almost "sexless". I used to be confident, now I was afraid of everything. I now suffer from irritable bowel syndrome - with bouts of diarrhea, bloating and severe gas pains. I have trouble eating sometimes.. I have had all the tests and no one can find anything wrong with me,and none of the doctors think all these problems are due to Lupron. But, I know - I was NOT like this before Lupron. It ruined my life. I just wish my doctor would have informed me of all the terrible side effects - she only told me about hot flashes. I looked into suing her for malpractice but the lawyers said they could not build a case with no real medical evidence that my symptoms are caused by Lupron. I just wish I had known then what I know now. I tell everyone - NEVER take Lupron. Six years later and I still feel like this. Oh what I wouldn't give to have not taken that drug.

Hi all, I'll be finishing up my first week on Loestrin this Sunday. My OBGYN put me on this due to overlong periods and bad cramping. This is my first experience with a BC, so I'm a little bit nervous about it. For the past several days, I have been getting really nauseous. It's not a constant thing, one minute I'm fine and the next I feel like I need to dart in to the bathroom. I'm not too worried about any weight gain because that is something that I could probably use, but the nausea is concerning me a bit. I have to go back to the gyno sometime next week, so I can probably ask about it there, but reading the comments on this page has got me a little bit nervous. Should I try to wait it out and see if things get better, so should I quit while I'm ahead?

I am glad to have read the post below me.

From the majority of posts on this forum, it makes it seem as though Yasmin is an evil poison that the medical community is using to destroy women. I was seriously frightened after reading all the comments. While I do believe all these women about the negative effects of Yasmin, there must be some out there who are pleased with this pill. Everyone's body is different. I have been on it for only 5 days now, so I can't really say anything yet.

I will report back after 3 months or so, unless I have gone bald, blind, insane and bed ridden with head-to-toe pain at that time. I guess that could happen but I really hope it will simply calm my awful menstruation and help my husband and I delay pregnancy while we work on being able to afford to at least take care of ourselves.

I was on Yasmin for about 2 years. For the first year I could not have been happier. My period was regular and it was light. I would start 4 days after my last active pill and it would last about 2 days. Before this pill I only had a few periods a year. After about a year, I became extremely emotional for weeks at a time. I would start crying over anything and everything. I could be fine one minute and an emotional wreck the next. It would start on week two of my pac and last until my period was over. I had never been this emotional before taking the pills. I never had weight gain, had a few headaches (but had those before BC), never had acne, not really any breast tenderness, did/do have a small problem with my contacts (I dont think that is specifically Yasmin, but I hear this with most OBC), but I just can't handle the emotional rollercoaster every month. It was starting to affect my marriage. Yasmin was perfect in every other way, but I hate feeling like I will cry if someone looks at me wrong. My doctor switched me to Loestrin 24 and I have been on it now for a couple of days. I still have the emotional side effects of Yasmin but I kind of expect that until my body gets used to Loestrin 24. If this doesnt work I will try a different pill.

I got my Mirena put in may 07. it was so painful i was crying on the table while my OB was putting it in. i had NON STOP bleeding till about september then it finally went away. but the past couple of months i have been having SEVERE lower back pain. actually my whole entire back was in pain, and i thought my ob had something to do with it, but when i went to the doc he told me it could DEF be mirena. And mood swings like CRAZY. one minute i was nice and friendly the next i was a huge bitch. so Yesterday i got it removed a little cramping while she was taking out but it only took about 3 minutes no blood bo cramps after. Im SO happy its gone, and i feel like a new woman today. and hopefully ill lose some weight.

I have been taking Levoxyl for 15 years . About 10 years ago I developed fatigue, unexplained joint pain , leg pain and excesses heart burn. After lots of testing and specialist who could never find anything to cause these problems I was told fibromyalgia. Don't believe it. I never believed it for one minute. This is nothing more than Levoxly posioning. I am strong healthy weight and food concious and always have been. Why do all the people that are diagnosed with fibromyalgia have thyroid? Their all taking Levoxyl.

I've been on Topamax since just Tuesday, 10/9/07. I find that I get very tired a couple hours after taking it and I have horrible nightmares and very dark thoughts, too. Diet coke tastes so HORRBILE which is bad because I loved my diet cokes, but then again I guess that's good b/c I need to stop drinking them anyway. My worst side effect is that I have horrible mood swings. Is this normal? Is this going to go away over time? Because if not, I'm going to stop taking it now. This is not like me and I am not going to subject my family to this - losing weight is not THAT important to me. Thanks for any help. :(

P. S. I'm taking 25 mg in the morning, afternoon and evening.

Okay so I have been really moody one minute I am fine and the next minute I am yelling at my 9 month old for crying, which is obviously suppose to happen. I have only had the mirena for a little over a month and before it was inserted I was so good with my daughter. When she is finally asleep I realize how mean I have been to her, considering she is a baby. I have been a mad woman and hate it. I thought I was just stressed but I am realizing I was not acting like this before the mirena when I was stressed out. I also had to change my Mary Kay make-up thinking that that was what was causing the acne. The other make-ups didn't help I was still getting acne, even without make-up. And lastly what is driving me crazy is the bleeding and bloating. I am still bleeding. I usually wear thongs and have had to go and buy a ton of regular underwear, just so I can ruin them. I hate it so much but really can't have another kid for at least 2 years because my husband is coming home from Iraq and has been exposed to chemicals and such that can cause birth defects... so what am I suppose to do for a good effective birth control... please help!

I was on 30 mg of remeron for 7 months for depression. This drug is a nightmare! Severe cravings for sweets, and an unsatified hunger that nothing seemed to please me at night, munched about anything. I gained weight and slept through about anything at all. 3 months ago I developed a constant anger/rage feeling, and I was ready to take on anybody who crossed me. Sometimes I even became violent, I would break things, scream and yell at my BF for no reasons at all. BF left a few times, and friends stopped coming around. I felt like I was going insane. I would be happy one minute, and then either angry or sad and crying for no reason at all. I have started to ween myself off this drug for 8 weeks. I DO NOT recommend remeron.

MY doctor laughed in my face when I expressed my concern with the side effects that I was experiencing. "There are NO side effects" he urged. But still I would get sharp abdominal pains, the cramps were sometimes unbearable, my back broke out in horrible acne and since I've barely had 5 zits in my life this symptom is hard to ignore, the constant feeling of being bloated, the weight gain even with a change of diet. And the worse symptom of all, the mood changes. I constantly felt in whirl of emotions from crying reading a magazine to being so unexplainably angry with everyone. I could be fine one minute and the next watch out! My poor husband had to endure this type behavior for 6 months. My doctor still insists that there are NO side effects but i feel the proof is in the pudding.

Taking Topamax for 2 years started out at 25 mgs 3 times a day for a mood stabalizer (bi-polar). Had tingling in hands and feet sometimes in face. Lost waight, pop tasts nasty, sleepy, short term memory loss, slurred speach. Now I take 100mg at bed time have no symptoms except I still am able to controll my eating (had a problem with over eating) no more road rage but I still felf a little depressed and did cry so I was not to stable until Citalopram 10mg at bedtime and Adderall XL 10mg in the morning was added. Now I finally feel like a totaly normal person. No more anxiety, mood swings, crying, paranoia,or any other weird stuff. I feel pretty good. Rarely I get pins and needles in my hands or feet or I forget where I put something.

Well my personal experience is that it sucks, and isn't worth it. I had mine inserted last September, and in the beginning I had some heavy periods and cramping, and now that passed a few months ago. But now the cramping is back, very severe off and on, lower backache, and my headaches are back. I have started have a thick brown discharge (sorry, I know too much info), I'm nauseas, light headed, gaining weight, my hairs falling out like crazy, the acne is terrible(never had a problem before), depressed, my moods are insane, one minute I'm on top of the world, and the next I'm yelling and screaming. It's tearing my family up!! I'm definitely going to get it removed. I guess my body is just rejecting it. But remember this is just my personal experience, and everyone's bodies accept and reject things differently.

I have been taking NR for 6 months now. It was great at first. I didn't realize some of the symptoms I was having were even related to the ring:
severe headaches
nausea
swelling of hands and face to the point of severe pain
breakthrough bleeding
severe mood swings

I took the ring out last night and don't expect to feel better for awhile. I seriously thought I had something wrong with me I didn't put it all together until I didn't have a period this time and then last month I had a really bad one a week before I was supposed to. My family thinks i am insane. I have really depressing thoughts. Before I took it out yesterday I was crying one minute then in a rage the next. My husband said to take it out right now because he couldn't take dealing with me anymore. I woke up this morning bloated and tired but a little better.

I am so glad that I looked up this site. I am not crazy or dying of some uncurable disease. It was just my hormones and whatever else is in that stupid ring.

They told me I had to refrigerate the ring because it releases the hormones by the heat in your body, well what if it doesn't work right. How do they know that it releases the same amount daily like it is supposed to?. I truly feel poisoned and imbalanced.

I have been taking NR for 6 months now. It was great at first. I didn't realize some of the symptoms I was having were even related to the ring:
severe headaches
nausea
swelling of hands and face to the point of severe pain
breakthrough bleeding
severe mood swings

I took the ring out last night and don't expect to feel better for awhile. I seriously thought I had something wrong with me I didn't put it all together until I didn't have a period this time and then last month I had a really bad one a week before I was supposed to. My family thinks i am insane. I have really depressing thoughts. Before I took it out yesterday I was crying one minute then in a rage the next. My husband said to take it out right now because he couldn't take dealing with me anymore. I woke up this morning bloated and tired but a little better.

I am so glad that I looked up this site. I am not crazy or dying of some uncurable disease. It was just my hormones and whatever else is in that stupid ring.

They told me I had to refrigerate the ring because it releases the hormones by the heat in your body, well what if it doesn't work right. How do they know that it releases the same amount daily like it is supposed to?. I truly feel poisoned and imbalanced.

I started taking Yasmin about 10 days ago. On the first day I was at my computer and noticed that I suddenly couldnt focus on my screen. My vision became blurry. I also felt sharp shooting pains behind my legs.I took it for 7 days. During that time I became extremely tired, lethargic, fatigued, my eyes hurt. I slept for longer hours, and just felt generally drained. This was highly noticeable to me since I go to the gym everyday, and I didn't even have the zeal or energy to do that. My breasts became very sore and sensitive. The shooting pains moved from the back of my legs to random parts of my body. I stopped taking it after the 7th day and noticed an immediate improvement in my energy level the next day. I didnt need as much sleep, my eyes felt much better, not grainy and painful like I had to close them all the time. Now, the 11th day, my breasts are no longer tender, and all the other symptoms are gone. These are just the facts. I personally WILL NEVER take this pill again!!

My daughter is 5 years old and has been on singulair for 1 week. i have already noticed a dramatic change in her behavior. she has become irritable, mean, nasty, and emotional. she has had me in tears on a daily basis. she has turned into a monster. we will be calling the doctor in the morning!

Today is Friday, and I started Yasmin last Saturday. This entire week I've been nauseous and haven't been able to sleep. My ability to concentrate has been down, and that's not good due to it being finals week... I also saw that someone else on here said they were taking Wellbutrin as well, and I'm on that but I'm not sure how they would interact... I'm going to call the doc and see what he suggests for the nausea and inability to sleep because it's getting terrible. Also, the mood swings are getting crazy. One minute I'm happy, the next I'm crying for hours.

My doctor prescribed Lisinopril 20/25 in 2003 when my bp was 180/110. In September of 2006, I experienced a full blown panic attack. It was shortly after I had my left knee replaced in August. After this panic experience, I never seemed to recover from anxiety, and heart palpitations that were so crazy that I told my husband that I felt like I had just run a race. I experienced these palpitations every day and when they started, I started getting anxious. I thought that I was having these sensations because I was weak from the surgery. I experienced lightheadedness, and extreme fatigue, and blamed everything except the Lisinopril. My appetite has been poor and I force myself to eat only because I have to in order to survive Also, after the September panic attack, I felt like I was disconnected from reality - like someone posted earlier, a feeling like I was not all there. Awful feeling! A few months before these feelings, my present doctor (not the one who had prescribed the Lisinopril) told me to cut the Lisinopril in half because my bp was quite low. I did that but I still had the palpitations, etc. I never for one minute thought the Lisinopril was the culprit. Then about two months ago, I had a blood draw and it came up with a high level of potassium. It seemed at first that the lab had made a mistake, however, in a recent draw, I not only had an elevated level of potassium, but the calcium was elevated as well. My doctor called and told me to stop the Lisinopril. This is when I began to search the web for side effects, etc. Like a dumbbell, I never thought to question the Lisinopril. I have been off it three days now and the palpitations have lessened, however, I am still not back to my normal self but I hope that these effects will eventually go away. I have total empathy for all of the folks out there who have suffered these horrible, debilatating side effects.

ok i was put on topamax for hyperactivity.. well while on it, i seem to experience some form of attack... my body would get all tingly, i would feel stoned and not in my body for a few minutes.. i would feel like i was going to cry,not in control. afterwards i would be very quiet and tired.. the feeling of wanting to cry would only last one minute or so.. but the tired feeling would last for a few hours.. i have been off of topamax for over a year now and i am still experiencing this effect... i've never had these little attacks ever before being on topamax.. now i have them once a month or so.. this is the only thing i can think of.. is it possible that topamax has long lived side effects?????

I've been on Topamax for nearly a month now. My biggest complaint is I can't remember whether I'm coming or going! It's ridiculous. The toe tingling went away after a couple of weeks. The abdominal pain isn't as bad as it has been. I cannot tolerate taking my 100mg dose in divided doses during the day because it makes me sleepy at work, so I take them both at night. I've had two headaches since beginning this new medication. Good ol' Imitrex injection saved the day both times, but that was after the vomiting subsided and I was able to pack my head in ice. I have been moody, quick to anger one minute and sad and near tears the next. At 52, I've suffered migraines since I was 3. I'm irritated by people who can function, ie: walk around, laugh, joke etc. while touting they have a "migraine" while those of who really suffer are looked at by others as if we are slackers, crazy, or "drug seekers". I just wish someone would come out with something, anything that would work without any side effects whatsoever...but doesn't everybody, for every disease.

I've been on Toprol for about a year or so. I have had severe weight gain also while barely eating much. I had high bp to start and the cardiologist told me to lose weight and I'd be fine. But he gave me Toprol and things went from bad to worse. I too have been living in a fog, just super tired, my bp now has been around 40 and low 50s. I'm totally exhausted doing nothing more than walk thru my house. Work has been a nightmare, I do alot of walking and bending. I have been sweating terribly also. My hair will be wringing wet. My new cardiologist said that all my synptoms could be from the Toprol so he cut me to 1/2 dose for 4 days and 1/4 for the next 4 and then off of it. Within one day, I don't feel exhausted or hard to breathe either. I feel about 80% better in one day. I'm definitely not going to take it again. I wouldn't say I was really depressed but just didn't have any energy to do anything, even work. Come home and drop on the sofa and not get up. I feel like a weight has been lifted and I hope my mind clears up also. Sometimes I can't seem to remember anything from one minute to the next. Physically I feel alot better and can't wait to get off it totally. My low bp was the result of the Toprol I guess.

Oh gosh! So it's not only me having all these side effects from Levoxyl. I started taking it 7 mos. ago after having my baby. I'm on 88 mg. I feel much worse than when I was not taking it. I feel tired, irritable and have terrible hot flashes one minute and feel cold the next.
There is tingling in my hands and feet. I talked to my doc but he said it's not the medication! So I went to see him again and insisted he change the dosage or put me on something else, so far he slightly changed the dossage. So we'll see how it goes.

hi guest 32341,
have you tried switching the time you take your pill until just before bed? some people have suggested that this may ease some of the symptoms because you pretty much sleep them off. if you are reluctant to switch to another brand of pill then give this option a try. i am a little concerned as you say that you are finding everyday things are a chore and that you are feeling overwhelmed, i was the same,i lost interest in everything,my friends,my social life,my marriage and my kids.everything was just too much like hard work,i became very introverted which is so not me! i also started to suffer other mental and psychological side effects that i never for one minute thought could be caused by my bcp. maybe you could try taking them at night for another cycle and if you are not improving or are getting worse then please please talk to your doctor about switching to another brand of pill, maybe a lower hormone dose pill. my hormones were also all over the place after having my youngest child as i breast fed her exclusively for a year and my poor body was lacking essential vitamins and minerals so i was not in the best shape when i started this pill and my life became a nightmare because of it. whilst you are still taking yasmin drink loads of water (as much as you can) take a supplement of vitamin b6 as well as a b complex and also some magnesium and calcium and also some zinc. you may be able to find a good multivit that contains all of these things try to take approx 30-50 mg b6 daily. best wishes to you whatever you decide to do. i hope that everything will turn out well for you and that you can get back to being a caring compasionate mother and friend.

sarah

Hello All,

I was surfing the net a few months ago and found this site. Ever since then I have been wondering if my health problems could be my BCP. I have been on Yasmin for nearly 3 years now and I came off of it in March of 05 in order to get pregnant with my daughter. I was taking Lexapro for anxiety and depression that had been diagnosed before Yasmin too. During that time, I felt great. I didn't really have any anxiety attacks or major depression for that matter.

Ever since I had my daughter though, I just keep having these terrible mood swings. One minute I'm happy as a lark, the next minute I just feel like Blah. I don't want to do anything or be around anyone. My sex drive is null in void. I don't even WANT to have sex. Honestly, I could care less about sex right now. I have episodes where all I want to do is cry and I've noticed my anxiety attacks have been getting worse.

My doctor put me on Yasmin because it was supposed to help control weight gain, yet I'm the biggest now that I've ever been. In 3 years I've gained 40 lbs. I am scared to talk to my doctor because I'm afraid he'll think I'm nuts. Do you think it could be the Yasmin and are there any "creditable" sites I can go to and get information about these side effects to show him? Thanks for the help.

Charity

I am a kidney transplant recipient and take Prednisone along with anti rejection medication. I have been on and off for about 15 years. I have been on 45mgs on down. I have experienced SEVERE mood swings!!
I feel fine one minute and the next, going so far as to packing up the kids and leaving. We are just now discovering the side effects and are devising a plan to get through these 'mood swings'! I have also experienced stomach, aches and pains as well as peptic ulcers, and the classsic 'moon face'