Paint symptoms and conditions

53 year old female who has taken "F" for almost 2 years - the past two months was the generic version. Have noticed a gradual onset of joint pain and heart palpitations, but am not one to see a doc unless I feel like I'm dying... So I wrote it off to aging. (-:
A friend recently mentioned that she had heard that Fosamax causes bones to be brittle, which caused me to wake up, look around and see what people are saying and what new articles or research are out there. Yeah, sure - there are lawsuits. Not a surprise in our litigious society. More importantly, however, are the comments from real people. Thanks to you who've posted your experiences!
I stopped the drug several weeks ago and seem to have an increase in joint paint. But I'm not going back to Fosamax! Also interesting to me is that around the same time I stopped the drug, I experienced an uncharacteristic downward shift in my mood/mental state. Not sure if there's a correlation to the drug or not...
It is reassuring to see some comments from people who indicate they feel better after weeks/months of being Fosamax free. I am a "gym rat" and very fit/weight appropriate. Weight training and nutrition will be my treatment of choose for osteopenia for now. With time, I am confident that the symptoms I'm experiencing will subside. And any future ailments for which I am prescribed a drug will be very carefully researched by me beforehand.
Be careful out there and stay informed!

I take my lipitor sporadically, but when I took it on a trip, I made sure to take it every day. My hands and arms have been numb and tingling for days, sleeping was excruciating, I tried to sit up so that there was no pressure on them, and took showers to try to improve circulation or feeling, to no avail. I stopped and now 3 days later, I am starting to get some improvement. What gives???

I had my Mirena removed last Friday. I had a meeting in the afternoon and I can swear that I was thinking much clearer. My doctor was very supportive. When I told her that I was removing the Mirena due to side effects she listened and took note of them. She told me she is not as satisfied with the device as before and that she was going to check the literature for side effects. She is getting some other patients with side effects. I felt relieved thinking it was not in my mind. Removal was a piece of cake. I'm now just waiting for the symptoms to clear up. I was able to use my contacts yesterday without the feelings of dizziness but I am still experiencing the headaches, palpitations, some joint paint though not as strong as before. I am much calmer. I don't have the constant anxiety and worry I had before, just the normal stress levels. One thing I noticed immediately was my energy coming back. On Saturday I woke up doing my laundry, breakfast, cleaning and my husband came to me asking me if I wanted him to help. I was surprised!! On the past I was always asking him to do stuff for me, but I felt so energetic that I was doing all things by myself without thinking about it. I just hope my normal self starts coming back slowly. I am drinking lots of water just in case. For people using contacts, how long it takes for your vision to come back to normal?

YAZ!!!! It is great at first, have been on it for three months, and am going back to Ortho Tri-Cyclene Lo!!!! I thought it was fine at first and then I beleive I thought I was going crazy. Very emotional, fatigued(fell asleep, more like passed out for two hours with a two year old at home), I wasn't even this tired when I was pregnant. I am depressed, anxious, have no patients at all for anybody, rage, rage, rage, and headaches. You definately don't have PMS, PMD because you just have it all the time. Instead of only a week of being emotionally nuts, it just spreads itself over to everyday. Yaz slowly turns you into a emotional nightmare. I was NEVER like this while on other BC, only YAZ. I would not recommend it unless you like being depressed, tired, anxious, emotional, and plain out crazy. I was honestly going to seek out medical help for my depression and emotional problems before I figured out it was YAZ. I couldn't live with my husband and two kids they way I was feeling. I was miserable and making them miserable too. They are constantly walking on eggshells with me, and they never know and I never know when I am going to start yelling at them in a fit of rage that is hard to control. I went absolutly nuts when my two year old spilled her bowl of watermelon on a concrete floor. Watermelon?!?!?!!! Not glue, paint, nail polish just watermelon on a dirty CONCRETE not carpeted floor. Rediculous!!!! I know it's crazy but that is what the YAZ turned me into. It sounds great, that is why I started taking it, but over time it is just too good to be true. Stay away from YAZ !!!!!

I had my first Lupron shot on Jan 22, 07 to shrink an ovarian cyst that measured almost 4 inches. The hot flashes are quite ridiculous and wake me up every hour or so at night. I go from feeling so hot to so cold so fast. Also experiencing some joint paint - but I also have a mild form of Lupus and it could be related to that. Feel nauseous every couple of weeks. No periods. Other than that, until I get my next ultrasound to see if the cyst is shrinking, I have been quite happy with Lupron. It's not been fun, but it's better than the unbearable pain near the end of every period that kept me in bed for 2 days at a time. I've not felt any abdominal pain since early January so I'm hoping that means it's working. I feel awful for those who have had a horrible experience.

I was prescribed Biaxin XL for pneumonia and wish I never took it. I am going out of my mind. I am an artist and I couldn't paint nor choose colour. I was having a hard time walking, felt disoriented, panic, yelling out while sleeping. I am also suffering from intense pain in my neck radiating down my arm and up into my ear. I had a terrible reaction to sulpha one time and I should have learned my lesson then. I will immediately turn to natural rememdies from here on in.

10 months ago, I went to the hospital with severe head pains, they gave me a iv and said they were giving me Reglan. My head paint went a way fast, I was feeling so much better then fifteen minns later they said I could go. I was standing out side waiting for my husband to come get me, I started feeling numb, shakey, couldnt breath. I thought I was having a stroke, I went back in and asked if this was normal? they said it was just making me tired and that i need to go to bed. So i get in the car and my husband started driving, we got no further then two blocks and I went into full blow sieazures, i couldnt move, talk, or anything I looked like a severe stroke patient, I got rushed back to the hospital and they gave me a cat skan, they said nothing was wrong with my head accept for i was making it up. my husband demanded something be done, they gave me benadryl and 45minns later it finaly started going away, I am still dealing with severe stiffness in my neck, and back. I get a tingling sensation in my head like needle pricks, and they said it was from the reglan, and that I could now suffer all my life from it.