Panicking symptoms and conditions

OK- SO I SATRTED TAKING THIS ABOUT A MONTH AND HALF AGO AND SINCE I STARTED THE SECOND PACK I SWEAR IM TERRIFIED IM PREGNANT. I DONT SEE WHY IWOULD BE BC I HAVE FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIONS TO A TEE AND HAVE NOT MISSED ONE PILL. BUT, MY BREASTS HAVE BEEN HURTIN GFOR ABOUT TWI OR THREE WKS NOW. USUALLY I DONT HAVE THIS SYMPTOM UNLESS I AM ABOUT TO START OR AM PREGNANT. IT COMES AND GOES WHICH IS DIFFERENT. IS THIS A COMMON SYMPTOM. AM I JUST PANICKING? IF SOMEON EOCULD HELP ME POUT WITH AN ANSWER OR TWO, I WOULD FEEL ALOT BETTER!

This is only the 3rd day I'm taking Singulair. Tonight when I got home I quickly did a search for Singulair side effects. Here is what I had been feeling.

1) Extreme deep neuromuscular pain in my neck and shoulders and extreme pulling muscle tension along the length of my spine.

2) Thoughts of paranoia.

3) Extreme irritability

4) Heart palpitations

5) General feeling of malaise

6) Feeling that there is some toxic substance in my body ...

It is the Singulair!

7) Very very bad case of indigestion and upset stomach

Just one question I have been on this stuff at the beginning dose for less than a week. My eyes hurt, my head is about to explode, I am sick as a dog, I lost 5 pounds, I can't eat, constipated, can't sleep, can't function, ringing in my ears, and the ADD is unbelievable. I am a medical transcriptionist I kind of need to be able to work, no work, no pay. Topamax is going bye-bye for sure but how long till the side effects go away?

LEVAQUIN is a FLURO quinelone. The fluoride replaces the iron in metalloproteases in your tendons. Remodelling to stress thus fails to occur. It is a molecule shapped like a horseshoe. The base is the formula for an INHIBITORY neurotransmmitter: GABA. It also causes cardiac hyperpolarization. If these dangers are not carefully examined before taking the drug, you are playing Russian Roulette.

But don't just be hysterical. Read. America can't survive as a nation of hedge fund BSers with no grasp of science or math. Doctors are drowning in HMO paperwork and 5 mins. per patient. They can't be thorough and don't have time to read other than the BS of drug salesmen. So don't go by the stupid TV ads. READ-->LEARN-->READ--> and contact the FDA and drug company to get their info on your side effects. If they lie, you have a case. Fight for yourselves instead of just panicking over symptoms. That could kill you whether you stop or not the drugs.

Dear Worried,
I know its comforting to know that there are similar cases out there. I was panicking and insecure before I found this web site and realised that I wasnt alone. I was using that pill for so long and I didnt realise the slow changes in me. It was when I read everyone elses side effects, I realised I could relate to them and it wasnt normal. I know its an effective way of contraception, not 100 % but its easier to be on the pill when your in a relationship. But when my boyfriend and I discussed it and realised it was messing with my body too much, we both agreed it might be better in the long run as we want children eventually and I have heard that being on the pill for too long can make it hard to conceive. So now we have to use a different method of contraception and I know it can be more risky but thats what we agreed on.
I hope your girlfriend knows shes not alone and it really might be worth considering going off or chaning that particular pill.
Take care and good luck again :0)

After living with asthma and relying on a rescue inhaler for 28 years, I was prescribed advair 500/50 and it has changed my life. I have not used my rescue inhaler since. It is like a miracle cure. I know its not a cure but it really works great. Do you know what it feels like to leave the house without panicking because I couldn't find my rescue inhaler?

I TOOK SINGULAIR FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF LAST YEAR WHEN I FIRST DEVELOPED ASTHMA. SINCE ASTHMA WAS NEW TO ME, I JUST THOUGHT I WAS MOODY AND PANICKING OVER THE ASTHMA AND NOT THE MEDICENES USED IN THE NEBULIZER, THE ADVAIR OR THE SINGULAIR. EVENTUALLY I STOPPED TAKING THE SINGULAIR AND STOPPED DOING MY NEBULIZER (I KEPT TAKING ADVAIR) JUST BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS CAUSING MY MOOD SWINGS AND PANIC AND THOUGHT IT COULD BE THE MEDICENE. I ALSO COULD NOT SLEEP AT NIGHT AND DID NOT KNOW WHY. WHEN I STOPPED THE SINGULAIR AND THE NEBULIZER I FELT MUCH BETTER AND WAS ABLE TO SLEEP AGAIN. AFTER ABOUT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS I STARTED DOING THE NEBULIZER AGAIN SINCE THE ASTHMA WAS FLARING UP AGAIN. IT SEEMED TO HELP ME AND I DID NOT FEEL ANY OF THE FEELINGS I FELT THE LAST TIME. JUST THEN I REALIZED WHAT I FELT WAS PROBABLY DUE TO THE SINGULAIR. JUST TWO DAYS AGO I WENT BACK TO THE DOCTOR AND SHE SAID I MAY NEED A MICKEY MOUSE DOSE OF THE SINGULAIR (5MG) AND A LOWER DOSE OF THE ADVAIR. TONIGHT IS THE SECOND NIGHT I TOOK IT AND I SUDDENLY GOT THE RAPID HEARTBEAT AND A MINIMAL PANIC ATTACK. I TOLD MYSELF I WOULD NOT LOOK ON THE NET BECAUSE IT WOULD JUST MAKE ME NERVOUS BUT I DID ANYWAY. I FOUND THIS SITE AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD THE SAME COMPLAINTS I DID ESPECIALLY SINCE I FELT LIKE I WAS NUTS WHEN I MENTIONED THIS TO MY PULMONOLOGIST AND HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE THERE WAS NO WAY IT COULD BE THE SINGULAIR. THIS SITE CONFIRMED WHAT I WAS THINKING. YEARS AGO I HAD A VERY BAD REACTION TO A DIFFERENT DRUG (ACCUTANE) AND AFTER 3 MONTHS I FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT. A LOT OF THE DRUGS OUT THERE WORK WONDERS AND ARE MEANT TO HELP OUR CONDITIONS HOWEVER, EVERYONE KNOWS THEIR BODIES AND WHENEVER WE FEEL SOMETHING THAT IS NOT LISTED IN THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE MEDICENE DOES NOT MEAN IT IS NOT POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH THE SIDE EFFECTS I HAVE FELT WITH SINGULAIR ARE NOT AS SEVERE AS I HAD WITH THE ACCUTANE IT IS STILL ENOUGH FOR ME TO STOP TAKING IT. I WILL GO BACK TO TAKING THE HIGHER DOSE OF ADVAIR AND I WILL DEFINITELY LET MY DOCTORS KNOW THAT WHAT I FELT WAS THE SINGULAIR AND NOT ME.

Ok. For those of you out there that are panicking because you too Levaquin or Cipro, there is hope! Both Levaquin and Cipro have fluoride in them. So, all the bad things that have happened are a result of Fluoride poisoning. So now that you have googled the heck out of fluoroquinolone poisoning, you know you should be reading about flouride poisoning. Magnesium and Calcium seem to be suggested by many websites.

I hope mine goes away!

hi claudia,
i read many theories on panic attacks and anxiety along the way to my recovery, i read on that was very good by joe barry i think called panic away. he basically explains the mechanism for panic attacks ie what each feeling is and what your body is doing to create it, i don't know why but i find that really helps me,i can go ..oh yeah that feeling is just this happening or that happening and by not panicking about the feeling the panic attacks seem to just go away. i also tell myself that i cannot let them rule my life and decide what i do and don't do. i just tell myself that even if i have an attack i know that i will handle it and that it will not and cannot hurt me,it is actually my body's way of protecting itself from any impending danger,the trouble with panic attacks is that they can appear when there is no real danger so when you feel the feelings coming physically tell yourself to stop being so sill,you are fine and you are in no danger,count to 20 to distract yourself or sing a song,before you know it you will realise that the feeling of and impending attack has gone. take a big gulp of water,that will help your system too. don't be afraid of having an attack in public,people are mostly kind and will always help you,just knowing that will also help prevent them,so what if you have an attack,you've dealt with them before and they have never physically hurt you yet,you have not had a heart attack when your pulse has raced etc . i know it sounds easy to say but keep telling your self these things if you do not panic when those odd feelings and thoughts creep in you cannot and will not have a panic attack,you will just have a set of strange feelings that will go away if you pay no attention to them! you will get to a stage where you will almost be saying..bring it on so that you can prove that you are not afraid and that you can handle them,i do. i also read the book feel the fear and do it anyway.it is not about panic attacks etc but it is really good for impowering you and making you want to go out and do more things! hope some of that helps,i will happily share some more tips with you if you want more or if you just want some moral support.please let me know how you get on in the future.

sarah (sorry if there are loads of spelling mistakes but i am doing fifty things at once today!)

I started to take Doxycycline 100mg approximately 2 weeks ago and it makes me feel real bad. I also lose some weight in a matter of weeks. Since wehn I started to take it until now I lost like 10lbs at least :(:( I think that is something people who needs to lose weight should be taking. I was taking it thinking it would have help my acne problem, but look likes it makes me worse now. I am losing weight and I am not sure what to do to keep my weight. Can anyone please help me? My e-mail address is thepunisher0561@yahoo.com, I am panicking and do knt know what to do :(:(

guys can some one please help me, please please please. im in an absol nightmare here. i started taking yasmin over 3 months ago, since ive been having severe panic and anxiety attacks. my boyfriend is an absol dote and when im normal i know i love him to bits but when im experiencing these moods/panics i start think all sorts of crazy things about him, nearly to the point of wanting to break up with him. when i go back to normal i look back on my episode and think "what the hell was i thinking" im absol mad about him. why is this happening to me? please help me i think im going mad. i just cant stop thinking and panicking. im a nervous reck. and my sex drive is non existant! is this side effect normal?

Hi! Flowerbabies-- I had a constant head ache yesterday- but it's gone today. My throat has been hurting all week though. It's wierd how the symptoms come and go. I also have chest pain every once and awhile.
I actually had a good morning and early afternoon today-- but I kept on wondering- when is the panicking going to start? That of course brought on the unevitable panic feelings this afternoon. I am relaxing and starting to feel better. I am glad that now at least I have periods where I don't panick- that makes me happy.
I am taking a multi-vitamin and some magnesium every day. I drink a lot of water. I am not hardley ever hungry though- do you guys notice that?
My main thing that I hate is not feeling like myself. I feel me coming back though-- so there is hope!
Thanks everyone so much--- When I am desperate and sad I go to this website and it brings me hope.

I had a really bad bleeding ulcer on 06-02-04 and was in the hospital 4 days. One month later I had to see a GI doctor. He told me that I had the bacteria that causes ulcers. I was given a Prevpac that consist of Previcid 60mg 2x a day, Amoxicillin 1000mg 2x a day, and Biaxin 500mg 2x a day. By the second dose I was nervous, sweating, panicking, and a taste like metal in my mouth. I told the doctor about it and he said I was just under a lot of stress. He said to keep taking the meds. Two days later I had the first panic attack of my life. As the days past the symptoms got worse and I got blisters on my tounge. I changed doctors and was told by 2 different ones that the Biaxin was the culprit. That was 16 months ago and I still have a metalic taste once in a while, nervous tremors, blisters on my tounge about once a month, depression once in a while,and i'm scared to try any other meds to help my current symptoms.

It's been 1 month since I quit cold turkey. My doctors said to quit taking it. My symptoms r : insomnia, dark cloud over my head feeling, panicking, not eating much( a good thing ) gums are irritated, corners of mouth splitting (never had that in my life) legs weak, restless, can't concentrate sometimes. I know it's a matter of time before this all goes away. I hold on to that. It will get better. Thanx for asking. I like this website.

ALL WHO HAVE RECENTLY STOPPED YASMIN, LETS KEEP EACH OTHER POSTED FOR SUPPORT!

Thank you for your feedback VOICE. I have been really scared about how I have been feeling lately. I can get over not having a period and the acne, but the hair loss (since stopping Yasmin 8 weeks ago) and anxiety/depression it has caused is HORRIBLE! I have never felt this bad for this long in my entire life. I keep trying to tell myself that each month will get better, but each time I see a clump of hair fall out, I start panicking and getting depressed again. I don't know if the hormones are just making me more emotional, but I have been crying at the drop of a hat lately. I have always wondered if I had PCOS. I asked about that, but my GYN said I may or may not have it and that there is no real diagnosis and that it's just based on symptoms. Well...HELLO...then wouldn't you think she would have asked about my symptoms to see if I fit the CRITERIA! I am definitely switching GYNs. I think I'll go back to a male GYN I have seen in the past. My sister and mom love him (and my mom works for the health plan I have and says he's the best). I should have just stayed with him, but I thought I would feel more comfortable with a woman. I know a lot of women think that female doctors are better, but my history has always been that they tend to minimize my problems/symptoms more. I have found male doctors to be more thorough and sympathetic. I have a male GI, have recently switched to a male PCP and they have really done the most for me. The female docs have all told me my problems are from stress/anxiety and that I need to see a therapist.

hi again i thought i would let you know what the doctor said well i went last night with my very supported husband bless him putting up with me after being on yasmin

well i said to him about since starting this i have visted him god knows how many times been on antibiotics and admitted in hospiatal coming away with no result everythink ok .
so i told him about my side effects im having and that we think it is this that is causing my 14months of what ive been through.
i said i have been of the yasmin since last sunday and staying of it to see how i go and told him i have been smiling a little since coming off this horrible drug still having side effects but not like they were.
last night i wasnt to good after tea was sick and i felt as if i lost my breath and started panicking its hard to explain but i went to bed and today i feel a little better
well to my surprize my doctor was very intrested in what i had to say he says its a new pill and that there is no side effects in his doctors bible book
so he wrote down what i told him and said use condoms and i will review you in 6-8weeks time to see how im getting on just hope each day carrys on like it is my chest pains have near enough gone just anxity will prob haunt me for a while had to get out the shop yesterday went out for a hour with my mum and couldt hack it need air but i just pray for the day to come when im back to normal will keep you posted on how i am anyone who want to talk then email by all means thaks nicola 22