Passed away symptoms and conditions

Sleeplessness and when I could sleep, I had terrible nightmares. I was taking Levaquin 500 for cellulitis in my finger. My father had passed away recently so at first I attributed the nightmares and restlessness to that. But after thinking about the aggitation, the sleeplessness, the nausea, etc...and never having taking the medication before, I decided to research the side effects of Levaquin. I have completed the 10 days prescribed round of medication, but my finger is not healed. I go back to the doctor tomorrow. I will ask for a different anitbiotic!!

Hey you all......the lipitor saga continues. I posted #23428 on Sept 6th. On Sept 13th I picked a 30 pound piece of fabric up at work and there was a big POP in my left arm. Distal Biceps Tendon rupture.....TORE it off the Bone. I have been weightlifting for 20 years and never had an injury such as this. I am used to lifting much heavier weights with no problem. Had surgery to reattach 9/18...7 weeks post op and still in brace. Will take a year to fully heal. Both my doctor and Ortho said they have never heard of tendon rupture caused by statin drugs...but I am convinced that it was directly related to lipitor damage/side effects. I did have my doctor shaking in his shoes, I told him with conviction that I would never again take a statin drug and I held him responsible. Would like to hear from anyone who may have had tendon issues while taking this drug. I hope we all get better soon!
Peace
Brian

Hello. I started taking lisinopril 20 mg about 1.5 months ago because of hbp and I also started taking toprol for rapid heart beat 1/2 a month before that. Although it did lower my hbp it made me feel lousy. I started getting anxiety all the time, aches in my body (stomach etc), nausea, dizziness, spaced out, and numbness in my hands. My father passed away about 2.5 months ago and so I figured that the anxiety was something normal given the circumstances. I thought that the other side effects were part of the anxiety. I felt as thought I was going to go crazy or die. I also started to become a hypocondriac thinking that if I had a pain in my stomach it might be stomach cancer etc. It was not until I found this site that I see that lisinopril and/or the toprol might be the thing that is causing me to feel lousy. I was always healthy and I never had anxiety. I understand that I shoud feel a little anxiety and sadness because of my father, but I don't feel a little anxiety, I get intense panic attacks. I feel as thought I can't get back to normal, I just feel as though I'm not myself. I want to stop this meds as soon as possible before I, too, get worse side effects. Please let me know if you all think that it is the medications or is this just part of the griving process. All I know is that I started taking this pills and all this started to happen.

I left for Mexico a couple of days after I posted that last (Aug. 2) msg. and just returned a few days ago. I stopped taking lisinopril for about a week and a half and without question i felt much better all the way around. I didn't take any substitute after stopping the med and 3 days ago my bp is high again... 152/96 sigh. I started taking the med again but cut it in half bcs I refurse to feel the way I felt before. Well my friends, my bp is in control again with only half of the dosage (about 5mg now). To my dissapointment, i begin to experience those side effects again! ... even with only half the dosage! I've gotta switch to something else. I was on Atenolol before the doc switched it to lisinopril. I've been quite athletic all my teen and adult years and my heart rate is normally lower than average, and the atenolol dropped my heart rate too low, so the doc recommended lisi. My bp problem is mostly genetic, my Dad passed away when he was only 44...his bp was over 200 / 100 teens when he passed out and never regained consciousness. I was only 6 then ... now I'm 48.

I know there are times when people need medication to help them with depression, anxiety, etc. but I really think there are better anti depressants out there. I found effexor HORRIBLE! it was a b**** to get used to, and i was so dizzy, tired, anxious and just felt horrible for a while.
After my body got used to it, it was alright, but trying to get OFF effexor was even worse! i have never experienced anythign like that. I felt SO depressed and anxious and DIZZY and this carried on for about two weeks. I felt trapped. I even took some work off while getting off it because I couldnt' function properly at all. Also, my sex drive went down to zero. I'd defintely reccommend trying out a different anti-depressant than this one.

i started taking ativane 4 months 3 months ago when my mother passed away and i only take it at night time and it works wonders to put me to sleep or else i would be up all night long thanks ativane!!

I was given sulfameth/trimetoprim for and ear infection and the first dose made my tongue feel like it was swelling up,then I noticed my hands and feet were very cold,and I felt light headed,dizzy and my throat felt like it was swelling up or like i had a lump in my throat .By the time i got to my fifth pill i could not sleep,i could feel my heart beating in my back and when i took a sip of water it felt just like my thorat had a massive lumpin it. At that point i called my doctor and they said that i definitly had an allergic reation to the medicine.Now the doctor is going to switch my medicine but i am still feeling bad and am afraid to trust them with my health.These same doctors used to treat my 19 year old son for contipation,anxiety and as they put it "girlfriend trouble" which was actually insomnia but he ended up being diagnosed with stage four colon cancer and passed away fourteen months later.stay away from this medicine and always ask questions and keep a log of your doctors and treatments.

I went to the doctor a year ago for anxiety and ended up with high blood pressure????? I have been on Toprol for 8 months now and my hair is thinning on top. I have very thick hair and this is not normal at all for me. I am very very tired all the time. Hard for me to get going and when I do I want to go back to sleep. I get heart palpitations. I am also on an anxiety pill. I tried to get off the anxiety pill and I could not for fear of having attacks again. Also, I don't think I understood how to start taking the medications. At the that time my grandmother passed away, my bosses husband pased away and I was worried about my daughter. I want so bad to get off the 2 medications I am on because I have not been the same ever since. I wanted to get off the Toprol but the doctor wanted me to stay on it. I WANT MY LIFE BACK.

I've been on Yasmin since January 22 (almost 2 weeks) and I feel terrible. I have been a bit moody but I figured it's because my Great Grandmom just passed away. The most noticeable change that I've experienced are extremely tender breasts, throbbing headaches (I never got the before --ever), and the most painful stomach aches. My stomach aches soooo much. I am going to stop taking them but I want some other bc method.

I thought about an IUD but I haven't had children yet and I will be susceptible to infections. I wish birth control was easy.

I am 48 years old and have been on 10mg of Lipitor for over a year. I have had bloating, constipation and occasional muscle cramps. I can't say for sure that this was all caused by Lipitor, but after reading so many posts here, it got me thinking about it. Recently I began experiencing bleeding gums, which I've never had before. Has anyone else had problems with their gums since they began Lipitor? I plan to stop taking it and begin exercising more regularly. Also I'm getting off red meat and eating more fish and chicken and fresh veggies. Perhaps my cholestoral will lower without the aid of drugs. Any thoughts?

Rob

In 2000, a week before my wedding, my father came to visit and mentioned leg weakness, pain in his lower back, and tiredness. I asked if he had been doing anything different recently that would explain these symptoms. He thought about it and said the only change was that he'd started taking Lipitor. We finished up preparation for my wedding which included my father's fitting for his tux and shoes...that week, he had to take a size 11 shoe (his normal shoe size for the past 40 years was 9m. My wedding day arrived and he could barely walk me the 30 ft up the isle. Exactly a week to the date of my wedding, my father passed away from what I was told was a massive heart attack. He had never been diagnosed with heart problems only elevated cholesterol. Unfortunately, my mother, in her time of sorrow, did not request an autopsy but assumed one would be done before the hospital transferred my father to the funeral home. My father was cremated and we then found out no autopsy had been performed.

Last week, my cardiologist placed me on Lipitor for high cholesterol. She explained that there are about six other medications but that most of them were statins. After dose three, I'm having lower back pain but haven't yet experienced any leg pain. When I discussed this with my pharmacist, she thought leg pain would be the first sign of my having a problem so told me to hang in with the medication until my appointment with my cardiologist this week.

Is anyone else experiencing low back pain? It feels like a pull or even a cold in my back.

jules,
All is forgotten. Great to hear back from u. I hope u have a wonderful day as well. The book I was talking about deals with jump starting the pancreas u r born with. I still have that. They took out the transplanted one. The only part of my "original" pancreas that doesn't work for me is the part that produces the insulin. He talked about if someone is taking insulin then the pancreas gets "lazy" and sits back and refuses to work. As soon as I get some info. on the book (should be any day now) I'll pass some info. along and see what u think. So, I'm very curious about some natural ways to begin feeling better. I'm blessed with a sense of humor that seems to never stop, even if I get down or really sad. I still manage to laugh a little. Not all days r like that. I've learned to be a patient "patient' ha ha My Diabetes is doing well. Most days I don't even feel like I have it. I'm a pro at judging insulin and food intake. I plan when I go out to eat. I really don't feel like I've had a trasplant most of the time. Only when I go see my doctor every three months, it's kind of lke a dose of reality. It's in the dialysis center where I used to go so there's a certain "smell" to that place. Not bad, not good. Brings up alot of memories. I found out that the last doctor's visit that everyone on Dialysis with me, with the exception of four of us) had passed away. That's been four yrs. ago that I had Dialysis. God had Blessed me tremendously. I've been married for 23 yrs. He's 7 yrs older than and so patient. He just laughs and says I keep things hopping. LOL I'm very impressed with your line of work. I took Medical Assisting in college. I do not work. We have no children, we lost three. I'm blessed with two nephews and one niece, and lots of kids at church. That's a handful lol Don't know who u really r , but u r in my prayers. Take care Trailblazen...................................

My Mother was dianosed with remporal ateritis is 2001, and
she was put on 60mg of prednisone a day...her confusion
was the biggest side effect, I think. She was upset and confused, so the doctor tried lowering the amount and she got
instantly sharper but her sed rate shot up, so back up went
the prednisone and the confusion came back. We finally
decided as a family that her quility of life was about zero while
on Prednisone, so we decreased it to 20 mg and she passed
away on May 19th, 2001.

If anyone else has run into the confusion issue, PLEASE
e-mail me at ****** - we are working on
a court case to prove that she made some sound financial
decisions WHILE THE DOAGE WAS LOWERED.

God Bless you all

My father had enphazema. He was on prednisone for 4 years that I know of. He had weight gain, thinned skin and abdominal pain. He passed away on February 25, 2004. The doctor said that he had taken prednisone for so long that it ate the lining of his intestines and ruptured. That is what he died from. Although the medicine helped him in some ways, it is what is blamed for his death. I would recommend that people find something else to use instead of this medication.

i have taken xanax for about 12 yrs now, i seem to be having side affects that i didnt have before, i feel dizzy and when i don'teat lunch i get the shakes, i am addicted to this drug when my life became too hard for me to handle i sarted taken this drug , my husband is very hostal and my son passed away that made me need to take this drug more, i don't think i will ever go off this drug, i tried once and had a very hard time i felt sick and like i was losing my mind. patty