Restless leg symptoms and conditions

I took it for 3 days with extreme nausea, some heart racing, palpitations, headache, restless leg and insomnia. Then 4th day, I was afraid I needed to go to the ER - extreme heart racing, palpitations, numbness in left arm, tingling in hands and feet and feeling like I was about to faint. I waited it out for an hour and a half and is slowed down. But now after about 18 hours, my fingers are still tingly and feeling heartbeat in my neck.

My dermatologist prescribed it for an infection after a derma-filler injection. The side effects were not discussed. My ENT agreed that the med was best for my infection but did not seem concerned over the initial symptoms.

I have a heart murmur and cannot take anything containing pseudoephrine - this med acts like a mega dose of it!

My mother started on Lipator about a year ago, she's been having shakes that last about 30 seconds in her legs and one arm. The shakes come and go and she can go a month without them but they seem to have gotten worst. She also has a hard time walking 4 out of days a week, she feels like her legs aren't under her. She is always tired and has restless leg,sometimes at night. She has respiratory problem that also seems to have gotten worst in the past year.
She is seeing a nuro but a cat scan, eeg and blood have all come back ok. Do you thing these are common problems with Lipator?

I am a 60 year old woman,and was on Singulair in 2000 for the treatment of asthma. At the same time I was put on inhalers Flovent and Serevent, taking the inhalers twice a day. Almost immediately, I began waking up at night, screaming my lungs out, having a very strong, vivid feeling that my heart had stopped, the blood was draining from my head and arms and this was my last breath and I was dead! It scared the hell out of me. After calming down I would go back to sleep and it would happen again. Sometimes it would happen 10 - 12 times a night, and sometimes even while I was awake. It wasn't a dream. It frequently was accompanied by a restless leg. I spoke to my allergist, my primary care doctor and a pharmacist, and all said it wasn't related to my drugs. I had a sleep test and woke up screaming my lungs out, scaring the night-shift technician, but nothing showed up on the tests. This went on for about 6 months, and then I quit taking the inhalers at night. My "night terrors" eased off a bit to only once every couple of nights, but didn't go away. I quit taking Singulair and Serevent after about 2 years, and only then did the terrors really subside. I had thought they were caused by the Serevent alone, but after reading these stories I suspect it was a combination of the 2 drugs. I still have the terrors a couple of times a year, generally preceded by a restless leg.

I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease in July. I had my colonoscopy/endoscopy the day before 4th of July. Got sick with what I thought was the flu on June 26th. That's when I first landed in the hospital (dehydrated & sick). After the diagnosis I was first put on Entocort and Pentasa (Pentasa is supposed to be a remission drug - keep you from having flare-ups). Entocort didn't work so they switched me to Prednisone. I've been on Prednisone for about 6 months now. Going from 20 mg to 40 mg and then I'm finally weaned down to 5 mg. I get to go completely off of it Jan. 13th. Scared of what other side effects might occur from coming off the drug. While on it I've had emotional problems, acne(never had a problem with it before), moon face, gained 30 pounds, joint pain (I was in therapy for as long as insurance covered. - I recommend water therapy, it helps for some people as it did me), trouble sleeping (haven't slept a full night since I got sick), certain days I'm really really thirsty, I've had sort of what I'd call restless leg (I had this before I was on this medicine but it has gotten significantly worse - mostly at night or when lying down), and dry skin.I have to say though that the WORST side effect is the FOG. It's horrible. I enjoy learning and using my brain and when I'm on this I can't think, I mix up words, and it feels like my brain is covered in cobwebs.I had to drop a calc 2 class and that got me off the track I'd set with my academics. My inflammation rate is down where it's supposed to be as of the last blood test a couple weeks ago. So I guess the Prednisone and Remicade are doing what they are supposed to - but I still don't feel as if the pain (not associated with Prednisone - caused by the disease) has gone completely away even if the inflammation has gone down. And Prednisone's effects are just horrible. Some nights I feel depressed and just want to cry and cry. The past months have been trying because of several hospital stays, switching to many different doctors (gastrointernologists, nephrologist, urologist (kidney stones), primary doctor - and they think maybe I should see a rheumatologist), and Pentasa (it began shutting my kidneys down). I just hope that when I come off the Prednisone the side effects will fade (hopefully quickly but lets be realistic - ill just be happy if they go away sometime in the next few months) and I won't flare up again. Anyone know the best way to get rid of the weight? I'm already drinking lots of water and I go walking and do exercises everyday.

QUESTION: When tapering Prednisone does anyone have a place(s) on their stomach that are sunken in and feels dry compared to the skin around it?

Anyways, I hope that everyone overcomes their difficulties, whatever they might be or concern. It's hard to have a life when you are constantly fighting your own body to stay healthy.There are plenty of situations in life that are already hard enough to deal with without medical issues of your own. Best of luck to all!

I've been on NuvaRing for almost a year now and am I realizing my low sex drive and depression is the cause of the Ring.

Since starting the ring I've had the following symptoms:
- low sex drive
- leg cramp (restless leg)
- depression/moodiness
- lack of energy/sleepy
- breast/nipple tenderness

I also have a microscopic amount of blood in my urine and I'm being tested next week- but this could be unrelated.

The depression thing just hit me when I visited this site- for months I've been detached and in an emotional slump. I don't want to talk to anyone at work, and I'm dying to get home at the end of the day just to lock myself in my room and not answer the phone if anyone calls.

I also feel completely uninterested in my boyfriend of 8 years emotionally and sexually - this is unusual since our relationship has been getting better over time - because of the Ring I feel detached from him and sometimes feel like I could care less if I go weeks without seeing or talking to him which is very unusual for me.

I've also had about a 15 lb. weight gain in the past 5 years from using birth control- I'm nervous to stop NuvaRing because I've heard it actually helps with weightloss.

I'm just really looking for more information on this. My husband has been taking Lipitor for a little over a year. He has had the restless leg thing at night - in his sleep. His right foot constantly feels like he's walking on a wadded up sock. The doc prescribed B-complex for this. And just within the last month he has been losing his balance alot, and I've recently noticed that he no longer walks - it's more of a shuffle - almost like his knees are bent all the time while he's walking. He says his legs hurt most of the time. I made an appt. with the doc for him. He is having him tested for nerve damage. This is really scary. He is 52. Does anyone have advice? Do you know if this will reverse? He stopped taking the Lipitor two weeks ago.

Hi, I am 25 and had never taken birth control prior to 1 yr. ago when I started Yasmin. I will be honest I was nervous because I am allergic to everything, but my cycle was so long and irregular that I felt I had to do something. I really think this works pretty well with my body chemistry. I gained maybe 4 lbs. over the last year no biggie, but I do occasionally have headaches right after my cycle behind my eyes. The only other thing that is a bit odd is I do get a tingling sporadically in my legs and hands. Before reading your blogs I didn't realize this was a side effect of the pill and would never had put it together. I watch all of those crazy restless leg commercials and I was beginning to think I had that lol. But thanks for your input it helps. I think I will stick with this pill for a while longer my only concern is if it has long term neg. effects when you stop taking it... any thoughts?

My husband takes 0.5mgs. each day for restless leg and mood problems. He is still having leg jerks but they are different than usual. He usually has flutters in his feet about every 5 to 10 seconds at night but now they jerk and wake him up. He is better mood-wise but I have noticed sometimes he is more aggitated in public places like restaurants. He seems to be annoyed and loader when he talks. He seems mad all the time except at home. I wonder if he just needs to be at home at night at dinner time? OR is that just a side effect of this medicine. He changes once he has had something to eat though. It seems to me that food is the key with him to stablize this situation. I have also noticed once or twice him staggering like John Wayne when he walks at that same time. Otherwise he feels generally better and less anxious at work.

I'm depressed, tired all the time, no enrgy but I can't sleep. whenI do fall asleep I have weird dreams. Restless leg sybdrome is 10 times worse than it was and my muscle cramps are back. Had to get up and walk four times last night pain was so bad in my leg. Headaches and sharp pain in my head, dry cough, eyes feel dry and I'm very thirsty. Had to get up twice the other night I was so thirsty but I can't drink because I'm so bloated. My belly feels like its twice its size.
I've only been on this a couple of weeks and I noticd all this already. What's going to happen if I stay on it.