Scarey symptoms and conditions

Wow, this is all pretty scary. I'm 44 and had the Mirena inserted 3 years ago. Man it was so painful. I was warned beforehand though. I am childless and my family Dr. thought it would be best if a GYN did the insert so I choose that route...and there was one in her office. The pain of having that inserted was pretty severe but I've never been in a hospital or even had a broken bone so I just chalked it up to me being a wimp. If I take a step back and think about it, I've been fortunate enough to never have experienced PMS or cramping....I just had hormonal migraines for years. This was my reason for going with the Mirena as per my Dr's suggestion. I was not told to wait until I started my period, just to get the prescription filled and make an appointment. Thankfully I had insurance because that is one expensive puppy.

Aside from the constant cramps (which a friend pointed out were menstrual cramps), I had this incredible pressure in my lower right side. Sort of felt like a ball wedged into my ovary or something. My migraines went away immediately though and for that I was grateful. Then the weight gain hit and I spoke to my Dr. about it and she advised that it had no connection to the Mirena. Next came the lack of energy and tiredness. Again I was told it had nothing to do with the Mirena. By this time I am gaining weight, can't even go for a walk and don't even want to think about sex. I've sprouted facial hair that is very embarrassing and get cranky at the drop of a hat.

After 3 years of having the Mirena I am finally beginning to connect the dots. I spoke to my new family Dr. and asked her if she thought these changes to my body could be related to my IUD...without even knowing what I had, she asked me if it was a Mirena. When I said yes, she ordered up some blood work to see what changes have been occurring to my body. Prior to my getting the Mirena my original Dr. told me that my testosterone level was very high so I must have a good sex drive. Now I don't even want to think about having sex as I am too dry and not interested. I've had to ensure my partner that it is not him or has anything to do with how I feel about him.

I hope once my blood work comes back that I will get some answers to my medical issues. If I have to have this thing out, I hope it is not as painful as it was going in. And, if I have to have it out I hope my migraines don't come back.

Hi...

I'm having a tough day with these withdrawals....since 0330.
I want to just stop taking these steroids altogether.
I'm at 4 mg...this is day seven.

Yesterday, I was finally able to take a 3mg and it lasted till 4pm
(split dose) So I'm stubbornly moving forward.

I can't stand these side effects of the steroids....!!

I found a calculator for steroids this; *******



Current symptoms 24/7:

Creepy-Crawlies all over
Curious Buzzing all over and especially in my head
Ringing ears
Blurry Vision
Can't sleep properly
Head feels 'full'
Can't focus on anything
Making serious mistakes (IE paid two house payments this month and wondered why my account was seriously overdrawn)
Memory is shot
Feel like I have Alzheimer's
Can't make simplest decisions
Scary heart palps
Light sensitive
Sound sensitive
Brain fog
Severe, scary brain fog after 0900~doesn't go away in the afternoon anymore??
Chills
Hot flashes/sweats
Nausea
Pacing behaviors
Head pounding all the time now
Problems breathing
Anticness
Skin crawling all over everywhere
Thoughts of going insane by the day and never getting well...
Flu-like symptoms when I make a cut
Twitchy arms
Dry, flaky skin...especially on hands and feet
Feel like I'm dying

Here's something else I found
~Shan

Subject: Dr. Zashin's Tapering Schedule (4 mg to 3 mg and beyond)

Dr. Zashin's Tapering Schedule To Reduce Prednisone Withdrawal
In terms of a taper regimen, the longer one has been taking steroids, the slower the taper. I will typically taper patients:

by 5 mg increments when they are taking less than 40 mg of Prednisone
by only 2.5 mg when they reach 20 mg of Prednisone
by 1 mg increments once they reach 10 mg I may elect to decrease the dose on a daily basis for patients who have not been taking steroids long, to monthly in those who have been on them a while.
It is not uncommon, when patients first decrease the dose to feel some achiness or fatigue. These symptoms often resolve over 2- 7 days. If they do not, one may elect to temporarily increase the dose and taper more slowly. Some patients may have difficulty tapering off steroids despite incremental tapers of only 1 mg. Occasionally tapering on an every other day basis may be useful. For example, instead of tapering from 4 mg to 3 mg of Prednisone, one might try taking 4 mg one day and 3 mg the next day for one week.(i.e. an alternate day taper) Then if successful, try 4 mg one day and 2 mg the next and so on until you are on only 4 mg every other day. (e.g. 4 mg one day and 0 the next day) Then, try to go down on that alternate day.

Addendum here to my orginal post.....dated
November 2th
2007
1:34 AM
New side effects and sufferings!!
I am at 4 mgs A Day now... In fact, I have been at 4 mgs a day for four days... (reducing by 1 mg every seven days)
I feel like I am (my brain) is dying/melting away slowly...by increments daily. It seems to get a little worse every day in fact. I dare not rest or sleep during the day. Every time I do, I wake up with complete brain fog! Actually, the brain fog comes and gets to me every morning by 9 am anyway and I feel like I'm losing my mind all morning until about 2pm when it starts clearing up a bit!!....Its scarey for me to go thru everyday here! What can I do? There's no one to help me!!??

I tried to split the dose I need to take (maybe three mg in the morning and 1 mg in the afternoon) and was unable to do so because of frightening heart palpitations, nausea and dizziness this morning. I thought I was dying because my body felt like it had been beaten with a meat tenderizer all night long . (flu-like symptoms~ I wanted to die and lay there, completely exhausted until I forced myself out of my bed.)
Every day its the same thing. A NIGHTMARE that I am unable to wake up from!!
I am fairly quiet all afternoon and then all evening long until about 11 pm. I Look and 'act' completely normal in spite of symptoms boiling barely under the surface. Then the 'hot-flashes' start around 11 pm. Then, By say 0330 am the chills and cold sweats join in with the hot flashes until about 0630 am. Around that time, my head feels like its expanding from the inside like a huge balloon thats going to pop....and I feel like I can't breathe....then the 'antsiness' begins and I feel like I am vibrating all over inside like a million ants are crawling all over just under my skin and skull! Then 'That Pacing Thing' and horrible Severe Brain Fog starts up and I am unable to sit or lay down! I *must walk/pace all over the house and/or outside....for hours and hours on end ~until about noon hour when I can calm down and the cycle starts all over again. THIS is what this damned Prednisone has done to me since it was prescribed Sept 14th 2007 !! There's no guarentee that this behavior pattern will stop once I am off the drug completely either!! I feel like I am getting sicker and sicker by the day here. Anyone else out there have anything even remotely like this ?? and then get better after they stopped the prednisone?? HELP! :o(

Hello EveryOne out there...OK OK....

Now Why have I been out of touch since Sept 14th.... 2007???

I have been VERY VERY ill.....

Y'See, I went to see this new Doctor (Quack) for continued pain in my chest (sternum) area....that I have been having trouble with all Summer. (Severe Costochondritis/Fibromyalgia) By Sept 14th, this Quack who claims to be a Doctor had given me this prescription for Prednisone pills (20 mg each)....with orders to take mega doses of this toxic poison in order to combat the pain I was suffering. I was so desperate to get out of pain that I went ahead and filled the prescription and started taking the pills that eventful Friday night. I made the fatal mistake of trusting this Doctor!!!

If I had any sense God gave green apples I would have researched this a little before taking this medicine!! I would have run like all heck in the opposite direction!

I had been taking these reccomended large doses for approx two weeks back then per Doctor 'Quack's' order.... I have been hooked after the first week....and now currently desperately trying to get off of it with only marginal success!!

I have been on this Prednisone crap for some 49 days, currently and desperately trying to get off of it....with terrible side effects!! I have experienced every side effect known to the Devil himself and even discovered some new ones that I never knew was possible!? Case in point! I can't sleep night after night without terrible withdrawals all night long!!! I am forced to contend with them every night here. Not to mention I fight the withdrawals all days long too. I have this inept doctor and I am sorry I even went to him in the first place...!

The withdrawals I am now getting are harder to deal with than the original chest pain itself!!! Not to mention even eating the so-called 'wrong' foods sets off even more withdrawals almost immediately. I am now extremely sensitive to light and the sun~ not to mention.....noise....and stress....

I am much sicker from this Quack Doctor's so-called "HELP" than I ever was before....

I don't mind saying his name and trying to steer everyone away from this jerk Doctor here in Las Vegas who takes advantage of people in pain when they are desperate by feeding them toxic poisons and passing the poison off as something harmless thats gonna help them??? Just ask me who he is and I will tell you. I have no qualms about it....

Bottom line is I have spent this last month trying to get off this crap and I just found out that the withdrawals may bother me up to a YEAR after I take my last dose of this crap poison!! I have been going thru H***!!! A nightmare I would LOVE to pass onto this Quack who pretends to be a doctor!

I am down to about 7.5 mg per day now from about 180 mg that he gave me originally Sept 14 2007. Believe me this was not easy thing for me to do. I went "Toxic" on this drug weeks ago and it has affected my ability to process, think and reason properly. I feel like part of my mind is now missing or went on permanent vacation!! Dizziness,feeling like I'm gonna pass out, Brain Fog and Mass Confusion is the order for the day~depending on the time of day???

"The side effects of prednisone include adrenal suppression, which can occur with periods of prednisone use to surpass seven days. Adrenal suppression refers to the body’s inability to synthesize natural corticosteroids, resulting in a dependency on the prednisone taken by the patient. This is why doctors do not recommend the cessation of prednisone when the patient has taken it for longer than seven days. They reduce the dose gradually over a few days in the case of short-term prednisone use, and over weeks or months in the case of long-term treatment. Stopping prednisone treatment abruptly can cause the life-threatening Addison’s disease, in which in the body no longer produces sufficient amounts of adrenal steroid hormones"

I want to SUE this Doctor for making me this sick!!!!!

SDR

GRRRRRRRRRrrrrr!!!!!!!

I was prescribed Levaquin 750 for 5 days for resolving pneumonia. I didn't finish the last pill due to increased heart rate and severe anxiety. These symptoms did stop for me. However, about a good 2-3 wks later my wrist started hurting. I thought I may have slept on it funny or something. Then a day or two later, my jaw started hurting so bad I couldn't chew at times. Another 2-3 days which leads me to today, I am having tingling/shock sort of feelings running thru my legs and arms and still having the jaw and wrist pain. I have an appt next week with my doc. I'm sure she'll send me thru all the tests everyone here has mentioned to no avail. This is very frustrating and scarey. I wish folks would repost and let the rest of us know how they are progressing. I will post back after my visit. I am going to try the magnesium and 5-htp the gentleman said worked for his wife. I am becoming a firm believer in a more holistic and natural approach to healing. I know sometimes chemical medicines save lives but this one has caused my life a lot of pain that I feel was not necessary for a very light case of walking pneumonia. Good luck to everyone. Please keep your progress updated to help the rest of us out.

I was really hesitant to start the ring. I had tried the Birth Control pill a thousand times since I was 16 and every time I would become an emotional wreck and suffer from severe depression, and gain 20 pounds-so I would stop. My GYNO suggested the ring b/c it has a more consistent release of hormones-the peeks and valley's of the pill may have been the problem....so I am onto my second month using the ring. It was easy to insert, I did notice some cramping the day after inserting it for the first time but expected it! I hadn't noticed any burning or itching. My moods were fine...I thought this was going to be great...until my first 7 day break...my cycle was probably the heaviest its ever been the cramps were crippling. I was in bed with a migrane so bad I couldn't bear to move for the remaining 3 days that I had the ring out. The migrane seemed to have disappeared once I put in my second ring but I have had mild hedaches since on and off and the cramps seem to be more speratic....I was lying in bed the other night and all of the sudden I had a horrible sharp pain I had never felt before- it felt like my ovary exploded.....but it disappeared seconds later and haven't felt it since ( it was a very scarey feeling)....I have noticed some weight gain- about 5 pounds since starting it less than 2 months ago despite being active...and I have noticed the gaseous side effect several other had mentioned...It is horrible (along with the bloating and irregular movements!) The first month was just fine but I am worried now that the side effects may be too much to deal with...I am going to stick it out for a little while longer-I want this method to work! It really is so convienent and I can't feel it nor can my boyfriend!

I just went onto: http://www.drugs.com/yasmin.html just to see what they had to say about Yaz, (I am no-longer on the terrible thing, see my previous post) but I saw something really scarey on the site, namely: "This medication can cause birth defects in an unborn baby", now I'm sure they are referring to falling pregnant whilst taking the medication, but my concern is that it appears to take a number of month for the drug to leave your system competely once you have stopped taking it, so when is it safe to get pregnant after coming off it??? this is a very very scarey!!!! des anyone have an answer???

Knock on wood --I do not have any side effects! I take Toprol XL 50 mg per day. I had been to the ER three times with a heart rate of 150-160's but the highest it has gone since toprol is 104 but only for a few minutes!! I guess they might increase the dose a little?

Gosh that heart rate of 150-160's was so scarey I am glad they make toprol !!

This morning I awoke with my heart racing and a very anxious emotional state of mind. I felt irrational,frantic, like crying, hand-wringing & completely out of control emotionally! It was very scarey - I've never experienced this before. This is my 7th day on the antibiotic, and I'm seeing no improvement in the sinusitis that I'm taking it for.

I feel the same and guest 40431 if I skip a few days because I cant get to the pharmacy right away I start feeling dizzy and light headed. When I blink my eyes I feel this weird feeling of
electricity that goes all through my body. It happens when I
blink or swallow. It is the weirdest sensation and I dont like it
at all. If I miss a few day I begin to cry alot and feel a sense of wanting to kill myself. I take the effexor XL 75mg I just hope things will get better. This is very scarey. I dont want to be addicted to anything. When I go to my doctor in a few days I will have a serious chat with him reguarding this medication. I was told that it is very safe and not addicting.
God help us all in the world of medications.

I have been on levaquin for three days 750 mg i feel horrible i cannot sleep i wake up soak and wet and then have chills my body aches and i feel as though i cant keep still. i have a constant headache, what i thought was going to make me feel better from a severe sinus infection has left me feeling like im gonna die. it is scarey that they allow this to stay on the market. iam not by any means taking the rest and feel like not only flushing the rest but burning it. oh yeah iam sick to my stomach and then when i do eat i have pain and nausea again. i hope it doesnt take to long to get out of my system this stuff is straight up evil. i will tell anyone who will listen NOT TO TAKE THIS MEDICINE. BEST TO ALL.

I was given methylpred 4mg yesterday, took all of the first day. and have taken todays, except for bedtime. My eyes are burning, my nose is running non stop, cramps accompanied with diarhea. I feel like I am on fire. I cant eat. it makes me very nauseated. and to drink is very difficult. I feel full. What is happening to me. I was diagonosed with pneumonia in my left lung. Also given Amox/k875mg. , attusshx for pain, I have only taken one of these attusshx. I have a very low tolerance to medicine but this is scarey. Please tell me if I should stop?????????????????

Oh my...I was perscribed levaquin last week and just took day 8 and wanted to see if the wierd sensations I was experiencing others were as well. I definitely have the dizzy light-headedness as well as nausea. No joint pain. I have broken out with what appears to be bad acne on my face. I'm 34 and haven't seen myself look like this since early teens. I have been taking pro-biotics along with these antibiotics so I hope I can avoid the scarey side effects others have described. Anyone else get the itchy face break outs?

Took this for short time for severe rash. 6 first 2 days then 5,4,3, 2, 1. I feel like I am jumping out of my skin. The sight of food makes me sick, DARK DARK moods, cannot even focus b/c it seems overwhelming. Have to take an extra sleeping pill to sleep, very sore throat, rash has lessened but still get new spots, can't sit still and I am extremely sure if I had to be on this stuff any longer I would be needing some antidepressants. This is some scarey medicine and i pray deeply for you who have to take it long term.

My grandmother has recently been hospitalized for a few problems. However in the past few weeks she has been taking ambien for pain and sleep relief. She has seen everything from my dead father and great grandfather to the grim reaper and tiny male ballerinas dancing on the wall, dogs and other hospital patients in her face! She also felt her body floating to the ceiling. It's been a very scarey time for her. Her blood pressure has been spiking real high and her speech is constantly slurred now. They are running tests to see if this could possibly be stroke related but so far have found nothing. Her doc has taken her off ambien and she sounds a bit more coherent today however her speech is still slurred. If this is truely the effect of ambien someone ought to lobby to have this stuff removed and banned from medical practice. She has never been this sick in her life and it seems as if she is speeding downhill at a rapid rate since starting to take ambien. She is 73 years old and still has a healthy body so why is her mind al of a sudden going out of control This stuff sounds like it is more harm than good.

Hello. Well, I just began treatment with lisinopri yesterday. Reading all the side effects people experience is scaring me! My b/p was just a bit high, on three different dr's appts. So he put me on 10 mg. Is this too much? Seems as if everyone is at 5 mg. These drugs are so scarey. I am already having mucous and cough through last night! Am I just crazy, or has someone else experienced side effects this quickly? HELP!

I have been on topamax for 6 months now for weight problems. I lost 43 pounds so far. I have trouble thinking of words to say and its getting worse. I also have the tingling in my hand and once in the back of my head-scarey.

In response to suetim1031, #13070, my 9 year old had been on singulair for 4 1/2 years. He was also on multiple medications for acid reflux. For the past two years, I have been talking to his doctors about his EXPLOSIVE behavior and the possibility of it being caused by any medications or combinations of medications that he was taking. Both his PCP and his Allergist assured me that none of his asthma medication would cause such issues. My son has, on way too many occasions, said he wished he was dead, he hated himself, has kicked walls, and put his hand through the first pane of a glass window!!! That was the end. I am embarrassed to say that I never checked online for side effects to his medications, because I checked with his doctors....which I thought was the right thing. I could not believed what I read on this website. So many people were describing my son and I finally felt there was an end to the terror that was happening to our family!! He has been of of singulair for 2 1/2 months now, and though he still has explosive moments, they are much shorter in duration and much less often. I hope this behavior continues to improve over time, but I do have concerns that his prolonged use of this drug have caused permanent damage. Needless to say, his asthma and allergies are beginning to appear again (they were completely under control for the past two years) but I can handle some treatments and inhalers over the jekyll and hyde child my son had become. I am told there are some holistic alternatives for asthma and allergies, I am going to look into them. Best of Luck to you and anyone else who has experienced the extremely scarey side effects of this drug!!

yesterday I received a retinal photgraphy test and was administered Fluorescein IV. Within a few minutes I experienced itching and flushing and welts developed on my head,neck,and chest; then dizziness and shaking. Benedryl and a steroid where administered IV and the symptons slowly subsided. I was recovered within an hour. It was scarey, I'd like the know what's in fluorescein that I am allergic to that may cause this reaction again. My only allergy is bee stings.

Hubby has been sick for weeks now. I went to the pharmacy to pick up yet another prescription of an antibiotic (Levaquin 500mg 2nd 7 day dosage) for him. He has bronchitis. They decided to do one of those prescrition counceling sessions just in case this was a new perscription for him. The lady was very nice and explained the possible side effects to me! One of which is fatigue (heaviness in legs and arms) and drowsiness, shortness of breath and more. I was
shocked!!! These are all the problems my hubby has been describing! He thought he was going to have a heart attack. I said "I'll bet hubby didn't pay attention when you all told him this the first time!" She said well it's also written right here, and there was the huge long read out of all the possible side effects etc!!!! I said oh he wouldn't read that it's too small of print and far too much information!

Well guess what! I told him about it. He stopped taking it
yesterday, just to see if the meds were the cause of him feeling so horrible. LOL, more than 30 hours after he stopped taking Levaquin...he just read the entire newspaper including the horoscopes, funnys and all (HE NEVER DOES THIS) and now wants to take me out for Breakfast! We're both laughing at how much better he feels! I can't tell you the huge relief to see him feeling better, and I know he's as thrilled or more than I am!!!!

HOLY CROW! Who'd have thought his "antibiotics" would have caused him to feel so miserable!!! Be cautious and watch for side effects if you ever have to take Levaquin. The doctor had seen my husband again before giving him the new prescription and he has an appointment now with a Neurologist and a Proctologist for alot more testing. WHY didn't the doctor see that the symptoms he was hearing and seeing were side effects of Levaquin??????

Thank You for this forum, it's shed alot more light (scarey as it all is) on what my husband was taking and the side effects that he was having. I'm putting the word out to all my family and friends of the experience and especially cautioning them before taking the medication.

I just was put on toprol a few days ago and have only taking it twice in which I am suppose to be taking it once a day. After the first one I was having hallucinations but didn't think of it until reading some of these side effects. I don't think I should keep taking it. sounds pretty scary. I have had some pretty off the wall dreams both times I've taking it so far plus shortness of breath. Please tell me if you would stop taking it. Please some one tell me something cause as of now I'm not going to take it again unless someone on here tells me I should. I have pvc and was just diagnosed with it. My heart rate was 240 when the ambulence came and checked me out. It happened a week ago. Today is jun. 22nd. It was very scarey for me cause I have never had problems like this before. I don't know much about it and I'm trying to find out more. Please help in making the right decision on whether to stop taking it or not. I personally think I should stop I'm 38 yrs. old. Thank you Teresa

I have been on Risperdal for 5 years now. It has increased my prolactin alot which stops periods. I do get strange thoughts, some quite scarey. When I tried to cut down, I got very angry. I have lost weight over the past few months, I guess it is because I have been more active. I do get whoozy in the head, sometimes feel like I could black out kind of feeling. I don't weed the garden anymore as I feel like fainting when standing up from kneeling down. That is from low blood pressure I have been told. I don't think I can come off Risperdal as I am scared of the anger and I am more mentally stable.

I took this medication on 9/02/04 for my strep throat. Within 2 1/2 hrs I started to feel very sick, my whole body started to get tight and i started seeing things, It was very scarey, becareful when taking it...I should of been stronger and have demanded for the prescirption i usually take which is ZITHROMAX, for streap throat or any troat infection.

I am worried about my litte boy who is 4. He also is very crabby and was always the sweetest boy ever, he also coughs briefly then swallows and swallows and can't breathe for a few seconds...Dr. said reflux but he never did this before and it is so scarey. I think after reading all this I will stop it for him and my daughter, he talks alot about monsters too and said he is scared at nite and never was before.

Chest pain, heart palps...felt like I was having a heart attack...but no..just the Singulair. I breathe just great when I take it, but the side effects are too scarey..used to take it at night, but the dreams were too intense. Switched to a.m. but then had the chest problems..just not worth it...I'd rather not breathe. Advair does not work as well, neither does Allegra