Self diagnosis symptoms and conditions

I've been taking Fosamax once a week for about 4 months. During that time what began-before taking Fosamax-as mild pain in my lower back-has gotten progressively worse. This is the only negative possible symptom I’ve experienced, but of late it has increased and spread to my hips. I decided to stop taking it today, and see if it makes any difference. If it does, I will post another reply here with details.

I think all reading these personal accounts should consider this: obviously many medical professionals see far more benefit than loss in the majority of users. My osteoporosis was only diagnosed via a bone scan 6 months ago. -2.5 The increased pain and worsening conditions in my back might in fact be much worse if I hadn’t started taking the Fosamax. One must beware of apophenia setting in with self diagnosis.

Most posting here already had serious medical needs to have Fosamax prescribed in the first place, given a small percentage of diagnostic errors. Most of the conditions I’ve seen described vary greatly, and without a serious study are purely antidotal. I suspect there are legitimate adverse reactions, but for now the percentage and severity remains a big unknown. There seem to be some activists here, so get a campaign going for publicly funded analysis of the now considerable amount of data on file.

If my back gets better, I’ll still be unsure as it might have been a delayed benefit from the drug. Likely I will take Fosamax again either way. If it doesn’t improve in several months I’ll assume F-max wasn’t the cause and begin taking it again. If it gets better, I will take F-max again to see if the problems return when I do. If they don’t I’ll keep taking it. If they do, that will red-line my ‘coincidence meter’ and I’ll never touch the stuff again.

I hope some will find my approach to our common dilemma helpful. We all have to be our own advocates within the modern health care cabal. I worry about the old adage that when we do so, we have a fool for a client. Feel free to criticize my reasoning, and thanks to all the others that took the time to share your experience. It helped me make my decision, and I’ll share the results in about 6 months.

I started taking Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo about five years ago. Lately, maybe in the last year, maybe two years come to think about it, I feel like I am in this endless slump. I can't seem to get motivated, I'm depressed, I'm anxious EVERY minute of the day, I feel like I should be in a looney bin. I get hysterical for NO reason whatsoever. Recently, my period hasn't been regulated either and I thought maybe because I quit smoking two months ago that my body was just getting itself back on the right track, but after reading this, maybe just the pill is to blame.

My boyfriend left fifteen minutes before one of our television shows was up tonight and I got hysterical. I was crying and just had NO control. The symptoms are always the worst the week before my period (which means today is just about a week before). I did a self-diagnosis (stupid, I know, but what else could I do?) about probably a year ago and told my mother I thought I may have PMDD.

Then I came online and found this site and I feel relieved (even though I spent the last 20 minutes crying) to know that it IS the birthcontrol pill. So, thanks to all the women on here that gave me some really important insight, I am going to stop ortho. You're all doing a great thing letting everyone know.

My 16 year old daughter has been taking singulair for the past several months for exercised induced asthma. It has helped her greatly, no symptoms with exercise. No other drug has had this same result. HOWEVER she has complained of stomach pain, particularly after she eats. We had her checked out for other culprits of stomach problems and came up short. I happened to think that maybe the Singulair may be the problem. We took her off the Singulair a couple of days ago and can already see improvement. I assume this will get better when it is completely out of her system, as most drugs stay in your system for several days or even weeks. I can't believe that I didn't think that singulair being the problem, as we had both had strange not common side effects when we were taking Zyrtec. With Zyrtec we had severe dizziness as well as anxiety and bad feelings. When we initially told our allergist of the side effects of Zyrtec they dismissed us, however since they have had several people complain with these symptoms. Just because a side effect isn't common or listed doesn't mean it can't be. I believe that people with allergies and asthma are highly sensitive and things don't always effect us in the way it would with some other person. We must listen to what our bodies tell us. This site is a great source. It helps us know that we are correct in our self diagnosis.