Self doubt symptoms and conditions

My son is 8 and for the past 3 years has been on Singular for seasonal allergies. He has since been diagnose with asthma and he takes Singular daily. After being on it for 3 weeks he is now getting into trouble in school. The teachers say it was like a light switch being turned on. Completely out of character behavior. My question is this......has anyone experienced hyperactivity behavior on Singular?

Yaz was not what I'd hoped for...Instead, of relieving pre-menstrual symptoms, it only extended and exaggerated them. I had feelings of extreme apathy, exhaustion (i could sleep at any time), severe mood swings, headaches, weight gain, bloating, increased appetite, blood pressure increase from 90/60 to 120/75, cramping(both intestinal and uterine w/spotting), and dyspenea. I felt like my whole life and body were sliding down a hill. .. BAD feeling ....depression! This was only after taking it10 days. Immediately, I knew it was the Yaz. The first pill I took for almost 2 years 20 years ago...I was miserable. Since then, I've tried different pills all with the same results. Ironically, I had to take pergonal to ovulate and get pregnant. (My quadruplets are 12yrs.old and wonderful!) After a year of convincing, my long-time Dr., a female close to my age, thought Yaz would be great for me. I was supposed to take it for 3 mts. The symptoms were like a train. I'd be insane, dead or both in three months. I stopped and it was like stopping a train...severe headache, and more of the same symptoms, but each day is better. I can and you can read your body and listen to it. Do not let self -doubt slide in...Medical professionals want to help you and they should listen; if they don't, they are missing half of the picture, your picture. This time, quite honestly and even b/f I read this board, it made me wonder how many lives are affected
by such...I mean depression, clots, blood pressure, headaches, weight issues and many others...even the divorce rate. We have to have birth control. For me I'll just stick to a little bit of acne, and predictable PMSuntil I go into menopause. I know that others need something very different, and I encourage you to keep searching and communicating.

I am now 21 and it's been almost a year since I stopped taking Yasmin.I was on it for about 6 months, and I put on some amount of weight at the beginning (about 5 pounds). It was only months later, that I finally suspected I might not be going crazy after all, and that my bouts of anxiety and depression might have something to do with the medication. It was an absolutely horrifying experience. Some research online confirmed that it could be the case and I stopped. The immediate flux in emotion disappeared but it was like a pandora's box of insecurity and self doubt had been opened, and I've only just learned to feel really comfortable with myself again.

UPDATE:It is now a week since my 6 yr old son stopped taking singulair. My happy boy is back! He has now had a second day in a row with positive reports from school. These are the first 2 positive days of the entire school year!!! Its no mystery anymore! I am 100% positive it was the Singulair he was on. It may work for some people with no side effects and thats great for them. But for those parents out there that had the slightest doubt I am telling you from experience to go with your gut! Speak to your Dr for alternatives and get back your happy children!

I've been on Tri-Sprintec for a month and a half. My husband is going crazy due to my mood swings. Of course he gets the brunt of it compared to anybody else. One moment I am fine and the next I am yelling because I dropped the butter on the floor. Ten minutes later I've forgotten this instance and I'm crying for no apparent reason. I normally have normal to dry skin, and no acne (to very few) Lately my face is very itchy and I've had a lot of breakouts. I work in Law Enforcement, and have no problems with being straight forward and pushy, but lately I don't have it in me, I feel very depressed and a lot of self doubt. I also don't have a big appetite, I feel nauseas, and I do take the pill with food. I've also gained 10 pounds in the last month and a half. I don't know if this is a coincidence or if it's side effects from the birth control. I have also had a lot of headaches lately.

I write in a journal from time to time and a few days ago I was feeling so sad and teary that I sat down to write what was going through my head. Then I read the last entry I'd written, only a few months before, and it was like a different person wrote it... I was happy and excited about the future. And that’s when everything fell into place in my mind and I realized how all the sadness, random crying, self-doubt and constant anxiety I’ve been feeling began after using NuvaRing. My doctor has said that side effects usually settle after a few months… but I’m not sure I’m prepared to wait around to see if that’s true. I know depression could be caused by a range of different things but I guess NuvaRing is one variable I have control over… I’m tempted to take it out tonight and see whether I feel better.

I have a 8 year old daughter that has been on Singulair since she was 2 years old. When she first started Singulair, she was also put on Flovent (an inhaled steroid), along with Albuterol for what the doctors call reactive airway disease (similar to asthma). Her triggers were allergies and having a cold. Her first flare up of mood swings alerted me to take my daughter off the Flovent. She seemed to improve a little, but still had behavior/moody issues. I had chalked them up to the "terrible twos", and not really thought much of it. As time went on, I became accustomed to the behavior that my daughter was showing. When the few complaints of stomach pains, headaches, and leg pain came along, I managed to explain them away with reasonable explanations (example: growing pains, eating too much, not enough sleep, etc.). As my daughter went off to school, I heard numerous complaints from her teachers that she lacks focus, cannot complete a task in a timely manner, easily gets distracted, and at times (more than not) is a disruption to the class. At home, I noticed a strange "tick" going on with her blinking, the constant need to repeat herself, and the battles with bursts of crying to get her to do ANYTHING. SOMETHING IS REALLY WRONG!!! I was on the edge of having a full work-up of mental tests. I have her see the school social worker weekly and I keep a constant communication with her teacher regarding her behavior. I decided to look up side effects regarding this medication. I first looked at the website for the manufacturer and saw nothing alarming, nothing about behavior affected side effects. I looked into mental disabilities (autism, aspergers, ADD, ADHD, etc.) and saw no common link to her behavior. Then I came to this site and MY JAW DROPPED!! Everything that my daughter has experienced, TO THE LETTER, has been experienced by other children. The weight gain, the occasional pains, the strange behavior. I decided that NOW is the time to act. I have seen my daughter's doctor and discussed my concerns. We are going to wean her off this stuff starting TODAY! Fear of a serious relapse of breathing problems is making us very cautious. I am kicking myself for not making the connection sooner. Wish us luck that this drug has not destroyed her chances of getting better and that this "asthma" can be controlled another way without such serious side effects.

Started Lamictal after a suicide attempt. Thinking this drug would help, I took the medication with anticipation. I have been taking it for 2 1/2 years, and starting having night terrors, weight gain, exhaustion, don't have the drive I used to, and now it is affecting my sexual behavior (and not in a good way). I used to come home from work, and want to work in my yard and be proud of what I accomplished. However, within the past 3 or so months, I've almost given up. Beings I'm best known for my ambition, and attention to details, (probably on the anal side) I have been told that I have changed. I have had memory laps, trouble focusing at work, feeling as though I am inferior to others, and trouble with the driving aspect also. Sometimes I'll forget where I'm going, and take the exact opposite turns than I should. Although my income just meets my billings, and my credit score is excellent, I am having trouble keeping track of when they should be paid, even though I put them on my calendar. I do find my credit score is falling, and fast. I am seeing my MD, and the psycho-therapist on a regular basis. I am weaning off this medication, but have only been doing this for 1 week. I can't wait til the end of all this depression and still don't understand why they mark me as a bio-polar person. Also, I have never experienced seizures. I wish all of us luck and patience in our endeavors. Let's all think of each other, and thanks for letting me know that I am not alone.

Just an update since stopping Yasmin June, 2005 after being on it for 1 1/2 years.

I am doing so much better BUT it took at least 6 months before I felt the chemicals were finally out of my body! I had withdrawel symptoms of anxiety, self doubt and a feeling of doom & gloom. I also was getting a period every 14 days! I had been taking various birth control pills for 25 years without ever stopping, just switching as I got older. (I am 47)

I can honestly say that THIS Pill is THE WORST as far as side effects. My side effects were:

muscle aches at night in the knees
night sweats
dizziness/balance issues
depression
anxiety
skin itching
heart palputations/heart racing
Hair falling out

I can HONESTLY tell you that the side effects WILL go away BUT IT TAKES TIME. PLEASE give yourself time for your body to get back into balance.

The up side:
1. no longer have dizziness issues
2. no longer have heart racing or skipping beats
3. skin is nice and clear again BUT it looked like HELL when I was going through the withdrawel
4. sleeping better
5. not as depressed or anxious (I am a little naturally)
6. Nice and thick, SHINEY hair!

The down side:
1. I have gained 25 pounds
2. I have daily problems with water retention in the ankles ( the Yasmin had a "water pill" effect)

All in all....PLEASE discontinue this pill if you even have ONE of the above side effects; insist that your GYN take you off Yasmin and find another Birth control pill.

I have been taking herbal supplements since going off of the Yasmin which I do believe have helped with the withdrawel process.

Ladies, you WILL get better and there is a happy and HEALTHY life once you go off of Yasmin and your body is rid of the evil toxins. I am proof!

May we Sisters support each other and be thankful for this website.

God Bless,

Joodles

Was perscribed this by a dermitoligist for minor acne, and have had more self doubt and uneasiness with daily tasks like coping with small discrepincies at work. It's almost a depressing feeling that has come over me, with very much inability to deal with stress. Not sure if I will continue this med

@ Voicesi
Glad to hear I'm not the only one with mental side effects 5 months later. You are so right, it does take a lot longer to get your hormones in balance. I, like you, feel soo much better, but the anxiety, irrational thoughts, and moodiness still creep up on me at times. Furthermore, I'm working on getting rid of this self-doubt and learning to trust myself all over again since Yasmin made me an irrational emotional mess.

Hi ladies,
Well it has been 4.5 months since I took my last Yasmin pill and I am finally starting to notice a real difference in my anxiety level. Within a month of starting Yasmin, I developed panic attacks, generalized anxiety, depression, severe mood swings, and an array of physical symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weight gain, joint aches and pains, headaches, and blurred vision. After stopping Yasmin, I noticed the physical symptoms disappeared within a month, but I was left with the emotional symptoms, particularly anxiety. I would cry at the drop of a hat and I became hypersensitive to everything. I became very insecure, started taking everything personally, and the anxiety and panic attacks created a lot of self doubt which I am still dealing with. Only now, 4.5 months later, am I starting to have more normal days similar to the old me, but the anxiety is still there (at a much lower level though) and I do deal with irrational thoughts at different points in my cycle. All I can say is this is probably the worst thing I have ever put in my body and it is pure poison. If it weren't for this website and having friends that I e-mail who are going through the same thing, I probably would have lost everything and been in some mental institution. These have been some of the worst months of my life when they could have been the best because I have so much to be thankful for and I really have a great life. Yasmin has made me question everything about myself and every aspect of my life including personal relationships and my job. Somewhere along the way, I kind of forgot who I was because of the constant anxiety and living in fear. Now that I am finally starting to feel better, I am trying to re-claim what was lost and build things back up, but it is a slow and emotionally difficult process because I am having a hard time trusting myself and others. To all of you who are still on Yasmin, I strongly advise you to quit if you are developing symptoms such as mine. I wouldn't wish this experience on my worst enemy. Good luck to all of you in Yasmin recovery--it does get better, but it takes time and patience.

I am 24 years old and was on Yasmin for two months. I have had negative experiences with BCPs in the past (tried Mircette, Alesse, Ortho-Tri, Desogen) but nothing was as bad as my experience with Yasmin. I stopped taking Yasmin almost two months ago d/t experiencing the listed side effects:
-severe anxiety attacks
-depression
-crazy mood swings (I cry for no reason at all sometimes)
-joint aches
-weight gain
-blurred vision
-diarrhea
-nausea/dry heaving
-paranoia
-dizzy spells
-constant worrying and self doubt
-headaches
and there's more...
After being off Yasmin for almost two months, I expected things to be back to normal, but I'm not quite there yet. I still experience anxiety attacks, depression, mood swings, nausea, and this strange sense of self doubt. I have never felt this bad in my entire life and I totally regret taking this pill. I want to be my old self again and feel normal because this sucks and it has caused a strain on my ability to do my job as well as a strain on my personal relationships with my boyfriend and friends. E-mail me if any of you are experiencing the same side effects (especially the anxiey, depression, and mood swings) so I know I'm not just going crazy for no reason. Best wishes to you all.

I stopped taking Yasmin 7 weeks ago (after being on it for about 15 months). My depression has lifted completely, as have my heart palpitations and dizziness. The only effect I can still 'feel' is a general sense of anxiety (i.e. I still worry irrationally and feel levels of self doubt). I am trusting that this will go also, as the 'rational' part of my brain becomes stronger.

Every body is different and the time that Yasmin has been in your system seems to be reflected in the time it takes to start to feel better. The difficulty is that when you have been through such 'hell' whilst being on Yasmin, it's very hard to trust that you are getting better and that how you are feeling is NOT you, but the drug still in your body.

Remember to TALK to friends, family etc I have been spreading the word (sending emails to every woman I know and asking them to send them on to everyone they know etc etc). It makes me feel better to be open about how I'm feeling and I have been inundated with people who have read my email and realised that they too were worried they were 'going insane' when they were infact going 'Yasmin induced insane'!!!

I'm sending a huge mental hug out to everyone, who like me have endured the worst time in their lives thanks to this poison.

Better times are ahead for all of us!

I've been taking Yasmin for about 6 weeks, and been on the active pills continuously. Since starting the pill I've had severe anxiety attacks and bouts of paranoia. I have now a high level of self doubt, and I'm not sure if this can be attributed to the pill or if it's something hormonal going on with me at the moment. All I know is that I definitely did NOT have these types of panic type attacks before i took this pill. I want to give my body time to adjust to taking a contraceptive again (I was on OrthoCyclin for a couple years, then stopped taking them for about a year, now I'm taking Yasmin) but what I would like to know is if these anxiety issues are going to continue or if they will go away when my body's become accustomed to the hormone levels in the pill.