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I was put on Lipitor in 2004 and didn't realize what was happening to me-I thought I was just getting old. (I'm now 66) I went from a very active person to one who struggled to get out of the car and my entire body ached. I was constantly tired, I had trouble putting thoughts together. I would sit at the kitchen table and cry because I felt so awful. I started losing my balance and falling down. In one of my falls in December 2006 I injured my left hip. I went to a chiropractor to see if he could help relieve the pain in my hip. While going over my symptoms and medications he pointed out that the Lipitor I'm taking could cause most of my symptoms. He suggested I call my doctor and talk to her. I did and she said that Lipitor could cause severe muscle aches-she wanted to do a blood test and said that I could just go off the Lipitor. My blood test was normal. That was in March 2007 and I have been off the Lipitor since. The fatigue and muscle aches have gone away. I still have the hip pain (bursitis) and have been going to physical therapy for that. My memory is improving but I still have to concentrate, repeat names and write things down trying to remember. I'm trying to lose weight (most of it gained around my middle). I go to the gym and exercise to try to build my muscle strength. I'm not tired all the time, I've read that the symptoms can last a long time and sometimes may never go away. I've been told by the doctor that if my cholesterol is up at my next visit that she wants me to go back on Lipitor. She also said that if it had been the Lipitor, the symptoms would have gone away right after I went off the Lipitor. I will absolutely refuse to go on any Statin-I cannot take the chance of feeling so badly again.

MY LITTLE GIRL HAS BEEN ON SINGULAR FOR A WEEK AND EACH DAY SHE HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT CRABER AND DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO KG.WHICH SHE LOVES OR DANCE CLASS .TWO DAYS AGO SHE WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND SAID HER EAR HURT, SO I GAVE HER SOME TYLENOL AND AFTER 1HR AND HALF SHE WENT BACK TO SLEEP.FRI. NIGHT SHE WAS ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO HER BED SCREAMING AND CRYING LIKE SHE WAS HAVING A NIGHT TERROR (SHE HAD THOSE ALL THE TIME WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE BUT HAS OUT GROWN THEM) SHE KEPT SAYING SHE WANTED TO GO HOME AND HER ARM HURT ,I GOT HER TO GO BACK TO SLEEP AND HOUR LATER SHE WAS UP SCREAMING AGAIN.TODAY SHE GOT UP AT 8 AND WAS LAYING ON COUCH BY 9:30 SLEEPING WHEN SHE WOKE UP SHE HAD 102.3 FEVER AND I KNOW NOW THAT IT IS THE MED. BECAUSE WHEN OUR THEN 2YR OLD (NOW 3) WAS PUT ON THIS MED. HE GOT A FEVER AND HUGE SORES ON HIS TOUNGE AND WAS COMPLETLY MISARABLE THE DOC.KEPT SAYING THAT HE HAD MONO AT 2 NOT. I TOOK HIM OF THE MED. AFTER I FIGURED OUT THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS AND HE HAS BEEN FINE SINCE .I SHOULD OF NEVER LET THEM PUT MY 6 YR. OLD LITTLE GIRL ON IT .

Just yesterday my Doctor gave me a persriction for Lisinopril, because my blood pressure was high while I was there (always high tho when I go to the doctor) She wanted me to start with HALF of a 10MG tablet to start with before bed. I did....and I had the worst night of my life. Pressure in my chest, pain in my chest and around my shoulder, fatigue, shortness of breath. I barely slept. I will NOT be taking this again!!!!!

I posted about Lisinopril last week. Today I visited my MD. She did not ask if I was having any side effects. Hmmm. My blood pressure in the office was so-so, but she did not increase my Rx, thankfully. I brought in a log of BP readings over the last month - which had been low - so she could see what they are outside of the office. I figured this would also give me leverage in case she wanted to increase the med. Actually, the side effects I described are diminishing, but I'm glad I'm only on 2.5 mg. Good luck, folks.

My wife has been on N.R. since Nov. 06. Like other people here, her first side affect was a lost sex drive. Before she started it, she wanted sex close to every other night, shortly after starting N.R. it slowly decreased to once a week if I was lucky. Her and I both blamed it on the stress of planning and paying for our wedding. However after the wedding it only got worse. Her sex drive was gone, and her periods started to go away. Over the course of 3 months her periods went from a full week to no period at all. We took several preg. tests, and all of them were negitive. We tried calling Nuva Ring, to talk to them about the problems, but they were so sure of their product, that they told my wife she was pregnant. Well we finaly decided to just take the ring out (only 3 days after inserting a new one) and see when happened. About one week later, her period returned and her sex drive is slowly incresing. - a happy husband

I am 43 (female) and have been on Singulair for a couple of months now and the benefits have been AMAZING! I have chronic generalized eczema and pronounced facial flushing which led to swelling and Rosacea. Since starting Singulair (with a Zantac and Reactine) my skin is almost always cool (it's been YEARS). The benefits for me have been as great as what the steroids do for my skin. I can tolerate more triggers and the freedom and self-esteem boost is unquestionably life changing.

But recently I started to bruise, over every-little-thing -- even a blood pressure cup created a ring of broken blood vessels. Then about 3 - 4 weeks ago I started getting deep lower leg pain, and cramping in my calves and arches. This grew more regular, and my hips joined in and I am now rarely without the pain and deep aches. Then the weakness started, it was most pronounced in my dominant hand, I can hardly write or hold a pen now. Typing is difficult now as my hands and forearms are so weak. Yesterday I couldn't pinch my fingers to pick up a potatoe chip! My arches are curled with aches, I am weak all over and getting really uncoordinated. Going up the stairs is a chore, going down is just wacky -- it's harder than going up I am so wobbly and my knees want to give out. It's getting so pronounced that I realized that this must due to something I'm taking and the only thing I'm taking new is Singulair so I decided to Google "Singulair Side Effects" and the first link I clicked was Carrie's post, which I replied too. Then I realized there was more and have been reading all the other posts.

I am grateful that it is just side effects and nothing more sinister. This weekend the accumulated symptoms had me a bit frightened. I was washing my hands and it felt like I sprained my fingers doing it. The ligaments just sort of let go and things began bending the wrong way. It happened when I bent over to put something in the dishwasher, it was like the rib cage lost it's shape for a moment (I don't know how else to describe it). THAT felt bizarre and got my attention. Not being able to pinch my fingers to pick up a chip was the final clue that something is going wrong here. I will stop taking the Singulair now. It's a shame this happened, it was really doing it's job for me. The price of the side effects is too high though.

All I can say is that this posting has made me feel a bit less crazy... At first I loved Yasmin. I lost a sugnifficant amount of weight and felt very good about my body... 3 or 4 months into it I started having severe panic attacks. I had never had a panic attack before so it scared me even more because I did not know what was going on. I was having panic attacks on the subway ride to work. Many times people would move and sit me down and offer me water because I would turn white and start sweating. I thought maybe it was stress so I began to see a therapist... Which helped a bit but I did not want to take any other medicines that the doctor kept pushing on me so I stopped going. The attacks stopped but the emotional rollercoaster continued very much. I cry ALL THE TIME and get mad very easily. My boyfriend is very supportive of me and helps me get through the depressions and anxiety-- but I don't think it is fair for him to have to do that. More recently I have been getting "brain zaps" that make me a bit dizzy for a moment and then go away. It is very odd... I've also gone and been tested for every allergy ever because everything I eat gives me a stomach ache. I thought it was maybe because I was having too much caffiene but I stopped drinking that and the attacks stopped-- but not the depression and anxiety in general. I never really pointed to the BC until my best friend said she and another friend were having the same symptoms and we were all on the same BC... That said, I'm currently looking for one that doesn't make me insane!!! And doesn't make me gain weight... I can't gain weight or I will stop taking it. So if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!!!!!

My 2 year old daughter was recently prescribed this medication. She has been having nightmares every night & I give it to her in the morning after breakfast. She will wake up screaming her head off & it often takes over an hour to get her calmed down enough to go back to sleep. But when she does go to sleep, she's out cold for several hours. She's also started hitting & being very violent. At first I thought it was because she couldn't tell us what she wanted, but its been getting worse & worse everyday that she takes Singulair. I guess, we will switch back to Zyrtec for her allergies.

My daughter has been on singulair for about a year now and she just turned 3. I discovered in about January that all through the night she would make weird noises with her mouth because her mouth is so dry. Then came the disturbed sleep. For the last two months she would wake up in the morning crying because her legs would hurt so bad. She wanted me to carry her everywhere. She could never keep up the other kids because she was physically exhausted. Then came the tantrums and crying. She just started biting, hiting and being mean to anyone around her. She also started not being able to remember her numbers and colors. I took her off of it a week and a half ago. The last three days her mood has improved and her memory seems better. The only thing that has not improved is her dry mouth. Hopefully that will improve with time.

My 2.5 year old was prescribed Omnicef for possible sinus infection/pink eye the day before yesterday. She had a dose that night and two doses yesterday. After that third dose, I noticed diarrhea like water and went to the Internet to learn a little more about this medication. I found this website and was prepared for what this evening had in store. We woke up at 3 a.m. with her crying inconsolably and very uncomfortable. I held her a little bit and she wanted to be back in her bed, I'm sleeping next to her on the floor when she'll let me sleep. It's MISERABLE... a MEDICINE is CAUSING this!! She's writhing in pain from the cramping of the diarrhea. The benefits don't out-weigh the risks of this medication! I will NEVER give my child another medication without researching it first. Of course, every medication has side effects that you may never experience and you don't know until you try, but it sounds as though this med is MOST LIKELY to cause diarrhea, not worth it!!

I know what Kim is going through and I know Kim's situation alittle bit more because we talk alot on the phone. She did try everything before the Lexapro that she could before she really lost here self. Infact that was a huge, huge, decession for her to make because she wanted to go the natural way. Honestly I tried everything natural that I could have possibly tried for 2 months and then I cracked. I tried valerian root, melantonin, b-vitamins kava kava, health food stores natual anti anxiety stuff, I went all over to health food stores telling them my situation, trying this and that. Natural herbs and vitamins always worked for me but for some reason with this situation it made me worse. My symptoms started in October and I did not start the Lexapro until December. My mind could not heal it self and I was really going to kill myself. I think Kim just hit that point in her life when she started the A/D too. I do agree she needs to give the A/D some time yet. I am trying to talk her through with that. Honestly, if I did not have such quick results like I did, I really think that my life would have ended. Thats why I really worry about this pill on the market. I worry that someone is going to end up taking their life from being so screwed up from it. It definetly alters chemicals in our body. I know we all have been through horrible things on this site.

Hi all! I've stopped taking Yasmin (thanks to this site!) a full week ago. I feel 100% better. My husband refers to me as his "new wife"....the one without all the anxiety, tears and crabbiness! I've lost 4 lbs (although I've also been watching calorie intake both before and after stopping Yasmin) and so far the only negative side effect has been a few pimples. I cannot tell you how much better I feel...its incredible and I'd never had thought it was Yasmin causing all of the trouble unless I found this site. My doctor doesn't believe me and said I shoudl not stop taking Yasmin unless I wanted to get pregnant. Well, we've bought condoms and I'm pretty sure we'll be ok :-). I've also switched ob/gyns because my old one wouldn't even listen to me and consider that my problems might be from Yasmin. All she wanted to do was give me more medication rather than try to find the problem. Good luck to all of you! Hang in there...it does get better!

I started taking Sulfamethoxazole for a bladder infection. The 3rd day I experienced joint pain in my legs, the advise nurse told me to continue with the meds, I did. The fifth day I suffered lower back pain, joint pain, and by the evening had a temp of a 101. The advise nurse told me to continue with my meds. The 6th day, I had a fever, nausious, went to my DR, my fever was at 101, abdominal pain, chills;I gave more blood, after 3 hrs of waiting for results, she looked at me and said she didn't know what was wrong with me...she had discussed my symptoms with a disease specialist and said I was probably experiencing drug fever and to stop the meds (2 pills left). When I got home my fever was at 103.5...
The next day, my fever had broke, I had a migraine all day, I went back in to give more blood. The 8th day, I woke up which appeared to be a sun burn on my face and ears...which led to little red bumps all over my body. The advise nurse looked at my chart and said she didn't believe this medication would cause this...I told her I was allergic to this medication, she wanted to know why I thought that...

My daughter a freshman in college was just prescribed Zantac & Zytrec. She has been on the meds. for about 5months, and is extremely anxious, depressed, crying and very emotional.She was not the first semester, but this second semester she thought she was losing her mind. Until I did some research and found out what was going on,she wanted to quit school, after receiving a full scholarship to attend a private college.Now our next step is to regroup with her physician and find an alternative.Once discussing this with my daughter she really understands that this was exactly what is going on with her.I was so scared for her, but now that we have the information I think we can get through this.

I only took Effexor for 6 weeks - it worked so well as I lost a daughter and was in such a depression that I was suicidal - but once I was feeling better (and reading up on the withdrawl symptoms) I decided to switch to Wellbutrin and amd now off Effexor. For me short term it was great and did the trick - and I feel more myself with the Wellbutrin. I feel that Effexor depersonalized who I was, I let my 3.5 year old do whatever she wanted with a smile on my face, and i was unable to cry for the 22 year old daughter i lost. I wanted to feel again.

After reading these postings I hope that the cause of my daughter's psychological problems is being caused by Singulair. She always showed signs of adhd because of her activity level and distractabilty. However, after becoming asthmatic at age 3 we put her on Singulair as a last resort at age 4.

I thought her tantrums, increasing moodiness etc was caused by jealousy of her new baby sister. I also thought she was being manipulative.

She just turned six and her moodiness increased to the point where she has threatned to kill herself three times and actually ran to the street saying she wanted to get run over by a car last Friday all because i ordered her to put her hairbrush away!

I have started taking her to a psychologist and am starting psych testing because the problems may not be from the Singulair although i hope so.

Her activity level and lack of focus at school has also been a big problem with respect to her teachers.

I'm praying she'll get better soon. I have to say that although many people say their doctors didnt believe them my daughter's allergist did immediately. She said she doesn't like Singulair although she prescribes it because it is effective in controlling allerygy symptons. But she completely believes that it can cause the symptons listed on this website. She said it's all or nothing though. Either the child gets better in no more than 3 weeks or they don't. No in between.

ambien is great! after my last back surgery i was having trouble sleeping because of leg spasms (i am paraylzed from the stomach down) so my doc prescribed this drug, i get the greatest feeling about 20mins into taking the pill im all relaxed and calm, then i fall right to sleep. yes i experience memory loss (BIG TIME) i check my out-going calls in the morning and dont remember having even picked up the phone! its pretty amusing really, people always have funny things to tell about what i had done the night before. my mom was getting worried about me because i am only 18 so she wanted to switch me to the natrual stuff, i took three of those things the other night.. and it didnt do a thing, i couldnt sleep at all! i took 2 days off of ambien and im all gittery and anxious. i cant wait to take my pill tonight!! i may be addicted... but its not doing any harm to my body, so i dont see the problem, ive asked my mom (who is a nurse) if there are any long term effects of taking it and she said no, she even takes it herself. i am confindent in saying that if there were any long term side effects i would abruptly stop taking it. until then. LONG LIVE AMBIEN! :))

Desperate Boyfriend

It's me again, unfortunately my girlfriend says she does not want to be in a relationship at the moment. She said that if Brad Pitt came along she would not care less either.

She says she has no desire for anything and that includes me. She has been advised to see a counsellor and probably will this week. She only wants me to be a friend, which I have reluctantly agreed to. I think she is suffering from depression.

I am feeling pretty down about things as only a month ago she wanted to marry me, was deeply in love with me and could not wait to be with me. She did suffer from some anxiety before going on Yasmin I am just hoping that it is the Yasmin that has caused her to go downhill and lose interest in me. She has been off them for two weeks ago but was only on them for one month. Has anyone else lost the plot so badly after only one month. Is there any hope for us?

Cheers Even More Desperate Boyfriend

Desperate Boyfriend

I started dating my girlfriend four months ago, in those four months we had an awesome relationship so much so that around 3 weeks ago I decided I would propose to her after our week long holiday. In between that time she on the advice of her skin specialist started taking Yasmin to clear up her acne. Little did I know what an effect it would have on our relationship and her.

From one week saying that she was deeply in love with me to the next where she was having major reservations about our relationship and me in general. She said she wanted someone to inspire her, someone to look up to and admire and someone who was practical. It seemed issues which were only minor or not even issues before suddenly became relationship breakers.

Apart from having issues with me she was extremely moody, could not function at work, could not sleep properly, started swearing at work, changing her mind constantly, she could not make decisions. She cancelled our holiday that I arranged and lost a lot of money on and two days later booked a place somewhere else to stay. Her skin went dry, her nose was itchy, she was not only scotty but snotty, she was constantly dehydrated and had muscle aches.

What I would really appreciate is some feedback on the things she said about me. Now I know there is some substance to what she is saying. I have taken a year off work to study f/t and am living at home with my parents and I am probably abusing that situation a bit but Sydney is a very expensive place to live when you are not working. And I am not at all practical BUT how much is the drug talking and how much is it her?

I love this girl to bits and she still says she loves me. She says that relationally, emotionally, physically, conversationally our relationship is 100% but she wants someone to inspire her.

I would really appreciate your t

Desperate Boyfriend

I started dating my girlfriend four months ago, in those four months we had an awesome relationship so much so that around 3 weeks ago I decided I would propose to her after our week long holiday. In between that time she on the advice of her skin specialist started taking Yasmin to clear up her acne. Little did I know what an effect it would have on our relationship and her.

From one week saying that she was deeply in love with me to the next where she was having major reservations about our relationship and me in general. She said she wanted someone to inspire her, someone to look up to and admire and someone who was practical. It seemed issues which were only minor or not even issues before suddenly became relationship breakers.

Apart from having issues with me she was extremely moody, could not function at work, could not sleep properly, started swearing at work, changing her mind constantly, she could not make decisions. She cancelled our holiday that I arranged and lost a lot of money on and two days later booked a place somewhere else to stay. Her skin went dry, her nose was itchy, she was not only scotty but snotty, she was constantly dehydrated and had muscle aches.

What I would really appreciate is some feedback on the things she said about me. Now I know there is some substance to what she is saying. I have taken a year off work to study f/t and am living at home with my parents and I am probably abusing that situation a bit but Sydney is a very expensive place to live when you are not working. And I am not at all practical BUT how much is the drug talking and how much is it her?

I love this girl to bits and she still says she loves me. She says that relationally, emotionally, physically, conversationally our relationship is 100% but she wants someone to inspire her.

I would really appreciate your thoughts.

My 7 year old son started Advair about a year ago. The doctor started him on 250 twice a day and I new that wasn't working so I cut him down to 250 once a day. Adam has increasingly exhibit ADHD symptoms that he never had before, and about 6 weeks ago started having bladder accidents during the day. His teacher told me he showed signs of 'aggressive depression' and was concerned about his lack of social skills. I called his Primary physician last week and she wanted to decrease his dose (which she said was excessive for his age) to 100 twice a day (I did 100 once a day because he can't sleep at night if we do this at night). Every day since then there has been an incident. He was caught in major lies yesterday and responded to the teacher in a fit of uncontrolled rage! This is NOT my son! He tells me his brain tells him to do stuff and he can't control himself. I called his primary and she said take him off ALL Advair! Does anyone know what his withdrawal symptoms might look like? Now, in two weeks we'll be sending him to a child psychologist! I believe this is all a result of Advair! All this treatment was to reverse his Reactive Airway Disease (which apparently wasn't full-blown ashtma to begin with). Watch out for this medication with kids!!!!

My 3 year old and my 19 month old are on Omnicef for strep throat. Both have been cranky since starting the antibiotic. My 3 year old son is who is usually very happy and easy going is a monster. Throwing things, slamming doors, disagreeing with everything. My 19 month old daughter has been having a lot of trouble sleeping and has also been very cranky. They took their last dose this morning and right before lunch my 19 month old broke out in a rash, starting on her legs (looks like tiny pimples). When she woke up from her afternoon nap, she seemed to be constipated. She was straining and contoring her body like she had cramps. She was crying and straining so much I though she was going to vomit. We put her in the tub to see if a warm bath would help with the cramps. She rolled around in the tub in pain (crying the whole time). When we took her out, she didn't want to be touch. She didn't want anything to touch her skin (not even a towel). While we were on the phone with the nurse line trying to decide if we should take her to the emergency room, she stopped crying and decided she wanted a fruit cup. This is some bad stuff. Avoid it.

I quit taking Yasmin at the beginning of July after posting my symptoms which included horrible daily migraines, tingling in my left foot and leg, shortness of breath, being extremely emotional, etc. These symptoms did not present themselves until I had been taking the pill for about a year and since I kept on the pill for another year after that, I dealt with these symptoms on almost a daily basis thinking they were stress-related!

Well, within a month of stopping the pill, ALL of my symptoms went away. No more headaches, no more scary tingling. My period came as expected. Sure, I know have some cramping and bloating that result from being hormone-free, but I am so happy and feel so much healthier now.

LADIES>LISTEN TO YOU BODIES AND TRUST YOURSELVES!!! I saw two doctors who basically blew me off when I told that I thought them that my symptoms were related to my pill. One told me that those side effects are written on the booklet that accompany the pill package, but that they don't really happen to women?!?!?!?!?!?!? She wanted to send me to a neurologist. Well, like I said before, I'm off Yasmin, am 100% symptom-free, and feel like new again.

I've been taking levoxyl for 21/2 months. Initially my TSH was 4.1 but I was pregnant so my Dr said she wanted to put me on meds to bring the level down. It worked to bring the level down to 1.2 within 3 weeks. Unfortunately I miscarried, but the Dr. said to stay on it. Since then I've experienced hair loss, anxiety, insomnia and extreme vaginal dryness. I thought it was a hormonal imbalance until I accidently left my meds at home on a 3 day vacation. All of my symptoms went away by the 3rd. day. So I'm a little suspicious! My doctor dais to go off it and they'll re check my TSH in 3 weeks. Lets pray it stays down because I don't want to ever be on that drug again!!

My mother was prescribed Levaquin for a bladder infection on January 19, 2004. She took it for 8 days and our life has been a living hell ever since. She is a little better now but after she took the medication we thought she was going crazy. She did not sleep at night, had muscle spasms in her legs (her legs would pop up for no reason at all), had heat flashes, serious anxiety, she could not taste food at all (she lost 30 lbs), body aches, very sore muscles, nightmares, crying, feeling like she wanted to jump out of her own skin, an overall feeling of doom. After several doctors visits and emergency room visits she is almost herself again. My mom is 64 years old and a very outgoing woman. Someone needs to see that this drug gets taken off of the market!! If she had been told of the possible side effects she would have never taken Levaquin!!