Shout symptoms and conditions

I originally posted about my 9 year old son on January 5th. Refer back to this for the symptoms. He had his upper and lower endoscopies on the 12th, and the lower showed numerous ulcers in the large intestine and at the beginning of the small intestine. The doctor insists that it has to be Crohn's disease based on just this and the blood work, which showed eosinophilia and elevated sedimentation. He is insistent that this has nothing to do with the Singulair and the dosage change. It's just a coincidence .... He' in the hospital for a week now. Watch for those stomach complaints! His started with poor appetite, complaining that he was full when he had hardly eaten, and vague complaints about eating giving him a stomach ache. It progressed to occasional diarrhea. It got worse quickly after that, just a few weeks.

My doctor prescribed lamictal after I reported hypomanic symptoms from prozac. The first couple of days on lamictal I thought it was the miracle drug; it really eliminated my mood swings. But as the days progressed, I began to have the following disturbing side effects:
- terrible insomnia (waking in the middle of the night and can't go back)
- horrifying violent dreams (of animals and people being hacked to death with machetes... interestingly, I reported this to my doctor and her response was, that just means your brain is adjusting to the chemicals...easy for her to say, she's not waking up with terrible memories of these disturbing dreams)
- weird pains and stiffness in my neck with swollen lymph nodes in the neck
- increase in anxiety and feelings of panic
- increase in feelings of anger and agitation
- feeling of detachment
- thoughts of suicide and the meaninglessness of life
- carbohydrate cravings and weight gain of nearly 4 pounds in 2 WEEKS!!
(weight had previously been stable for years)

These symptoms all appeared after taking the lamictal after only 2 weeks. Even though my doctor recommended actually INCREASING the dose of lamictal and/or adding prozac, I decided to wean off the lamictal (I was on the smallest dose of 25 mg) as an experiment to see if the symptoms would go away...
YES they did!! Every single one of them went away and were COMPLETELY gone after the second day of discontinuing the lamictal.

I know that this medication is being touted as the new miracle cure for bipolar II especially, but I think more clinical studies need to be done on lamictal. This experience was a very scary one and not unlike that reported by others on this site.

I was prescribed doxy as a precaution for a mole removal on Friday, started taking meds on Saturday. I am in day 5 and have noticed that since Day two I have had inexplicable joint and muscle ache and have been so tired for two days that I almost could not bring myself to return to work after lunch today. Normally I am a 4 hour a night sleeper who goes for a 3-4 mile run in the morning and works out with my trainer after a 14 hour work day without getting tired until about 11-11;30 at night. but something is wrong, I have never experienced the exhaustion of today and yesterday. Not even a grande Starbucks coffee, chased by a full shout of 5 hour energy brought reprieve. And I have been weepy and morbidly unhappy for absolutely no reason. Saturday night I heard a song that made me cry and I have never cried over a song. I have been moody and irritable since day one of the medication- without explanation and I took 3-4 hour naps this weekend. after reading other peoples comments I feel like its the meds. I am calling my doctor tomorrow to ask if I can get off the meds and I am not taking them tonight. d

I received the Kenalog shot in January. I started feeling tired and muscle aches, which I thought was just a virus. Then a dent appeared on my arm 2 weeks ago, and my muscles surrounding the maroon color dent began to tighten. I now have tendinitis in my shoulder and arm and I have lost all strength. My doctor said it could be from the shot, but stopped seeing me. i am going for an MRI on Monday because of the damage and pain that is non stop, and they are trying to figure out what is wrong. I have had several blood test because they swore I must have Lupus, or Rheumatory arthritis which came back negative.
I am very frustrated. I am a server by trait, I am a mother of 5, and it seems like my life is changed. I can't work, no one can give me answers, and I would like to know if these symptoms will go away or if I am stuck with this arm atrophy forever.

My daughter is three and a half. She has been a Singulair since she was 18 months old. She has also been on oral pred, xopenex, pulmicort for her asthma. Last fall, her pediatrician (the same doc who put her on Singulair) diagnosed her as hyperactive and probably attention deficit. She is often difficult to manage. Her pre-school teacher has complained that she is disruptive in class. She speaks at a shout, is demanding and interrupts people constantly. She has been gaining weight -- and I'm worried that even though she is 3 1/2 she is wearing a size 5. She has also developed the hard-blink tic. Her pediatrician has recommended she see a neurologist for the tic. Thanks heavens a neighbor saw a news story on the side effects of singulair and told me about them. I am taking her off the drug now.

i started taking Yasmin around 2 months ago.
I havent really experienced any majorly horrid side effects, except for tender breasts which is driving me nuts, my boyfriend cant hug me without me flinching in pain!
there has been the slight weight gain and the headaches, but i didnt realize until today and after reading all the posts that my sudden and extreme moodiness is due to Yasmin.
Iv noticed recently that iv been snapping at my boyfriend over nothing, getting very irritated and upset with very little to get upset over and that my anger getting out of hand.
And its not the regular 'PMS' symptoms of irritability...its severe full blown mood problems...and theyr really starting to take their toll on my relationship with my boyfriend. I find it hard to justify why i snap, and shout and respond in a rude way to anything he says...because i dont know myself...i have no answer....
i guess i can at least attribute it to Yasmin....but still.....
I dont know if i should change pills or not, as yasmin has been the first iv tried...