Sinius infection symptoms and conditions

I was prescribed Levaquin about 3 weeks ago for a possible sinius infection. I was reading the booklet that comes with the meds and saw some of the side effects, tendon rupture, dizziness, sleep issues, etc. I told the doctor I didn't want to take it because I already have some tendinitis in my shoulder and other aches and pains. He said okay, then went back to the doctor for follow up and said either take the med or lets do a CAT scan on my sinius's. I said okay I will take it and see what happens... Well It was 500 mg and I took it for only 4 days out of the 10 and my pains were worse. I can not sleep at night and have been getting very dizzy. I called the doctor and told him, and he didn't seem fazed by what I told him and said just to stop taking and prescribed another antibiotic. I have been off the med for 3 days now and I still can not sleep and still feel dizzy. How long is this going to last?

I go to a hematologist and two days ago told her about the med and she too said she can not take this med, it is very strong and she had the same feelings.

Has anyone been off this med, and for how long did the dizziness go away. I have two young kids and they both just got the stomach bug, and I'm so overtired and just want to sleep but I can not.

I was prescribed Avelox after an ongoing sinius infection. I took 3 doses of the 14 day prescription. After the 2nd dose I started having extreme muscle & joint pain from my neck to my toes. I had a slight rash on my forarms and around my knee joints and I had itching on my feet that felt like biting flies. I was unable to move without pain for 3 days after that. My doctor prescribed Medrol dose pack steriods to help with the joint pain. After the first day of the steriods the itching on my feet worsend to extreme burning itching to the point I lost my mind with no sleep and overdosed on benadryl. I slept that off and continued to have muscle pain/joint pain. I started researching on the web and found that this class of drugs can be very toxic to the body. I found a support group online and they gave me some advise to help with the pain. As of this day it's been 8 days since the first dose and I would say the pain is 90% gone (thank God)

I have been on and off of pred for about 15 years in fairly low dosses, for allergies and nasal poloyps. Some of the side effects were swelling, soreness, warts on the hands, mood swings, night sweats, itching, flushing, when I was on higher doses severe night mares!! every night. A couple of years ago I had a bi cranionomy surgery for a sinius mucecell in the frontal sinus. Two polyp's had grown togather in the top of my nasal passage and the sinus couldn't drain. Any way they cut me from ear to ear across the top of my head and peeled the skin down and took a about a 3" by 3" section of skull out to remove the mucecell.
Since then I have had another polyp removal surgery thru the nose, that will make 4 all togather. PREDNISONE is the only thing that seems to work, I don't have to take high dossages, I take like 10 mg every 3 days maybe, but I still get side effects. Brusing, mood swings, itching, One wierd thing is the thinning of the skin that shows my scaring from the bi craninomy really bad. You can actually see the outlining of the brackets and screws where they put my skull back togather.
I need another surgery where the doctor has told me that the bony tissue that seperates the brain from the sinius' behind the eyes may be gone from the polyps eating away over a period of time, and they may have to open my head again, It really scared me so I didn't follow back up with the doctor and got some more prednisone from a primary care visit that I claimed that I have a sinius infection. It will carry me for a couple of months. It has been 8 months since I seen that doc that wants to open my head again (same doctor)this is a specialist from Duke Hospital in North Carolina. I'm doing ok with only 10mg every 2 to 3 days. Problem is tring to keep getting prednisone from doctor to doctor.