Something wrong symptoms and conditions

I have been taking Omeprazole for two weeks. About one week into it, I started getting daily headaches that would start shortly after waking up and last all day. I am dizzy all day and seem to have trouble focusing my eyes . I was starting to get worried that there might be something wrong with me, but beginning to think it's probably the Omeprazole. I stopped taking it yesterday. Anybody know how long for the side effects to go away after stopping the medication?

I have been on Yaz for a few weeks. The side effects are awful. I am 31 and haven't been on BCP's since 1999. I sat down with my NP to explore different options for dealing with my terrible periods and she thought Yaz was the answer.
Well I have averaged about 4 hours of sleep a night since starting it. Because Yaz is like a diuertic I am up peeing all night as well.I feel anxious and panicky. Normally I am very laid back but feel like I am going nuts.The thing that drives me the most crazy is having restless legs while lying in bed. Time to get my potassium checked? I will be stopping this med as nothing should make you feel this bad. Not worth it.As a nurse I would never tell my patients to take this. I feel like an idiot for starting a pill that 1000's of women on the internet are complaining about.Of course you would never see the positive comments. But this pill sucks!

I started taking Singulair last Oct. 2006 for allergic asthma.
Within the month, I gained about 15 lbs., & no amount of working out reduced it. I had recently lost a friend/teacher to cancer, & had people staying in my house for all of October. I was a monster, unable to control myself (although I realize the situation was challenging). Over the past year, I often was irritable & have struggled with low immunity. I went on a month long Buddhist retreat in August, got off the stuff, & have felt GOOD. Symptoms have returned since being home, but I'm taking just regular
Loratidine & am OK. I feel there is something wrong with Singulair...that it wore down my immune system even more, & was taking a toll in some way. I will not use it again.

It's hard to describe all the side effects I think I am having from taking 50mg. of toprol 1x a day, at bedtime. Since taking it, I have heart palpitations,flushing, full body pain, sleep all the time. Feel without hope- so I guess that would be described as depression. I have 0 energy, or even motivation. I have become a hermit in my own house, have not gone out anywhere at all- the entire summer. At first I thought it was becuase certain terrible things were happening with my daughter- but now that has abated-BTW she's 47. So I don't think the way I am feeling has to do with that. I feel just ghorrible- worse every day. Don't want to do anything. All I do most of the time, is sleep, or pray that God will let me die- I have nothing to live for- or Please heal me. Finally I have an appointment with my Cardiologist-Internist this Thursday, and I will ask him to take me off the Toprol. Tonight I am not going to take it, nor anymore until I see him. Nancy

I took 500mg of Levaquin once a day for two days. I stopped taking it because of the frightening side effects that I experienced. The doctor prescribed the antibiotic for a mild case of campylobacter. I normally never take medicine for anything, but the doctor assured me that this antibiotic was very strong and would take care of my problem. However, after a few hours after the first dose I began to experience a rapid heart beat, tightness of the chest, and about once every fifteen minutes I could feel my heart skip a beat. Unfortunately, I took another dose the following day, but I experienced much of the same. I stopped taking it after that because I thought that no treatment was worth these effects. It has been 3 days since I took my last dose and my heart is still racing and skipping beats. I told my doctor and he told me that this was just a common side effect of levaquin when caffiene is mixed with levaquin. But I have avoided caffiene for days. It's very scary to have something wrong with your heart when you are otherwise very healthy. I hope these symptoms leave because it's driving me crazy!!!!

I used NuvaRing for about a year and a half before I stopped. At first, I thought it was great. It was discrete and worry free and cheaper then the pill. I also didn't seem to have any side effects. Until a few months later when I started getting headaches. Then sex began to be painful. The pain wasn't too bad at first and I thought maybe I just wasn't sufficiently aroused. I never thought to connect it with the Ring. Gradually, the pain got worse and worse to the point where I had to stop having sex at all. I thought there was something wrong with me and my body. I tried everything, condoms, lubrication, vibrators, anything that might make sex pleasurable, but it was useless. Finally, even touching the area became unbearable. One night my fiancee tried to touch me it felt like glass cutting my vagina. It was awful.
Until one night when I realized the Ring had fallen out. I always used to check the ring before engaging in any kind of sexual activity, just to make sure it was there, as I tend to be a little paranoid. Event though we couldn't have sex I checked the ring anyway, out of habit, and realized it was missing. Fortunately pregnancy was not a concern since I hadn't had sex in months but it was still a shock that it could fall out and I'd never even know. I went online to see what to do if the ring fell out and discovered the pain during intercourse is an UNLISTED side effect of the NuvaRing. I was outraged. I'd spent months thinking there was something wrong with my body and turns out it was the ring! I stopped using it immediately and two months later was able to engage in intercourse with minimal pain. This has been a huge ordeal and I'm glad it's finally ending. If you value your body, DON"T USE NUVARING! It breaks your body and takes all the pleasure out of sex. Also, had I been having sex I could have gotten pregnant without even realizing it. The fact that pain during intercourse is an unlisted side effect is unconscionable and outrageous! Don't support such an irresponsible company!

I have been taking NR for 6 months now. It was great at first. I didn't realize some of the symptoms I was having were even related to the ring:
severe headaches
nausea
swelling of hands and face to the point of severe pain
breakthrough bleeding
severe mood swings

I took the ring out last night and don't expect to feel better for awhile. I seriously thought I had something wrong with me I didn't put it all together until I didn't have a period this time and then last month I had a really bad one a week before I was supposed to. My family thinks i am insane. I have really depressing thoughts. Before I took it out yesterday I was crying one minute then in a rage the next. My husband said to take it out right now because he couldn't take dealing with me anymore. I woke up this morning bloated and tired but a little better.

I am so glad that I looked up this site. I am not crazy or dying of some uncurable disease. It was just my hormones and whatever else is in that stupid ring.

They told me I had to refrigerate the ring because it releases the hormones by the heat in your body, well what if it doesn't work right. How do they know that it releases the same amount daily like it is supposed to?. I truly feel poisoned and imbalanced.

I have been taking NR for 6 months now. It was great at first. I didn't realize some of the symptoms I was having were even related to the ring:
severe headaches
nausea
swelling of hands and face to the point of severe pain
breakthrough bleeding
severe mood swings

I took the ring out last night and don't expect to feel better for awhile. I seriously thought I had something wrong with me I didn't put it all together until I didn't have a period this time and then last month I had a really bad one a week before I was supposed to. My family thinks i am insane. I have really depressing thoughts. Before I took it out yesterday I was crying one minute then in a rage the next. My husband said to take it out right now because he couldn't take dealing with me anymore. I woke up this morning bloated and tired but a little better.

I am so glad that I looked up this site. I am not crazy or dying of some uncurable disease. It was just my hormones and whatever else is in that stupid ring.

They told me I had to refrigerate the ring because it releases the hormones by the heat in your body, well what if it doesn't work right. How do they know that it releases the same amount daily like it is supposed to?. I truly feel poisoned and imbalanced.

I started taking Lisinopril for my bp about 2 1/2 months ago and even though it did lower my bp, I started having strange side-effects. It started out with drowsiness throughout the day, no matter how much sleep I got. And, waking up feeling drowsy even after 8-10 hours of sleep. Then, I started getting strange aches and pains throughout my body, like I was getting over a stomach flu. My asthma also flared up and I started having to use my inhaler for the first time in almost 15 years (usually I just need it after exercise.) The side-effects continued to get worse over the next months with increased fatigue, drowsiness, coughing, anxiety, muscle aches, poor concentration, feeling like my nerves were "shot," headache, weakness, tightness in my lungs, numbness in my hands and feet, and just plain feeling bad.
I made an appointment to see my doctor because I thought there was something seriously wrong with me. It crossed my mind that I might be feeling this way because of the Lisinopril. I stumbled across this website and after reading everyone's testimonials, I decided to stop the Lisinopril. I haven't taken it in 3 1/2 days, and I am already feeling much better. I would rather try a more holistic approach to lowering my bp then taking Lisinopril.
I hope this helps someone else out there who might be going through the same thing.

wow i was starting to think that i had something wrong with me cuz of the depression! i have been on the nuva ring for 6 months, every month i get worse...im soooo irriatable i cry over everything...my sex drive has not decreased but i have absoultly noooo confidence...i feel fat...i get bloated for no reason...im so tired so i have dark circles under my eyes everyday, all of that makes me not want to have sex...i have convinced myself that im ugly and hes only touching me because he feels he has too! my boyfriend and i have 2 kids together, and he has recently told me that he doesnt know who i am and he doesnt want to be with me anymore cuz he cant take my mood swings. i have no sense of humor, i snap at everyone. i also always have a discharge! its sooo annoying. and i spot almost everyday during the month, and i still have a full blown period that to me has become more painful then ever, my doc said all this would stop but it hasnt!
im to the point where i have thought about sucide and i dont want to take care of my kids, i barely eat anything and when i do, i get bloated and i work out (with 2 babies under 3 im pretty active!) and i have only lost 35 pounds since i gave birth in oct. i only gained 27 my whole pregnancy! my pants are tight today, but in 2 days they might be loose and then a few days after that they are really tight again...i hate the niva ring!

I've experianced a number of the side effects mentioned in these posts. Mostly the miserable cough and fatigue. My question is joint pain. I've been on Lisinopril about 6 weeks and shortly after beginning I started getting pain in my right hip. Can hardly walk in the morning. Could be coincedence but..........anybody else?

I started taking lisinopril in June, I have been going back and forth with problems but not once was I told it possibly was the lisinopril, tests upon tests upon tests! My complaints are severe fatique, I would walk about 20 feet and feel like I walked 10 miles, it seems any old injuries I have ever had have come back and are so sore and sensitive I can barely stand it, even to brush my hair is so painful, at first i thought it was the spirlactone/hydroclothorizide I was taking ,now I think it is probably the lisinopril, I have the cough, not real severe but it is there off and on, I have been gaining weight, 3 to 4 pounds everytime I go back to the doc. hands going numb, I try to eat healthy and to chew an apple fatiqued me so much I couldn't stand it, I've been telling my doctor all this stuff and he just keeps ordering more tests and bloodwork, I'm still waiting for the results of my last bloodwork where he took me off my meds for 3 days, he suspects something wrong with my kidneys, this is very frightening, they are also saying I may be diabetic and there is no history in our family either. I still can't believe the extreme fatique and weakness, when I get up after sitting my feet and back are so painful it is pathetic, now my knees are starting to hurt too! I've had ankle problems and back injuries years ago, but the pain is so severe, it's like it just happened, I'm beside myself, I will definetly be talking to the doctor about this!! Thanks to everyone for posting this information, I would have had no idea that the lisinopril could cause all these problems, I stopped taking the spirolactone and hydro, but now am wondering if this was any of the problem at all.I also had the cramping in my legs, neck, head, still i thought it was the other drug, boy I hope I can get answers, they started me at 10 and now I'm taking 30's the doc said if it doesn't take care of the b/p the dosage can go up to 85 "so there is lots of room to work with"......... I don't think so!!!! I also am very sensitive to cold or heat, man I'm a wreck!!! I went to the doctor to feel better!!!

Hi Virginia!

Here I am! I've been off of Yasmin for about 1,5 years now and still struggeling with some symptoms off and on!! In my special case my first normal period has arrived only about 8 weeks ago after stopping Yasmin!! So my hormones are definitely still not back to normal after such a long time!! I never before had any problems with my period, it always was there around every 5 - 6 weeks.....

May I ask how old you are Virginia? I'm one week before my 32nd birthday and as many women wrote already it seems, that getting back to normal after such a hormonal chaos is more difficult in "higher" ages...

The only thing that I know is, that all that agony DEFINITELY was brought on by Yasmin and every symptom that is now still coming up sometimes (but keep in mind: NOT AT ALL as severe as it was WITH Yasmin!!) is caused by that still lasting hormonal chaos in my body.

I feel very unsure and anxious around the time I should be ovulating and again around the time my period should start. Then there are a few very good weeks again nearly without ANY problems and then it starts again... It goes up and down always with the hormonal changes during a monthly cycle!!

Well, you also should have checked out your thyroids (as flowerbabies already told in her previous post). Perhaps there is something wrong after stopping Yasmin!?

I decided to give my body even more time than I already did to get back to normal. Hormonal things are no flu or just a cold... It can take a very long time to rebalance everything again but I still feel a n improvement of my fitness every month!!

You said, that you are taking Clonozepam occasionally for the anxiety, well that could really be another reason for your still lasting anxiety. That might sound weird but I know what I'm talking about!! In February 2005 I had to take such stuff, too, because I was totally in despair and didn't know how to get through another day of this agony... I took it for only one week, because I felt the same things as you do now: It made me even MORE tired than the Yasmin already did, my muscles got weak and like rubber and I didn't feel like myself at all...

Please research a little over the internet about the side effects of diazepam or clonozepam. I'm pretty sure you'll find your symptoms!!

It might sound very hard Virginia, but I think you really should give your body time WITHOUT ANY chemical to get back to normal by its own. The only thing that I always had with me during the very hard times of 2005 was some Valerian (a herbal remedy), which always helped me to calm down a bit when the anxiety seemed unbearable, but with absolutely no side effects, especially without giving me weakness or tiredness!!

I think the multivitamin and b-complex is also a very important thing to take. Even if in my case the b-complex gave me some strange nervousness always a few hours after taking it... I don't know if I'm extra sensitive about such things or so... But the b-complex is really important. So you should try out by yourself, if it's good for you or not.

Another important thing especially for your nerves is MAGNESIUM! It helps with stress and nervousness so much!! I still take it in times, when I'm under stress or feeling weak again and it helps!!

OMG, I hope my post sounds not too confused, though I always really try my best to say what I mean in english (I'm from Germany...).

If there are any other questions or you're in need for pep talk, please post here Virginia and all of the other still suffering Yasmin victims out there!!

Best wishes to you and god's bless.

And thank you flowerbabies for your posts everyday!! I'm still coming around here every day to see what's going on and am so glad to see, what you're doing!! All the best to you, too!!

Silke

I started taking Yasmin 5 months ago after a leg swelling that I thought was caused by another BC. For the past 3 weeks or so I have been experiencing itchiness like mad right before or after my period. I am getting married in less than two months and my fiance thinks there is something wrong with me because I have absolutely no sex drive whatsoever. He was very worried that I didn't want to marry him anymore. I knew that wasn't the case, but couldn't stand seeing him worrying so much. So, today I did some searches and found this information. It all makes since, moodiness, itching, lack of sex drive. This little pill has been making me crazy at a time that I should be the happiest. I am going to the OB in a couple weeks and getting off these crazy pills.

I had to take levaquin almost 6 years ago. I was misdiagnosed and then the DR keep me on the meds for 4days when I showed him the rash all over my body.He told my to go hame and take some benadrilafter being on it for 9days he then gave me some other meds.I went in every day for a week, and he kept giving me a new drug. i would even would tell him that i couldn't get out of bed to even take care of my kids. i can't stay awake to eat or drink any thing. then it got to the point that i couldn't take it any more. my body hurt so bad i couldn't stand. i walked bent over. went to the E. R there i was made to keep the same DR that gave me the meds Intel i got to go home. i was in only over night. i then went to the DR that gave me the levaquin in the first place and he was the one that told me i was misdiagnosed and that he was so sorry. Then I found a new DR and he did all kinds of test my liver was in larger I was yellow. my DR couldn't under stand why I was out of the hospital. Before I took levaquin I was lucky if I got sick once every 2 years. Now there is always something wrong with me. my lungs, my kidneys, even my back. I think I my have lupus and levaquin is what started it all my thyroid problems. first it was an overactive thyroid. Called Hyperthyroidism.
I had to do Radioiodine treatment. To kill my thyroid. now I have Hypothyroidism. (it don't work without meds) I have COPD. I also have trouble with my bones popping. even my hips when I move. Now I had to do dxa bone denesitomery test. My bones look thin.I have osteoposis. I'm only 36 years old and there is days I feel like I'm 100. it's getting to the point that I don't want to tell my DR things. Out of fear that he's going to think I'm crazy or something. There is not month that goes by that I'm not in to see him for something. If one of the kids get sick I will get it for sure. I'm also tried alot. i really believe all the things that are wrong with me is because of levaquin. there was a lot of things that was wrong at first. like loss of hair, couldn't take care of family, Rash, liver, fogginess, feel much worse in the morning when I getting out of bed. i'm sure there is a lot of other things I'm forgetting since I took it and now I have $70,000.00 in meds bills and they still don't know whats wrong with me. it's even hard for me to do things with my kids some days. I have good days and bad days. I spend a lot of time trying to find out whats wrong and how to fix it. I would like to find a way for levaquin to be taken off the market there is to many things that go wrong with it.

Responding to the latest poster.

No, no improvement for me in 6 months.

So sorry to have to say that. For you and I and the rest of us.

I just came back from a rheumotologist who has done many, many tests on me. I shared with him my belief that this all started within 1 or 2 days of taking only one medicine ( and after not taking "any" other medicine at all for 1 or more years before this ) and that is Levaquin.

Immediately the subjcect of psychiatric help was brought up by him and his feeling that it is very easy to read other peoples emotional responses such are posted on this board into your own situation.

He did give me the time and chance to at least present the idea to him regarding the "fact" that all of this began shortly after I started taking my 6 day dose of Levaquin. When I told him about the thousands of "exactly" matching experiences by you other posters, he shifted in his seat and stopped me and told me what I just recounted in the previous paragraph.

After repeating individually all the medical tests that have come back negative on me and repeating his hope that I get back on anti-depressants, he then shook my hand with a look of pity on his face and said something like, I hope that my allowing you to unload your concerns on me helped.

I am 54. I am not so ignorant that I don't understand and appreciate the importance of relying on well tested, scientifically solid and proven facts when it comes to making decisions about almost everything. But there is something wrong here. I can sense it. And yet no doctor will give "any' weight to what you and I and others are honestly pouring out here on these boards.

The "fact" that thousands of people are saying the same thing after almost all of them report only one thing in common ( the taking of Levaquin and or Cipro and usually just this one medicine alone ) is simply emotionally unstable nonsense motivated
by people who are suffering from something other than Levaquin or Cipro side effects and proabably mental in nature.
And their physical testing results are thier God of logic here.
If 500,000 people were reporting what we are reporting, and they didn't have the 30 different clinical test results to back this up they would probably say this was some form of mass hysteria.

It is a very sad and actually frightening statement about the almost crazy mind closing mentality of our medical community and their educational conditioning.

Of course there aren't many studies and clinical test results of people who have had such serious side effects like ours from Levaquin and Cipro. These powerful antibitoics haven't been around for decades and there is proabably 100,000 times more money behind trying to prove these drugs work and are fine and "not" that dangerous, than the monetary amounts and motivations behind trying to show that they are indeed much more danagerous and damaging than anyone will admit.

My depression and anxiety took off "after" I started taking Levaquin, not before! My leg weakness and soreness and other limb pain is "not" coming from my depression. And all these other unprecedented and extreme cases of insomnia, itching arms and scalp, weird wincing pains, stomach problems, shuddering, tremors, weird pulse rates, incredibly heightened sensitivity to cold and then immediate turns to feeling too hot, uncoordinatided gate and a few other carzy symprtoms started only after 1 or 2 days of a 6 days dose of Levaquin for me. And I have never, ever experienced anything like this before in my life ( with the exception of a few panic attacks, like who hasn't had those ) until I started taking this Levaquin.

I have written to so many major media outlets asking them to start looking into this situation of ours and so many like us. I will "never" just cave and accept my devastatingly changed life by simply accepting every doctors explanation that I am just a loon because their test results aren't shwoing them any results that would explain this.
WRITE...write to everyone you can about this. There is massive money behind trying to make you believe there is nothing wrong here. Stand up and be courageous here. You may have to take anti-depressants in the search for the truth and cure...but what other choice do we all have? JB

I started taking Guaifen 3 days ago and i had a hard time sleeping. The first day i felt that my heart was beating very fast and i could not sleep at all. The next night, again, i was not able to sleep even 30 mintues altogether, and during those 30 mintues, i had nightmares. I did not know that this medication can cause sleeplessness until i read the side affects. I knew there was something wrong becuase it is unlike me not to sleep, since i love sleeping.

Okay, I'm 15 and I take 200 mg per day of Topamax for Bipolar. I had read to page 3 and hadn't seen anyone taking it for that, or admitting it.
I'm also diabetic and I take Metformin (Glucophage-fage?) for that, and I take Naltrexone for cutting addiction, and I take Geodon for Bipolar, I guess. I also take Lunesta to sleep.
I take the Topamax in the morning with Metformin and Geodon when I get up around 6:30. When I wake up, just about every morning, I feel soo nauseous until I have something in my stomach. If I feel too sick, I can't eat, and my mouth starts to water and I just have to sit by the stool and pray something comes up so its over. I don't know if Topamax causes this though, but its horrible.
So after I take my meds, I get to school and I usually eat breakfast, sometimes even if I have eaten at my house before school. So I don't really see much on the weight loss side of things, which is another reason I was put on it, because Depakote made me gain 80 lbs.
When I get to first hour, which used to be P.E, and is now English, I am usually not prepared. I still don't have last week's assignment done.
2nd hour P.E. I never used to participate in, and now I am, that might be because of the class change, but I'm not for sure. I didn't get the make up work for Health done though, even though I got an A+ on the Test we had today.
I don't think I've mentioned this yet, but I am in the gifted program in my school, so I am very capable. Just so you know. Keep that in mind while reading this.
3rd hour Algebra. I usually sleep. If I'm awake, I have to concentrate extra hard, because the number and letters just don't make sense, and not because its Algebra. Today in math was a special scene because I said something wrong about a problem, it was like, 74 - 66 and we had to find the middle poin And do something so it was 70 + 4 and 70 - 4 and I thought the 4's were 6's so I said so. And he agreed and then he realized I was wrong and made a big deal about it. And all the guys started laughing and all I was thinking was not to let them see me cry. So I held it in until my throat was on fire. But I still cried a little bit.
4th hour. If I'm not asleep, I'm refusing to do work in Science class. Like today, I got sent to the office for not having the supplies to work on the project.
5th hour. I don't usually sleep. This is a class like Home Ec.
6th hour Art. I'm usually really defiant, refusing to do work, complaining about the assignment. I hold a steady C in that class.
7th hour Spanish. I never sleep in here, and I have a 95% A in here. I like this class.
When I get home, I am on the computer for all hours of the evening. Until its time for bed. But when I go to bed, I end up laying there for like, an hour or two, even though I have taken the Lunesta.
You know, I think I just rambled on about nothing. I think there are very little useful facts about Topamax side effects in here. Oh well.
So, to sum it up. When I'm at the CPU, my legs fall asleep. When I get up from the chair, I'm all achy and sore. In the morning, I'm nauseous. I sleep all day at school. I have no motivation. I get to feeling like a want to drop out at least once a week. I want to cut at least once a week. Although its been more than a month, thank you. I procrastinate like everything. I don't do homework. I spend all my time on the computer. I don't have many friends, because they don't like the way I act/seem.

talk to ******

I have something wrong with my tongue after taking this for a UTI, it might be dry mouth I dont know, but first my tongue seemed to have blisters where the pill touched my mouth, and now my whole tongue is raw, and it hurts to talk, eat, and drink. Does anyone know what this is?

I knew there was something wrong with me, but I wasn't sure what it was! I am so glad I decided to research YASMIN. Since I have been on it, I have gained 15 lbs, I have horrible headaches, I am always in crazy mood swings. I never had these troubles before and never gained weight like this. I didn't change my eating regimen so I knew it was something else. I even train 3 times a week with a trainer and the weight is sticking. I will be finding another birth control method!!!

First, let me thank all of you for posting your own experiences. It helps me and others realize we are not crazy about what's going on!

I've been on Yasmin for almost 3 months. After reading this website, I just made an appointment with my doctor to switch to another birch control...for three months, I have been feeling exhausted, over-anxious, depressed, and emotional! I have noticed periods of time when my heart feels like it is going to beat out of my chest, and I get night sweats even in the AC! I have been to my normal physician 2 times within this period of time thinking there was something wrong with me...I am now more apt to believe it was the Yasmin causing all these problems for me.

Don't get me wrong, I have tendencies towards being anxious, etc, but I cry at the drop of a hat, and I take things extremely personally that I know I normally wouldn't!

I can't say I've had all the side effects listed (bigger breasts? Nope!)...and I sure hope I don't start gaining weight going off this "wonder-drug".

I have been taking Lipitor for about 3 month now. I have no side effects. Is there something wrong with me?

Thank you for this website. I took yasmin for a couple of years but the worst side effects appeared in the last 3 months. These included shortness of breath, leg and foot cramps, and bad mood swings; however the worst side effect for me was EXTREME FATIGUE that worsened over this time. I didnt link it to yasmin and went to my GP several times each time feeling worse. By the end of this time I was so exhausted i could barely do anything, I was sleeping 12-14 hours per day and still feeling tired, I had no eneregy to even walk to the mailbox, I was crying constantly from sheer exhaustion. I was not depressed but did not feel happy just indifferent. When i read this website this tiredness had reached its peak, I felt like i was dying, i kept saying to my dr i KNOW there is something wrong with me i just dont know what! i stopped yasmin that night and within 3 days was starting to feel better, now a few weeks later I am sleeping less and have more eneergy and feel much more normal. I know it was yasmin that made me feel this way but because the side effects were delayed it took me a while to work it out.

I NEARLY DIED BECAUSE OF YASMIN. Now that i have your attention, i am not lying.
My GP put me on Yasmin for endometriosis and like so many of you i experienced all the weird freaky and depressive side effects. But it was in the middle of the night 30th october 2004 when i woke not being able to breathe that the emergency room of my local hospital took 11 long hours of pain to find a 4 inch long blood clot in my lung caused by the contraceptive pill! i spent a week in hospital and another two weeks in bed and then was put back in hospital where they told me i have lost a third of my right lung. i have been on warfarin, lost six months of my life with my kids and husband and i am now extremely suspicious of any drug medication of treatment. i cannot ever take any sort of hormone including for breast cancer or menopause. i do not know what other effects this will have on my life yet, it is too soon.
LISTEN TO YOUR BODIES LADIES. IF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG KEEP TELLING SOMEONE UNTIL THEY LISTEN.

I have been on Lipitor for almost two years, started having knee joint pain, was pooped all the time but added that up to my being 53 years old with a bad back. Then I got a very pronouned erratic tinnitus in my right ear, but the doctors could find no reason for it. Live with it they said, it is age. Ok. But now everytime I try to add a new pill into my body, the Lipitor fights it. I get a terrible burning in my chest, that works down into my both arms but it is not my heart. I get sick to my tummy and just feel terrible. It happens with any or all pills I try to take. So now off the Lipitor for 6 weeks while my doctor checks things out. But you know my knee is better, I can take pills again and my anxiety is better. I am not going to take Lipitor again. I knew there was something wrong, why won't doctors listen. Who knows our own bodies better. Thank you for this site, it has showed me so much.