Stay awake symptoms and conditions

It has been hell on earth. In order for the Seroquel to tame down my anxiety and mood swings I needed to be on 400 mg. However, anything more than 25mg and I could not stay awake during the day for more than an hour or two. When it did work for the anxiety at 400mg, I felt like I had had a lobotomy. Quitting Seroquel is just as bad if not worse. I am so nauseated I cannot function. I sit around all day trying all sorts of stomach remedies and trying not to vomit. I have also been experiencing violent diarrhea. I can hardly sleep and yet I am horrifically tired. The withdrawals for this are worse than Effexor. I would fervently try to discourage anyone from using this drug. Unless you like feel like the walking dead.

Update:
Another week has gone by with the ring out and i feel GREAT!
I'm not paranoid! I'm not sad, or antisocial... I haven't passed out once since it's been out!
I've been able to stay awake all day, every day. No naps, very very little fatigue (just a little at the end of long days, which i think feels normal).
I feel social! Sexual! I have self confidence!
Honestly, in the past month I feel like my life has completely turned around. I am getting along with my boyfriend sooo much better because I am mentally healthier and finally have a libido again!

I agree- if you're not experiencing weird symptoms, you're lucky! I loved the ring at first. Just be careful and aware!

As for alternatives to the ring... I don't know what to do really. I decided with my doctor to take 3 months off of hormonal birth control just to figure out how I feel naturally. After that though, I'm not sure. Just relying on condoms alone kind of freaks me out. Definitely not ready to deal with baby decisions...

Thank the Lord for this site. I took 1 pill of this stuff.... just one 10mg pill, and I spent the day trying to stay awake, dizzy, confused, and strangely depressed and emotionally distrought. (and I do not have any history of depression nor have any traumatic or emotional events occured in my life.)

At first I thought I was losing my mind, but then I had a friend tell me about Lisinopril and boy am I glad. I stopped taking the stuff today and I hope the symptoms go away quickly. I know it's personal, but I've also been unable to get an errection since I started the stuff and even now that I've quit.

How Ironic, the medical profession has moved from the cruedality of selling snake-oil to the more advanced effects of selling snake-venom. I think I'll stick with aspirin and exercise.

Thanks everyone for your comments.

I used the nuvaring for over a year. We had two children and wanted to wait for a while. I loved it, but did gain 25lbs while using it. Which is alot because I only weighed 115 when I got it. I look four months pregnant. Sa. So we decided to have our third and final child...then get my hubby fixed, so I tool the ring out. I tool it out in the middle of my cycle bcause the nuva site said it was ok. That was 6 days agoa nd I am bleeding so heavily still I cannot leave the house. am having bad back pain, and my boobs hurt so I can't stand it. I have broke out and my hair feels and looks nasty greasy no matter how much I wash it. I can't stay awake to care for my toddlers. I suffered from depression, severe headaches, and lost my sex drive completely while using the ring. I thought the side effects would go away when I discontinued use, but they have just multiplied! I hope these after effects stop soon. I am miserable and will never use the ring again. I hope my fertility is not effected...:(

I started taking Wellbutrin three weeks ago. I had been taking Zoloft for four years and it had been working fine except my insurance company tripled the cost and I was beginning to have to take more to get the same results. I thought Wellbutrin might be good alternative after doing some research and my doctor thought it would be good for me to try out. Well, since I have been taking Wellbutrin I have become emotional (wanting to cry at things I would never cry at before), more irritable, my husband says "I am not the same person", dizzy, two sips of a beer gave me a horriable headache which lasted until the next morning, I had to sit down on a bench at the mall because I felt like I was going to faint, and worse of all my brain became very "fuzzy" feeling. It was like my short term memory was damaged. I am taking a Spanish class and was doing well (A's). After I started taking Wellbutrin I could not concentrate enough in class to learn, even saying to my professor, "please skip me, I am not feeling well". It was humiliating. I have maintained a 4.0 in every class I have taken since 1999 and completed a masters degree last year. So, all in all-this was my experience. Maybe if I had taken it longer, it would have been different, but it was like torture for me. One positive note....I felt absolutely no internal depression after a week of taking it (other than being upset about the other symptoms). It worked really well in that area.....so, maybe if others do not have all the symptoms I experienced, it would be a very good drug to take for depression-just not for me!

Been on NR for 10 months. I had been off the pill for a few years after being on it for 15 years straight. The 1st few months on NR I noticed the mood swings from the insertion and removal of the ring, otherwise it was ok. I also lost about 9 pounds. But it has stated to creep up on me that over the last 6 months I felt like I had to really work hard to focus on anything. Very spacy and possibly depressed, critical of myself and others and a bit obsessive about certain things. This was nothing like the laid back person my friends knew before. Then I got a urniary tract infection and a few months later, after very painful sex, I got a yeast infection. Since the yeast infection a week ago I have gained 5 lbs. I hope it is bloating and will go away after this period. It feels is like my body is completly out of synch. I have felt extreamly tired over the past 6 months. It wasent a constant tiredness, but when it came on it was very difficult to stay awake, at work, in meetings etc. I also could not get out of bed sometimes, I had the achy bones and sorness that others have experenced. I kept looking at my nutrition intake to make sure I was getting what I needed and I should have been fine. I keept wondering what is wrong with me...... Then one day I wonderd if the extreme need to sleep, and the general feeling of not beeing fully conected to my surroundings could be this ring and the hormones. I am thinking of going off it to see if my life, sleep, etc. improves. I also wanted to mention that the NR website does not address if there are any issues with using a yeast medication over the counter or the pill. I have seen on other websites that both can cause issues. When I called NR they could only comment on the Monistat, Miconazole-That it will increase the level of hormones-and it is safe to use. Now scientifically if the levels go high enough it can cause spontanious ovulation......but they could not comment on that. They had no information on Diflucan- the pill for yeast infections or its possible affect. How is it possible they do not know if common medications can cause you to potentially become pregenant or have other side affects. I now truly question if this company has did the research in shlud to be on the market.

I just started yasmin. After reading your posts i dont think i want to take this pill. i went to a clinic and this was the only kid of birth control pills they had. I dont want to have any kids ever and i wanted some other kind of birth control besides condoms. I wanted to make sure that i used two types of birth control condoms and something else to make sure that i never will get pregnant. This is the first birth control i have ever taken. I have only taken one pill and i have a headach behind my eyes, i am extemely hungry but get nausea when i look at or smell food, i am tired i can barely stay awake, and i kept waking up like five or six times last night and was sweating. any suggestions on what other types of birth control i should try.

I have been taking lisinopril for about four months and my doctor increased my meds to 20mg from 10mg. Everything was fine except the tiredness so I take it at night before bed or I could not stay awake during the day. Then I wole up with numb feet one morning and just thought it was nothing as i get swelling when the weather gets warm. well the numbness is still there two weeks later. It is very uncomfortable and is moving up my legs and my arms and legs feel very tired and weak. Last night I counted the pills remaining from the last prescription refill and sure enough the amount left coinsides with the last refill, which by the way is a different manufacturer because the pills are a different color, shape and size. I went to the doctor this week and am waiting for the blood test results. I should know today. I am active and walk five days a week and work out at the Y three times a week. Has anyone else had funny feet problems?

I am on Day 5 of Levaquin for sinus infection and this is the first time (of the past 6 years of taking it) that I am having some side effects. When I rub my eyes, I see white flashes; I am achey, I have bouts of nausea; I am bloated at times; I have even felt someone standing nearby me and think I see someone for a flash, and no one is there; just feel lousy. I didn't sleep good at all last night and couldn't stay awake today. I am allergic to so many antibiotics that I don't have a lot of options left. Just wanted to share this .. and I see I am not alone .. perhaps it is the Levaquin.

I was put on blood pressure medicine a couple of months ago because of a problem with my left eye. I was amazed to see that some of the people listed eye problems as a side effect. My blood pressure has always been good (118 over 78 was pretty common) but they wanted to lower it some more until the eye problem was under control. I have never felt so miserable in my life. I am tired all the time and I couldn't hardly stay awake for the entire Super Bowl yesterday. I've got a call in to my doctor to see if she'll put me on something else.

well my hubby started taking this a week in half before christmas 06 for MRSA (STAPH). the week before christmas he had a high fever,shaking so hard it would make him crazy,diahrea,out of it , could not stay awake, he said he felt as if he was in a fog. i took him to the doc 4 days later they said they dont know what is wrong with him after some test and put him on ZPAC and told him to lay off the sulfameth till the ZPAC was done. so he was better after 3 days on the ZPAC and he did not start the sulfameth back up for 9 days and the first day he took it he could not walk his knees hurt so bad and fever, stiff neck, diahrea again i called the doc they said it might be the flu , called walgreens they said no way it could be the sulfameth. so we are going to the ER if not any better and he will not be taking this drug again. i do beleave that doc dont know every thing and some time you must trust your instints.

Right after I take it, I drop to sleep or feel faint if I try to stay awake. It's really scary because I have a 3 yr old at home with me who needs my constant attention. I have started taking it at night. Also I work for a call in crisis center and for the first month on it I just could not force myself to listen ot others troubles. Normally I am a very compassionate and patient person. I was irritable, edgy, and actually began seeing the callers as draining. I love my job and love being a friend to others, all this dried up. I had a severe hormonal reaction after the birth of my daughter and Yasmin was supposed to be the magic cure. How are you supposed to work on this stuff? I have eaten dinner out somewhere rather than cook because I find the kitchen overwhelming. The household chores have gone amiss where before I was very organized and tidy. I just cannot find the energy. Then the fog would wear off in the evenings and I stay up too late. One morning determined to conquor the "drowsies" I drank a water glass heavy duty dark coffee and still literally dropped off in a coma like sleep. I notice they are strong after I eat as well. I am on my second month and reluctant to give it up because I have been suffering with so many other hormonal issues prior to taking it!

I was put on Geodon about 2.5 to 3 years ago for about 7 months. I was only 15 at the time so I had little control to what medication I was being perscribed to. I wanted to get off of it about two or three months after I was on it but I had a terrible physiatrist who insisted he knew what I was experiencing better than I did which was perfect because if I refused to take any medication then I was sent to a pych ward for a week. My parents were understandably worried and didn't understand anything about these medications so they listened to that idiot.
Ok so, though at the time they weren't sure, I had severe depression. He thought it could be bi-polar and put me on Geodon, which I just read today that THIS year the FDA says is a medication to treat bi-polar. I can't remember how much I took but I think it was around 80mg to start. Within the first few days I noticed some annoying side effects such as drowziness and alittle shaking. Within a few weeks since nothing positive had happened, the physiatrist decided to increase the dosage. I noticed no change in my emotional state but the side effects were getting worse, I was becoming really fatigued most of the day, if I sat in one spot for about an hour my back would start to ache very badly, I noticed I was getting somewhat paranoid during the night as I become more tired. Still despite all this the physiatrist decided to increase it again things got worse ect. ect. he increased it AGAIN, I was on at least 180mg by then. At that point every night at about 10 I was knocked out, I literally couldn't stay awake even if I tried. Sitting in one spot for 30min made my back ache. I began to find it extremely difficult to use the bathroom (both ways). I also developed some minor hallucinations, the most memorable one being that, out of the corner of my eye, I saw my dog becoming flat and sliding under the door. This sounds like it might be funny and it may have been if it wasn't for the worst side effect, the paranoia. Every evening as I began getting sleepy the slightest noises would make me jump and if I was alone in a dark area I would constantly look behind me in fear. I would tell myself "this is just that pill cmon it's not real" but I would still feel a sensation of fear. My parents, though they reluctantly trusted the phyciatrist, at that point had had enough. There was still no change in my emotional state in terms of depression and since this was all overwhelming me the depression was just getting worse. Since it was getting worse the shrink wanted to admit me to a pych ward (for the third time) and my parents disagreed. They had a pretty big arguement, I very rarely see my mom unable to handle herself in an arguement but she was crying pretty bad. We never went back to that guy, though he did send my dad a letter saying that he thought that their desicion to not send me to the hospital was stupid and that he went to however many years of school and they don't know anything ect. ect. ect.
The next guy we went to got me off Geodon as soon as possible. To this day I have a small temor in my hands and find it difficult to use the bathroom often.

i am a highschool student and have been taking geodon off and on for at least 6 months, i got BPD and have been on other stuff but this is the only one i will put up with, after being on it at least 6 months i still could not wake up in the morning, when i get up my eyes start rollin around the back of my head and i cant stay awake , i cant walk and i slur my words when i talk, at the most i was taking 20mg morning with 40mg riddlin and at night 20mg geodon, well i got pissed off at the side effects and stoped takin it in the morning. i read up on riddilin and i dont like it being narcodic so i stopped that since its summer and i can sleep a little later. long story short i thought i wasnt bipolar and had no problems this was a big mistake, a month after completly stopping geodon i relized all my close relashonships have been destroyed and blame it on not taking meds. one more thing i noticed though, if anyone gets very parinoid on geodon thats what happend to me and when i got off i wasnt parinoid, its now setting back in, i cant stay in my home alone. but anyways just thought id put my two cents in about that stuff its kinda put me through hell.

Levaquin was prescribed for me about 3 weeks ago now. During the time I was taking it my joints began to ache, my feet became so sore I could hardly walk. My blood sugar level went as low as 28 to 38 several times and I could hardly stay awake. I pulled out the prescription side affects list and noticed that Levaquin can affect your blood sugar levals. Well, now I'm diagnosed as pre-diabetic. During this time, my left shoulder became very sore and I had knots in my upper left arm. I have been going to the Chiropractor for this, but am beginning to think it was caused by the Levaquin as well. I intend to request an x-ray of my left shoulder, particularly the rotator cup.

My doctor even made the statement that she would never give me Levaquin again. I know she won't because I won't take it. I'm just hoping that this time hasn't done too much damage already. I am also having trouble with my right knee.

I started Singular on Tuesday the 6th once a day and by Tuesday the 13th I was falling asleep at work, starting to doze while driving and unable to stay awake past 7pm in the evening. On the 14th the leg, hip and joint pains started and I could barely stand up. I finally read the information on the pharmacy insert with the Singulair Friday morning and decided to quit taking it. I finally started feeling better on Sunday. There is no doubt in my mind that Singulair was causing these symptoms. This medication was the only one that was newly introduced to my system. I was miserable and I cannot wait to alke to my Dr. tomorrow. I have the feeling she will act like this is the first time she has heard it but there is no doubt in my mind. I feel terrible after reading the posts about all of the children being prescribed this! I also had severe stomach pains and quit eating for 3 days and I'm 39, imagine being too little to express how lousy you feel!

Sore toes. Legs swollen but left leg around ankle swells so bad that skin burns. Twitching of muscles and charley-horses so bad in my ribs that I can't wash myself in the shower without having to quickly stand straight up or my ribs will crack. Twitching of fingers due to muscle cramps. Scratching the cheeks of my face until bloody when I am not paying attention because of itching. Can't stay awake if not pre-occupied with a physical task. I have fallen asleep while someone was talking to me or while watching TV. Have fallen asleep while driving. This is over and over and over even when well rested. Feeling of something terribly wrong about one to two hours after taking my pill. Like I am dying. Severe chills, racing heart, starved for air. Can't get enough air. So bad sometimes, I am afraid I will have to call 911. During sleep, constantly having to urinate buckets overnight. Up almost every hour and when I go I must pee a half a gallon. Incredible thirst next day for pickle juice or kosher style pickles or orange or grapefruit juice. Plain water, coffee, milk, or tea doesn't satisfy. My doctor brushed off my complaints so I've now dropped him and have set up an appointment with a different one.

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.

I have been taking toprol xl for about 2 years I'm also tired all the time I hurt all the time I have trouble getting out of bed and then I fight to stay awake. When I started taking toprol I weighed around 235 I now weigh in at 297 .I don't know what to do,I'm tired of all the side effects. I also take altace 2.5,zocor40 mg,tricor145mg.

I've been on welbutrin sr for 8 years. and it has been a miracle drug for me. I have bi-polar disorder, so am limited in terms of types of anti-depressants. Last week I went to have my prescription refilled, and the pharmacy told me it was back-ordered. They suggested I try welbutrin xl, same dosage, but once a day instead of twice a day. My doctor approved it, and I took it for 4 days. I couldn't leave the house, my anxiety was so bad. I couldn't stay awake in the afternoon, and couldn't sleep at night. I had a constant headache, and palpitations. I'm convinced that if I had remained on it, I was headed for a manic episode; the first in 8 years. So I called the drugstore, and they procured my old prescription for me. Anyone else have this kind of experience?

Took zyrtec today for first time. could not stay awake took it at 8:am slept from 11-2 then back again now it's 5: pm, still want to sleep..........NO MORE

I was on effexor for a year to treat dysthimic depression and general anxiety disorder. My dose started low but was upped every few months until I was on 150 mg.

The side effects I experienced were:

- Dizziness
- Inability to sleep soundly at night (I would wake several times and have difficulty falling asleep again)
- Inability to stay awake during the day (probably as a result of the previous side-effect. this was so bad that i even fell asleep once while i was standing up!)
- A "fuzzy" mental state; everything looked cloudy, I had no concentration, poor attention span
- Frequent vivid nightmares
- This weird sensation that happened every couple of minutes. It wasn't quite like dizziness...it was more like my brain was doing a flip-flop in my head.
- I was ALWAYS exhausted
- My libido disappeared

The withdrawl affects of the drug were similar but also accompanied by twitching, nausea, increased dizziness, more frequent "brain flips", and occasional fainting or blacking out.

Worse was that I had to take the drug at the same time every day, or else I'd enter withdrawl almost immediately. If I took the drug at 7:00 AM every morning before school, and then slept in until 10:00 AM on the weekend, I would wake up in withdrawl, even though i was only a few hours late!

When I tapered off the drug, the withdrawl affects were almost unbearable for a couple of weeks, but eventually I returned almost to a normal state, except that it took over a year for my libido to return, and even though I've been free of the drug for a couple of years, I still have difficulties in that area sometimes.

Well, just wanted to say. I got off this drug!! I quit cold turkey about 3 wks ago and I must say I feel great!! I have so much energy, I'm not tired all the time, I don't sleep all day, my weight is going back down, I don't feel faint or dizzy, I don't feel dependant on this drug anymore, during the first week I was so dizzy & faint w/hardly any balance, I felt like my brain was shifting but after the second week I had more energy than I had in a long time. My body is getting back to normal, it's been 3 week's now and I don't have any of the side effect's associated with this EVIL!!! drug. My husband said this is the longest he has seen me stay awake in a long time, my kid's are enjoying me being back on earth (jokey joke) Hey!!! I'm Back!!!! IT FEEL'S SO GOOD TO BE ME AGAIN!! my prayers are with all who remains or who start this drug because your gonna need it!

Does Pravachol cause sleeplessness? Sure been having trouble getting back to sleep when I wake up at 1 AM and stay awake the rest of the time. M

I went to the doctor as I have IBS and stomach problems and have had for some years now. She put me on Reglan 10mg three times a day. I took it for about a week and had severe drowsiness to the point I could not stay awake at all. Also it made my nausea and vomiting worse instead of helping. I experianced trouble breathing and finally just stopped taking it all together. I would strongly caution anyone who is thinking of taking this medication.