Stop crying symptoms and conditions

I just switched to Yasmin 3 days ago after being on Ortho Evra (patch) for over 5 years (since I was 15, due to severe cramps). I had continual spotting on the patch, and a bit of nausea but other than that I felt normal. After 3 days on Yasmin, I am convinced it is not for me. The first two nights I took it, I felt mildly nauseous. I have been breaking out in very strange places over the past fews days (my neck and stomach) and I have had relatively clear skin for years. I've noticed I've been quite moody, crying very suddenly and constantly snapping at loved ones over the past few days but wrote at off as stress. Now I know that there is something not right. I took the pill at 10pm and felt find until 1am when I laid down to go to bed and felt VERY nauseous. I was somehow able to fall asleep but at 4am I woke up and vomitted 5 times. Two hours later and I still feel nauseous although I think (hope) the worst of it is over. I even called my poor mom who lives hours away in the middle of the night crying about how sick and sad I felt. Which I knew was ridiculous but I didn't know what else to do! I couldn't stop crying or throwing up! I am hoping to switch to Ortho Tricyclen or back to the patch. I never realized how good I had it!

I hate the NuvaRing. I used it almost two years ago for three weeks on, one week off, only one week on again and I had to remove it immediately because I realized it was the cause of many very very bad symptoms. The first three weeks on I had severe cramping in my legs and stomach, headaches, nausea, acne, fatigue, loss of appetite, loss of sex drive, social anxiety, loss of self-confidence, crying episodes several times daily, and the worst of all was that I lost the will to live. Not to mention, having sex with the ring was awful. It made me extremely dry and my boyfriend and I both experienced an unbearable burning sensation. I didn't know who I was anymore, fighting constantly with everyone around me, my boss, boyfriend, friends, family. Once considered a workaholic and superstar at work, I left my job and was diagnosed with severe anxiety and depression because it screwed with my hormones so badly. I get chills whenever I recall what it felt like to be on the ring. It screwed with my life. I was on the ring for only two weeks when I actually had a nervous breakdown at work in front of my manager right before a big deadline. Being accustomed to tight deadlines 60 hour work weeks and ridiculously rigid and unreasonably demanding managers, crying in front of someone in the workplace was not who I was. At 25 I had a senior title, rapidly making my way up the corporate ladder. Two years later, I'm unemployed and trying to piece my life back together. I am also reluctant now to try any other birth control fearing that the side effects would be just as deadly. Just awful. I'm glad that all the other women are brave enough to share their stories here. I came across this forum while on the ring but couldn't stop crying long enough to type.

I had trouble breathing and went to doc-in-box where they gave me albuterol treatment. A minute after it was done, I had the shakes for a minute or two, but it subsided. 2 hours later i was in the ER (only becuase of chest pain) where they gave me another treatment. Before it was over, i started shaking uncontrollably, much worse than the last one, and it just went on and on. No one responded to the call button, and i was shaking so hard the bed was moving and after a few minutes i couldnt stop crying. The nurse finally came in and chided me because i was going to hyperventilate . . . i was totally out of control of it! Worst night of my life, i'd rather not breath.

Wow. To all the valid contributors and site owners, top posts and site!

I have SLE and have been found to have Lupus Nephritis (kidney). I was on 60mg, now down to 40mg of Prednisone.

After Pericarditis, I presented with terrible SLE headaches. I'm now also on Cyclophosphamide (Chemo treatment) for my Kidney and other meds for that, as well as the Prednisone, but my side effect I am having which I think is from the Prednisone is SWELLING in the face some, but especially from knees downwards getting worse throughout the day.

After reading a bunch of pages here, I suspect that it could also be not just the Prednisone but because my Kidney functioning poorly. I can't get rid of the water fast enough. I do not have anything diuretic normally because I am also diagnosed with Raynauds Phenomenon.

To balance things out, I've tried to drink the minimum side (2L for 2 days after Cyclophosphamide treatment) and funnily enough, if I have drank too much water in the day time I:
*Sleep with a big pillow under my knees/feet
*Do not drink any at night (if thirst, just have a half mouthful)
*Wee it all out throughout the night

It HAS worked and my weight, the swelling in my legs/feet has come down dramatically... It has also helped my FACE be less swollen and puffy...!

Other symptoms I had when I had prednisone only: EMOTIONAL! Twice I could not stop crying when there was completely nothing wrong with me at all (i.e. bawling my eyes out). At the time I was on 20mg when my SLE was quite much lower in activity level. I was totally "off my head".

Now I'm on 40mg, and I do get emotional more easily - but I brought the husband to my specialist once so he could get side effects explained to him directly. I also get hot flush tingles in my fingers and toes from prednisone.

For all those people worried about WEIGHT - I highly recommend one of those scales (I know I can get one for $40AUD) which can tell you your WATER level as well as weight (you have to input your height). If you are running at 70% instead of 60% water, then you know your weight is 10% overstated, but just due to the water.

meow

i recieved 3 kenalog epidural injections for herniated disc, 2 weeks apart, followed by a decompression nucleoplasty, also with Kenalog injection. after the first epidual. i began having extreme irritablity which i reported to the pain management doc. he said he couldn't prescribe anything but could refer me to a psychologist, which i declined , realizing i was having a reaction to something. after the 3rd epidural, my irritabilty had increased to the point where i was shouting and screaming, and had completely lost my patience. my face had blown up, and cheeks were hard to the touch, and my neck skin was swollen and hanging down. i described my appearance as "looking like a blowfish".

on the day of the nucleoplasty, i agreed that the doc should go ahead and use it again, since it was important for the procedure, and it was not a "true (anaphalctic) type reaction.

after this last injection of Kenalog, i had a terrible terrible reaction. my face became even larger, with big dark circles under my eyes, and my eyes partially closed, appeared like slits. i was frightened by my reflection in the mirror.

my feet, ankles and legs swelled up to the point where it was painful and difficult to walk.

i also i developed insomnia.

at the same time i was "off the wall" with irritability, anger, impatience, and could not stop crying.

during the day i had a general ill and sleepy feeling, and fell asleep driving, without notice.

throughout this period of Kenalog adminstration, i also had flu like symptoms every morning. sore throat, laryngitis, loose cough, muscle pains. i noticed black and blue marks on my extremities as well.

now i have a full blown flu and full blown bronchitis, and i feel so very very ill.

my feet and calves, hands and fingers are experiencing very painful cramping, intermittantly throughout the day and night. it's happening right now in my left hand, so i have to stop typing. i wait for one minute and try to continue typing, but that causes the painful spasm to return. i try again 2 more times, waiting a minute in between spasms. finally it stops and i can continue typing.

there are probably more symptoms, like the irregular heart beat, and these little bumps on the skin of my right cheek, but i need to rest now.

generally, i feel sicker probably than i can ever recall feeling in my life.

would appreciate hearing from anyone with similar symptoms, and especially how long before my face returns to normal. i live with the fear of what will i do if it does not?

Guys Iam not having a good day I felt really bad today and yesterday I went out today and went places but it was just hard and I didnt feel good and Iam so sad crying now

I cant have any fun or be happy I felt like achey and just generally not well like I had a small case of the flu. Under my eyes are so puffy what is that. I slept last night but they are puffy.

I cant stop crying now

I dont know what to do anymore or how many more days I can wake up thinbking this is the day i will feel better and than I dont
Iam exhausted from the mental stress of it all I cant feel good

I dont know what to do
Day after day after day of not getting better

I know you guys made it thru but I dont know how I have been tough and strong for weeks and if I was getting better I would believe Iam but I dont feel like there is a light at the end of the tunnel

so sad

i'm on my fourth month of yasmin and i'm not sure if it's the pill or my personality, but i feel like dying. i never stop crying, i think horrible thoughts, ive basically shut out everything good in my life. i feel so lost and helpless and i dont know what to do. i know ive always been emotional but i don't remember if it's always been this bad, although my gut is telling me it hasn't. i don't want to want to die anymore

Well I'm about my 3rd week into Yasmin, and the first 2 weren't even noticable. I coudln't tell a difference in anything. As of tonight I've started crying nonstop. I can't stop crying, and I just want to know...how long this will last. I have never been this depressed. Ever.

I started taking Yasmin and after only 4 weeks I started to notice EXTREME anxiety, depression, non stop crying...I was throwing up all the time and I also have Extreme insomnia! I can't believe there are SO many people having these horrible problems yet the pill is still allowed on the market. I stopped taking it almost a week ago and I'm feeling a lot better, but not back to my normal self. Does anyone know how long it usually takes for it to get out of your system!? Thanks, and good luck to everyone who is going through the same thing

Since starting the Zyrtec, my 3 yr old has been crying A LOT, for no seemingly no reason. Sometimes even in the middle of the night which he has never done. He is never really sure what is wrong and sometimes when I ask him to stop crying he says "I can't". Now I'm reading that this is not uncommon!

Wow, I am so glad to find this site. I have been taking Levothyroxine for probably 3-4 months. At first, I felt great. Now, I have numbness and tinging in my left arm and what I believe to be carpal tunnel (developed in just the past week). I feel depressed, can't stop crying, and I ache like I'm 90 years old - I'm just 25! I have been so scared. I have a Dr. appt. later this week, now I am thinking I need to go off this med. I only have slight hypo, so it's not worth it to be on this stuff! I'm so glad it's not just me.

I am on my third cycle and I am not taking this pill ever again! I deal very well with stress. I am a single mother, i went through an abusive relationship with my sons father, I have a high stress leval career...through all that I never felt like there was not a light at the end of the tunnel. All of a sudden I am depressed, I can't function, I can't stop crying....now that I have read every one elses comments about heart palpitations, and cramping-I have felt the same thing! I just never associated it to Yasmin. I feel sharp pains in my head that last for a few seconds, I have had several breakdowns and lost my temper easily with my son....if anyone is considering taking this DON'T. The depression pain is almost unbarable and NO ONE shoudl have to deal with this!

Jennifer

I cannot believe this medicine is still being given!! I am taking it for an infection. This is my 5th day on this medication because after extreme nausea, stomach pain,diarrhea, metallic taste in my mouth, and a mild headache, I was told by the doctor's office that I should finish this medication, and that it would get better. I don't know why I listened, I will be stopping today. I actually did get better for about 2 days and now all the symptoms are back with a vengeance. I felt very sick last night after I took it and this morning even worse with extreme nausea and dry heaving. I never cry and I cant stop crying now-for no reason at all I am extremely emotional. I would much rather be naturally sick like I was before than feel like this, I am a wreck.

The Nuvaring is the most horrible thing I've ever taken! I've had severe depression, I can't stop crying, I've had headaches and nausea. For the past month I've just felt like I've been going crazy. I've had suicidal thoughts and bursts of anger and I am horrified because it's so not like me. It took me a month and conversations with two other nuvaring sufferers to figure out what was going on. I've tried various other birth control pills and never had problems like this. The worst part is when I called my doctor's office and was told that all of this was not possible because the ring has such a low dose of estrogen. I think the doctors need to be more educated and informative about what they prescribe.

I took Yasmin for about a year with no side effects at all then after a six month break I started on Yasmin again last week. I had headaches and nausea straight away and for the last couple of days I have been seriously depressed and had a panic attack last night (never had one before). I cant stop crying on and off without warning.

Has anyone else had this experience after having no symptoms the first time round? I feel like Im going mad.

Have stopped taking the pill, couldnt face going to work today.

I've been on the pill for 3 weeks. During this time, I've had my period, and severe cramps consistently. For the last 3 days, I've been moody, and severely depressed - unable to stop crying. This is definitely NOT like me. I'm not taking any more of these pills. I had really hoped they would work for me because I've had so much trouble with other BC pills, but these were absolutely the worst yet.

I have been on Effexor XR for over a year now and at first it was helping my depression and compulsive disorder but for the past 5 months I have been having really bad memory loss, confusion, extreme headaches that wont go away and wont let me do anything.....I have also gained 65 pounds and my head feels like it is in a cloud and I have no idea what is going on around me....I am totally adrift. It has also made me like grow a beard and side burns and I am an 18 year old chick.so that is terrible....I have hillucinations I cant stop seeing things come after me and I have terrible nightmares...I had horrible chest pain non stop crying.....diahrea shortness of breathe just every side effect that was bad was what I had.....I have been off of it for a week now and it has been so terrible my school wanted to take me away in handcuffs or in a straight jacket and I was on a strict watch from everyone in my school this drug is horrible and I think no one should ever take it......It has made my life terrible and it has tken away my joy memory and good grades.....I cant learn now in school and I get terrible grades and before taking this drug I was a straight A student.....and I found out that this is more of a mans drug too so I am all screwed up now and I owe it all too Effexor...NEVER TAKE THIS EFFEXOR