Sympathetic symptoms and conditions

I have been taking Neurontin for 1 week (300 mg 1x per day and then prescribed to increase to 300 mg 2x per day after 1st week). It has been incredible taking the pain away (hemi-vertibrae bone defect in neck with severe arthritis)!!! Like Oh my goodness wonderful!!! however - by the end of the day - i am 20 lbs bloated and feel like the weight gain is right around the corner... I am very aware of body ( I am a dancer) and need to know if this is going to balance out... i know the answer of it depends oneach person - but some insight would help me not panic right now

My wife gave me her pills to help with my acne. The last 2 months they find me crying in a corner after lunch on the construction site. But it's not me, it's everyone else.. The other guys pick on me for having painfull pectoral muscles. My family isn't sympathetic because they say a real man shouldn't cry. I keep freaking out that my wife is pregnant - but that is in possible with my other side effects downstairs. I have to go now. Someone is after me.

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.

hi brittkat,
glad my experiences with yasmin have been able to help you,i was also told that i was suffering from anxiety/panic disorder by my doctor,he prescribed me diazepam,i took them for a while and they made me sooo much worse. then he tried to put me on anti-depressants which i refused.i was sure all along that i did not have an anxiety disorder as i have always managed to cope with life quite well up until 6 months after taking yasmin.i took it for 1.5 years,the first 6 months were fine but the year after that was pure hell,i didn't want to live any more i felt that bad and anxious and depressed,i was scared all the time and had the most terrifying thoughts not to mention constant panic attacks. now i am off yasmin my life is pretty much back to normal except for the memories of my year of pure hell. i lost all faith in my doctor as he never listened when i suggested yasmin could be the problem. i now have a female doctor who is much more sympathetic. i live in the uk so have no experience with gynacologists as seems to be who would deal with these problems in the US but judging by some of the posts they are just as bad a GP's. hang in there brittkat,it will get better! my thoughts are with you!

Well, First of all I'm 16 years old and I was diagnosed a Little less than a year ago with stage 3 endometriosis. I Suffered with it for about 3 years. I started having Pain again 1 month after my surgery. So My doctor decided to put me on this 6th month treatment of Lupron. Well to be honest I would have rather had 1,000 surgeries then EVER be on this stuff again. I have had even worse pain ever since I started it. I have terrible Hot flashes, Night sweats, and Insomnia. Not to mention It being hard to focus, Being exhausted all the time, and Now Tingling and heaviness in my feet and hands. This medicine has even Made my heart beat so fast it would wake me out of a sound sleep. Its so hard being 16 and Having to fight for your fertility. Some women may find this medication Relieving, well its hell and it has made me miserable from day one. I think I would do Just about anything If I could have never had Endometriosis. Girls I just want you to know I feel your pain and I'm so sorry and Im very sympathetic if you are as miserable as I am.

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I've been off Yasmin for almost 4 months now and have gotten a lot better, but still deal with some anxiety, depression, and mood swings. The panic attacks are less frequent and the depression has gotten much better, but it is taking some time and I am not quite back "normal". I'd say the absolute worst time was about 1.5-2 months after I stopped Yasmin--the anxiety and depression was unbearable then. The toughest part about having been off Yasmin for a while now is that I have greater expectations and get so disappointed when I have residual symptoms of anxiety. Furthermore, people are not as sympathetic after a while with my symptoms and cannot believe that it would take this long to recover from an oral contraceptive. This website is amazing and all of your support has been so helpful in my recovery. It's hard to find acknowledgement from people because many do not understand what this drug can do to the mind and body. Yasmin has made what would have been one of the happiest times in my life, one of the most challenging and I wouldn't wish this experience on my worst enemy. Good luck to all of you in Yasmin recovery. Take one day at a time and don't forget to praise yourself for every bit of progress you make.

ALL WHO HAVE RECENTLY STOPPED YASMIN, LETS KEEP EACH OTHER POSTED FOR SUPPORT!

Thank you for your feedback VOICE. I have been really scared about how I have been feeling lately. I can get over not having a period and the acne, but the hair loss (since stopping Yasmin 8 weeks ago) and anxiety/depression it has caused is HORRIBLE! I have never felt this bad for this long in my entire life. I keep trying to tell myself that each month will get better, but each time I see a clump of hair fall out, I start panicking and getting depressed again. I don't know if the hormones are just making me more emotional, but I have been crying at the drop of a hat lately. I have always wondered if I had PCOS. I asked about that, but my GYN said I may or may not have it and that there is no real diagnosis and that it's just based on symptoms. Well...HELLO...then wouldn't you think she would have asked about my symptoms to see if I fit the CRITERIA! I am definitely switching GYNs. I think I'll go back to a male GYN I have seen in the past. My sister and mom love him (and my mom works for the health plan I have and says he's the best). I should have just stayed with him, but I thought I would feel more comfortable with a woman. I know a lot of women think that female doctors are better, but my history has always been that they tend to minimize my problems/symptoms more. I have found male doctors to be more thorough and sympathetic. I have a male GI, have recently switched to a male PCP and they have really done the most for me. The female docs have all told me my problems are from stress/anxiety and that I need to see a therapist.

Extreme muscle tear. Hamstring,shoulder tear reconstruction twice. Daily falls and muscle pain,
80mg. Lipitor for about 5yrs. Hair loss.
Undergoing ct. scan
Rang Pfizer Pty Ltd. Sympathetic Pharmacist , told to see doctor at once. Condition not always reversible.
Where do I go from here?

I went into the hospital to treat a staph infection after orthoscopy surgery of the right knee. That was 4/30/03. The doctor treated me with vencomiacin for 10 days then switched me to levaquin. Three 4 weeks later I have joint problems in BOTH my knees- excruciating pain- over the last 2 weeks. I left the hospital with a cain and now I am using a walker ! I hurt so much sometimes I just want to cry - I keep thinking maybe I need a wheel chair. 3 days ago I discovered olive leaf extract & rosemary from my chiropractor. It has taken a lot of the sharpness of the pain away. My physician has not been sympathetic - says I just have arthritis. I'm 50 years old and had no problems with my left knee at all before this medication. Thanks everyone for your posting of symptoms, now I'm sure this is one more of the side effects. I'm going the herb/homepathic route now...