Thesis symptoms and conditions

I started on Aviane exactly two weeks ago. The experience was terrible. I am a PhD student trying to finish up a thesis. There is a lot of stress in my life and to compound the problem I have a history of depression. With therapy I was actually feeling pretty good and my depression have been mild, until I took Aviane. For the past two weeks, I have been feeling severe depression; I didn't want to get out of bed, work on my thesis and I always felt like a failure. At night, I feel very awake and I can't sleep though I don't drink coffee past 5 pm and I go to bed at midnight usually. It's 3 am right now and I still cannot go to bed! I have been sleeping at work, and experiencing poor memory as well as a side effect of not sleeping well.

At first I thought it has just been a bad episode of depression, which sometimes happen during my period. It usually goes away when my period stops. However, it has been two weeks since my period (when I started taking Aviane) and there is no end to this nightmare. I'm glad I chanced upon this forum. I am going to call my doctor right away and see if I can stop taking the pills tomorrow.

I have been off Lipitor for 2 weeks now. I still have slurred speech. My tongue is moving to beat the band. I have been to 2 neurologists and both have told me that I have "motor neuron disease". This drug is POISON and anyone on it should get off of it. I never had a problem before I started taking this drug. Now I am looking at ALS as a diagnosis. That is awful to think that I might have that. I will find out on April 14th when I go visit my Dr. at Mass General. I will let everyone know what comes out of it.
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