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I'm on my 2nd month of taking Femcon. The first week starting it, I had heart flutters and anxiety, then coinciding with depression and mood swings. I was patient though and all of that subsided. Throughout this entire time, I've had occassional nausea in the first few hours after I wake, but no vomiting. My ankles have been continuously swollen since on it, and I'm generally just bloated, I have to take a water pill to relieve some of it. My breasts have been tender, off and on, since I started taking it.
By the end of the 1st pack, I figured I was ok, I had my last period just a little over a week ago. A week after my cycle had ended, I started spotting, and now in the past 24 hrs I'm heavily bleeding, I'm actually concerned. I'm passing clots, bleeding heavily, having moderate to severe cramps in my lower back area. I'm currently trying to reach my doctor and hoping they'll call me back, since I've had 2 miscarriages in the past, I'm showing signs of a possible miscarriage, but I've been told that the pill will give you symptoms of pregnancy, so I don't know. Any advice on what to do? I believe I will see if the doctor will put me on Estrostep, I took that about 7 years ago and had no problems with it, but the doctor felt that Femcon is more effective against pregnancy. Anyone know what could be happening with me?

I took levaquin, cipro and avalox in a 4 month period due to a severe sinus infection, back in Jan to april of 2006. I had tolerated it most of my life, but at that time, I had had 'neck surgery due to 2 pinched nerves, left shoulder operated on, major tears, due to extreme 'flat roof roofing repair' for 6 months trying to save our 'dream home from satan'. (we lost it, foreclosure)
I complained to my dr the next day, (and most every week) he ignored my halluciations, (actually "snickered" in my face), mood altered, ignored my complaints of feeling like a hot rake tearing my muscle and tendons apart. pain, told me to continue taking it:(, blame me for listening and NOT doing research soon enough, I learned later the dr is supposed to STOP the drugs immediately to rule out tendonitist to prevent pernanent irreverable damage AND it's not to be given to 'muscle challanged people'). after that 3rd round in a 4 month period, I told him I'd rather die than to take them again. mom always told me I was allergic to pennicilin, I wasnt, it helped clear my infection.

I now have hodgkins lyphoma, (affects men mostly, i'm female, 51 yrs of age), I shouldnt have 'this cancer'. My face started breaking out w/2 types of skin cancer, basal cell, and precancer A. keratosis eveywhere. I was 120 lbs, cut muscles, always had been physical. Now, flab, lost mucle strength everywhere. Every day now is filled w/severe pain and NO dr will listen, I've been called crazy so many times, I could puke. The dr's dont WANT TO KNOW because of the extensive lawsuits that will exist due to them NOT knowing side effects and stopping meds, it's their 'brotherhood', protect each other no matter what the patients 'cost' is, as in mine, complete mind and body destruction:(
To MOST people, this drug is okay. To many of us, it's a life destroying slow death. Cant work, cant get disability. Have reached for 'help to heaven' so many times, but never followed through:(. I still HOPE for some dr to listen and do necessary tests so I can sue the crap out of my previous g.p. He should have known . HOPE is a forbidden 4 letter word, yet I cuss like a sailor.
Peace my fellow quin sufferers, Sandie in S.C.

My son and I have both taken Welbutrin. I didn't really notice a lot of side effects. I know that it did not effect my sex drive which other meds did. I lost weight, lost interest in drinking alcohol, lost interest in smoking. Had more energy,
My son has had some different things happen to him. He gets real sharpe headache pains in the left top of his head. They come and go away within about 30 seconds. Has anyone ever had that problem? He tried getting off of the meds and experenced all these body pains. It drove him nuts so he went back on welbutrin. The body pains have gone away, but the head pains came back. The doctor said the head pains would go away if he took his meds regular.

I have been taking Lipitor for about 5 years now and have had numerous things happen to me. Just trying to find out if they relate to the Lipitor or not. Have developed extreme fatigue and depression over the years. Always seems like I am in a fog. Have tried numerous anti-depressants trying to conquer this. Nothing seems to work and the problems continue. I was thinking that I just have to live with it and then I thought about the Lipitor. Has anybody experienced any of these symptoms too? I am on 20mg.

I just started using Nuvaring yesterday. Just 7-8 hours later I started feeling nauseus and extremely tired. I've felt the same way all day today. I've also been dizzy to the point of feeling like I can barely stand up.

I thought I ate something bad or had the stomach flu, but I'm pretty certain it's a reaction to Nuvaring. I've had bad side effects with Yasmin too(intestinal problems, etc.), so my doctor thought Nuvaring might be a better solution.

If this is what is causing my symptoms, it's not worth it. I'm going to stop using it today.

Supposedly a major side effect of Toradol use, which I was prescribed for my migraines, is acid reflux, but I haven't even gotten that when I use it. Maybe if you exceed the daily dose of only two pills a day bad things happen?

Has anyone had any Positive (besides decreased blood pressure) things happen on this medication? My doctor just prescribed it to me, and he said It was a wonderful drug, but now i dont even want to take it after reading all these. It doesnt seem worth having other health issues to resolve one problem. I could deal with dizziness and light headedness because i already suffer from vertigo, but I've lost 30 lbs in 6 months and that was hard enough, Ill be darned if I gain it all back and suffer from coughing,diarrhea, pain and worse headaches. Email me @ ****** if anything positive has happened

Wow! I just stumbled on this site and am very happy I did. I'm 42 years old and am almost finished my fourth pack of Yasmin, which I started basically for skin problems. My skin did clear immediately, but I gradually started having other things happen, but never really attributed it to the pill...actually thought it was more an age thing (I hate to say it) and was happy with my clear skin. I had the chest pain thing and went for an exercise test, which turned up okay. I turn into this "freak" every once in a while, crying and stuff, which I thought was basically because I'm so busy with work and family, etc. I used to run half-marathons, but was feeling so crappy and had gained a lot of weight, so I decided to join a gym and hire a personal trainer, as exercise had always made me feel better. Near the end of one of our sessions, I started to have trouble remembering her instructions. I then went into the change room when we were finished and I could not remember my lock combination. This scared me quite a bit. A woman then came into the change room and was asking me about my trainer and what her name was...and I couldn't remember her name! I managed to get my lock open, but I kinda walked out of there in a fog and it probably took me about an hour to feel "human" again. Later that night I had a pretty good headache. I talked to my trainer about it and we figured that I must have had an extremely hard workout and that maybe I was a little dehydrated. I have noticed that I have not been as thirsty as I usually am, so figured this was the problem. The final straw came a few days ago when I developed this killer headache with some breakthrough bleeding. I've made an appointment with my GP to talk about going on Alesse, but am now wondering if I should just forget about messing about with my hormones and put up with a few pimples in my 40s. Any thoughts? Any Alesse horror stories?

Julia

Hi guys, just wanted to give an update. I'm on my fourth day not being off Yasmin. I was feeling better, however this morning I woke up with pins and needles in my face, arm and leg. Then while I was taking a shower I got really dizzy and almost fell over. I was driving and, I had some sort of an anxiety attack and had to pull my car over. I almost went home, but after I got off the freeway I started to feel better so I got back on. I'm still really dizzy, I had a banana hoping that would help me out. Anyone had these things happen to them, either while on Yasmin or post? Thanks, it's kinda freaking me out.

THANK YOU< THANK YOU to all who have posted to this site! Found it accidentaly while looking for causes for severe panic attacks that I had been having for about 1 1/2 years. Been on yasmin for about 4. Had alot of stressful things happen in the last 4 four years, husband lost job, family illness's, friends childs death, went back to work and 3 three active kids. Just blamed symptoms on all this. Last year things have been great on the stress level the though panic attacks seemed to get worse. Thought I was losing my mind! Went for all kinds of tests with gyno, all came back normal. Was almost dissapointed that I wasn't sick in some way. They asked me why I was so concerned, told them about panic attacks and never once said it could be the pill. Said I should learn how to just stop thinking and relax. Why aren't they telling us about this. It's almost criminal. I plan to show my gyno this web site next time I go. Went off yasmin as soon as I saw this site last tues. Already the heart palps have stopped. AMAZING! I can't tell everybody how much I appreciate your honesty about this situation. Your comments have made me realize I'm not nuts! Looking forward to a normal life again thanks to you all.
LR

i started on citilopram 4 weeks ago, and mentally im a changed man, i had depression and panic attacks and now i couldnt be depressed if i tried to which sounds great but its a liitle strange as i sometimes feel i am missing part of my emotional spectrum, like normal people feel down sometimes and i should still be allowed to feel down every now and then but these tablets wont let you.! physicclay tho i have had a few strange side efects, in the first week i felt shaky and detached and had blurred vision and actually felt a little high (which was nice) but by week 2 i fellt fairly normal and now only get the side effects when i forget to take a tablet otherwise i remain on a plateau. I also smoke pot and often became paraniod after smoking, the best thing is now i can smoke pot to my hearts content and get the high but none of the paranoia and that is fantastic. if your a pot smoking paranoid ~I highly recomend taking 20mg citalopram has anyone else ever experienced this???

I am not the type of person that would ever post my feelings on any board or such. But I just felt compelled to write about my experience on Yamine. I was on Yasmine for about a year and it has been the worst year of my life. During this time, I got married and had a lot of happy things happen but I could not feel any happiness at all. My mind was so clouded that I could not think straight. I would cry 10 if not more times a day. I started experiencing panic attacks and terrible pain in my chest and left arm. I can't even believe that my husband married me after what I have been putting him through. He was the one who suggested I go off the pill, which I did about 4 weeks ago. Well, there is hope because the cloud has finally lifted and I have not had a panic attack for at least 3 weeks. I still have some sad moments but compared to how I was, this is nothing. My legs are still very dry and I never had dry hair. I still have to get up and go to the bathroom at least 3 times a night, I am hoping that will improve soon but I am beginning to think that it damaged something and that won't improve. I am now just using condoms and I don't think I could ever trust another drug again. I have noticed some weight gain now that I am off but it is more like being swollen and bloated. This is my first time in my life that I have been on birth control and I am 37 and this is the first time in my life that I have had any of these syptoms. I always got moody right before my period and the stupidest commerical could make me teary eyed but that was the extend of my depression before the pill. So I know that it was Yasmin that did this to me. I am not angry at anyone, I was the one that did this to myself but if I was still on that pill....I would be very angry and not even know why. Thank you to all of you that have written in, just reading your posts have made me feel a great deal better. The whole reason I looked for them today was because I had a feeling that something was wrong with Yasmin but now I am 100% sure.

I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis back in August of 2004. I am currently off the Prednisone but I've had lasting affects. I am 14 years old and now out of school and being taught by a teacher that comes to my house. You can guess how bad the side effects got that now I'm at home. At one point for close to four weeks, I could not walk/get out of bed at all, or not even shower. I was in such pain that my back felt like it was going to fall apart. I am not sure what caused this but things happen. I also was diagnosed with a severe case of acne fulminans. If you want to see what I looked like at one point, take a look at google under acne fulminans. Now, thanks to my wonderful dermatoligist, I am back to the way my face used to look before I had this happen to me. I wish all other patients who are currently taking this mediciation the best of luck with their health problem. Till next time, Daniel.

Not sure how to respond to you but I am doing so through here.

I have adapted to the ataxia (what I call walking into walls), tiredness, some short term memory loss etc. I still have some of them and I have been on it for a year, maximum dosage 1800 mgs. Now I am on 900 mgs. I guess I want to get off because I cannot stand the "hypoglycemic" feeling I get from it. Feeling weak and hungry, also I have gained weight on Neurontin. All along I have never really "believed" that there was such a thing as Atypical Facial Pain but as I come down off the drugs wierd things happen. My neck begins to hurt me is the one side effect of lowering the dosgage of Neurontin.

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