Tightness of chest symptoms and conditions

I was diagnosed with allergy induced asthma in my freshman year of high school. I was given Advair for a couple of weeks to help deal with a major attack I experienced. After seeing an allergy-asthma specialist I was told to continue with the Advair until I could get my AIA under control. I was also placed on Singulair, Flonase, MaxAir AutoHaler (for emergencies), Acuneb (also for emergencies) and I was already on Zyrtec and an eye drop Patanol. At the time my Zyrtec and the Astelin I was on were not enough to treat both the allergies and asthma. I also began taking allergy shots. I was an athlete playing fast pitch softball, conditioning P.E. including weight lifting and running, and I was also doing aerobics in my regular P.E. class. I swam often, was an active outdoors man, rode horses, and ate a fairly healthy diet. I could not figure out why I weighed 145 lbs at 5'2. My doctor said I was healthy and that I shouldn't worry about my weight but now that I am a 19 year old 5'3 weighing 130 lbs I realize that my weight gain was not normal. Although I do not play softball right now, I practice belly dancing and yoga. I often go hiking, running and swimming and I walk about 30 minutes a day to get to and from classes at LSU. I worked hard to keep a healthy diet, and exercise often so that I would not gain the dreaded freshman 15. It took me two years to get down to 130 lbs and I never attributed my weight gain and inability to lose weight to my Advair until I was off it for almost a year and then had to start taking it again to deal with a flare up. In less than two weeks I had gained almost 10 lbs and was feeling miserable.After I got to college, I would often go for runs to help keep myself in shape. I got to the point where I had to quit running because I was always short of breath and I would have severe asthma attacks. I was on all of the above mentioned medications and often on Prednisone for sinus infections. I also experienced the dry cough and the tightness of chest. I experienced almost daily headaches -some were attributed to stress but I am not sure if the Advair caused the others. I was also very groggy, dizzy, and EXTREMELY moody. I disliked the way I was feeling while I was on Advair and took myself off it earlier than I was recommended. Since then I have been feeling a lot better and I am able to control my occasional flare ups with zyrtec and flonase and occasionally singulair if I feel my asthma acting up. I got dizzy easily for a few weeks after I took myself I was not told by my doctor that I needed to rinse my mouth out to avoid thrush, nor was I told about the possible weight gain and some of the other side effects. I am going to stop taking Advair unless I absolutely need it and I am not going to stay on it for long, especially if I start feeling like I was before.

Heart beats hard, nervousness, leg pain, shakiness, tightness of chest, heart palpitations

Here is my doxy experience.

Been taking Doxy for 7 days so far to treat a bacterial infection (epididymitus), 2 pills a day. (The doc also prescribed an anti-inflammatory pill for the pain from the infection.) I didn't notice any real side effects for the first few days aside from a little fatigue and lack of energy. However, on the 4th day, I started feeling a slight tightness of chest, mainly on the left side. On the 5th day, started feeling lightheaded, shortness of breath. The chest tightness was a little more noticeable, can't really describe it as pain, but was concerned enough to go to the ER. The ER doc said chest discomfort could be acid from the stomach, so she prescribed Prilosec (anti-ulcer medicine) and took me off the anti-inflam. medicine, but kept me on the Doxy b/c of the infection. Felt better after leaving the ER, but did notice a little discomfort in my esophagus while swallowing my dinner that night. (Haven't had that since.) Next morning (day 6) I felt good enough to go into work. The shortness of breath and dizziness went away completely (maybe was due to the other pill). However, late in the day, started feeling the chest pain again even worse. I should note that I was experiencing some stress at work which seemed to be a factor. After I left work, the pain subsided. I took a valium after getting home which seemed to help.

Now at the end of Day 7: felt a little fatigued, but haven't had any serious chest pain, but still some mild discomfort when trying to go to sleep (which is why I'm still up writing this!). I should note that I ate some greasy fast food for lunch and didn't have the healthiest dinner.

After reading some of the side effects on this website, I am concerned about continuing to take this pill (3 more days to go), but will keep taking it as long as my side effects don't get worse. My advice based on taking this medicine is this: take it with lots of water, try to avoid taking it around bed time, be careful not to eat foods that are too acidic, and try to remain upright after taking it. I will post again if any side effects pop up during Day 8.

Wow, I didn't realize my pills were doing all these things to me.... I just thought something else was wrong with me. I do have frequent migranes, I get dizzy and light headed a lot, and when I lay down to sleep my heart beats so strong that I can feel it through my chest and hear it without putting my hand over my heart. I'm also experiencing severe water retention. My legs are so tight and swollen and my ankles are huge. I have been on the pills for about 3 months and have noticed all these different things but didn't think it was because of the pills. I'm not having panic attacks and much moodiness but my sex drive is also zilch. I thought I was developing heart disease because of the way my heart felt (strange beating and indigestion and tightness of chest) and with the incredible water retention.

I will go off of these pills... but I don't know what else to take. I haven't had much luck with birth control pills at all. If anybody has any suggestions or some good websites for me to investigate please email me at: ******

Thanks!