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I've been on the fentanyl patch for almost 3 years. I started on the 25 patch, then went up to the 50. Now I've weaned myself back down to the 25 patch. I was put on it for chronic back pain caused from a car accident.
I'm determined to get off this drug, so any and all suggestions are welcome!
In the last few months I've been experiencing some odd side effects that seem to be becoming worse by the day. Firstly, it seems like I can feel the effects of the patch more so, like when I first started using it. I also started experiencing nocturnal problems, my legs in particular felt like they were burning up and the muscles were really tight. If I stretched them it only seemed to worsen the problem. The only solution, weirdly enough, seemed to be jumping into the tub for a half hour.
In the last couple of weeks I have been experiencing MY FULL BODY HEATING in the middle of the night, as though it's the middle of summer in the middle of a big heatwave. I move around on the sheets and try to find a cool spot. I manage to sleep for only minutes at a time. For awhile this was only happening the second day with the patch (I only wear it two days at a time). Now it's the first and second. It's disrupting my sleep and I'm exhausted. My doctor gave me some sleeping pills which worked rather well but now I've run out and I really don't want to start depending on another drug.
I NEVER should have started on this drug and though it does work and work very well for chronic pain, I still highly recommend finding any other option out there for dealing with your pain. The withdrawal effects are horrendous. The first time I went through withdrawal I could not believe how terrible the symptoms were. Vomiting, diarreah (never could spell that one right, lol), and the pain was amplified times 100. My Doctor seems to not understand how scary it is to even contemplate getting off this drug, the withdrawal is that scary!
I managed to get down a patch size by cutting a tiny sliver of the plastic backing on the patch (NOT THE PATCH ITSELF!!!! The backing that you remove!) and sticking it on the patch before transferring the patch to my skin, so in essence, I was blocking out part of the patch and just made the plastic a little bigger until I had finally blocked out half the patch at which time I went down to the 25 patch with zero side effects.
I'm on percocet for the fallout pain and take up to 8 per day, although some days I can take as little as 3. After I'm off the patch I'm determined to get off of this drug as well and learn to manage my pain in a different way.

i started taking yaz in June because ive tried almost every other birth control pill, and patch and my mood and depression seemed to be only when i was on one of these. I wanted to go on that mirana IUD however my doctor told me i shouldn't because i have not had kids, im not married and im only 19 however it seemed anything i tried gave me the same side effects. So they put me on YAZ instead, at first it was great shorter periods, little to no cramps, but now 5 months and i hate it. I live with my boyfriend now and when before my sex drive was high I have ABSOLUTELY NO SEX DRIVE LEFT AND IM ONLY 19, WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. And whats worse my moodiness has come back for example at the store today i lost it and started crying when they didn't have the coat i wanted to buy. I couldn't control myself i completely lost it. i don't know what to do with myself anymore. My emotions are worse then ever before i want them to put me on something that has no hormones my body cant take it. can anyone give me any suggestions.

I am a 56 year old female who was very active ranching, balng hay taking care of irrigation etc. 3 years ago I had pain in my left arm and my heart was racing went to the E.R. where they did a 12 lead ekg. Could not find anything wrong other than my blood pressure was up to 160/90 they gave me ToprolXl 100 mg and told me to see my primary care physcian. Which I did. He continued the medication.

Since that time I have complained to all of the symtoms I have seen on this site. With one exception. Two months ago I was watching TV and had double vision. It only lasted for a few seconds but noticed the next day my peripheral vision was gone. I made an appt with an opthomologist and he spent 3 hours with me and recommended an MRI which was conducted some 2 weeks later. I was referred to a neurologist who ran a lot of blood work. My first batch of blood work showed a raging inflamation. They started testing for MS, lymes, lupus etc. Last week i met with my neurologist for the follow up blood work report. Everything is normal he says but by the way you have myathenia gravis. You get double vision again you call me I will give you medicine. Like I am a two year old.

I have researched myasthenia and the one thing you dont want to do is be on a beta blocker or a calcium channel blocker, as both of these will aggravate the condition. I called him to ask that he change my blood pressure medication. He says I wont do that. My primary care physcian is no longer in practice with the original medical group and has left the area. I saw him only 2 weeks ago and nothing was mentioned. The point is folks Don't trust anyone. Oh and by the way the side effects you are seeing mimic myasthenia gravis. Now no one knows what causes it for sure. Stress is a factor. But if you have not been tested get yourself tested. I may not even have this disease but I am getting off this medication and I am going to find out for sure what in the heck is going on. By the way I have seen a cardiologist last month without a referral because I wanted answers and he says there is absolutely nothing wrong with my heart...so why was I put on this medication? Heaven help us all.

I was on the ring for about 10 months. I experianced: headaches, breast tenderness, fibroadenomas & cysts " detected on ultrasound ", mood swings, & irregular periods with constant breakthrough bleeding. I have had trouble ever since. I was taken off the ring in late summer of last year and I have had problems with every other birth control pill since. I have tryed 2, including the one I was on for years before starting the ring. Now, over a month since I stop the last one, I am still having symptoms. I don't have to be on birth control to experiance systems of PMS/Pregnant anymore. The difference between what is going on with me and pms is that it never goes away! It never stops.

PEOPLE, PLEASE DO NOT DISCONTINUE THIS MEDICATION SUDDENLY, IT CAN BE DANGEROUS!!!

I have been reading about this medication here for some time, and I feel concerned when I read about someone deciding to just quit taking it suddenly. I personally intend to quit as soon as I find a doctor with enough knowledge to help me wean off of it in a safe manner. I've been on it for two years, and the side effects have grown worse than my original health problem, so I understand wanting to just up and quit taking it, but after learning the hard way, I've found out it's not so easy.

Do your homework, read and learn about the potential 'rebound effect' and by all means, talk to your doctor before doing something that may cause you to be in danger ( as in having a heart attack)...if you don't believe me, learn for yourself, the information is easily researched.

Blessings, and good luck...

38y.o F taking toprol 100mg once a day for hypertension x 15mths History of Hypothyroidism which is controlled w/ synthroid and closley monitored w/ lab work.
Experience weight gain, unable to lose weight w/ diet and exercise including w/ a nutrionist and personal trainer. Hairloss, lack of libido, chronic joint pain, swelling in hands and ankles/feet, back pain and/or muscle aches, lack of interest in everything, no energy. Major swelling after high sodium intake. Ear drainage, tingling of extremities especially in feet and fingers, visual disturbances. Blood Pressure is okay.
Has anyone experienced an improvement since they've stopped using toprol?

i have been taking it for back pain for about a year, i notice i sleep really great when i take it,
now for the side effects, i noticed that my lower back really hurt if i tryed to walk, or clean, i was in a great deal of pain, also i had pitting edima in the legs, very bad, , and a rash on the neck, and no energy at all, its been a week now since i quit taking it, the back pain is gone, i can walk around the block now, the rash is going away, my blood pressure is going down, i am happier and not mad all the time now. also have more energy

Hi im 26 years old I've been on linisopril for about four months give or take for high blood pressure the dr. cant figure out the cause. since if been on I have had alot of the same simptoms as all of you but the worst was the chest pain and the depression i told the dr many times but he for the most said it was in my head it just kept getting worse then about three weeks ago i tryed to kill myself my husband walk in at that time thank god or i would not be here after that night i took myself of it finnaly im getting back to normal i still have the chest pain but im over comming the deppresion my hole life is differnt because of this medication im know trying to pick up the pieces of my life when i found this web sight today i started to cry when i was reading it cause i really thought i was crazey i dont understand how they could prescibe this med to anyone please if you think you are getting depressed insist on getting off this drug the doctors are not always right Im sorry for all the lifes it has ruined

Hello;
After 13 year's of having I.T.P. I was so sick of the many mental and phyical side effect's of prednisone I let the
Doctor remove my spleen.Since that didn't work I even tryed
chemo therapy again to no avail.Every doctor seem's to think prednisone is a great medication.They don't dare tell you of the adverse side effects.I halucinate from it and, have woke
up on a bus I dont even remember getting on.This poisonus
medication has cost me more than I can go into here.People
put on this stuff should be warned and watched,just in case.

I have taken advair now for 3 yrs. at first I started out with the 250/50mg and then decressed myself down to the 100/50. I've put on alot of weight, and have tryed getting off of it. I only inhaled this once a day in the AM. I don't need it in the PM. I do have an albuterol back up if I need it, and when I tried to stop using it, (the advair) I was using the albuterol inhaler twice a day. I also have backaches, headaches, blurred vision at times, (not bad though). achey joints, trying to get rid of the weight gain is harder then I thought no matter what I do it just won't come off, Advair does help me breath, but how the heck do you come off of it if you feel you absolutely don't need it?

After the nightmare that I experienced on Yasmin I swore off birth control all together. Today, however my doctor convinced me to try Nuvaring. I am terrifiyed that I will have the same problems. I'm wondering if I should take it out tonight or not.

Has anyone tryed Nuvaring after having problems on Yasmin and had any luck with it?

After the nightmare that I experienced on Yasmin I swore off birth control all together. Today, however my doctor convinced me to try Nuvaring. I am terrifiyed that I will have the same problems. I'm wondering if I should take it out tonight or not.

Has anyone tryed Nuvaring after having problems on Yasmin and had any luck with it?Yasmin I swore off

First I would like to thank to all girls for their postings here. I am so grateful for finding this site so soon after I started taking Yasmin.
Actually, I started taking Yasmin 2 days ago, and the reason to look in the net for its side effects was my last night experience. I woke up in the middle of the night, with my heart trying to go out of my chest, feeling enourmously scared and panicked without a reason, being unable to control my body and thoughts. I have spent the next few hours thinking that I was going to die, or get insane. Also I was feeling very dizzy and had nausea.
Today, I still feel as if I have been heavily intoxicated with a bad drug (haven't tryed any drugs before, but I imagine it feels like that).

I have never experienced anything like this before - I am very positive and outgoing person and my life is deffinitelly very happy at the moment and not stressed, so there is no other reason for the horrible night I've had but this pill - Yasmin.
The package is already in the wastebin, and I am considering myself happy for finding out so soon about the terrible side effects of this pill.

Once again - thank you girls for sharing your experiences. Wish you good luck with getting your lives back to normal.
As for me - I have appointed my bf to be my new BCP - I am sure that he can do this better than any chemicals.

All the best,

Nina

i just started my 10 year old son on concerta,this is the fourth med we have tryed.any info that you think will help prepare me would be great.thank you..

I have been taking 80mg of Geodon for about 4 years now. Im like most of the other people, I cant sleep at night, its 5:43 am now and Im still not tired. I have the same reaction when I miss a pill, but I only sleep for an hour then wake up feeling great, but as soon as someone talks to me, I get really jumpy and cocky, and millions of thought of killing and being destructive to everything in sight rushes through my head all at once. It has even got so far that I tryed to kill my black lab for barking at a reflection in the window. I have also had days that I would just black out, and not remember anything that has happened til I wake up the next day. But I mean when Im taking the pill when Im supposed to everything is fine. It usually calms me down. I have tryed so hard to change meds or just get off of it all together, but my doctor says it is clinically impossible to get off of geodon after being on it for as long as I have been on it. Before I was taking geodon I have never had any of the problems that my doctors seem to think I had. I never wanted to hurt people, I never heard or saw anything that wasnt there. And I sure as hell shouldnt have been on this medication for Teenage Depression. My problem was my life sucked and I made the mistake one day of talking about my problems. One piece of advice. Dont talk about your problems to doctors or psychiatrists you dont know. That just leads you to a very expensive vacation to a mental institution for 6 months to be put on medication you dont need. I have had past experiences of being over medicated with Geodon, but being under medicated with geodon scares the hell out of me more.... Thank you to all doctors and geodon for fucking up my life. Im sure I'll die from murder / suicide now.

My 21 year old son was a healthy,very handsome 5'10"tall and 220 pound body builder. He was a hilarious man with a great heart and the love of my life. He became addicted to xanax 4-6 bars a day. When he tryed to get off, my big precious son was sobbing like a baby, so afraid he coulnt beat this drug. Well xanax slam dunked him into the ground and killed him. I wish I had known more about the struggle he was having with xanax. It can get you in a strangle hold you cant get out of! BEWARE!

I am so pleased to find this site, tonite! I have tryed Lisinopril, 3x..just started 4 days ago and already feel awful.
Symptoms include; tightness in chest, cough (I can deal with that tho), anxiety, depression, tremors and lethargy! I must try something else. Told my doc., but he says unlikely side effects..I have been miserable..not to mention my husband and friends..they are none too happy with me right now either.
That is what brought me here..finally, some feedback and confirmation that I am not being difficult to treat, but do indeed have a problem with this horrible medication. I am not taking it tonite..will call my new doc in the morning. This may help some..but it is surely not for everyone. My bp is stabilized..low, actually...but not worth the misery to me! Thanx to all of you who care enough to share! God Bless!!!!!!!

I HAVE BEEN ON AMBIEN FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS NOW, ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO I STARTED HAVE SIDE EFETS FROM SOMETHING WAS'NT SURE WHAT IT WAS,I TAKE OTHER MED'S FOR OTHER THINGS SO ONE BY ONE I STOPED TAKING MY MED'S, LIKE CELERBEX, AND FOLTMAX AND I CUT MY SYNTHROID IN HALF AND CUT MY PREMARIN IN HALF AND I STILL HAVE SOME SIDE EFFECTS, THAT IS I FEEL SO WIERED IN THE DAY BUT MY BODY FEEL SO RUN DOWN AND
SHAKY AND MY SHORT TERM MEMORY IS SHOT I HAVE A VERY DRY MOUTH AND MY MOUTH HURT ALL THE TIME ANDI TRYED TAKING ALL MY OTHER PILLS AWAY AND CUTTING BACK ON OTHERS AND I STILL HAVE ALL THOSE WEIRED THINGS GOING ON MY NEXT STEP IS TO STOP THE AMBIEN TONIGHT, HAS ANY ELES HAD THE FEELING AND DRY MOUTH AS I HAVE? HELP

i was on trazadone,and i tryed to kill myself.my drs. put me on RISPERDAL and im a new person. im sorry to read about all the bad side effects it has on other people but it is doing a grate job on me.