Trying to talk symptoms and conditions

I was given Aveloz with Predisone for sinuitis...I was having no symtoms but a MRI Then 2 CT's showed bad infections in sinus.

Day 2 3 hours after taking I saw gold sparks fly off the back of my friends dog has he came out a doggie door. I said oh wow your dog just got shocked. She was like no she didn't. I got in my car to go home it was dark and my left eye began to rapidly flash white light. I drove one 1/2 mile and my visison was blurred with numerous floaters. I called my insurance company and they told me to get to the ER. The er Doctor told me not a side effect as I suspected but my retina had detached. HE said go home and lay flat and go directly to Eye, Ears, Throat Doctor expecting to have laser eye sugery in the am.

I did go to the Eye specialist and he said I was fortunate that just the gel wall collasped in the back of my eye. He said it is not the drugs...aging happens to everyone. I just knew better.

I took the meds a different time yesterday and had a similar worsening experience.

Today I was on the phone and all of a sudden was in a deep brain fog. Words would not come out of my mouth. I knew I was trying to talk but it was like my brain was detached and was not letting the words come to me.

I am suppose to take this 15 days, refill and take 15 more days. Come back for an MRI ..then take 15 more days.

I am not sure what to do now.

I called manufacturer of drug and they took report and said "we will report to FDA." Also took my information and doctors phone, fax and address and name.

I know what Kim is going through and I know Kim's situation alittle bit more because we talk alot on the phone. She did try everything before the Lexapro that she could before she really lost here self. Infact that was a huge, huge, decession for her to make because she wanted to go the natural way. Honestly I tried everything natural that I could have possibly tried for 2 months and then I cracked. I tried valerian root, melantonin, b-vitamins kava kava, health food stores natual anti anxiety stuff, I went all over to health food stores telling them my situation, trying this and that. Natural herbs and vitamins always worked for me but for some reason with this situation it made me worse. My symptoms started in October and I did not start the Lexapro until December. My mind could not heal it self and I was really going to kill myself. I think Kim just hit that point in her life when she started the A/D too. I do agree she needs to give the A/D some time yet. I am trying to talk her through with that. Honestly, if I did not have such quick results like I did, I really think that my life would have ended. Thats why I really worry about this pill on the market. I worry that someone is going to end up taking their life from being so screwed up from it. It definetly alters chemicals in our body. I know we all have been through horrible things on this site.

I thought this stuff was going to kill me! Sure I could live with the bad taste and the feeling like I was going to hurl, I could even handle the thrush. But then it started to effect my mind. It made me feel so ill. I had confusion, I would get disoriented. Then it got to the point my arms head and neck would have uncontrollable jerky movements. Then it messed with my speech. It was hard to get the words out. While trying to talk I would just start to cry, all the while my arms are flaring. Some thought I must have had a stroke. I looked like I had Parkinson Disease. I took this for about a total of 5 days. The first 2 days were okay, just felt pressure in my head behind my eyes and in my ears. By day three I felt like someone slipped me something bad. That was when the jerks and speech problems started. Once the medication was stopped, it was 72 hours later that the jerking movements stopped and I could speak normally. I was prescribed this for c-diff. The c-diff was a walk in the park compared to what this drug did to me. The doctor says those side effects can happen but it was VERY rare. I guess I was the rare one. So I say it is a VERY bad drug. But it is hard to say if I may have an underline condition that is not known and this drug just brought it to the surface. Either way I would avoid this like drug, that is just my opinion. I now know what hell must be like.

I am on now 400mg of Topamax a day. I take it for epilepsy. I have some halluciations but I ignore them. I lost over 30 lbs. The weight loss was needed because of a seond medication I am still currently on that made me gain weight. The Topamax gives my legs and neck the worst pain and mucsle achs... I get blurred vision. I will be trying to talk and my speech will start to slur or I forget words that I will need help remembering that are right on the tip of my tongue. My short term memory, that is not so good, I forget things most of the time. The medicine is for migrane relief but since I have been on it I have had the worst headaches ever! Along with the rest of you I do have gas problems also......The only reason I do not get off this stuff is that I have tried over 10 different medicines that didn't control my seizures, this does. I have had all the tests, Just went in for an MRI, what else can we do?

I have been on Topamax since December 5, 2005 and I have experienced the following: tingling in my feet and my fingers, sleeping is more deep, horrible loss of words when trying to talk/complete sentences while talking; kind of like a stuttering problem. Memory loss. Even though I have had these side affects this is the best medicine I have ever been on for the treament of bipolar. I feel great, I never want to fight with anyone, yet i also don't feel doped up on medication. I will continue searching for another medicine while staying on topamax.

Six and a half weeks ago I had laprascopic surgery to find out what was causing me all my pelvic pain. I had seen a number of doctors for my pain and they all said the tests are fine, there is nothing wrong with you. Finally I found the doctor that did the surgery. This doctor found some tiny cysts on both ovaries, small scaring, and a whole about the size of a dime in the little pouch on the back side of the uterus.(not sure what it is actually called). He suggested the Lupron shot as treatment for this problem. I did some research but I didn't find out about the side effects I have read on hear. It has been a little over 3 weeks since I got my first lupron shot.
The hotflashes started within a couple days. I don't have them once in a while I have them all day and night long. Now I am getting the hot flashes and then after it stops I am freezing. In the past couple days I have become very nervous and anxious, crying, scared, heart feels like it is racing, and a sharp pain in my chest. I also suffer from daily migraines and the lupron has made them worse. Since these new symptoms started on the weekend I can't get a hold of my doctor. I am calling him first thing in the morning. I am still having the pelvic pain. The only time I don't have the pain is when I am having sex (it used to hurt worse during sex before the shot). I have always had a high sex drive but now it is higher than it ever has before. My breasts have grown a little, which is not a problem because I am small chested (happy they didn't get smaller). I can't think straight, trying to talk to people is not working so well. I get fumbled and can get a word out right. Typing this message has taken me so long when normally it would have been done in no time at all. Before this shot I typed 90+ words a minute. Now I think it's about 20 and always having to use the backspace key. I am really getting scare about these symptoms. I am not supposed to get my next and final shot until december. I really don't want to get it. Sorry if I was too descriptive in this message. I am just going crazy.

Hi just found this forum, and now believe my side effects are not mere imagination. Having slight cough on occasion but basically main problems are digestive (ibs) and bladder,which may be due to pressure from bloat and all. Also tiredness May be those pills to blame and not menopause after all! Am on low dose then cut that in half and am ready to stop pills now. Am trying different herbal things lately. Need to remind that maybe stopping any drug might be easier on the system by tapering off over a couple of days.If side effects not too unbearable- you don't want a huge sudden rebound effect of high bp which could land you back into the doctors office with some doc trying to talk you into even worse stuff. Many meds carry some warning about this anyhow. Good luck to all.

To guest 12068
I'm so very sorry u r going thru this. That is way too long to be on pred. Is there any way your fiance' can go thru therapy with u? No one understands this demon drug and we r not ever told of the long term dangers of taking this. It will be 1 yr. or longer to be rid of the side effects from being on it for 4 yrs. I understand the anger problem. Mine lasts about 10 minutes then I get really quiet and then I'm ok. My husband is great about it. He just says calm down and waits it out with me and then I feel stupid and everything is ok again.(until the next time) It comes on so fast and leaves just as fast. I'm trying to talk to myself before I let anyone else see my mood. Sometimes I just walk away and settle down and then I'll be ok. I've got two wonderful friends who know what is going on and they understand and hug me when I get like that. I still have insomnia. I've been off of pred. for 6 weeks. Fatigue happens real sudden like rigor mortis is coming on. Ha It does feel weird. U r in my prayers even if we don't the names on this website. It will get better. Since u have been on this so long hang in there with the therapy and keep us all posted and ask all of us anything u want. Thant's why we r here. U don't know until u go thru prednisone hell. : )