Unfortunate symptoms and conditions

I'm having serious side effects currently. The onset of the side effects began after taking Lamictal for over 2 months. I started slowly on 25 mg and gradually increased to 200. I felt a great improvement in Bipolar disorder-mood swings- at 100mg but was told that is not the theraputic dose, so we increased to 200mg.

I had no side effects until the rash began to appear. At first only on legs, then arms, then neck, then face...and surprisingly in private areas. Unbearable itching. Rash continued to rage even after a pack of steroids. Swelling became apparrent in face and entire body. Slight difficulty breathing. Went to the ER and received another dose of steroids intravenously. The rash continues to improve but is still extremely itch. The swelling improved for a couple of days but is back. Had one day of severe headache. It has been 14 days and today I am experiencing blurred vision in the left eye, and new swelling in the tongue.
I sit at home with an Epi Pen next to me waiting to hear back from the doctor.

All of this is so unfortunate because I felt more stable than I have in years while on the medication. I'm feeling very concerned about my continuing side effects. Don't know what to expect.

I just took my first of six shots 2 days ago. I'm already experiencing a general hot feeling, hot flashes and insomnia. I'm worried after reading these posts. ... My doctor did not explain the severity of the side effects prior to recommending the drug. Should I continue the treatment? My endometriosis only effects my life during my periods, and have no symptoms while im not menstruating. However, my period pain is so severe it impairs my ability to function. What do i do?

Where do I begin??? I have been taking Yaz for six months. Migraines! The worst migraines ever, I cannot function for one full day and sometimes more, the pain was so intolerable.

Hives! For the past two months, I keep thinking that I had a food allergy; even my doctor diagnosed it as that. After going to the allergist, I was told that I have developed an allergy to the Yasmin pill. No part of my body has been discriminated with this medication. Hives from the top of my head, in my eyes, right down to the bottom of my feet! This has been the worst experience of my life with this pill.

Fatigue to the extreme! I fall asleep sitting up and never feel rested. Yaz has caused me to go up two cup sizes so far, I went from being a 38C to a 40DD and I can't fit into anything. My boobs are sore a lot.

Weight gain, at least 20 pounds heavier. Nausea; Indigestion; Diarrhea & Constipation; Decreased Sex Drive; and Mood swings; Uncontrollable Rages; Severe body aches; Hot Flashes/Chills; Crying Spells; Blurred Vision; Lack of Concentration; Trouble sleeping; Dizziness; Shaking; Restlessness mainly after 9pm when I should be winding down to go to bed; Terrible night sweats; Never ending cravings for junk food; Inability to cope with stressful situations; Feeling of being inadequate; Can’t concentrate; Gassy; Hate family & partners; Irrational.

Reading through these postings, I am surprised that so many women out there have had negative experiences with Desogen. I have had an extremely positive experience with Solia (the generic). It got rid of my preexisting, extremely painful premenstrual cramps, lightened my flow, didn't cause weight gain or bloating, cleared up my skin tone, and the melasma that is known to occur with high dosage pills didn't even happen to me. Conversely, I tried Yasmin about a year ago for about 5 months and it drove me bloody mad - intense food cravings, cramps came back, increased irritability - you name it, I had it. My advice to all the women out there is you really just have to try various pills until you find one that works for you. It's unfortunate and inconvenient, but if the side effects are significant enough to motivate you to research them online, then you owe it to yourself to switch pills.

I have been using Advair on and off for a while now. I notice that it does more harm than good and I am going to discontinue using it. I have been suffering respiratory infections, tingling and numbness in my hands and feet, aching bones and muscles, horse throat and other various flu-like symptoms. I also notice loss of appetite and that my mood becomes agitated. It is unfortunate that there are no really good drugs for asthmatics on the market that do not have adverse effects.

After my 4 1/2 year old using Singulair for 2 1/2 years we took him off after coming across this site and we are so thankful! He was having teeth clenching, unexplained aggression (he was so happy and easy going til 3), bed wetting, loss of focus , anxiety and the worse one was tics. He would open and close his mouth and some eye twitching. It was so painful to watch. We didn't know what we did wrong, why this was happening to him, where this was coming from? His pediatrician said there is no relation to medication, kids just get tics some times, it will pass. When it's your kid you can't bear to just let it pass. A pediatric neurologist said it was a simple motor tic , (usually age 5-10) which some children are prone to, said some asthma medications can make it worse as they can affect the nervous system. After 6 weeks off the medication his tics, bed wetting and most of the other symptoms were completely gone. It was gradual, initially i saw no change then suddenly it was less and less and then suddenly completely gone. Symptoms have been gone for almost a month now. It is so unfortunate that these horrible symptoms are not listed when your child is given this medication. I am so greatful to this website,

Been on high dosages of prednisone since january. the highest 80mg to 10mg. being treated for a kidney disease, vascullitis. this past week i felt like my energy has been drained and some times anxious, also unable to concentrate. unfortunate this week we had the psat's, which was hard for me to concentrate on. i would have been off of prednisone in June but i came down with shingles causing my dosage to go from 20mg back to 60mg. i am also taking 2 grams of cellcept and two blood pressure medicines. i am happy to say i am in remission.

Boy am I glad I came here before taking this poison! I know better than to take drugs, but a friend brought it to me because I have had an infection that's getting worse. No thanks Levaquin. Just wanted to suggest to all of you have been unfortunate to take this drug and are now experiencing symptoms as herein described, a juice fast may help you overcome the symptoms. You need to detoxify your body. Fresh juice and distilled water are the way to go! Hope this helps!
P.S. Colloidal Silver is a natural antibiotic very helpful in many cases.

I know that the stuff is supposed to clear the nose... but I use it to help me concentrate better at work and college; it gives me incredible focus.
I used to take Ephedra pills but those are now banned. Luckily pseudoephedrine works just as well. Typically I take 120mg with coffee in the morning (about 10am) and that will last until 6pm for sure (sometimes longer, hence my unfortunate "whiskey dick" experience).
Dry mouth, horribly bad breath, lots of urinating, difficulty in sqeezing out the last few urine drops, itchy scalp, and "whiskey dick" are some of the side-effects.

OMG--Thanks to all who have written. I have been on Yasmin for about a year after my gyno suggested switching from ortho. I have been slowly noticing increased problems--my first bv infection, leg cramping, acne on my lower chin, increased appetite, but recently I began having brown discharge (something that totally freaked me out), which started my online investigation. After reading this website and also the initial press release regarding yasmin (which was only tested on 2600 women) I immediately stopped taking it and will be contracting my gyno ASAP.

Hopefully my problems will be solved when I get this stuff out of my system. Thanks to everyone who wrote and good luck to all those unfortunate ladies who were convinced to take this wretched pill!

My mother took Levaquin three times for a unirary tract infection. The first time she could not sleep all night. So we discontinued, and got a prescription for Bactrim, which cleared the infection up. The infection came back a few weeks later (pain on urination)and since we did not have another prescription, she took one tablet of Levaquin and it seemed to clear up the infection, and she did not have sleep problems, but did complain about joint pain, which we did not associate with Levaquin. The infection came back again, and she took another Levaquin last night--she slept OK, but this morning she felt dizzy, but blood pressure was OK, and could not stand up, and toppled over, with weakness in her legs. We attribute this to the Levaquin. Do not take this again. The doctor precribed Cipro, but I don't know if we want to take Cipro, since my late father had a seizure taking Cipro (he eventually died from the effects of all the antibiotics the doctors gave him). It is unfortunate that one has to be so careful about drugs precribed by the doctors.