Urge symptoms and conditions

I am 40 years old and was prescribed lisinopril/HCTZ 20-25 a little over two weeks ago. I went in for a little congestion and low grade fever. I am a teacher and have many kids out with the flu, swine flu, etc. and felt that I needed to get checked. I came out with 5 medications, one of which was lisinopril. I have never had bp problems in my life. I am almost certain that the nurse practicioner wrote me down for something else and the dr came in and changed. I am usually a very calm person but in the last two days have experienced what I thought was a panic attack and anxiety, horrible anxiety. I haven't been able to face my students which isn't like me at all. During the first week I took my students on a field trip and had a really great day with them- much less stress than a normal day. I got home and my bp was around 138/98. I thought that was kind of odd. It has been under control since I started taking it. On this same day, I got blistered on my face and wasn't outside much at all. I have Rosea and thought that it had been aggravated. I believe now that it was the lisinopril. I know that it has a diuretic in it, but it doesn't make me go frequently. Instead I get a sudden urge and have had two "accidents" recently. I have a sometimes dry, other times full of mucous, cough to the point of nearly gagging. My neck muscles were already stressed out and tight, but have gotten worse. I feel a tightness in my chest constently. My lips are so dry that they peel all the time. I have no appetite and when I do eat I get nauseous and almost feel like vomitting. I have been lightheaded and dizzy. I am not sleeping and feel extremely tired all the time. But these last two days have been awful. I love being around people and right now can't stand the thought of it. I am guessing that lisinopril has caused much of these problems. I am about to go see the doctor today and think they will want to put me on some sort of nerve pill. I hate that!!!! I have a plan to achieve everything that these meds are supposed to. Exercise, change my diet, go see the chiropractor, do more relaxing things for myself and take better care of me! After reading these blogs I believe that I am going to take myself off of lisinopril and see what happens. My hubby is also on it and just last week developed an oozing sore and his left cheek - could be the lisinopril. I will pray for all of you bloggers and those who are unaware. This is definitely a poison to our bodies. I think I even read that it contains snake venom. Is this true????? I will update in a few days. Good luck and God bless!

I've been on Wellbutrin XL 300mg for quite some time now...coming up on 2 years, I think? I think I took the brand name drug at first, but for most of the time, I've taken the generic BUPROPRION--different generics from different companies, even. But this last refill, the pharmacy had switched to BUDEPRION for the generic. Bupropion and Budeprion are NOT the same!

Today is my second day on Budeprion and I feel like crap. Jittery, shaky, diarrhea, peeing constantly ("polyuria"), heart racing, nausea, nausea while hungry, hot-and-cold, and now worn out from a day of all that! My psychiatrist is on maternity leave but I've got a call in to her office to get it switched back to brand-name. Thankfully I'm in grad school, and under my student health insurance, the copay is the same for brand or generic.

Why Budeprion is considered a generic of Wellbutrin, I don't know. Wellbutrin is bupropion. This Budeprion stuff is a different chemical composition and is absorbed by/released into the body an entirely different way, from what I've been reading. When is the FDA going to get its act together???

i am 24 and i was on loestrin 24 for 8 months. at first i didn't notice any side effects but gradually i became lethargic, moody, and i lost my sex drive almost completely. none of those things described me in the slightest before i started taking this pill, in fact i used to wonder if pms was a myth...now i KNOW its so real.anyway because of the lethargy i was having i went to the doctor to see if maybe i was having thyroid problems, i wasn't but he did tell me that studies he has seen link hormonal birth control to breast cancer and advised me to get off the pill. kinda scary i know. i did quit and ive been off for about a month now and i swear its like night and day, im not moody, i have energy and my intimate life is back to normal, im so happy i quit.

im 14,and my acne is just depressing.my parents even point it out and it just quite awful.i did a lot of creams and they just made me break out more and after a couple weeks i would stop taking them. i have even been called a pizza face before and i don't want be judged just because i have crap on my face. i would talk to mom about just popping a pill to get this off my face. but she knew that if i was on birth control that i might be thinking about actually having sex. but trust me i don't. so i went o the doctor and my parents finally gave in and let me take yaz. i am just about 5 days away from the white pills and i pick at my pimple and pop them just something i cant control. my dad has noticed a change.but im not sure i have. and i have read post and about having no sex drive but i don't if it is just my hormones or what but i have a sex drive and i am only 14. i am always tired during the day but wide awake at night so my sleep schedule is just messed up. i have a urge for chocolate and nothing else. i only 103 and my weight hasn't changed. my nipples are sooo sore. i might not be to far a long to know if this is a good pill for acne or not. but i am going to keep using it bc i have faith in it. i haven't had one headache but i do see stars when i get up. not sure what it is. thanks for reading;] wish me luck!

My name is Kayla, I'm 19 and i started taking the pill in January 09. The first couple of month were cool, besides your usual bloating and i may have also put on 10lbs but i thought that was usual since i was just recently diagnosed with pcos. (polycystic ovarion syndrome) After about the third month I noticed that i gained about 20lbs and i was very moody and emotional. I just had the urge to cry for no apparent reason. And any one that knows me knows that i am not an emotional person. I stopped taking the pill around april 09. and just recently started yaz this month (07/09) ive only been taking it for a few days so we'll see what happens. But please understand that medicine effects each person differently. this is just how it affected me.

Ladies,

I hope you don’t mind a male posting on this forum but I do have a reason for doing so. I am a Coroner’s Officer in England. I will not at this time disclose whereexactly I am based as I need to protect the identity of the family. I would however like to use you as a sounding board in the hope that you can help me, help the family and perhaps, just perhaps, I can help you.

Sadly I am dealing with a suicide. The lady in question, who has taken her own life is in her 40’s, married and has children (all over 11 years). The lady has no history what so ever of any form of depression during her life.

The lady has described her life as being perfect with a family that loves her and who she loves in return and as the Investigator I believe she is truthful in that comment. She states she has been extremely happy until last week. She makes comments of - I am just very ill, cannot sleep, feel dizzy, cannot concentrate, sometimes lose my vision, feel sick all the time and sweat at night. She cannot understand, but it makes her feel bad. I am not myself, something has made me ill which means I can’t be my normal positive, active busy self. I can’t bring myself to do anything that I normally love, like gardening, cooking etc. I am losing my memory badly going fuzzy in the head.

Her final comment, which is the one that has prompted me to post on this forum (with the permission of the family) is ‘I just don’t understand this – I’m so sorry . I can’t understand myself or what is wrong with me or what I’m doing so sorry. Just remember I’m not myself somebody else has taken over – I don’t know if it is all the anti-histamine pills that has mixed up my chemical balance along with the Mirena coil or is it just me’.

The mention of the Mirena coil has therefore prompted me to investigate it. I am not, by any means suggesting that this is responsible but it would be wrong of me to discount it after having read the posts on this forum and other places on the Internet.

The lady in question had the coil inserted in 2004/5 and it would appear that there were no problems or side effects reported.

I am therefore looking for some help from you. Some comments on what I have posted etc. Some advice on where to obtain expert advice (although I am trying some avenues of my own).

I may also ask, depending on what help you can give me if you would be willing to identify yourself to me.

Thank you

P.

Just want to survey everyone and ask for responses for the following 3 questions:

1. how long did you keep your Mirena and if you no longer have it, why did you have it removed?

2. how many of you had your thyroid checked? who's came back abnormal? what were the levels?

(I'm a medical student doing research on this one since I believe the levonorgestrel affects our thyroid hormone. My TSH was elevated to 5.2 which is considered "subclinical HYPOthyroidism". This was mid cycle when my natural progesterone AND synthetic progestin were cumulatively high. When I had it rechecked 6 weeks later (around my period when any natural progesterone level is gone) it was normalized at 1.5. So I think that the P+P screws up our thyroid and can throw us into a high TSH and "hypothyroid state". The opposite effect may be true during menstruation and we can become HYPERthyroid for a few days... hence the really bad anxiety?!)

3. where is everyone from? perhaps we can have support group meetings?

I've been taking Yaz for about a year and a half. I also take lexapro to help even out extreme mood swings I would get (2 weeks before my period). For a while, probably the first year, I just felt more tired, which I thought was because of the lexapro. In the past 6 months though, I have been getting a stomach flu type illness every month, 3 days after I start my new pack of pills. I also have a very sensitive stomach and get sick easily. I recently lost 5 pounds (from 125 to 120) without making any lifestyle changes. Also, this year I've had low iron levels, and noticed my stools are black from time to time. I went to the doctor today to have my blood checked and also submitted stool samples. Could this all be from Yaz? I have been getting the flu (or flu like illness) way too much this year, and my boyfriend never catches it from me. I am worried about going off the medication because the yaz and lexapro have really controlled my mood swings, and my skin gets much worse without birth control. I'm just worried something more serious is going on here. I am 26 and a healthy eater, so I don't understand all the stomach problems! Does anyone else have these issues? Especially after starting a pack of pills (I feel fine the week of my period)...

On my 1st dose - 2.5 mg I had an inexplicably frightening, near-death "trip" while driving on a very busy highway. The only way I can explain it is to say that my body took over and wanted to crash into the center divider OR a huge truck that was next to me. MY BODY, not my mind - I don't know how else to describe it. It took every ounce of strength - mental and physical, to force myself to exit immediately and go park at the first safe place. I threw my keys to the back of my car in case I had the urge to drive again (I did not, I waited for help, cried and basically freaked out as quietly as possible).

I have been on Loestrin 24 for about 2 weeks. I was prescribed it because my periods are always heavy and this was supposed to help that. The side effects that I've had to deal with are the mood swings and the constant urge to just CRY!! I've never been an emotional person. Never really cry much, but since I've been on the pill every little thing hurts my feeling and brings me to tears. I feel sad and have also began to question my relationships, which I think is kind of odd.I've also had some very very light spotting.
I think I'm just going to stick with it and hopefully, now that I know that I'm not losing my mind :), it will get better.

I was prescribed budeprion150xr on April 6 after an ER visit having MDD and took over 6mg of klonopin..anyway during the day and a half stay I asked the nurses desk if I could get my bupropion SR 200mg and was working fine and they said they would call the hospital pharmacy and never got at 7am,12pm,nothing then I talked to the attending doctor at 5pm and told that I couldn't take it. I had severe headaches and ask also for Advil or Tylenol..nothing. Next day same excuse...horrible hospital. the prescribed me the newer budeprion. took it next day and felt sleepy and more depressed I slept three hours in the afternoon,feel irritable,robotic and an urge to leave and never come back to where I live. 7 days of hell..I am going back to bupropion 200mg sr...what a nightmare!!

I am keeping everyone updated because I cannot find any updated posts through the site. I took out my ring on April 8th (I believe) which was 3 days ago and the majority of the burning side effects are gone. However, I am spotting brown now and I am probably going to have the period of my life. Sex felt better 2 days after removing it but i'm still dry and have burning afterwards,just not as intense.

I have really bad constipation on this pill also. Has anyone had that side effect on this pill, then have it go away in a few months. The mood swings are a real symptom with this pill also. My main concern is the constipation, because I have always had such a good digestion system, I am afraid of the long term effects of having to take laxatives everyday!

I've taken loratab for several different things, after Birth of my son, after gallbladder surgery, sinus infections and so on.. This may sound odd, and I will probably get alot of backlash on this issue.. But it makes me happy.. I would seriously like to see a doctor.. or even a pharmaceutical company hold a drug trial on how laratab can be used as an anti-depressant, I've suffered from depression almost all my life.. and have been on a plethera of anti-depressants, they always seem to work for the first month or so, and then "wear" off so to speak.. I have to either up my dose.. or change all together.. I don't have to do that with loratab

When I take it, I don't have any crazy side effects.. in fact just the oppisite.. I feel i have much more clearity, I'm happy and just have an all around "good" feeling. When at work.. I feel I give my co-workers and customers the best of my abilities.. and not to mention my home life.. I'm a better mother.. daughter.. sister.. and friend.. and what's really funny I don't have that "urge" perople say they get if addicted to a drug.. I can go for months without it and i'm fine.. but much better when i do have it..

I just got off the Depo-Provera, but not as a result of some of the horrendous side effects many of you have had. I was on it for 8 years and maintained my weight at 135. I had a good experience for the most part with it. I loved the fact that I didn't have to remember to take a pill everyday and the affordability of it, not to mention the fact that I completely stopped having periods altogether which was WONDERFUL! Anyhow, I've considered myself to have a pretty voracious sexual appetite-- until about a year ago. My libido right now is at about a 0, and it's upsetting and frustrating for both my boyfriend and I. He thinks that it's his fault, but I keep explaining that I just don't have the drive anymore.

One night on Discovery Health I caught an episode of this show called "Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew". He talked about this study that they did on an alpha male gorilla and his 3 female gorilla mates, where they injected all three of them with Depo-Provera, and then all three refused to have sex with him. The male then flew into a homicidal rage... or something along those lines. I also found out that prisons use Depo as a method of non-surgical castration for male sex offenders -- pedophiles, specifically -- to take away their urge.

I started NuvaRing yesterday, and I'm hoping that all goes well with this.

I took prozac for 1 year. Just come off it now. Yes it is a good drug but I firmly believe it has it's limits. I was depressed to the point of suicide and it did save my life however the longer I stayed on it the more numb I felt. It does take away all bad feelings but for me it took all my feelings away. I became a zombie. It also reduced me to sitting or laying on the sofa constantly during the last couple of months. I have never felt so exhausted in all my life. My sex drive went out of the window and I actually couldn't be bothered to even talk to people. It's a great drug when you are at your lowest because it numbs your dark thoughts and feelings. My advice is not to stay on it too long if you suffer from the numbing side effect. I am off now only a couple of weeks and already I feel so alive and awake. My sex drive is back with a vengeance and I feel happy. I have no regrets about taking this drug but urge people to question how they feel on it.

I have been on celexa for about a year and lately I have become very anxious and irritable. I cant stand for anyone to be near me and hate to be around anyone. I feel like I am about to really hurt myself, I have been a cutter and haven't done that in about 6 months but the urge is so strong to cut again, I cant stand it anymore, I have gained a lot of weight, I used to be a size 5 juniors and now I am at about a size 12 womens and it is freaking depressing, I cannot stand this anymore. My therapist has me going back to my doctor on Tuesday to have my meds re evaluated. Something has to change, My life is not my own anymore. I have my mind telling me over and over again that i am not worth the air I breathe.

I have been taking Aviane going on my 3rd month, and I really have not experienced any side affects. In my first 2 weeks I did feel the urge to snap at people, but I was able to control it. I had come across this site the night before I started taking Aviane and was pretty horrified, lucky I have not experienced anything awful. Other than my first 2 weeks with having mood swings, since Ive been taking Aviane it has made me loose weight to the point that you can see my sternum, Ive been able to control not loosing anymore by eating higher calorie foods. So if you have the same problem it's easily fixable to not look like a skeleton. I have also noticed that during my last week and a half before my 'period' pill, I have become bloated, that entire almost 2 weeks. Some days it is worse than others, but the bloating really hasn't effected me severely, and I can deal with the bloating for only 3 days of my actual period. Which has slowed down immensely. I was a very heavy bleeder during my past period history, and Aviane has almost subsided my period all together. Which is wonderful. Overall I have no complaints about Aviane unlike a lot of girls who have posted things. I was really scared after I read these posts before I started my b.c. but all you have to do is go for it. You'll know if a birth control is right for you within the first month. Every birth control affects everyone differently. (I took Yasmin before - It made me gain 40 POUNDS in the first month, no joke. It was horrible.)

I've been taking Januvia for about 2 months and have experienced sever constipation. I don’t seem to have an urge to have a BM. I have increased my fiber and water intake with no success. I’m also taking Metformin, so I was used to having diarrhea. Since taking the Januvia, I need to take meds to have a BM. I’m also experiencing numbness down the outside of my thighs. I have trouble sleeping throughout the night and I’m very anxious. I don’t know if my problem in the Januvia, but I do know that I did not have these problems until I started taking the Januvia. I’m planning to stop taking the drug for a few days and see how I feel.

I got my Mirena fitted 5 weeks ago. After the 1st week I could feel myself starting to become really low, my head began to get ‘foggy’, total lack of motivation and the headache from hell. This peeked at 3 weeks when I became very depressed, snappy, anxious, extreme tiredness, tearful, severe headache and an inability to concentrate – my brain felt it had no depth to focus or absorb anything. I also felt I was standing on the outside, looking in! I had a similar but far milder reaction to the POP so recognized the symptoms immediately.
I went back to the doctor and tearfully explained how I was feeling and how I was convinced it was a reaction to the Mirena. She totally dismissed this and said she felt there was a lot more to it than that and started talking about PN depression. She also said that in the 16 years of fitting the Mirena she had never experienced anyone with these symptoms. I assured her I was not suffering from PND, but in my ‘fragile state’ wasn’t capable of arguing my point and began to wonder if she was actually right, so what a relief to discover this web-site! I also found a great document issued by the New Zealand Medicine and Medical Device Authority, a Government Agency (http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/Consumers/cmi/m/Mirena.htm ) acknowledging that all the side effects I was experiencing were all common occurrences in between 1 and 10 in every 100 patients – it also acknowledges virtually all the other symptoms everyone else is listing and states that ‘These side effects are more common during the first months after insertion’- so why wasn’t my doctor prepared to accept these symptoms when they are officially recognized in other countries? Are the drug company bonuses more important than patient health?

Anyway, 5 weeks on and my mood has lifted, deep down I still feel low, but my normal self is sitting on top of it. I still want to snap at the kids, but I can control the urge to do so! My head is still foggy and I still feel detached from everything, the headache is still there and I still can’t concentrate / absorb anything! My fingers, knees and wrists now get really stiff / sore and the back of my neck aches when I wake every morning. Fortunately, I haven’t had any cramping or much spotting.

I am due to get it checked in 1 weeks time, but have decided to get it out and hopefully get it replaced with a non-hormone coil. Heavy periods seem great compared with how I’m feeling right now!.
I can’t wait to get back to my old self!.

I have been taking Remeron for about 14 months. I have gained about 12 pounds. It's almost like a compulsion to eat. Don't get me wrong I already liked to eat but at this point I have a crazy urge. I started having night sweats. I used to sleep with a lot of covers and that is ABSOLUTELY not possible any more. I've also noticed that I sweat more during the day. I was never a person who sweat a lot and this is totally new to me. But I sleep very soundly and that was the initial reason to start taking the meds.

I've been taking Lisinopril for about 4 months and I've experienced the following issues. First, I have frequent visits to the bathroom and have a hard time defecating. At times after pushing and relieving my urge to go, only a small amount of feces is the result. I also feel constipated and have a hard painful time passing my feces. This started and has continued while I've been taking this medication. I don't have any pain other than in my anus because of the feces. Does anyone have a similar issue in relation to this medication?

I was first given Singulair at the age of 21. At which time, I quit a job in which I have yet (at 28) to match its income. My doctor continued to give me samples as I could not afford the medication. During this time, I was very depressed, contemplated suicide often and was given a serious of antidepressants-non of which helped. For one reason or another, I stopped taking everything. At which time, it seemed I had a new lease on life. I went back to college, finished my degree, and got a job in decorating. My asthma began acting up again, and again I took singulair and again had to be given antidepressants. I wound up quiting that job too and worked a serious of low paying jobs. Again, I quit, and again found the urge to "live" again. I never connected the two, until this past week. I was given singulair again by another doctor on Wednesday. Thursday I had nightmares, Friday I spent the day crying, Saturday night I began to think of leaving my husband (I also did that ALL the other times I took the drug and we've been together 14 years-I love him). Today is Sunday, I normally go to bed around 12 or 1 a.m., but I am making myself stay awake and have all day. This drug has ruined a large part of my life, please, if anyone notices even a little depression with this drug, Stop!!!! It is not in your head, it is this drug!!!!

I,m self employed, was on a deadline job, and couldn't miss work, when i came down with an upper respiratory infection. When I couldn't sleep (It hurt to swallow and breathing deeply hurt my upper chest), I decided to self medicate with an old amoxicillin script I found in the medicine cabinet. After two days the symptoms were gone and I continued to finish the script (two 875 mg a day for 6 days). On Oct 29, I seemed to have symptoms returning so I went to my PCP. He told me not to self medicate again and said he would have to put me on a stronger antibiotic - Avelox. I took my first of 10 doses that same day at 2pm. I had no noticeable reaction until I took the second dose the next day. It was about 4 hours later, and I was standing at the counter at Lowes when I started to feel sick. I was feeling dizzy and anxious and like I was going to faint. someone got me a stool to sit on and a bottle of water. Within a few minutes I had the urge to go outside for fresh air. That helped but as I returned inside the experience repeated. I finally told the man waiting on me that I'd better continue the transaction at a later time. The next thing I remember is being picked up off the floor and asking me if I was all right. At my insistence he helped me back out the door into the cold air. I refused an ambulance and after 10 minutes of rejuvenation in that fresh air I managed to drive the half mile home. A few hours after calling the doctors office they got back to me and said it was doubtful avelox caused it. I've been taking dose 3,4,and5 in the morning and every time I experience the same symptoms. Within a half hour of taking the drug I start to feel nauseated, start burping, am shakey and I start trembling. If I try to walk my legs are very weak and shaky. I experience feelings of anxiety, am somewhat disoriented and confused. I get tingling down my arms, I tremble and feel either hot or cold. I haven't fainted any more, but I often feel like I might. I'm halfway through my 10 day regimen and will have to consider quitting, after seeing all the similar reports on this website. I'll be discussing it with my doctor on Monday.

I have had the Mirena since October 2006. My Public Health Nurse suggested it...It was to help with my mood swings, such as crying all the time, and the feeling that something bad was going to happen. Once I got it,,,I noticed that I did not cry on a whim, in fact I could hardly cry! My nose and sinuses would actually hurt if I did have the need to cry...almost like my body was fighting the urge to cry. I did get neck pains and also I was not having my period for MONTHS! Until, I went to see a traditional healer and he told me that I was very sick...he gave me a special root to help me...and I bleed for 7 days straight..I felt so much better! and lost a little weight. But, the feeling of panic went away. But, now i notice that I am getting dizzy constantly, I cannot even bend to put my socks on. I walk with my hand on the wall to help me just in case I do fall....I have fallen 2 this week alone. I did have some neck pain recently, and I went to the doctor he basically told me I have fluid in my ear and it would take 6 weeks to go away...I told him about the neck pain in my neck on the right side...he never even bothered to check it. I am starting to wonder now If this birth control is even worth it...and I am seriously thinking of having it removed and then getting my tubes tied. I hope anyone out there who has the same symptoms like me would send me a message....******