Vicious cycle symptoms and conditions

I started taking Lotrel in January and was thrilled because my bp was down from 165/97 to 100/70. Atenolol caused extreme fatigue to the point where I thought I had leukemia or something. I couldn't bend over to pick up something off the floor without feeling like I would pass out, my heart pounded at night, I had a weak pulse. And my bp was 165/97.
My former doc said this was all "anxiety".
My current doc is pleased with the lowered bp.
HOWEVER, I can't lose weight, and I have the "crickets" sound in my ears most of the time. Needless to say, I have leg pain, swollen extremities, and insomnia.
This is a vicious cycle-- lose weight to lower bp, lower bp to have energy to exercise to help lose weight. Between that and the crickets, I'm feeling pretty "anxious".

Mixed review. Although I have only been taking Yasmin for two weeks, I am pleased to say that it has yet to cause a migraine. My previous experience with the pill, otho-trycyclen lo made me suffer every morning.I also packed on a few pounds with that pill.

The Bad: This pill -(Yasmin) exhausts me.I'm so tired, that I had to convince myself for seven minutes to write this review. Constantly fatigued, and then depressed because I'm tired and don't want to have sex with my boyfriend-(this is blasphemous, my boyfriend is a stunner) It's a vicious cycle.

Do not take this pill with Advil. I went completely numb, and my B/P dropped to 81/67. I had to smoke to get it back up.

Definitely more moody. Overall, I feel very blah. Less attractive, which makes the libido take a nose dive.Vaginal itching. Everywhere itching, actually. Painful intercourse. Feel like a virgin again. Teared up here and there, sobbed over yonder.

Itching. Not quite sure if it's because I reside in San Francisco-where mold and allergens are plentiful, or if it's the pill.

Bloating? Let's see....Felt bloating in the abdominal region for the first week, now it's subsided. I really think the major flaw in this pill is that it drains you of all energy so then of course you feel ugly, depressed, less sexual and fat.

If I get a migraine, this pill is history. I think I'm gonna give it an earnest three month try.

Why am i at home writing this? Its Saturday Night! Oh yeah, I'm too tired.

I've been taking Yaz for three months and, as much as I'd like to stay on a birth control pill, this one just isn't working. I've been ravenously hungry, and nauseous too. It's been a vicious cycle of eating (to stem the insane cravings), and then vomiting. Yuck. I'm over it. I've read some of the other posts, and I can relate to the need to pee also. I experienced the same diuretic effect, but only for a few weeks during the first pack of pills. I've also had a mild headache nearly every day since I began taking the pill. And I've had sore breasts too. I'm sure there are some girls who can handle Yaz, but I'm not one of them!

I was taking atenolol 20 mg for a while for bp. But that caused sinun problem which meant i took sudafed etc and that further increased bp. it was a vicious cycle. i went off it and now take lisinopril hctz 20 mg. the funny thing is my doctor's nurse was taking my bp with may arm swinging on its own weight and id get 140/90..when i went hom it was around 125/80 or 125/75. i complained to my dr and she realized the problem. she reduced me to lisinopril hctz 10 mg and now i take only half a pill daily.

i get a lot of sinus problems which have never happened to me before and also get easily tired. i have started acupunture and chinese herbal medicins which have done wonders to improving my digestive issuea and headaches. my plan is to get off bp pills completely and only take herbal medicines and eat right.

one warning to people. always measure bp when you are completely relaxed. before i had my machine, i used to walk into Publix and imdtly measure bp and it would always be very high 155/100..etc. always relax and take the third reading..someone told me..otherwise you may have normal bp but be uncessarily on medication which can ruin your lifestyle.

My husband was given a sample of this for a month-long bout of bronchitis and we are now thinking it has done permanent damage to his vocal chords. He only used it 5 times, got thrush (yeast infection) in his throat and is still hoarse after a week of being off of it. Does anyone know the history of this drug and has the word "class action lawsuit" crossed anyone's mind besides mine? I am amazed at the way pharmaceutical companies run the healthcare business in this country!

I don't want to go off on a rant here, but are people aware that a large portion of the FDA's operating budget is provided by pharmaceutical manufacturers? This isn't our first experience with this type of thing and I'm about to launch a grassroots campaign to educate the public. Maybe they'll stop believing all the marketing hype.

I'm thinking that the pharmaceutical companies ought to heed the Hippocratic oath - FIRST, DO NO HARM. Wouldn't it be a remarkably different world if they would take all the money they're spending on marketing and use it to lower the price of orphan and AIDS drugs? They keep saying that research is expensive - and advertising on every possible television show, radio and magazines is cheap? Hello? Are we going to be sheep or are we going to be citizens and hold these companies responsible for what they're doing. Thanks for letting me vent. Please contact me if you want to do something about this. And no, I'm not an attorney, but I'm a writer and I think I just found out what my first book is going to be about...

I switched to Ovcon about 6 months ago when I told my doctor I had no libido on Mircette. Well, Ovcon definitely changed that; in fact, sometimes my libido was out of control. However, my sex drive wasn't the only thing that made me feel aggressive. On Ovcon I was ANGRY at everything and everyone and I'd fall into a depression sometimes as well. I was also anxious. The mood in general caused so much resistance from doing the things I love to do most. I thought the anger was a product of living in Queens, NY, and just being annoyed at the people here, but it was so magnified; I literally felt like I wanted to strangle someone. Not only that, but I was working out more intensely and more frequently than ever and I was still the heaviest I had ever been. The weight gain made me frustrated, angry, and even more depressed and it became a vicious cycle.

My doctor switched me to Yasmin, so I would still have a sex drive, and to decrease the chances of gaining weight. So far, both my body and my mood feel much lighter.

Oh, my gosh. I wish I had been aware of this site 13 years ago. After reading all the postings, I know now that I'm not alone. Thank you to all for sharing your stories - they've really helped me. Please have patience with me as I am going to unload my lengthy story now. I am currently going through my third treatment of Lupron and am 40 years old. After my first treatment at age 27 for severe endo, I became terribly depressed and had severe panic attacks. This was very much unlike me - I had no history of depression and was an optimist. I also acquired all kinds of vaginal infections which my doctor had no answer for even though he tested me for everything and said it was not related to the drug. Oh, and let's not forget about that great insomnia which really, really helped my performance at work. As most doctors say, and worse yet, I believed them -- "it was all in my head" and had to get more prescriptions to sleep, etc. Like a dummy, after my second lap surgery in which they had to remove my appendix as well because of the endo, I went through another treatment of Lupron. Just lovely. Had serious problems concentrating, vision problems and yes, had my first and only migraine - I thought I was dying. I even went to the emergency room at my doctor's request. Dear God, they gave me a spinal tap because they thought I might have Spinal Meningitis. But, of course, I didn't have anything but a migraine. It was just that wonderful drug Lupron. I didn't make the connection until I came to this site. Finally, and even though I was an athlete for a long time (although I've picked up a very bad habit of smoking and occasional drinking now), I had spinal fusion surgery for my neck two years ago because my discs were deterioriating... any connection to Lupron? I think so. What a vicious cycle. If I had known then that I wouldn't have children so manyyears ago, I would have elected for a hysterectomy right then. I would have been much saner, much healthier and wouldn't be going through the treatment again for endo. Now, since reading everyone's postings, I don't know what to do. I just had my second monthly shot of Lupron and I'm still bleeding. Can't wait to see what the next round of side effects will be. Do I sound bitter? Shame on the medical community. All this time I thought there was something wrong with me and that I had caused all these physical problems - it was like my body betrayed me and I blamed myself which made everything even worse. It lowered my self esteem, shrunk my breasts (yikes!), and made me feel like crap. Thank you again, for listening. This has been a great help to get this off my chest. I welcome any comments.