Weather symptoms and conditions

Amazing. like you I've fallen into this trap. So healthy and in shape at 59, (more like in my 40's), working out every day, happy. Now, after 2 months on Simvastatin, 20mg every other day, my shoulders and neck muscles are so inflamed, swollen and there's more hurt in my upper body than ever in my life. For the past week, I've been having trouble even getting my clothes over my head! Also headaches have started which I've never had before. I thought it was the relatively wet summer we've had this year in Denver, and was believing the weather had brought me into full-blown arthritis. I am so disappointed in myself to have poisoned my body this way, especially after telling my trusted MD for the previous 3 years "no thanks" to a satin drug. Thank God for my chiropractor sat me down yesterday for a consultation for why I was so much in pain. When she found I'd gone on a satin, the light bulb was lit. I will never taking any satin again and will work to always be as drug free as I can be after this lesson. Thanks to those of you who give me hope that I may feel better soon and I pray for no permanent damage from this "Simvastatin".

Amazing! Like you, I've fallen into this trap. So healthy and in shape at 59, (more like in my 40's), working out every day, happy. Now, after 2 months on Simvastatin, 20mg every other day, my shoulders and neck muscles are so inflamed, swollen and there's more hurt in my upper body than ever in my life. For the past week, I've been having trouble even getting my clothes over my head! Also headaches have started which I've never had before. I thought it was the relatively wet summer we've had this year in Denver, and was believing the weather had brought me into full-blown arthritis. I am so disappointed in myself to have poisoned my body this way, especially after telling my trusted MD for the previous 3 years "no thanks" to a satin drug. Thank God for my chiropractor sat me down yesterday for a consultation for why I was so much in pain. When she found I'd gone on a satin, the light bulb was lit. I will never taking any satin again and will work to always be as drug free as I can be after this lesson. Thanks to those of you who give me hope that I may feel better very soon (yes, it's no way to live) and I pray for no permanent damage from this "Simvastatin".

im 27 and have 2 kids, i had the mirena put in after my 2nd child as ive always had very bad periods.i also have nerve damage in my stomach which gets irritated sometimes by the mirena.i have recently found out as im due 2 have my coil changed that after 5 yrs it could be expired and i might be pregnant. and after 5 yrs of bad moods and stomach pain i could be pregnant thats the only reason i got it in the 1st place was so i didn't get pregnant.ive also had overian cysts which i think are related to my coil as i haven't had a period in 5 yrs but the doc's keep telling me its nothing 2 do wit the mirena.im hoping to get it removed soon still debating on weather or not ill get a new one.

I began taking Levaquin for a kidney infection. After the first pill (500mg) I had insomnia, joint pain and a little under the weather. I thought maybe it was a combination of the pill and still having the kidney infection. I figured the infection wasn't gone because the first med, Sulfameth/trimethoprim 800/160 I had a reaction too also. That was prescribed for 10day when I only was 4days into it with that pill. So I went from Friday to Monday without any medications. I felt that the kidney infection was still there because I was still hurting, not as bad as when I went to ER but knew it wasn't gone. So Monday night I started taking the Levaquin. Felt bad after the first pill but after taking the 2nd pill I became very weak, had ringing in my ears, eyes started to swell,had sweats nausea, stomach hurt and became very bloated, neck pain so bad I could hardly turn my neck. Pain running down into my shoulder blades, jaw pain, sore throat, nausea, felt like someone was squeezing muscle in left arm and squeezing muscle on left side of neck Started to have some muscle pain in right calf. Call Dr. on call and he said STOP taking the medicine, take some Benadryl and if gets worse go to the ER. Well, I took some Benadryl which made it seem a little better, but this is the day after and my muscles by my shoulder blades are so sore and have a burning sensation. I still feel somewhat weak but not as bad as last night. Seems I tired out real quick. This medicine made me feel like I was on the way out. I was prescribed it for 7 days and only took it for 2. Now I am very hesitant about taking anything as I have had reactions now to 2 different meds. Still don't know if kidney infection is gone or not. Does anyone know of any natural ways to rid yourself of kidney infection? I would appreciate any advice anyone has. All I know this has been 2weeks of @@@@ since I was diagnosed with this kidney infection.

i have been miserable taking these pills..first week of 2nd pack..couldn't figure out why my boobs were killing me in the first pack and then the debilitating fatigue (i am going to lose my job if this keeps up--i come home at lunch and can't do anything but sleep for an hour! in addition, as soon as i get home at 5 i have to rest again,.so not me and so NOT able to continue this way)..i also have had 2 weeks of major headaches with the first 2 characterized as the worst i can ever remember. I am not a person who has issues like this...I am 41 and never been on BC. I started because the older i get the worse the periods and pms are and longer...heavier, more intense moodiness and pain. I am convinced as of tonight that i think i rather have all that back. I can't do this. I left a message for my doctor after reading 2 days worth of blogs now i know its not a flu, pregnancy or the 'weather'. I was also having hard time breathing (felt like i couldn't get a deep breath so i had to really inhale and i looked like i was having an attack..i thought it was the humidity here in the NE...now i know thats from these damn pills). I also did not get my period the first brown pills till the Sunday i started my new pack and it lasted only a day.
If i didn't read this site, i was convinced something major was going on like a brain tumor or something. i need to get off these pills.

Followup to my June 7th posting. I have since started Simvastatin again, and was actually off of it for a week. I have had a comprehensive blood test, been to the doc, and everything is ok, except my LDLs are high and total Cholesterol is still 204. The weather here has finally dried out and all my aches and pains have subsided. I'm walking briskly 3 miles a day after work, hiking on weekends. I'm adding foods to lower my LDLs and raise the HDLs in addition to 80mg Simvastatin. Also I'm eating less, and have cut most of my red meat and fatty foods from my diet. I'm 6', 187 lbs. and 59 yo. I actually feel good now, and nothing has changed except I'm getting more exercise, eating less and healthier, and it quit raining.

I am 23 years old and have been on Yasmin for approx 9 months now...at first I experienced the most horrific migraine - I felt as if my head was literally exploding. I informed my doctor who just instructed the nurse to check my blood pressure regularly. The readings were fine and I didn't have that side effect again.

This past week though I have been uncontrollably tired..going to visit family etc and heading straight for the bedroom to sleep. I thought perhaps i've just been working too hard. Then I woke up with swollen, itchy eyes and a rash on my eyelids which i put down to the weather. A few nights ago I started having chest pains. Every time I took a breath I could feel it deep in my lungs and it was so painful. It felt like my chest was tightening and I couldn't breathe. This morning I am still in pain and it hurts when I breathe - I thought perhaps I was developing asthma!

I decided to check the internet for my symptoms and came across this site...now I am stopping this Yasmin immediately. I probably should have been more weary after my migraine experience but the doctor made me feel as if it was all okay and not directly linked to Yasmin. I was only put on Yasmin to help with my irregular, heavy and extremely painful periods, but for me it is not worth it at all.

Thank you to all for sharing as it has helped me to identify what is causing me problems.

I've been on NuvaRing for about two years now and have had random fainting spells and my periods start early and last longer than normal. Whenever my boyfriend and I have sex it feels like my vagina is burning (no condom used). Also, whenever my boyfriend wants to have sex I turn him away because the thought of it makes me disgusted. There is no desire to have sex. The only time I do have sexual desire is when the ring is out and that is when I have my period. I get very irritable around other people when the ring is in. The last time I put the ring in, the following day I felt nauseated all day and vomited. A week later I got my period. My patients is running out because I'm sick of getting my period all the time and not being able to spend intimate time with my boyfriend (weather it's because I have my period or because the thought of sex disgusts me). The reason I started NuvaRing was because I had been taking the pill for 4 years and wanted something that was not going to make me sick if I did not eat after taking it. Also, I wanted something that was more convenient. Now I've experienced the side effects and I highly discourage anyone else from using NuvaRing.

I'm not sure, but since I have started taking Yasmin 3 weeks ago, I am perspiring like crazy! The weather is changing towards summer, and there's been a lot of rain and humidity, but my perspiration is beading down my forehead all the time, it's gotten to be quite embarrassing. I don't see perspiration as a side-effect, however, I don't know what else could be contributing to it but Yasmin. I used to take ortho-tricyclen-lo, but I experienced a lot of break-through bleeding - for instance, last month, my period spotted along for 2 weeks! So, now I'm on Yasmin and I hope to get my period soon so I can see what it's all about.

I am is a chase to figure out what is wrong with me. I had the Mirena placed at thanksgiving. Starting in December I continue to get swollen lips. I thought that it was the weather but they continue to happen and I am religious with anything and everything you could put on your lips. They hurt and are red and swollen. I am also having lower back pain on my right side right above my but that does not go away. I have had a mri, see a back doctor and all have told me there is no reason for the pain. I have called my OB she treats me as if I am crazy and says it has nothing to do with my female parts. I think from reading all of this I am having it removed. I hope some of this weird stuff goes away.

***Update*** I have posted previously. I am now 6 weeks post removal of the IUD. I have had two normal periods 28 days apart. They were a little heavier than usual but other than that, very normal. All my symptoms are gone. And now that the weather will be getting nice soon, I will start my exercise and diet regime and see if THIS time I actually get results. I just cant wait to lose this weight!
OH, I just got a mammogram and had a normal one last year but this time, apparently something doesn't look right so I have to go back for another mammogram. As swollen and tender as my breasts were all year and as bad as we all got cycts on our ovaries from the Mirena, I wouldn't be surprised if whatever is showing up on the mammogram was caused by the Mirena as well!

Im so glad this thing is out. Hello hair (stopped falling out), hello sex life, hello energy, hello brain, etc.

started Zpak last week for a lingering sinus infection. I live in an area where the weather changes constantly. Two days after I finished the 5day Zpak I began experiencing horrible and flu-like symptoms and worse. I can hardly breathe out of my nose. Heavy chest congestion. Lots of diarrhea and even blood in the stool one day. Taste buds are gone. Here I am a week after finishing the Zpak feeling HORRIBLE. I'm afraid to go back to the doctor (uninsured) only to be prescribed something else that might bring on more side effects. Right now I'm taking Sudafed PE and hoping that kicks it. I've been on a Zpak before but NEVER had side effects like this. I don't wish this on anyone. and I'm wondering how long the Zpak stays in your system? It is possible to make you sicker? Seems so in my case and many others here.

I thought stress was getting me. I quit exercising; started craving food constantly; experience constant unexplained back, neck, and shoulder pain; have zero (and I mean ZERO) sex drive; am so dry that if I do have sex it is terrible; feel like I have a cold all the time; and am so exhausted that I don't want to go anywhere or do anything. I think about going to bed over half the day. I was on WebMD putting in all of my symptoms and thinking I might have fibromyalgia until I ran across this website. I've been on Yaz since August and have gained almost 10 lbs, mostly because I am completely lazy, unmotivated, and tired all the time. I thought it was the change in weather when I lost all motivation to exercise (or even get up) in September, but now I think it is the Yaz. I quit taking the pill on Sunday. No change yet (of course), but I am hopeful. My husband is probably more hopeful than me since I've been making his life miserable too...

I'm 28 yrs old and I've had the Mirena for about 10 months now and I know it's to blame for my ACNE and WEIGHT GAIN, BAD BACK ACHES, BLOATED STOMACH, HEADACHES, CRAMPS AND BLEEDING AFTER SEX. I don't know why there is so many complaints about this product and yet it is still considered one of the best birth controls.....That's BS and I called the Bayer Company to complain because I want my money back and they claim to write down everything I'm saying to report it to the Higher ups. I didn't believe them and have to go thru 10 different people before they make a decision on weather or not to refund my $600, that I paid for out of pocket. I really think it's sad that our doctor's don't listen to us, I think I may have to write a letter to the company and send them this website to check out because they are CLUELESS. I will be getting mine out within the next 2 weeks and I'm scared that it has already done so much damage that it will take me forever to get back to feeling like myself again. I was on the NuvaRing before this and I didn't like that either. It definitely made me gain weight and I always had a yeast infection and it kept falling out during sex. I don't know what to do but get my tubes tied even though I still want to have 1 more child. I don't know or think there is any birth control out there without 50 million side effects. I also know that everyone is different and don't have all of the same side effects we have. Good for them, but it seems to be more with side effects than without. I hope if someone is thinking about getting the Mirena to look it up and research as much as possible. I did research on the actual website, I didn't see none of this but if I had I still might have gotten it and learned my lesson on my own. So, please reconsider what you are putting in your body, especially if you see this many complaints. Someone hit me back if you agree!!!

I am a male 45 years and used simivastin another statin for three and a half years. Over this time i had severe muscle pain at time then about 4 months ago the muscle pain in my legs came on with a vengeance. It started in both thighs then calfs got very tight sore ankles feet and eventually got in to my arms. A deep achey sort of a pain and an irritability that casesa feeling like a toxin in my inside elbows that makes me want to stretch all the time. I feel very weak compared to my former self. I tried many things to alleviate the pain but nothing really took the pain away or even decreased it much. sometimes i would lay and groan in agony. I especially noticed that draghts and weather changes made me feel worse????. I stopped taking the simivastin 6 weeks ago. I have not had a lot of improvement but must admit thet i have been trying to push my self over this and probably done more damage. My ck levels are normal but my liver enzyme is increased a little. I started also to take q10 and L- carnitine along with magnesium. I might be improving a little each day but nothing definite. I saw a rheumatologist who has no diagnosis and isn't to committal on whether the statin is to blame. He put me on celebrex which has finally given me some relief. Can anyone relate to the worsening of symptoms with cooler changes in weather? and is there anything else i could do to hasten recovery? Thank you to all contributors on this board although it is the first time i have contributed this board has been a scores of help to me.

Hi, I am 27 years old and have just completed the series of Gardasil shots. The only things I am aware of experiencing is soreness at the injection site (all 3 shots), passing dizziness (2nd shot) and low-grade fever (2nd and 3rd shot), lower neck pain (3rd shot) and possible UTI (3rd shot). From everything I am reading, it seems like the younger girls (11-16) seem to have the worst problems that create lasting effects. Perhaps, I would aire on the side of caution before giving the shots to the younger ones... it seems like terrible side affects. I do have some feeling of pressure on my chest, but that could be due to weather and allergies. Fact is, none of us really know what is from Gardasil and what is not from Gardasil. I wish there was some way to know a list of all things directly correlated. Most of my friends my age have not ha many problems with the shot... maybe some dizziness, soreness at shot site and fleeting nausea. I would hope that the drug gets analyzed again to make sure that the ages these girls are getting the vaccine is appropriate. It would have been nice to find this site before I got the vaccine. Good Luck to everyone!

Wow, third day and no headache so I guess it was the weather. I was also not tired so. I feel great with no side effects. I just hope this works. Blood test at the end of Jan. will tell all.

This is my second day taking Welchol and so far I have been ok. I did have a headache yesterday but I am not sure if it was the weather or the medication. I didn't read that the medication makes you tired but I do get sleepy from it. I am hoping that my body needs to just adjust to this new medication.

Is it just me, or is anyone experiencing some sort of dry mouth w/ this pill? I've been on the pill for 3 months now, and this side effect came about when I started taking the pill. I'm wondering if it's just the funny Louisiana weather, the pill or something else?

I had been treated with Depakote, Lamictal, Lithium, Fluoxetine and more (I do not even remember all of them...).
I have been depressed most of my adult life I guess.
My depression caused me to destroy many relationships, loose friends, making me unable to build a carrier and ruining my marriage too. Wasting years of my life feeling always an unworthy mistake. I have had many suicidal thoughts too.
Then this past August I started to loose A LOT of weight, suddenly and for no apparent reason... I would also be so terribly tired and unreasonably nervous (but you know...being a dark depressed looser... that was usual and "normal"), feeling week and exhausted. Being summer and having always had low blood pressure I did not pay too much attention to all that until I did by chance some blood tests...
I AM HAVING BIG TIME THYROID PROBLEMS!
...I am not crazy! My depression had an actual physiological problem and I have been always treated with medicines that would actually make the thyroid gland worse!
I hated Depakote, it made me sick even while I was sleeping, waking up dizzy and nauseous! And I hated all the rest!! These medicines poisoned my liver, my memory and intelligence!
Check this out... to any of you that my have a thyroid problem instead:
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That's my experience and I hope it might help you. If it doesn't... good luck. I do understand the pain of being ALWAYS "under the weather"....
(PS. You'd might like to look at this too if you do not already know M. T.... IT DOES HELP! ****** )

i had Mirena inserted on the 28th of September, i usually check my waist measurement every week since i had my baby- i lost 4 inches after delivery and exercise, i was so shocked this evening to find out i gained 2 inches on my waist in two weeks! i have been asking myself why i am so gassy these days, am always sweating, sleepless nights and i noticed my stomach looks like am pregnant. am so shocked! and the most scary part is that my baby developed skin rashes all over her body, right about the time i had mine inserted. i have tried all kinds of cream, changed her laundry detergent (mine as well), skin care products, but the rashes wont dry up. my baby`s skin was flawless before i had this mirena. i always dress her appropriately, moreover the weather is not hot for her to develop rashes. i feel so guilty that i put her through the discomfort,am getting the mirena removed to confirm my suspicion but i know already that mirena is the cause as there is no other possible reason. its unfortunate that the professionals won`t tell you the truth and i specifically asked if it will affect the baby because i am breast feeding. i am so glad i did this research to validate my sanity, even though the harm has already been done. thank you all for sharing your experience.

I have been on this medication for 3 months now. I am a 28 year old male, 6'2", weigh 211lbs, and in overall good health. My blood pressure average is 144/72 without the medication, but on the medication it seems to stay around 136/66. It took about one week for the blood pressure medicine to start working and when it did I felt very tired (which is normal). Now, in my third month I have started to notice new symptoms like severe headache in the right front lobe, severe tiredness, cold fingers and toes (in warm conditions), severe lower back pain, mood swings, blurred vision in the right eye (same location as headache), and a occasional twitch in my right thumb (probably not related to the medicine). When I first started this medication I did read all of these post and figured that everyone was crazy and/or nuts, but know I am thinking that I would rather stop the medication
and start seeking out for a better medication.. I know medicine has side effects but damn!!! Anyone else have cold fingers and toes while they have been on the medication..thanks

I am very confused now what to do. I came to my computer because I have been so emotional lately I cry at everything. Commercials, songs, I mean EVERYTHING. Tonight I started crying and couldn't stop. I have NEVER been this depressed in my life. I thought maybe it was the weather, the change of life ( I got married May 31st) I admit that probably has something to do with it, but there is no reason to cry at everything. I haven't been feeling very well lately but did not contribute it to the mirena at all. Now I'm not sure. I got the mirena in June 2007. It was painful to put in for me but I have not had a child so it did hurt but I knew it would. Before I got it put in I did so much research, talked to the Dr. I work for, women at work who had one and the gyno that put it in. All had good things to say, it sounded perfect because I am bad at taking pills, allergic to latex and had horrible reactions to the NuvaRing so there isn't a whole lot left. At first things were good, I had messed up periods but nothing bad so I just coped. I have been feeling nausea, ab pain, cramps, pain in my sides and back, dizziness, bloating, the belly "pooch" , hair loss, acne, no sex drive, just really run down and so emotional. I have been contributing it to everything I could think of and didn't even consider the mirena for causing those symptoms until I saw this site. I really don't know what to do though because my husband and I are not ready for a child but I can't really use anything else. I want to give it more time because its so easy but I don't know if I or my husband can take these emotions. I really am crying over everything. I know these symptoms are rare and supposed to lessen but I can't put up with this much longer i don't know what to do. If anyone has feel like they got over these or they just get worse or if you recommend I remove them please let me know. Thank You

I started taking Advair 500/50 on September 8, 2008. I am sitting at my desk, unable to quiet my racing mind and I am jittery, agitated and angry. For the past 2 weeks, I have sobbed constantly, I've gained 10 pounds almost overnight, I have daily headaches and I constantly have thoughts of harming myself. I called my doctor to see if my dosage could be lowered or if I could stop taking it, but I haven't heard back yet. I wake up in pain almost every day, and I feel like an old woman. The first 3 days I took the medicine, I thought it was the magic answer for my asthma since my peak flow readings went drastically up, but I think it was just cooler weather. It's not worth it at all. I'd rather take nebulizer treatments all day.