Doxycycline Hyclate and blurred vision

Neaseau, fatigue, head aches, back and neck pain (neck pain after 5th day), moody, lack of focus, blurred vision, not good with dairy products (milk)...I don't have problem eating and i have not vomit. Still taking just to get rid of my Epididymitis. I still go to work everyday and still trying to focus of what I have to do.

Don't take Dox before going to bed. Take it with food. good luck.

I've had symptoms for about two months now without knowing they were coming from taking doxy. First, I couldn't sleep at night b/c my feet felt like they were on fire! and my hands had the same tingly feeling esp. after a change in temperature. Then my toes became red and swolen around the nail. After about a month, the feelings never really went away but always got worse when I was in the sun. A rash began to develop on the tops of my toes. Each bump looked like a tiny water blister. After more sunlight, the rash spread to my hands and arms. More fire. I also got the terrible feeling in my thumbs and index fingers that felt like I banged them with a hammer. Now that the rash is going away (still bad on my toes), my fingernails are terribly brittle, discolored, and are coming off the nail bed on a few fingers. I've also gotten a fever blister and terrible sunburn on my nose, ugh. I was presecribed this medicine for acne, but that seems as though it hasn't even been treated. I've also noticed blurred vision and back pain, but I think that is just b/c I hate my job. LOL.

My dermatologist put me on Doxycycline for an acne problem. By the first or second day of taking the medication I was overwhelmed with nausea and experienced blurred vision that affected me so much I actually had to pull over when driving (around day three) until I regained my vision. The only way I could dull the nausea was by eating a moderately large meal before taking a pill, but it would still take about an hour to an hour and a half for the feeling to pass. I also had trouble breathing and swallowing for the first few days, and a persistent loss of appetite during the entire period I was on the pills. During the time I was taking Doxycycline, I also experienced a groggy, confused feeling that is uncharacteristic of me. I had trouble focusing, which caused me a great deal of stress at work and in school, and couldn't think clearly at all. I also experienced tingling sensations and my skin burned/itched after hardly 15-20 minutes in the sun. After returning inside the redness gradually went away but tingling in my hands (especially my knuckles and fingers) and lips was persistent. Also, after being off of the pills for a few days I experienced extreme irritability and depression. In my opinion, this pill should NOT be prescribed lightly!!! Be warned!

im taking this for 3 days have blurred vision and my vision is 20-20 sick to my stomache even eating food and drinking it with a whole glass of water. feel weird dizzy feeling like dry skin .. on this for a sinus infection

I'm a 23 year-old college student from Michigan. I started taking doxycycline on 3/3/07 and was instructed to take it for about 2 weeks. I started taking it because i was experiencing a skin rash on my chin, and was told that it was due to a bacterial/fungal infection. i stopped taking it on saturday 3/17/07.

When i first started taking the medication there weren't any inital side effects. I then found that i was breaking out it tiny little red hives, and had red patches of skin on my stomach, neck and gentials. at first i thought it was just a food allergy, and then i started to get really tired and naseauted. then i noticed that the gland on the right side of my throat was constantly swollen. during the two weeks i was taking the medication, i lost about 5 pounds. i found myself weak, tired and with no energy. i had no appetite, had blurred vision (i have 20/20 vision so i though that was weird) and i was in a constant state of anxiety. My stress and anxiety got so bad that i seriously thought i was going to die.

i freaked out so bad that i thought i might even have HIV (because the side effects for doxycycline are similar to the symptoms of HIV: fatigue, rapid weight loss, diarreah, swollen glands, muscle soreness, rash etc. ) so i went and got tested for STDs and HIV. The doctors at the clinic said that everything seemed normal, and while i'm still awaiting the results from the tests, i found that all of my symptoms are in fact due to the antibiotic.

Since i stopped taking the antibiotic i've been suffering from sharp pains in my abdomen. I have very bad cramps and foul smelling gas/stool. I get dizzy very easily and find myself in so much discomfort that it's difficult to concentrate or do much of anything.

I was wondering if anyone knew how long this side effects tend to last, or how long it takes for the body to go back to normal? because this really sucks. I was self conscious about the rash i had, but the rash seemed a lot better than the side effects from the antibiotics.

anyone else feel this way?

While I was taking the dozycycline I would feel really light headed experienced quite a bit of nausea. I am also a college student and when I would take it in the morning I noticed that it would be harder for me to see the board in my moring class. I had been sitting in the same set all semester, but once I started to take doxycycline, I noticed I had more blurred vision. I took It for about 2 and a half weeks. About a week or so after I noticed that my nipples were really sore... and I know this is not due to a pregnacy. Is there anyone who experienced these same symptoms?

doxycycline is horrible. i have to many side effects from it. i was taking one 100mg pill twice a day. after about two days i started to feel so bloated and had diareha. then i started feeling nervous fever blurred vision fatigue couldnt get a good nights sleep .. It sucked bcs by the time i realized that the sickness was from the medication and not something serious i was already worrying far more then anyone should

I've been taking doxycycline for a year and a half and have gained about 25 pounds because of an insatiable appetite. I couldn't figure out why I was always so hungry, but no matter how much I eat, I always have an empty feeling in my stomach. I also have severe headaches on a regular basis and blurred vision. Just recently, my doc changed my dosage from 100 mg once a day to twice a day and I was outside in the sun over the weekend. Even though I was very diligent with the sunscreen, my face got very burned and my lips got a strange tingling feeling (like when your foot falls asleep). Then my arms and hands got a cold tingling feeling like water was hitting me, but it wasn't. Today, two days later, my face is still really sun burned and my hands still have a numb, cold feeling, I'm guessing because of exposure to the sun.

I took Doxycycline in 98 for 3 months when traveling in SE Asia, I became extremely paranoid and my hair started falling out (I've never had this prior or since) so I stopped taking Doxycycline and within a few day's I was back to normal. Last year I went on another trip to SE Asia and was advised to have Doxycycline again with lots of assurances that it would be fine despite my previous reaction. After 1 week of having Doxycycline I awoke in the middle of the night with extreme pain running up and down one side of my body. Since then I have never been the same, constant reoccurring problems of the Central Nervous System including nausea, twitching, numbness, tingling, blurred vision. Also initially I had hair falling out. I've been tested for MS, fibromyalgia, lupus, lymes, etc. with negative results so far. The doctors dismiss the possibilities of a adverse reaction to Doxycycline but I'm not so sure. My reaction in 98 was very obvious to me if no doctors seem to think so. I had also had a vaccination for Japanese Encephalitis.

I am 40 years old and I haven't taken an antibiotic since I was in my early 20's. I was given this drug after an outpatient surgery.
I am on the 4th day of a 6 day perscription and I have been suffering from a burning in my stomach, I am freezing and it's 65 degrees outside. I have gained about 6 pounds of water weight, I know it's water weight because my feet are fat. I'm normally 115lbs, so I do not have fat feet.
The worst physical side effect is the bloating in my stomach. Although I haven't experienced any nausea, I absolutely do not want to eat because the Doxy makes my stomach feel like I swallowed a rhino any time I eat anything. However, I swing between not being hugry at all and wanting to eat everything in my house.
And if I hadn't entered this site I would have never figured out why I'm so damned depressed! I'm not moody by nature so there's no way I just decided to suffer from depression for the hell of it. I was cracking jokes before, during, and after my surgery. Today I feel like crawling in a hole and dying but I'm not suffering from any post-surgery pain! I hate this drug!
Oh, yeah, I also can't see very well, blurred vision.

am taking 100 dox 2x daily for 2 weeks after being bitten by a tick. wasn't concerned when they told me to start this medicine, didn't expect much in the way of side effects. i will also add that take thyroid meds and they were adjusted downward 3 weeks ago.

i am also being menopause. The first things i noticed were the hot and cold sweats. bone chilling deep inside you cold. menpause? Then the ringing in the ears. Waking up hungry in the middle of the night after the anorexic effect of the medicine wore off. blurred vision ans swollen face. not enough to tell the doctor, but around my eyes especially.

A couple of nights panic attacks and sleeping but not really knowing it. Next came the waking up dizzy with the bad headaches and or having neausa and stomache aches after taking it.

irritability on occasions as well as chest pains. was surprised at my low level of tolerance to noise. i'm stopping this today even though have just one day left.