Levaquin and anxiety and depression

My name is Heather I am now 32 years old I took levaquin when i was 29. After i took levaquin I went on a roller coaster ride I have yet to be able to get off of. First when i took it I had the worst night mares i have ever had only to wake up to a splitting headache and a very sore body. took another one the next day same reaction.I figured it was the bronchitis that was causing the problem. on the third day i was worse still I could hardly move. I stopped taking the drug. after another two days i felt better. two weeks later I was out with my father and he noticed a rash on my legs. I was also starting to get little blood blisters. I started to become concerned and the next day after going to the zoo with my family i came home and my legs were swollen three times there normal size and very sore. I put them up just to find the felt like play dough had been stuffed in to them and I had blood blisters the size of pencil erasers. I made an appointment to see the doctor. he said and i Quote " Heather I have No idea what the Hell you have" he sent me to a specialist. between the time of my first appointment and the appointment with the specialist my legs stopped working from the hips down i was 90% paralyzed (not spelled right ) they just wouldn't work right. My ten year old daughter was helping me get to the bathroom. I was soooo sick i had a headache all the time couldn't eat or sleep and when i did it was only for a few hours I couldn't move very well and to get up out of bed hurt so bad i almost fell every morning. by the time i had gotten to the specialist I had gone to the E.R. three times for the pain.and the last time was because my toes stopped moving altogether. at the appointment the doctor ran all kinds of tests checking me for everything from S.T.D.s (which i have been happily married for years) to Lupus. I felt Like and 80 year old Lady And like i said i was only 29. after the extensive tests and everything coming back normal the doctor put me on a steriod. for 4 months i was told i had to take prednisone After the first dose i could move again I still hurt but i could move.But now i had the side effect from that. i was gaining weight like it was going out of style, but at least i could move. after the 4 months things seemed normal kinda. I could move but if i sit still to long my legs go numb not fall sleep go completely numb even if i am standing to long. I am still afraid that i will wake up again feeling like i did that Fall three years ago. I still have problems but im not sure they are tied in but it wouldn't surprise me in the least. I only took three Pills of Levaquin three years ago!!!! How long does this stuff hang on really??????

I started taking Levaquin 750 7 days ago for a sinus infection. About an hour after taking it I began to feel extreme anxiety and depression, an overwhelming feeling. I suffer from anxiety and depression anyway and I have had this reaction to paxil before therefore I thought it was all in my head. I also had trouble sleeping but there was alot going on in my life at the time and thought that it was anxiety from that. I took pill for the next four days, the simptoms got better, but were still there. I did not take the fith pill because my daughter's 13th birthday party was coming up and I had to feel better for that so I skipped taking it for two days. I just took the last pill today, and it is terrible. The anxiety, the depression, I have a normal blood pressure of 90 over 60, it is 125 over 80, which is high for me. I will never take this pill again, the side effects are terrible, and the sinus infection is still present.

THIS DRUG IS HORRIBLE adn should be taken off the market...im a 21 year old male in decent physical shape...i was taken to the ER for dehydration from what i thought was a virus...the ER doctor couldn't tell if it was a virus or a bacterial infection so he automatically prescribed me Levaquin just in case it was a bacterial infection...Now it really makes me mad that he wasn't sure what it was and he prescribed this poision to me....but anyways he gave me one pill at the hospital 500 mg and prescribed 8 more doses to be taken home...that night i felt HORRIBLE! my heart had this erratic heart beat...my breathing was irregular...i just thought i was over reacting....that night i couldn't get to sleep i was tossing and turning...the next day i felt like my love handles were SWOLLEN and it was a very uncomfortable feeling also i had a painful jabbing/burning feeling in my lower back it was horrible...i just thought it was part of the virus...as the week went on things got worse i started developing anxiety...and i felt depressed...i actually told my mom i felt like i was dying...it was a miserable experience...my mom then insisted it maybe a side effect of the levaquin so we called the doctor and of course he said "Hes never heard of anything like that" he also told me i should stay on it b/c if i stop the antibiotic won't work or w/e and ill get sick again so i stupidly listened to him and things got worse...the last couple days my eyes felt really weird they were very dry and irritating and when i woke up in the morning or went from very dark to a very light environment everything was so bright it hurt to look at the light...ive been off levaquin for a week now and i feel a lot better but still have problems with my eyes...they are still irritating me and are very dry and now my legs feel weak and sore...i never thought an antibiotic could be this potent...thankfully my anxiety and depression have subsided a little bit...IM NEVER TAKING THAT DEMON SEED AGAIN!!!!!

I took levaquin over 5 monthsa ago and the drug is slowly getting out of my system. I had anxiety and depression, but it seems that these side effects are almost gone. I will never take another Levaquin type drug again.

I took Levaquin for 5 days before I began my journey to the bottom. I experience such anxiety and depression I thought I was losing my mind. Never in my 46 years have I had such darkness consume me. At one point I seriously thought of suicide. By God's Grace, I began searching this sight and also sought the advice of a druggist. After being off of this damnable drug for 5 days my mind has returned to me. Thank God!

I was prescribed Lavaquin for a reoccuring strep infection. Today is my 7th day on the drug.

Almost immediately upon taking Levaquin I began to feel unusually anxious and depressed. I did not link this to Levaquin, but thought I was experiencing some sort of unusual mood swing. The anxiety and depression continued with the use of the drug, combined with slight nausea and a general feeling of apathy. I took the medication again this morning and thought I might check online and see if there were any strange side effects--my doctor had mentioned that it could cause one "to dream."

I am now wondering if my anxiety and depression--the second being totally unusual for me--can be linked back to using Levaquin. I notice that most side effects mentioned here have to do with muscle and joint pain. My joints feel fine, but my muscles in my back, shoulders and neck are unusally sore and tight--something I'd normally attribute to anxiety.

I am taking levaquin for a chronic upper sinus infection. The main side effect I am experiencing is inability to sleep coupled with anxiety and depression. Fortunately my side effects are not as severe as the majority of people posting here, but I am still not too thrilled about them. I have taken almost every other type of antibiodic out there with zero side effects--levaquin is the first I have really noticed causing me problems.

Wow, after reading the side effects at a web site and reading the stories at this forum I found out that I was experiencing the same side effects that I read here.

I was being treated for a bacteria infection in my lungs, so my doctor put me on the 500mg tablets for 10 days (he said this should kill off any bacteria left around in there), he also prescribed me the Advair Diskus for my bronchial tubes (took this twice a day (morning and night)).

Well, the side effects I noticed were the following:

bad taste in my mouth
loss of appetite
nauseua
loss of weight - 5lbs (which of course coincides with the loss of appetite, "don't eat much, lose weight" duh!)
sleeplessness
a couple of nights of sweating (didn't help that on those paticular nights it was humid)
anxiety and depression
loss of energy
Sunburned (mowed the yard one day with a tank top on, shouldn't have done that)

Today is my last day of the medicine, I feel the infection has subsided so we'll see. looking back, I think I should have taken this medication with food or something. I was told not to take this medication with any dairy products at least 2 hours before and 2 hours later from taking this medication. So I just went ahead and took the medication without food altogether.

I came off levaquin a week ago. I had taken the drug for 30 days and was given a second thirty day perscription at completion. I felt that many of the side effects were symptoms of my illness (prostatitis). A week had lapsed between both perscrtiptions. I noticed the symptoms ease during the gap. Once I started the new perscription I felt neasious, constipation, feverous with no fever, sharp random muscle pain, tightening of neck muscles, tension headahces, anxiety and depression. Although, these syptoms are not as sever as they were when I was taking Levaquin, I still have them at various times throughout the day. Is there any relief? How long will it continue?