Levaquin and horrible experience

I was prescribed 750 MG of Levaquin after a ER visit on Saturday, August 16th for a sinus infection. Both Saturday and Sunday I had diarrhea. I took the second pill on Sunday and I did not sleep the entire night. I was sweating so much. I felt out of sorts and scared in my own home. I started to turn on the lights. I even tried to sleep with my bedroom light on. It was an awful night to say the least, I won't go into all of the details. But I did start to question not only my physical health but mental. I knew I had been stressed out, but this never happened to me before. I was not able to work Monday. I took the third pill Monday not realizing this was all a reaction to the antibiotic. I was speaking to a close friend late Monday afternoon about my horrible night. I did not tell her what I was taking. She informed me that one time she was taking a antibiotic, Levaquin, and that she had a similar reaction and even hallucinated. I was relieved to know that I was not loosing my mind but it was the medication. I called my doctor's. office and they said stop taking it. They said they were aware that this had happened to some patients. Gee, thanks for telling me in advance. They suggested I take Benadryl to help me sleep. Needless to say, what a horrible experience I had. And this night was worse. I was sweating even more, could not sleep, tried to take a shower to cool off and then I started to hallucinate. I tried talking myself out of it, but the medicine was too strong. I called my God Mother and she talked me through it. Again, all the lights had to be on, I felt very anxious and scared. IT WAS AWFUL. If you have a sensitive system I would not take this! It is now August 21st and I still can not sleep. I am still out of sorts. I wish I knew in advance. All I know is I am telling everyone I know, DON'T TAKE LEVAQUIN!!!

I cannot stress too strongliy how opposed I am to the marketing of this drug. I took 3 of 5 prescribed doses
and was unable to eat or drink, felt anxious, spaced-out,
just weird.
I went to an E.R., because I didn't know what was
going on. It was a horrible experience, almost surreal,
and impossible to describe.
Today a friend of mine, who has muscle tears from it,
is having an incisional hernia repair.
AVOID LEVAQUIN!

I was given Levaquin for a sinus infection. I just took one dose and was up, running at full speed for the next 30 hours. What a horrible experience. I had the sweats, my heart was racing, I could not sit or stand still. I had a major panic attack. Lost my appetite and had this bad taste in my mouth even when just drinking water. I tried everything to get this drug out of my system. I called my doctor and she told me that she was sure it wasn't the Levaquin, but if I wanted to I could stop taking it. You bet I will stop taking it and will never take it again!