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birth control | "hi everyone! i had skyla put in at the end of may this year & i am very happy with the results. the insertion process was painful, but seriously only for 3 seconds. very quick & i was able to drive right after. i felt some cramping that day but it was nothing a little tylenol couldn't fix. i would highly recommend this type of birth control to everyone, now that i have had it for a little while i can't believe that i was taking regular birth control pills for years before. i can just get up and go now! don't let the bad reviews scare you, because skyla is so worth it! you should expect some cramping while your body becomes accustomed to it, remember the uterus is a flat cavity so there's gonna be some getting used too. give it a chance!" | 0 |
bipolar disorde | "i absolutely hated this drug. my thoughts cycled so fast and i became 100 times more paranoid than i already am. i wouldn't leave the house and even preferred my closet. it multiplied my ocd as well." | 5 |
depression | "i had a panic attack and my doctor diagnosed me with gad ( general anxiety disorder), and depression, so he put me on buspirone 10mg twice a day with xanax twice a day too and worked well, then stopped buspirone and put me on effexor 75 mg and wellbutrin 300. effexor was ok for 2 months then didn't work, then placed me on ecitalopram 10mg/ day, worked for 3 days then made me very angry, so he stopped that too, and don't know what is next!" | 1 |
acne | "after i had been on this medicine for 6 months (only 20mg as i am quite petite) i was still breaking out, frustrated and over having cracked lips and dry skin i asked him to up my dosage. he did not want to due to my weight but agreed to let me take 40mg every second day. he told me i had to stay on it up to 8 months! i was devastated! after another month i had some improvement but still breaking out. i gave up as it was coming into summer and i live in a very warm, beach side place and stopped taking it. after about 3 weeks my skin was clear! i have been off it for about 4 months and my skin is 100x better! i get a tiny pimple once in a blue moon but that's it. guess it's different for everyone but my best results came after i finished!" | 2 |
depression | "my doctor gave me a grocery bag full of samples because she said it was expensive. i never took them. i am bipolar with also anxiety. depression will get very low spontaneously but is much more controlled with my seroquel and fluoxetine and xanax if needed. i had an appointment recently and she reminded me that i need to take the deplin as it augments my antidepressant! i didn't realize this so i made sure to take it. now i don't remember the last time i felt this good and functional. she gave me another grocery bag of samples. deplin absolutely is great for me." | 1 |
weight loss | "i am borderline average/overweight for a 5'3 woman just wanted to lose about ten pounds. extremely effective but as the other reviews state two for me was way too much! uncontrollable shaking but the heart pounding was nothing less than frightening." | 6 |
adhd | "i am on this medicine and it is horrible. i am 23 years old and have adhd. i just got retested for it to make sure that i hadn't grow out of it. i was put on this medicine because i hated taking concerta and other stimulants. i couldn't eat anything while taking them and they made me really crabby. this medicine made me fall over while walking to my kitchen a few days after i started taking it. i couldn't drive my car because i was scared i would get dizzy and crash. i was only put on 1 mg. whenever i got out of bed i got so dizzy that my sight would go away and i would see black for the entire walk to my bathroom and keep seeing black until after i washed my hands and went to the bathroom. i have been on for 3 weeks. stopped taking yesterday." | 9 |
anxiety | "this medication did not work for my anxiety. buspar actually allowed my anxiety to increase with severe insomnia and vivid dreams. it also caused severe stomach and intestinal problems. i also experienced dizziness irritability and incoordination. there are other symptoms from buspar these are the main ones that caused me to stop taking the drug." | 3 |
acne | "i have taken accutane twice. it cleared up my face and body acne. i had severe cystic acne. i took accutane for 5 months the first time and 3 months the second time. i have had clear skin for 2 years. drug changed my life and helped with my self esteem tremendously. i had very bad acne. i do not recommend this drug if you have mild acne." | 2 |
adhd | "i was prescribed this medicine when i was a young child for adhd. i took it all the way though my high school years until i decided i didn't need it. i backed this theory by saying "it made me feel funny and zone out". i stopped taking it and since then i dropped out of school, picked up a drug problem and have been in and out of jail. i know i can't blame this on not taking medicine but i do know i didn't do any of that stuff when i was taking it. i was a pretty good kid. i recently got my g.e.d and am going to be attending college in the fall. i am actually trying to get back on this medicine so i can stay focused. i am excited to see whats in store in the future. but what i am really trying to say this drug works wonders." | 9 |
depression | "i started effexor after the birth of my first child due to post-partum depression. i have never been severely depressed prior to this. my doctor first prescribed zoloft which did not help at all. after two weeks, i was put on effexor and started feeling better within a few days. the only side effect that i ever noticed was having no sex drive at all. i stopped taking it after a year (i tapered so i did not notice any withdrawal symptoms everyone talks about) and was recently put back on it due to some family issues pushing me back into a depression. the first few days are rough but i've been on it for a week now and i do feel a difference. my anxiety and mood has improved and i can actually function. this medicine works great for me." | 1 |
obesity | "i am young and considered obese. i am a healthy individual though and just wanted to shed a few pounds. this pill is what my doctor prescribed. i read through all of the side-effects and decided to give it a go. i lost 8 lbs in two weeks but i don't think that was from the pills. i stopped taking them after the first two days. i was so nauseous that i couldn't stand without falling and vomiting and my headaches are so bad that it affects my vision. it is unbearable. i may be fat but now i am happily so if it means never taking these pills again. they literally steal all of your energy and make you miserable." | 7 |
birth control | "brilliant now. it just needs time, mine was awful at the start, headaches and stomachache and arm pain and bleeding but 3 months later i have nothing at all. it's worth that wait." | 0 |
depression | "strattera definitely helped my adult add, and increased my focus. however, it does have a downside, a few actually. male erectile dysfunction, sweating, rage (but i think now that i'm bipolar, depressed which may be causing it).
you will definitely be able to focus better if you have minor add, but you will find that you can't sleep at night without a sleep aid (on lunesta now). so the side effects are there, but it does do what it says it will. i'm going to try combining it with pristiq and lamotrigine to see if that is a good combination for the add/bipolar/depression." | 1 |
insomnia | "i was put on elavil to treat sleep deprivation and for pain relief. took it for four days. it did not help with the pain and it kept me up instead of putting me to sleep. for the first two days i slept for maybe 3 hours total (slept for one hour, woke up for about an hour, fell asleep for an hour, up again, etc.) then the last two days i went for two days straight with no sleep. very frustrating." | 8 |
birth control | "hi. i'm a 22 year old black female. i have this bc. i had my insertion july 1 2015 so i'm almost to my 1 year mark. i would give it a 10, but the pain of insertion and the length of my period stop that. i was crying and squirming on the bed because they numbed not a large enough area and the damn woman was moving it around in my arm. ugh. but my mood is great, except when i pms or have my own problems, no weight gain or loss. more like weight retention. i've been at 113 for a year. my periods are progressively light, minimal cramping, but just last 9 days >:( but i get one every 45-60 days. after i got it at the end of july, i didn't have a period until the end of sept, which was scary. but i'm used to it. no hair loss, acne, etc. i love this!" | 0 |
pain | "i just had surgery to correct a deviated septum yesterday and have found that darvocet does help with the pain however it only lasts about two and a half hours meaning i am only able to sleep for a few hours at a time. i get terribly ill to my stomach with codeine and vicodin and have not experienced this with the darvocet which is a huge plus." | 4 |
birth control | "i switched to cryselle after a terrible experience starting birth control with junel. on that, i bled without break for months. so cryselle seemed like a god-send when the bleeding stopped and i had no spotting between periods. minimal side effects besides increased acne. my skin was fine before, but i've been on this pill for just under a year now and in recent months have developed horrible, painful cystic acne. i am looking into a new pill now." | 0 |
bipolar disorde | "i have been 20 years trying different medications and combinations of them. as with any medicine review what works well for someone may have the opposite effect for another. latuda has literally given me my life back with such debilitating depression i was starting to give up hope!
i knew within one week of starting latuda that i had found the right medication for me." | 5 |
weight loss | "first of all, i am an md and very familiar with the meds in contrave. i was actually prescribing it before i decided to try it myself. i have been 20-30lbs overweight for as long as i can now remember (at least 20 years). i had developed mild type 2 diabetes, elevated cholesterol and hypertension. i was taking a handful of pills everyday at age 45. so i started the medication 24 days ago. my weight was 184. on some of the early days i had some nausea but it always went away. i was irritable at times, and some days when i literally forgot to eat i would get jittery and feel bad (but not hungry) because i'm sure my blood sugar was low. so my results so far: today i am 165.8. i am down 18 lbs in 24 days. bmi down 3 points. this is no gimmick!" | 6 |
bipolar disorde | "i am taking saphris 10mg for bipolar disorder with manic episodes that turn into schizophrenia. i have been taking saphris for 8 months. it has been the most effective medication so far for my symptoms. i take the dissolvable tablet you put under your tongue at night. after i take it i can fall asleep within 20 minutes which has been a godsend. during the day i have no drowsiness and sleepiness. i have to stop taking saphris though because of what it is doing to my tongue and under my tongue. four months ago i started getting white soars and skin peeling under my tongue where i put the saphris. woke up a month ago with white sores all along my tongue. hasn't fully healed. plus deformation of my tongue. very sad bc now i have to go off it." | 5 |
birth control | "i went on this pill to help with the cramps i had, lasted two weeks long sometimes! made it impossible to run. i've been on the pill about 9 months now and i absolutely love it. i don't have a period at all and i feel like myself. i used to have constant mood changes, but the pill helped a ton with that. i would recommend this pill for anyone wanting to prevent pregnancy and never want to have a period again." | 0 |
insomnia | "i have been taking trazodone for a little over about 2 months now. i had been having trouble going to sleep at night and my doctor recommend trazodone. i am 26 female, probably 98-100 lbs. my doctor put me on 150 mg. this medicine worked out great to begin with. but then one night i had a really bad episode. my blood pressure dropped dangerously low. i had went to the kitchen to get myself a drink to take back to bed with me. and i couldn't even make it back to the bedroom. i dropped my drink on the floor and became real weak , light headed dizzy and hot. i was so weak i had no control over my body. my legs wouldn't hold me up. i even blanked out a few times." | 8 |
acne | "i am 16 and i have been on solodyn for about a year and a half. the first month i started taking it my skin cleared way up, but then it got bad again. now, if i stop taking it, i breakout worse than before so it is really just keeping my acne somewhat controlled but it had not cleared up my face at all." | 2 |
birth control | "after my 2nd child we were pretty sure we were done. but getting fixed, was too permanent! i've had paragard for 6 years & overall i'm happy with it. i've tried every kind of bc pills from low to high hormones. i also used nuvaring & the depo shot. my body can't handle any kind of hormones! for me the insertion was not painful. first 2 yrs was heavy bleeding, spotting all the time & bad cramps with a period of 10-14 days. it's a little better now but i still have 7-10 day periods, 4 to 6 days of heavy bleeding. but for me the cons are worth not getting pregnant!!" | 0 |
acne | "i am 28 years old and started breaking out severely a few years back. i tried every otc acne medication and cleanser. i finally went to the dermatologist and was diagnosed with hormonal acne. i was prescribed ocella and tretinoin cream. i've been using both since april 2015, however i noticed that as long as i take my ocella everyday i do not need the tretinoin cream so i haven't used it in a couple months. my skin is such much better and i have to remember to take my pill every day because the hormones wear off after 24 hours and i'll break out if i miss it two days in a row. otherwise this medication has been heaven sent. " | 2 |
pain | "nucynta was prescribed by my pain clinic a few months ago. despite my complaints of severe anxiety, restlessness, elevated blood pressure , restless legs, my skin turning blue, inability to sleep, they continue prescribing it. i am losing my mind. i have spinal stenosis, ddd , ra and oa with cervical fusion surgery, two total hip replacements and one hip revision. my life is governed by pain. since i started taking this horrible rx i am losing my mind. i am 69." | 4 |
emergency contraception | "i took plan b on the last day of my period, 3/13 (first day was 3/9), 16 hours after the incident. i am not on any birth control so i didn't know how it would affect me. on 3/15-3/18 i had some light bleeding from the hormones and this was pretty painless. i also was very fatigued and my breasts were sore the week following plan b. 4/4-4/8 i had some terrible cramps and back pain and sore breasts that i convinced myself was early pregnancy, but i took a test and i'm baby free! plan b definitely works before you ovulate, and make sure to take it as early as you can. be safe, and be protected. the worry from this was not worth it! if something does happen, this is a great back up plan." | 10 |
birth control | "the only thing good about this product is that you don't have to remember to take it... you only have to remember the day you put it in... lol, which i forgot the first two months. i've been on the ring for 4 months and i hate it. i have never had acne in my life, and i now have severe acne along my jawline and hairline, and chest. it gets pushed out of my vagina daily, i don't think i'm able to push it up far enough. i've never had sex with it in, i always take it out, and it burns really bad during intercourse. i've hardly had sex since i've been on it because i have no sex drive. i'm disgusted by the thought of sex, and my vagina is painfully sensitive to the touch. i'm also really moody.... this birth control is terrible." | 0 |
birth control | "i have been taking loseasonique for 3 and a half weeks now, and for the past 2 weeks or so have been experiencing what i think is spotting? i really hope this goes away soon because it defeats the purpose of taking this pill. i would rather get my period for 4 days like i usually do than to have "spotting" for 2 weeks. i also have mild acne increase, along with some abnormal emotional sensitivity. i'm going to try to stick it out for another 2 weeks or so at least but i don't know how long i can handle the "spotting" , and i'm afraid of possible future side effects." | 0 |
bipolar disorde | "i found this medication helpful with reducing hypomanic symptoms - mainly i took it to control episodes of violent rage which it did. it gave me tachycardia so i had to discontinue.
my problem with this medicine is that it has changed my body permanently (so far - it's been 3 yrs). i was one of those people who could eat whatever i wanted, exercise, not exercise - i never gained weight. now i'm carrying an extra 10 kgs which i am not happy about. i can't get rid of it.
" | 5 |
birth control | "i'm really hesitant to go off of lo loestrin after 5 years because, for the most part, i've loved it. i used to get crampy periods and since i've been on it i get no cramping whatsoever, barely-there periods (i spot just a tiny bit and then that's it), and no weight gain or moodiness. however, i've had such issues with dryness (i can get wet but can't stay wet during sex) that i think the time has come for me to try a different pill." | 0 |
depression | "wellbutrin has helped me a great deal. in response to one person who said they are having trouble sleeping...after 10 years on this anti-depressant with doses going up and down by 100 mg a day. difficulty sleeping has always been a sign of a dosage that was too high. if i have trouble sleeping, and headaches that feel tight in the back of my head, and feel easily irritated, lowering my dose by 50mg usually fixes the situation within 3 weeks." | 1 |
anxiety | "i have acute panic disorder. i was on ssri's for a while but they did not work for me to stop the attacks. my doctor decided to put me on lorazapem. it did stop my panic attacks very well and i started to feel good for a while, i was taking 0.5mg every day. about a year after i had developed a faster heart rate during my panic attacks and i started seeing my pulse pounding on my neck. i still used it and thought that it was probably a new health condition. after going to several cardiac test, nothing was found wrong with my heart.
i read a message at a discussion board one day.
ativan may cause rapid heart rate, a pounding pulse on the neck and chest. i stopped taking it and switched to xanax. all my symptoms went away." | 3 |
bipolar disorde | "i love the weight loss attribute to this drug. when at a dosage of 50 or 75 mg per day, i have felt happier. one day, i doubled the 50 mg dosage in the late afternoon. note: this doubled dosage was done 4 months after initially being prescribed the medicine.
100 mg of generic topiramate made me feel wired. an hour later, i could be found with a full cart at the grocery store.the manic in me had returned. this was not a coincidence. i took the dosage at 75 mg the following day out of curiosity.. the compulsive cleaner had returned. my b/f at the time watched me scrub away at an already squeaky clean countertop.
this medicine eventually will also begin to make you stutter. you can fix this predicament by reading more. all in all, b rating" | 5 |
depression | "when i started vortioxetine i had severe esophagus pain and severe ear pain. i thought i was having a heart attack. i nearly went to emerg. i had attacks like this for about 2 months. i also had indigestion and i never get that and i threw up a few times. i had headaches for a few months which i normally don't get. however; though i had all this physical discomfort, my mood improved and i started socializing again. along with an improvement in mood, my cognition improved and my concentration as well. i don't believe any drug is going to solve life's difficulties but vortioxetine is definitely helping out" | 1 |
weight loss | "i'm a dr who has been rx'ing this drug since it came out. i have seen varied levels of success in my office. i've been trying to lose weight myself, with no success. i asked my own doctor, and he agreed it was worth a try. i've been on it for 3 months, and my results are great. i have lost 32 lbs. i'm down to the same waist size i had when i was 18. my chronic pain has improved.
i'd like to address a few issues that people have mentioned:
1) this medicine is not a stimulant, it is not designed to decrease appetite. it reduces the subconscious reward you receive from food, thus it's easy to resist temptation.
2) the 2 meds separately won't help. the bupropion is avail in a similar dose, but the naltrexone isn't, nor is it avail in an er form" | 6 |
birth control | "got my inserted bout 10 years ago !! worked magic for me! no problems no pain period flow normally . and yes i will leave it there for another 3-4 more years. totalling 13-14 years." | 0 |
depression | "celexa has improved my life considerably. i feel more in control of my emotions on a daily basis. my family doctor started me on it but is now hesitant about dosing. i have an appointment with a psychiatrist to help manage my medications since i have started to have tremors in my eyes, restless legs at night and my husband reports i have seizures in my sleep. i think with a medication like celexa i would recommend being followed by a specialist who is familiar with dosing, therapeutic response, and side effects." | 1 |
acne | "do not use differin. as a result of using this lotion i developed a horrible red rash on my neck and face. 2.5 months later i am still have to apply hydrocortisone cream twice a day to keep it at bay and can't use any nice foundation or makeup. i have read several other reviews where it has happened to people and spoken to other gp's who have said they wouldn't prescribe it.
it is not worth it! try anything else, but don't use this product." | 2 |
birth control | "this is the worst pill i have ever taken, and i've been on several. i didn't connect the dots until i had been on this pill for almost 4 months.
the only pro was that it lessened cramps.
cons: spotting for an entire month when i first started. my acne flared up uncontrollably. my mood swings were insane and i thought i was depressed. i didn't realize that it was this awful pill doing this to my body. i wish i had never taken this pill." | 0 |
bipolar disorde | "i was finally diagnosed with bipolar disorder early this year after spending most of my life not knowing what was going on with me. i was prescribed depakote at 750mg a day to start with. i'd never had any other medication so cannot compare it to anything else but without it i don't think i would be here now. i got that bad with my mood swings becoming so severe. yes, i've put on a little weight but i'd rather that than go back to how i was. yes at times i'm still hyper and then exhausted for a few days, still better than being erratic and bouncing off the walls for days/weeks on end. i know it wont work for everyone but i'm doing much better with it." | 5 |
birth control | "it is very good no side effects. i've been on depo and mirena both of which i do not recommend but lessina no acne, nothing. you might get moody and as long you work out you won't gain or take the pills early mornings." | 0 |
birth control | "so, i've been on this birth control for about 2 months and so far i haven't had much problems with it. i was on gildess until it got "recalled" and i loved it. so until then i have been on 4 different birth controls and i was on the junel 1/20 for 3 months and that made me gained weight, i was depressed and mean, had no sex drive. so now i have tried this one and it is going really good, i like that i don't take the pills for a week. my moods are normal, i'm losing weight easily, i'm sexually active. but the only thing that sucks is i have back acne and i've never had that before, they're huge zits and super painful so iiwould like tips on how to calm those down! but other then that it's a pretty good birth control so far!" | 0 |
weight loss | "i started taking phentermine due to some weight gain after a spinal fusion i had in april 2014. i can't do much exercising because i am in pain all the time. i started taking phentermine october 1st 2014. today is my 4th day i have lost 11lbs. i weighed in at 212lbs and today i weighed in at 202lbs. it's hard to change eating habits but i am doing this so i don't have to have another surgery. not everybody has the same body make but if you are determined whether you shed the lbs fast or slow this diet pill works. i recommend it to anyone who's willing to take charge of their life. only you can make that change. only side effect is dry mouth which means you will want to drink a lot of water." | 6 |
weight loss | "it took several solid weeks to really integrate and start consistently working, but it really works for me. i've lost about 5 pounds in 8 weeks, so about a half pound a week. i am overjoyed at that pace, its not too fast and i can just live and ignore it. i've taken maybe 4 other meds for weight loss and this one is by far and away the most gentle. i was a little groggy for a couple of weeks but it passed. i take one first thing in the morning and one about 3 in the afternoon. the effect is subtle, i don't push food away, but if i eat slowly i get full faster. i still have make good choices but it removes the ravenous feeling." | 6 |
birth control | "i've had the mirena iud in for two weeks..i end up with severe cramping every day and every day is worse.. about a month ago i started losing weight because i've been working out 5 days a week for an hour.. now since the last two weeks i've gained weight.. bloated and in pain.. and i'm not gaining muscle weight from working out.. the hormones that are in the iud mirena can make you gain weight.. and yes my dr did confirm that. also my breasts are in severe pain every day.. waking up at night several times in pain so bad i can't sleep. i'm also depressed like i never have been and am not interested in sex. that had never ever been the case before. i also have severe back pain.. and i've never had an uti ...urinary tract infection.. until getting the iud in.. this is a bad device and should be banned and discontinued as an iud. i'm getting it out in two days. thank god" | 0 |
obesity | "started taking it today. not really feeling any effects. still hungry and dr said would have lots of energy .... not feeling that part yet lol i'm at a whopping 262 depressed and hope this works to help
me" | 7 |
birth control | "aviane made be feel excessively fatigued, and i still got the migraines. however, i started feeling nauseous, which is extremely uncommon for me. i decided to try to stick it out for three months to see if my body would adjust, but after a month and a half, i started vomiting and having such terrible nausea that it interfered with my daily life. i decided to quit this pill midpack because it was having such awful effects on me (in addition to getting sick, my heart was racing and i was very ocd). last night, a few hours after the first dose i missed, i started having stressed breathing like i was having a panic attack, and i had to lay completely still on a couch for hours waiting for the nausea to subside." | 0 |
birth control | "i've been on the depo shot before and other than slight (maybe 3-5 lb) weight gain and slight mood changes i had no problems with it. i was off of it for about 5 months and just got back on it and in one week have gained 27lbs and get skin rashes pretty consistently now. my mood is ridiculous; i cry like every day, sometimes out of happiness, other times out of sadness." | 0 |
birth control | "well, this is the first month that i have been on loestrin. i have not gotten any weight gain as with other methods of birth control. i also haven't had any bleeding or spotting between periods. the reason because my doctor told me to start taking loestrin was because i was on yasmin and that pill made me have more side effects than loestrin. with loestrin my acne has not broken out, it actually helped me with that. this is my last week for my first pack and i feel really good with it. maybe the reason why everyone else is having problems with the pill is because they may take it during the day. my doctor recommended to take it during the night, that way you won't experience that many side effects." | 0 |
anxiety | "when i read all the glowing reviews for this med, my hopes skyrocketed...i thought, finally, i've found the promised land relative to treating my anxiety. after being on the medication for a week now, i confidently say that i have had zero benefit from gabapentin.
maybe others had less acute anxiety, but for me, this drug did nothing. wanted to share this with those thinking of switching to this med, as my advise is to keep your expectations low so you don't get disappointed." | 3 |
acne | "one day in, and i instantly broke out. i've had clear skin for about a year, up until starting the pill. each day i took the pill i got another red inflamed pimple. nothing was helping, and it was making me feel uncomfortable. i read that if the acne was to persist it could be up to 3 months before it went away. i stopped taking the pills after 9 days, and almost instantly the redness subsided. it's been 3 days since stopping the pill and my face is more than halfway back to normal.
on the other hand, i didn't gain any weight or adopt any mood swings, or bleed - but i was only on it for a week." | 2 |
adhd | "we started strattera 10mg then 18mg then 25mg for our 9yr old. in the beginning it was great, after about 5 days of each dose it was clearly time to increase to the next dose, but now we have been at 25 mg for over a month and the impulsivity and anger has gotten worse again over the past 2 weeks or so, and we can't increase the dose any further. will be calling her doctor monday to change to something else. an alarming thing to me is that she is also sad and crying a whole lot, which is new. this child never cried before." | 9 |
pain | "i take this for nerve pain now and it helps me more than cymbalta or lyrica. i take 3 of 10/500 lortab it usually take 30 to 40 minutes to take effect and usually gives a burst of energy or gives the motivation to go and get things done, like washing the car, going to work, etc." | 4 |
adhd | "i am a 59 year old man. i have taken adderall 30 mg. 3x daily for about 4 years. i am very happy with its performance; it has changed my life. it's hard for me to imagine all those years of struggling i went through before i was properly diagnosed. i tried vyvanse 70 mg. for one week. although it worked in a fashion similar to adderall, i feel as if i have better control taking the medicine 3 x a day. the vyvanse would wear off and then come back and start to work again and i found it disconcerting; it was like a roller coaster. with adderall, i can expect it will begin to wear off after 4-5 hours and i simply take another one, usually before it has lost its effectiveness, and i feel the same all day." | 9 |
birth control | "i started nuvaring about 3 months ago. before that i had tried two different birth control pills that gave me every possible side effect. i gained 15 pounds, was depressed, angry, had constant headaches, extreme fatigue and for the first time in my life i had cramps!(i had never had cramps before! not even when i got my period for the first time!) i finally went to back to my care provider and picked up some nuvaring. i noticed changes for the better right away. im back to my normal self, waking up early, going biking, hiking, and cooking again! i no longer have cramps and im no longer depressed! i even lost 10 pounds!!! (possibly a coincidence...) i wish i could have found the right pill to go on, but nuvaring has treated me well :)" | 0 |
insomnia | "remeron helps me to go to sleep when i get ready. i still wake up at night but fall right back to sleep. i haven't noticed any abnormal weight gain or urges to eat more at night." | 8 |
weight loss | "i started a two week trial of victoza prescribed by my dr on 3/8/17. i was nervous about giving myself injections as well as the side effects. i started at 0.6 but after no side effects i increased my dose on my own to 1.2. i lost 8 lbs after 9 days but it kept fluctuating 1-2 lbs. i grew skeptical and started to believe this was too good to be true. after a 30lb weight gain in the last 7 months from stress eating, my appetite was finally under control so i continued with the injections. my insurance appvd the drug and last week my dose was increased to 1.8. today is april 3, and without diet or exercise, i am down 12.5 lbs (in about 3 1/2 weeks). i'm excited and can't wait to reach my goal weight of 165 lbs. good luck!" | 6 |
acne | "trinessa really worked well for me. i have pcos and have always had really irregular periods. trinessa fixed my irregular periods and cleared up my acne in about 3-4 months. i also have noticed that my mood swings have decreased since starting the medication." | 2 |
pain | "i have osteoarthritis. as i live in england, my treatment, thankfully, is free at the point of service. otherwise i now could not possibly afford treatment, and without both tramadol and co-dydromol the pain is intolerable.
even both together do not wholly alleviate the pain and i do find that after a few weeks i my body becomes 'over-tolerant' of these medicines and the pain again increases.
when this occurs, i either cut down from full dose or try and stop for a few days, and this seems to help these 'analgesics' to work fully again when i increase to full dose again. however, the pain in the interim is so unbearable i can do little physically, and stairs are almost completely unmanageable." | 4 |
birth control | "i was switched to this pill when gildess fe got recalled. i have gained weight and have noticed irritability and tiredness. i have repeatedly asked my pharmacy if they have gildess back to no avail. i think i need to try something else regardless, this pill is not working for me." | 0 |
depression | "good at what its made to treat but you gain weight even on 2.5. you may as well walk around stoned on anything higher as you eyes go glassy and you get very tired." | 1 |
weight loss | "contrave isn't magic. for me it just made sticking to a plan way easier. if i wanted to eat all the cake, i could, i wouldn't get sick or anything. what this did though, was make it easier to stick to the 'i'll have a small piece of cake' plan.
i haven't cut anything out of my diet, i just have way less of it. that is because my issue was not stopping when i was satisfied. now, i just say, "i'll have a piece of pizza, wait a couple minutes and if i want another i will. if i am satisfied, i won't"
it is basically chemically induced common sense. i'm cycling off now and making sure i keep the same decision making process and thought processes. i forgot how it felt to move and feel like this.
started in mid-april.
male 43. sw:272lb cw:233lb h:6'4" | 6 |
birth control | "i've had this birth control in for almost 3 years now, and i have went from 156 lbs to 224 lbs, i never have been a heavy eater. this birth control really makes you gain a lot of weight. it seems like its almost impossible to lose weight on the birth control my weight stays inbetween 225-210 never any lower or any higher. i do the calorie counts, i watch what i eat, i excercise, it just will not go away. do not put your health at risk it is not worth it" | 0 |
adhd | "5th month on vyvanse 30 mg which is on the lower dose end. this med has an awful crash. i exercise 4-6x a week. i eat very healthy. i stay busy. i read so many reviews about the same issue. i did reading about the "minimal" crash felt on this med and it is so scary how pharmaceutical companies try to set the med apart.
for me it lasts 6 hrs and irritability increases. i think it's in-part tolerance. mid afternoon, i get severely irritable, anxious, moody, sleepy, and agitated. it is so uncomfortable, i'm supposed to "up" my dose now...to see it last longer and my "crash" will start later"? " | 9 |
depression | "both my husband i started taking pristiq for about a month and it has changed our lives. we are both what we once were and are "supposed to be". it has cleared our concentration and thinking and memory issues and we both feel "normal". gone is the out of the blue sadness, anger and lack of motivation or interest in anything. we both feel great now and we are both losing weight like crazy. it's been 3 weeks for me and i am already down two pant sizes! i can hardly believe it! i am not starving constantly anymore like i used to be on other medicines and i eat when i need to instead of eating to fill an emptiness. i love pristiq so far." | 1 |
birth control | "i got jaydess (canadian skyla, same thing) in june 2015. i switched from the pill because i was having a hard time remembering to take it.
the procedure itself was pretty painful, but the two waves of cramping only lasted about a minute in total, and my doctor had me cough during the insertion. had some pretty bad cramping for the rest of the night (more than my usual period cramps) and used a heat pack and some extra strength ibuprofen for a couple days. moderate spotting/bleeding for about 2-3 weeks after but then it stopped. at first i had some slight pain during sex but it's totally fine now.
6 months in, i get a period approx. every 6 weeks that lasts around 3 days. totally worth it to not have to remember a pill every day!" | 0 |
depression | "i had tried numerous anti depressants before settling on citalopram. it had the least unpleasant side effects for me. i have taken a small dose daily for approx 5 years. it seems to help me to not feel so low. i'm not sure if some of it is possibly psychosomatic eg a placebo affect. but i'll keep using it as long as it seems to help. my type of depression has been long term since 18. i'm now 53." | 1 |
birth control | "i was introduced to seasonale when i saw my friend have a purple case with pink pills in it. i asked her about her birthcontrol compared to the tri-lo brand pills i was taking. the difference was that with hers you could go three months and not get your period. i thought that was awesome, so i switched from my free pills to the $74 seasonale pills. ive been on them for a while i think almost a year n a half by now..but recentally ive noticed that my breasts are leaking milk or a white substance, this happens for about a week after my period..every three months but this last week i felt it got worse, i actually had to start pumping my breasts as my body thought i was pregnant. i really felt uncomfortable and so now im changing my pills." | 0 |
emergency contraception | "we had a failure with the condom. after my girlfriend was able to take the pill 9 hours later. she had a couple days of intense cramping but it came and went. 2 weeks later she got her period on time. i would highly recommend to take the pill within the first 12 hours. if you do you should be fine. the sooner you take it the better. so don't stress about it to much, you will drive yourself crazy when there's a high chance you won't get pregnant. my situation was pretty bad so i'm sure if it worked for me, it will work for you." | 10 |
pain | "been on amitriptyline for 3-1/2 weeks now i.e. 10mg for 1st 3 weeks and now 20mg for last few days, taken at night before sleeping. it has reduced my lower back and other arthritic pains all day, helped me get better sleep, and also reduced my depression/anxiety levels considerably. so far i am a definite fan. the only negative side effect so far is occasional moderate dry mouth which is tolerable, particularly considering all the benefits." | 4 |
obesity | "stick with it!!! i didn't really start seeing results to about the second month. you have to remember its not a magic pill, though it does curbs your appetite for carbs and sugar. (i'm in love with candy). i found myself not even wanting "junk food" for a snack. my advice is start doing some exercise. example: 100 jumping jacks, 100 squats and 100 sit ups. i was at 185 at the start now i'm at 174ish. that's about 10 pounds in a month so that's right on a healthy track. oh and drink only water!! it really helps. as the saying goes " don't complain about not making any progress if you don't put forth any effort"" | 7 |
depression | "put it this way, i've no intention of ever coming off pristiq. almost a year and i'm a new woman. it was my first 4th dip of rock bottom but i won't have another one.
depression has such a stigma!
what about 'neurotransmitter condition'
!!!" | 1 |
obesity | "love this medicine!! i've lost 10 pounds in 2 weeks. it also stop the cravings for alcohol and cigarettes. so i've quit smoking and drinking!! love it no side effects either other than the first day where i felt like i had the worse hangover ever!! but now i feel great!" | 7 |
pain | "i have been very impressed. i was taking 10-12 norco on a daily basis for pain control. this is my third week and i am now taking the 30 mg. i am taking very little norco now for breakthrough pain. i am less groggy and have better concentration. it did take about a week to get used to the new medicine. all i wanted to do was sleep for that week. now the only issue is the constipation which is brutal. although some senna and miralax work well.
i am actually thrilled with how much better i feel. it is like suddenly waking up and being alive to participate in life again. wow" | 4 |
birth control | "i have been taking yaz for a little less than a year, but i love it! i'm 18 and a freshman in college, i barely ever have the side effects, and i can tell you when i will start my period pretty much down to the hour. i have suffered little weight gain (but then again, i'm a freshman). i've noticed that my side effects aren't as bad when i do daily exercise. i don't know if that has anything to do with it, but i love this pill and would recommend it for anyone!" | 0 |
acne | "if you just started this medicine i know you're probably feeling bad about you acne. but listen bactrim works from the inside out and if you breakout in the first few weeks that's fine stick with it because soon your skin will be clear and bactrim will help stop breakouts from ever happening in the first place soon! cleared my hormonal acne. i rarely get a pimple and i had moderate to server acne and it was a life saver! your acne will be cleared in just a few months. i suggest using a topical gel as well. hang in there it helped me during a rough time in just 3 1/2 months i had a clear face, just a few acne marks on my cheeks only thing that stinks is i'm scared to go off the antibiotic and have a repulse of acne. but i suggest this!" | 2 |
depression | "pristiq has worked great for me for anxiety and depression two separate times throughout my life when i was put on other ads and they didn't work as they should, including prozac and cymbalta. takes awhile to get stable in your system but after about 6 months i was back to myself. definitely recommend, the only con for me is that if you miss a pill you can definitely tell. i get wierd dreams if i miss a pill and feel grogy and irritable. when i had been on prozac missing a pill was never noticeable. also, it is more expensive as there is no generic. it is worth it to me however to have something that fully works! good luck to you!" | 1 |
bipolar disorde | "i have since i was very young displayed what i know now as type i bipolor disorder. probably one of the worst feeling in the world is to have emotions ebb in and out like tall crashing waves. then the sun comes out and the water is calm. then a couple days later here comes the storm. it is the worst feeling to think there is nothing that will help. i felt that way.....time after time different meds. abilify to be one exact example led me to have hypothyroidism. a condition i have to have meds for the rest of my life. i have after trying many different meds for depression to find only one medicine i would suggest and that is lamictal. if you are compatible with this medication it will help the mood swings a great deal." | 5 |
acne | "i have been on this medication for three months now and it is the worst decision i've ever made in my life. i started with moderate cystic acne, my doctor said that doxycycline would work wonders for it, and, sadly, i believed him. although now i very rarely get cysts, i have broken out severely on my cheeks and forehead in ten to fifteen hard inflamed bumps at a time, and this medication has left immense scarring all along my cheeks that cannot be covered by makeup. my skin is a thousand times worse now than it was when i started. please don't start this medication. " | 2 |
adhd | "my grandson just started guanfacine 1mg tablets this medication for his adhd and has slept all day, he was taking strattera but broke out in a bad rash all over his body. we are new to this and some of these responses are good information. thanks to all who share" | 9 |
birth control | "no period immedietly for the last 2.5 years! great! my cycle was regular before then. i was depressed leading up to the implant and was worried it would make things worse but it didn't. i have had annoying but not particularly problematic ailments since implant (like ringing in ears and strange bruise marks on lower leg) but not thought related so i have been told. coming up for replace or remove in november undecided but would like it again." | 0 |
birth control | "about two weeks into having it in my arm, it started to hurt. then i found i couldn't even find it in my arm! i went to my obgyn and she felt around and found it. so about the third week, i got my period. and here i was, in july, still on my period. i gained about 10 pounds in those months, low sex drive, awful mood swings, and major depression. not to mention the dang thing hurt so bad in my arm i could hardly stand it! i finally told my obgyn i wanted it out and after about 30 minutes, she couldn't get it out. i had to get general surgery to have it removed! that took about 30 minutes, and a lot of pain, to get out. the implanon had attached itself to the scar tissue that surrounded the muscle in my arm. would not recommend!" | 0 |
anxiety | "i started out on valium 5 mg 4 times a day when i was 22 due to petit-mal seizures. the doctors said my anxiety was causing my blood pressure to go out the roof. at age 29 had a heart attack due to anxiety making my bp so high i was in v fib. now at age 38 i'm taking xanax 2 mg 3 times a day. for me all the antidepressants cause some kind of stimulation hat makes my anxiety worsen so i stopped the ssri's. it is working for now but i fear what happens when this doesn't work anymore what am i going to do. so tired of having anxiety and panic disorder. i don't think too many doctors understand what a profound problem this causes in ones life. so really express how you really feel to your doc." | 3 |
depression | "pristiq changed my life for the good. i tried others, this was the only one that worked and worked wonders for me. the only downside was a weight gain first year or two which is now under control." | 1 |
pain | "it does very well for pain; i have fibromyalgia and it works for me. it allows me to be able to keep up my 4 active boys; ages 15, 10, 7 and 2. the only reason i don't give it a 10 is that is works quick, but it completely kills my appetite. i otherwise love this medicine." | 4 |
birth control | "this implant destroyed the last 4 months of my life. after having it inserted 6 months ago, at month two i started developing horrible, debilitating anxiety, sadness...mood swings. i lost a relationship that was very important to me because the anxiety made life unbearable. doctor's testing results today show my hormones are really imbalanced - progesterone is extremely low. why isn't this being taken off the market?" | 0 |
birth control | "i have been taking this pill for over a year. i only got on the pill because i get serious cramps. the pill gives me a lighter period on time every month and no cramps at all. but i have no sex drive at all. i'm completely dry and my boyfriend is sick of it." | 0 |
depression | "my 16 year old daughter has been in and out of the hospital for a year and 8 months with alot of ups and downs. she was given seroquel xr and she is like a new person. she has gained weight from it and wanted to be taken off of it, but as the doctor started taking her off of it she did not like what was happening to her and said i would rather gain weight and be stable then skinny and angry and sad all the time." | 1 |
birth control | "i've been on the levora pill for 3.5 years now. my breasts never got any bigger, and i got a bit of acne that i ended up getting medication for. my periods have been really light, as others are saying. however, i'm an athlete and have just been diagnosed with osteopenia (early onset of osteoperosis) and i'm only 22. basically, the levora has inhibited my calcium intake for almost 4 years so my bones are becoming less dense. getting off of the pill immediately." | 0 |
birth control | "great bc. initially i gained about 5 pounds but that's probably the case with every bc and you can work to keep it off. didn't change my mood or my sex drive, and periods have been much more bearable. only thing is--if you mess up the pack (i.e., miss a pill, etc.) your period can last start early and last very long. try to keep a consistent schedule with this pill. oh, and i've never been pregnant either." | 0 |
depression | "i've been on zoloft (sertraline) in the past and now lexapro. i find them equally effective and no real difference in side effects. insomnia, dry mouth and yawning/jaw clenching for the first couple of weeks which is unpleasant but transient. my anxiety levels started to improve after a couple of weeks but didn't notice any major improvements in mood for 6-8 weeks and took 3 months to reach full effect. definitely has helped me and i intend to stay on it long term. i have also tried valdoxan (agomelatine) in the past which did absolutely nothing for me and i went backwards while on it. ssris seem to work better for me." | 1 |
depression | "i was under a lot of stress and anxiety from work and a difficult relationship. my doctor prescribed brintellix for me. he gave me samples for 1 month. i have only been on prozac briefly in the past for about 8 months many years ago. only recently i have had symptoms of stress and anxiety. this medication seems to work for me. i had insomnia before i started taking it so it's not from the meds, but i feel so much better. now i want to fill the prescription, but my insurance doesn't cover it and it costs $274.00. i simply cannot afford it, otherwise i would continue to use it. no side effects whatsoever, except for some bad dreams." | 1 |
weight loss | "i've been taking adipex capsules for 1 week now and i am down 11 pounds. i don't exercise. the pill just makes me not want to eat. i have to make myself eat. i also have severe dry mouth, so i drink water way more now. the only other side effect i have is heart flutters. but i can handle that, because it happened to me before i was on adipex." | 6 |
emergency contraception | "do not stress out. i was in your position and i would re read reviews hoping for the best but thinking the worst, me and my boyfriend had sex and the condom broke, we took plan b about 15 minutes after, but it takes 10 minutes for the sperm to reach an egg. i was stressing out and thought i was pregnant but the faster you take it, the better. i am not pregnant :))) but do not stress out because that will delay your period. i searched up remedies on how to get periods if late and i drank a cup of warm milk before bed and the next morning my period started :) ( but you will get light bleeding at first which is normal.) i bled for 4 days and then went away and came back for about 8 days. rather have my period then be pregnant at 16." | 10 |
pain | "extreme nausea along with hot flashes and dizziness masked any improvement in my pain condition. it was so intense that i decided that i would rather deal with the pain than suffer another dose of the side effect." | 4 |
anxiety | "i was put on this for my anxiety disorder and my bulimia/anorexia. i was put on 5 mg and than bumped up to 15 mg over a months times. i started this drug three months ago and last month i had to be taken off. i had bruises all over my legs, i had no energy, i would fall asleep at 10pm and wake up at noon the next day and be taking a nap at 3pm. my anxiety improved some but those side effects were too much." | 3 |
depression | "my sister was tested and has the mthfr mutation. i have struggled with depression, anxiety, adhd, and bowel problems since childhood. i have only been on deplin for five days but i have never been so energized and just generally happy in my life. finally i have hope for the future. before i was unsure how long i could last because i knew all of my symptoms were slowly worsening. now i feel like a little kid again. all i want to do is dance around and do handstands. everything and everyone makes me laugh and life has never been so good. my adhd, depression(obviously) and ibs have dissipated, i have increased sex drive and metabolism and even my liver is detoxing again. thank you deplin" | 1 |
birth control | "i've been taking ocella for 6 months. first birth control i've ever been on and i haven't had any major problems. i used to have terrible cramps during my period with a very heavy flow and now it's wicked light and virtually no cramps! didn't have any moody side effects and no weight gain." | 0 |
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