I have been having sleepless nights for the past three weeks, and having this pain and tightness on my chest. which sometimes affect my arms and shoulders. I don't sleep at night because I feel as if I will have a heart attack. I am 37yrs old male . the pain usually occurs when am not doing anything or under emotional stress. please what should I do and what do you think it is.
View 1 RepliesI had this debilitating condition for fours years first in my left shoulder than in my right. the first 6 months in both shoulders is absolute hell. the pain unbearable, sleepless nights and the incapability of doing anything ´normal´. It feels like it might never pass but it does the process of healing was for both shoulders the same and took just as long but now it´s like it never happened and I can use my arms freely.
As for work yes your employees should take this very serious and realize that it will pass. During the worst period, depending on the work you do, they need to make adjustments to accommodate your injury and specifically jobs that require arm strength or raising your elbow any higher than shoulder height will not be possible for at least 4 - 6 months. but after that slowly your capabilities do come back and most of the pain is gone.
I have also stopped the depo shot. I was on it for about 4-5 years. My last shot was August 2006. I was due for another shot at the end of November but my husband had vasectomy so I didn't get it. It's now March 2007, no period yet. I've been getting a lot of migraines, on and off nausea, sleepless nights. My cousin was on the shot for several years, she said it took her 9 months before she had her first period. This was about 2 years ago, she is pregnant now. I've been experiencing alot of cramping the last two days. Is this a sign that my period is about to start? As I've been reading, it seems like a waiting game. Can anyone tell me what to expect with my periods. How bad will they be?
View 1 RepliesI am a 43 yr old male, I had a massive heart attack in August 2014. I have always been very active in my work but was a heavy smoker, did not have a good diet and did not exercise.
I had my wake up call in August and stopped smoking instantly I completely changed my diet and I am taking daily exercise, that is until the knee pains hit me.
I had a stent put into my artery and was put on many pills at hospital, I had no information about what pills I was on until I started to research the pains. Upon leaving hospital I was informed that I had to attend the cardiac rehab gym and to follow the booklet to increase my exercise to get to 30 mins per day. I could not wait to start after a very emotional shock like I had. I slowly built up to a good 45 min brisk walk twice a day and have been doing this for a few weeks, well until just over a week ago.
I was walking and suddenly felt pains in one knee cap and around it, I slowed the walk down and headed for home. I ice packed it and elevated it but it would not ease. I did not sleep very well that night through discomfort and in the morning the pain was terrible. I had doctors appointments and mentioned the pains and was told it was due to me being new to exercise. After a week of terrible pains in both knees, one worse than the other, numbness in my shin to foot and aches in my ankle. My partner said she had been told at work about statin side effects. I did a lot of research and found page after page of issues with knee pains due to statins. I spoke to my Doctor who said I had 2 options either start lowering my dose or start in a very low dose and build back up to the 80mg I was on. I got the low dose but I have not taken them for the last few days and the pain is starting to ease so much so that I was able to walk around the block yesterday although I suffered with knee cramps for the rest if the evening.
I also have been sent for many blood tests and a glucose test. The Doctor called me yesterday to inform me that I was now diabetic type 2. Luckily I had the Pill hand out in front of my at the time that states that blood sugars increase on Lipitor. My Doctor looked up in his reference book and said you're right! I now have an appointment to see the diabetic nurse. I am not convinced that I am diabetic and I am going to request a re test in a months time after I have been off statins for a month.
Has anyone else been in this situation as I am a little worried about stopping medication but the pain is unbearable and I only seem to be getting information when I search
my list of side effects on Lipitor so is severe knee and ankle pains, sleepless nights, aching gums
I have started taking COQ10 as I know this is stopped by statins I am also taking vitamin d and b12 plus omega 3,6 & 9 gel capsules
I am very shocked that more information is not given to patients regarding these drugs also the information in the professional field. I called the out of hours doctor over the weekend to find out what pain killers I could take to help the pain, the doctor did not agree that it was the statins she said she had never heard of pains in the knees etc and to take 2 paracetamol and go to bed!
The main points I have been told by every Doctor is to exercise but how can you when you can't bend you legs to even go upstairs due to pain from drugs supposed to help you
Thank you for answering me. Are you in Australia? am having problems finding anybody with this disease in Australia. I was diagnosed April 2015 and have been up and down on prednisone, now on 60mg, blood test tomorrow hopefully will be tapered down slowly, all depends on results.
I have Glaucoma and high blood pressure caused by PMR and GCA, suffered many headaches for 9 months, seem to be okay at the moment on 60mg, having trouble sleeping some nights, wide awake which is a bit of a worry. Now using a steroid drop on one eye because of having a completely red eye for 6 weeks, drop has helped and taken redness away. No pains in limbs etc at the moment on this high dose of predni. I found my GP knows very little about this problem, though he is willing to listen to me and discuss things, we are finally coming to some understanding, I told him I am contacting Forums to learn what I can about PMR etc.
Why is the morning and nights so hard? There has to be some hormonal connections coinciding with the time of night and day. The mornings are rough. I'm still tired, nervous, anxious, jittery, feelings of doom and negative thoughts. The evening around 4:00pm and beyond things seem to lift a bit. Turn night is hard, can't sleep, when I do, it's only for a short time, heart racing sometimes, nightmares and vivid dreams. It's not all the time but when it happens boy does it happen.
View 82 RepliesMy due date was yesterday and I had a doctors appointment today and everything was fine, he said if I don't go into labour by 19 of august that we will talk about me getting induced, I will be 41 weeks at that appoiment, does anyone know how soon I will be induced or would it be another week waiting to be induced?
View 2 RepliesI've been having contractions 10 minutes apart for the past few hours....
Can this go on all night?
I am a 21 year old girl who has struggled with recurring yeast infections for the past 3 years. They would come every 4-6 months and I'd treat them and they'd go away for the time and come back. Well I had to take penicillin for strep throat 2 months ago and guess who got a lovely yeast infection? Even taking a diflucan with the antibiotics it still came, so yes I've had a yeast infection for almost 3 months straight. I've give to planned parenthood several times, one doctor says it's yeast the next says it's BV and now this doctor says it's both! Of course they send me home with metrogel and a diflucan even though that hasn't helped. I'm going to do the treatment knowing it's not going to cure it, there's some type of hope right? I need some support from other ladies dealing with this. I've struggled with depression and this is intensifying it. I feel hopeless, I can't have sex and I'm a mess. My boyfriend is completely understanding, but ya no sex isn't the funnest thing. I've also been doing the yeast diet, cut sugars out, no bread, no alcohol, pretty much nothing. I'm taking probiotics, eating yogurt, wearing cotton undies, wearing nothing but dresses at night. I just really really need somebody to tell me what helps them get through this, I wanna cry plenty of times throughout the day because this is so miserable.
View 3 RepliesI have used cytotec three times in the past i am currently pregnant again is it safe to proceed and use it again. Can it cause me not to have any children in the future. Concerned
View 3 RepliesI've been having spotting for the past three months instead of period. I've had a sore lower back while spotting. I am 44 years old
View 1 RepliesI have had hives for the past 2 years. They used to come and go but for the past 6 months or so they have been a daily part of my life. My skin feels like its crawling at all times, especially my arms. I have had one doctor appointment after another and had allergy testing done 3 weeks ago. No allergies. My blood work came back "normal". My thyroid TSH level is in normal range but my FREE T4 is low . Doctor just said retest in 6 weeks. I have been extremely achy for the past 2 months and tired beyond belief. Pushing myself through every day. My feet hurt so much, I do all I can to stay off of them and go nowhere. I must be retaining water because my feet and toes look very puffy. I feel like I have been hit by a bus every day. The only relief I get from hives is putting ice packs on me or stand in a cold shower. Its all enough to make me believe I am crazy. The chronic hives make me wonder if its something to do with my immune system ? but why isnt Dr. picking up on that ? I have noticed if I take anything, medication wise, the hives get worse. I just want to feel better and not like I am 150 years old... has anyone out there experienced anything like this ?
View 3 RepliesMe and my husband have been trying to conceive for a few months now.
I've been spotting for the past 5 days and it keeps stopping and starting. My period is due in 2 days.
The colour is a brown pinky sort of colour and my stomach as been feeling a little churny.
When will be best to take a pregnancy test?
I have had extremely light periods for the past 2 months. They have always been very predictable. Every 28 days lasting 5 to 6 days. Last month, it was 2 days early, light flow for 1 half day, spotting before and after for a day. I took a pregnancy test and it came back negative. This month.. All day yesterday (26 days), I had blood (red/pink) when wiping but not all the time and had small blood stains on my panties at the end of the day. This morning, there's no blood. Same as last month. My weight is not a problem and I haven't changed my diet. I am not under any more stress than usual. Why the unusual period?
View 1 RepliesBeen getting tingling in my lips over the past week. This is new for me. Starting to feel like a hypochondriac. Seems like I have something that bothers me everyday. Was not like this last year. I had little things every once in awhile but felt very healthy. I do not feel healthy now, I feel sick everyday.
Question: I have heard people say when they have "attacks". What is an attack and how do you know if you have one?
For the last 6 months I've been having quite localized pains in the upper left abdomen just below the ribs, accompanied by nausea and sometimes back pain mainly at nights. I sometimes have wind, but hardly ever heartburn. Two doctors have thought it a gastric problem, but Zantac and Omeprazole don't seem to work. I wondered whether it could be my pancreas, as I've been on Epilim Chrono for 4 years, which can affect pancreas. I've come off this now and am still getting problems, and my amylase is normal, although my liver function tests are elevated. One doctor thought it may be kidney stones and sent me for an ultrasound, which was normal. I was told though that the ultrasound couldn't see the pancreas properly, nor the stomach & bowel linings. I had a stool test for H Pylori which was negative. Any ideas on what this could be, or further tests I could do?
View 6 RepliesI'm a 25 yr old female, married for over a year, and my husband and I have little to no sex life. My heart is breaking because i need to find answers..
I learned to masturbate when i was 12 years old, over the years i've had to think of more and more erotic fantasies or else I can't seem to achieve orgasm. Stimulation isn't enough, and over the years i have rubbed pretty hard. I'm really worried that i may have desensitized my clitoris.
The very first time my husband used a vibrator on my clit it was the most amazing thing i've ever felt... but with more use it's harder and harder to find the right spot, and the batteries have to be FRESH.
Before we got married, i had never had actual intercourse, and my fiance and i would get pretty hot n heavy with petting or whatever. but now that we're married i have a VERY hard time getting aroused around him! I don't like having my nipples touched, we don't do oral because we're both grossed out by it, and i get grossed out by french kissing.
I have a hard time masturbating in front of my husband, i don't know why, i think that i get shy.. and another thing is that whenever my husband and i try to have a kissing session i start to giggle uncontrollably but i don't get aroused.
again, my heart is breaking because we don't have a normal sex life.. i'm desperate for answers... i waited to have sex until marriage and sometimes it feels like it wasn't even worth it.
EDIT: I also forgot to mention that when i do orgasm there's little to no lubrication created, and sexual intercourse hurts and doesn't feel good. I think that part of my arousal problem is the fact that I know that sex isn't going to feel good
Does this sound like how anxiety works to you? I feel like I become so afraid of the things that have made me feel scared in the past. And, of course, with anxiety, the things that have made me feel scared form a very long list.
This then is what keeps anxiety going. For example, "once I had a panic attack while waking up, now I always feel scared when getting up in the morning".
Does this sound familiar?
For the second month I am experiencing abnormal menstrual pain. the area of both my ovaries hurt ... I took some painkiller to stop the pain and it helped, but usually this is not the case with me. Usually I feel pain the first 2 hours when I get period, and the pain is not so strong... I just have to lay down and I feel better. But for the past two months, the pain so strong I had to take painkillers and it is lasting more than 3 days. What does that mean?
View 3 RepliesI have a sore knee, can not fully extend and it hurts trying to bent past 90 degrees. The back appears to be swollen. Suggestions? It started to hurt a little about a week ago and the last 24 hours the pain has increased... Almost feels as if knee is popping.
View 1 RepliesI am 56 on statins and aspirin for cholesterol. ~2 months ago I got tinnitus out of the blue, thought it was hypertension, so I bought a heart monitor and found out that in fact, to my surprise, my blood pressure was 170+/90. Went to the doctor and he put me on Bisoprolol, first month 2.5mg/day (no change in blood pressure), last 30 days 5mg. My blood pressure has now lowered to 140/70 so I should be quite happy BUT 1, 2 and 3 weeks ago I got three scary episodes, waking up in the middle of the night with a feeling of severe tightness in my chest, very bad cold sweats etc. Back to the doc he thinks it's unstable angina and scared the &***!? out of me and that I should have called 999 etc. He's referred me to a cardiologist next week. My question is, since I've never had angina or heart problems in my life, could it be that Bisoprolol itself is causing these episodes and it is not angina at all? I know it is prescribed FOR angina but I also see it has a huge list of side effects.
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