Anxiety, Depression, Brain fog, dizziness, etc. from Botox

Julie 60634 28 Jan 2011

Yes! me when is it going to go away!!!!

San Diego3836 28 Jan 2011

I wish I knew! This has been a HUGE nightmare for all of us suffering from this poison. I hope someone can give us an answer.

MariaB 2 Feb 2011

Iam about 80% recovered, took me 16 months.It was a horror and very bad time.Lots of symptoms...
I will never do Botox again!!

San Diego3836 2 Feb 2011

Me neither!!! This has been a very tough learning experience. Not sure what I learned, but I will NEVER inject a poison into my system again!!

northwest 8 Mar 2011

I have the same thing but mine started 3 months after having the botox the same time it started to wear off. I have been to see every specialist and nobody can find anything wrong with me. Im convinced its the botox its left me with severe headaches, dizziness, anxiety,panic attacks and dry flaky skin on my forehead it does seem to be getting better each week just praying it goes soon.

Trippy65 11 Mar 2011

Hi Northwest, think were not far from each other??.

I had it five months ago also.. similar symptoms to you, also had MRI scan..

Having such a bad day today, anxiety as I never think it will go away.

My left eye lid is slightly droopy, headaches aint the word.. I get this immense pressure at the bridge of my nose.

Still think Ive got the botox above my eyebrows, as it still feels restricted, my body seems to be holding onto it..

My friend had it two weeks before me, she says hers has worn off and is having it again next week!!

I just want it to go, never ever have it again, its a living nightmare!!

Please god let us all recover soon

San Diego3836 11 Mar 2011

Trippy,

I've had anxiety for six months now! Sometimes I think it's getting better, but then it comes back with a vengeance:( Do you find it gets worse before your period?? Do you have muscle aches in your back and neck and dizziness??

I cannot believe your friend is having more when she knows what you've been through--some people you just can't reach.

Susan

northwest 13 Mar 2011

hi yes its at its worse when im on my period

San Diego3836 13 Mar 2011

It's horrible when I'm on my period!! The depression hits hard.

Yolanda73 14 Nov 2011

I do have the dizziness..in waves. out of nowhere and when I am calm even. It relates to motion also--hard to turn my head in the car at times. the neck (especially on right) and headaches, ear pressure, vice grip around head, pain in brow and around eye sockets....arggg

deniseNJ 24 Nov 2011

I started BOTOX treatments for TMJ related problems back in late 2009. It started out with benefits for minimizing the TMJ pain to include jaw, headaches, and shoulder muscles. Last year the dr decided to inject me in my head from forehead to the temple area. It hurt like hell getting these injections. About a week after these injections, my husband had to rush me to the hospital since I thought my head was going to explode. The pain was the worst pain I ever experienced. My last injection BOTOX treatment was September 2011 and these symptoms outlined in this forum is all of the same symptoms I'm experiencing. Wondering why these symptoms started now in 2011 and not earlier in 2009 or 2010? I'm so happy to have found this forum, since I had no clue has to what was going on with me. By the way, hospitals are a waste of my time when it comes to these types of issues.

San Diego3836 8 Mar 2011

Northwest,

I definitely believe this is from the Botox. I was getting injections for migraines every three months, and the second to the last time I started getting strange symptoms a couple months later.

How long ago were your injections?? Do you still have these symptoms?

Susan

northwest 13 Mar 2011

yes i still have these symptoms but they getting less each week been 5 months now since had treatment still have some of the botox left around my eyes hoping when its completly worn off the symptoms will go

Julie 60634 8 Mar 2011

It is from the Botox ! I have turned into a depressesd anxious neurotic phobic dry skinned red rash mess ! And all from a lousy 24 units.

Yolanda73 14 Nov 2011

I suspected I was having this unheard of anxiety from botox. I am so pissed after reading this and talking to a few ladies who have been experiencing the same thing...I am now on anti-deprerssant/anxiety/panic meds to help me through the horrible effects of botox-and I know it is from this product as I symptooms followed my trend of treatments and tapered when I took time off. I just did a treatment again and BAM! I am a mess. This stuff is toxic for some people and to a small degree for MOST people. they just don't realize their "new" side effects can't be traced back to the product. I am told it can take 7 months after a treatment for the side effects to wear off... I do believe it since mine were totally worn off before my last treatment at 5 months. They were better however, to some degree. I had 30-40 units in my face area and the burning and headaches, anxiety and panic, persistant nausea. This stuff intensified my antibiotics side effects also!

Trippy65 11 Mar 2011

No Susan, just can't say its specific to the time of the month.. my anxiety is OMG what have I done to myself and my family???

I feel sheer panic that I am not going to get better..I really don't think it will go.. but maybe thats the way I'm feeling today.

My Doctor says its neuralgia.. but I was perfectly fine before I had it!!

Pain on the bridge of my nose is horrendous and sometimes unbearable, it does definitely get worse when I'm stressed

San Diego3836 11 Mar 2011

Trippy,

My anxiety is pretty constant, so much to the point that I shake, get dizzy, and my brain gets foggy and lightheaded. Some days it's better, but like you I wonder if this will ever go away. Do you also get bouts of depression? I did not have these symptoms until after the Botox. My muscles ache, always. I went from being very strong and active to being a slug. I HATE this:(

northwest 13 Mar 2011

you have all the same symptoms as me when did u have your botox

San Diego3836 13 Mar 2011

Northwest,

I had my last injections on August 31st--how about you?

Susan

Yolanda73 14 Nov 2011

I am now taking anti depression/anxiety meds for the side effects.. has anyone tried these (sucks) and is it even worth it to do so... I hear from other things will improve in 7 months or so with discontinued use. Anyone know?

Julie 60634 11 Mar 2011

Please Susan, log all of this I wish you would because despite how you are feeling now, I know you ARE getting better.
I talk to you everyday and trying to remember your symptoms on certain days is hard, LOL.
For me, writing everything down day to day helps me when I am having a hard time, I can look back to a better day and realize that I actually had a better day, that gives me hope. I
I also chart the days when I don't need to take xanix, and that helps me with the fear of becoming addicted.
Ok Susan dear, please do it so that I don't have to try to remember how you felt last month! Just kidding I still will do that for you.
And for me depression and pms go hand in hand these days.

San Diego3836 11 Mar 2011

Thanks, Julie--I will start keeping track!

Susan

Trippy65 11 Mar 2011

Good idea of keeping a diary Julie I'm going to do the same :)

Kim Atlanta 14 Mar 2011

I'm not quite sure I understand when you are talking about brain fog. Can someone fill me in? If it's an inability to concentrate and making stupid mistakes at a job I've done for nine years I've definitely got that too.

I started keeping a journal about two weeks after my injections for 11 lines. The last month I quit because I was working on the assumption if I didn't pay attention to the botox crap it would get better. Not! The past three weeks everything under my brows has drooped more (after almost 4 months!) and I've been really sick again usually about 3 days apart. The botox or swelling is almost gone on my forehead except the injection sites and the sides of my eyebrows that look like big fat worms. Today it is in my cheeks really bad - like swollen and sore to touch bad. My lips and skin around my lips have been numb and rubbery and tingly since yesterday afternoon.

I requested my medical records from the plastic surgeon again. His assistant e-mailed back that she would send them as soon as the doctor signed off on them and they are still recommending me getting a second opinion from another plastic surgeon. New in this e-mail is the recommendation to see a neurologist and get an MRI. I guess it's not only botox injectors who are on the Botox gravy train making a living off people with terrible side effects. There is nothing wrong with me right now that wasn't caused by Botox. I went to my GP twice, Opthamologist once, and an Immediate Med doctor twice. They said it was an adverse or allergic reaction to the Botox. What can a neurologist or an MRI do since every other doctor I've seen and the doctors opinions on this website and all of the ALLERGAN REPS I've spoken with say there is nothing to do but wait it out until it is out of your system?

We have "symptoms of a serious condition called botulism" according to the Botox Cosmetic pamphlet from my doctor's office. But he and his staff and most of the doctors on this site "have never heard of my side effects"?
We have botulism and it's not a protein, it is poison. The reason they can market Botox Cosmetic as having no "confirmed serious case of spread" is the definition of serious. When I spoke to an Allergan employee in the Medical Information department I asked her what they considered "serious". She said she didn't know and I should contact the FDA for their definition. I think it is because the definition of "serious" is death. And if your doctor tells you it can't be happening because he has never heard of your side effects = well, it never happened so he doesn't need to report it.

San Diego3836 14 Mar 2011

Kim,

I cannot speak for anyone else, but brain fog to me is when I don't see things clearly, almost like I'm in a dream state. Things get very bright or dark and rather blurry. It's also when I have moments when my brain seems to just stop for a moment. I could be in the middle of a conversation and would just stop for a minute or so. My ex-boyfriend used to say, "Susan, come back to me!" when I had these moments.

I'm not sure if this makes sense or not.

In reference to the "no confirmed serious case of spread," what about those who have died after Botox?? Is that not serious???? They've got to be kidding--ridiculous.