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Anxiety, Depression, Brain fog, dizziness, etc. from Botox
By San Diego3836 on 27 Jan 2011
Anyone have problems with dizziness, anxiety, and depression after getting Botox? My last injections were August 31st and a few days after I started having panic, nausea, phobias, tremors, and a strange feeling in my head. I had 100 units for migraines. Anyone know how long this will last?

I will never do Botox again!!
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
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
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.
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
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
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:(
I had my last injections on August 31st--how about you?
Susan
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.
Susan
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.
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.