Does botox trigger nerve conditions?

What are you doing to feel better? I have the same issues plus, hives. I am really scared.

I agree it is scarey I was having panic attacks because of it so my Dr prescribed a low dose of Diazipan for 3 weeks which I slowly reduced to just night times and stopped a week ago.

My symptoms pins and needles etc have slowly reduced, although seemed to have gone through different stages. Now at a fuzzy feeling stage especially in my feet. I have stopped the diazipan and using Australian Bush flower remedy called calm and clear which helps to calm you down and is working great at the moment. Also using controlled breathing which helps anxiety. Hoping over time everything will slowly ease. It is now nearly 2 months for me and I feel a bit better each week.

Were your symptoms triggered by botox ?

All your symptoms sound exactly the same as mine! I was having panic attacks and so my dr had to prescribe diazipan for 3 weeks which I have stopped and now using Australian bush flower calm and clear which really helps calm you and also using breathing techniques to help.

The pins and needles have now turned into a fuzzy feeling especially in my feet at the moment but I am so much better than when it started in December.

Drs have said it was not the botox that caused it but may have triggered it as have been through depression and upset over the last 6 months.

Eating really well with the right vitamins, especially B which help with nervous tissue should help and taking things easy - I cannot push myself too much as I get very tired and weak. Had to stop going to the gym even struggle with yoga as my heart starts racing and I feel weak.

Cannot believe someone else has experienced the same with b**** injections (cannot even say the word anymore!).

Chicago Fit,

Unfortunately, I haven't found anything to relieve my symptoms. I'm trying acupuncture, but my experience is I get depressed after my sessions. I've told this is good, as it is releasing emotions and toxins, but it's tough to deal with. I try to exercise and eat healthy and I've tried saunas, but I don't know if anything is helping.

How long ago were you injected? What exactly are your symptoms?

Six weeks ago, how about you? I actually worked today and will try to workout tomorrow if I am up to it. I figure the more swet and crying ect... gets the stuff out. I also wonder if it's just efecting the nervous system and just needs to wear off and not anything will help. Trying to deal with it one day at a time. Hang in there

It's been almost five months for me. I thought my symptoms were getting better, but they are back again in full force. I think sweating is good, so keep it up!

Hi,

Iam too working at the fitness industrie.I was extremly fitt before got ill from Botox.
I had 4 treatments , the last was on 2009 October.Iam at the 16. months and about 80% recovered.
The first 6 months was a horror with lots of symptoms....
I had 8 months acupuncture , tried sauna, but nothing really helped.I didnt take any tablets nothing at all, except vitamine D as the blood test came back short of vitamine D.
I couldnt exercise in the first 6 months after that I asked one of my workmate to train me, I was scared to train by myself because my heart was so hevy beating could hear it in my chest , ears..., and was extremly tired plus the other symptoms.Once a week I trained with him and tried to go out for a walk on the fresh air.I alwyas had to take with me water, phone numbers of next of kin , and few other thing to feel that Iam safe.The Botox caused me at that time kind of dead and scary feeling with visions in my brain.Phobia and paranoid feelings...
Also every time when I entered a building the presses in my brain become so huge and dizziness become stronger.
The huge help is if you can talk about it with the people who has the same situation.NOONE around me could understand what I felt.Thanks to the Forum I have 5 other contacts who I regurlary changed letters.They also could talk eachother on the phone because they are in America and Iam in Europe.
After the 6 months will be a huge recovery, it will be some weeks without symptoms and that will come back again and so on....each months the symptoms will be lighter.

How are you feeling now?

Pretty much how you said. It is very cold here and when I go outside I have to rest the rest of the day. I am feeling better each week and the acupuncture does help.I am a competitive runner and fear this season isn't going to happen for me. or my clients. i my loss my business from this if I can't hang in there. I am self employee and support my family. Just face each day one day at a time. Each day has been better then the last , then once in awhile I relapse The sinus pain seems to be gone but the other stuff still remains but not as bad.
Hang in there!

Chicago Fit,

Which symptoms do you still have?

Fatigue, pressure in my head,head aches, itching all on and off.

Still pins and needles once or twice a day. Getting energy back now although heart rate goes high even when sleeping too much adrenalin, chemical imbalance.

Has become a shaking internally and still getting pins and needles in feet and hands at times.

Dr put me on a betablocker which has helped considerably as couldn't carry on as I was!

Cheshire,

I too have had the shaking and pins and needles, among many other horrible symptoms. How long ago were your injections?

Susan

litlady at hotmail dot com

Had my botox 3rd December.

Botox just starting to wear off getting movement in my forehead again.

Hi there Cheshire, I too have been put on beta blockers and they have helped me a lot, I was wondering if you were still on them as I tried to stop but felt terrible again. I usually look at the thread for flu like symptoms after botox so havnt seen your post before...... How are you doing now, are you in the uk?

When did you have your botox?

I was going to the gym twice a week and had to stop my personal trainer as I have no energy and my heart beats excessively! Even a swim makes my arms extremely fatigued. I have started to use Dr Schulzes Super Food plus daily and even considering a colon/liver detox after reading some of the posts.

good luck with your energy levels.

Hatingbotox,

Yes, I've had all of your symptoms and more. The electrical surge feeling has gotten much better--for me it was adrenalin racing throughout my body. This junk affects every part of our bodies--adrenal glands, kidneys, liver, brains, etc. Luckily, the body has a tendency to heal itself, so I believe that even your worst symptoms will be gone eventually. I know how hard it is to stay positive--believe me.

Have you tried any anti-anxiety medicine?? It may help with the electrial surges.

Please keep us posted on your progress.

How long since you were injected and how many units?
Thanks for the encouragement. It's so nice to hear people coming out of these side effects. Do you think there will be lasting damage as a result?

Hatingbotox,

I was injected August 31st with 100 units for migraines. I was getting injections every three months, but the last ones did me in. Now that I look back, I was getting symptoms from the previous injections but never attributed them to the Botox.

I do not believe there will be permanent damage. I contacted a doctor in Canada who had done a study that showed muscles far from the injection site atrophied. He said that after six months, the muscles started to repair themselves completely. So far, I haven't met anyone who went through this years before who has not recovered.

I know how scary this is--just know all of us on this forum know what you are going through!! You will find some good support here.

Hate Botox,
Did you have muscle weakness/pain in your hands/arms also? That is my new side effect (and hoping that's all it is!).
When did your prickly, tingly nerve pain stuff go away? I'm at week five now...

Hatingbotox,

I think the prickly, tingling feeling seemed to get better at a couple of months. I don't really have the pain in my hands and arms--mainly in between my shoulder blades and neck. I think all muscles can be affected, however. One thing lately that is really bothering me is my heart rate is getting out of control. It gets really scary.

How are you feeling?