“I'll Never Ever Do Botox Again - United Kingdom / Hungary”

Here is my story:

I had Botox treatment in 2008 and 2009.After the 2. treatment the dose was increased and I had it every time only between my eyebrows. When I had my 3. treatment , after that I started to feel ill, very unpleasant feeling. The next 6 months I had different symptoms step by step like: -chest pain , breeding problem , losing hair , allergies symptoms , very tense in my throat- spine – stomach.

My doctor sent me to the outpatient Hospital to see the heart condition, they found irregular heartbeats, lung scan was ok, blood test was ok too. My hair losing got serious, my hair become very thin.

When I got my 4. Botox treatment in October 2009 , I got kind of nerve attack on the same day. I could not control my body for 6 hours. I was on my own in the house. It was very very scary! After 6 hours I could calm down and had to go to the airport travelling back to London. ( I had my 4 Botox treatment in Hungary in a private clinic as Iam Hungarian,the Botox was from Ireland )

The next day I went to my doctor in London(Ive been living in London for 10 years) and he sent me again to the outpatient Hospital to searching what is going on with me : Pshychology , Neuroloist, even MRI brain scan, because I felt a huge tense and pain on the left side of my head and brain.

The tenseness is so huge still in my body and in my brain, I feel like a volcano inside me with cramps and dizziness in my brain,huge adrenalin flushes, I have visions, an other world in my brain. This feeling is there all the time, all day long. Very hard thing to control.

The doctors opinion was that I have nerve attack symptoms , I have ANXIETY or nerve attack. I lost also 10 kg in a months.Later he told me also could be from poisoning. Iam suffering so much from the symptoms that I can not work only a few hours a week as Iam a fitness instructor and personal trainer. I had also 2 sorter attack since the bigone.

Iam desperate, I was looking for the solution what could cause all of this problem as I have very healthy lifestyle ( no alcohol, smoke, drugs ) and Iam a positive person. My family and my closest friend told me about the Botox long term side effects are still unkown or they are kept secret , not really published. I started to searching on the internet and found people with the same side effects as me.

I was thinking all the time:

Is it going to be over? What do I need to do to clean my body quick as possible? I started having Acupunture and Chinese medicine,but the symptoms are still there.
The Botox was one of my biggest mistake in my life!

I emailed one of the leader Doctor in the UK but he answered he has never heard of this kind of side effects symptoms of Botox.

I do not know where to go, who to ask, are the Neurologist doctors do know what to do with the Botox side effects?

If a specialist could give me some advice, who had already experienced the symptoms with clients,I would be very appreciate.

Since my last botox I contacted the only botox manufacture, they sent me a form to fill in, which I returned to them but since than i have not heard anything from them.They have not advise me yet what to do, is it an allergic reaction side effetcs or the amount was too high??? There was not any health cheking up that will be any permanent damage in my brain or heart or the all body......

Updated on 2 Feb 2011:
Its been 16 months from my last Botox treatment and about 80% recovered.I have few contacts with the same situation which I regulary communicate with , we know about our symptoms and recovery , giving advise to eachother.

Its a huge help if you know people who has the same situation.Noone around me could understand what I experienced... and how the symptoms changed time to time.

Allergan sent me a letter about the wrinkels after my detailed reporting, so there wasnt anybody who could give me professional advise.

I will never use Botox again and I wouldnt reccomend it to people.

Updated on 3 Feb 2011:
Its been 16 months from my last Botox treatment and about 80% recovered.
I received a letter from Allergan after my detailed report , letting me know that my wrinkel will appear again after 5-6 weeks and if I have any problem I should go to my GP...

I learned my lesson not to put poison into my body anymore, I will never use Botox again!!
This 2 years experience from the side effects was a very very bad part of my life.

For the new Botox users: if you decide to try Botox , monitor yourself if you have ANY allergic reaction after the firstone , dont go for the second!