Botox Has Ruined my Life - Washington, DC
1/15/2011 - Botox injected in frown lines - doctor...
1/15/2011 - Botox injected in frown lines - doctor still does not have record of how much.
1/30/2011 - Went to ER 3 times starting on this date for paralyzing back and neck pain. Eyes could not open, red swollen and oozing puss. Intense headaches, fatigue, nausea.
2/2011 - Multiple MRIs and other scans taken. On pain meds and muscle relaxers starting on this date.
2/2011 - Severe heart palpitations, hallucinations, anxiety, depression, dread/fear, suicidal ideation starting on this date and continuing to present.
2/2011 - Severe Hollowing of under eyes, Indentations formed around eyes, above lip, on cheeks, wretched sagging face all around.
To this date, I am 5 months off now and the mental symptoms are just now starting to get slightly better yet I still have crushing depression fear everyday, panic attacks and heart palps. The deformations in my face are the same.
Had to take the mirrors down in my house. I no longer go out anywhere, cannot talk to people, cannot work (am on disability). I cry every single day from the pain of this and no longer have hope that I will return to normal.
PS denies everything.
I stopped seeing docs and specialists a month ago.....they thought I had Lupus, Fibromyalgia, MS, Lymes Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Shizophrenia, ad nauseum.
I honestly do not know how I will go on like this.
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Hi Kayla,
I'm so sorry this has happened to you, but glad you have posted a review it will help a number of other community members. You should also check out the ladies in this Botox forum post, How Long Did Your Botox Headaches Last? those ladies are full of info and support. Please keep us updated and hopefully since you are at 5 months, the Botox will hopefully start leaving your body.
Thanks so much for the review, things will get better.
-Britt
I only experienced headache for a week.
HI Ellington,
Yes the eye thing is ok now and the other severe physical symptoms are better but I still have crushing fatigue, joint pain and a near crippling pain in my side that feels like a knife inside me.
There is so so much that went wrong and I do not really even know how to describe much of it. It's overwhelming. I feel like my face is going to look like this forever and it just makes me sick.
How are you doing?
Thank you so much for posting.