debbie, my mom is on leviquin(sorry spelling).in fact i have been in the hospital the last 2 days. anyways the doctor said leviquin is great for uti. she has been on and off leviquin since febuary.i hope that might calm your scares on the med. any ways i hope you get better. do you think the side effects are from stress?stress can cause that. are you still on the paxil ? could it be that?do what ever you think is right to get better. i am still praying for us! huggs! gina

Hi Vickers, Thanks for replying, I hope I am not a royal pain in the butt! The practioner never phoned back which does not surprise me, when I walked to the store with my little one I asked the pharmasist what he thought he said "do yourself a favor and don't take it" He said perhaps the 2 I took was enough, he did say it may return. I will not take it, I am drinking alot of cranberry and water, if it does return as you said I can always go on something else, levaquin is quite potent the pharmacy said, very strong and side effects are much more than reg anti-B's. I thought it may be panic, but it woke me up with the headache and electric shocks which never happened, I will just keep drinking my water and hope for the best. How are you Vickers? School here starts very soon, too early, I was just kidding in my last post about peace and quiet, actually I love having my son here, he is so good and kind, he is my gift from God we walk and play and talk, we are Mother and son, but buddies too, he turned out well I must of done one thing right! I am feeling emotionally better, other than those symptoms I had a good day, I was not such a basket case. I hope you are well and enjoying these dog days of summer, I live in Florida, what state do you live in? I think its pretty much hot in all of the country through. Thanks again, you always make me feel so much better. God bless, Debbie.

Hey Debbie! I read your other posts from today also and I saw that the nurse told you to stop taking it and that a pharmacist said it was ok. If it were me, I would take the nurse's advice and stop taking it. It could be an allergic reaction. Besides, if the infection comes back, you can call them and tell them you are having the same symptoms and ask them to prescribe something different than what you are taking now. If it happens again, make sure you tell them not to prescribe what you are taking because of the side effects. I'm thinking the tingling is either from being so panicky because panic causes hyperventilating, which causes the tingling, or an allergic reaction like the nurse suggested. When you stop taking the meds, the reaction will go away. If the UTI comes back, you will be ok. You'll just have to take some different meds to get through it. But, it will be ok. Now that you know what it is, you'll know what it is if the symptoms come back so just call the doctor or nurse and let them know it's back. No big deal as long as you get some different meds to deal with it IF it comes back. No worries. How many pills do you have left? Go ahead and stop taking it. It'll be ok. :)

Dear Vickers, I woke up this morning with a horrible headache and my lips and face were tingling, like electric shocks, I think its the antibiotic. I am tired and queasy, I expect that with anti-B's nausea, loose stools etc....that does not concern me, I know Levaquin is very very strong, for 3-day course, I am afraid to take the third and final dose but then again, as Allison pointed out, she has been very helpful, I will be back to square one, I do NOT want this UTI again, funny the headache is eased and the tingling is not as bad, the nurse-practioners office called back, not here, but HER nurse, and she said if you are having those symptoms you can stop taking it, I would of rather spoke to who perscribed it, she is leaving on vacation in the morn and I doubt I will get a call-back, the other nurse said she would call back if she wanted to call in another medication. I only have 1 dose yet, should I risk those side-effects and just take it, I do not want to start all over again, I googled {bad Debbie} and it said levaquin could cause seizures, of course I attributed my symptoms, tingling, electric shocks, bad headache to an impending seizure! The "nurse's nurse" also said the 2 doses "may" be enough to kill it, I wish I could be sure, I am going to walk-up to the store with my son, I have to get a card, and I may ask that pharmasist what he thinks, I think the nurse-practioner should of phoned back, since her nurse told me NOT to take it, what else should I take? and will 2 days do it since its so potent? Its getting late and I doubt I will get a call-back, I am scared to take, scared not too! I so want this infection gone, its alot better, but I do not want it to come back, like I said I expect stomach upset and tiredness from an anti-B, but that severe headache scared me, I actually woke up with it so I know its not panic, and I do not get tingling usually. Whats your advice, I was thinking of taking the last pill late tonight or tomm, perhaps these symptoms are not the Levaquin, when I looked it up I was shocked! Penicillian its not! the side effect list is very very frightning. I so want this to be gone, why cant it ever be easy?! Write when you can, I hope you are having a good day, I bet the kids are keeping you hopping! School starts soon so we wil