HELP!! Side effects, or more serious??

Lindsay71105 · 09-11-2009, 06:03 AM

I really need your help ladies!! This is my first round of Follistim with the trigger and Im experiencing some things that are making me a little worried.
Almost from the first Follistim injection I did, I have been getting worse and worse intestinal problems, it has now resulted itself to be all gas with diarrea. (Sorry for the TMI but I am worried right now and its 1am so I cant call my dr.) And I have been getting heart burn pretty regularly. Then tonight I went to fall asleep and I am having a LOT of heart palpitations. I have had an episode like this before when my husband got deployed earlier this year, had an EKG and everything was fine....it took about a week and it finally went away. But now its back!!

So I have been frantically searching online for these specific symptoms and Im pretty much getting the same thing "could be anxiety/panic attack, side effects to one of the drugs, or.....well I dont even want to think of the or...."

Please, anyone have some advice?? Has anyone had some sort of side effect with Follistim or the trigger?

AmberRN86 · 09-11-2009, 06:11 AM

I've never used follistim, but I did the HCG trigger and I didn't get any side effects like that from it. The GI problems may just be minor side effects, but the heart palpitations could be serious. As a nurse, I am suggesting that you call your doctor or head to the Emergency Room for an EKG right away! Even if it's nothing serious, it's better to be safe than sorry!