Anyone else have terrible negative side effects with the use of Tamiflu?

I was prescribed Tamiflu two days ago and it was my first time. After the first dose I noticed vast improvement in my symptoms, but that night I was up for 2.5 hours and my Fitbit showed a dramatic increase in my heart rate. I thought it was just my body fighting the flu. The next night I was up for 5.5 hours, had heart palpitations, brain fog and was really anxious (a rarity for me). I searched for side effects of Tamiflu and saw that insomnia and anxiety are big ones. I immediately stopped taking it and, although I am coughing a little more, overall I feel so much better without it. My nausea is much better, too. I will never take this drug again!

I was given Tamiflu 75mg and Azithromycin 250mg on my 2nd day of having the flu, after taking the 1st dose at 1st i thought it was the flu that was making me feel my brain foggy and dizzy so on my second day of taking Tamiflu my symptoms became horrible. Brain fog, dizziness, diarrhea, headache, anxiety but the worst part is everytime i try to get up from bed i feel like I’m drunk! I’ve only taken 3 pills of Tamiflu and 2 of the Azithromycin but these side effects are so horrible I’m stopping this medication regardless. I already suffer panic attacks and high blood pressure i can’t afford to be this sick. This pill should be taken off the market!!

I started on Tamiflu on Monday night and stopped after taking just 4 pills on a Wednesday night. I generally have no depression problems at all but began feeling sad and hopeless within those 2 days to the point where I was having a panic attack and went into the bathroom and told my husband to get out of the shower bc I was having a panic attack and needed help ASAP! He rubbed my back for about 15 minutes and it calmed me down a lot. I felt better the next day, back to normal thank God! Have hope, but I’ve warned my kids to never take this med. I am 48.

@mattman85 how do you feel now? Did the anxiety dissipate? Are you back to yourself?

I was prescribed Tamiflu 75mg capsules within 2 days after the onset of flu symptoms. Was supposed to take twice a day for 5 days. Stopped taking after 3 days due to side effects (nausea, headache, skin rash, difficulty swallowing). I also feel like my mind is foggy and feel a bit loopy. The other side effects have subsided since stopping the medication 2 days ago. It concerns me others have also reported problems with mental alertness and depression that seem to last long beyond stopping this drug. I am a generally a pretty healthy person. I would not take this drug again.

I got the flu the day after Christmas, and got prescribed Tamiflu. I took 4 of the 5 days worth. A day after I stopped taking it, I started having horrible insomnia and anxiety. I still, 2.5 week later, can't go to sleep at night unless I take 3-4mg of melatonin, or nighttime cold and flu (non-benadryl antihistamine). My anxiety is kind of going away, albeit slowly. This irrational anxiety and insomnia are ridiculous. I know it's got to be the tamiflu because I've never had any problems falling asleep until after I was given that for the flu..

I’m 5 weeks pregnant and I was prescribed to take Tamiflu(Oseltamivir) to treat it or to prevent it. I was doing good taking them other than I I felt my head heavy idk how to explained but it was weird. But yesterday morning I took my last pill and started feeling anxiety and depression all I wanted was to cry, well till today I’m feeling really sad like depress :/ . & I know it was a bad reaction of the medicine. I just want to be me again . Worst experience ever .

No.
Absolutely have not had a negative reaction from the anti flu medicine.

Thank goodness I found this site! my mother of age 92 was given 4 doses in the hospital and she is having auditory and visual hallucinations since dose one. She has become aggressive and agitated. She is acting goofy and loopy. She won't sleep and does random things such as talking to the furniture. She has become OCD about counting her pills and jumps put of bed to check and recheck her meds.
I did a lot of research and the only new meds are Tamiflu and nothing good is written about it.
I'm taking a chance but I'm going to stop giving it to her.
How long will this last? I have to go to work on Monday and she won't let me sleep.

I am so releived i found this page. After 5 days on tamiflu i started experiencing sever anxiety, and insomnia due to what could be best described as short vivid dreams or brain spasms. Im borderline depressed as i though my mental health was going to start deteriorating but this page has given me hope. Its been one week since i stopped taken tamiflu and still have these symptoms. I do still have some flu symptoms such as sinus congestion so maybe i still have some tamiflu in my system.

This has been the worst experience of my life.

I took 1 dose 2 days ago and am having panic attacks, sleeplessness, and depression. I need it to go away or at least light at the end of the tunnel. Whoever is saying that these side affects are false are most definitely mistaken. 32 year old man with average health.

Kbrandt, I googled “tamiflu mini brain explosions” because i couldn’t explain the weird symptoms i was having. Also have had weird disruptive dreams, not quite nightmares, more like stress dreams, as well as insomnia. Did you complete the full course? The brain spasms are concerning. Not sure if i should keep taking it! My fever is definitely better and i feel better overall after just 2 pills.

I am so scared I've been having bad adverse effects for 4 months now after taking tamiflu

I was 8 weeks pregnant when I had to take Tamiflu for flu like symptoms. All the time I was taking it, I felt close to tears and very depressed. It was unexplained. I had no reason to be so. As soon as I stopped taking the drug, I was back to normal.