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i am trying to start a new thread so i hope this works. trying to get some advice. I am taking 20 mg prozac and have been on it for about 3 weeks. still feeling really anxious and stuff. how long do some of these meds take to work. i originally posted this question but i am new to the chat room scene.
Hi lory; I'm not too bad at the moment, in fact dare I say it, i've felt better this week. I don't know, but I think I may have cleared alot of rubbish out of my head last week with the therapist when I did the EMDR and I haven't any appointments with doctors this week.
I'm sorry that you are feeling awful and you have had to finish work.....That must be really hard to deal with. I wasn't in my job for too long as I wasn't fit for work with the kidney thing but the time I was there was great for a while.... It just got too much to cope with and I sweated even the small stuff so it was a case of I had to pack it in because I just couldn't cope. Please be gentle with yourself, it wasn't anything that you could control and you need some time to recover. Just go with it, I know how hard it can be but you will come through it. Take each day as it comes and ask for support from your family and friends. Don't be afraid of the counselling, It will start to make a difference and just know that you can talk to me when you need to. I know how you are feeling. Take care and let me know how you are. P
I'm sorry that you are feeling awful and you have had to finish work.....That must be really hard to deal with. I wasn't in my job for too long as I wasn't fit for work with the kidney thing but the time I was there was great for a while.... It just got too much to cope with and I sweated even the small stuff so it was a case of I had to pack it in because I just couldn't cope. Please be gentle with yourself, it wasn't anything that you could control and you need some time to recover. Just go with it, I know how hard it can be but you will come through it. Take each day as it comes and ask for support from your family and friends. Don't be afraid of the counselling, It will start to make a difference and just know that you can talk to me when you need to. I know how you are feeling. Take care and let me know how you are. P
Hi again. Well..guess what...I am no longer employed. I feel just really awful. Now I have to worry about money and everything else. My husband says not too but I can't help it. How did you feel after you stopped working? I hope I can get over this? Did you work for a long time previously? This is worse than a mid-life crisis.
Hi Paddy! How are things going? I'm ok. Just bummed last few days that my recovery is going sooooo slow. I'm just not patient. -But It definatley doesn't surprise me that some of your medicine is causing you some side effects. i am glad they are taking a second look at it. If you could minimize some of that I bet you'd feel a lot better. But it's always hard to determine whether the medicine is too much or not enough. Definately write down how you feel after you increase some of those meds. Maybe raising them will do the trick as well. It's such a pain isn't it? Do you have any prescription drug handbooks? I live by mine,especially for the side effects. I look on the internet but it's nice to have a book handy when you don't feel like going on the computer.
I have to agree w/ you about the hospital. It's a bad memory for me too. Especially when it's the doctors that caused most of my problems. -My counselor told me that she thinks most of my problem is medication related. And I only gave her a few pieces of info and she immediatley told me that. I was like wow,,finally someone that admits it. Of course my doctor doesn't quite admit that.
I have to agree w/ you about the hospital. It's a bad memory for me too. Especially when it's the doctors that caused most of my problems. -My counselor told me that she thinks most of my problem is medication related. And I only gave her a few pieces of info and she immediatley told me that. I was like wow,,finally someone that admits it. Of course my doctor doesn't quite admit that.
Hiya lori; Hope your feeling better. I've had a busy day today. This morning I went to see my therapist. I'd written some notes because I could'nt be bothered to tell her about my week. I told her i've still been feeling anxious, you know that horrible feeling in my chest and like a feeling of dread. I told her about feeling drained and not feeling on top of things. She listened and told me that I should take the amitriptiline at 10'o clock instead of 12.30, because it's probably still working in the morning and thats why i'm always tired. We talked about my anxiety of going to the hospital and had I thought about what I want to say to the consultant and I said yes I kind of know what to say.
We did some really intense EMDR and it was really hard. I had to recall what I was thinking about and they were really bad memories of which I had to focus on until I got physically upset. She did her finger waving thing and the bad memories kind of faded away. We did it for an hour and at the end of it I felt much better. She thinks i'm making progress, I hope she's right cos it doesn't feel like that to me sometimes.
This afternoon I went to see the consultant at the hospital. I feel very uncomfortable in hospital. I know alot of the staffs faces and it just reminds me of when I was sick. My blood pressure was high again and I went in to see him and told him my edema was no better. He told me it has nothing to do with my kidney cos that is functioning ok. It's just the way i'm made. So he's increased my bp tablets and told me that it's very hard to control my blood pressure and I have to see my GP in a month to have them increased again and see him in 8 weeks. He's putting up my furosemide next time in so he can make sure I don't get bad side effects for which I would have to go straight back to see him.
I looked at what the side effects are, and guess what, they are; ankle swelling, headache, tiredness, dizziness, stomach upset and others so that could explain why i'm getting all these things happening. I'll see how I go and write down my symptoms.
Well thats my day and now I feel so drained so i'm gonna watch TV and chill. Let me know how you have been getting on and take care. Talk to you soon.
We did some really intense EMDR and it was really hard. I had to recall what I was thinking about and they were really bad memories of which I had to focus on until I got physically upset. She did her finger waving thing and the bad memories kind of faded away. We did it for an hour and at the end of it I felt much better. She thinks i'm making progress, I hope she's right cos it doesn't feel like that to me sometimes.
This afternoon I went to see the consultant at the hospital. I feel very uncomfortable in hospital. I know alot of the staffs faces and it just reminds me of when I was sick. My blood pressure was high again and I went in to see him and told him my edema was no better. He told me it has nothing to do with my kidney cos that is functioning ok. It's just the way i'm made. So he's increased my bp tablets and told me that it's very hard to control my blood pressure and I have to see my GP in a month to have them increased again and see him in 8 weeks. He's putting up my furosemide next time in so he can make sure I don't get bad side effects for which I would have to go straight back to see him.
I looked at what the side effects are, and guess what, they are; ankle swelling, headache, tiredness, dizziness, stomach upset and others so that could explain why i'm getting all these things happening. I'll see how I go and write down my symptoms.
Well thats my day and now I feel so drained so i'm gonna watch TV and chill. Let me know how you have been getting on and take care. Talk to you soon.
oops ! ok... I was wrong about the breathing... it's: inhale,stomach out,exhale stomach in.
Hi there! How are you? You sound like you are doing much better. A mini vacation by the seaside sounds wonderful. But you're right about the weather. Certainly don't want to go if it is crummy. So...your husband is a workaholic too! my husband just switched jobs this past february so he actually has better hours. 50 hrs a week instead of 80 hrs a week that he used to do managing a drug store. I don't know how they do it.
Well..as far I have been feeling. I'm down today because yesterday I thought I was feeling better and going in the right direction. Saw the therapist today and she said of course there will be good days and bad days and she thinks my problem right now is the med change and all that stuff. I'm just so sensitive to meds. But she seemed like she really understood and that I have to give the meds more time. She gave me some breathing excercises to do. Exhale w/ stomach out,inhale w/ stomach in. Haha. It does help a little bit. I really need to search my soul for some patience though. I just don't think I have any.
And,no you don't sound like a wreck at all. It's just part of the recovery process. You'll have days as well that are good and some that are not so good.
I had my kidney function tested about 3 weeks ago and he said everything was fine. Of course I'm afraid to believe him ya know. I am supposed to keep in touch w/ my urologist but I haven't seen him in a while. -But I wonder if you will need to switch out that blood pressure medicine. That certainly would be an easy fix! I bet they do especially when you tell them you have been noticing the edema. I would write everything down that you are experiencing and tell the doctor. I just found out from talking to my doctor a while ago that when I took the ativan the couple times,I was not supposed to be getting the effect that I was getting. I didn't think to tell the doctor because I thought it was normal. What was happening was it was making me sleepy 'after' it wore off. Never thought a thing of it. So,even if you think your symptoms are corny or may be in your head....just make sure you bring them all up. It's really hard to describe sometimes how you feel to someone.
Since I was feeling better yesterday I was also thinking about how I would like to take a vacation again to Myrtle Beach,South Carolina. Someplace by the ocean,,,,eating lots of seafood. crablegs,mussells,fish. ahhh.
Well,take care and I'll talk to you soon.
Well..as far I have been feeling. I'm down today because yesterday I thought I was feeling better and going in the right direction. Saw the therapist today and she said of course there will be good days and bad days and she thinks my problem right now is the med change and all that stuff. I'm just so sensitive to meds. But she seemed like she really understood and that I have to give the meds more time. She gave me some breathing excercises to do. Exhale w/ stomach out,inhale w/ stomach in. Haha. It does help a little bit. I really need to search my soul for some patience though. I just don't think I have any.
And,no you don't sound like a wreck at all. It's just part of the recovery process. You'll have days as well that are good and some that are not so good.
I had my kidney function tested about 3 weeks ago and he said everything was fine. Of course I'm afraid to believe him ya know. I am supposed to keep in touch w/ my urologist but I haven't seen him in a while. -But I wonder if you will need to switch out that blood pressure medicine. That certainly would be an easy fix! I bet they do especially when you tell them you have been noticing the edema. I would write everything down that you are experiencing and tell the doctor. I just found out from talking to my doctor a while ago that when I took the ativan the couple times,I was not supposed to be getting the effect that I was getting. I didn't think to tell the doctor because I thought it was normal. What was happening was it was making me sleepy 'after' it wore off. Never thought a thing of it. So,even if you think your symptoms are corny or may be in your head....just make sure you bring them all up. It's really hard to describe sometimes how you feel to someone.
Since I was feeling better yesterday I was also thinking about how I would like to take a vacation again to Myrtle Beach,South Carolina. Someplace by the ocean,,,,eating lots of seafood. crablegs,mussells,fish. ahhh.
Well,take care and I'll talk to you soon.
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