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Joined: 12/3/2009 Posts: 1,110 Location: London
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Hi everyone, hope your weekend is going ok. I have a question (?) Does anyone have any idea, or even suffer from, feeling sick, or even vomitting, but having a feeling of anxiety and tearful ness all in one go!! I am on mtx, hydroxy, tramadol, paracetemol pregabalin, ramipril, thyroxine and asthma pumps. This has happened twice now, it has lasted a couple of days. I am due to go down the anti-TNF route soon, and worried if this could be a reaction to the drugs? BARBARA
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Joined: 3/28/2011 Posts: 956 Location: North Preston
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Hi Barbara
I couldn't even hazzard a guess at this one. You are taking such a cocktail of drugs it would be difficult to know what is causing it. I would advise taking advice from your doctor or rheumy consultant. Hope you are feeling better soon
Sheila x
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Joined: 8/25/2010 Posts: 1,289 Location: Buckinghamshire
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hi Barbara,
would be really difficult to tell what's causing it,
but i can't take Tramdaol ... i feel very odd and spaced out on it,
if it were me i would go and talk it over with your GP. he might be able to pin point it for you.
hope you feel better soon,
take care
Suzanne x
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Joined: 4/20/2010 Posts: 1,749 Location: Somerset
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Hello Barbara,
So sorry that things have not been good for you of late.
Certainly I think you should see your gp or ting your RA Nurse.
Don't delay do this tomorrow.
Rose x
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Joined: 9/13/2010 Posts: 786 Location: east anglia
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thats a hard one i agree seek advice,do it ASAP,let us know how you get on.
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Joined: 2/14/2011 Posts: 301 Location: South Hampshire
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Hi Barbara
You are on much the same combination as I've been on in the past. Apart from the ramipril. Whenever something is added to my cocktail - I only add one thing at a time!
Is one of these a new drug that has been added? Tramadol can make you feel very peculiar (it does me), pregabalin has all sorts of funny side effects -it's used for epilepsy - so obviously affects the brain (I now use gabapentin instead - which does the same but I feel 'normal' on it!) and can affect your mood. I also have anti-sickness stuff (stemitel) for the sickness which I just use when needed. May be the thyroxine dose is not right.
I would chat with your GP (although he probably wont know!) - but go back through the dates with him of when you started what, and see if you can see a pattern. Also ask for a thyroid blood test to be added to your blood form for that to be checked next time.
They may be different problems from different drugs all combining. My consultant also told me that feeling very low and tearful is often the RA when it's not under control. She was right as my mood is now much better, since the humira started working.
I now have a diary where I write down what I've taken each day and how I feel (ie tired, in pain, sick, mood state on a 1 to 10 scale) - so I can see what drug may have triggered off the problem.
Hope you get sorted out soon and feel better.
Anne
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Joined: 12/3/2009 Posts: 1,110 Location: London
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Hi everyone, and thanks for the replies. I have seen my GP and had a good talk. She doesnt think its the drugs, I have been on them all for almost 2 years, apart from the ramapril, which is quite new. After taking the anxiety questionnaire she is sure that is the problem, it could be many things, but both my daughters are leaving home, Leanne to move in with her boyfriend next month, and Georgia to go to uni. I am going to miss them so much, we are very close, we go shopping and do lots of girlie things. I also am worried re work, so that could be part of it. When speaking to my GP I burst into tears, she was very good though, thank goodness!! She wants me to have some counselling, so I am waiting for a letter to start that. I just hope it works, and I so dont want to keep feeling like this. I feel like I am being ridiculous, and shouldnt feel like this, but it will be just us now me and him indoors!! After caring for my family for so long it will be so strange for us. Thanks for the help and support, it makes so much difference. Take care x BARBARA
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Joined: 3/28/2011 Posts: 956 Location: North Preston
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Hi Barbara
I understand how you feel. When my boys went to university I felt the same as I did when I took them to school for the first time at 4 years old. They both came back home eventually and now my eldest lives with his fiancee and getting married next year. My youngest has just signed up for his own place and leaves in 2 weeks. They are 28 and 25 and I feel exactly the same again. I love having Joe at home and will miss him so much. That's the life of a mum isn't it Barbara. We never let go of them really and they will always be our babies but I got over them going to university and so will you. Just wait until they are coming home with all their washing etc. They will be ringing up asking how to cook something or how to mend this and that. Neither Ben nor Joe ever cooked before they went to uni, now they can cook as good as me. The independence does them good and makes them into fine adults. I hope you feel better soon.
Sheila x
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Joined: 9/13/2010 Posts: 786 Location: east anglia
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hi, i must say i'm there also, i think mums should be eased into this childhood redundancy or at least the side effects,mine are 28 & 25 doing well away from home, i can still get the mum can you help please or how do i cook whatever etc call so gone but not too grown up to need me( i love that) they come home as much as poss and i get to visit them, talk alot it helps so much,at least its not the drugs, life deals such a hard lesson sometimes never mind having arthritis as well to cope with take care, good you are on the getting better road,
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Joined: 8/25/2010 Posts: 1,289 Location: Buckinghamshire
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hi Barbara,
totally understand about your girls leaving home .. it's a huge transition to go through.
my Daughter is 29 and left home a good 6 years ago now, although she lives quite close to me. she did have a spell of travelling and i worried each and every day about her when she was on the other side of the world.
now she is settled and very happy in a new house since March she share's with her Partner, so that makes me happy.
really what i'm saying is if she's happy them i am. and me and Hubby soon got used to rattling around in the house pretty quickly.
counselling sounds a good idea and all you can do is give it a go,
you're not being ridiculous your being a Mum,
take care
Suzanne x
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Joined: 12/3/2009 Posts: 3,157 Location: Huddersfield
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Try not to worry Barbara, your girls will be fine.
You will soon realise that even though they are not living with you, it is not much different (apart from the washing!) . They will be in constant touch....phone, e-mail, text. You will be their first port of call when anything goes wrong! I remember when Hannah fell and cut her hand badly, she rang me straight away and sent a stream of photos of the bleeding hand! What I was supposed to do about it I don't know except tell her to get to A&E, but they still expect us to have that magic wand that sorts everything out for them!
I'm like Suzanne, if Hannah is happy them I am, and Ian and I soon got used to having to talk to each other again!
Now of course Hannah is back living at home, getting ready to go off to Canada for 6 months so I will have to get used to her going again.
I fully understand how you are feeling and it's probably not until they have gone that you will start to feel better but try not to let the girls see how upset you are. They are setting out on the next part of their lives and need you to be happy for them.
I hope the counselling helps Barbara, but believe me, you WILL get through this and you and your daughters will remain as close as ever, wherever they are.
Love, Doreen xx
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