Not a Pleasant topic...bleah

[STEPHANIELAUREN]

I have insomnia so my doc prescribed me ambien well whenever I take it the next morning I have a blank of anythin that happened the previous night and my family tellse it makes me high and I get violent and hit ppl and stumble around then I never remember a thing scary

 

[PurpleChicken]

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I'm the exact same way with prednisone and I could kill them joyfully. Prozac causes the same reaction for me.

Yeah, pred can be rough stuff. I was given a shot and the pack of pills. I had to laugh at "kill them joyfully".

 

[gritsar]

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I made bunch of middle of the night long distance phone calls on ambien.
Now I take 4 different bedtime meds that all have sleepiness as a side effect, one of them actually meant to make me sleep.

Sorry you are going thru this Luna. Hope things improve soon.

 

[Lunachick]

Thanks you all. Just reaching out. Was wondering about different med with diff people and how it all works....

I'm thankful I don't have to take any meds for anything

I was wondering, for people that take meds for a while, do certain meds get different after a while? I mean if you're taking these meds for a long time they can do some damage more than being helpful? I would assume?

 

[Judy]

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Old worn out RN here. The simple answer is, most do. Especially if it is not an old time-worn drug.

I tried Chantix to quit smoking. I have never been depressed, much less suicidal, in my life, until a few weeks into that stuff. I found myself seriously considering suicide. I was also having some hallucinations which seemed quite believable. Fortunately, there was a part of me that was watching this stuff, and knew it was all a drug reaction.

Prednisone does a whole bunch of things. I really hope it is a limited prescription, meaning, he will be off it in a few weeks. If not, if this is to be a permanent drug, best do some extensive reading.

 

[Lunachick]

Unfortunately, it's been too frequent that he's been - not fun.

I might regret this tomorrow, but right now, since I can see this in print, I'M NOT LIKING THIS and it might make me feel better ..

Can I say that again? I'M NOT LIKING THIS!!

I understand that people go through crap all the time, me too, I dealt with crap, I choose not to anymore. (DH is basically a good guy, just dealing with some sh*t lately) Maybe I'm just fed up right now. I'm reaching out, that says something doesn't it? I hate doing this, and tomorrow I'll log on, and Oh Crap! I let it out?! I'll be so regretful, but I also feel comfortable telling you guys here...But I'm afraid I'll feel like a fool, and i don't want to disappear until the coast is clear, I'm not like that..so here it is!

woohoo I'm human and I let it out!

OK ! I feel a wee bit better now. And yes I'm still ticked....

This too shall pass

I hope!

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

I did prednisone for 4 years due to uncontrolled Crohns. It totally changes my personality. It's like the "Nice Filter" is dissolved. All the mean, hateful things that went through my head came out my mouth. I could hear myself saying stuff and was incapable of stopping it. It was horrible. I learned to just warn people on the front end of a cycle and apologize in advance.

Thankfully we found another drug that worked. It seems to have no personality affects, but I think it has shifted my metabolism. Oh well... better to be fat than a witch!

Good luck with your DH. I know it is frustrating all the way around.

 

[Judy]

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Ummm.... time for a different doc, I'm afraid. Even if this is rheumatoid arthritis. And even if it really is (it is often misdiagnosed,) there are other approaches.

 

[Lunachick]

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Old worn out RN here. The simple answer is, most do. Especially if it is not an old time-worn drug.

I tried Chantix to quit smoking. I have never been depressed, much less suicidal, in my life, until a few weeks into that stuff. I found myself seriously considering suicide. I was also having some hallucinations which seemed quite believable. Fortunately, there was a part of me that was watching this stuff, and knew it was all a drug reaction.

Prednisone does a whole bunch of things. I really hope it is a limited prescription, meaning, he will be off it in a few weeks. If not, if this is to be a permanent drug, best do some extensive reading.

The Dr's wanted it to be a limited prescription for Pred, but he does not do well with pain (flair ups) so he takes it when he "needs" it. I think that it is basically the problem. It's been YEARS that he's taking the pred, don't you think that is a lot? I do. I'm seeing a big difference in attitude and personality. That is what I'm not liking at all. If you need to take them for an acquired amount of time, so be it. But....I think he's afraid of the pain, ok I have not had that kind of pain, and I understand it's different for different people, but...Long term effects on that kind of stuff....well I don't trust any Dr to tell you "No you shouldn't take that for too long" BS they still prescribe it. OR... you can get that on line...
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[Lunachick]

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Ummm.... time for a different doc, I'm afraid. Even if this is rheumatoid arthritis. And even if it really is (it is often misdiagnosed,) there are other approaches.

I agree! I don't go with him to the Dr. I think he just takes what he gets with the doc. Maybe I should go with him? I'm not sure if that would work. I think we gotta sit down and have a talk..