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Advice to Help Insomnia from LupronFrom: Juliette (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu Mar 27 15:42:43 2003
Hello...I am new to this forum. I was eagerly searching the web for some sort of message board of women and their experiences with endo and happened upon this site. I was diagnosed with endometriosis after a lap in December 2002 discovered Stage 4 endo. My doctor told me prior to the surgery that if endo was found that she would put me on Lupron. She said that it was a wonder drug and in her opinion one of the best drugs for treatment of any condition to come along in the past 50 years. I had read a lot of very negative things about Lupron on other web sites. But I figure that she is the Dr. and she knows best. And maybe she still does. But all I know is that this Lupron is going to drive me crazy, literally and figuratively. I just had my third shot at the beginning of March and am due for a fourth in a week or so. After the first shot I noticed absolutely nothing different. I thought that it was great and that I was one of the lucky ones who had evaded the dreaded side effects. Yet, some time after the 2nd shot, I began to have the hot flashes, and insomnia. I have not slept in over a month. Someone in my Dr.'s office suggested chamomile tea, valerian, and Benadryl. I think that I am going to overdose on Benadryl and it doesn't help me sleep. It just makes me feel groggy and drugged the next day. And Sleepytime tea and valerian do nothing to help. And now I am beginning to feel depressed. I suffered clinical depression a few years ago in college and so I know what it feels like and do not wish to experience it again. Also, I have memory loss, and confusion, irritability, anxiety, and drastic mood swings. I just started a demanding new job that I worked really hard to get and I don't want to mess it up with these emotional, physical, and mental problems. I am 26 years old and single. I am not about to have children anytime soon. I am not involved in any relationship at the moment and my doctor said that I needed to get shopping for a man soon or else it would be too late to try to have kids and it may very well be too late now. I know this is extremely long. But I just wanted to post it in case anyone has any advice or just to put my experience out there. Thanks
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