ENDO Messages for March, 2003: Does Anyone Have Any Advice to Help Insomnia from Lupron-Please!

Does Anyone Have Any Advice to Help Insomnia from Lupron-Please!

From: Juliette (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Mar 27 16:10:01 2003

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At Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Juliette wrote: >
>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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