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Re: Advice to Help Insomnia from Lupron
From: Juliette (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Mar 27 16:40:32 2003
Thank you so very much for your advice. I will definitely follow your
suggestions. I am going to call my doctor tomorrow and make an
appointment and discuss these options with her. When I brought up the
problems I am having with depression the asst. in my dr.'s office said
that it was probably just a lack of sleep that will cause those things.
When I told her that I've had a few bouts with depression before and was
afraid of that again. She just dismissed it and said that it was
probably just that I need to get more sleep. But, the emotional and
mental health is what really scares me. I have not been on medication
for depression in about five years but I may need it again. Once again,
thank you for your encouraging response, and I wish you the best!
At Thu, 27 Mar 2003, holly wrote:
>
>i'm getting my third shot in two weeks. so far, i've had lots of hot
>flashes, but they are tolerable. the insomnia really bugs me though. i
>use the weekends to catch up on sleep. also i lie down for 30 minutes
>right after work, no matter what. i set the alarm, so i'm not there all
>evening. it does refresh me. even if i don't sleep, at least i'm
>resting.
>
>i was diagnosed with depression and OCD 3 years ago. the lack of
>estrogen has really caused many problems with both. my doc raised my
>zoloft dose, gave me wellbutrin, i'm seeing a counselor even. if i'm
>not feeling better by next wednesday, my doc won't let me get my third
>shot. he doesn't want to take any risks with my mental health. the
>wellbutrin seems to be helping more than the zoloft. and the counseling
>is going all right also. my counselor and my doc reminded me that i
>went through "the change" in a few weeks compared to several years like
>most women do. so that explains a lot of the emotions.
>
>talk to your doc about getting addback. it's aygestin (norethindrone
>acetate). it helps with the side effects. like i said, the hot flashes
>are tolerable because of the aygestin.
>
>also talk to your doc about the depression. wellbutrin actually is a
>pretty good med. i felt horrible because i had to resort to meds to
>help me, but they are telling me it's probably only going to last
>throughout the lupron. then i probably won't need it.
>
>i don't know if i helped or not. but i do want to encourage you.
>
>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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