Thanks SO much for the link. Very very helpful. You are a jewel!!
Tez_20 said:
Hi Mechelle,
I am pleased you saw your doctor and something as been sorted but how you feeling today with the adjusts on the meds and for god sake you may get flustered with the meds but don't start pulling yourself of meds because you can cause yourself and your body serious harm....when you come of meds they always need to be slowly withdrawn off them, incase you body as got addicted to them plus if that's the case it affects you mentally...as i've been there through o fault of my own but do know the serious consequences of doing this.
Your stress and anxiety levels will come from your sugar problem as my mom was in the same situation rock bottom one minute and over the top with readings the next andthey could never get her insulin level to a proper measurement to suite her.
With having stress and anxiety which also comes from Lupus besides it thrieving off it, your symptoms will feel worse...i'm adding a link below on stress and anxiety with diabetes and hope it helps you regarding coping.
Your wecome but pleazzzzzz don't just pull yourself off drugs....get on the site first and discuss issues with us and we'll help best we can like we have done and i'm pleased you saw your GP like we mentioned.
Thanks sweetie for your concern. I found out the hard way that predisone keeps me WIDE AWAKE!
On the fourth day, my phamacist suggested I stop immediately...since I was only taking a small dosage. A little med goes a long way for me. I cannot take the pain injections either. It threw my heart out of wack. So for the time being I must stay on very small dosages of med and hope it helps.
I tell you.. prednisone can be a nasty drug. But, I pray we won't have to be on it for long.
Have a great weekend, Faye.
Faye said:
Mechelle,
Thanks sweetie for your concern. I found out the hard way that predisone keeps me WIDE AWAKE!
On the fourth day, my phamacist suggested I stop immediately...since I was only taking a small dosage. A little med goes a long way for me. I cannot take the pain injections either. It threw my heart out of wack. So for the time being I must stay on very small dosages of med and hope it helps.
I feel SO much better hearing you say that - I'm much less worried about you now, but you remain in my prayers! There are just so many things to have to pay attention to and so few things that we can do to actually "prevent" problems!
You are so smart to check in with everyone and it takes a lot of strength of character to take the advice of others! There are so many fabulous responses to your discussion!
Also - I really love the group that you started! VERY inspirational and uplifting!
Hugs - Ang
Mechelle said:
Ang,
Thanks for sharing! I didn't know things could get that bad if I stopped taking my meds suddenly. I guess I have to work better with my doctors and just let them know when things occur with me.
Much love again!!
Draginfli said:
Hi Mechelle -
Part of me was leery about sharing this reaction I had to meds. People think all sorts of things, but I think it is important to get the information out to others - how regular medications and the sudden stop of them can put our bodies in shock! I experienced horrible symptoms from that incident that I didn't mention in my reply - and I had NO IDEA that it could happen with meds that were not narcotics!
I'm glad that you talked to your doc and got it sorted out! I sure didn't want to see you have the trouble I had OR worse - since it was insulin!
God bless you, Ang! Thanks so much for the encouragement!
Have a great weekend!!
Draginfli said:
Sweetie!
I feel SO much better hearing you say that - I'm much less worried about you now, but you remain in my prayers! There are just so many things to have to pay attention to and so few things that we can do to actually "prevent" problems!
You are so smart to check in with everyone and it takes a lot of strength of character to take the advice of others! There are so many fabulous responses to your discussion!
Also - I really love the group that you started! VERY inspirational and uplifting!
Hugs - Ang
Mechelle said:
Ang,
Thanks for sharing! I didn't know things could get that bad if I stopped taking my meds suddenly. I guess I have to work better with my doctors and just let them know when things occur with me.
Much love again!!
Draginfli said:
Hi Mechelle -
Part of me was leery about sharing this reaction I had to meds. People think all sorts of things, but I think it is important to get the information out to others - how regular medications and the sudden stop of them can put our bodies in shock! I experienced horrible symptoms from that incident that I didn't mention in my reply - and I had NO IDEA that it could happen with meds that were not narcotics!
I'm glad that you talked to your doc and got it sorted out! I sure didn't want to see you have the trouble I had OR worse - since it was insulin!