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  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974 ✭
    @Kiwi Angel I don't get a hangover from Temazepam I'm happy to say. I cannot believe you are working in your 4th cycle of TC. You are incredible!
  • minimum67
    minimum67 Member Posts: 5 ✭
    Im having chemo and in my 4th round of AC  I realliesed the dex was affecting my sleep so I was allowed to have low dose Zyprexa whcih acts as a antinuaeea drug but it is also and antipsychoitc ( I felt I was havin mood swings, tears and rage on dex ) That helped with my sleep as well as Remifem for hot fu=lushes and then last night when I woke at 2:30 I took ativan which they is asedative used for the cold cap but they also said I could take it occasionally as a sleeper ...so last night I got about 9 hours...Horray hope these ideas might help others.
  • Kiwi Angel
    Kiwi Angel Member Posts: 1,952 ✭
    @kmakm it’s a very slow day at work - I’m just plodding about doing paperwork. Will take a sleeping tablet tonight if I can’t sleep. 
  • Kiwi Angel
    Kiwi Angel Member Posts: 1,952 ✭
    Made it though my day of work and now home, in bed, about to pop all my pills and hopefully have a decent sleep. I’ll take a temazepam if I’m awake in the morning - the panadine forte I’m about to take should be out of my system by then. @minimum67 my friend had dex rage too but I don’t feel anymore irritated than normal. Did u get Ativan when u did the cold cap at chemo. I took panadol osteo and forgot to take one yesterday before I went. 
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974 ✭
    I'm procrastinating. I don't want to lie there staring at the ceiling. I don't know why the last few nights have been so difficult in the falling asleep department. I am overly anxious and I don't know why.
  • TabooGal
    TabooGal Member Posts: 146 ✭
    @kmakm I hope you get some sleep soon. My nights are like that even b4 my dx. Everything the day gone and worrying about the day coming. On 3 different meds for depression and anxiety. I hope to help that won't be the kind that will interact with chemo. I'd be lost without endep. Does reading help? 
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974 ✭
    @TabooGal Sometimes. I'm on Pristiq, went on it mid-chemo. It's worked well for me for the depression so far, but anxiety is still problematic.

    Ask your oncologist about your meds asap so that if you have to change you've got time to adjust before chemo begins. Or at least make a start.

    I used to get to sleep OK. That went out the window with the callback letter from BreastScreen... It's mostly got better but every two or three weeks I hit a problematic patch. That's life now I suppose. K xox
  • TabooGal
    TabooGal Member Posts: 146 ✭
    @kmakm I sense anxiety is going to be with us forever. Always worried about that lil buggar striking again. I could use a doobie right now! Haven't had one for 40 years lol
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974 ✭
    edited May 2018
    @TabooGal Now if you were to offer me a 'special' brownie I'd join you...!  ;)
  • TabooGal
    TabooGal Member Posts: 146 ✭
    edited May 2018
    @kmakm I'll be in on that one! Why not a tray off them lol
  • tigerbeth
    tigerbeth Member Posts: 539 ✭
    Still awake
  • Kiwi Angel
    Kiwi Angel Member Posts: 1,952 ✭
    @TabooGal @kmakm I would of joined u in brownies to get rid of the stupid nausea I had last night which has finally subsided. 
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974 ✭
    Glad it's stopped @Kiwi Angel. You're still welcome to join us though!   ;)
  • Kiwi Angel
    Kiwi Angel Member Posts: 1,952 ✭
    I would love to join - brownies and green tea sound like a goer - I’ll bring the tea  ;)
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974 ✭
    @Kiwi Angel You're on!
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