Side Effects
I've noticed a few side effects since I've been on Geodon that give me pause. Up until a week ago clumps of hair were coming out of my head. I'm talking handfuls here. My hairline looks sparse and I'm self conscious.
I get nauseous on a regular basis. I don't want to eat in the morning because I feel sick and sometimes in the afternoon. It bothers me, but not that much. I need to lose weight afterall.
My worst side effect is my memory loss. I can't count the number of times on my hand that my husband has said we've made love at night and I don't remember. How could I not remember that?! I'm sick about it.
Actually, I think that my worst side effect is anxiety. It has been unbearable, especially when you add on restlessness to it. I think the anxiety is part move and part side effect.
This all makes me want to get off my medication. I cried last night thinking about everything. D told me that if it's helping me I should stay on it. It is helping me, damn it. I wish I could say otherwise so I could get off of it without guilt. Instead I'm the one with a receding hairline, feeling sick to my stomach, and the memory loss. I'm a winner.
I get nauseous on a regular basis. I don't want to eat in the morning because I feel sick and sometimes in the afternoon. It bothers me, but not that much. I need to lose weight afterall.
My worst side effect is my memory loss. I can't count the number of times on my hand that my husband has said we've made love at night and I don't remember. How could I not remember that?! I'm sick about it.
Actually, I think that my worst side effect is anxiety. It has been unbearable, especially when you add on restlessness to it. I think the anxiety is part move and part side effect.
This all makes me want to get off my medication. I cried last night thinking about everything. D told me that if it's helping me I should stay on it. It is helping me, damn it. I wish I could say otherwise so I could get off of it without guilt. Instead I'm the one with a receding hairline, feeling sick to my stomach, and the memory loss. I'm a winner.
Does pdoc know? These are side effects that I would not be willing to live with. It seems a bit too much and it adds to your moods.
I think if something happened that I had absolutely no memory of, I would freak the hell out and be scared too. It's definitely something I would tell my doctor about. I'm thinking of you, girl.
HUGS
Terra
Jesus is that Geodon you're on, or chemotherapy??
Sounds like awful stuff!!
~Shiv