Very emotional lateley again, going into remi#4 tomorrow, Holidays coming

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schrek-chewbacca hunk Veteran Member Date Joined Jun 2005 Total Posts : 2666	Posted 11/6/2007 9:58 AM (GMT -6)
	As you all know by the slipping into the holiday season so quickly, all that will be upon us shortly. I love Christmas, but I am dreading it this year - and I feel better colitis wise than last year. Perhaps the lame legs and braces have taken more out of me than I thought. It seems that any movie book or news report brings me to weep nowadays. Am I going through the male change (I am 50 this year), Is it the new drug Cymbalta?, is it my physical or emotional condition? I just don't know. All I do know is I love you all here and wishing us a big group hug right now. bob Back to Top

quincy Elite Member Date Joined May 2003 Total Posts : 30995	Posted 11/6/2007 10:47 AM (GMT -6)
	Bob....a huge hug to you! I think we all get to a point where it's all too much, and you've been through more than I can even imagine myself dealing with a fraction of it. The cymbalta should help with your emotions...it's an antidepressant that helps to deal with physical and emotional trauma. How long have you been on it and how much are you on? Are you also on pred? Hang tough...try not to think of all you can't do for Christmas...but what can you do to make the season meaningful but in a different way that you will be able to handle. As far as news reports...way to negative most of the time. Try to limit your intake of that type of information for a while. Heather xx HeatherStatus:mini flare June 23* 6asacol daily+ Salofalk (tapered every 4th night) ~diagnosed January 1989 UC (proctosigmoiditis) ~5ASA: Asacol + Salofalk enemas (increase for flares tapered to maintenance) ~Bentylol (dicyclomine) 20mg as needed ~vitamins/minerals ~Probiotic 2 (Natural Factors Protec) + 1 (Primadophilus Reuteri) at bedtime ~Natural Factors Multi Digestive Enzymes with supper ~Ranitidine,Pariet (reflux) Effexor XR 75mg; Pulmicort/Airomir (asthma) ~URSO for PSC (or PBC) 500mg X 2 daily (LFTs back to NORMAL!!) My doc's logic.. "TREAT (FROM)BOTH ENDS" worth it !!! Back to Top

schrek-chewbacca hunk Veteran Member Date Joined Jun 2005 Total Posts : 2666	Posted 11/6/2007 11:54 AM (GMT -6)
	I am on Cymbalta 3x a day. It does seem a coincidence that I have been more emotional since starting - but that is also when I got my braces. I have to have a stiff upper lip for my wife, lest she think something is wrong. Back to Top

MitzMN Veteran Member Date Joined Feb 2007 Total Posts : 648	Posted 11/6/2007 1:11 PM (GMT -6)
	Oh, Bob. As a longstanding sufferer with chronic depression, I can only imagine how difficult THAT is added on top of your physical maladies. Please do not wait too long to consult your GP or whoever prescribed it and let them know that you are feeling this way. Perhaps a dosage adjustment is warranted, or even a change in medication. I have no idea how long you've been on this one. Depression can most often be very successfully treated. If Cymbalta doesn't work for you, please don't give up. Keep looking. Life is so much better when that cloud of despair and hopelessness is lifted from you! It's like being reborn, almost. You can find Bob again! Good luck, darlin'. Hugs, Mitz Sporadic proctitis since about 1985. Mother had J-pouch surgery 1983. DX'd with clostridium difficile in 2000. Pred, two courses of Flagyl, then Vancomycin finally got rid of it. 2001 colonoscopy dx'd left-sided UC. . Treated with prednisone, Rowasa, Asacol. Asacol not working, switched to Imuran. Three small flares since in 2002, 2005, and 2007, brought under control with steroid and Rowasa enemas. Lap Chole performed October 26, 2007, after gall bladder attack in June, '07. Daily meds: 100 mg Azathioprine and 225 mg Effexor XR (for chronic, longstanding depression), many vitamins and Primadophilus Reuteri Back to Top

marty1976 Veteran Member Date Joined Nov 2005 Total Posts : 2045	Posted 11/6/2007 3:30 PM (GMT -6)
	keep the chin up buddy. Sometimes the meds that you are on cause greater feelings of anxiety and depression too. You have a lot to deal with, its totally normal to have down days.Just know that we all admire you and the way you deal with your health problems. Me and mines send our best wishesto you keep the faith asacol/proctifoam/Zoton (lansoprazole)/propranalol http://www.myspace.com/martybuzz1<FONT] Back to Top

Dansky Veteran Member Date Joined Mar 2005 Total Posts : 2844	Posted 11/6/2007 3:38 PM (GMT -6)
	Bob, I upped my anti depressants yesterday following a discussion with my GP I knew it was time to discuss the matter with him and he agrees that I'm going through quite a bit at the moment so is totally on side, I feel I have a great GP and am able to communicate well with him, what I'm trying to say is I totally agree with Mitz talk to your doctor and tell him/her everything, I have started typing notes out and presenting them to the docs so I don't forget anything. Take care, hugs right back at you. Dave Dansky Co-moderator UC forum TAKE FLYING LESSONS ON A MOUNTAIN BIKE TODAY! Sulfasalazine Azathioprine Prednisolone Pariet Citalopram Hydrobromide *http://www.healingwell.com/donate/* Back to Top

tjf Veteran Member Date Joined Dec 2005 Total Posts : 3238	Posted 11/6/2007 3:42 PM (GMT -6)
	Hey Bob! Just wanted to let you know I'm thinking about you!!! Tabitha (Tab) 100mg Azathioprine, 2 Fibercon, Colazal-6 a day, Acidopholis Pearls, Prilosec OTC http://www.healingwell.com/donate Co-Moderator UC Forum Back to Top

dakotagirl Veteran Member Date Joined Apr 2006 Total Posts : 3402	Posted 11/6/2007 6:41 PM (GMT -6)
	I'm thinking about you too! I think the advice of talking to your doctor and upping the dose or changing meds is good. Hang in there! Big hugs :) Pan-colitis and GERD diagnosed May 2003 Asacol 12 per day, Azathioprine 75mg, Rowasa and Canasa as needed Aciphex, Effexor XR, BCP, Rhinocort nasal spray Forvia and a Probiotic Osteopenia (hip and spine) from prednisone use. Started Azathioprine because I was steroid dependent. Co-Mod for the UC forum Keep HealingWell running smoothly: www.healingwell.com/donate Back to Top

Red_34 Elite Member Date Joined Apr 2004 Total Posts : 23551	Posted 11/6/2007 7:12 PM (GMT -6)
	I've never been on anti-depressents so I can't help you there but you are going thru so much right now that it's no wonder your emotions are getting all crazy on you. It happens to the best of us! ((Big Hugs)) to you too! ^{@--->--SHERRY--<---@} ^{Left sided Uc -'92 - Colazal, Canasa, 6mp, Prilosec, Biotin, Forvia, Pro-Bio} ^{Allergies - Singulair, Astelin(got the script - just haven't tried it yet!)} ^{Secondary Reynauds Syndrome - '04 - Norvasc} ^{Fibromyalgia - '06} ^{PLEASE HELP HEALINGWELL CONTINUE TO HELP OTHERS BY CLICKING HERE: DONATE} ^{@--->--Moderator for Allergies/Asthma and Co-moderator for UC--<---@} http://www.myspace.com/82595818 Back to Top

happydays Regular Member Date Joined Sep 2007 Total Posts : 69	Posted 11/6/2007 7:32 PM (GMT -6)
	Just wanted to say hi and give you a big hug, talk to your doc about whats going on. I'm on Lexapro 20mg and i love it. Good Luck :) Back to Top

philly-fan Regular Member Date Joined Dec 2006 Total Posts : 185	Posted 11/6/2007 10:02 PM (GMT -6)
	Hey Bob, hang in there. Here's a hug all the way from Philly. Steve Asacol 1200mg-3x a day Probiotic=metagenics ultra flora plus DF Hydrocortizone when needed Off the prednesone since September 8th (omg) Heart meds Lipitor,Toprol, aspirin 81 synthroid Back to Top

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