Help! don't know how to get through day!

[efbrgnthm]

omigosh this is awful!!!!!!!! my doc prescribed me Cymbalta and it not only put me into the worst flare I have ever had, it also made me dizzy nauseas and super emotional!!!!!!! I can't stand this I feel like I have a bladder infection but I just don't know! I'm picking up a prescription for urised today but I'm kindof afraid to take it! has anyone taken it? I can't handle this right now, I have a 1000 word essay I need to finish plus a bunch of other homework! how am I going to go to work tomorrow? I just can't stand this! anybodys thoughts and prayers would be so greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!

[kari1980]

Sorry honey, I've never taken the Cymbalta or the other. I react that way to anti depressents also, that's why I can't take them. Try to just relax and wait for the effects to wear off, I know it's an aweful feeling. Hopefully by morning you will feel better and be able to go to work. Just don't take anymore if your feeling that bad until you talk to your doctor.

Kari

[GriffsMommy]

So Sorry that you're feeling so horrible. I've never taken the med but I agree with Kari, just try to relax and wait for it to wear off. If it's bad enough I would call the uro's office and maybe have the answering service get a hold of someone for you? I hope you feel better soon!

[Briza]

I couldn't take Cymbalta, either....it put me to sleep for a week. I'm sorry you're having such extreme side effects, but if you've stopped taking it they will go away.
I think Urised is kinda like Pyrdium and Urelle. Helps with burning bladder and spasms. Hope it helps you get your flare under control. I usually have to take one Pyrdium a day and it helps me a lot. Best wishes:)

[tigger_gal]

:grouphug: you will like the urised. it helps alot there is a numbing agent it. I take one a day all the time, if I beging to flair I will take 2. I am allowd to take 4 a day if needed.

[LeeAnn]

((((((((hugs))))))))

I hope you feel better soon Caitlin.

Maybe a hot bath or an ice pack for now?

I've never tried those meds but have heard good things from others.....

It will get better! I don't know when---but it will!!! It has to!

[Sunnydawn]

Hi sweete,
I know just how you feel. The pain is so unbearable. I am now on a "natural approach" regimine that I feel has saved my life as I am nearly %100 better. I gathered many tips from others with success stories. Yes, it can get better, so much better, you must believe this.
I take: ( *all found at hi health)
*4 entertic coated fish oil capsules a day (to coat irritated bladder and urethera)
*1000mgs of glucosamine a day
*1000mg of MSM (both promote increase of healthy tissue)
*Cysta Q, 2 a day, got it from ICN store
*Tums with symptoms ( up to max dosage a day w/ lass of water)
*detoxifier to help eliminate excessive toxins from overactive hormones-I use daily detox and daily detox II at hi health ( this helped me feel much better)
*also you must eat nutricious food and have scheduled excercise to try and get your hormones and stress better regulated. You must find time to excercise.
*drink water and take tums/fish oil with ify food for max protection. Tums ae awesome I so glad I dicovered them

For flares try:

*ice pack
*tums (these have stopped many flares for me :smile tee )
*light streching
*if in a car, driving helps
*stress reduction- try will ferrel movies or Dodgeball- so funny and you will feel better.
I've heard great things about freeze dried aloe vera and cystoprotek at ICN shop.

God Bless and all the best :angel:

[Trishann]

That is the first thing that came to my mind to, an heating pad, or ice pack, or a warm bath. I know it is temporary but when you hurt that bad even the little things helps. If you have any pain pills that might help relief some pain. I hope you find out if it is an infection so you can start on antibotic then. If not an infection then you will know for sure to try other treatment with it.

I hope you start feeling better soon,
Take care, Trishann

[dancemomof2]

You have been given great advice already. Maybe talk to your pharmacist about the Cymbalta and see if it is mixing with another one of your med and if so will it stop soon. Take it easy

[efbrgnthm]

you guy's are AMAZING!!!!!!! thankyou sooooooo much for all the tips, prayers and happy thoughts! I'm happy to say that I'm feeling much better now! the urised works! it does not hurt my tummy either like pyridium. My doc switched me to oxycodone instead of vicodin and it works much better for the pain. Anywho I hope that everyone is doing well
Aloha

[Myca]

They put me on Elavil or Atarax a few years ago and I took it at night and when I woke up in the morning I felt like I was in dreamland. I could barely drive to work and I couldn't concentrate on anything I was so sleepy. So I refuse to take any of those anti-depressant type things. THey make me so emotional and crazy and I just don't feel right.

[LeeAnn]

Elavil is an antidepressant but Atarax is just an allergy medicine. If you were still super sleepy it was probably the Atarax. I get Atarax Hangover sometimes but if I remember to take it around dinner time (instead of bedtime) I don't get that feeling.

[tacy99]

The Cymbalta made me really nausea and tired and just plain flu like for about 2 weeks. Then all the sx went away. I hope you are on a low dose like 20 or 30 mg.

I'm glad you are some relief. If you can tolerate I wouldn't give up on the Cymbalta until it's had a chance to get a good response time.