adamden

Hope everyone’s doing well. Just wanted to give an update. Made a trip to the ER today as the headaches, nausea, and vomiting all returned Saturday and today. They’ve been very inconsistent, having not happened on Friday and Sunday, but happening Saturday and today. I finally decided enough was enough. I needed to get this figured out. Well..... i sorta got it figured out. Not really. Doctor I saw in the ER said I do not have migraines, just chronic tension headaches, as I’m not having any symptoms other than the headache that relate to the migraine. No scans were ordered because of the inconsistency of the headache. No triggers have been found. So.... yeah. 🥺 Doc prescribed me gabapentin and zofran to use for the headache to replace the naproxen. So I guess that’s where I’ll go for now.

It wouldn’t surprise me if your anxiety is on edge and through the roof because of what your dad is experiencing. Because you have an emotional connection to your father, it probably is making your anxiety more amplified because the implications of his treatment and what he is going on. It is possible that you are mimicking his symptoms, but it may also not be the case. We wouldn’t know. We’re not in your body.

Like bin said, bruising can happen based on a lot of different factors. You don’t have to hit something in order to bruise. In my opinion, unless it starts to become extremely painful or turns black or blue, it won’t be anything to worry about in the near future

Well y’all, I come to you with great news. Woke up and have been going about my day migraine-free! I had a few headaches pop up during the night, but they were less severe, and did not keep me up much. Super happy that we keep progressing!

Blood levels are going to fluctuate all the time. I can't tell you how many times I have had bloodwork done and sometimes, some of the levels barely fell out or went above the reference range. Unless your doctor made a note that it is abnormal, then it's nothing to worry about

Still a work in progress it appears.... Headaches have been worse today, and I mean, much worse. Woke up at 12:30am with my first, had a few different ones come on and off through the night, and then they continued to persist into the morning. One got so bad I started dry heaving, but nothing came up. After that, everything’s been fine. No headache since. Took the sertraline earlier today to see if that’ll help with the sleeplessness at night and also just to get back to a morning routine with that.... Me right now:

Glad to hear it’s just a stone and nothing more serious. Good luck with the rest!

Always appreciated.

Big congrats to you!! Seems like you’re ready to embark on this great life journey!! Yep, hormones are gonna be out of wack as your body gets adjusted to hosting the baby. In turn, anxiety will rear its ugly head. Just tell it, no. I’m having a baby. Don’t mess this shit up LOL. Cant wait to hear the progress!

Alright.... it’s progress. Not the perfect definition of progress, but progress nonetheless. I’ll explain. Took the first dose of sertraline yesterday at 4:00pm. No severe side effects. Always a good sign. Kinda had a hard time sleeping last night, fell asleep at 11:00pm, woke up at 12:30am. Took me an hour to finally fall back asleep at 1:30am, woke up at 7:30am. Not bad. Woke up feeling great. No headache. Felt great. And then the headache came. I thought “oh hell, here we go again”. Well, it actually ended up not being too bad. Had the headache come on and off, but my body fought it off before it got to the point of making me nauseous and sick, or even dry heaving for that matter. Decided to take a nap to get rid of it once and for all, and it worked. So.... Progress! Second dose of sertraline is now in my system. Let’s hope things keep getting better.

Like bin said, not uncommon at all with anxiety. I’ve learned that the more I focused more on my breathing, the more irregular it got because I got so focused on it. Once you find ways to distract yourself from it, it’ll subside

UPDATE: Took the sertraline at 4:00pm, and so far, no side effects after a few hours. Hopefully it stays that way

Grace..... Grace Grace Grace Grace Grace...... Are you even telling your therapist about these irrational fears? This has gotta stop if you wanna get over this.

I've seen people that have had blood in their urine just one time, and then it clears up, and they've never found a cause for it. Sometimes it just happens it seems like.

Awesome! I’ll be taking 25mg once daily, so I’m hoping it gets rid of these side effects I’m experiencing.