November 30th
2007
6:08 PM
I have been on Lupron Depot for a year and a half, and it has been terrible. I am a stage 3 endometriosis patient; I was diagnosed last year on my first day of school. They did a laparoscopy, D&C, and cystoscopy. I have experienced nausea, weight gain, mood swings, paranoia, night sweats, hot flashes, dizziness and have had to be hauled out of school in a wheelchair on many occasions. This is all while on Lupron Depot. It has barely taken my pain away, but I will say that at first it worked amazingly. I don't know if my system is just immune to it now, or what. I had to leave school today because of chest pain and my pulse was 111 bpm. Before I started Lupron, I was told that I "may experience some mild hot flashes at first, if anything." The hot flashes are absolutely brutal. I went from being a straight A student to barely scraping by, trying to get weeks of makeup work done. I have always been a sane, calm person, but when i went on Lupron, after about a month also had to go on Prozac because I was so incredibly paranoid and mood-swingy. I also went from a size 2 to a size 7 in about 2 months! I exercise regularly, I ride my horse everyday, and I eat right. I've always been in shape, but Lupron made me gain so much weight!!! I wouldn't recommend Lupron, but I don't really see what other choice there is, since they have already tried the pill and that stopped working after about a month. I'm so frustrated, and I can't take it anymore! Menopause and pain from endo are making me miss my life. I can never go out, I always have to call in to work, and I haven't been in school consistently for about a month.
To anyone considering going on Lupron Depot, I would think long and hard about whether you are ready to deal with the side effects of Lupron.
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April 10th
2008
9:02 PM
Well what more can be said really ? most all of us have suffered a great deal for a long time with going to a bunch of quack dr.'s listening to drug reps (Pushers) sell their dope and we all want to believe there is hope but there is none .these problems we have know one knows the actual cause so therefore there won't be a cure . sure there are a few success stories but for the majority these side effects are only the beginning I really don't want to bear children anymore due to i am afraid of what I put in my body and are my plumbing problems hereditary? I couldn't live with myself knowing that I passed on all theese problems to my child. I have been off lupron now for well I can't remember what year it was I think it was 2005or 2006 and I am still having issues.....................
Bone/Joint pain , MEMORY , G I problems , Weight gain , Depression , Tired all the time , Dizzyness , I can't walk straight , heart palpatations , upset stomach , impatient , the hair thinning has got better , but the dandreff hasn't , i'm irritable , moody , and my fave acne the night sweats went away after they gave me the northindrone it really helped and the prozac really helped with the sever mood swings . But I am not myself I haven't been in a long time . the worst side effect is a broken spirit. the con's FAR outweigh the pro's
pain killers and muscle relaxers with a laporoscopy with a briliant surgeon like a endocrinoligist not a plain GYN Along with a great diet and exercise and maybe throw some metformin in for kicks and that my friends is a great start . we do have alternitives . we just have to search for them sometimes .
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