Does anyone ever get....

sennacharib

Hello all,

I just wondered if anyone gets really fed up and almost feels physically sick at the thought of every morning and throughout the day of taking yet more tablets?

I take a total of 24 a day and it really is making megag now, each morning i dread taking them , then at lunchtime, then teatime the bed, its just getting too much.

Then i think well the plaquenil hasnt kicked in yet I am only on week 6 or 7 i think, and its a job to remember them all and i have this sinking feeling each time i know i have to taken them again.

I am on DMARDS, steriods, tramadol, diazaepam, omeprazole,amitriptiline, cardicor, paracetomal and adcal.

I know that some I have to take and some are slowly helping with my symptoms, but there are times i feel ''is it worth it?'' I get a bit dispondent i guess.

Just wondered if i was alone? xxx

dreamdaisy

Are you alone with this? No, I think we all get like that from time to time, no matter how few or how many tablets we take. Once the plaq begins to help you may find you are able to reduce the amount of some of the others, which would be a good thing, yes? DD

nanasue

I don't know about other people but I know I get like this sometimes and have to give myself a good talking to. I think it might be something a lot of us go through as well a lots of other emotions, it takes a lot of getting used to, but you will get there, but there will be other times when it all gets too much. Maybe you could talk to your GP about anti-depressants or some such, just to get some info and give you something to consider if things get too bad. I'm on them myself and have just answered a post to Nearlybionic on the subject, if you need them, you need them, it's not being weak, these illnesses are very life changing and we need all the support we can get. Hope this helps,

Sue x

tkachev

I know exactly what you mean. I hate taking my MTX, I' like a sulky kid made to eat its veg. I stomp about, complain under my breath,look at the bottle, grimace,put it down, sulk a bit more but finally I have to take them because they work for me. I'm often only taking them every fortnight instead of weekly because I can't bear them.


Elizabeth

flowerpot

I know how you feel, I went camping with friends recently and they couldn't believe the endless tablet taking I have to do, and the delights of, "no can't have breakfast yet, need to leave an hour between the last lot and the next lot and the next lot I need to take with food" and then there was the "err I need to eat soon so I can take my tablets"

I was so pleased when my GP prescribed me stronger naproxen tablets so I only had to take 2 a day instead of 4, and roll on autumn then I can drop out the hayfever tablet too :-)

It is miserable, and they don;t sure everything, sometime I doubt they even cure half, but I just have to remember how much worse I would be without them.

Oooh lunch time, must be time for more tablets

Starburst

I used to be fine but I find the sulfasalazine tablets quite yucky and I dread taking them, so I save them till last. Physically, I feel better if I've a.) eaten first (although each drug is different) b.) take them slowly and c.) drink them with anything apart from water. Mentally, it can be a struggle. I always ask myself "is it worth it'?" and if the meds are helping you, then I guess it's a price you have to pay, hard as it is. x

dreamdaisy

I use the hospital method - all down the hatch one after the other with swigs of water. That way it's done and dusted and over and finished and I can get on with other more interesting things, like being on here! DD

hileena111

I get times when I feel like that as well........some of mine are slow release....that means I cant do a DD down the hatch in one go but it also means I only take 2 of one tablet instead of 4 lesser dose {Naproxem} and I'm on morphine which i hate.....but hope its only temporary {fractured pelvis} nothing to do with arthur. :???: Thats slow release as well.....4 but take twice a day as compared to lesser dose quite a few times a day.
I suppose its something we have to put up with.......weight the pros and cons
But you are not on your own feeing like that.
Love
Hileena

traluvie

I was feeling like this yesterday after a trip to the doctors and yet more tablets...i was like OMG.. no more surely lol..
As DD said i put a few in my mouth at once so it doesn't seem like i am taking so many that way i am not thinking of the amount i am taking..

Starburst

dreamdaisy wrote:

I use the hospital method - all down the hatch one after the other with swigs of water. That way it's done and dusted and over and finished and I can get on with other more interesting things, like being on here! DD

Some of mine are too big to go down like that. It's fine with MTX tablets and a few big ones together but for me, the whole lot is too difficult. However, it's only been in recent years that I've learned to swallow tablets at all!

bubbadog

I've been taking tablets for so long now it's in my routine to stop take my meds and carry on whatever I was doing. Yes a couple of them make me gag it's the reflex of trying to not swallow them!As Hileena a couple of mine are slow release so safes taking extra meds. But I must agree sometimes it does it feel like a drag, but they have to be taken! :x :sad:

tj66

Yes I get like that too - it's quite new to me and I don't take as many as some of you guys! What I hate is endless GP appoints hospital appointment where you walk away feeling a fraud cause they fob you off so I try and wean off the painkillers as I'm not sure whats me and whats side effects.

I'm sorry your havin a rough time - If they're keepin us as well as can be-we'll have to keep poppin them. It's just a shame that they don't have more desirable side effects like - they make you slim down to a curvy size 12 and laugh in the face of adversity! I know it's not funny but i'm havin one of those days where if i don't laugh I'll cry!

Take good care

Tracey xxx