| In January, I purchased a prescription for Zyban to help me stop smoking because I was scheduled for surgery in September. I was afraid I would die from pneumonia if I didn't quit. I smoked two packs of cigarettes per day. I took the Zyban for 3 days and was smoking. My side effects were dry mouth and a bad taste in the mouth. I quit smoking and stayed off until June, when an internal medicine specialist suggested I start smoking again. I took my last Zyban in March. Two days later, I started to get very dizzy and had a hard time standing, walking was impaired, I couldn't drive my car, was confused and had heart palpitations. I put up with this for roughly 10 days and then went and saw my doctor.
It ended up that I saw the internist and he put me in hospital where I had many blood tests, EKG's, a spinal tap, cat scan, and an ultrasound on my neck. The internist wanted me to go through an MRI, so he sent me to a neurologist who said an MRI was not necessary and that I was suffering from stress.
My own physician put me on Zoloft after getting the diagnosis. I took 2 Zoloft and my heart pounded so bad that I was rushed to hospital and put on Ativan, which I still take. I am 61 years old and was always very active doing bookkeeping for a living, sewing, an avid scrabble player, loved to play bingo, a whiz at word or number games. I no longer can do any of these things and, to be quite honest, I actually hoped I would not come out of surgery alive because I can no longer stand living this way. I have always been fun-loving and very active. My days now are interrupted by having to nap, no driving, I play crib on the internet, but for short periods only. I get so tired I am afraid to go anywhere and feel nauseated most of the time. I am losing weight because I sometimes can't stand the thought of eating because of the nausea. I am pretty much house bound, and yes it makes me depressed since it is not the way I like to live. I take vitamins now and drink 2 glasses of milk a day, drink lots of water, eat a lot of fruit and vegetables in an effort to get better. I have friends who come and take me out for lunch just so I can have a change of scenery and maybe a few laughs, something I do very rarely. I can stay out about an hour, then I get dizzy and the heart palpitations start getting worse so I end up going home, taking Ativan and resting.
If anyone out there has some solutions to these problems I would be so grateful. I have had the most miserable summer of my life and now I am so worried about Christmas. I don't want to be the "party pooper" that I am now. I no longer work because I can't even think to do small problems, let alone manage a job. I only hope there is someone out there that can help me make my life more bearable.
Yours truly,
Beth
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