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Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 280 | I'm seeing my doc tonight, but am not sure what medication to accept. I have been on EffexorXR for more than a year, but I think I take it now more to prevent withdrawal symptoms than to do me any good.
I have taken Xanax in the past, but it knocks me down.
Clonezapam(sp?) is great but puts me to sleep.
How does Valium work? Or Prozac?
Is there anything that can help make me calm yet upbeat?
Or am I just hoping for more than is possible?
Christine
Husb. Matt dx 6/09 stage IVC, origin right Tonsil.
Mets to lung - right lung Wedge resection &
PEG 7/09 followed by chemo & 7 weeks rad.
With pauses for collapsed lung and infection.
Clear PET Dec09. CT Mar10-new lung nodules
Another Right Lung resection 08/10
PET 10/10 left lower lobectomy & 2 additional wedges
Pelvic bone growth radiation to be scheduled soon...
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Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 531 | How many milligrams of Xanex did you get? Mine are 0.25 and I take half of one usually when I need it. It was years ago maaaany years ago I was on Zoloft than to Paxil. This was for when I thought my world was ending going thru a divorce, boy was I ever wrong it was just beginnin!  Been off any kind of stuff like that since late in 98. Just Xanex whenever I need it with any situations that pop up that I need a little boost.
CG to Ron
Out of Pain 4/3/13
4/12-lung and under chin growth no treatment
1/13/12 lung biopsy
6/11 recur 6/30 resection #2 Clear margins
Clear 12/10
Surg 5/13/10 neck dis/nodes part gloss/flap R thigh all teeth out
RAD 30 8/10
DX 4/2/10 "Oral Cavity" T3NOMO
12/28/07 Non Hodg Lymph remission 7/08
passed away 4.3.15, RIP Ron, you are greatly missed
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Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 280 | Mine were 25s too. If my doc doesn't have any other ideas maybe I'll try halving those. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 207 "OCF Down Under" Gold Member (200+ posts) | | "OCF Down Under" Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 207 | If you are amxious, Xanax takes it away. If you are tired but head won't shut up, take a Xanax and sleep.... not for use every day.....Doc won't give me a script now.....I got too tired....didn't want to wake up. Selfish cow. Me that is.
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Jeanna
Wife/Carer of Rod, 56, Dx 5/3/09, SCC Oropharnyx T4 N2, End Tx 28th 07/09, 7wks Rad, 3 Cisplatin, primary tonsil, 4cm Lymph right of neck, 1cm left, in jaw & soft palate & base of tongue. Peg 06/09. CT & PET scans 02/11 - NED. Dentures 20/09/11, PEG out 28/10/11.
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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 216 | Klonopin for me for 2 years now.....tend to carry stress in my shoulders (hunch them up) which then sets off the bulging disk in my neck. Klonopin has stopped that...only rarely does my neck give me problems now. .5mg 3 times a day. Recently upped to 1 mg but I can't tolerate that without sleeping or being stupid.
CG to H with SCC BOT T4N2cM0 dx 12/19/08, teeth removed pre-tx; Erbitux & RT-done 3/12/09, PEG 2/9/09-7/14/09; ND 6/16. Pet 6/12-no mets except lymph node in neck removed on 6/16. Chyle leak,2nd surg to repair. Dilate esophagus 4/15/10. Clear PET 12/17/10
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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,844 | I say vaporize some medical marijuana and watch your anxiety melt away to giggles and a bad case of the munchies....without the side effects of a benzo
Young Frack, SCC T4N2M0, Cisplatin,35+ rads,ND, RT Mandiblectomy w fibular free flap, facial paralysis, "He who has a "why" to live can bear with almost any "how"." -Nietzche "WARNING" PG-13 due to Sarcasm & WAY too much attitude, interact at your own risk.
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Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 280 | Doc gave me 1mg xanex, makes me not give a damn about anything... probably not a good thing, but the freedom from it all was nice for a few hours
CG to my husband, Matt. Dx June 2009 Stage IV Oropharengeal SCC right tonsil primary with distant metastases. Rad to neck- Surgeries to lungs- Every avail chemo - ran out of options Jan 2012, called for hospice help Feb 2012, at rest March 19, 2012.
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Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | Following up on EricS' post, here is a very interesting article about the possibility that using a vaporizer reduces possible HPV transmission. Bogarting that joint might decrease oral hpv among cannabis users It's from the PubMed web site of the U.S. National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health and not High Times magazine.
65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Passed away 4-29-13
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Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 179 | Hmmm very tempting since i cant smoke. Eric, you make marijuana more tempting everyday. lol
minh
35 Yrs old
03/10 SCC T1-T2
Partial Glossectemy end March - margins not clear enough.
While waiting for resection - cancer returned,2 new cancerous lumps
Re-section End May & flap from cheek attatched. Margins clear.
Mid June - 4 teeth out
Mid July -32 Rads and 3 Cisplatin
6th Sept 10 Finished Treatment!!
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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,844 | Minh, I'm offended. I DON'T smoke marijuana, that wouldn't be proper!!! I "vaporize" marijuana. You can also steep it in hot water like tea or use it in baked goods...."smoke" she says...for Christ sake am I uncivilized? Here's what I know and have experienced. I've been on anti anxiety meds and suffered the side effects. I've studied what effects they have on the body...and experienced them first hand. When I read up on clonazepam and lorazepam it scared the hell out of me. Now that I use marijuana, I'm able to sleep at night, I have a reprieve from chronic pain and neuropathy caused from the various side effects of the surgeries I've gone through. It relaxes me, puts me be in a good mood and motivates me to eat solid foods. It also has had the added benefit of putting me in "the mood"...which was an issue due to the side effects of radiation drastically lowing my testosterone levels. Does MJ have side effects? Sure, but when I compare it to a benzo or other anxiety meds it always comes up the lesser of the evils. Anyway, just my thoughts, I hope you find something that works for you. Eric
Young Frack, SCC T4N2M0, Cisplatin,35+ rads,ND, RT Mandiblectomy w fibular free flap, facial paralysis, "He who has a "why" to live can bear with almost any "how"." -Nietzche "WARNING" PG-13 due to Sarcasm & WAY too much attitude, interact at your own risk.
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