A HAS BEEN ON DEX SINCE AROUND THE 8TH MAY TO DECRESS THE SWELLING OF HIS TONGUE AFTER ABOUT TWO DAYS HE STARTED TO BECOME VERY IRRATATED ,HE WAS ONLY SLEEPING FOE 2/3 HOURS AND HAD LOADS OF ENERGY AND WAS WORKING ON 10 DIFFERENT PROJECTS HE KNEW AND JOCKED ABOUT THE EFFECTS THE DEX WAS HAVING ON HIM PHYSICALY AND ALSO MENTALY AND ASKED ME TO SAY IF I NOTICED HIM BECOME EXCITED TO "NOT USE THE DISCO VOICE" SOON ALL WENT INTO OVERDRIVE .I LOOKED UP AND ALSO TOLD MY GP ABOUT MY CONCERN ABOUT THE EFFECT DEX WAS HAVING ON HIS MENTAL WELLBEING AND OUR GP AGREED THAT HE WAS VERY HIGH AND SPOKE TO THE REG.THEN THE TEAM HAD HIM ON THE DEX FOR THE CHEMO TO REDUCE THE NAUSIA .AS I SAID IN MY LAST POST THE REG THOUGHT HE WAS OFF THE DEX FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS,A DOES NOT DO DRUGS AND EVEN TAKING ASPRIN HE WOULD BE CARFUL WITH.HE WAS DRINKIND BEER AS HE THOUGHT HE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO TAST IT AGAIN ,SO WAS TRYING ALL THE BELGIUM BEERS (WHICH I SURE DID NOT HELP).BEFORE HE WAS TOLD HE HAD C HE ONLY HAD 2/3 BEERS ON A FRIDAY WITH HIS FRIENDS.SORRY FOR GOING ON ,FOR THE MONTH BEFORE A STARTED HIS TREATMENT AND BEFORE THE DEX HE WAS GREAT AND I KNEW 3 WEEKS INTO THE TREATMENT AND FOR A FEW MONTHS POST TREATMENT WOULD BE VERY HARD ON HIM BUT WE HAD EACH OTHER OUR KIDS AND LOTS OF THINGS PLANED TO MAKE IT EASER HAVING THIS TERRIBLE THING I KNEW WE COULD DEAL WITH BUT THE EFFECTS OF THE DEX ON MY HUSBANDS MENTAL HEALTH AND ACTIONS HAVE BEEN AWFUL AND I DIDNOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.HOW LONG BEFORE A COMES DOWN FROM DEX AND BEGINS TO ACT RATIONALY?WILL HE BECOME DEPRESSED?WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP HIM . A THANK GOD IS DOING EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO GET OVER THIS TREATMENT AND TO GET RID OF THIS CANCER ,HE IS NOT A DANGER TO HIMSELF OR OTHERS .FINALY HE HAS NOT MENTIONED TO ANY OF HIS FRENDS OR FAMILY THAT HE IS NOT TALKING TO ME AND STAYING IN A HOTEL AT THE WEEKEND ,HE HAS SAID NOTHING TO ANYONE ABOUT THIS WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL AND WOULD BE HORRIFIED IF I SPOKE TO THEM SO I HAVE TO PRETEND THAT ALL IS WELL.JUST SPOKE TO OUR GP AND HE SAID WOULD CHECK WITH REG THAT THEY MONITOR HIS C(cant think of name) levels as dex will swithc off the bodys natural ability to produce and then when come off must check levels in body as can be open to infection and get adersons .