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#7745 06-09-2006 03:01 PM | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 99 Senior Member (75+ posts) | OP  Senior Member (75+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 99 | Our MO put Stephen on Ritalin Wednesday to try to give him an energy boost? He's been sleeping 24/7 at 5 weeks out of tx. Has anyone heard of this...I'm a little skeptical. I'd appreciate any oppinions...
Kerry/wife of stephenm
StageIV - Base of Tongue T4N0M0
XRT x42 / Taxol and Carboplatin x4
Tx. Finished 5/08/06
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#7746 06-09-2006 03:34 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 65 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 65 | Most patients (including me) want to sleep the day away during radiation treatments and for weeks afterwards. You body has been through quite as bit and the need to shut down and repair is real. It also can be a symptom of someone who is clinically depresssed, and the lack of desire to get out and engage the world can be very real. It is easier to stay in bed - isolated and sleeping. I would confirm his mental state.
Confirm that his thyroid functions are OK. He could be hypotyhroid from the radiation treatments (especially XRT) and this would be a primary symptomology of it. Simple (often lifetime long) synthroid pills reverse the situation quite rapidly. Personally I think this is unwise and have never heard of anyone being on Ritalin for its energy properties (it has the opposite affect in adults from that that it has in children) for which it is an often adult abused drug.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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