Hi Greenie: I get spells just like you describe and I take Klonopin for it. I actually went to a psychiatrist and he diagnosed me with depression/ anxiety disorder. The panic attacks tend to get worse as time goes on. I am prescribed Klonopin 3x a day but they make me really tired so I try to cut down on the dose when I'm feeling good and I am also afraid of addiction - so I try to skip whenever I can. Anxiety is listed as a common side effect in the literature I have on the Gleevec from my onc/ novartis. I have had panic attacks in the past and I assumed the resumption of these attacks was due to several situational issues (my dad dying of cancer and my subsequent diagnosis), but, they didn't go away - hence, the Klonopin which is long-acting (you head the attacks off at the pass rather than waiting for one to occur and then taking the medication) compared to your Xanax which is quick acting and wears off quicker (both drugs work well although I was told that Klonopin is less addicting = true? don't know). Nothing sucks more than a panic attack.
Also, I have a friend who is in her 60s, fairly good health, who cannot tolerate the heat at all due to heat exhaustion/stroke in the distant past. So, yes, your inability to tolerate the heat is most likely due to your past history. Don't know if this will help at all but thought I would let you know you are not alone. I did not experience panic attacks the whole time I was helping care for my dad and watching him die (painfully). They started up after I started the Gleevec, BUT, I could have been terrified that I was going to die like my dad did which helped the process along. Don't know, can only speculate. Take care! Kelly On Jul 13, 7:22 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Group, > > Friday was a bad day for me don't know what's wrong. Woke up had my coffee > little to eat, then 20 min later being getting dizzy, nausea, felt like > passing out, etc. Took an zanex, and nausea pill. Got the shakes, nerves. > Saturday was and O. K. day worked outside getting house rather to sale. > Sunday > woke up and within minutes I had the same thing happen like Saturday but > worst. > It lasted all day. Iv' e been checked inside out and they can't find out > what's going on.. Northwestern Hosp. in Chicago keeps telling me it's not the > Gleevec. And here in Springfield, MO. they don't have a clue. The Doctor > here said it could be the Gleevec but this is not a real big city and they > only > have a dozen people or so with CML. > > I'll tell you one thing this is no fun felling this way, Iv' e been on > Gleevec for over 8 years and the last two have not been fun. I don't know > if two > years ago when working on the outside in the yard in 90 + weather may have > started something or not. But it seem after getting over heated the problem > started then. > > I know I've talked about this before but want to know if anyone is going > through the same thing and what are you doing for it. It's seems to happen > when > I first wake up within a 1/2 hour to an hour. Six years with no problem > other then the same side effects that everyone has had then I get hit with > this > JUNK. > > Greenie > Springfield, MO. > > **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music > scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! > (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
