HI Jeanie, I also frequently get headaches from Sprycel; it is apparent that it is from sprycel because the few times that I have been taken off of it, the headaches disappear.They re-appear once I resume taking it. Here is a blog post that describes other things that I have noticed while taking Sprycel;
http://www.leukemiasurvivor.co/2011/06/sprycel-dasatinib-my-return-new-found.html Hoping to day is a great one, Michele On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 6:25 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Hello all, > I was doing really well on Sprycel but recently developed a really bad > headache that medicine won't cure. It feels like my sinus and hurt behind > my eyes and etc. I was around a person with a really bad cold but she was > coughing and etc so don't know if it is a bug. Anyone had this on Sprycel? > Thanks so much. I have been on Sprycel for about 4 yeas. > Jeanie<3 > > In a message dated 6/7/2012 5:11:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Hi Kelly, > > Although I have never been on any TKI's I wouldn't know about any > depression that they may cause. What I do know is what I always say. > Leukemia is a disease of both the body and mind. When I had Leukemia I was > very depressed, who wouldn't be? I had a bone marrow transplant more then > 23 years ago and now I have kidney failure and am on dialysis. Am I > depressed now? Absolutely not. I often ask myself why am I not depressed > going through dialysis. They stick two large needles into my arm, and it > hurts like hell, and I have to sit there for four hours but it doesn't > depress me. > > As I said Leukemia is a disease of the body and mind. Maybe the TKI's are > not necessarily your problem. The whole thing is to make your mind work in > your favor. You just need to really try focusing on some of the good things > in your life. > > I usually say that you are sitting on one side of a child's See-Saw. There > you are with all of these problems on your shoulders weighing on you and > bringing you down. Now let's say you start putting some of the good things > in your life (if we look hard enough we can find some of these good things) > Start putting these good things on the opposite side and what happens then? > > > Your side starts coming up and some of that burden is lifted right off of > your shoulders... > > I wish you well, and I always end any of my posts with two numbers, 18 > which symbolizes life. > > 18's to you Kelly > > Marty > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Ricardo Gadelha <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Dear Friends, >> The only antidepressant that works with less side effects in my son was * >> Wellbutrin.* >> It seems that for the ones who take gleevec this is the only >> antidepressant you should take. Talk to your doctor about that. >> Bless you all. >> >> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:49 PM, kellyelise <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Does anyone else suffer from severe cycles of depression related to >>> the TKI's? I have taken all 3 (Gleevec, Sprycel and Tasigna). >>> >>> During "vacations" from these drugs and prior to diagnosis, I had >>> never experienced such severe depressive episodes. >>> >>> I'm talking about a tornado touchdown with complete devastation to the >>> point of suicidal ideation. Can't stop crying, hide from the world and >>> just die. Bleh! >>> >>> They plop me on various antidepressants every time I start a new TKI, >>> which are totally ineffective and increases various side effects. I am >>> one of the oddballs that gets rare side effects and I react badly to >>> just about everything they give me. >>> >>> So, I'm probably the oddball who reacts psychologically to these >>> drugs, too. 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