Transplant medications

[Brightsky69]

Hi

I always hear about how our transplant meds (like prednisone) can cause mood swings and sometimes depression. I don’t think I have depression and my moods are pretty stable. I don’t swing from sad one minute to happy the next.
The one thing I am noticing is I get pissed off over people. Stupid, idiotic people. Driving to work…people piss me off. Dealing with customers at work…they piss me off. Watching stupid people on TV pisses me off.
And I am known for being this sweet, polite, quiet person. I haven’t done anything drastic like go off on someone. I have no problem holding back on what I’d really like to say to a stupid person. I swear idiotic people never use to bother me. Sure I’d come across stupid people all the time but I wouldn’t think twice about them.
I don’t know….maybe I need a vacation. 

[monrein]

Ye...all that you describe sounds like prednisone to me.   I myself call it a mood swing (rapid but definitely a mighty to and fro) when I'm all normal one minute and the next I want to give someone a piece of my mind...not that I do, but the conversations in my head can be quite vitriolic. 

[Brightsky69]

Yeah...it probably is the meds. Maybe I could be premenopausal too? 

[monrein]

Fabulous...the double your trouble special.   I took about ten years to get through menopause and I think the hot flashes are over but I still have hand fans in strategic places around the house and always one in my purse.

[Brightsky69]

I have started to notice at night I usually end up throwing all the blankets off cause I am hot.

[monrein]

My husband thinks I'm trying to kill him since I turn the thermostat to 16 celsius at night (about 60 F).  I hate being hot and actually love walking in the winter.  I grew up in the tropics and definitely could not hang out there now.

[Brightsky69]

I see my primary care doctor next week. I've tried to talk to her about the menopausal thing and she has brushed me off twice already. I think it's time I see a GYN.

[RichardMEL]

I've been gambling more - can I blame the preds??? Maybe my donor was a mad punter

As for being hot right after my tx for the first month or so I had that too. I would get some night sweats and be very uncomfortable, but that seems to have gone now and I sleep pretty well at night, even with my pussy cat curled up close by

We all get annoyed/pissed off by idiots but I would say the preds hilight that aspect more, so a shorter fuse if you will.

Definitely can't wait for my dose to be lowered to under 10mg !!

[Brightsky69]

I've always been on predsinone since my 1st transplant. Granted it was only 5mg every other day. Now I am on 15mg each day. You would think I would be use to side effects.
I am still trying to be plesent to people.  I've been biting my tounge lately.  And I've been venting to my BF so that helps.

[Sugarlump]

Today, finally the various doctors involved with my care have agreed that the Prednisolone is making me ill ...that all my weird behavior traits (hyper,extreme energy, crying fits, insomnia, recklessness, high sex drive, invincibility, my overactive thyroid gland, my constant hot temperature, my high blood pressure and generally feeling i am going mad is down to this drug and hopefully now will wean me off it. Has taken me nearly 4 months to prove this drug is evil ...