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sullidog
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« on: November 04, 2011, 05:31:52 PM »
What's the best way to deal with or treat anxiety on the dialysis machine? Some times I have days where I don't wanna be on the machine, and just get anxious about coming off and not wanting to be there, however, I know I'm there for a reason so I just stick it out rather then do the alternative. Does anyone else have this issue and how do you treat it?
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May 13, 2009, went to urgent care with shortness of breath
May 19, 2009, went to doctor for severe nausea
May 20, 2009, admited to hospital for kidney failure
May 20, 2009, started dialysis with a groin cath
May 25, 2009, permacath was placed
august 24, 2009, was suppose to have access placement but instead was admited to hospital for low potassium
august 25, 2009, access placement
January 16, 2010 thrombectomy was done on access
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« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2011, 06:39:24 PM »
Bo occasionally took oxazepam just before going to the center... It's for anxiety and worked for 'those' times.  Another friend takes Atavan (not sure of that spelling) Occasionaly now at home treatment, he'll take it and it relaxes him and he sleeps through the treatment.
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im a california wife and cargiver to my hubby
He started dialysis April 09
We thank God for every day we are blessed to have together.
november 2010, patiently (ha!) waiting our turn for NxStage training
January 14,2011 home with NxStage
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« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2011, 07:56:54 PM »
i have anxiety during dialysis when I'm in the hospital, and they give me Zanax (sp?) which helps a lot. I just dose through the whole treatment.
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-Diagnosed with ESRD (born with one kidney, hypertension killed it) Jan 21st, 2007
-Started dialysis four days later in hospital (Baxter 1550-I think, then Gambro Phoenix)
-Started in-centre dialysis Feb 6th 2007 (Fres. 2008H)
-Started home hemo June 5th 2007 (NxStage/Pureflow)
-PD catheter placed June 6th 2008 (Bye bye NxStage, at least for now)
-Started CAPD July 4th, 2008
-PD catheter removed Dec 2, 2008-PD just wouldn't work, so I'm back on NxStage
-Kidney function improved enough to go off dialysis, Feb. 2011!!!!!
-Back on dialysis (still NxStage) July 2011 :(
-In-centre self-care dialysis March 2012 (Fresenius 2008K)
-Not on transplant list yet.


"Don't live for dialysis, use dialysis to LIVE"
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« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2011, 02:40:44 PM »
When I mentioned anxiety to my GP years ago when on PD, he was surprised I hadn't asked for something earlier. Since then I take Diazepam when I am really thinking that I really don't want to do this. Which is sort of every day. Ok so it's addictive I guess. Bad luck  :sos;
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I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left

1983 high proteinloss in urine, chemo, stroke,coma, dialysis
1984 double nephrectomy
1985 transplant from dad
1998 lost dads kidney, start PD
2003 peritineum burst, back to hemo
2012 start Nxstage home hemo
2020 start Gambro AK96

       still on waitinglist, still ok I think
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« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2011, 04:31:45 PM »
I have extreme (!) anxiety about my hemo sessions.  It's still very new (only maybe 5 or 6 treatments so far?) and I think some of the symptoms i had the first time, which the nurses approached as drawing off too much fluid, were actually a great big panic attack.  I try self-hyponosis, but it's very hard to keep the focus i need to do that.  After the treatment, i feel extremely depressed - a side-effect of prolonged anxiety once it lets up.

What to do?

i feel jealous of the patients who are sleeping or watching TV - by the time I've been there an hour or so, I am way to keyed up to do anything much at all.
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« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2011, 01:04:41 AM »
I could NEVER sleep through treatments. I took Lorazepam and tried to stay busy while on D. There were days though I would sit in the chair and just shake my feet and legs, while closing my eyes and counting because my skin was crawling...phew that was a horrifying feeling!

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Born with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
1995 - AV Fistula placed
Dec 7, 1999 cadaver transplant saved me from childhood dialysis!
10 transplant years = spleenectomy, gall bladder removed, liver biopsy, bone marrow aspiration.
July 27, 2010 Started dialysis for the first time ever.
June 21, 2011 2nd kidney nonrelated living donor
September 2013 Liver Cancer tumor.
October 2013 Ablation of liver tumor.
Now scans every 3 months to watch for new tumors.
Now Status 7 on the wait list for a liver.
How about another decade of solid health?
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« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2011, 09:19:07 AM »
I felt anxiety at first, but now it is fairly routine.  I do get nervous near the end as I near my dry weight.  I hate cramps and headaches from being dehydrated.  I usually sip some water during the last 5 minutes.
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