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I was prescribed the medication Metoclopramide This was for digestion and I did not know it is a psychotic drug originally used for Schizophreni as I was in hospital and couldn't research it. It is a dopamine receptor inhibitor and I suffered a range of horrific side effects including terrible depression, anxiety and thoughts of suicide. I discontinued the medication and most side effects have subsided but the depression anxiety and bizarre dreams along with nausea and fatigue hang on and from what I have read it usually takes 2 to 3 months or longer for them to go away or longer. I have drug-induced depression and anxiety and the feeling is horrid. I keep hoping I'll sleep without bad dreams and wake up not feeling depressed and have the nausea and the sweats I also have stop. So I am asking for prayers to get through the difficult period ahead of me and that my brain be restored so I can enjoy life again. Do not ever take reglan or Metoclopramide. I did file a FDA complaint. Theadora |
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Thank you Feisty. I hope your friends didn't experience these bad effects. I've checked message boards about reglan and hoards of people are or have gone through the same experience I'm having. |
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| | From:  cwhis1 | Sent: 8/4/2008 5:02 AM |
Hang in there, it WILL pass. Just come on in here if you need to talk. We will listen and help the best we can. Just think happy happy happy. Your in my thoughts. cwhis aka dravbebel |
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| | | From: Shëryl | Sent: 8/4/2008 12:57 PM |
Theadora, I pray this all gets out of your system very quickly and you stop having those bad dreams. I'm so sorry you're going through this. Sheryl |
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Thanks CW and sheryl. Today is particularly bad. I keep praying and thinking about times I was happy but my brain chemistry is so screwed up. I'm too nauseated to eat. "This to shall pass" and I hope it is soon. |
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I just said a prayer for you that the drug will get out of you system and you'll feel better. When I get depression, I try to really take it easy and I tell myself that it's okay to cry or feel whatever sad feelings I may have at that time. I think struggling with what you are feeling just makes it worse. If it gets too bad, you should call your physician and if possible have a family member or other loved one around for awhile. |
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I sure hope you feel beeter soon, Theadora! How scary this must be fore you!!! I have never heard of that medication before but will avoid it in the future! |
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Thanks all for your posts and encouragment. The depression and anxiety seem to have subsided but now I feel emptiness. I'm weak and so tired. I feel prickly all over. I've seen doctor and his answer is more drugs, celexa. I'm still nauseated. It's been over 4 weeks since I stopped drug. I was told it could take 6-8 weeks to get over it. Yes, it is scary. |
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Well I can see why you are tired and weak! I go through that after a bout with depression/anxiety or panic attacks. Get as much rest as you can and take a B-Complex vitamin. All of the B vitamins work together to improve your over all mood, from your nervous system to depression and all of that stuff. Make sure it's the B-Complex. One B vitamin will not work. Try to eat something if it's only a cup of canned soup. A baked yam or sweet potatoe is good too. As I said, anything at this point will get your energy going. I know you can only tolerate certain foods, but whatever you can just grab and stand to eat at this point might give you some energy back. Keep me posted. I'm a bit concerned about you. I've been there. So hang in there. Okay? |
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I thought yesterday I might be coming out of it but this morning it's full depression, anxiety, worst night of dreams.... This med is given to pregnant women for morning sickness, nursing mothers to increase milk production, infants for colic. It does get into the fetus and babies bloodstream. Pattykeen I have forced myself to eat and digestive system is working OK but the nausea is miserable. I take B complex. This is just a horrid medicene. Some people never recover. |
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Then just hang in there and as long as you know it's the medicine that has done this to you, try to ride it out. Go with it. If you are depressed, just keep reminding yourself that it will pass and it's okay to cry and feel the way you are feeling. It's not you. Can you take Mylanta or something like that for the nausea? Can you eat some saltine crackers? I know it sounds gross, but warm ginger ale and saltine crackers are good for nausea. Keep me informed about how you are doing. |
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Pattykeen, yes I am muching crackers and hot tea and ensure and yogurt and using melanta. I force myself to eat a Banquet ribs dinner each afternoon and take my vitamins. I'm now getting headaches. I have friends calling and emailing me about where am I and I guess where I am is in living h>>>. I breathe like moms in delivery and try to smell good smells and suck on hard candies and wrap in my soft robe and try to stimulate pleasures but the old brain doesn't have dopamine or serortorin to respond. This drug should be banned. If you go to askapatient.com and search reglan you'll see that it takes a long time to get over the effects of this medication. I'm the medication it is out of my system but my dopamine receptors aren't up and running. |
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Happy to report that this morning I woke up and was not depressed. It took 8 weeks to rid my system of the drug induced depression. I still have nausea which I believe is chemical rather than physical because it's much like carsickness. No more anxiety attacks or bizarre vivid dreams either. Enjoying life again but most of the summer was wasted because of the effects of this drug. |
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I'm so happy to know that you are feeling better! Drugs are not fun. I just started taking simvistatin for cholesterol and I called the pharmacy because I wanted to know if it caused hallucinations. He didn't think so, bu he said "let me research it." After only a minute or so of researching it, he said, "yep. One of the side effects is psychic disturbances." He didn't know that and was surprised to learn that about it. I stopped taking it and will call my doctor this week. Since I quit taking it, I've had no more problems. |
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That is great that the pharmacist did research it and didn't just say it couldn't be the drug. With reglan many doctors do dismiss reglan as the cause of depression. Worse yet they try to treat the side effect with more psychotic drugs like prozac. Jen Synaptic was given reglan for food poisoning. The depression was treated with psychotic drugs and it damaged part of her brain permanently and she is now in a wheelchair. She is 31 and has a webpage Jen and Kramer. Kramer is her service dog. There are many warnings out there about the dangers of street drugs but just because the FDA approved it and your doctor prescribed it and your pharmacist filled it doesn't mean it is "safe". I received an email from a person going through withdrawal and trying to give them hope that they can get through the depression if they were fortunate to stop taking it soon enough not to cause permanent damage. |
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