annanotbob2's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Big Think I think I have finally got to the bottom of my dilemma over medications and side effects. It's about risk. To be honest, the exact figures I've been quoted have vanished in a haze of medical jargon, but I think it boils down to this. 1. If I don't take statins, I am at a 20% risk of having heart shit going on. This is a risk I am not advised to take. 2. If I take the new anti-depressant, I am at a 20% risk of having very unpleasant side effects. I am advised that this is a risk not worth worrying about. 3. I have discovered that the statin I took for about two years has the side effect of exhaustion in 40% of women, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9325306/Statins-cause-fatigue-and-should-be-prescribed-with-care.html (and I was taking twice the dose mentioned here) and although I have had serious exhaustion (for around two years funnily enough), the medics are reluctant to accept the link. My GP may be OK - I'm not seeing her till next week. My conclusion is that they can take their medication and shove it up their collective arse. I will continue to reduce the citalipram over the next few weeks and then stop altogether as I haven't been able to discern any tangible benefits since taking them. No, I don't know how much worse I'll be without them, but now, instead of being cowed by that thought into continuing, I'm ready to find out what a med-free life will be like. I think it's my best chance of getting some energy back. Having suffered side effects once, I'm not interested in having the causes of my health problems complicated in this way. I have squeezed my brain so hard to follow the information and draw these conclusions. I may never think again. 1:24 a.m. - 27.09.12 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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