 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / March 2004Flomax making me dumb, sleepy and awful???
Gentlemen: I am scheduled to have a PVP operation on March 18, 2004. It will take place in Tucson, Az. I am getting most eager for the procedure. For a very long time I have had BPH and have tried various things to combat it. After trying Saw Palmetto and a large number of other things, I settled on Flomax. It did the trick. I was able to get through the night with as little as two trips to the bathroom. Of course, I had to take a sleeping pill (ambien) to get to sleep. Ugh. However, I do believe that the Flomax has left me dumb, lethargic and forgetful. I found myself in a delemma.....getting a good night's sleep with flomax and being stupid etc or doing something about it. I am in hopes that the PVP will at long last solve my long medical problem. Life would be good if I could once again get a good night's sleep. It would be good if my dumbness and forgetfulness could be lessened. It would be good if my BPH were cured. It was because of this newsgroup that I finally made the connection between my forgetfulness etc and the flomax. Another person on another thread made the connection for me. He said it was hytrin that caused his mental problems. Anybody else out there have any problems like this because of their meds? Also....does anybody else out there have a huge problem with insomnia? Al in Arizona. I don't know how old you are Allen, but as I get older, I get less sleep. I haven't had what I would classify a good nights sleep in at least 10 years. (I an 71) As for Flomax and Hytrin, I tried them both. Hytrin made me dizzy and I felt as if I was going to pass out many times from bending over. I couldn't take it and play golf. Flomax stopped up my sinus almost completely. I had the PVP in St. Augustine about 15 months ago. It worked fairly well, but I had a prostate infection shortly after the procedure which I assume was the result of the procedure. Since then, I can make it through the night getting up only about 2-3 times as opposed the 4-6 times before the procedure. Urine flow has definitely improved but is only about half now as to what if was shortly after the procedure. It is adequate. All medicine is poison in some form or another. When you hear these advertisements on TV for various medicines, they list 5-10 side effects ranging from headaches to death. Many of the medical problems experienced by people my age and order are the result of over-medication and conflicts between medications. I hear about people taking 10-15 different medications and it is almost certain that there are at least two or three that are not compatible. My experience with doctors has been dismal. Almost to a man, they all have the same shortcoming - they do not know how to listen. When you start explaining a problem, they hear the first 10 words and assume they know what you are going to say and make their diagnosis based on that assumption and prescribe the wrong medicine. I made a trip to the emergency room because of this problem and it is too widespread. Sorry for the tirade, but I have a major problem with the medical profession. DDDD > Gentlemen: > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Al in Arizona. > I don't know how old you are Allen, but as I get older, I get less sleep. I > haven't had what I would classify a good nights sleep in at least 10 years. > (I an 71) As for Flomax and Hytrin, I tried them both. Hytrin made me > dizzy and I felt as if I was going to pass out many times from bending over. > I couldn't take it and play golf. Flomax stopped up my sinus almost > completely. DDDD, Do you get a good nights sleep after the PVP? > > I don't know how old you are Allen, but as I get older, I get less sleep. > I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > DDDD, > Do you get a good nights sleep after the PVP? Nope, I stilll had to get up 2-3 times a night. It might be so ingrained in me that it made no difference. I'm used to it and can live with it. DDDD > "Tony" <tony23@efn.org> wrote in message > > DDDD, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > DDDD DDDD, Thanks for your answer. I'm 60. I haven't had a good night's sleep for 15 years due to chronic fatigue syndrome alongwith BPH. I've had two TUIP's. 98 and 00. They both resulted in temporary improvement. I plan on having a PVP in June when my urologist gets a Laserscope. I can only sleep for 2 hours at a stretch. I'm glad I'm retired. I wouldn't be able to work. Too tired Flowmax just increased my fatigue level. Gentlemen: This newsgroup has been so helpful. Medical people just don't listen. They get an impression right away, write a prescription and charge 2 weeks pay. This newsgroup lets me know that we are not alone. I too haven't had a good night's sleep in a very long time. Over 10 years or more. I am 67 years old and it doesn't look like it's going to get better. I think that it started with BPH and then add age with it and it has become a pattern. To get sleep I take 1/2 tablet of ambien. Then when I awake for the second or third time.....I take the rest of it. That usually lets me sleep til around 6 am. That's just the way it is. Add that to BPH and the quality of life becomes the pits. As some of you have written, fatigue, groggyness, mind fog and more become a way of life. I have been taking flomax for a couple of years now. That has helped me get more sleep and that's been a plus. However, I have concluded that it was contributing to my mind fog etc. The ambien is also to blame. Put the two together and I have a potent mix. So I have a PVP sheduled on March 18th of this month. I am in great hopes that I will be able to cut out the flomax after that. Then I will work on the ambien. I would love to have back just a normal day. I would like to think clearly once again and have some energy. Perhaps it's just a dream but it's what I am hoping for. I will let you know after my PVP. Al in Arizona Good luck and I hope everything turns out the way you expect. Don't get your hopes up too, too high and you won't be disappointed. You will get help and I am sure that the mind fog will go away when you stop Flomax. That stuff is BAD. DDDD > Gentlemen: > This newsgroup has been so helpful. Medical people just don't [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Al in Arizona |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.