Dodged a bullet made of poop and vomit, and LJ dreamin'! (RL)

[thistlechaser]

One of my new medications has rather yucky side effects, and about 60% of the people on it get them...



Two of the biggest side effects are "explosive diarrhea" and vomiting. But no worries! Once your body adjusts to the med, they'll stop! ...but it takes six to twelve months to adjust. More minor side effects are gas and "abdominal distress". (Picture how great these things are when you have an office job and deal with customers on the phone all the time...)

So it was with great worry that I took my first pill this morning. Hmm, nothing much happened. Got to work, had a little breakfast, still nothing. Had a larger lunch. Nothing. Normal dinner. Nothing.

WOO FRICKING WOO! There's no way I could put up with 6-12 months of diarrhea (and I haven't vomited since I was a kid...). I can't believe I got so lucky.

(Also, I wonder at the usefulness of a med where these things are the "good" side effects, the ones you don't need to report to the doctor if they happen...)



Good, non-yucky side effects of the drug are said to include weight loss. I'm a little worried I won't get that one since I didn't get the others, but we'll see.

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Last night I had the coolest dream. In it I was on American Idol and so I was seeing all the behind the scenes stuff. For some reason it took a whole week of singing/filming to make the one hour weekly show! I was taking detailed notes of everything that happened (the show, the apartments they gave us to use, what the people were like) so that I could make a LJ post when it was all done. :P I figured it'd make a great post, since few would ever experience stuff like that and I'd have lots of inside info!

I was rather depressed when I woke up, not that I wasn't on the show but because I didn't have the material for a real quality post. *snicker*

Comments

[almontffxi.livejournal.com]

Yeah... Gotta love the listed side-effects of some of these medications lately. If it makes you have to stop and really consider whether the side-effects are "as bad" or "worse" than whatever you're trying to treat...Kinda' got to wonder. Woot for you being one of the lucky ones not to experience them, though!

I've had dreams like that a number of times (when I dream). Not specifically involving American Idol, but where I'll work up a story, or get some good work done on some file or other, only to wake up and discover--Oh yeah, I dreamed all that. Can't take it with me.

[iniadelphinae.livejournal.com]

Weight loss as a side-effect is definitely a bonus, but you have to watch that.

I am on a new med to smooth out the mood roller coaster, and it has the weight loss side effect, too. Only it's because I hardly eat anything at all. I'm talking having to force myself to eat half a sandwich at dinner time after not having eaten all day not hungry. That's really not good since I am tired and cranky as a result of having no fuel in my body. I'd imagine this would be even worse for a diabetic.

With your med, part of the weight loss may also be due to its effect on your digestive system.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'm talking having to force myself to eat half a sandwich at dinner time after not having eaten all day not hungry.

Yeah, mine's not anywhere near that bad. Sometimes during the day I do get hungry (I was ready to eat my co-worker at lunchtime!) but sometimes I'm just so meh about food (I had to force myself to eat dinner).

part of the weight loss may also be due to its effect on your digestive system.

Ha ha yes, that thought did cross my mind.