I started Symdeko April 19th. It started to affect my mood (depression and anxiety), my hair has been shedding and giving me slight acne. I decided to stop taking Symdeko mainly due to the depression and anxiety issue. I have not felt like myself in awhile. I made the decision to stop the Symdeko and the Effexor and find another antidepressant that will hopefully work better for me. Now I’m thinking maybe I should have just stopped the Symdeko, but I didn’t think it was causing any issues until I realized that was the only new thing. Now that I’m off of the Effexor I will try my best not to go back on it if at all possible since it was so hard to come off of it.
I had an appointment with my psych doc yesterday and we upped the Pristiq to 50mg because I was feeling no difference at the 25mg dose. I’m hoping that it kicks in soon because I need a break already. Depression and anxiety are draining.
Now onto the next order of business the MRI results. The MRI showed that I have a 50% tendon tear in my left shoulder. I don’t remember what the nurse said about the right side but I think it is ok. haha I was just shocked that it showed something after the torture of doing the the MRI. I am being referred to ortho to see what they will say. I really don’t want surgery with my lung function being as low as it is but we shall see what they say.
Until next time…
Thank you so much for your support!