Grumpy

[Georgeios]

Hey Peeps,

I have to ask, Why am i so grump?? I get loads of sleep but over the last couple of weeks i find that i have no Patients at all and im finding the littlest of things will make me really angry!! I hope someone on here can help as I dont like the way I am and my Girlfiend is starting to get sick of it as well, Im normaly a very patient person with a really long fuse but the littlest of things and im proper grumpy...

Any ideas or suggestions?

[Georgeios]

hello again people, Im glad im not alone on this but sorry it seems to hit us in this way, last night was a good night but i think thats more to do with me being more awaire that im horrid most of the time!! as for the Ant song, i dont know it haha, but im going to look in to the St Johns Wart, but ill drop my Dr a line first for advice on that.

Thanks again for the replys, we will just have to hang in there and be nice HA!!

Gx

[lmax0021]

Thank you all so much for this post.  I have felt like I'm going crazy and that my whole personality has changed since I was diagnosed in Nov.

I have a neuro appt in a couple weeks and had been thinking about how to describe what I have been feeling to him.  What I have come up with is that I feel like I HATE everyone....well just kidding....not everyone....but a lot of people, a lot of the time!!! What is strange is that I usually like and get along with everyone.  If I dont get a handle on it soon  I will have lost friends and distanced myself from family..... if I havent already.

Jan53...I too have wondered about the copaxone since it all began after starting the med. So if you find out anything from them please post. I never signed up with shared solutions. My short term memory seems worse since I started the med and I often lose my train of thought in the middle of the conversation.

Or I dont know, maybe I'm just angry because everyone seems so happy and just going about their lives when I'm unable to do things that I want to do or have to do because it brings on a pseudo exacerbation or I am just too tired!!!   I would like to think that I am not that bitter....but who knows.....

Anyhow, I'm just glad to know that I'm not the only one who sometimes feels this way.....
thanks again...

[BOK2Bjan]

What a timely subject!
I was dx just this Nov., but have had Sys. Sclerosis as well as many other dx and problems for some time.  I've been on anti-Ds for a long time - not because I'm depressed in the "usual" way (as though there were such a thing), but because chronic illness and the stress that comes with it will eat up your serotonin and other neurotransmitters that help our moods.  I started Copaxone last week and a nurse from Shared Solutions called yesterday to check up on me - (I've had my share of problems with it).  Anyway, one of the questions she asked me was "have you had any problems with anger or depression?"  I hesitated because I am not a person who has anger issues - I'm past menopause (pre-menstrual irritability was really the only time I felt very angry).  I said no to anger, and explained the depression part.  When I got off,I knew I wasn't truly right about the anger, and minutes later got mad at my son (18) in a way I just don't usually do.  I had to realize I HAVE been angry lately.  It's like an imbalance of sorts.  I had my reg dr. appt today and asked him to draw blood and test serotonin, epinephrine, norepinephrine and dopamine among other things (he's nice that way - lets me ask for certain lab tests).  I've had a lot of cognitive changes - memory mostly, but other things too.  I'm going to call the nurse back tomorrow and ask why she asked the question.  I wonder if Copaxone plays a role - tho I haven't heard that.  Anyway - it's an interesting question.  It's so hard to sort out these things because anytime our lives are so disrupted by a chronic disease, and for me all the others - anger is going to be a natural response too.  I did feel, though, that this was different.  Any other input would be great.  Nice to join you all.  Jan (Jan53)

[nncdalton]

I got angry when I saw someone with a "baby on board" sign in their car the other day. I have no idea why. I was in traffic but there was nothing abnormal about the traffic.

I do that alot. The smallest thing will make me so angry and I have to think of something funny or I will dwell on it. It makes my husband frustrated but he understands that it is kinda in there with bladder problems and sensivity to heat so he pays me no mind.

There is a lady at work that makes me so mad that I have to sing a song in my head to be around her. I usually sing "the ants go marching one by one". It helps me.

I didn't even know that you could still buy those "baby on board' signs.

Christy D

[doni54]

Hi Georgeios,

I understand what you mean!!  I'm undx, but have days I can't even stand myself...hahaha

I know that others have talked about this here before.  And I know that MS can affect in emotional ways besides depression.

I guess it is caused by damage from the lesions, Quix would be able to explain it I'm sure.

I have the grumpy days, the crying days, and sometimes even the elated days.  How the elated days come about when I feel so bad, is a mystery...hahaha

Hope you feel better soon and I would talk to my neuro about this also.

doni

[Georgeios]

Thank you for your advise, ive the Neuro on the 3rd of Feb... think i'll try and get an Appointment with my MD, i really dont like what i seem to have become and cant understand why, nothings really changed in my life, just me....

Thanks again.x

[biowham]

Provigil? Have you talked to your MD about your mood and fatigue?

Not entirely on MS topic, but my husband was really showing definite signs of entrenched depression--quick to get angry, unresponsive, not talking, tired, etc.--and after I talked with him about it and suggested he see his doctor (possibly for antidepressants), he (bless the man) read around and decided to try St. John's Wort. He's been on that now for about 8 weeks, and he is MUCH more even keeled and cheerful, no more strings of days with barely a spoken word, no more quick temper (for him, "quick" is still much less than for most of us; he's VERY low key).

If you consider that route--and you should think carefully because I think it can make you tired--you should definitely talk to a doc about if, especially if you're taking any other medications. Even though it is "natural," like any other physiologically active compound, it interacts with other things, has its side effects, etc.

Bio