Experiences with

Actelsar HCT

Hi all, Thanks so much for your messages - this is really helpful. Just a few updates - she is calmer now and not openly mentioning suicidal thoughts - but unsure if she still has some. I spoke to two private doctors last week to see if anyone understands my sister's cycling symptoms. 1. One mentioned

Hi I have Emphysema...and have always been ok taking steroids for chest infection ect. But my brother also with COPD. ..took two and now refuses to take any more he said he couldn't breathe heart pounding/racing and chest tight ? I am worried as he has had infection for two weeks has taken antibiotics

Hello everybody, I’m new to this group but not to this website…. It’s so hard to know what to say to people these days everyone starts with how are you and It’s an instant downer! How do you cope with that? I never quite sure what to say. Usually it’s something like ‘I’m fine but don’t look too

I was on here a few months ago regarding my thyroid results they were Tsh normal but my T4 was 10.2 and previous it was 10.8 I been having symptoms for a long time. I went to see my Dr for blood results who said my thyroid was fine?? but my ferritin was really low so I had to take folic acid for 4 months

So I had a chest infection on the 29th of Nov and a massive hoo haaa with the GP/walk in centre back and forth with 3 lots of antibiotics ect. Fast forward to today and although I'm not as chesty/wheezy as I originally was ive still not returned to work because I'm not feeling 100%. Is it normal to wake

Hi all,Thank you so much for your kind messages with lots of really useful ℹ️! The Dr has said my sister will be referred for ect - which I think is a great, as I felt like previous doctors weren't taking her (severe) risk seriously as she previously was getting better. But the waiting time is 2 weeks

Hi all, Just really confused how to help my twin sister who is in inpatient care. She is currently really depressed and wants to end her life and tells me that letting her die would be the kindest thing to do. When she was at a mother and baby unit the doctor said that ECT wouldn't work for her

... find nighttime to be the hardest? Feels like all the day's worries come crashing in, and for me, they lend themselves to the next day's continuing black hole of depression. And as that hole grows larger, it seems ever-less possible that I'm going to climb out and find the light. Ironic that I sit

When I were first diagnosed with bronchiectasis & were given Azithromycin medication to take it changed my life wow I felt really well with not many flare ups at all through the year After about 2yr into taking this brand ( Pfizer zithromax ) i was given a different brand ( Tevn) & the flare ups started

I was diagnosed with PMR 7 weeks ago, my rheumatologist put me on Prednisone and I had an immediate response to all the pain I was having in my arms, neck shoulders and hips. He recommended tapering to 15 mg but I just can do it I have muscle pain , feel so tired , dizzy ect…. Went back to 20 mg this

Does anyone else have this problem? I can't sleep more than two hours a night. I have had depression for years, now, no drugs work at all and are horrible to take - make me much more depressed. I seem to function OK during the day, and feel better with no drugs. Does anyone know if this could

Hi all,I was just wondering. I know you need MMTHFR, folate, iron ect..., but whay does the number or level does instrinic test mean? If any

hello ! I’m now 2 months post laparoscopy and hysteroscopy and have some questions as doctors can’t seem to help/advise. I’m still quite swollen in the area, bloating and that. I feel exhausted some days like I’ve got the flu and then some days full of more energy. If I press on the areas I had

Hi All. My Husband, age 38 is 6 weeks post CABG. Physically he seems to be recovering well, exercise wise he is exceeding what is advised. It is the Mental challenges we are (both) struggling with, which we didn't really expect. Would anyone mind sharing their experiences on how they navigated dealing

Hi all,I would just like to tell you all my day everyday. I wake up,my first thought is how much pain will I manage to take today. I go to the toilet then go and sit down for my breakfast Rice Krispies,to which my hubby has to do for me. Then I go to the toilet for my first poo of the day,which

So I recently got given a steroid card after a increase on my inhalers (apparently I should have had one on the old inhaler too) and after a bit of research on the symptoms of adrenal crisis I'm beginning to wonder if all the steroids I was given as a child did some damage. I've been increasingly

Hi guys so I’m a little bit stressed rn. Sorry for the rant but I just want someone to see from my point of veiw The gyni said she would get me in for surgery by the end of the year, I phoned a week ago and asked them if they could put me on a cancellation list incase anybody cancelled as I have lost

I had a scary trip to hosital under blue lights with a heart attatk I had a balloon stent fitted to the RCA and now on 11 meds. super service. I was discharged on Wednesday the department was so busy one out one in within minutes,( I felt safe there but scared out on my own waiting)I'm a bit out in the

I had AF after first vaxx 2021 it was P-AF then went persistent in July 2023. I am under the EP team from Birmingham who come to Hereford. I also saw EP privately before going on nhs, he gave flecanide as a pip. It didn’t work, I have been seen by his team twice each time given different meds, and different

Hi Everyone I have seen a few posts about this so sorry if I'm repeating things. I was initially diagnosed with endometriosis when I was 16 told it was attached to my bowel ect, has some scar tissue removed. Fast forward 3 kids later I had my first child at 19 and suffered on and off with very bad