HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post - How many of us are taking some kind of medication for depression?

lkc Gumby · 01-21-2015, 09:19 AM

This is an interesting thread. I never had issues before my BC dx. I was pretty much blindsided about the " advanced stage" and then being her2 (which 10 years ago) was not look at terribly favorable. and then of course during chemo I went directly into awful chemo pause. I requested Paxil and it helped me enormously with both anxiety and Hot Falshes. Interesing too, I did some research back then and found that those dx'ed with BC had a high rate of depression and or anxiety. Not sure if that is currently the case. Anyway, fairly recently Paxil was ok'ed by the FDA for the indication of Hot Flashes ( in lower doses). I am still on it and feeling great.

01-21-2015, 09:19 AM	#11
lkc Gumby Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 437	Re: How many of us are taking some kind of medication for depression? This is an interesting thread. I never had issues before my BC dx. I was pretty much blindsided about the " advanced stage" and then being her2 (which 10 years ago) was not look at terribly favorable. and then of course during chemo I went directly into awful chemo pause. I requested Paxil and it helped me enormously with both anxiety and Hot Falshes. Interesing too, I did some research back then and found that those dx'ed with BC had a high rate of depression and or anxiety. Not sure if that is currently the case. Anyway, fairly recently Paxil was ok'ed by the FDA for the indication of Hot Flashes ( in lower doses). I am still on it and feeling great. __________________ Linda Dxed Stage IIIC May 05, 12 pos nodes er/pr -neg,Her -pos LVI Right partial mast & partial axillary dissection-June14,2005 Right modified mast-no clear margins- June 30, 2005 DD AC x4 Taxotere X4 with Herceptin Rads x 35( 5 fields ) Left prophylactive mast( atypia & hyperplasia found ), put on Tamoxifen x 1 yr; D/ced due to endometrial thickening bilateral recon (saline implants)May 06 Nipple recon July 06 metformin 2010 removal of implants due to severe encapsulation, insertion of gummies 2013 Reclast Q yr NED!!!