Re: New Member Intro and MTX questions. from mike

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i take 10 lil pills a week. and had to go off of it for a while and with in the

2nd week i really notice the change in my pain level. SO I WOULD SAY HANG IN

THERE. it takes a lil while to start working. Mike

jensenamelia <jensenamelia@...> wrote: Thanks for letting me join

the group. I am a 43 yr. old female

diagnosed with fibro and psoriatic arthritis.

To be quite honest I am a total mess today so my post will be a bit

negative. I'm not always like this and I know it will pass. My new

favorite saying.............'all things shall pass'.

I've new to methotrexate, I've been on it for about 5 weeks now. I

HATE it, so far there has been no improvement body wise except for

extreme fatigue, and depression.

I don't want to take my dose next week and see if things improve for

me mentally. Questions:

Is it okay to start and stop this drug??

If MTX helps to prevent further joint damage, shouldn't an x-ray be

done first to see if I even have joint damage??

Can anyone tell me that they stuck it out with the MTX even after a

poor start on it and that they benefited from it?

The rheumy wants me on it for three months to give it a good chance.

Thanx everyone...............amelia

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[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group Amelia! This is a very wonderful, supportive, caring place

with amazing, wonderful individuals full of advice, care and concern. I do not

yet take Methotrexate. Yet I do take Plaquenil and Sulfasalazine which are also

DMARD's. I've had to stop my sulfasalazine for months at a time due to having

bronchitis for three months..then a couple of months later for an upper

respiratory infection, and then a few weeks ago for another infection. I can

tell you, I felt a HUGE increase in pain. Areas that had not yet begun to

bother me, HURT badly. I had flares and new symptoms. Even if I miss my dose

on a day, because I take so many medications for other health issues, I can

notice an increase in pain. I'm not familiar with why scans were not taken.

I'm seronegative, yet my knees were constantly swollen and inflamed and I had

fluid on them constantly. They were not working properly and I could barely

walk. Therefore, they did a scan which showed

bilateral joint effusions. I'm not sure when or why they order scans

mike nelson <winchester19572004@...> wrote: i

take 10 lil pills a week. and had to go off of it for a while and with in the

2nd week i really notice the change in my pain level. SO I WOULD SAY HANG IN

THERE. it takes a lil while to start working. Mike

jensenamelia <jensenamelia@...> wrote: Thanks for letting me join

the group. I am a 43 yr. old female

diagnosed with fibro and psoriatic arthritis.

To be quite honest I am a total mess today so my post will be a bit

negative. I'm not always like this and I know it will pass. My new

favorite saying.............'all things shall pass'.

I've new to methotrexate, I've been on it for about 5 weeks now. I

HATE it, so far there has been no improvement body wise except for

extreme fatigue, and depression.

I don't want to take my dose next week and see if things improve for

me mentally. Questions:

Is it okay to start and stop this drug??

If MTX helps to prevent further joint damage, shouldn't an x-ray be

done first to see if I even have joint damage??

Can anyone tell me that they stuck it out with the MTX even after a

poor start on it and that they benefited from it?

The rheumy wants me on it for three months to give it a good chance.

Thanx everyone...............amelia

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