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I was just reading over some of the posts today. I"m glad I did. My daughter Rebekah is now currently taking .25 mg of zoloft. Over the course of last couple of months she was really depressed. In on…
I was just reading over some of the posts today. I"m glad I did. My daughter Rebekah is now currently taking .25 mg of zoloft. Over the course of last couple of months she was really depressed. In one months time I had to take her to the hospital because she was sick. Vomitting, diaherra, & chest pains from anxiety. The transplant cordinator & her doctor decided that she should be put on meds. They also said she should seek counseling for post traumatic stress syndrome. I will be taking her next week to a psychiatrist to get further help. I really believe that this will help her a lot. She has already made improvements by taking the new med. It's ok to get additional help if needed. People in the "outside" world have no idea how this effects you.
Because my daughter went through cancer & chemotherapy prior to transplant. She has been dealing with stress for over four yrs. I do believe a lot of these meds she takes has a long lasting effect on her both emotionally & physically.
She went for a checkup today & is doing well. They want her to take a womens multivitamin in addition to calcium pills for a total of 1200 mg. a day. This will help strenghten her bones more. Her leg is still a little fragile from bone surgery almost a yrs ago. Her bone doctor said it doesn't help her healing when she's on immune supressed drugs.
She has been so blessed with her new heart & is extremely thankful to the donor family. This is her "normal" life now. She is so thankful for a second chance at life not once but twice in 2 yrs.
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Comment by Bobbiejo Winfrey on March 19, 2010 at 7:18am -
I am so glad that your daughter is doing so well with her heart and that she has been blessed with this gift. I received a multivisceral transplant more than four years ago, and I am so grateful for each moment more that I have been given. I agree too that it is okay to seek help if one needs it. Dealing with what caused the transplant in the first place and then all that a transplant involves can be overwhelming especially as one has to adjust to the new changes that this can involve, and I know that I have also struggled with depression at times too. I am also currently taking an antidepressant. I hope that your daughter's visit with her psychiatrist will prove helpful to her. I know it has helped me a lot to reach out to others through support groups online like this where there are others who have been through similar situations and thus can understand. Everyone here so far has been so kind and helpful to me that I feel as though finding this site has also been another blessing to me. I hope that both you and she may be surprised with some new reasons to smile and hope each and every day. I will be sure to keep you both in my thoughts and prayers. Thank you for being there for your daughter as I know how much I have appreciated the support my own mother has so generously given to me for so long. Many hugs and best of wishes to you both.
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