JITTERY!!!!

butterfly23
butterfly23 Member Posts: 256
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Hi everyone! Once in a while I get VERY jittery, like I want to jump out of my skin feeling, it is usually while I have chemo 5fu with fanny pack for 2 days. I have been unhooked since friday and I still feel like I'm going crazy. My doc gave me zanax and it helps me sleep at night but not really during the day. My legs don't stop moving and can't concentrate too well. Does anyone else go through this, as I said it isn't with every treatment. I go see my doctor today and I will let him know...
Huggggs
Karyn

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  • Buzzard
    Buzzard Member Posts: 3,043 Member
    #2
    anxiety attack........
    sounds like it....be sure to let him/her know...they can fix anything...God Bless ya hun..........
  • Shayenne
    Shayenne Member Posts: 2,342
    #3
    Buzzard said:

    anxiety attack........
    sounds like it....be sure to let him/her know...they can fix anything...God Bless ya hun..........

    No..
    ..I'm on the fanny pack with the 5fu as well, and as soon as I'm unhooked I feel so much better, just abit "flusy", kind of out of the loop..I don't start feeling re-energized till like the 4 days later, all I want to do is lay around as I get so wiped from it, but I never felt jittery yet.
  • lizbiz
    lizbiz Member Posts: 120
    #4
    Know what you mean...
    I have that too. My hands and my legs (from the knee down) sometimes feel like they're vibrating. I have to take Trazadone to get to sleep at night.

    Hugs and Hope,
    Elizabeth
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #5
    Yes, but no different meds
    It was 5 years ago that I had the good ol' 5FU (you gotta love the name) but I seem to remember being jittery. I would also get the jitters with CPT11 and also slurred speech. I would have days/nights where all I could do is sleep then other nights I could only get 2-3 hours of sleep at best. Xanax does help but like others suggested, talk to your doctor. There may be something else that works better for you.
    Good luck
    -p
  • Buzzard
    Buzzard Member Posts: 3,043 Member
    #6
    PhillieG said:

    Yes, but no different meds
    It was 5 years ago that I had the good ol' 5FU (you gotta love the name) but I seem to remember being jittery. I would also get the jitters with CPT11 and also slurred speech. I would have days/nights where all I could do is sleep then other nights I could only get 2-3 hours of sleep at best. Xanax does help but like others suggested, talk to your doctor. There may be something else that works better for you.
    Good luck
    -p

    LOL.........
    Phillieg.........I do have to say p that you do have a very witty sense of humor (5fu) ..Whatever it takes to keep upbeat.....Honestly I still think there is a cure just around the corner....There are way to many people that have this now...They have to be getting sharper on cause and effects on this disease....God Bless ya bud....
  • Shayenne
    Shayenne Member Posts: 2,342
    #7
    Buzzard said:

    LOL.........
    Phillieg.........I do have to say p that you do have a very witty sense of humor (5fu) ..Whatever it takes to keep upbeat.....Honestly I still think there is a cure just around the corner....There are way to many people that have this now...They have to be getting sharper on cause and effects on this disease....God Bless ya bud....

    Xanax...
    ...is definitely the best thing I've taken for sleep, I hate just sleeping all hooked up to something actually, I don't think I've had a full nights sleep since my dx, I'm usually up a couple times a night anyway, and just thinking of what's hooked up to me doesn't help trying to sleep, I wish my doctor would give me xanax, it be alot better then the ativan.
  • taraHK
    taraHK Member Posts: 1,952 Member
    #8
    premeds?
    Can you check with your doctor/nurse on the premeds you are getting? Some can have odd side-effects like sleeplessness or jitteryness. Of course with chemobrain I can't remember now which ones knocked me out and which ones wired me. The steroid? Might be worth exploring this....

    Tara
  • paulette S
    paulette S Member Posts: 42
    #9
    Shayenne said:

    Xanax...
    ...is definitely the best thing I've taken for sleep, I hate just sleeping all hooked up to something actually, I don't think I've had a full nights sleep since my dx, I'm usually up a couple times a night anyway, and just thinking of what's hooked up to me doesn't help trying to sleep, I wish my doctor would give me xanax, it be alot better then the ativan.

    xanax
    well since i got diagnosed i take xanax every nite. otherwise i would be up 24/7 i am so nervous about starting my chemo monday it is fu5 and oxy something..... my mind is gone lol
    then the radiation on top/ i just dont want to be shut down. i want to have some energy. i will have my fanny pack attached till fridays with weekends off ughhhhhhhhhhh
  • paulette S
    paulette S Member Posts: 42
    #10
    Shayenne said:

    Xanax...
    ...is definitely the best thing I've taken for sleep, I hate just sleeping all hooked up to something actually, I don't think I've had a full nights sleep since my dx, I'm usually up a couple times a night anyway, and just thinking of what's hooked up to me doesn't help trying to sleep, I wish my doctor would give me xanax, it be alot better then the ativan.

    xanax
    well since i got diagnosed i take xanax every nite. otherwise i would be up 24/7 i am so nervous about starting my chemo monday it is fu5 and oxy something..... my mind is gone lol
    then the radiation on top/ i just dont want to be shut down. i want to have some energy. i will have my fanny pack attached till fridays with weekends off ughhhhhhhhhhh
  • butterfly23
    butterfly23 Member Posts: 256
    #11
    taraHK said:

    premeds?
    Can you check with your doctor/nurse on the premeds you are getting? Some can have odd side-effects like sleeplessness or jitteryness. Of course with chemobrain I can't remember now which ones knocked me out and which ones wired me. The steroid? Might be worth exploring this....

    Tara

    Thanks everyone
    it's always nice to know you're not alone with all these weird things that happen to us!
    Hey with my jittery hands, I can type faster!!! ha ha ha
    huggs,
    Karyn
  • Buzzard
    Buzzard Member Posts: 3,043 Member
    #12
    butterfly23 said:

    Thanks everyone
    it's always nice to know you're not alone with all these weird things that happen to us!
    Hey with my jittery hands, I can type faster!!! ha ha ha
    huggs,
    Karyn

    and Karate.JiJitsu, Tae-Pei etc
    it is time to try your hand at knitting....you could turn out potholders at a record pace.........Thats great that you can kid about things. It makes it a lot easier to cope with...They'll take care of it im sure...God Bless ya hun
  • PamPam2
    PamPam2 Member Posts: 370 Member
    #13
    jittery
    Yes I did too. I finally asked if I was getting something that was doing that and keeping me awake even though so tired, they said they give you a good jolt of steroids the first day in the office to boost the chemo, but not in the fanny pack, it just stuck with me a few days. I got zanex too, it helps. Just ask the doctor for something if you need it to take care of those jitters.
    Pam
  • pamness
    pamness Member Posts: 524 Member
    #14
    One thing that wasn't mentioned to me during chemo
    I was jittery and having anxiety for no reason after chemo. After my third round, my oncologist said to me - doesn't taking compazine two or three times a day make you anxious - yes it did!! It is a common side effect of compazine which I took with each chemo infusion and for some days thereafter. I continued to take it during the infusion but with Emend and decadron (also makes you jumpy), but I was given attivan (works for nauesa too) and ambien for sleep. I only took the compazine during the infusion and used Emend, zolfran and attivan between treatments.
  • butterfly23
    butterfly23 Member Posts: 256
    #15
    pamness said:

    One thing that wasn't mentioned to me during chemo
    I was jittery and having anxiety for no reason after chemo. After my third round, my oncologist said to me - doesn't taking compazine two or three times a day make you anxious - yes it did!! It is a common side effect of compazine which I took with each chemo infusion and for some days thereafter. I continued to take it during the infusion but with Emend and decadron (also makes you jumpy), but I was given attivan (works for nauesa too) and ambien for sleep. I only took the compazine during the infusion and used Emend, zolfran and attivan between treatments.

    Thanks
    Now that I think about it, I did take compazine this treatment because I did have some nausea! I'll have to pay attention to that, THANKS!!
    Karyn
  • butterfly23
    butterfly23 Member Posts: 256
    #16
    Buzzard said:

    and Karate.JiJitsu, Tae-Pei etc
    it is time to try your hand at knitting....you could turn out potholders at a record pace.........Thats great that you can kid about things. It makes it a lot easier to cope with...They'll take care of it im sure...God Bless ya hun

    Knitting
    Wow, I could maybe take up knitting,
    I could make chemo bag holders, real pretty ones!
    HATS of course to keep our heads warm! don't worry you'll be 1st on the list....
    socks and mittens to keep feet and hands warm, nah nevermind they sound complicated, with my chemo brain and all!!!!
    Thanks for the ideas, my family will be sooooo surprised come next Christmas, heck I'll have them done for Easter, it's still cold here in Rhode Island hee hee hee
    Karyn

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