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Serious complications and side effects from prostate cancer treatments
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I just finished round two of radiation treatment for prostate cancer because it had spread to a lymph node. (Gone from the prostate, so that's the good news.) On Orgovyx, Abiraterone and Prednisone. Simptoms are frequent urination and inability to sleep after four or five hours. Two possibly connected. So what is causing these symptoms? And what can I do?
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Abiraterone Causes a lot of fatigue for some people. As a result, they tend to go to sleep in the afternoon for an hour or so. Are you doing that? Sleeping more than about an hour can cause you to go into REM sleep which then affects you at night and prevent you for being able to sleep through the night. If you want to sleep during the day, taking a 25 or 30 minute nap should be plenty to resolve the fatigue. Setting a timer on your phone to wake you up is a good way to stop it. I do it every few days even though I’m only on ADT, I don’t sleep more than about six hours some nights and need a little bit extra those days. Other days I sleep seven hours and don’t need any rest in the afternoon.
I used to get up a couple of times at night to pee. I found out about Myrbetriq and Gemtesa, two drugs that can stop the urgency at night and also help with incontinence during the day. I started taking Myrbetriq And I don’t get up at night most nights anymore. Wait until I wake up in the morning and then pee. These drugs can do some great things to help your nightly sleep. Speak to your doctor about this. It might work for you.