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Tacrolimus induced psychosis post liver transplant.

Transplants | Last Active: Jul 20, 2023 | Replies (23)

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@loribmt Thank you for your response & for the article link. I had a hysterectomy so only have 1 ovary. I have not had my hormones checked recently. But will do that at your suggestion. I just started on the progesterone and am hoping to be off it after 30 days if my liver enzymes balance out.
While recovering from transplant surgery I had hallucinations which I was told was from anesthesia & massive doses of tacro. I've been waiting these 6 months for a balanced mood. It's fleeting...

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Oh gosh, I know how nasty we can feel trying to get just the right balance of tacro in the beginning of our treatment…along with the other meds. I had a bone marrow transplant and many of our meds run parallel.
I received a prescription for progestin during peri-menopause 25 years ago. My mom and sister, who is 18 years older than me, both went through menopause early at 46. So when I was the same age I was no longer having periods either. My gynecologist wasn’t convinced that I was in menopause at such an early age so he put me on progestin to ‘force a period’ which should have happened within a few days of stopping. No period was forthcoming but the abrupt withdrawal from the progestin he prescribed was the worst, and I mean profoundly the worst few weeks of my life with serious depression, anxiety and raw emotions. Very unlike me!!
A friend of mine is a licensed naturopathic practitioner who was instrumental in getting me on a bioidentical plant-based hormone therapy for a short time. That balanced me out and put me back in sync. I was in menopause and declined HRT through my gyno. He then summarily dismissed me from his practice. My mom had developed uterine cancer from being on Premarin for 20 years without ever being followed up with her old GP. I was not going that route…

I hope you get some relief soon, it’s like having PMS that never ends! 😵‍💫
PS, Don’t attempt to slice a cake. (That’s from a birthday card a friend sent many years ago. The picture of the cake on front was hacked to pieces. And the inside said, don’t cut the cake with PMS). 😂