Sheriv,
Someone posted on here recently about how anxiety increased their pain. I find this to be very true.
Once you get caught up in an anxiety spiral, you feel terrible, pain increases, thinking clearly is more difficult, etc.
I try to remember this, but I am a SLOW learner.
I just got Keith McComick’s book “Great Bones”.
It’s 600 pages long, but is a great reference book. I do plan to read the whole book because I want to be as knowledgeable as I can about osteoporosis and treatment. I went straight to the chapter that talks about Evenity. The results from Evenity were way better than any other drug.
Spine BMD 11-14% in first year. Hip BMD 4% in first year. He lists the common side effects as: joint and back pain, colds, headaches,and injection site reaction.
Rare side effects: cardiovascular risk, necrosis of jaw, atypical femur fractures.
I have committed to a year on Evenity and have been fortunate that my side effects are only fatigue for a day. Or so it seems.
I was happy to see that Dr McCormick also recommended bifosphonate after Evenity which is what my two doctors wanted.
Back to anxiety. When it runs away with me, I try to remember that I have dealt with more than this, that I can manage this, and then I do some breathing exercises or some yoga. I feel much better and my pain decreases.
Sorry for long messsge.