On Lupron experiencing major depression and anxiety

I take 600 mg of gabapentin three times a day. I’ve done so for at least four or five years. I take it because I have osteoarthritis and it stops my joints from bothering me much.. I have tapered down to 200mg a couple of times in the last two years, but my joints didn’t like it.

I’ve never noticed any mood management, after all these years, but then I have very little anxiety about prostate cancer.

Stevieg, ask your doc about gabapentin. It is off label use for anxiety. jeffMar is taking it .
I am taking it for anxiety & it does help. I was prescribed it for shingles for nerve pain & it
had a noticeable improvement on my anxiety. Anyway you might want to look into it or research it on line.

Thank you I’ll definitely research it at this point something has gotta be done

Stevieg, I have been off Elagard for 6 months & still feel the effects especially anxiety in the morning.
Keep reaching out with questions or concerns as it does help to communicate with your brothers on this forum.

I’ve gotten lots of useful information crime tbe site for sure thank you for your reply

I have a question, is anyone besides myself that is angry. I mean downright angry that the medical community once they treat you and you have suffered through the barbaric biopsies and the placement of markers and the space or and then being chemically castrated for a year or longer, that none of them care about the mental grief you go through ? I've been off Lupron for 14 months and I have no libido no nothing in the tank at all and my urologist just thinks I should get over the loss of everything and move on. No matter that I'm dealing with extra breast tissue that I don't want, leaking urine that I don't want, trouble with bowel movements that I don't want, anger in the fact that I will never be normal again, I miss the intimacy I had with my wife of 48 years that seems to have evaporated over the last 2+ years because I never know when I'm going to leak urine and believe me that's a real turn off, I'm angry that I have to wear pee pads and carry an emergency pee bottle in my car because I never know when I'm going to get struck with a sudden urge, or a gas bubble is going to press against my bladder hard enough to make not going impossible. Out of the 10s of thousands of the men that get prostate cancer every year am I the only one that thinks it's insane that there isn't really any aftercare given for us?
The depression is overwhelming.

I take out my anger on the weight machines at the gym. I lift a lot for a guy my age (65) with cancer. It helps me mentally and physically.

That's all I got. Cancer sucks.

I should add that most of my anger is towards myself. I wasn't diligent in getting my PSA checked. Just when I got lazy is when the PCa attacked. This should have been an easy fix for me, but now it's a high-grade aggressive adventure.

Steving, like JeffMar I take gabapentin. It is used off label for anxiety. You might want to ask your doctor about it. I have been off Elagard for 6 months & still experience anxiety. Gabapentin helps. I want to know how JeffMar manages not to worry about prostrate cancer anymore. We need his wisdom & insight.
Bob

Jeffmar, what is your secret
not having no anxiety about prostrate cancer anymore. 😊I have not been able to get past that yet. However the gabapentin helps. As you know it’s prescribed off label for anxiety.
Bob