Hi everybody,
I find this forum a great comfort but I do need a little more at the moment. My mum has been taking Reminyl for 16 days now and she has been feeling dizzy and seems to have more trouble with some things like getting out of the car or chair and walking. I rang the prescribing nurse yesterday to report thses symptoms and she advised to stop taking the Reminyl so that they could see they were down to these drugs. Her thoughts were that if the sypmtoms stopped then she would try another drug (Aricept) if they didn't stop we would have to look for other causes.
My mum, Me & my Dad are so undecided on whether to stop taking them as its seems we have gone through 16 days and are near the point were they increase the dosage and hopefully have some good effects. Obviously I don't want my mum to feel dizzy but after reading in this forum that some people have had so much worse reactions it seems sensible to carry on. I've also read somewhere the symptoms can last up to 3 weeks and should then subside.
My feelings are that we should persevere until the time when they intend to increase the dosage and if she is still having unpleasant side effects then we should think about stopping altogether or trying something else.
I would be really appreciative if people could let me know what they think and I've there experiences with Reminyl and if they had side effects and how long these lasted.
Thanks in advance
JennyT
I find this forum a great comfort but I do need a little more at the moment. My mum has been taking Reminyl for 16 days now and she has been feeling dizzy and seems to have more trouble with some things like getting out of the car or chair and walking. I rang the prescribing nurse yesterday to report thses symptoms and she advised to stop taking the Reminyl so that they could see they were down to these drugs. Her thoughts were that if the sypmtoms stopped then she would try another drug (Aricept) if they didn't stop we would have to look for other causes.
My mum, Me & my Dad are so undecided on whether to stop taking them as its seems we have gone through 16 days and are near the point were they increase the dosage and hopefully have some good effects. Obviously I don't want my mum to feel dizzy but after reading in this forum that some people have had so much worse reactions it seems sensible to carry on. I've also read somewhere the symptoms can last up to 3 weeks and should then subside.
My feelings are that we should persevere until the time when they intend to increase the dosage and if she is still having unpleasant side effects then we should think about stopping altogether or trying something else.
I would be really appreciative if people could let me know what they think and I've there experiences with Reminyl and if they had side effects and how long these lasted.
Thanks in advance
JennyT