Chris G
08-17-2011, 03:54 AM
I'm finally off mtx and feeling great! To all of you who are on it......... if you feel fine, that's GREAT! But if you think it's messing with your head, don't let the docs tell you that it isn't. (I feel quite sure they haven't been on it for months on end). Here's my story.
At the beginning I don't think I had much trouble with it, but I may have been so sick that I couldn't tell. After several months on it, my brain function was pretty severly diminished. I've been keeping a secret, which I will tell now that I'm off of mtx...... For a while I was taking my weekly dose at work, with my lunch. The first time I took my highest dose (30mg), by the end of the day, I could barely hold my head up. While driving home, I reached to adjust my heat, and I hit a mailbox, and nearly slid off of the road. I felt completely drunk, and it was really scary.
Please don't think I'm advocating against it......just be careful, and know that if you think your brain function is impaired, that you're not crazy.
At the beginning I don't think I had much trouble with it, but I may have been so sick that I couldn't tell. After several months on it, my brain function was pretty severly diminished. I've been keeping a secret, which I will tell now that I'm off of mtx...... For a while I was taking my weekly dose at work, with my lunch. The first time I took my highest dose (30mg), by the end of the day, I could barely hold my head up. While driving home, I reached to adjust my heat, and I hit a mailbox, and nearly slid off of the road. I felt completely drunk, and it was really scary.
Please don't think I'm advocating against it......just be careful, and know that if you think your brain function is impaired, that you're not crazy.