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Gonal F side effects?

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I have been injecting a high dose of Gonal F (450 units) for about three days now. I'm on a low dose of Lupron as well. I feel tired and a bit breathless (like when you are recovering from the flu and aren't quite back up to speed--climbing stairs or doing anything energetic seems like a huge effort). A persistent headache and some mild queasiness is also bugging me. Anyone else have this, and if so, is there anything I can do to feel better? I thought about just resting and lying on the couch, but that doesn't seem to help too much. Can I expect these symptoms to get worse or better as I get closer to my retrieval date?
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Those are the same symptoms I had. I think I got use to them, my dose of gonal f was not as high as yours. I started with 275 and ended at 300, so your symptoms are probably worse then mine. What does get worse is the swelling and bloated feeling. I could not fit into any of my clothes. Good luck to you. I hope you are able to get use to the side effects and that they do not bother you too much.
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Hi there,

I was only on 125 unit and had proper migranes, been breathless, very bloated and mega irritated. So your sideffects sound typically for Gonal F. I hope for you it doesn's get worse especially since you ona much higher dose....
The only thing went away were the migrines the rest stayed with me...but at least it gave me a BFP so I don't mind it as much now as I did then.
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I didn't notice too many side effects when I was using just the Gonal-F with Lupron. Maybe a little more weary than usual. No nausea though. I have headaches almost every day so I am not sure about that. I did get a lot of cramping and had to urinate all the time as it got closer to ER. I guess it was from all the follicles and my ovaries getting bigger.
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I was on Gonal F 300 units a day. I just remember major bloating and headaches off and on but other than that I didn't have anything. Certainly as you are growing a lot of follicles, things can become uncomfortable close to ER. It was for me, couldn't wait to get them out because sitting down or getting up bothered me. But think, your ovaries go from golfball size to like soccerball size so you'll feel something. Sometimes you just have to suffer through the symptoms. Like I said, mine was the bloating and I had it bad!
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