I am with you . I was going off on my employees and they were looking at me like who is this person. Yea.. Like i was a crazy lady.
This started my first two weeks on cab. Now it's side effects that had me stop the medicine for two weeks as per my endo. Because he believes it's menopause. Not their miracle drug cab. There are no size effects!!!!!
How long have u been on cab?
Linda

Aloha,

You might feel like a crazy person... but I'm willing to bet that you probably are not a crazy person. Within the first few days of taking the same medicine, I was having similar side effects. I was experiencing very intense anger which was uncontrolled... almost to a point of rage. Small things would frustrate me and make me feel destructive (i.e. I could not open a kitchen drawer very easily and immediately felt like tearing it out and doing the same to the rest of the kitchen). It also made me extremely emotional. For example, in a simple conversation with someone, for no reason whatsoever i just began weeping uncontrollably. I got off of the medicine right away because the change in my personality was so drastic and immediate. I do not write this to scare you or suggest that this is what is happening to you. I only write to share my experience and hopefully, bring you some sort of sense that you are not crazy.

I have been on Cabergoline for 2 and 1/2 years now, but Im definately getting worse, feel like my head is going to explode, but like you say the Endo does not relate this to the medication or the condition. I don't want to stop taking the Cabergoline because it is reducing my Prolcatin levels and the tumor is shrinking slowly. Im between the devil and the blue sea as to what to do.
Thank you both for your response to my post.
Linda

I break my tablets in two and take them every day.

That seems to keep the peak levels of the drug down a bit and helps to reduce rages.

Stress management is very, very important and I believe massage will help most anyone with this condition. You gotta take off the stress.

I find my breaking point comes extremely fast these days too. I mean, I get so frustrated so easily - it is a battle to not overreact. When I do get frustrated, it's a full-on, consuming rage. I realize stress management is extremely important, and I'll admit I have not taken the necessary steps to do that. I try to work out, but I just don't have the motivation to do so. It is such a constant battle, and my husband just says, "don't let this beat you." I'm never really quite sure what to say to that.

*I've been on bromocriptine since March.*

I have the same problem.. i find my boyfriend will do something that annoyes me and i instantly flip and have so much hate that i cant even look at him. but in other situations i find im alot calmer now then i used to me.. im thinking its crazy mood swings

Remember that Dopamine support an excitory function in the brain...so, any emotions you have may only be amplified...for good or bad.

I thought I was just depressed but I'm really starting to believe is this medication I don't get why da endo said it had lil side effects and why they talk about this tumors like it's nothing .God forgive me but I wish they could experience this so they could understand what we going through it seems like they just want us to take de medications .

My temper has transformed me to a different person I was happy friendly always had hopes now down helpless this rage drives me nuts I want to break everything n I feel like a bad mother for having lil or no patients for my 5 year old boy :(feel so guilty don't know how to get rid of this feelings

Hi to all who have replied,
Im sorry to hear there are so many with the same reactions to the medication, but relieved at the same time. My husband would not believe it was the condition/medication, it was just me being horrible, so Im glad I can show to him the response I have had from you all, and to confirm it is the condition and medication and not an excuse for me to behave badly.
Best wishes to all,
Linda

I have a pit tumor but not on cab.Im on somatuline autogel..Ive been on it four years and when first on here could I throw one..LOL I wont say who but theres a member on here who I would say duck Im throwing things ..Ive calmed down alot not sure if its because tumor is shrinking..I still have to watch out for tireness or if someone say suddenly has a go at me..I will say when I was first on drug I felt as if my emotions where all over the place

Here's my 2 cents.... Long story short, first 25 yrs of life relatively normal. Then prob next 5 to 7 yrs things changed. Granted, life changed a lot too but I feel like I changed a lot during that time. Who knows when the prolactinoma formed but I remember when I started to feel "not myself". I moved during that time & changed jobs & attributed my mood swings to that. But now I can see a correlation between my abnormal rage & moodiness to what was really going on w my body/hormones. Before diagnosis I went on anti-anxiety & anti-depressant meds because I couldn't contain my feelings. Sad & angry ALL the time. The meds helped because since then my moods have been stable (or numb) and life seems more tolerable. Almost normal I guess (from what I remember normal feeling like). I was feeling great, then BAM!! Tumor! But after diagnosis & treatment w cabergoline I have returned to rapid mood changes, depression & sadness. But worse than before anxiety/depression meds. So now I don't know what to do. Is it the meds? The tumor? Do I stop my previous meds that made me feel normal? Or am I just still coming to acceptance that this is my life, my reality...... Just deal with it?

Don't mean to sound depressing. Just curious if anyone else feels this way. Is it the prolactinoma or meds that make us feel this way? Hard to know I guess!

Pharmgirl,

What you posted above is just about my exact experience too.

I have been on and off the Cab /Bromo and I do notice when on the meds, the emotions are more intense and extream, paranoia, and nasty physical symptoms. Once I get about 2 to 3 weeks off the meds, for a short while I feel halfway decent but then I get into the rollercoaster of emotions more weapy while off the meds. Maybe thats the prolactin rising again.

Once I started taking the meds, Yes the struggle became monumental. I had a rough time a few years ago but it seems like it is getting worse, and I'd do anything to be back feeling like I did. It is a chore to have to fight continually thru the day to remain hopeful and as positive as possiable.

I don't at all feel that you are depressing. It is a challenge to deal with all off this and the changes we are going through and the loss of our old self.
I guess on the short term of all of this, I take it day by day. I try not to think about the long term and have to admit, I use a bit of denial and Hope that somethings gotta work. It can be too much to think about at times and I understand where you are comming from.
Bless ya.

I just went off cab for two weeks as per my endo. He wanted me to see that it's not the medicine. This is my second week and I feel like my old self.. I am going thru bad stomach problems. My stomach is in pain and can't eat. So now I have to go for testing . I think the anxiety went to my stomach. I never felt this way before. Ever side effect that I have now I never had before taken cab.
I started to see a therapist . I had to go on paxil for depression and anxiety because it came to no joke. This has gotten serious.
I know I have to go back on cab. But I need to make sure paxil kicks in first. What a mess. Come on now this medicine should not be on the market. Or the doctor should explain plan b . What to take for these side effects. Instead I have to go other doctors for help and then u have to explain cab. To them. I am looking for a new endo. But now my stomach is in turmoil . I am going to try what tigerpaw suggest on breaking up the pills and spreading out the days.
Look this site should positive. So we all need to put our heads together and look for answers and make sure we share back to our group.
Linda

I'm a little shocked by what you are writing above. I went to see my Endo yesterday. I only just started Cab and was on them for 6 weeks at most. By week four I was having incredibly BLACK thoughts!!!!
He has told me that I can no longer take any of the meds because it is a side effect and could be dangerous!
My partner asked if I could take some form of anti-depressant at the same time to combat the depression and he said most definately not!!! One raises your dopamine levels and the other raises them so they would in effect just cancel each other out.
Maybe you should try other docs? xx