Leaderofthecats
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
My doctor recently prescribed Metaclopramide, which is a prokinetic medication.
I had an upper endoscopy, following which the surgeon (who assumedly had no opportunity to read my notes properly as per NHS standard procedure) recommended I take Metaclopramide.
I can only assume that this is because he suspected I have diabetic related gastroparesis.
I had a barium meal investigation done about a year and a half ago which concluded no noteworthy result. It was done with a viscious liquid, probably instant porridge, as a carrier.
However looking now online, I see that diabetic people often show normal results if a liquid rather than solid is used for the test. Hence why I think it must have been prescribed for suspected diabetic gastroparesis. Of course, nobody has bothered to explain anything properly to me. So, I'm guessing. I have had a mysterious nasty vomiting condition for many years.
In my opinion the test should be repeated, at least once, with a solid barium meal. I can't see why on earth they would give someone diabetic a liquid in the first place, if it can compromise the results. I dersay they just give it to everyone as standard whether they are diabetic or not.
At any rate, I'm posting here to say be very careful with Metaclopramide. This is very dangerous stuff and of course my doctor never bothered to warn me of this; if he even knows that in the first place.
It's been known to cause severe depression.
Someone even killed themselves as a symptom of taking it.
"Depression Leading to Suicide As An Adverse Effect of Metoclopramide"
I have just hauled myself out of a depressive slump and take 5htp for depression, I have for years. It's a really good product with no side effects.
On the other hand, Metaclopramide is a 5ht3 and 5ht4 agonist. So, it's a depressant. It's almost straight away had an awful effect on my brain. It's as bad as that Seroxat c**p, which imo should never have been given to me because it had alarming symptoms despite long term use and made me very strange and severely suicidal.
That was right before Panorama did their exposee. My doctor at the time was downright evil and a horrible bully, calling me a liar and putting me up to maximum legal dosage because the obvious and common negative effects had yet to be admitted to by the manufacturers. It was one of the darkest times I've ever had.
And Metaclopramide works in much the same way. It's probably had an enhanced effect because I take 5htp. Which should be in my medical notes umpteen times.
It's been distressing to take it. I was too depressed to even get dressed for several days. I was completely miserable. I felt like life wasn't worth living. And I started having awful unsettling muscular movement failure. Brain signals weren't traveling at the right speed, or something.
I had problems with Seroxat. Big ones. I'd nearly get hit by cars because I had brain lag and thought the road was clear when it wasn't.
The day before yesterday I broke glass all over my bedroom floor due to failure to process muscular movement related to drinking.
My mum looked into it more today.
Looks like doctors aren't meant to prescribe it to people who had bad symptoms from taking SSRIs, including Seroxat. And aren't meant to prescribe it to anyone who's been diagnosed with clinical depression.
This is why I don't trust doctors to know what's best for me. They usually don't.
In conclusion, be careful if your doctor prescribes Metaclopramide. They probably won't bother to explain any of this, don't understand much about how it works, and can't/won't help at all if this or any of the SSRIs drive you into a state of severe despair.
Stay safe. Stay alive. It's important.
I had an upper endoscopy, following which the surgeon (who assumedly had no opportunity to read my notes properly as per NHS standard procedure) recommended I take Metaclopramide.
I can only assume that this is because he suspected I have diabetic related gastroparesis.
I had a barium meal investigation done about a year and a half ago which concluded no noteworthy result. It was done with a viscious liquid, probably instant porridge, as a carrier.
However looking now online, I see that diabetic people often show normal results if a liquid rather than solid is used for the test. Hence why I think it must have been prescribed for suspected diabetic gastroparesis. Of course, nobody has bothered to explain anything properly to me. So, I'm guessing. I have had a mysterious nasty vomiting condition for many years.
In my opinion the test should be repeated, at least once, with a solid barium meal. I can't see why on earth they would give someone diabetic a liquid in the first place, if it can compromise the results. I dersay they just give it to everyone as standard whether they are diabetic or not.
At any rate, I'm posting here to say be very careful with Metaclopramide. This is very dangerous stuff and of course my doctor never bothered to warn me of this; if he even knows that in the first place.
It's been known to cause severe depression.
Someone even killed themselves as a symptom of taking it.
"Depression Leading to Suicide As An Adverse Effect of Metoclopramide"
Internet Scientific Publications
ispub.com
I have just hauled myself out of a depressive slump and take 5htp for depression, I have for years. It's a really good product with no side effects.
On the other hand, Metaclopramide is a 5ht3 and 5ht4 agonist. So, it's a depressant. It's almost straight away had an awful effect on my brain. It's as bad as that Seroxat c**p, which imo should never have been given to me because it had alarming symptoms despite long term use and made me very strange and severely suicidal.
That was right before Panorama did their exposee. My doctor at the time was downright evil and a horrible bully, calling me a liar and putting me up to maximum legal dosage because the obvious and common negative effects had yet to be admitted to by the manufacturers. It was one of the darkest times I've ever had.
And Metaclopramide works in much the same way. It's probably had an enhanced effect because I take 5htp. Which should be in my medical notes umpteen times.
It's been distressing to take it. I was too depressed to even get dressed for several days. I was completely miserable. I felt like life wasn't worth living. And I started having awful unsettling muscular movement failure. Brain signals weren't traveling at the right speed, or something.
I had problems with Seroxat. Big ones. I'd nearly get hit by cars because I had brain lag and thought the road was clear when it wasn't.
The day before yesterday I broke glass all over my bedroom floor due to failure to process muscular movement related to drinking.
My mum looked into it more today.
Looks like doctors aren't meant to prescribe it to people who had bad symptoms from taking SSRIs, including Seroxat. And aren't meant to prescribe it to anyone who's been diagnosed with clinical depression.
This is why I don't trust doctors to know what's best for me. They usually don't.
In conclusion, be careful if your doctor prescribes Metaclopramide. They probably won't bother to explain any of this, don't understand much about how it works, and can't/won't help at all if this or any of the SSRIs drive you into a state of severe despair.
Stay safe. Stay alive. It's important.
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