Hi all!
I have been on Plaq for a year. Great at first, then over the year my symptoms have returned. It doesn't help that we have just moved to a much colder climate. So finally I called my dr and asked if he could change some meds. He did this over the phone since I am 6 1/2 hr away but plan to follow up with him in March. So he added Methotrexate, very low dose and folic acid. I have taken one dose (it is prescribed once a week) and have felt GREAT! But now that the second dose is due, I am so worried that the times of Poss ovulation + Methotrexate + my hubby and I not being careful (for TMI). We have not practiced any birth control in over 5 years. I got preg in 2005 using Clomid. (Horrible pregnancy, preterm twins, one passed away at a month old). Although I would love to have more but with the complicated pregnancy and all of my Sjogrens symptoms and I am 37, those things don't add up well.
I am thinking to not take anymore Metho until my next cycle starts, just to be sure. I have this odd feeling that it might have triggered ovulation!!
Am I crazy? Overthinking it?
Any advice?
Thanks,
Kirsten
Hi Kirsten
Welcome to SjS World! I'm so sorry to hear that your little one died so young and that the pregnancy was so difficult. It would be a blessing if you could have an uncomplicated pregnancy, but I can understand why you're cautious about what's happening right now.
It must have been hard when your symptoms returned. It sounds as though your doctor found the right meds for you, albeit by telephone. Does he know that there's a possibility you might be/get pregnant? I don't know enough about methotrexate to offer advice - and I wouldn't even if I did! - but I think you should call him right away and explain the situation. Could you use birth control until you've got advice from him?
By the way, you're definitely not crazy. Or 'overthinking'! These are very real concerns and you've already had such a difficult time that you're bound to be cautious.
Thinking of you - Chickpea
If you don't have any moral/religious issues stopping you from birth control, you might schedule an appointment with your GYN to discuss birth control options. You do not want to accidentally get pregnant on a medication like methotrexate. Good for you that you're staying on top of this. I'm so sorry to read about the loss of your baby. I wish you luck with the new medication!
I feel like I should have just waited to take the first dose until the beginning of my cycle instead of in the middle. Like I said, it hasn't seemed like my "things" worked, so there has been no need for birth control. My concern/paranoia is from unprotected sex, a does of methotrexate, and symptoms of ovulation (that I don't normally have) all within 3 days of each other. I am worried that the Methotrexate MADE me ovulate when otherwise I don't. The symptoms of ovulation were as obvious as when I took Clomid to get pregnant 4+ years ago. If not for that, I would not be concerned.
Honestly, I had been feeling so bad, sore, down in the dumps, when I got the Rx called in I just wanted to take it and hopefully get some relief. Well, I know that it makes me feel better!! I can't do anything now but wait for a length of time for a pregnancy test or Mother Nature. I week sure seems like a long time!!!
The Dr does know that we were not planning on having more. I had told him that I was not on any BC because there has seemed to be no need. I am sure that if I was in his office when he prescribed this, it would have been pounded into my head. Again, I would not be worried except for those ovulation symptoms!!!!
I haven't called the dr. I am sure the response would be to not take anymore metho until I was sure, because if I do/have become preg...just have to wait and see.
I am babbling now....i don't want to get a finger wave from the dr for not holding off on starting the meds for the cycle to start over.
Our plans are for my husband to have a vascectomy ASAP. As much as I hate to have something permament, I don't knwo that I can physically handle another pregnancy, esp if it is a repeat of the last.
Thanks for the thoughts of my little angel. Her brother is thankfully in perfect health!