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Sun-29-11-2015, 19:25 PM
I joined this site just one week ago, and have already appreciated its true value. Having suffered with psoriasis for 24 years it was well over due! But I'm glad I did. Never a friendlier bunch of crazy people have I encountered in one space (apart from maybe my Facebook friends), but the big difference is our shared experience of this unpleasant (and for many, distressing) condition.
If anyone should stumble upon this site just as I did, please stay and join in, you will be made very welcome
And so my journey begins. I started taking Fumaderm on 5th November 2015, so I shall back track a little to create a fuller picture.
Week 1, Day 1. Very excited! One dose of Fumaderm initial each day for one week. No adverse effects to report for the week.
Week 2, day 1. So far so good. Two initial doses, all good for a few days.
Week 2 day 3(approx). My first flush today around 2.00pm - wow! Looked and felt like a beacon, lasted around 20 minutes. Nothing there after.
Week 2, day 4. My first cramp - and I felt it. Happened around same time, accompanied by a milder flush. Was unpleasant but copable, lasted around 10 minutes then as good as new.
-this pattern continued for the rest of that week-
Week 3 day 1. Increased initial dose to 3 per day. First day, same as above though symptoms lessening.
Week 3, day 2. Woken with flushes but not severe (quite pleasant!). Later, nausea lasting around 20 minutes. Not pleasant!
-these symptoms continued through the course of the week, though for brief periods -
Week 4, day 1. Increased dose to 1 x 120mg. Normal day, slight cramps and flushes.
Week 4, day 2. Woke to severe nausea and cramps. Very painful and unpleasant, lasted approx 30 minutes and felt fatigued afterwards - worse day so far. When passed, felt normal for rest of day.
Week 4, day 3. Woke poorly again, severe cramps and nausea, flushes now extending to hands accompanied with itching. Once passes, very tired then all OK.
Week 4, day 4. Woken with severe cramps and nausea, this time extending to sickness, extreme fatigue afterwards, slept and woke half hour later feeling normal again.
Week 4, day 5. Woken with cramps/nausea and sickness again. Mild flushing. Lasted approx an hour, felt OK once passed. No side effects for rest of day. Took decision to change timing of meds from dinner to lunch time to avoid morning side effects. Experienced brief cramps in evening but very mild.
Week 4, day 6 (today). Woke this morning with no side effects at all! Took meds at lunchtime, experiencing a little nausea and cramp whilst writing this and feel a flush coming on but very mild all considered, compared to morning experiences.
That is all for now folks, will update when necessary.
If anyone should stumble upon this site just as I did, please stay and join in, you will be made very welcome
And so my journey begins. I started taking Fumaderm on 5th November 2015, so I shall back track a little to create a fuller picture.
Week 1, Day 1. Very excited! One dose of Fumaderm initial each day for one week. No adverse effects to report for the week.
Week 2, day 1. So far so good. Two initial doses, all good for a few days.
Week 2 day 3(approx). My first flush today around 2.00pm - wow! Looked and felt like a beacon, lasted around 20 minutes. Nothing there after.
Week 2, day 4. My first cramp - and I felt it. Happened around same time, accompanied by a milder flush. Was unpleasant but copable, lasted around 10 minutes then as good as new.
-this pattern continued for the rest of that week-
Week 3 day 1. Increased initial dose to 3 per day. First day, same as above though symptoms lessening.
Week 3, day 2. Woken with flushes but not severe (quite pleasant!). Later, nausea lasting around 20 minutes. Not pleasant!
-these symptoms continued through the course of the week, though for brief periods -
Week 4, day 1. Increased dose to 1 x 120mg. Normal day, slight cramps and flushes.
Week 4, day 2. Woke to severe nausea and cramps. Very painful and unpleasant, lasted approx 30 minutes and felt fatigued afterwards - worse day so far. When passed, felt normal for rest of day.
Week 4, day 3. Woke poorly again, severe cramps and nausea, flushes now extending to hands accompanied with itching. Once passes, very tired then all OK.
Week 4, day 4. Woken with severe cramps and nausea, this time extending to sickness, extreme fatigue afterwards, slept and woke half hour later feeling normal again.
Week 4, day 5. Woken with cramps/nausea and sickness again. Mild flushing. Lasted approx an hour, felt OK once passed. No side effects for rest of day. Took decision to change timing of meds from dinner to lunch time to avoid morning side effects. Experienced brief cramps in evening but very mild.
Week 4, day 6 (today). Woke this morning with no side effects at all! Took meds at lunchtime, experiencing a little nausea and cramp whilst writing this and feel a flush coming on but very mild all considered, compared to morning experiences.
That is all for now folks, will update when necessary.