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[Rachel75]

Hi all,

my husband and I are talking about potentially having another baby. We currently have 1 child who is 22 months and we would like another one. Problem is, my one and only past pregnancy was an absolute nightmare. I contacted my GP to see if there was anything I could take instead of propiverine or oxybutinin that is safe during pregnancy. He has come back with a definite 'no'. Does anyone think/know otherwise? The problem I seem to have is if I come off this drug, I sweat profusely, full on sweat. Last pregnancy the only thing that worked was using a hairdryer almost constantly to keep the sweat from making me all slimey etc and I went through about 7 towels a day, just mopping myself up. Has anyone else experienced the same problem? I have (touch wood) never had a full on dysreflexic attack but the sweating is definitely dysreflexic type sweat. Can anyone help/have any suggestions? Does anyone take anything that isn't propiverine or oxybutinin but does the same thing? Ideally, I would love to manage everything naturally but has anyone tried that?

Thanks for help.

Rachel

[Ferreira]

Rachel75, on 21 March 2011 - 09:11 PM, said:

Hi all,

my husband and I are talking about potentially having another baby. We currently have 1 child who is 22 months and we would like another one. Problem is, my one and only past pregnancy was an absolute nightmare. I contacted my GP to see if there was anything I could take instead of propiverine or oxybutinin that is safe during pregnancy. He has come back with a definite 'no'. Does anyone think/know otherwise? The problem I seem to have is if I come off this drug, I sweat profusely, full on sweat. Last pregnancy the only thing that worked was using a hairdryer almost constantly to keep the sweat from making me all slimey etc and I went through about 7 towels a day, just mopping myself up. Has anyone else experienced the same problem? I have (touch wood) never had a full on dysreflexic attack but the sweating is definitely dysreflexic type sweat. Can anyone help/have any suggestions? Does anyone take anything that isn't propiverine or oxybutinin but does the same thing? Ideally, I would love to manage everything naturally but has anyone tried that?

Thanks for help.

Rachel

Hello, i have tryed to stop taking oxybutinin but its seems like i can´t. If i forget to, i´ll soon remember because i start to sweat a lot. I don´t know what causes the sweating but i know what avoids it. The pills.

[brockit79]

Hi,

Interesting post: My doctors have recommended that I take oxybutanin, which I am trying to do without by exhausting all other options. If it is a dysreflexic type sweat that tells me that oxybutanin is controlling a noxious stimuli below your level of paralysis. How long have you been without taking Oxybutanin before you start taking it again?

Perhaps look at other possible ways of controlling the problem which you started taking it for. Because Oxy works on all 'white muscle' indiscriminately it's hard to pinpoint what could be causing you to sweat.

You have a young child so you know it is possible to do it so, in my opinion, your doctor should be explaining everything to you and exactly why no other products can work. Persist with your doc get some answers.

I wish you the best of luck
Broc

[Ferreira]

brockit79, on 14 October 2011 - 07:08 AM, said:

Hi,

Interesting post: My doctors have recommended that I take oxybutanin, which I am trying to do without by exhausting all other options. If it is a dysreflexic type sweat that tells me that oxybutanin is controlling a noxious stimuli below your level of paralysis. How long have you been without taking Oxybutanin before you start taking it again?

Perhaps look at other possible ways of controlling the problem which you started taking it for. Because Oxy works on all 'white muscle' indiscriminately it's hard to pinpoint what could be causing you to sweat.

You have a young child so you know it is possible to do it so, in my opinion, your doctor should be explaining everything to you and exactly why no other products can work. Persist with your doc get some answers.

I wish you the best of luck
Broc

Kelly let me know what do you take instead of that substance. I do one pill a day of Ditropan 5mg. I was told by several docs it relaxes the bladder, so it may be the "white muscle". Thanks.

[brockit79]

Ferreira, on 14 October 2011 - 11:18 PM, said:

brockit79, on 14 October 2011 - 07:08 AM, said:

Hi,

Interesting post: My doctors have recommended that I take oxybutanin, which I am trying to do without by exhausting all other options. If it is a dysreflexic type sweat that tells me that oxybutanin is controlling a noxious stimuli below your level of paralysis. How long have you been without taking Oxybutanin before you start taking it again?

Perhaps look at other possible ways of controlling the problem which you started taking it for. Because Oxy works on all 'white muscle' indiscriminately it's hard to pinpoint what could be causing you to sweat.

You have a young child so you know it is possible to do it so, in my opinion, your doctor should be explaining everything to you and exactly why no other products can work. Persist with your doc get some answers.

I wish you the best of luck
Broc

Kelly let me know what do you take instead of that substance. I do one pill a day of Ditropan 5mg. I was told by several docs it relaxes the bladder, so it may be the "white muscle". Thanks.

Hi,

In my case: My bladder started misbehaving every 3 to 6 weeks and not all the time. Being a person who believes there are reasons for most things I am looking to discover the cause of my bladder spasms. I think that if it were because of elevated pressure in the bladder alone it would be happening more frequently; I am fairly new to SCI and appreciate I may be wrong but I have seen a pattern. Bladder issues tend to strike when it is that dreaded time of the month or just around a week before. My bladder sadly dislikes wine too; again another pattern I have noticed is that I don't often drink a lot of alcohol but in the past around these times I will have a blow out; do I drink a lot of alcohol because of PMT?

So what I am doing is not giving in to temptation when I feel like getting hammered (although I do drink the odd pear cider here and there)and looking to control my monthly's. If these measures don't work then I will look to anti-muscarinic drugs such as Oxybutanin. In relation to the original question I would be questioning what is the cause of the dysreflexia; is it the bladder? Because these type of drugs work on other 'white muscle'; lungs, heart, bladder, anal sphincter etc?

I hope that this helps
Broc

[Ferreira]

brockit79, on 15 October 2011 - 08:14 AM, said:

Ferreira, on 14 October 2011 - 11:18 PM, said:

brockit79, on 14 October 2011 - 07:08 AM, said:

Hi,

Interesting post: My doctors have recommended that I take oxybutanin, which I am trying to do without by exhausting all other options. If it is a dysreflexic type sweat that tells me that oxybutanin is controlling a noxious stimuli below your level of paralysis. How long have you been without taking Oxybutanin before you start taking it again?

Perhaps look at other possible ways of controlling the problem which you started taking it for. Because Oxy works on all 'white muscle' indiscriminately it's hard to pinpoint what could be causing you to sweat.

You have a young child so you know it is possible to do it so, in my opinion, your doctor should be explaining everything to you and exactly why no other products can work. Persist with your doc get some answers.

I wish you the best of luck
Broc

Kelly let me know what do you take instead of that substance. I do one pill a day of Ditropan 5mg. I was told by several docs it relaxes the bladder, so it may be the "white muscle". Thanks.

Hi,

In my case: My bladder started misbehaving every 3 to 6 weeks and not all the time. Being a person who believes there are reasons for most things I am looking to discover the cause of my bladder spasms. I think that if it were because of elevated pressure in the bladder alone it would be happening more frequently; I am fairly new to SCI and appreciate I may be wrong but I have seen a pattern. Bladder issues tend to strike when it is that dreaded time of the month or just around a week before. My bladder sadly dislikes wine too; again another pattern I have noticed is that I don't often drink a lot of alcohol but in the past around these times I will have a blow out; do I drink a lot of alcohol because of PMT?

So what I am doing is not giving in to temptation when I feel like getting hammered (although I do drink the odd pear cider here and there)and looking to control my monthly's. If these measures don't work then I will look to anti-muscarinic drugs such as Oxybutanin. In relation to the original question I would be questioning what is the cause of the dysreflexia; is it the bladder? Because these type of drugs work on other 'white muscle'; lungs, heart, bladder, anal sphincter etc?

I hope that this helps
Broc

Dysreflexia as i know, is caused when something is wrong,it´s like a submarine´s horn or alarm. It may be when experiencing pain mostly, though i get it sometimes if i stay for too long out in the sun. If my body overheats i get it. I believe its due to the body being unable to alert the brain in the normal way expressing that something needs attention.
By the way, do you know who i am?

[brockit79]

Ferreira, on 15 October 2011 - 01:20 PM, said:

brockit79, on 15 October 2011 - 08:14 AM, said:

Ferreira, on 14 October 2011 - 11:18 PM, said:

brockit79, on 14 October 2011 - 07:08 AM, said:

Hi,

Interesting post: My doctors have recommended that I take oxybutanin, which I am trying to do without by exhausting all other options. If it is a dysreflexic type sweat that tells me that oxybutanin is controlling a noxious stimuli below your level of paralysis. How long have you been without taking Oxybutanin before you start taking it again?

Perhaps look at other possible ways of controlling the problem which you started taking it for. Because Oxy works on all 'white muscle' indiscriminately it's hard to pinpoint what could be causing you to sweat.

You have a young child so you know it is possible to do it so, in my opinion, your doctor should be explaining everything to you and exactly why no other products can work. Persist with your doc get some answers.

I wish you the best of luck
Broc

Kelly let me know what do you take instead of that substance. I do one pill a day of Ditropan 5mg. I was told by several docs it relaxes the bladder, so it may be the "white muscle". Thanks.

Hi,

In my case: My bladder started misbehaving every 3 to 6 weeks and not all the time. Being a person who believes there are reasons for most things I am looking to discover the cause of my bladder spasms. I think that if it were because of elevated pressure in the bladder alone it would be happening more frequently; I am fairly new to SCI and appreciate I may be wrong but I have seen a pattern. Bladder issues tend to strike when it is that dreaded time of the month or just around a week before. My bladder sadly dislikes wine too; again another pattern I have noticed is that I don't often drink a lot of alcohol but in the past around these times I will have a blow out; do I drink a lot of alcohol because of PMT?

So what I am doing is not giving in to temptation when I feel like getting hammered (although I do drink the odd pear cider here and there)and looking to control my monthly's. If these measures don't work then I will look to anti-muscarinic drugs such as Oxybutanin. In relation to the original question I would be questioning what is the cause of the dysreflexia; is it the bladder? Because these type of drugs work on other 'white muscle'; lungs, heart, bladder, anal sphincter etc?

I hope that this helps
Broc

Dysreflexia as i know, is caused when something is wrong,it´s like a submarine´s horn or alarm. It may be when experiencing pain mostly, though i get it sometimes if i stay for too long out in the sun. If my body overheats i get it. I believe its due to the body being unable to alert the brain in the normal way expressing that something needs attention.
By the way, do you know who i am?

LMAO you are a Portu-geeza?

There is me going off on one about female things not noticing that you are male. Herrlich! Bom-vindo ao Apparelyzed!