Humira mental side effects

[Aqumseya]

Please I am suffering from all these Humira mental side effects. Anxiety, panic attacks, scary thoughts, feeling out of control. Anyone suffered from this?How did it get better? Did you take anything? Please I stopped 4 months ago and they are still going on please help let me know how things were for you and how you got back to normal.
Thank you

 

[LuckyD]

I too am on humira...going on 4 months. I have also gone through periods of anxiety and depression but I attribute these to my UC and how the disease has changed my life forever.

I highly encourage you to talk to your doctor and let them know how you're feeling. They can prescribe you something to address these issues.

I was given an antidepressant called amitriptiline. This medication has not only taken away my anxiety and depression but also helped me sleep better, reduced the pain I get from cramps, and gotten rid of my migraine headaches.

I hope that your GI can find something that works for you.

 

[Aqumseya]

Thank you for your input I will talk to my doctor

 

[LuckyD]

You're welcome! I hope you feel better soon.

 

[BilboTheApe]

Hey aqumseya,

Sorry you are going through a tough time. What you describe does sound unpleasant indeed.

Have your difficulties been caused by the Humira? I don't know, but you are not the first person to complain about such side effects. It is possible.

Some of these things do kind of come with the territory of having IBD like LuckyD said, so that is another possibility.

If the Humira is the cause you should hopefully know relatively soon. I think it can take a number of months for the drug to leave your system completely.

I remember when I came off antidepressants, it took months for the withdrawal symptoms to go away. It should have been out of my system in just weeks yet that was my experience. Sometimes we really don't fully know how a person will react to any given medicine.

I think you should just take real good care of yourself for the time being. Right now, you are numero uno ha.

 

[Dressonfire]

Please I am suffering from all these Humira mental side effects. Anxiety, panic attacks, scary thoughts, feeling out of control. Anyone suffered from this?How did it get better? Did you take anything? Please I stopped 4 months ago and they are still going on please help let me know how things were for you and how you got back to normal.
Thank you

I have been going through similar things. I don’t have a history of panic attacks or any of that but I developed them ( panic attacks) about a year ago. I have been taking Humira for two years. I don’t know if there is any connection. It seems like there is a correlation now that I hear a few other people say similar things. I hate the panic and anxiety that I get and it really seems like it just happened out of nowhere. But now I am really wondering if humira is the cause.