[Debbie D]

so, I've been injecting Copaxone for 8 days now, and my DH cannot believe how irritable I am...it's difficult to control my anger.
Does Cop do this to people? Or are the roids still affecting me? Or am I just a b*&ch?

[tovaxin_lab_rat]

http://www.rxlist.com/copaxone-drug.htm

Not sure if what you are describing is a listed side effect but....it could be the steroids too. I didn't do well on Copaxone but I don't do well on most drugs! Lyrica caused me to have hallucinations for 3 days and that was on the lowest dose!!

anxiety, agitation, confusion, nervousness I think all fit into the b&tchiness category.

If you continue to read down the page, you will find the following side effects. These are all the side effects reported during the clinical trials.

Nervous System: Dizziness, hypesthesia, paresthesia, insomnia, depression, dysesthesia, incoordination, somnolence, abnormal gait, amnesia, emotional lability, Lhermitte's sign, abnormal thinking, twitching, euphoria, and sleep disorder.


Nervous:

• Frequent: Abnormal dreams, emotional lability, and stupor.
• Infrequent: Aphasia, ataxia, convulsion, circumoral paresthesia, depersonalization, hallucinations, hostility, hypokinesia, coma, concentration disorder, facial paralysis, decreased libido, manic
  memory impairment, myoclonus, neuralgia, paranoid reaction, paraplegia, psychotic depression, and transient stupor. reaction,

[Natalie8]

I was on Copaxone for 6 weeks and had too many systemic side effects including incredible anxiety and jitteriness. I felt slightly agitated all the time. I kept waiting for the side effects to go away. I finally gave it up when it made my brain so mushy and flaky that I backed out of the garage and took the passenger side window off of the car. Ergh!!

[Kitty]

I didn't do well on C but it wasn't because of the side effects so much as the fact I showed progression on my MRI while on it.

But......the injection from C caused so many site reactions and they were very uncomfortable so I was anxious all the time while on it....I knew I had to do it each day so I was not looking forward to it....which can cause b*tchiness. Thank goodness for LDN - no side effects except a nice, calm feeling..........

[dmplaura]

Wow, I'm the abnormal dream queen now, and prior to beginning Copaxone, it was rare for me to even recall my dreams.

[tkrik]

Originally Posted by dmplaura

Wow, I'm the abnormal dream queen now,

Me too! While I have always been able to remember my dreams, which were "normal" kinds of dreams, since starting C they are sometimes bizarre! And, I can't recall all of them like I used to, I just vaguely remember them being really weird.

As for the irritability, I don't know the answer to that as the cause could be the C, the 'roids, part of the flare you are in, etc. Whatever the cause is, it is bothersome to you and I would talk to your neuro about it.