Posted by Emme on August 6, 2002, at 11:43:41
Hi All,
I'm begging for lots of input these days. Here's the deal. My white blood cell count has been a little low since at least sometime in June. It's not dangerously low. It's holding steady so far at 3.5. I'm taking Neurontin, Lamictal, clonazepam, atenolol, and sometimes a teeny dash of Seroquel.
I was curious as to whether anyone else has had a lowered WBC count that was attributable to meds. I'm going to see a hematologist tomorrow at my internist's request - I think/hope she's just being cautious.
I looked in the PDR and it looks like both Neurontin and Lamictal have some potential to decrease WBC counts. But it looked like that was pretty uncommon. I've been on both drugs before and had normal WBC, though the dosage was slightly lower and I hadn't been on as long. Although Lamictal is working out now, I did feel a bit fluish at times during the titration up, which makes me think there's some sort of immune system response...
And while I'm at it, it seems to be happening again. After *really* strenuous exercise (like many hours of tough yard work this weekend), I'm very tired the next day, and then mega-jitteriness physical anxiety symptoms pop up. It happened for days after a hiking trip, and I occasionally experience it on a smaller scale after a physically demanding day. Anyone notice a correlation between physical activity and anxiety symptoms? Ritch/Mitch thought the intensity of exercise knocked something loose in my HPA axis, which does make some sense. My other theory is that I don't eat enough to compensate for the activity and my blood sugar rides low for a while. Just a thought.... My internist found nothing really wrong during the extreme phsycial fight-or-flight stuff.
Thanks for your help,
Emme
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