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Flares and mental health

I over did it last week physically, Sunday and Monday had pretty intense fatigue, Tuesday I had TERRIBLE anxiety and depression, almost had some panic attacks.
Now today I’m back to normal, anyone else get anxiety or depression with their flares? This was a first for me.

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u/Unlucky_Delivery7670 — 21 hours ago
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Career change

Got diagnosed last June, I’ve done construction my whole life.. now I can’t get sun and my body just doesn’t recover like it used to.
I can’t go be a cashier or something along those lines because of how low the wage is.. what am I supposed to do? I need money to live. I’ve made good money my whole life, now I can’t because of lupus. I don’t know what to do… any advice or comments would help.

I’ve thought about disability but I got denied

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u/Unlucky_Delivery7670 — 2 days ago
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Stop medication

Anybody ever stopped taking their meds? How was it?
Both my aunts have lupus and they stopped taking meds years ago.

I’ve been on benlysta for months and don’t notice anything, other than rashes. Still extremely sun sensitive. And very prone to infection.

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u/Unlucky_Delivery7670 — 3 months ago
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How many of you have experienced these?

During the worst of my flare I kept experiencing aura in my vision, then I couldn’t finish sentences, one time I even had facial drooping. Every time I went to the ER to be sure it wasn’t a stroke, and sure enough the catscan showed no clots every time I went.

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u/Unlucky_Delivery7670 — 4 months ago