Struggling
Hi, I’m a 29F, was diagnosed with AIH in January this year. I’ve started on prednisone in February, a week on a higher dosage of 21mg - best week, felt energetic. Then went to 15mg and after a month started on Aza 50mg. Prednisone only was not able to lower my lab results of AST / ALT, but after a month on Aza it did lowered down.
At the beginning I thought I was going to die, specially when prednisone only didn’t work. It was tough waiting for one more month, I felt so so anxious. But now that I know Aza is working I haven’t been feeling better... I mean, I feel depressed. Sometimes I just want to stop taking all the meds, but I know I can’t. Idk if the depression is bc of prednisone or if it is bc I’m struggling with the diagnosis and grieving for my old life before the disease. I miss not knowing about the disease at all, I was just fine, living my life as usual, and now I feel depressed, I have nausea almost every day, I feel tired even though I spent my day watching TV and walking with my dog for 15 minutes. I miss alcohol, the taste of it, going to a pub with my friends.
How long did it take for you to accept the new life? I mean, I’m on psychotherapy, I even increased my sessions to 2 per week, but it’s not getting any better.