Tips and advice for any mental and emotional side effects of treatment
I asked my GP for help with the anxiety and was given medicatuib, which I took for 6 weeks. It helped, even after I stopped taking it, especially with sleeping.
How this treatment impacted my life the most
Anxiety leading up to each PSA test. I had never suffered anxiety before in my life, but I found myself being anxious about other things, not even health-related, and a bit of a hypochondriac.
Why did I give this answer?
It is now 1 year since my diagnosis. My PSA has gone up from 5 to 8 and I' ve just had another MRI, which showed a "slight" change, so I now need another biopsy to determine whether I can continue on active surveillance or need treatment. More anxiety! My Urolologist has really laboured the likely long term side effects of radiography, so, if my biopsy results give me the choice, I will take the active surveillance route again.
