Diabetes & Byetta

3 Responses to “having issues giving myself my shot”

1. Jody Hana Says:
   June 10th, 2007 at 11:21 pm

   I have an anxiety issue, and I also have issues with injection. I have been
   having my hubby or son do it. I can do it if no one else is here, but I hate
   it…

   Stacy

   Hi,

   I started 3 months ago and had no problems giving myself my shot.

   Then 3 weeks ago I came off cymbalta, was having terrible side effects
   and i have to say the withdrawal symptoms are worse.

   That’s when i stopped being able to give myself the shots. i think
   it’s from the withdrawal, making me have panic issues/fear of needle.
   
   i can eventually do it, sometimes it takes me as much as 15-20 to get
   up the nerve. now my husband is giving it to me sometimes just to
   make it easier on me.

   my doc and i are going to talk when i go back next week if i’m still
   having issues. for the most part it doesn’t hurt, although when i
   went up to byetta 10mcg, it would sting really bad while it was
   injecting. i went back down to 5mcg temporarily until i get the
   cymbalta totally out of my system (which no one can really tell me how
   long it will take since it’s diff for each person).

   so i guess what i’m asking is, what do others do who have problems
   injecting themselves?

   thanks for any advice.

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2. bobbie100 Says:
   June 11th, 2007 at 5:20 pm

   I mentioned in an earlier post that I freeze my injection site to numb it. It
   helps me alot .

   I also noticed a stinging feeling when I went up to the 10mcg. I never had that
   with the 5mcg.

   Good luck! Cindy

   Hi,

   I started 3 months ago and had no problems giving myself my shot.

   Then 3 weeks ago I came off cymbalta, was having terrible side effects
   and i have to say the withdrawal symptoms are worse.

   
   That’s when i stopped being able to give myself the shots. i think
   it’s from the withdrawal, making me have panic issues/fear of needle.
   i can eventually do it, sometimes it takes me as much as 15-20 to get
   up the nerve. now my husband is giving it to me sometimes just to
   make it easier on me.

   my doc and i are going to talk when i go back next week if i’m still
   having issues. for the most part it doesn’t hurt, although when i
   went up to byetta 10mcg, it would sting really bad while it was
   injecting. i went back down to 5mcg temporarily until i get the
   cymbalta totally out of my system (which no one can really tell me how
   long it will take since it’s diff for each person).

   so i guess what i’m asking is, what do others do who have problems
   injecting themselves?

   thanks for any advice.

3. Neva Marjory Says:
   June 13th, 2007 at 10:57 pm

   thanks everyone for the comments.

   ice cube did cross my mind.

   and i did realize that some areas of my stomach are less sensitive.
   i have had two major gyn sugeries so i have an incision from 2006
   that goes from what used to be my belly button down to meet the
   incision from 2001 (bikini cut) that went from pelvic bone to pelvic
   bone. the bikini incision is too far down to do shot although it
   still has numb areas around it. but near the 2006 incision, i have
   noticable numb areas.

   right now my husband has been giving me my shot. i did have to re-
   show him how to inject because it was doing it two handed and when
   he pushed the plunger in, he was hurting me. this a.m. it was
   
   great, hardly felt it.

   and at least i know i’m not the only one. just can’t figure out
   except for withdrawal from cymbalta, why i would all of a sudden not
   be able to do it.

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