Been taking Mtx since Feb. It's the only drug I'm on.
I take it every Saturday morning, by needle, sometimes I feel nausea the next day (Sunday). But this past Tuesday I woke up and had dizziness, the room was spinning, after I walked around a bit it settled down, but I felt off the whole day. Wed. on I was fine.
This Saturday I took my needle and today Sunday, I was very nauseated and dizzy with a big headache, I've been lying in bed all day, scared to move because of being dizzy. I threw up and that settled the nausea, but still have a headache and dizziness .
Is this a normal side effect from Mtx? Even though I've been taking it since Feb. and never had dizziness before?
I'm not sure and would talk to your doctor about it. I have been having dizzy spells, however I thought it was probably do to low iron or sodium. I have had problems with dizziness in the past to the point of fainting, so I was assuming that was the issue. Maybe the MTX can cause this? To be honest I feel flu like symptoms almost daily. The day after injection is always the worst, however I pretty much feel like I am fighting a cold/flu virus daily (sore throat,irritated eyes,nausea and fatigue).
and headaches....back of the eye kind of headaches :-( We increased the folic acid and that has helped a little.
TaraLynn said:
I'm not sure and would talk to your doctor about it. I have been having dizzy spells, however I thought it was probably do to low iron or sodium. I have had problems with dizziness in the past to the point of fainting, so I was assuming that was the issue. Maybe the MTX can cause this? To be honest I feel flu like symptoms almost daily. The day after injection is always the worst, however I pretty much feel like I am fighting a cold/flu virus daily (sore throat,irritated eyes,nausea and fatigue).
I’ve been on MTX since July '11 both tabs and subcut but have never experienced dizziness as an effect from it. I do get spells of low Bp where I can’t do much because of dizziness but I’ve had this since my teens so its not to do with the MTX.
I would get a check up just to be on the safe side, hope you feel better soon x