I take Dexamethasone

[CozyMystery]

I take 2 4mg pills the day before, of, and after, weekly chemo.

I take 1 4mg pill daily the rest of the time, as of last Thursday. The idea is that it will help me stay awake. Right now, my major chemo side effect is sleeping all the time and having no energy to do anything.

Thanks to DU, I know the side effects, as do my 4 adult children. I asked them to notice if any of these effects occur. I can stay awake longer, like 6 hours at a time during the day. But I still don't have energy that lasts more than 5 minutes. It is kind of interesting to do tasks in such short increments.

OTOH, I laid down for a few minutes before I took a shower the other day, to get up the energy to do so. Six hours later, I awakened.