“Why does my son feel anxious after his chemotherapy?”
My son has chemotherapy and after the session ends, he feels anxious and it's usually hard to ease this anxiety. Why does my son have this anxiety after his chemo treatment?
1 Answer
Unfortunately, having cancer of any type can be stressful in itself, causing high anxiety. To top it off, having chemotherapy can add to it's stress, as most patient are worried of the side effects it may have (ex, nausea/vomiting, whole body aches, fatigue, weakness, loss of appetite, weakening of the immune system, etc). Also one medication that is given in many chemotherapy regimen, is Dexamethasone. Dexamethasone is a steriod. It is used to combat many side effects of the chemotherapy, mostly nausea and vomiting, and the inflammatory effects of the dying cancer cells. One of Dexamethasone's common side effect is anxiety. This can be easily treated with many medications, that your son's oncologist can prescribe. Please have your son talk to his oncologist about this concern, and other other side effects of the chemotherapy treatments. I hope your son has a quick recovery of his cancer.
