jinefizzh
08-07-2016, 10:46 AM
Hello,
My poodle Habibi was diagnosed with Cushings two years ago. He had all the symptoms: panting, weight gain, weak muscles, incontinence, etc. We treated him with Lysodren and got to a place where he was much better: no panting, strong bladder, back to his old weight, frisky.
The last couple months symptoms have come back: panting, and incontinence (sometimes he wakes us up 4-6 times a night). Add to this, pacing and pacing and pacing. Also his back legs have gotten incredibly weak. I'm trying to brace myself for the worst, while making sure that Habibi is as comfortable and healthy as he can be considering the circumstances. I've tried melotonin and it helped with the night pacing...but then he wakes up in a puddle of urine. We've given him a mood altering drug (vet recommended) to get him eating again and it has worked but I wonder if that is part of why he's so peppy at night. The sat and Sunday afternoons when he gets his weekly lysodren (now only a quarter of a pill because of the weight loss) are the worst with constant anxious pacing and diarrhea and sad stares. I'd love a sense of the trajectory that other folks have been and are experiencing with their dogs and this terrible disease.
My poodle Habibi was diagnosed with Cushings two years ago. He had all the symptoms: panting, weight gain, weak muscles, incontinence, etc. We treated him with Lysodren and got to a place where he was much better: no panting, strong bladder, back to his old weight, frisky.
The last couple months symptoms have come back: panting, and incontinence (sometimes he wakes us up 4-6 times a night). Add to this, pacing and pacing and pacing. Also his back legs have gotten incredibly weak. I'm trying to brace myself for the worst, while making sure that Habibi is as comfortable and healthy as he can be considering the circumstances. I've tried melotonin and it helped with the night pacing...but then he wakes up in a puddle of urine. We've given him a mood altering drug (vet recommended) to get him eating again and it has worked but I wonder if that is part of why he's so peppy at night. The sat and Sunday afternoons when he gets his weekly lysodren (now only a quarter of a pill because of the weight loss) are the worst with constant anxious pacing and diarrhea and sad stares. I'd love a sense of the trajectory that other folks have been and are experiencing with their dogs and this terrible disease.