Stress and INR

tonia wrote:

<quoted text> no becky 1.2 isnt bad but everones is diffrent.they told me mine wasnt clotting till it was at a .5a salad can bring it from a 1.7 to a 2.0 my dr would have told me to get a salad need ask your dr what he thinks even if nurse dont its your life not hers and she isnt a doctor

my INR is 1.2 also it seems either my coumadin isnt working or my body is rejecting it im only 23 now was 21 when i passed my blood clot into my lungs. my clinic is stumped because ive been taking 15mg a day but yet still at 1.2 they said that i might have to get hephrin shots in the stomach

Fact: stress affects INR. See for a short discussion of stress and warfarin http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11918508

I am very happy to have found this website. I am 28 and have been on Warfain since Sept 2011. I am tired all of the time and cannot seem to get my blood levels stable. I jump from 3.9 one week to 1.3 the next. I have been on a stable dose of 10mg Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sat and 7.5mg every other night. I do not miss doses and stay away from greens and my personal favorite, wine! The only thing I can come up with is stress. I have a very demanding job and am currently in the middle of building a house! Does anyone know if they check for Factor V Leiden automatically after you have a blood clot-DVT? I am thinking of asking my Dr when I see him in June. Hopefully after my Angiogram in June I will have a clean bill of health and can get off of the poison! Frustrated and sick of getting poked every week and being tired!

Campbell wrote:

I am very happy to have found this website. I am 28 and have been on Warfain since Sept 2011. I am tired all of the time and cannot seem to get my blood levels stable. I jump from 3.9 one week to 1.3 the next. I have been on a stable dose of 10mg Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sat and 7.5mg every other night. I do not miss doses and stay away from greens and my personal favorite, wine! The only thing I can come up with is stress. I have a very demanding job and am currently in the middle of building a house! Does anyone know if they check for Factor V Leiden automatically after you have a blood clot-DVT? I am thinking of asking my Dr when I see him in June. Hopefully after my Angiogram in June I will have a clean bill of health and can get off of the poison! Frustrated and sick of getting poked every week and being tired!

Hi, Stress seriously affects my INR but I check my blood at home now so I can keep a close eye on it as I'm also dieting and keeping fit which all affect INR readings. As with checking for Factor V Leiden I think it depends on your health provider. I'm in the UK and they did check mine on a screening test for all sorts of things. I've had these tests carried out twice now as its my second P.E which means I'm on Warfarin for life now :-( Definitely ask your consultant as it stops you from wondering and puts your mind at rest. Its scary stuff at the best of times. I still fret all the time, especially when I get leg pain! Good luck with it all. Hopefully you'll post on here...

Hi! I have been on warfarin for 3 weeks now, after a pulmonary embolism. I did well up to 3 days ago, I am very nausious and have diahrea. I am buying a house for the first time, found out we have to move in about 3 days ago. I'm wondering if the stress could be causing the symptoms due to the warfarin. Nothing seems to make it better.. Help??