Nice thread topic, huh? That is just the way I feel right now. I am on Lamictal but the doctor wanted to find me a better med to help me sleep than Klonopin as it's started to work less and less. So, she put me on Seoquel as it has helped me two years ago. She told me to still take Klonopin but taper off while taking Seroquel. I did that last night and woke up with the worse "hangover-like" headache. I couldn't get out of bed until 2:30 PM. IT WAS HORRIBLE. I had to cancel my meetings at work, couldn't go to a very important one!! Extremely important. I still can barely type or think. I feel like my brain is mush! It is 1:20 am and I am scared this will happen tomorrow/today. I was told to cut down the Seroquel from 100 to 25 mg. I also heard that Seroquel is a mood stabalizer. Should I be on Lamictal and Seroquel??? Being on two heavy duty meds freaks me out. I am not on the heavier end of the bipolar spectrum as I don't get extremely manic or extremely depressed; actually I don't think I get a little manic or depressed. I have mild bipolar because I am primarily Seasonal Affective Disorder with pretty serious anxiety during the spring and summer months - so I do cycle. During winters, I feel tired and may sometimes get the "blues," but it's not too bad...the fatigue is HORRIBLE and my whole circadium rhythem is out of whack.
I am curious about abilify. Does it help with sleep? If it does, I may just call this quits before it's too late and turn to that one. I don't want to go through any possible withdrawals. God made me the way I am and for this I praise him, but I can't help laugh about the genetic checkmarks against me. Those questionaires you have to fill out regarding medical and mental problems in your family history...why don't they just have a box that says, "All of the above?" Another problem with me is that I also don't EVER reach stage three and four sleep (sleep right before REM), so my body doesn't have a chance to rejuvinate thus having daytime sleepiness with fibromylgia symptoms...stinks! The psychiatrist I am seeing is new (I like her) and finds it amusing that I laugh about it. Well, I have bad genes..it could be worse?? In my opinion, it's what we do with our defective genes and how we use them for God's glory is what's important.
Those darn neurotransmitters, though!! Come on dopamine- get working correctly already (my main difficulty is dopamine (i.e., ADHD, Anxiety, SAD, possible narolepsy with insomnia...). I may not have a Dr. by my name but I have other letters; I feel so special. I am "unique" in that I respond to meds like hardly any person.
First of all, I have been given the Hep. B vaccinee (I think it's Heb B) - the one that has three series. The first time, it didn't work. Ten years later, I had the series again....it didn't work. The nurse in the hospital where I worked at the time stated that for someone not to be immune with the vaccine is very rare...about .01% of the population...lovely.
Here we go - med history; meds underlined!! Relate? Anyone?
When I wake up from anesthesia, I become manic-like..seriously high and active. I have woken (??) up during surgery before and three epiderals didn't work during pregnancy. Yet, I need the lowest dose of Ritalin for it to help my ADHD.
Welbutrin (hangover feeling),
Effexor (almost manic -fast heart beat),
Provigil (just weried feeling - perhaps manic like??),
Zoloft and Lexapro - different times (worked a little for anxiety, not a lot),
Paxil (muscle twitches - good for anxiety but those darn muscle twitches!),
Those addictive anti-anxiety meds like Zanax - loved 'em but as people say, "They're addictive!" -- not to me, they helped me!! They worked but they are not considered a mood stabilizer so they wouldn't help in the winter.
Remeron (good but woke up feeling really really tired - not good for SAD during winter).
Depokote (slept most of the time, felt like a mental patient) on it for two days until the doc said I was not bipolar. Just to find out many years later SAD is a mild form of bipolar II. I feel like a lab rat...actually they may have it better. We are all so different, so there is no other way!!
Does any one else have this problem with meds? I feel so alone...like .001% alone as another psychiatrist told me I am an "anigma." A really good neurologist & sleep doctor working alongside with a psychiatrist couldn't figure me out and said I was "unique" and was a difficult case. Where ever I go, the psychiatrist and I joke around that I should adopt my next child because the genes are just not good in my family (so true). My husband and I have one child who is three (child is doing wonderful but already has OCD like symptoms (from hubby) and expressive speech delay (me). I don't want to take chances...I will pray! Writing this I still have to laugh at the genetic strikes against me yet through God I can accomplish whatever task he sets before me! Praise God. Genetics, labels, all that stuff is NOTHING! Let's just laugh it in the face, deal with it (go to the doctor), pray to God everyday for strength, and use it for our ministry if God wills. My biggest prayer for us all right now is that God allows us to find the right medication to help us!! Again, this stinks.
God bless,
I am curious about abilify. Does it help with sleep? If it does, I may just call this quits before it's too late and turn to that one. I don't want to go through any possible withdrawals. God made me the way I am and for this I praise him, but I can't help laugh about the genetic checkmarks against me. Those questionaires you have to fill out regarding medical and mental problems in your family history...why don't they just have a box that says, "All of the above?" Another problem with me is that I also don't EVER reach stage three and four sleep (sleep right before REM), so my body doesn't have a chance to rejuvinate thus having daytime sleepiness with fibromylgia symptoms...stinks! The psychiatrist I am seeing is new (I like her) and finds it amusing that I laugh about it. Well, I have bad genes..it could be worse?? In my opinion, it's what we do with our defective genes and how we use them for God's glory is what's important.
Those darn neurotransmitters, though!! Come on dopamine- get working correctly already (my main difficulty is dopamine (i.e., ADHD, Anxiety, SAD, possible narolepsy with insomnia...). I may not have a Dr. by my name but I have other letters; I feel so special. I am "unique" in that I respond to meds like hardly any person.
First of all, I have been given the Hep. B vaccinee (I think it's Heb B) - the one that has three series. The first time, it didn't work. Ten years later, I had the series again....it didn't work. The nurse in the hospital where I worked at the time stated that for someone not to be immune with the vaccine is very rare...about .01% of the population...lovely.
Here we go - med history; meds underlined!! Relate? Anyone?
When I wake up from anesthesia, I become manic-like..seriously high and active. I have woken (??) up during surgery before and three epiderals didn't work during pregnancy. Yet, I need the lowest dose of Ritalin for it to help my ADHD.
Welbutrin (hangover feeling),
Effexor (almost manic -fast heart beat),
Provigil (just weried feeling - perhaps manic like??),
Zoloft and Lexapro - different times (worked a little for anxiety, not a lot),
Paxil (muscle twitches - good for anxiety but those darn muscle twitches!),
Those addictive anti-anxiety meds like Zanax - loved 'em but as people say, "They're addictive!" -- not to me, they helped me!! They worked but they are not considered a mood stabilizer so they wouldn't help in the winter.
Remeron (good but woke up feeling really really tired - not good for SAD during winter).
Depokote (slept most of the time, felt like a mental patient) on it for two days until the doc said I was not bipolar. Just to find out many years later SAD is a mild form of bipolar II. I feel like a lab rat...actually they may have it better. We are all so different, so there is no other way!!
Does any one else have this problem with meds? I feel so alone...like .001% alone as another psychiatrist told me I am an "anigma." A really good neurologist & sleep doctor working alongside with a psychiatrist couldn't figure me out and said I was "unique" and was a difficult case. Where ever I go, the psychiatrist and I joke around that I should adopt my next child because the genes are just not good in my family (so true). My husband and I have one child who is three (child is doing wonderful but already has OCD like symptoms (from hubby) and expressive speech delay (me). I don't want to take chances...I will pray! Writing this I still have to laugh at the genetic strikes against me yet through God I can accomplish whatever task he sets before me! Praise God. Genetics, labels, all that stuff is NOTHING! Let's just laugh it in the face, deal with it (go to the doctor), pray to God everyday for strength, and use it for our ministry if God wills. My biggest prayer for us all right now is that God allows us to find the right medication to help us!! Again, this stinks.
God bless,
