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Skipping Meds

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This last week I spent over three hours being incapcitated and throwing up while such and then spent 5 hours in an ER room. The diagnosis? Medicine reaction due to interruption in taking meds.

My kids started school this last week. I take seroquel. Anybody that has ever taken it will most likely admit that it can be very difficult to wake up with a clear head in the mornings. So, in order to be fully functioning I did not take my meds for two days. One day I didn't, the next day I did and then the next day I didn't. And then BAM!!! was I sick!

How many of you skip your meds from time to time either planned or unplanned and have you gotten as sick as me from doing it?

I now am taking my meds earlier in the day so that I can wake up more clearer.
 

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:hug: Alaska. I'm so sorry to hear that things have been so ick for you lately!! :hug: I'm glad that you're back to taking your meds... I have never skipped but have been prematurely taken off one (cold turkey) and ended up with a 12-day migraine. During that time I flunked a chem test (42% :doh: ), which was HORRIBLE because my grades are almost always A's. (Got a 4.0 for 3 terms in a row, ruined that last year with 4 A's and a B+, heh, still have a 4.0 in my major). Suffice to say, I am determined to never go off Lamictal immediately like that, no matter what my current psych tells me!

I hope that you feel better soon... hang tough and please keep taking your meds. I can't believe some of the effects you get when you stop taking them, even for a brief time. :hug:
 
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To Answer your question, Yes. I have. Some times I do not like the side effects that these current 10 meds give me, how ever I got really sick and naseated and therefore will not stop taking them again.

I notice when I'm on my medications, I'm overall in better health both mentally and physically. I'm able to focus and think. My mind is not racing. I am going to speak about this at NAMI on Wednesday.
 
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