Posted by Chloe on March 5, 2002, at 19:31:02
In reply to Polypharmaphiliac at the wide gaits of hell, posted by Er on March 4, 2002, at 22:28:34
> Hi folks,
> Well, today was my appointment with the dark narcomancer of dispensation, and he started me on the ol' Luvox. Now I have color coordinated meds so I think I'm finally straight (Wellbutrin-cerulean being my fave). For those of you who read and responded to my post from last week, thanks again, I'll respond to the new threads where applicable...so, my Psychology Today...
> Here's my question, and it proves that my clever subject line wasn't just for hilarity's sake. My pdoc always seems to prescribe the maximum dosage of anything he gives me...for example, it was Wellbutrin 400 to start (excluding the two weeks of building up to the dosage of course..)....Ritalin, BANG! 40mg a day (which is not max so I read but it's from from min)...Luvox 300mg a day. I wouldn't be surprised if his receptionist blows curare tipped darts into the clients' backs as they walk out the door...I'd also like to announce a littany of curses to my Insurance company who clubbed me over my head to the tune of 130 bucks today for my deductible. Though that's neither here nor there.
> YEah, so back on the subject, sorry, ummm...yeah, does anyone have anything they can say on the matter of my doc's penchant for high doseing?
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> Hyperactively yours and yours and yours,
> EricWell, my pdoc is definitely a polypharmaphiliac. And she does not hesitate to write scripts for each med at much higher doses than I can tolerate(though clearly not the maximum dose allowed...). I tell her that there is no way I can take all that, and she says build up slowly, blah, blah..
So I fill my scripts, but I have at least a three month supply of every med I take!
Just so you don't feel like you are the only one on poly pharmacy, I takeLithium 112 mgs, written for 450 mg
Neurontin 600 mgs, written for 900mgs
Depakote 250 mgs, written for 500 mgs
Celexa 1.3 mgs, written for 4 mgs
Amitriptyline 20 mgs, as written!I tell my pdoc that I just can't handle the amount she wants me to take. I get bad side effects, dizziness, blah, hypomania, or whatever. She always seems so surprised, and I have been seeing her for ten years now! I am a petite person. Sometimes I think doctors think all patients are 250 pound men!
Yikes! 20 mg Ritalin and 400 mgs WB, I would be running marathons, never eating, never sleeping, telling people off and grinding my teeth down to their nubs!! But that's just me and my sensitive nervous system...
Do you HAVE to take the amount perscribed, or do you also have some discression about the amounts that you can tolerate? Maximum dosing does not always guarantee maximum effect, IMHO.All the best,
Chloe
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