Posted by utopizen on February 19, 2003, at 0:03:54
In reply to My psychiatrist decided to let me suffer, posted by Caleb462 on February 18, 2003, at 23:52:35
> After a two-month trial on Risperdal, and a raised dose of Effexor, with no decrease in my anxiety level, I decided I needed to be put on a benzo. Klonopin, to be specific. I wasn't going to say this outright, I was hoping I'd be able to slide it in at some point during the appt. The oppurtunity never came, so I just said "I've been reading a lot about Klonopin, and was thinking maybe it would be a good drug for my anxiety."
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> His response: "Klonopin is an addictive drug. I don't like to prescribe to benzos to anyone, especially not to someone like you, who has used substances in the past."
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> I had figured this guy to be a reasonable, open-minded doctor, but apparently not. I have been on Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, and now Effexor XR and Risperdal. My diagnosis is GAD/OCD/Depression/Mild Social Phobia. The depression is mostly under control, and I'm able to manage the OCD fairly well, but I'm as anxious as I've ever been, if not more. But is he interested in giving me the most effective treatment? No, instead he wants me to take more Risperdal and is giving me a freaking anti-histamine to take "as needed" for anxiety. Blah, whatever, I need a new doc (again).
>>>>I've taken that Atarax antihistamine- it's a joke. It gave me nightmares anyway. I've tried Effexor at high doses, buspar made me anxious as heck, wellbutrin was a placebo for me, so was celexa. I'm on a trial of Abilify at 7.5mg, it's an antipsychotic. I've got ADD and Social Phobia, both untreated totally. I've tried Desoxyn, Ritalin, Dexedrine, Adderall. I'm on Adderall, even though it gives me the worst anxiety out of them all. Doc doesn't want to change two meds at once during my Abilify trial.
Great. Day 12 on Abilify, and no difference in anything. Great, doc. I'm crying myself to sleep right now. I'm afraid of things I couldn't describe to myself. I'm scared of my life right now. Going to class is a nightmare. Or my life is dull and boring. Or the drug is making me so tired, I sleep in and almost fail my class. Or what. Or I could be treated with Klonopin.... but that's addictive.
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