Posted by Roslynn on August 6, 2010, at 16:35:46
In reply to Saw doc yesterday..., posted by SheilaC on August 3, 2010, at 8:26:35
Hi Sheila,
I am glad you are able to advocate for yourself. And I'm glad this new doc seems to listen.
Someone mentioned Lithobid..I agree, if you can afford it, it may be easier going as far as side effects go.
Roslynn
> I saw my stupid Pdoc yesterday and here's what he said. He wants to move incredibly slow because he thinks I have the opposite reactions to meds. (Geodon making me sleepy, low-dose Seroquel making me sleepy, etc.)
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> The only suggestion he had was to cut the Seroquel back to 25mg at night and keep the 1mg Klonopin and stay with 40mg Geodon during the day along with 10mg Adderall.
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> I told him how depressed I was and that I really felt I needed an anti-depressant and he said he would have to add a mood stabilizer! I thought Geodon was my mood stabilizer? He also only suggested Wellbutrin, which in the past has made me manic! But he insists that next time we will add Wellbutrin. I asked him about Pristiq, which I took and it didn't bother my bladder like most of the SSRIs and SNRIs do and he said no, it would cause too many sexual problems and weight gain.
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> He wants me to use exercise as my anti-depressant (which is hard to do when I have no energy and am depressed!).
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> Ugh. He is really frustrating.
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