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Posted by chand2407 on October 22, 2005, at 11:18:52
i have 2 symptoms hearing voices and social anxiety and depression. my doc prescribed seroquel, klonopin, and elavil. last night i started hallucinating it was like a lot of voices talking to me and i could music. are these 3 meds a good combo or should i switch the meds. what are some good meds combo for OCD.
Posted by SLS on October 22, 2005, at 12:03:05
In reply to OCD please read, posted by chand2407 on October 22, 2005, at 11:18:52
I think you might want to give your doctor the benefit of the doubt and follow his instructions. It takes more than a few days for these drugs to take effect. You might need 400-600mg of Seroquel in order to control the voices. It does take an extraordinary amount of patience to have to wait weeks for medications to become effective and optimized for your unique neurochemistry. The treatment that your doctor prescribed for you seems a reasonable one for the ailments you describe.
Why are you interested in treatments for OCD?
- Scott
Posted by chand2407 on October 22, 2005, at 14:05:58
In reply to Re: OCD please read » chand2407, posted by SLS on October 22, 2005, at 12:03:05
well i had a bad medication reaction to phentermine and paxil. it made me have thoughts of hurting my son. i also have social anxiety, i went to psychiartist but he did not tell me the diagnosis, another medical doctor said depression and visual hallucinations. im not moody it juist that hear those voices in mmy head. i was thinking i might have ocd. im not dure or ocd with psychosis. i will talk to the med dr and see if he will up the seroquel i had a bad reaction when a doc up the zoloft from 50 to 100mg. i gues my body is sensitive to meds. any suggestions
Posted by baclofen on October 22, 2005, at 15:19:32
In reply to Re: OCD please read, posted by chand2407 on October 22, 2005, at 14:05:58
sounds like a bit of schizophrania. i have ocd, under control with luvox and buspar. i know phentermine is nasty stuff, i used for 3 months( mainly as an anti-depressant). it totally recked my physical and mental health. taking phentermine made me "hear" voices for the 1st and only time. very scary.
Posted by Phillipa on October 22, 2005, at 18:57:00
In reply to Re: OCD please read, posted by baclofen on October 22, 2005, at 15:19:32
Luvox is used for OCD. But symptoms of OCD include repetitive rituals. Like checking and rechecking to see if the door is locked, thinking you ran over someone while driving. Enough to interfer with you life. Anafranil is a TCA also used but with more side effects. I agree with Scott stick with the meds you doc prescirbe. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by chand2407 on October 22, 2005, at 19:43:18
In reply to Re: OCD please read, posted by chand2407 on October 22, 2005, at 14:05:58
i am taking seroquel, elavil, and klonopin but when i go to sleep i have these vivid long dreams and sometimes its like im hallucinating. what do i do switch meds i dont like that feeling
Posted by Racer on October 23, 2005, at 0:28:21
In reply to Re: OCD please, please read, posted by chand2407 on October 22, 2005, at 19:43:18
Vivid dreams are a common side effect of many antidepressants -- I had some Technicolor doozies on Effexor -- but they often settle down after you've adjusted to the meds.
You've only been on Seroquel for how long now? Less than a week, as I recall? Give it time. I know you're anxious about taking it, but the only way to know if you're going to respond adequately to it is to take it -- as prescribed by your doctor -- for a while and see what happens after you've gotten through the adjustment phase.
A year ago, after a nightmare of 'treatment,' I changed doctors and was prescribed a brand new drug. I was so anxious, so freaked out generally, that it was all I could do to continue taking it. I was sure it was not going to work, that it would make everything much worse than it was, etc. Turned out the med does help. That's right, I wrote "DOES," meaning I'm still taking it a year later, and it's still helping. If I had acted on my fears way back then, I wouldn't have found relief. Give these drugs a chance to work, and do what you can to get through the adjustment phase. It's usually only a couple of weeks, and that's do-able almost regardless of how bad things are during the period.
Good luck.
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