Posted by manowar on December 12, 2001, at 15:51:58
In reply to What AD next? Please help if you can, posted by manowar on December 5, 2001, at 15:05:19
Psychiatrists are drug dealers with an attitude.
I am such an idiot for listening and taking the advice from my pdoc.
At one point a couple months ago, I was completely symptom free for 5 WEEKS!
Of course, all good things must come to an end. We had to mess with my meds. If I’m doing fairly well in the future, someone please remind me not to overhaul my meds. What a disaster; I feel like crap.
I hope and pray that my pdoc will have enough pity in his heart to let me have the Klonipin again. If he doesn’t, I’ll have to find a new doctor, because I know how much that drug helps me. When I feel good or even just fair, I tend to forget what it’s like to be down. I’ll try not to let it happen again.
He told me that Klonipin was not a good mood stabilizer, and if it was doing anything, it was contributing to my depression. At that time, like an idiot, I forgot about all the begging and pleading that I did for years to no avail to get the Klonipin back into my routine. What was I thinking? He had me start Seroquel in place of the Klonipin. What was he thinking? I felt cognitively impaired from the Seroquel. So I tried Neurontin- same thing. It seems that most drugs just give me terrible psycho-side effects, and the only drugs that have ever done any good for me gave me either little side effects or pleasurable side effects.
I’m going to try to remember this fundamental rule in the future:
When there may be a reason to change my regimen, try very hard to not be impatient. If possible, only add or subtract one drug at a time.I can understand my inpatients, but he’s a pro—he shouldn’t have let that happen.
poster:manowar
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