Posted by KrissyP on March 5, 2003, at 1:15:28
In reply to Re: Krissy... Important, posted by Mikey_C on March 4, 2003, at 20:14:40
Wow-thank you for sharing-I am sorry to hear about your mom. When my parents divorced any kind of family I had went with him (emotionally)
Anyway, about the Seroquel. Even though you don't think you are psychotic, it has been known to help people who have a "temper" as you said you did. When I get my Seroquel filled, I look at the INDICATIONS on the slip they give me and see "used for mental disorders such as Schizophrenia"-WHAT!!!??? I am not Schizophrenic. See my point above.
You have come a long way my friend-don't forget that:-) Lamictal and Seroquel CAN help depression-more in some less in others.
Please, don't think so much, I do that a lot and it trips me up everytime. I don't know quite the chemical make up of these meds but they all work in a way which only their manufacturers understand. Maybe your doc wants to see how you do w/o the Depakote. Talk to him/her about your feelings on this and becoming depressed. I hear you-believe me-I want you to feel better. Try not to get confused about these meds. There are many sites with great info, and talk to your doc.
Keep me posted k? Please...and no you're not rambling I am here for you!
Kristen
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Then add that on to the fact that I've led a pretty screwed up life... My Therapist, who is really like my first line of defence through this, has known me since I was a little kid, but I didn't see her for a number of years during my teens... when I came back and told her what was going on in my life, she was just kind of staring at me like amazed that I had actually lived through half of it and that I wasn't locked up in prison somewhere.... So that definitely adds on to a lot of little symptoms for me... like my gf for instance, she has a really close knit family... I get so uncomfortable around there because I've never really had a family... I just had a group of people that I lived with and that provided financal assistance and you could call on when you got into trouble... my family life died with my Mom back in 94....
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> Anyways, that gets me thinking as to what exactly the Seroquel is being prescribed to me for then. The Depakote (which is a major mood stabilizer used in Bi-Polars) has just about completely cleared me of my anxiety symptoms minus the panic attacks... the panic attacks are cured by the Clonazepam... the only time that I've had one in the past 8 months is when I'm first trying out a new med, like the Seroquel, and I just stop taking it for a number of nights because it's too sedating... the only thing that I don't have a counter really for is the Depression.
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> What would you think that the PDocs would prescribe me Seroquel for then? I've never become delusional... like I've never had any really vivid hallucinations... I've never had any voices in my head... To the best of my knowledge I am clearly NOT psychotic...
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> And I thought the Lamotragene (Lamictal) would help me with my depression too? I thought that's what they were applying it for... Both the Seroquel and the Lamotragene to fight off both the anxiety and the depression... But are they both just for anxiety or what?
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> Now I'm confused.... If the Seroquel is for anxiety and they wanted to take me off of the Depakote and use the Seroquel instead to manage the anxiety, then yes, I would think I should be on Effexor XR again for the depression... Seroquel and Effexor seem to feel a LOT alike so far. If the Seroquel fights off anxiety and manic symptoms... then I could stay on this and use the Effexor as the opposite, to fight off the depression... then I could use the Clonazepam for help sleeping and to keep me free from having panic attacks... that would make sense to me
Anyways... I am definitely rambling on now, so I'll stop............
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