Posted by falconman on March 17, 2003, at 23:06:05
In reply to My Nightly Post-please feedback??? (Ron too), posted by Krissy P on March 17, 2003, at 22:09:26
Hi Krissy,
this may not really relate to your specific questions but I'll say it anyway.sounds like we are the king and queen of self medication!!(correct me if I'm wrong).
I have gone against pdocs orders several times, taking extra doses, withdrawing from meds without giving them a sufficient chance, taking coctails to see what happens. Why do I do it? I've ended it up in ER because of this and I wasn't evan trying to end it all, it was more curiousity of what high doses could do? Infact I found it quite amusing at the time which is slightly worrying!!
But is not at all funny. It is a form of self-harm, quite often due to a deep lack of care for yourself.
I'm not sure if this applies to you, but pdocs often come across quite cold and not very understanding. I have left many a psychiatrists office thinking you T**T, I could be a better pdoc than him/her now, without any training.I found myself dismissing what docs said and self medicating, getting more and more confused. I've finally grasped the fact that you need to trust a pdoc fully and respect there judgment, because if you don't you could waste years like myself going to and from medications and seeing far too many pdocs.
If I remember the first pdoc I saw 5.5 years ago, he was trying to prescribe me drugs which I declined, that I would love to give a trial now. Maybe he had the answers back then. I'm sorry I didn't stay with him.
I may be jumping to conclusions from reading your posts about your medication use. hope this isn't offensive, correct me if I'm wrong.
just trying to help,
peace
FALCON
> Hi all, please, what is your feedback to this???:
> Today, I felt very "on edge" so I took 100mg, and 2mg of Klonopin-something I never do, as it is not prescribed as PRN. It helped me to calm down a bit and fall asleep for like an hour and a half. I take all my meds at night, but was this stupid????
> Tonight, I'm wondering what any of you think about what meds would be safe and work for me since I already took my "prescribed" 2mg Klonopin and 100mg Seroquel that I usually take at night.
> Any experience?? All feedback, any feedback would be appreciated as always,
> Thank you, Kristen
> PS I put Ron too, because I value what he has to say on this stuff a lot.
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