Posted by whiterabbit on July 7, 2003, at 19:41:21
In reply to Re: Calm down sweetie, it's not that bad » whiterabbit, posted by Edgefield on July 7, 2003, at 17:53:58
Doctors just hand you scripts for these powerful drugs & don't go into nearly enough detail about how they work & what you can expect to feel - no wonder we freak out! I had to learn the hard way too, through experience & research. Fortunately for me I like to read...
Right now I'm on 400 mg Seroquel nightly, 60 mg Paxil (divided dose) & 10 mg tabs of dextroamphetamine x 3 daily for ADD. The Seroquel was the most difficult to adjust to but I'm glad I stayed with it because I was REALLY a mess -
couldn't sleep, crying all the time, panic attacks, terrible anxiety - uck, it gives me chills to remember how bad I was. The Seroquel helped me calm down and let me sleep, it took care of the mania and Paxil helped clean up the depression. The ADD meds are just frosting on the cake, I'm focusing a lot better. This psychiatrist I have now (#4) is sharp, I really like him. He doesn't like the amount of Paxil that I'm on (from #3) but he wanted to see how I responded to the ADD stuff first without adding the variable of decreasing another med.So I'm doing good now, really well. Sure took a long time to get here though!
-Gracie
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