Posted by Honore on March 18, 2007, at 18:21:50
In reply to Re: I'm considering alcohol to replace medications, posted by jealibeanz on March 18, 2007, at 17:20:09
Your plan doesn't sound very well considered to me.
For one thing, you're not being honest with your doctor about your situation and what's happened.
From what you've said over the last year or so, you increased xanax and ritalin pretty continuously, without achieving any stable point or good relief from either.
There's some reason you've decided that they, rather than other drugs that didn't seem to work, are the answer, but I wonder if there isn't an issue of dependency that you may not be willing to confront. The amount of xanax you want your doctor to give you would really put you into the position of taking an amount of xanax, a rather addicting drug that's difficult to get off, that is quite dangerous, in terms of addiction.
From what I see, you need to reduce the ritalin and the xanax, slowly if necessary, and try to reconsider with someone with more sophistication with psychiatric drugs than your GP, what might really work for you.
Because one pdoc didn't help you, doesn't mean that there isn't a pdoc that could. I think you're really in trouble here, and continuing down the path you've taken could really lead you to a bad place.
I'm sorry it's gotten this hard, but I hope you don't follow through with your plan with your doctor.
Honore
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