Posted by yxibow on July 14, 2009, at 11:09:26
In reply to Re: so when you're psychotic .. heart racing, loss con, posted by bleauberry on July 7, 2009, at 9:31:31
> That doesn't sound like psychosis. You wouldn't be able to sit here at a computer and converse with other people with psychosis. It wouldn't even enter your mind.
That's patently false.
Psychosis / psychotic spectrum disorders are just a DSM-IV-TR diagnosis.
I'm sitting here conversing with Psychosis NOS.. Does that make me any less intelligent than I was -- maybe the medications and the disorder make my memory and word recall cloudy.
People are diagnosed with psychotic depression -- medication certainly makes it easier to live and converse as I am doing.
I think what you're referring to is that it is a different conversation that one would be having with someone with untreated strong schizophrenia -- it would be a dialogue of sorts but yes, a completely different conversation, I'll give you that.
> That particular brand of anxiety does not respond well to antipsychotics. That would explain a lot, including the temporary goodness you felt on seroquel from its super potent antihistamine effect. Of course we all know, tolerance to antihistamine develops rapidly, and no wonder it pooped out quickly.I also beg to differ....
The initial very strong antihistamine effect of antipsychotics that have it may not stay as strong but it can be useful for quite a lot longer, as people take it for sleep.
It's true, I don't get the heavy sedation 15 minutes after taking Seroquel, but there's some always present.
Seroquel and APs in general are not a short window medication -- maximum benefit may not be seen for 3 months.
> I am tempted to say your doctors know more than we do, they see you and we don't, and they know your whole clinical presentation and we don't. But I can't say that. Because their track record with you is so dismal they should be ashamed to call themselves doctors of medicine.
Well... I'll just leave that one there... I think there has been a merry-go-round of medication, I can't say where in the doctor-patient relationship(s), but a medication shouldn't be dumped in the first few weeks unless it has imminent /bad/ effects.
> Misdiagnosis. Psychosis...no. Anxiety+depression...yes.I'll leave that one.. for the doctors.
> Liquid lexapro, 2 drops per day, increase by 1 drop
There is no need for micromedicating with expensive liquid prescriptions unless the person is a minor/child, someone with very little tolerance to medication, and possibly the elderly.
> How can I possibly play doctor and write a prescription? Because yours have proven worthless.
ditto...
-- Jay
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