Posted by Frustratedmama on March 26, 2010, at 9:06:37
In reply to Re: When is it time to give up on all the meds? » greywolf, posted by SLS on March 26, 2010, at 7:07:48
I have been there and did give up...it was a MISTAKE in my case....got worse and then it was even harder to treat afterwards....Please don't give up if you can't function without medication that is needed for you to have an acceptable quality of life (I say acceptable because exceptional may be out of reach to some of us here- although I would like to think that this is possible someday for all of us). Anyway, Keep trying....go for several consultations and combinations of medications....make sure to list ALL of your symptoms and side effects on the different medications and off as it helps the doctor to know what is going on in your body. I have been to sooooo many doctors and have tried an even more extensive list than yours (over the last 20 years) and sometime I have had no relief or even short temporary releif but man going off the meds made me so dysfuntional that I will never go there again.....Please keep searching if you need help.....there may be at least a little bit of releif out there and a little is better than none.....Which meds of the list you typed were the most helpful and which were the least....If you could rate them in order it might help your pdoc and/or doctors know what to try and what combinations.....
Good Luck!
FM
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