Posted by merpmerp on November 30, 2010, at 20:47:24
In reply to Re: Need help approaching pdoc, posted by bleauberry on November 30, 2010, at 19:35:35
Bleauberry, thank you very much for your kind post. I am very grateful for all the support you Babblers have given me - it's helping to calm the fire in my brain and keep me sane as I figure out what to do. (No, I am not in a crisis. I have been living with these feelings to one degree or another for a year and half, since this whole mess began, and I'm very sick of it but I can handle it.)
I will definitely look at the site you mentioned as I am trying to gather resources to get my doc's attention and make her listen (not in a combative manner, but in a "HEY! I'm really suffering here!" manner). I had a long talk with my brother tonight and we talked about my pdoc and he said, "She's not listening to you and not listening to you and not listening to you." and that sums up how I'm feeling with her.
As for decreasing to 2.5 mg, I did so just today. I think it will be okay. I have been making steps in 2.5 mg all along and it's been okay. 5 mg is not okay, that makes me go loopy. The effects of a step up or down by 2.5 mg have consistently come like clockwork 48 hours after making the change. So in a couple of days I'll report back.
I expect to have a headache as that's happened each time I've decreased the dose. (I started having migraines when I started hormonal birth control, before I knew that was a bad idea, and I've since learned that some birth control formulations can lower serotonin, and migraines are thought to possibly be linked to low serotonin, which also explains why the pill made me cry all the time and finally made me depressed. So I expect a headache as my serotonin activity decreases.) I also expect/hope to be feeling better.
I'll let you all know, and thank you all very much for your help.
Diagnosis: recurrent melancholic depression
Meds: Lexapro since Sept. 2009
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