Posted by sheilac on October 8, 2012, at 18:35:17
In reply to Re: Coffee hypomania?, posted by rjlockhart37 on October 8, 2012, at 17:15:28
I'm not sure I can take Ritalin. I think I need to be done with stimulant drugs. Even in low doses they make me nuts.
I have my yearly physical next week and I'm going to talk to my reg doc (since it's so hard to find a pdoc where I live and my old doc retired).
I think since I am so sensitive, and I'm not severely BP, I am going back to low dose Lithium and low dose Trileptal (300mg a day of each), along with Klonopin for anxiety and melatonin if needed for sleep. My therapist couldn't understand why that new doc took me off everything and put me on Lamictal only (which made me unstable). She totally disagreed with new doc.
I can't take the side effects anymore of meds. I need to pick myself up and help myself. I have to stop relying sooooo much on meds. I realize they are not a cure all. I admit I need help, but when I read the doses of meds that others take I realize I'm not that bad off. I DO have some mood issues that need medication, but not heavy doses.
So, if my reg doc won't rx these meds, I will find a pdoc that will.
Many years of this crap and I'm starting to see the light. Meds only HELP, they don't CURE. I have to help myself.
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