Posted by spemat on May 17, 2014, at 19:02:23
In reply to Reducing meds. PDOC advise trial of any AAP Ideas?, posted by LouisianaSportsman on May 1, 2014, at 2:13:32
I used to be on Clozaril but it was because although Lamictal itself with a 6 week on 6 week off cycle of Klonopin has been the one that made it through the long haul. I have tried them all, the older ones and I was on depakote ER 1,500 mg, xanax 2 mg 3x/day, ativan 2-4 mg bed, lamictal 200mg bed, adderall xr 30 mg 2 in am, 2 at noon, seroquel (300 mg pm), risperdal consta (37.5) and dexedrine for boosters (10-20 mg 4 times a day) together at one point. I can relate to this. Clozaril only lasted 3 weeks before risperdal consta.
Risperdal, Xanax and Seroquel were misery to stop taking and took a long time. Ativan was weak to me, useless. Depakote wasn't needed at all... I have mania with psychotic features and hyperactive ADHD which can escalate and set off mania.
I use Haldol and Ativan in extreme rare cases, 0.5 mg haldol and 2 mg ativan... I also take 60 mg of dexedrine in the winter and 90-120 in the summer because my mania started at age 5 and it was seasonal and lasted months. Lamictal and Dexedrine are both meds that I took for years and had good results and Klonopin was easy because after 5-6 weeks on 1 mg in am and at bed, it felt like bricks were in my feet. Geodon wasn't hard to stop for me but Invega is a risperdal related med, correct? I'd just ask... antidepressants induced mania after 3 days as did Strattera in my case but I am subdued and calm on dexedrine. I tried all the ADHD meds and they all were either weaker or the side effects were hell. I wasn't too hot on Desoxyn either, it is different but given what it is, I was shocked it made me want to sleep at 60 mg per day.
Dexedrine tablets were stronger and I was in disbelief given what Desoxyn is. I took Abilify and Zyprexa only once and both made me sleep for days so I was all set. I cannot take antidepressants at all. When I was 9 I thought I had bugs under my arms and trying to cut them out led to costly tattoos to conceal them. The "cutter" or BPD assumptions were aggravating because I am hyper and get manic like I always did. Do you have ADHD?? hyper or inattentive? or is it a depression add on?? I wound up not needing daily long term AP treatment by working my way to this. In regards to the ADHD question, the Desoxyn dose I was on was twice the dose that you were on and my psych nurse practitioner had to write it during the shortage and I recorded my counts daily on my iphone cam and sent them all to her but nobody bothered her because I was flagged a few times since I was young due to the monster doses and my bipolar and hyperactive ADHD is a hybrid disorder. Everyone is different and I have been severely psychotic and manic but rarely take an AP unless I hear the voices (often neighbors make noise but if it is non stop and like a manic person, I know it isn't them because I will obsess over it until it becomes someone out to get me)... I was desperate though because the depakote was poor.
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