Posted by SLS on November 1, 2017, at 8:33:28
In reply to I have only been psychotic on Nardil. Never withou, posted by Lamdage22 on November 1, 2017, at 5:42:47
> Hi dr-bob friends,
>
> i think that my diagnosis is BS. I wasnt psychotic since 2012 when i took Nardil. So how am i schizo-affective now? They are blaming me and labeling me for something that the medication did to me.---------------------------------------
Just a few questions:
You might not have anything wrong with you at all, but...
Why did you start taking medication in the first place?
Do you experience depression or anxiety? Currently? At what age did these things first emerge? What came first - anxiety or depression?
Do you have a history of childhood abuse or neglect?
Can you describe in detail what you experienced when you were psychotic?
Besides Nardil, what else were you taking when you became psychotic?
How long were you treated with Nardil before you became psychotic?
How long did the psychosis last for?
Were you given antipsychotics to treat the psychosis? Which ones? How long did they take to work?
There is a type of bipolar illness that presents as chronic depression except for episodes of mania that are brought on by antidepressants. (See DSM 5).
If you don't have psychosis, then why do you continue to take two antipsychotics? (Of course, it might be that you haven't had a relapse into psychosis precisely because you continue to take antipsychotics).
Why is one antipsychotic not sufficient to treat your illness currently?
These are just some of the questions that your doctors should be asking themselves.
One question that I would have for them is how were they able to differentiate bipolar manic psychosis from schizoid psychosis?
What happens when you take higher dosages of Effexor? What is the highest dosage you have taken and for how long did you take it?
What happens when you take lithium carbonate?
Why are you taking such a high dosage of Seroquel? Why are you taking it in the first place?
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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