Posted by B2chica on August 5, 2011, at 14:54:04
who better to ask than people on THIS board. with such combined experiences.
so i started zyprexa last week was on it for 7 days, continued to get worse and gained 8lbs. i went for a dopamine surge and took myself off it and perphenazine. i felt great tuesday, and quite well wednesday till late that day. starting about 9ish i started crying off and on and couldn't stop till about 12:30am.
thursday i had a stressful event and work and burst out into tears infront of my boss. kept crying...and yes kept crying. he gave me space and came back twice..each time for me to say "i need just 5 more min"...bless his heart he was being very nice. finally i just started talking work to him over my tears and eventually they stopped.saw pdoc this morning.
he was discussing a diff med to try. then we started talking about external stressors...i mentioned a few things, like the episode at work blah blah and then i brought up my that my niece was having BF issues...right away he changed his mind and now believes that all my symptoms are psychological. He said that i identify too much with my niece and her issues and that is triggering my feelings. (he said it very nicely though). then he said i NEEDED to exercise 5-6 days a week, and wrote me a refill for my adderall and was done...i left there feeling a bit confused, unsure and now scared.
ok. he could be right. but why have i been getting continually worse and how besides exercise am i supposed to get better? i have been exercising ALL JUly 5 days a week (until last week) and still i got worse.
i feel i got sent off with a definition but not told how to fix the issue.
i still have to go to work.
i still have to talk with my niece (we're very close) but i do limit conversations -which he suggested but i told him i already do that-
i still have a complaining husband (whom by the way two days ago told me (while watching an AD commercial) that all those meds just make people worse, that no one should be on medication...
[sidebar: so i told him "oh you want my dad to die? cuz he's on heart meds, and you want your dad to have a stroke and die? cuz he's on blood thinners etc] he said they didnt need them either...blah blahanyway. my point is.
my stressors are still there.
and i'm not changing anything really in my life...
so i dont forsee any changes in my mood???****************************
do you think my mood shifts could be more psychological? how can i tell if their not?exactly how long do i wait in pain before i contact pdoc again??
...so f-ing confused.
b2c
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