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Posted by rjlockhart98 on July 2, 2005, at 22:40:20
Ok,
If you read the posts above, i really went on a ramp, i am down now. I really feel like jumping in the trash... can
Anyways, since i completely humitiated myself, i with these posts of complete helpelessness, to full throttle optimism. I claimed i pulled myself out of it, i really just masked it. I went back down.
Ok, i am sick of acting like this. I am not like this when i am myself. Please dont get a wrong impression of a superficial person.
I dont think know a psychostimulat will help at all, actually worsen this.
Can you give me 'your' evaluation
Posted by sleepygirl on July 2, 2005, at 22:42:13
In reply to please can you give me your evaulation of me, posted by rjlockhart98 on July 2, 2005, at 22:40:20
I cannot 'evaluate' you since I'm not a Dr., but what are you taking?
Posted by rjlockhart98 on July 2, 2005, at 22:47:13
In reply to Re: please can you give me your evaulation of me, posted by sleepygirl on July 2, 2005, at 22:42:13
Clonazepam 4mg daily - not all the time.
Restoril 30mg
Posted by sleepygirl on July 2, 2005, at 22:55:11
In reply to Re: please can you give me your evaulation of me, posted by rjlockhart98 on July 2, 2005, at 22:47:13
well careful with not taking the benzos regularly especially on high doses (risk of seizure!!) also the restlessness and agitation in withdrawal I experienced on little doses of clonazepam really sucked. You sound maybe like you're rapid cycling-your mood I mean. Personally I don't think it is a good idea just to take benzos, but again I'm not a doctor. When can you go to the doctor?
Posted by linkadge on July 3, 2005, at 1:31:38
In reply to Re: please can you give me your evaulation of me, posted by sleepygirl on July 2, 2005, at 22:55:11
Whatever you're going to take, be consistant about it. If you take it one day and not the next, it will definately cause an uneven mood.
Observe your moods, and make notes for the next Dr's visit if necessary. If you continue to be up and down, that might indicate a different type of mood disorder.
Take care.
Linkadge
Posted by portage on July 3, 2005, at 3:09:43
In reply to please can you give me your evaulation of me, posted by rjlockhart98 on July 2, 2005, at 22:40:20
keep a daily, or hourly if necessary, journal of your moods. maybe how much you sleep and what you eat. what time of day you take your meds. are you consistant. this could come in real handy when you eventually consult a psychiatrist.
i know the hyperness well, as well as the regret and depression. it can easily manifest itself into anxiety or panic or dysphoric mania (the worrrrst)your at a really tough spot, i had such a personality crisis back when my moods were switching like that.
but now i know who i am and what i love, what my faults are and my good qualities, and i cant tell you how much that helps me keep perspective and cope when i fall into a bad mood. and to augment a good mood. and to be really forgiving of myself.as crazy as i was when i was rapid-cycling and having panic attacks..i really really, i know its weird, but i'm thankful. its given me such empathy and helped me forgive so many people for things i found myself doing when i was caught up in an emotion.
its sooo humbling, and has made me so aware of my emotions, of other people's , of all the different shapes reality can take, of the fragility of all of it and how strange and beautiful, if confusing and painful, the mind is.
these next months are really important for you, not just in finding a diagnosis (which i personally dont think is all that important) but in finding meds that work, SOME kind of understanding with your mom. do you live with father or have any siblings? just curious. and because your 18. sort of a crossroads-age for everyone; for someone dealing with things that your dealing with, it can be a HUGE crisis.
i know you just saw a psychiatrist, but you should schedule another appointment to adress the mood swings.
newer neuroleptics help alot of people with anxiety and are even used as mood stabalizers in some. seroquel works well with me.
and remember? we do have quite a bit in common you and me, symptomatically (if thats not a word it should be.) speaking.paxil caused me to rapid-cycle, but suprizingly zoloft stabalizes me.
my rapid-cycling was med-induced, and since stopping the paxil i havent experienced that again ( its been over a year). perhaps your just on a wrong med combo right now.
and about benzos, i personally couldnt survive w/out them. i take xanax and not often, only when i feel like i may have a panic attack. it also just gives me peace of mind knowing i have them. i'm a little tired of all the benzo-bashing.
i'm not sure that was an evaluation of you, but those are my thoughts.
your asking for an evaulation of you. i dont know that anyone on this board can do that. remember that alot of the advice on this board are personal opinions, and that no one REALLY knows you like you know yourself. and no one can give you the expert medical advice you need like youd get face-to-face with a psychiatrist. take this stuff with a grain of salt and maybe spend some some at the psychology section at the bookstore. page through the dsm. read up about the meds your on.
and take it easy. dont do nothin crazy and take kare.
Posted by linkadge on July 3, 2005, at 15:47:40
In reply to Re: please can you give me your evaulation of me, posted by portage on July 3, 2005, at 3:09:43
I'm not so much trying to break up the family situation, but if your mom is not letting you get your meds, and is taking them herself, then this is illegal.
Most towns have a mental health clinic. It is possable for you to set something up, where they keep your meds for you, and you can go and get them when you need them without your mother ever getting involved.
Linkadge
Posted by Phillipa on July 3, 2005, at 21:29:52
In reply to Re: please can you give me your evaulation of me, posted by linkadge on July 3, 2005, at 15:47:40
Matt, I still think maybe you could stay with a friend. Does Social Services know about your home situation? Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by rjlockhart98 on July 3, 2005, at 23:23:53
In reply to Re: please can you give me your evaulation of me, posted by Phillipa on July 3, 2005, at 21:29:52
i have tried to call about social servives and a social worker at the minirth clinic. THey siad they would get back with me.
They never did, there just about money.
Anyways, right now me and my mom are flouting duck, i am going to try to ride this out.
I do think if i change my mind set to ignore or adapt to what is going on without panic attacks it may help get me the hell out of here, in a couple months.
But rerember im going to post here till im 30
Posted by Phillipa on July 4, 2005, at 0:06:49
In reply to Re: please can you give me your evaulation of me, posted by rjlockhart98 on July 3, 2005, at 23:23:53
Matt, Only 30? Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by Spriggy on July 4, 2005, at 15:10:27
In reply to Re: please can you give me your evaulation of me » rjlockhart98, posted by Phillipa on July 4, 2005, at 0:06:49
Matt,
What is your official diagnosis?
Have you ever tried a mood stabilizer to see if you got any relief from your mood cycling that way?I'm so sorry. I am praying for you.
Posted by rjlockhart98 on July 4, 2005, at 15:34:06
In reply to Re: please can you give me your evaulation of me, posted by Spriggy on July 4, 2005, at 15:10:27
Panic Disorder without argo.
manic-depressive (not dianosis) but has been mentioned in my therapist session many times
ADHD.
I have experienced some dissociation before, but that is also in my therpist session. I no longer suffer from this much anymore thank god.
my dianosis: severe nuerosis
Posted by Phillipa on July 4, 2005, at 18:58:38
In reply to Re: please can you give me your evaulation of me, posted by rjlockhart98 on July 4, 2005, at 15:34:06
Matt, I don't think that is an official diagnosis. Is this your own evaluation of what your diagnosis is. Usually a pdoc won't give you a diagnosis they're funny that way. You kind of have to look at the meds they prescribe and try and figure it out. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by KayeBaby on July 4, 2005, at 19:35:20
In reply to Re: please can you give me your evaulation of me » rjlockhart98, posted by Phillipa on July 4, 2005, at 18:58:38
Matt,
How long have you been taking the clon.?
It sometimes causes major disinhibition in some folk. Basically it can make you act rather drunk or hyper.When I tried it at first I experienced this effect after taking it regularly I just had amotivation and lethergy. This was on a tiny dose.
Dexedrine is very stabalizing for me although my mood is best with a bit of an antidepressant.
You are sure at a rough spot-hang in there.
I couldn't wait to get out of my toxic household as a teen. I knew I could do better. I was right.Peace,
Kaye
Posted by cockeyed on July 7, 2005, at 0:25:21
In reply to please can you give me your evaulation of me, posted by rjlockhart98 on July 2, 2005, at 22:40:20
hi, yeah I can evaluate you. I look in the real mirror and the shards that are in my mind and I say, why hello me.
I think this board is exackly for the purpose of evaluating going nuts, whacked, wrecked, ruin't, f*d up, etc. Man, I am confused. Dazed and confused. All these meds. I just can't get enuff wonderful stuff. right now I hope a coupla handfulls of gabapentin...okay 600mgs will keep me from the rampage I was on over the 4th. even if it was mostly doin' in my own head. I insulted a true poet because I was nuts with envy, I hammered my wife, and I blew apart what sanity I'd managed to get by not drinking the sacred water of whiskey and vodka mixed...God, I'm glad I can make a fool of myself here because my family won'twon't accept it. I'm just being self indulgent. Christ, it ain't easy-John Lennon. I'm nuts, mentally ill. But that does not count. so here I can be the idiot I am. You're in the right place. Man, f* 'em if they can't take a joke. Here you have the right to be...whatever you are. Why be embarrassed? Of course, me giving advice and evaluations is just plain ridiculously ludicrous. Screw it: i'm nuts. Don't want to be but right now I am, been here before and don't even have a damn tee shirt to show for it. So I'll just babble on. I apologize anyway, cockeyed.
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