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Posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on January 19, 2007, at 17:53:05
Today pdoc and I discussed how to transform myself from a blubbery unsexyfeeling person to a less munchy more sexyfeeling person. (My words, not his!) lol
Resolved: That the LlurpsieNoodle's weight gain is unacceptable to her, despite the mental stability gained while on 300mg seroquel
Resolved: That the unsexyfeeling LlurpsieNoodle is finding it difficult to live a "complete" life.
Resolved: That the LlurpsieNoodle is taking a lot of drugs, and maybe doesn't need to be taking so many.
Resolved: That klonopin will help with a lumpy throat and anxiety-crushed chest feeling. Should not be thought of as a drug of abuse. Should not be thought of as a sign of my loserliness.
Yesterday: 200mg provigil in the am, and 120 mg cymbalta, and 300mg seroquel in the pm
Today: I start tapering up on Geodon. I will take twice a day and then I will start to taper off on seroquel if all is well once I reach "therapeutic" level of Geodon. Then!! I can start to go off of cymbalta... in hopes of getting my sexyfeeling back.
So, I took my first dose already. I got all kinds of samples of different strengths of geodon and seroquel. It's gonna be fun sorting things out to make sure I take what I need to take, when I need to take it. I was feeling kind of loopyLlurpsie and dizzy a tad. kind of pleasantly intoxicated, when BOOM! My freakin' hubby IM's me and we got into a HUGE fight over something (I'm right, by the way. He allowed his passion to overcome his reason). And then... I had a LOT of bad thoughts. I haven't felt this many bad thoughts in a LONG time. BAD BAD BAD LlurpsieNoodle.
Trying to stay busy though. Trying to ignore the fact that the geodon is already acting on my system to do some funky things to my vision (feels like my left visual field and my right visual field are not speaking to each other.
Oh well. I'll keep everyone informed of upcoming events affecting my neurochemistry. Whether you like it or not. Mwa hah ah hah ha ha ha!!!
-Ll
Posted by Deneb on January 19, 2007, at 21:14:13
In reply to Diary of my crazy brain drugs, posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on January 19, 2007, at 17:53:05
LOL, did your pdoc really say that?
It sounds like you've got a plan there, I hope everything works out.
Deneb*
Posted by Phillipa on January 19, 2007, at 22:39:16
In reply to Re: Diary of my crazy brain drugs » Llurpsie_Noodle, posted by Deneb on January 19, 2007, at 21:14:13
Lurpsie let me get this straight you are giving up cymbalta and staying with atypical antipsychotics and klonopin? What dose of geodon? Love Phillipa
Posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on January 20, 2007, at 0:05:57
In reply to Re: Diary of my crazy brain drugs, posted by Phillipa on January 19, 2007, at 22:39:16
One thing at a time, Phillipa.
First thing = start on geodon. I will take 20mg 2x day for 3 days and increase to 40 and then 60 and then 80 mg 2x a day if all goes well.
then... bye bye seroquel. (hopefully bye bye munchiness)
then... bye bye cymbalta
IF the depression comes back, we might try lower dose of cymbalta or even wellbutrin (which is supposedly not quite so unsexyfeeling).
again- my words, not pdoc's. I just hate the words "anorgasmia" or "sexual dysfunction"
ugh. get them clinical words out of my bedroom! no wonder noone's horny!! those WORDS are SO unsexy!
lol
I better go to bed. I'm TOTALLY loopy.
-Ll
Posted by blueberry1 on January 20, 2007, at 8:37:49
In reply to Diary of my crazy brain drugs, posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on January 19, 2007, at 17:53:05
I guess you probably already know this, but antipsychotics and duloxetine are usually difficult to taper off. Duloxetine can pack quite a punch, resembling the flu. It seems like you have a good plan and taper schedule. If things get really nasty, it is not uncommon to slow down the process and readjust the taper schedule.
I have my fingers crossed it will go smoothly for you. Just like mileage varies with response to drugs, mileage also varies with intensity of withdrawals.
Posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on January 20, 2007, at 9:19:38
In reply to Re: Diary of my crazy brain drugs, posted by blueberry1 on January 20, 2007, at 8:37:49
Thanks Blueberry,
I'm so grateful for your support. You've been through so much, and for your vote of confidence and well wishes... means a LOT to me :o)
-Ll
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