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Posted by BabyBunny on June 6, 2007, at 23:50:03
Oh gosh I really need some help! I've been calling my psychiatrist every other day because I am becoming more and more unstable and can feel myself slipping into a mixed bipolar episode.
tonight we decided to up my depakote from 375mg a day to 500mg a day. And added 10mg of ambien to help me sleep. But so far it isn't enough.
1 week ago my psychiatrist put me on 20mg of geodon a day (for depression and mood stabilization) and 50mg of trazodone each night to help with my insomnia and to maybe get some added antidepressant action.
Well for the 1st couple of days I felt well. And on day 3 I started to notice some side effects, but fully expected it. The trazodone was not helping me sleep and I still had to rely on the seroquel I had previously been taking in order to sleep.
As the days wore on, I started to feel kind of weird. First depressed then just weird. So I called my psychiatrist and told her and she suggested I stop the trazodone and I agreed that might ne making me unstable. So we did and then added ambien the next night.
Well i'm still on the geodon and am still unstable at only 20mg (i did take 40mg for 2 days but can't handle it.) this is not my 1st time on geodon and have always noticed an increase in irritation, anxiety, agitation and mania when on it so I don't want to take it anymore.
Would trazodone at 25-50mg a day cause me to become unglued like this? Because I do need something for depression but ssri's and snri's are out as i've tried them all except for remeron and I don't wanna go there as I am already battling my weight.
Oh gosh I am so desperate and scared! I don't know what to do! My man is supposed to be leaving tomorrow to go away for a long weekend and here I am flipping out and calling the hospital to see about being admitted for inpatient therapy. And I do believe knowing he's going to be gone until late sunday night is making me so much worse.
Can anyone please find it in their hearts to offer up any advice or knowledge they may have about geodon or trazodone related mania? And I also ask for a prayer. Not only for myself but for my family as they suffer right along with me and I love them more than anything in the world.
so can geodon or trazodone cause a bipolar person to totally become unstable? What about ambien? Can that make things worse?
Oh gosh i'm a wreck and don't know what to do. I'm just freaking out!
Thank you all and god bless!
Posted by Phillipa on June 7, 2007, at 11:39:03
In reply to Mixed And Manic! Dont Wanna Sleep, Crying, Anxious, posted by BabyBunny on June 6, 2007, at 23:50:03
I don't know the answers to med questions but having your husband gone is probably adding to your feelings and I will pray for you and I think you should call your pdoc back again with the weekend coming up. Good luck. Love Phillipa
Posted by BabyBunny on June 7, 2007, at 12:32:51
In reply to Re: Mixed And Manic! Dont Wanna Sleep, Crying, Anxious » BabyBunny, posted by Phillipa on June 7, 2007, at 11:39:03
Oh thank you so much sweetie. And I did just that. I called her and we mutually decided for me to stop the Geodon and Trazodone and try a medication called Invega. Apparently it's a longer-acting Risperdal. It was my idea to try it.
I just want to say to you thank you. And I mean it from my heart. You are always so kind and caring and always seem to go out of your way to respond to everyone's posts. You're such an asset to this website. I've been a long time reader and finally decided to join so I know just how caring and sincere you truly are.
I hope and pray things are well with you and I will say a prayer for you. As well as your loved ones as I know how tough it can be on them as well.
Thank you again. You really are an angel... but without the disguise! :) Take care and I'll keep you posted as to my success.
Have a wonderful weekend and God Bless!
Hugs,
Baby Bunny
"Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place."
- Psalm 28:2 (NIV)
> I don't know the answers to med questions but having your husband gone is probably adding to your feelings and I will pray for you and I think you should call your pdoc back again with the weekend coming up. Good luck. Love Phillipa
Posted by Phillipa on June 7, 2007, at 19:30:55
In reply to Re: Mixed And Manic! Dont Wanna Sleep, Crying, Anxious » Phillipa, posted by BabyBunny on June 7, 2007, at 12:32:51
Thank-you that was so sweet of you to say and I hope it works well for you. Good luck. Love Phillipa
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