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Posted by your#1fan on March 16, 2008, at 0:52:57
Prozac has caused a overall feeling of well-being (not a high) just that i can cope and feel with reality.
But at night it really stimulates my mind, to where i cant sleep, i feel im crawling out of my mind,
I took RESTORIL, and a little Xanax....it was wasted, nothing happened, i just felt calm, then it wore off...
I think something to calm the mind like Zyprexa 10mg. But the only thing, the next day im really lethargic on it (zyprexa).I was thinking i need to ask my doctor about something about this case...but he's just, i need to get a better psychiatrist because this one (with my mother sabotaging alot) didnt treat me for something. And definetly he's not going to want to switch my other meds....120$session, just sits there...
God that makes me mad.
but lets cheer up, hope and believe everyhing for everyone will get better....
Im somewhat of a pessimist, because i always see the cup "empty" or even "its broken" thats why its half empty!
sorry;) just a bit hypomanic tonihgt.
Ill be here soon.
fan
Posted by yxibow on March 16, 2008, at 3:37:41
In reply to One more thing....Prozac again, posted by your#1fan on March 16, 2008, at 0:52:57
> Prozac has caused a overall feeling of well-being (not a high) just that i can cope and feel with reality.
>
> But at night it really stimulates my mind, to where i cant sleep, i feel im crawling out of my mind,
>
> I took RESTORIL, and a little Xanax....it was wasted, nothing happened, i just felt calm, then it wore off...
> I think something to calm the mind like Zyprexa 10mg. But the only thing, the next day im really lethargic on it (zyprexa).
>
> I was thinking i need to ask my doctor about something about this case...but he's just, i need to get a better psychiatrist because this one (with my mother sabotaging alot) didnt treat me for something. And definetly he's not going to want to switch my other meds....120$session, just sits there...I hate to say it, but if you're that dissatisfied with your psychiatrist maybe it is a time for a second opinion. Its always hard to do that when one feels they're at their worst, I've thought about it at times but I've had such a long relationship with my doctor. I don't know. I've had a second opinion or two years back but things were different.
Multiple benzodiazepines aren't the greatest combination -- you don't really know what is going to happen. Restoril happens to be a metabolite of Valium. And Xanax does wear off pretty quickly unless you're a long term user and then one runs the risk of habituation, it depends.
No, Trazodone, however repulsive of a sleep inducer it is (in my opinion) is still a good option for short term (month or two) sleep relief.
In the long run, only natural sleep cycles are going to stop any sleep disorder, whether medication induced or not. Sleep medications were never intended for more than about 4 weeks, especially the pseudobenzodiazepines (Lunesta, etc) that become fairly unusable if one is on any amount of benzodiazepines.
Whatever one does, definately don't stack sleep aids -- i.e. xanax + doxepin + over the counter, etc... it increases the risk of respiratory depression.
Tryptophan / 5HTP is fairly benign, especially after Tryptophan was reintroduced and scrutinized for contaminants.
Prozac over time will settle, but it is a pretty stimulating SSRI. Luvox and Paxil are more sedating, but that is really up to you and your doctor, if you're already on something that works, then a drastic change may not be the best.
> God that makes me mad.
>
> but lets cheer up, hope and believe everyhing for everyone will get better....
>
> Im somewhat of a pessimist, because i always see the cup "empty" or even "its broken" thats why its half empty!I can understand that -- when you don't see the light at the end of the tunnel. I can be very pessimistic at times -- and sometimes you just have to let it out, remembering that nobody can predict the future but to whatever extent you can, you have some power to move forward.
> sorry;) just a bit hypomanic tonihgt.
>
> Ill be here soon.
>
> fan
Posted by Phillipa on March 16, 2008, at 12:10:39
In reply to Re: One more thing....Prozac again » your#1fan, posted by yxibow on March 16, 2008, at 3:37:41
Luvox has been the only ad I've tolerated kicked it to l00mg last night and needed more benzos to sleep and even then couldn't fall asleep at 3am still awake still on percocet too. Phillipa ps Fan it's so hard to try different docs.
Posted by your#1fan on March 17, 2008, at 1:19:16
In reply to Re: One more thing....Prozac again » your#1fan, posted by yxibow on March 16, 2008, at 3:37:41
benzodiapines............... they are good for my nerves and mind, because, the best thing for me is a stong mood stabilzer (Zyprexa) and benzo's.
I've tried Zoloft, SSRI's, im on an SSRI, Prozac but it is stimulating and gives me energy thorugh out the entire day....including night. Prozac ZAP all day. Its much diffrent from Wellbutrin, wellbutirn calmed me down, made me focus, but gave me BAD insomina and anxiety. I am ADHD, severe, and like i siad, the old 81 year old doc is just taking my money, and doesnt even want to treat.
WHHOOO!! GOD, I COULD BOIL AND EGG ON MY HEAD RIGHT NOW! i would put him in his place, because what kind of a doctor.... im sorry im just so mad at the man, i could just hit the wall.
Prozac is the most closets thing to treating energy and concentration, but its not ment to do it. Wellbutrin would be better, i asked my doctor about both "WellZac" he said "nope, your not a doctor, and dont tell me what to give you" excuse me MR MAN! you just sit on your danm butt, do nothing, your stubborn just my mommie dearest, and you refuse to treat me, the only indimiation i could give him is a legal action-suit, but that would do not much. He is stubborn, he'll sit there the whole time and argue, because he's a old hot head. I new doctor is what is needed, that old thing needs to retire. And my mother is getting OFF my danm insurance! its about time she realized what damage she did to me!
mad mad mad.
fan
Posted by your#1fan on March 17, 2008, at 1:26:36
In reply to Re: One more thing....Prozac again » yxibow, posted by Phillipa on March 16, 2008, at 12:10:39
Its not going end, i have to kick Ms. Dearest off my insurance. Because not has she only sabtoged half of my mind, its my life! dont expect a door hit her in *ss! bye mom! see ya at christmas!
God, whooo, just mad. Mad, but you know, i gotta get over it, because polarbear, many poster have told me to just go on with my life with out treatment.....
But at least i am getting treated for Bi-polar disorder, that is a #1 thing to get treated for....and actually i havent taken my Zyprexa. I need to, mind is so raging about every aspect of life! its misery it brings you! the heartache, the lonelyness. The stupitity that i have done in the past (which is my own ego's choice), i just all regret everything.
sorry....im just ranting...
electric fan
Posted by your#1fan on March 17, 2008, at 1:40:52
In reply to Re: I need another doctor! phillpa, posted by your#1fan on March 17, 2008, at 1:26:36
its just these thoughts consume me and i feel so out of control of my life.
I shoulnt say it out load, even i am screaming in my mind. I need to take Zyprexa and Xanax right now.
Im sorry, its night, i get a little off at night! hahaha
electric fan
Posted by yxibow on March 17, 2008, at 2:58:26
In reply to Re: I need another doctor! phillpa, posted by your#1fan on March 17, 2008, at 1:26:36
> Its not going end, i have to kick Ms. Dearest off my insurance. Because not has she only sabtoged half of my mind, its my life! dont expect a door hit her in *ss! bye mom! see ya at christmas!
>
> God, whooo, just mad. Mad, but you know, i gotta get over it, because polarbear, many poster have told me to just go on with my life with out treatment.....Don't go untreated -- if not for medication, then therapy. Its not a place that I think you would want to go and functionality would be reduced. It would make life harder to cope with. And there's no shame in being treated and eventually finding a second opinion since you have painted a fairly dismal picture of your current p-doc.
> But at least i am getting treated for Bi-polar disorder, that is a #1 thing to get treated for....and actually i havent taken my Zyprexa. I need to, mind is so raging about every aspect of life! its misery it brings you! the heartache, the lonelyness. The stupitity that i have done in the past (which is my own ego's choice), i just all regret everything.
We can mourn the past but we move forward and accept our limitations -- I have a lot of things I wish I never did, changes in life I wish I didnt make and I think I wouldn't be where I am now, but I'm here, its is a fact that it is St. Patrick's Day, 2008, with a lot of complexities, I live in the Here and Now -- its the only reality outside our own inner feelings that exists.
> sorry....im just ranting...
>
> electric fanRanting lets it out and then you focus on something that makes you feel better and gets one forward in life.
-- I hope you feel better
-- tidings
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