we are experts in many ways…
I’ve learned a lot
and I’m not new to this rodeo.
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I have learned a lot about the medications for sure having tried a fair few
Unfortunately being able to rattle off the side effects is a grim reality
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I suppose.
they always say those side effects eventually go away,
but you should be given the lowest dose that is most effective.
The problem is that even at high doses I still get symptoms.
I was unable to go on 2 due to my heart not being able to take 2 atypical APs
when I have gone in talking about the crazy sh-it in my life
that I’m facing,
typcially a doc will want to raise my mg dose,
thinking I’m all paranoid and stuff.
but I’m not doing that anymore,
and so far the doc abides by my wishes.
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are they breakthough, or constant, the symptoms you get
on a higher dose.
It’s near enough constant
Have been off work for 6 months now, and I don’t feel any better than before they messed with my medication
Sometimes I get a break, but it seems they come back more intensely like this morning
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I just hate being awake
you don’t get those symptoms when you sleep, do ya?
Doctors never tell you that the meds turn you into a fat, impotent zombie.
They just prescribe away with no concern for the physical/ emotional side effects it might cause you to have.
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Let your pdoc take responsibility for your actions.
I don’t know what you mean by that.
nobody takes responsibility of me, but me.
Some medicine has a counter productive effect.
It’s a virtue to take care of your body.
well, maybe, not sure.
I know that melatonin I had been taking
for years, just stopped working.
I don’t like it when a doctor says the average person gains ten pounds on this drug. Right! Like ten thousand pounds!
It’s very wrong to put someone on a drug that gives you insatiable hunger.
Is zyprexa supposed to be a flavor enhancer? Because my food tasted better when I was on it.
never heard that before.
ohhh, zyprexa, never that one for me.
maybe instead of eating due to that med,
you should get some hard candy to suck on,
or bubble gum.
I think the best use of my experience is to try and share it with others. Because, from what I have seen, the doctor doesn’t really care much for what I have learned or any other mental health professional. It seems that many people have more luck working with doctors than me.
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