I’ve got a list of 28 I’ve been on, we’ve gone back to the very beginning. Only skipped a few cause anything in certain “families” I am allergic to. Geodon is one, and a lot of new drugs are related to Geodon. And am unable to metabolize lithium. So have not tried that. They did that test in a lab to spare me the possible poisoning, very thankful for that one.
I wish something passes thru trials soon enough for me, I’m tired and just miserable. Although I’m sure the insomnia is making things worse, along with the chronic pain. Yay for getting pain pills cut off cause of drug seekers in Rock County.
Total yes, I went thru a medical group that had them that from very beginning to the new. The first pdoc I had dealt with kickbacks to put people on some not so good ideas ones. But there’s a lot older that are not recommended unless last resort. The side effects are brutal, and I was switched after 2 weeks on them if I saw no sign of a result. I don’t recommend NP Kautzman if you ever get stuck in rural SD. Her goal was to zombie you out, it was considered fair treatment and if you couldn’t function, you were on your way. I lost years of my kids lives and memories because of her.
She got them from overseas, I was patient assist. There’s a reason FDA doesn’t approve some. I signed waivers for her for every drug. Now I don’t see a doctor without a my husband okaying anything. He pulls out his phone in office and looks it up, yays or nays. She thought she could fix anyone by throwing enough meds, 3 APs at once was the most. Trusting her made me worse.
I was hospitalized for 2 days and came home yesterday. The mental hospital had a brilliant polish female doctor who lowered my clopixol from 400 mg every other week to 500 mg clopixol every 3 week to remove some of the negatives from conventional antipsychotic. My seroquel was upped with 100 mg and my ziprasidone was upped with 40 mg to improve my cognitive. The atypical are much more gentle than the old sideeffects wise. And the new antipsychotics are causing lot less negatives and cognitive issues than the conventional. Now I’m looking forward for a much brighter future.