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Anyone on Seroquel?
My MD wants to start me on seroquel, starting tonight, for my bipolar (II). I have been on effexor, lamictal and abilify, but he's going to change everything especially by taking me off of the effexor and abilify (ravenous appetite with abilify though it works well). Anyway, I just read through the side effects of seroquel and am worried about some of them--especially the weight gain. Does anyone have any thoughts on this drug and if it's good or not? Thank yoU!
Treatment for bipolar II
I have lived (or suffered with) depression for years, diagnosed and started treatment in 2001 but had it for years before that. I've been on a number of anti-depressants but after 6 months they always seemed to fail me. A few years ago I started seeing a new doc who told me I was bipolar II--I said yea, right--I wish I was then I'd have the manic episodes and actually get some stuff done during the day! She started me on a different antidepressant and lamictal. Over the last two years she has changed the anti-depressant several times and kept wanting to add different meds, but I think I was in denial. I have a lot of education in the mental health field, and I really didn't believe I was bipolar.
Anyway, currently I'm on effexor 150mg daily, lamictal 200mg daily, abilify 2mg daily. I'm also dual-diagnosis--bipolar and substance abuse. I recently (this month) went through detox for opiate abuse. For the last year at least I know that my symptoms and frequent depressive episodes were caused by my pill use, so I know that I wasn't appropriately being treated--it was my fault. This week I started seeing a different psychiatrist, and he said I should in no way be on an anti-depressant and he couldn't believe I had been on one in so long. Also, because of the wt gain with abilify, he wants to take me off that as well and start me on Geodon. Is anyone here on Geodon? Has anyone been on abilify and prefer one over the other? The research I've done shows that lamictal is a good drug, so I'm going to stay on that. Unfortunately we can't change my meds around right now because we have to get me stable from the pill use/withdrawal. Any advice or suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Anyway, currently I'm on effexor 150mg daily, lamictal 200mg daily, abilify 2mg daily. I'm also dual-diagnosis--bipolar and substance abuse. I recently (this month) went through detox for opiate abuse. For the last year at least I know that my symptoms and frequent depressive episodes were caused by my pill use, so I know that I wasn't appropriately being treated--it was my fault. This week I started seeing a different psychiatrist, and he said I should in no way be on an anti-depressant and he couldn't believe I had been on one in so long. Also, because of the wt gain with abilify, he wants to take me off that as well and start me on Geodon. Is anyone here on Geodon? Has anyone been on abilify and prefer one over the other? The research I've done shows that lamictal is a good drug, so I'm going to stay on that. Unfortunately we can't change my meds around right now because we have to get me stable from the pill use/withdrawal. Any advice or suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Finally seeking help. . .
I've got a pill problem, an addiction that's gone on since middle school. That makes it thirteen years.
It's not a conventional addiction, if there's such a thing. It isn't the effect I'm looking for; I simply don't care what I take. If I see a pill, I take it. It doesn't matter what it is, whether I know or not what it is, or I DO know what it is and that it causes problems.
Throughout high school I took Benadryl to sleep. Only very recently have I realized I've used it because it induces a sort of drunken feeling. I'm so past the point of getting the correct effect that I don't even know if it EVER helped me sleep in the first place. I don't take it anymore. There were also diet pills in high school that gave me severe tachycardia (racing heart), shortness of breath and insomnia. I despised that effect. I took them every so often, though, just because I saw them when I went to get gas (fuel, not Taco Bell).
When I started working at my last job, a veterinary clinic, I had easy access to Ultram (tramadol). I took it once for a headache, and that was all it took. I kept taking ever-increasing amounts until a night months later when my heart nearly stopped.
I've been on medication for bipolar disorder for years now. Seven days ago I took ten Excedrin (which I've been taking just for the sake of taking). No reason, I was just sitting around, and they were there. I went into the bathroom on the way to bed and ate six melatonin, a sleep hormone. Hormone overdose can be deadly, so it wasn't the greatest idea, but hey. I'm apparently not the most logical man on the planet.
Last night, having ditched all of the non-prescription pills in the house, I took eight Lamictal, a mood stabilizer and anti-seizure medication (I use it for mood stabilization). I'm prescribed 300 mg. a day; I took 800 last night. An ambulance had to come. My heart nearly stopped, I was incoherent and I was at high risk for a seizure.
I didn't do it to get high. I just did it because they were there.
I need help. I don't want to live like this, and if it keeps going this way, I won't live much longer anyway. I don't want to die, nor do I want to hurt myself. I'm in a generally good mood as long as I have access to corny horror movies and popcorn, and I don't have to watch soap operas at work because the boss loves them.
I've come here because I know I'm not the only one. I hope I can find ways to get help, and to end this cycle. It being a wonder I'm alive today, I think it's probably time to take care of this.
--H
It's not a conventional addiction, if there's such a thing. It isn't the effect I'm looking for; I simply don't care what I take. If I see a pill, I take it. It doesn't matter what it is, whether I know or not what it is, or I DO know what it is and that it causes problems.
Throughout high school I took Benadryl to sleep. Only very recently have I realized I've used it because it induces a sort of drunken feeling. I'm so past the point of getting the correct effect that I don't even know if it EVER helped me sleep in the first place. I don't take it anymore. There were also diet pills in high school that gave me severe tachycardia (racing heart), shortness of breath and insomnia. I despised that effect. I took them every so often, though, just because I saw them when I went to get gas (fuel, not Taco Bell).
When I started working at my last job, a veterinary clinic, I had easy access to Ultram (tramadol). I took it once for a headache, and that was all it took. I kept taking ever-increasing amounts until a night months later when my heart nearly stopped.
I've been on medication for bipolar disorder for years now. Seven days ago I took ten Excedrin (which I've been taking just for the sake of taking). No reason, I was just sitting around, and they were there. I went into the bathroom on the way to bed and ate six melatonin, a sleep hormone. Hormone overdose can be deadly, so it wasn't the greatest idea, but hey. I'm apparently not the most logical man on the planet.
Last night, having ditched all of the non-prescription pills in the house, I took eight Lamictal, a mood stabilizer and anti-seizure medication (I use it for mood stabilization). I'm prescribed 300 mg. a day; I took 800 last night. An ambulance had to come. My heart nearly stopped, I was incoherent and I was at high risk for a seizure.
I didn't do it to get high. I just did it because they were there.
I need help. I don't want to live like this, and if it keeps going this way, I won't live much longer anyway. I don't want to die, nor do I want to hurt myself. I'm in a generally good mood as long as I have access to corny horror movies and popcorn, and I don't have to watch soap operas at work because the boss loves them.
I've come here because I know I'm not the only one. I hope I can find ways to get help, and to end this cycle. It being a wonder I'm alive today, I think it's probably time to take care of this.
--H
New to this in every way. . .
Just wanted to introduce myself real quick. Well, not real quick, per se. Just. . .well, anyway~:-p
I guess I can't give names here, but call me Hogosha. I've got a pill problem, an addiction that's gone on since middle school. That makes it thirteen years.
It's not a conventional addiction, if there's such a thing. It isn't the effect I'm looking for; I simply don't care what I take. If I see a pill, I take it. It doesn't matter what it is, whether I know or not what it is, or I DO know what it is and that it causes problems.
Throughout high school I took Benadryl to sleep. Only very recently have I realized I've used it because it induces a sort of drunken feeling. I'm so past the point of getting the correct effect that I don't even know if it EVER helped me sleep in the first place. I don't take it anymore. There were also diet pills in high school that gave me severe tachycardia (racing heart), shortness of breath and insomnia. I despised that effect. I took them every so often, though, just because I saw them when I went to get gas (fuel, not Taco Bell).
When I started working at my last job, a veterinary clinic, I had easy access to Ultram (tramadol). I took it once for a headache, and that was all it took. I kept taking ever-increasing amounts until a night months later when my heart nearly stopped.
I've been on medication for bipolar disorder for years now. Seven days ago I took ten Excedrin (which I've been taking just for the sake of taking). No reason, I was just sitting around, and they were there. I went into the bathroom on the way to bed and ate six melatonin, a sleep hormone. Hormone overdose can be deadly, so it wasn't the greatest idea, but hey. I'm apparently not the most logical man on the planet.
Last night, having ditched all of the non-prescription pills in the house, I took eight Lamictal, a mood stabilizer and anti-seizure medication (I use it for mood stabilization). I'm prescribed 300 mg. a day; I took 800 last night. An ambulance had to come. My heart nearly stopped, I was incoherent and I was at high risk for a seizure.
I didn't do it to get high. I just did it because they were there.
I need help. I don't want to live like this, and if it keeps going this way, I won't live much longer anyway. I don't want to die, nor do I want to hurt myself. I'm in a generally good mood as long as I have access to corny horror movies and popcorn, and I don't have to watch soap operas at work because the boss loves them.
I've come here because I know I'm not the only one. I hope I can find ways to get help, and to end this cycle. It being a wonder I'm alive today, I think it's probably time to take care of this.
--H
I guess I can't give names here, but call me Hogosha. I've got a pill problem, an addiction that's gone on since middle school. That makes it thirteen years.
It's not a conventional addiction, if there's such a thing. It isn't the effect I'm looking for; I simply don't care what I take. If I see a pill, I take it. It doesn't matter what it is, whether I know or not what it is, or I DO know what it is and that it causes problems.
Throughout high school I took Benadryl to sleep. Only very recently have I realized I've used it because it induces a sort of drunken feeling. I'm so past the point of getting the correct effect that I don't even know if it EVER helped me sleep in the first place. I don't take it anymore. There were also diet pills in high school that gave me severe tachycardia (racing heart), shortness of breath and insomnia. I despised that effect. I took them every so often, though, just because I saw them when I went to get gas (fuel, not Taco Bell).
When I started working at my last job, a veterinary clinic, I had easy access to Ultram (tramadol). I took it once for a headache, and that was all it took. I kept taking ever-increasing amounts until a night months later when my heart nearly stopped.
I've been on medication for bipolar disorder for years now. Seven days ago I took ten Excedrin (which I've been taking just for the sake of taking). No reason, I was just sitting around, and they were there. I went into the bathroom on the way to bed and ate six melatonin, a sleep hormone. Hormone overdose can be deadly, so it wasn't the greatest idea, but hey. I'm apparently not the most logical man on the planet.
Last night, having ditched all of the non-prescription pills in the house, I took eight Lamictal, a mood stabilizer and anti-seizure medication (I use it for mood stabilization). I'm prescribed 300 mg. a day; I took 800 last night. An ambulance had to come. My heart nearly stopped, I was incoherent and I was at high risk for a seizure.
I didn't do it to get high. I just did it because they were there.
I need help. I don't want to live like this, and if it keeps going this way, I won't live much longer anyway. I don't want to die, nor do I want to hurt myself. I'm in a generally good mood as long as I have access to corny horror movies and popcorn, and I don't have to watch soap operas at work because the boss loves them.
I've come here because I know I'm not the only one. I hope I can find ways to get help, and to end this cycle. It being a wonder I'm alive today, I think it's probably time to take care of this.
--H
