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Old Jul 09, 2012, 10:51 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2012
Location: Western US
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Well, whatever you do, DON'T COME OFF CELEXA!!! If you can help it, that is. I'm going through a hellish withdrawal from just 10 mg/day that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy's pet iguana. I've been alternately irritable, weepy, petulant, uncoordinated, brain-zapped, goofy, hypomanic, distractible, and full of rage.......my family is about ready to throw me out of the house! (heh-heh, I pay the mortgage, so they can't really do that even if they did want to)

But as much as I want to go back on the AD, I think I'd rather march straight into Hell before going through this again. I've got a call out to my pdoc, who just got back from vacation and was totally swamped today so I didn't get to talk to him. It's OK, I'm not THAT effed-up.........although I probably should'nt have denied it when the receptionist (who doubles as triage person) asked me if I was in crisis. (No, I called just to check in and ask him if he enjoyed his vacation.)

I gotta learn the rules here---to me, it's not a crisis unless you're standing on the third floor of a building, ready to jump out the window, or you're up in the clock tower loading an assault weapon. But if I guess if I want to talk to the doctor on the same day I call, I'd better learn to overreact and say Yes when asked if I'm "in crisis". Sheesh!
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DX: Bipolar 1
Anxiety
Tardive dyskinesia
Mild cognitive impairment

RX:
Celexa 20 mg
Gabapentin 1200 mg
Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM
Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN
Lamictal 500 mg
Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression)
Trazodone 150 mg
Zyprexa 7.5 mg

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