Quote:
Originally Posted by costello
So, you're on a dose of medication that's possibly too high or possibly not a good med for you. You're sleeping a lot and hallucinating more. You can:
1. Continue taking the meds and suffering.
2. Quit the meds cold turkey without telling anyone. ==> This will no doubt lead to disaster and more forced treatment.
3. Start drinking heavily or self-medicating in other ways. ==> This will add another layer of problems to your current difficulties.
4. Begin trying to advocate for yourself. Talk to your pdoc or your case manager or someone. Contact that group in Fort Worth that I mentioned a few weeks ago and see what they do and if they can advise you. Look for a private provider who might be more responsive to your needs.
This is your life and your body, newtus. Yours should be the lead voice in your treatment IMO. But you have to be sensible. And you have to be responsible for your actions. This on the meds, off the meds, add huge amounts of caffeine, start drinking thing isn't likely to work. It's just going to leave you perpetually off-balance and always being forced into the hands of people who will take away your power to decide for yourself.
Quit the booze. Limit the caffeine. Tell your pdoc you're sleeping too much and hallucinating more.
|
i actually dont have a case manager. my insurance gave me one but it was by telephone only. phoning from maryland. i live in texas. so i dropped them.
right now im on:
80mg latuda
8mg trilafon
1mg klonopin
i gotta take 5 pills a day.
NOMORE NOMORE NOMORE i say.
im doing 1-3 right now pretty much. so im taking most of your advice and all. i love caffiene and im more of a wine-o.
i stayed up til 8pm last night then slept than woke up at 10pm. been up ever since.
i dont know if i can get a private provider cause my mom is about to cut me off her insuranec. i know i keep saying that and it hasnt happened but she has been threatening me and i dont want to start with someone and be cut off. so i cant do much but be here. thats why i followed your advice for disability!!! but i cant get medicare til NOV 2013. all i can goto is cmhc. any county. thats all i can i do i guess. idk what to even do for support because i cant drive far or even on my meds and my dad works 12-16 hours a day.
wth am i supposed to do? hm?