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Originally Posted by Odee
I don't think that reading the med's PI sheet is always a bad idea -- in fact, I'm pretty sure it's always a good one. It's usually the internet that can be the best and yet the absolute worst place to look, especially if you're looking for a reason to not take a med.
I don't know, if I were as worried as you are now then perhaps it is worth waiting until the external stresses are over before starting a med. This way you don't have to worry about side effects during a sensitive period and you are also much less likely to confuse symptoms brought on by stress with symptoms brought up by the med. I think it's a shame when someone quits a med because they felt anxious or depressed on the first few days, or even when they feel nauseous during this period.
Yet, if I were you, I am also always anxious to get started on a new med, considering the duration in which it takes for them to begin working.
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Thanks for the reply  my general anxeity comes from when i was on a combo of meds last year that put mein the hospital because of halucinations and lots of craziness going through my head. While in the hospital i was put on two more meds that reacted very badly and taken off again. Ive been on neurontin for quite some time and it has helped but the doc decided i should also be on something else which is why im starting another med. Im just afraid the med will cause me to go through the reaction i had before and still am going through struggles from what it did. My therapist calls it ptsd from that traumatic expierence as it was truly horrifying and lasted months and left me in an unreal world. I cant describe it very well what i went through but its left me in a rough place when it comes to more and new meds. Sorry if this post seems to not make much sense..ive been manic today and not feeling like myself but also could be from the anxiety about taking this new med. I wish i wasnt so scared. I myslef cant read up on the meds but did post and asked about others expierence with it. But id rather not know the side affects listed so i dont imagine them. Ok i gotta go now..my brain just cant keep up with me. Sorry about the confusing post.
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 Current-Diagnosed-
Bipolar1 W/physcotic features,OCD,PTSD,Anxiety disorder,and Agoraphobia,Current meds-neurontin 600mg3x a day, pristique 50mg 1 every other day.
 meds tried-zoloft,abilify,seroquel,depakote,lithium,trilafol,tegretol,buspar,visteral,remeron,geodon,perphenazine,lamictal,risperdal,cogentin for sideaffects but made gums change color
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