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Originally Posted by avlady
Sometimes we are stable and think we don't need the meds BECAUSE we are stable and think we don't need the meds anymore, but we are stable and that is what's keeping us feeling ok.
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Well, Princess Stupidhead here decided to cut her Geodon dose in half a few days ago because her pdoc said that when she got really stable she could try tapering down a bit.
Six weeks of stability + one overconfident bipolar - 40 mg Geodon = a dysphoric train wreck.
'Nuff said.
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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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