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Originally Posted by medicalfox
It's the end of the semester and I got severely manic, I made a scene at a public restaurant and had to be driven home.
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At least you've finished the semester and can concentrate on feeling better.
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Originally Posted by medicalfox
On the plus side I got an A in my math class, I'm waiting on my other two classes to see what my grades are.
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Congratulations on your A!
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Originally Posted by newtus
somethings gone terriibly wrong with my weight. i gotta stop my meds immediately
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If you stop your meds, your T won't see you any more. That's the agreement you both made. If you miss a dose, you're deemed non-compliant. If you take less than you're prescribed, you're also deemed non-compliant. No wiggle room. If you don't want that, then you need to discharge yourself from this T and find a new one.
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Originally Posted by newtus
no but maybe i can talk to my pdoc about herbal stuff
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I don't think most pdocs think sz can be managed with herbs.
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Originally Posted by Cannablissfully
I have a question for anyone who can answer, Me and my Fiancé really would like to have a child with each other after we get married...But now that I am taking Risperdal on a regular basis I really worry about what I will do? Is it dangerous to take that when pregnant and are there any alternatives that I can do that are baby safe? Or should I just avoid mediation until the baby is born? I really need to know this stuff so that I can be prepared for our future together. Thanks  We were discussing this earlier with each other. |
You need to find a pdoc who specialises in the perinatal period (before and during pregnancy). They will know which meds are considered safest, and will help you and your fiancé weigh up the risks and benefits of meds in pregnancy. Like Sometimes said, there is a risk to you and your unborn child if you stop meds and relapse. Regardless of what the official data is for APs, personally I am concerned about the effect an AP would have on a developing brain. They say that APs shrink adult brains, so who knows what effect they would have on a foetus! I know that when using APs in the third trimester, there is a risk of the baby being sedated and floppy after birth, which will need monitoring. But I think there is also the risk of EPS and akathisia in the baby too. Basically you need a referral to a perinatal pdoc to discuss this in detail BEFORE you get pregnant. All the best
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Originally Posted by Lillybird90
My grip on sanity is slipping away.I am taking these meds but its still slipping away from me I think its too late my sanity is leaving me the things I do and sayy make nosens e anymore and people are afraid of me because of my diagnosis friends I used to have are avoiding me they think I am dangerous or something I keep thinking I need to set myself on fire but I wont its another one of those violent thoughts flooding my mind like iron claws digging into my brain and sucking away the last drops of my mental being.I am still crawling through the tunnel of nightmares that I was sucked into years ago I have never found my way out yet and the voices of the damned keep echoing back at me and driving me further into the depths of madness. its slipping away I am slipping away and everything is turning black all that will remain is the empty shell of a being who is consumed into the void of nonsensical mindlessness and stuck behind a never ending bricked up wall of their own insanity the wall my mind has built for me.
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Originally Posted by Lillybird90
Thanks I will discuss this with my mother and we will call up my pdoc and see if we can get the medicine increased because it really isnt helping me enough I need more than the current dose it seemed like it was doing something positive at first but it is just not doing anything now.and for some reason my negative symptoms and my depression have increased since taking the prozac along with my ap.
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Be careful with prozac/fluoxetine! I had awful akathisia on it that made me suicidal.
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Originally Posted by KUREHA
My discharge summary came today, says I have schizophrenia and they have screwed me - putting lies in it and who they going to believe me or Drs and nurses 
Going to call the free solicitor on Monday - see if she can get me off this CTO, but it isn't looking good. |
I'm so glad that they let you out. I heard you were getting a section 3 (6 months), so that's a relief. I'm impressed you got a discharge summary though, cos I never did and neither did my GP. I had to wait 5 ˝ months before I got a copy of my notes to find out the horrible things they said about me.
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Originally Posted by KUREHA
They were really harsh to me in the hospital, I think because they thought I was being confrontational - but I made good friends.
I'm happy not to be getting restrained on the floor and dragged around.
The CTO sucks, I can refuse the meds in the community - but not in the hospital, which if I refuse they can send me back for up to 72 hours, basically my nurse said I'm getting the injections whatever  |
Sorry you were restrained
I don't think you can refuse meds on a CTO or they send you straight back to hospital regardless, sorry.
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Originally Posted by KUREHA
I'm not doing too bad - because I'm happy I'm out the hospital, but I am freaked out about the injection, they are trying to poison me and I can't run from the police forever.
I didn't even think I was being confrontational.
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They consider anybody not agreeing with them or not wanting to do what they want you to do when they want you to do it as confrontational, so I wouldn't worry about it.
*Willow*