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Originally Posted by BipolaRNurse
That's way too quick. Tapering should be gradual, over the course of weeks or even months depending on how long you were on it. I'm sorry that happened to you. 
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Yeah, she took me from the 20mg I was taking to 10 for a week then off. I was on it for about 6 months. Maybe she was expecting the Geodon to have more of an effect on the low end than it does currently. But this switch to the bipolar diagnosis has her completely out of her element, first time I've ever seen her have to consult with another doctor (the psych in this case) before prescribing me something instead of just discussing it with me (I've usually thoroughly researched my options and just ask for something specific, and 9 times out of 10 she agrees it's the right thing) and prescribing it. She's already said she's not comfortable treating me for this, and that while I can continue to receive my general health care from her, the mental health stuff all needs to go through the psych now.
While I'm feeling better now that I'm back on the AD, I can already tell this specific combo (Celexa and Geodon) is NOT going to work for me long term. I'm getting a lot of the walk into the room and forget why stuff, even just sitting in my chair and thinking I need to do something, then the next second can't remember what it was, just that I was going to do something. Or like last night I was repeatedly looking at the color yellow and automatically calling it green. I could NOT make myself call it yellow for about 10 minutes. And I have it in my head right now that this one girl on the cast of the show I'm in is out to get me kicked out of the company, though I know that's (probably) not true. Though she really doesn't seem to like me at all, her or her crony... I get along with the rest of the cast and the directors just fine. And I'm losing control of my brain-mouth filter.