
Aug 06, 2014, 08:31 AM
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Location: Oregon, USA
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Originally Posted by OutlawedSpirit
So I haven't been happy with my current pdoc, so I've been pdoc shopping. It's not really the best time considering I'm in a partial program, and they're talking about putting me inpatient, but I already had this appointment set up so I didn't want to waste it.
So I go in and tell him what's been going on. How I'm in the partial program because I was manic, and how I'm now in a damn mixed episode. Then I told him about my anxiety and stuff, and I did get a second confirmation for my OCD diagnosis, so I suppose that's something.
So as the appointment drew to a close, he asked what I wanted to do with my meds. I told him that the partial program wants to wean me off Geodon. He told me to leave that alone, which I didn't listen to, I still reduced my dose last night. Then he mentioned raising my Abilify. So I told him that we tried raising it before and it gave me akathasia. His response was that I could just take cogentin and it'd be fine. I wasn't too happy about that, but it still wasn't as bad as his next response.
Instead of raising my Abilify, cause I told him I didn't want to do that, he decided that the best course of action was to start me on 40mg of prozac. Am I overreacting for thinking it's nuts to put someone on an antidepressant when they are still in the process of coming down from a manic episode? He also prescribed me klonopin, which I'm sort of happy about, since someone is addressing my anxiety, but it seems like a lot to me for an initial dose. They're 0.5mg pills, and he wants me to take one in the morning and two at night.
Before I fill the script, I want to talk to my partial program pdoc to see what he thinks about the klonopin, but I really don't think I'm even going to consider the prozac. I just don't know. My current pdoc doesn't seem to know how to treat mania, and the new pdoc doesn't even seem to know what mania is. I have one more pdoc to try, although I was trying to avoid it because she is almost an hour away, but she comes highly recommended, so maybe I'll see if I can get an appointment with her.
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I'm not sure about the prozac, but I would say you know yourself.
As far as the klonopin goes. I think that's sort of weird to suggest or require that you take 1 in the morning and two at night. First off, klonopin actually lasts quite a bit of time, especially compared to xanax. Secondly, considering its a benzo , its usually prescribed on an "as needed basis." And a methodical pdoc would suggest that you split it in half until you know how it affects you.
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