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Originally Posted by Mookster
About to fire one of mine too. Wants to label me psychotic... And put me on meds for it.... I don't understand what they don't get about being med phobic?? And how many times I have to remind them of all the problems I've had with meds.. Next one will be a referral from my other therapist... Not gonna try to find one on my own...
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Shelly:
To be psychotic means to be considered Skitzophrenic, Skitzoaffective, or Bipolar which calls for the use of an AP. The brain's MI is genetically physical in nature (correct me if I'm wrong) so drugs would be the necessary route of treatment.
But like as stated in my case- AP's do not work because I'm not psychotic as experimented upon. All they do is help calm me down if hypomania kicks in hard- which it hasn't since I'm being treated for bipolar symptoms. I'm suppose to take Respiradal 1mg, PRN. This is as most of type and dose that I can comfortably handle.
Respiradal: 1 mg is fine, but any more I pass out and have headaches, and sleep forever.
Seroquel: throbbing headache to neck tightening up the back of head and over the top, I'll sleep 22 out of 24 hours for days.
Geodon: closely resembles Respiradal, but more agitating.
Intuniv: instant anxiety, 4 hours of sleep a night, lots of energy, vivid night terrors, I'll wake up in a cold sweat.
I'm afraid of taking any other versions of AP.
