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Old Sep 12, 2016, 07:27 AM
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Oh Raspberry, I hope that you can work this out. I know first hand how scary it is to get told that you are in danger of being locked up against your will. I came so very close last week. Try calling your doc and mention that you cannot tolerate the side effects of the meds that you no longer want to take them, the key is to then ask for a suitable replacement. I had to go through this with the clozapine that they wanted to place me on, I have severe hypertension in my family and am on the verge of being medicated for it. That should have been red flag number one. I also have a myriad of other cardiac issues that should have been red flags 3,4 and 5. But being typical med students they did not look until my blood pressure got too high.

In your case list off all of the side effects that are making it unable for you to take these meds. Dont forget that they work for you the patient, we are not their test subjects. I wish you the best. The best piece of advice i ever got was some I got from my PDoc once, she told me that I was her customer and it was her job to balance my wellbeing with my satisfaction.
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