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Aug 09, 2019, 12:45 PM
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Member Since: Dec 2018
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 6,008
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I do not know you and have only been a member here since december so i do not mean any disrespect..
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Originally Posted by bluebicycle
My therapist asked me today how I've been doing. I said I've been doing fine but that I haven't eaten in over 48 hours. She asked why. I said, "Because I have no food left in my apartment and I'm too lazy and anxious to go grocery shopping, but mostly extremely anxious." Then she asked, "So, have you been taking your medications? I know some people get nauseous if they take them when they don't eat." I said I kind of was and kind of wasn't. At that point, I wasn't going to lie... I told her that I reduced my rexulti dose to 1mg with the intent of going off it. I probably should have lied because now she's probably ratting me out to my pdoc... again. ugh.
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I do not think there is a single bipolar person who has not taken it upon themselves to alter or stop their medication. We start to feel better or are doing fine and we get it into our head how we want to be off medication and the cycle begins. I was not med compliant for a few years. I resisted a certain dose of a medication for a variety of reasons, and one of them was weight gain. I suffered horrible fugues and put my family through hell until i got sober and listened to my doctor. Do you take anxiety medication? Can you afford anything from the grocery store? Is there a social services or food bank that could help. Not eating for 48 hours is neglectful and could be construed as "self harm". It would certainly give me pause if I was treating you.
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What the hell am I going to say to my pdoc now? I don't want an antipsychotic anymore. I don't like their long-term health implications.
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What are the long term implications you have with antipy's? Do they outweigh the positives?
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Plus, I've been feeling stable ever since increasing my Zoloft dose. The only reason I've got 1 hr of sleep in the past 56 hours is that Rexulti normally sedates me and now I'm not being sedated, so my body is readjusting (or at least trying to).
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Did the increase of zoloft start out in conjunction with the rexulti and then you removed the rexulti?
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I want to keep my other medications, but I'm afraid my pdoc won't prescribe my ritalin anymore if I don't take my antipsychotic.
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I dont blame your doc if they stop prescribing a controlled substance like ritalin. You are showing that you cant take medication as directed. It would be a liability issue for your doc. Who's to say you wouldnt decide you needed a higher dose of the ritalin and take it upon yourself to up your dose? That would be med misuse not to mention you would run out of medication.
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My therapist told me to go eat something because she says my body is going to crash from no sleep and no food, except now I'm back at my apartment because of a work crisis. No time to get food. ugh. And I don't have cash for delivery. I'm feeling perfectly fine right now, though.
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That's all the advice you got? Go eat some food?
Geesh...
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