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Originally Posted by sarahsweets
I do not know you and have only been a member here since december so i do not mean any disrespect..
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.
What are the long term implications you have with antipy's? Do they outweigh the positives?
Did the increase of zoloft start out in conjunction with the rexulti and then you removed the rexulti?
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.
That's all the advice you got? Go eat some food?
Geesh...
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I take Zoloft for anxiety/depression. I had a klonopin prescription in the past, but I lost it a long time ago (back in March) and my pdoc never prescribed me any more, with the intention of making Zoloft my main anxiety med.
I can afford stuff from the grocery store, yes. I just don't want to go because I'm anxious about going. It also mentally wears me out because of all the stimulation of the lights, people, machines, sounds, smells, etc.. I am and always have been highly sensitive to things. It's too much for me. I have sensory issues.
As for the antipsychotics... It's mostly the known (and unavoidable) brain shrinkage that I don't like about it. I also feel more stable on the Zoloft than anything else. Zoloft is the magic med, not antipsychotics.
And yeah, my therapist told me to go eat food. That's it. She said I could see her again next week if I wanted to, but she wasn't super helpful today, so I kinda don't wanna bother. Plus, it's the weekend now and she's already left since she leaves early on Fridays. Calling on Monday to setup an appointment for a time later in the week doesn't really help when the problem is NOW. And I can't talk to her after hours.