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Originally Posted by Nammu
It’s funny back in the day I had multiple problems with psych meds too. One interaction was so serious I ended up in the medical hospital for 3 days. I’ve had the not being able to pee problem and I blame psych meds for my gall bladder problems. Had surgery to remove it when I was still in my early 30’s. Then I read a book, no idea any more what the title was but it was about psych meds. Claimed you should never be given more than one new med at a time. That there should be a pause between meds of at least three weeks. I took that advice to heart. I wasn’t on any meds when I started my miracle drug, latuda. I did have side effects and switched from dinner time to bedtime and added sleep meds and the side effects were gone. I was just on those two meds for years. It was a miracle. I think pdocs are too quick to change meds and too eager to give more than one at the same time.
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I think polypharmacy is too common. Also a lot of times diagnosing isn’t done thoroughly enough. I have been in mental health care since I was 14 years old and not once even despite knowing how I grew up did anyone ever mention the possibility of PTSD and I brought it up to my psychiatrist last week, now at 30 years old almost 31, and he was like yeah that makes a lot of sense and also explains why we have more difficulty than usual controlling my other symptoms with meds and he diagnosed it. And my therapist started EMDR with me several months ago and immediately asked about trauma when we started working together. I swear some doctors just slap the first diagnosis that comes to mind and don’t investigate further. Like sometimes there’s additional stuff going on that could be contributing to difficulties. Meds can’t solve everything. Therapy is important too
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Diagnosis:
Schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type
PTSD
Social Anxiety Disorder
Anorexia Binge/Purge type