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Silver Swan
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Dec 19, 2010 at 12:15 AM
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What if I go through all the antipsychotics out there? I'm getting close- it seems anyway. Geodon, risperdal, abilify, seroquel....
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Grand Member
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Dec 19, 2010 at 01:44 AM
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What about the older ones? ALso there is typical or atypical
Typical:
Atypical:
There are many i sure hope something will do. __________________  "Love is patient; love is kind; love is not boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things". I Corinthians 13: 4-7
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Silver Swan
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Dec 19, 2010 at 02:00 AM
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Ok so I've had 4 of the atypicals and none of the typicals. But aren't the atypicals around because they supposedly have many fewer side effects than the typicals?
I wish they'd work but they seem to be very serious, powerful drugs. I'm already maxed out on lithium per blood tests. |
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Dec 19, 2010 at 03:17 AM
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I've tried seroquel, zyprexa, and was on risperdal for 6 years. I'm on abilify now for about 6 weeks. I can't say any of them worked all that well for me; I still suffer, my moods still vary painfully. So I don't think it is the end of the world if you don't find a med in one category to work for you.
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Skeleton Queen
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Dec 19, 2010 at 06:19 AM
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....then they have to bury you at the bottom of the ocean!
Hope you know I am just kidding  I sure hope something that works for you soon!
__________________ Be who you are and say what you feel... Because those who matter.. Don’t mind... And those who mind.. Don’t matter." (Dr. Seuss) 
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Dec 19, 2010 at 10:54 AM
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Sometimes it depends on the other meds that you are taking and the dosage of said anit-psychotics. I'm on Geodon now, third time around, and it seems to work better this time. Haldol is a great older one. The only bad thing about the older ones, at least for me anyway, is that you tend to sleep forever. It's taken me a long time to find the right med combo, so don't lose hope.
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Wandering soul
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Dec 19, 2010 at 11:06 AM
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What Moreta says is so true, it does depend too on what it is combined with because sometimes something will get you part of the way there and combined with something else can get you the rest of the way there to control the rest of the symptoms. Combos can do wonders.
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Silver Swan
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Dec 19, 2010 at 12:40 PM
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I'm on ativan .5 mg and lthium 300 mg. Problem is, my blood tests show I'm at my lithium max.
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Dec 19, 2010 at 09:25 PM
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Silver Swan
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Dec 19, 2010 at 10:42 PM
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Mania, psychosis, mixed states, and disregulated moods.
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Dec 19, 2010 at 11:16 PM
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There are also a bunch of anti convulsants that have powerful anti manic properties...
Also meds work best if they are combined with therapy. Are you in therapy? Do you know your triggers and early warning signs and what helps to calm you down? __________________  I can do all things through him who gives me strength
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Dec 19, 2010 at 11:23 PM
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Ahh... I live within a few miles of Eli Lilly I am sure that if your insurance will pay for it they will come up with some new med before you run out of options.
Like Skully... just kidding. I hope that you find the right combo soon. I hate that psychiatry is an art not a true science. __________________ There’s been many a crooked path that has landed me here Tired, broken and wearing rags Wild eyed with fear -Blackmoores Night |
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Silver Swan
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Dec 20, 2010 at 09:57 AM
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Well a friend is a behavioral pharacologist and said it may be I can't do any of this class of drug. I have a call into my pdoc.
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Silver Swan
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Dec 20, 2010 at 07:01 PM
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Pdoc called. Wanted me to do lamictal. I said I'd rather not. So we're upping my lithium.
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Silver Swan
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Dec 21, 2010 at 05:43 PM
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Got the lithium. Hope this works! Having it twice a day instead of once will help even the dose too.
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