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#1
Oct 25, 2010, 12:34 AM
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What has your pdoc told you lately.
Mine said there were some good antipsychotics out there.
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Oct 25, 2010, 04:23 AM
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I wish mine would be honest and tell me she cannot help me; or doesn't want to help me...
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Oct 25, 2010, 05:10 AM
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Oct 25, 2010, 08:30 AM
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My p-doc told me that stress is contributing to my symptoms.
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Oct 25, 2010, 08:33 AM
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WOW, one really needs a degree to come up with that?
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Oct 25, 2010, 08:36 AM
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my care team keep insisting that my work means i won't ever get better! not what i want to hear
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Oct 25, 2010, 08:42 AM
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Lotus - I agree. Sometimes I really hate pdocs!!! Loke mine making me wait 5 weeks for an emergency appointment!!!!
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"I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. Robert H. Schuller" Current dx: Bipolar Disorder Unspecified Current Meds: Epitec (Lamotrigine) 300mg, Solian 50mg, Seroquel 25mg PRN, Metformin 500mg, Klonopin prn |
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Oct 25, 2010, 10:32 AM
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Oct 25, 2010, 12:32 PM
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Grrrr. The newest have reduced weight gain, not no weight gain. That's the cycle I would see over and over again in nursing school. PDOC tells client drug X won't cause weight gain. Client gains 20 pounds in a couple of months on the drug, freaks out and now refuses to take drug. Trust in Pdoc eroded. Considering the client was in the psych hospital the entire time their diet was entirely selected by the hospital and there is no time to exercise.
My prescriber says having a goiter is no big deal.
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Oct 25, 2010, 12:44 PM
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Amazonmom; I agree I wish my pdoc had told me the side effects of the atypicals while I was inpatient. I think her thought process was I was very slim and I could have used a few extra pounds.......it ended up being 50 extra pounds and I wish I had spoken up sooner.
I can't remember the name of the new antipsychotic that my pdoc mentioned, but I had read about it in my BP magazine this year and it specifically mentioned that weight gain wasn't a side effect. I will try to find the article.
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Oct 25, 2010, 12:48 PM
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That drug is going to make literally billions! I am very interested.
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Oct 25, 2010, 05:48 PM
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That can just be propaganda. There's always a trade off. If others won't give us realistic information we have to "translate it" in our heads, i.e there is going to be weight gain but maybe the benefits will worth it. (Subject to individuals reacting differently to different drugs)
The other thing is the dosage. We always need to negotiate the lowest effective dose for us. Pdoc & patient need to be equals collaborating. The patient is the doctor's best resource. I negotiated a very low dose of risperidone with my previous GP and the present one agreed to carry on with that. |
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Oct 25, 2010, 06:33 PM
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Read recently that the weight gain from some drugs may be due to metabolic sydrome, going to ask my endocrinologist about it next appointment. Going have tests for type 2 diabeties to see if that is what is making losing weight harder...
Hate it when my pdoc tells me I have to take more drugs for the rest of my life... esp when they cause weight gain....
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Oct 26, 2010, 01:32 AM
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Blackpup - try work out if the Lamictin can cause weight loss... Mine is ridiculous!
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"I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. Robert H. Schuller" Current dx: Bipolar Disorder Unspecified Current Meds: Epitec (Lamotrigine) 300mg, Solian 50mg, Seroquel 25mg PRN, Metformin 500mg, Klonopin prn |
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Oct 26, 2010, 01:37 AM
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My pdoc just asked in a horrified voice why someone pulled her test request for my lithuim levels, so i couldn' get them done? Boy was that a mess, justas well I'm getting off that stuff, I'm tellingyou. The new labby was acting like I was going to Dexter her or something.
 The joys of having twenty people managing your meds
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Oct 26, 2010, 02:44 AM
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I'm ready to go to my GP for some new meds - he'll give me what I request within reason.
The last thing my pdoc said: Sorry, I'm fully booked up until 1 December. No, there are no emergency appointment slots, but if someone cancels, I'll let you know ARG!!!!! I Need my meds changed NOW, else I'm telling you it will become life-threatening. But wait - I only have a mental illness; I'm not physically sick, it cannot be that bad - pull yourself together dammit!
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"I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. Robert H. Schuller" Current dx: Bipolar Disorder Unspecified Current Meds: Epitec (Lamotrigine) 300mg, Solian 50mg, Seroquel 25mg PRN, Metformin 500mg, Klonopin prn |
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Oct 26, 2010, 06:08 PM
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Sorry to hear that things are going badly... it can get overwhelming and emotionally exhausting... please find a safe place to rest and renew your strength...
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Apr 07, 2011, 01:08 PM
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I just got back from my appointment. I see her every 90 days right now.
I talked to her about cognitive problems with Lamictal. She said that she had a lot of people in Lamictal and I was the only one to mention it. Before she this she said that the bipolar was likely distracting me. I told her about trying to qualify for long term care insurance. My interview with a nurse from the insurance company was especially interested in my cognitive skills. She gave me tests over the phone and I think I did well except for one. She said no one called to ask about me and she wouldn't really have known is they were just requesting files. She also said that my kidney disease might be effecting my thinking since my kidneys can't process waste as well as healthy kidneys. She said that it could be that the toxic waists that are effecting my thinking processes. I thought this was interesting. So she was satisfied with how I was handling life events and seemed to be stable. No adjustments in meds.
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Apr 07, 2011, 02:56 PM
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she wants my parents to come in for one of my appointments. EEEKK!!! Told her I needed to think about it.
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Apr 07, 2011, 11:47 PM
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Yeah my therapist told me she didn't have a magic wand to fix my problems......now what am i supposed to do with that information...is it just a condescending way of her telling me she's incompetent?
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Apr 08, 2011, 12:44 AM
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I saw my pdoc in March and when I walked into the office he said I look normal. He then said that three years ago he didn't think I could heal as much as I have.
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Apr 08, 2011, 05:33 AM
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"You look a little depressed..." really?????? what gave you that idea!!!!! On the up side he thinks with a tweak to my meds I should be able to be "normal" whatever that is....
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Apr 09, 2011, 08:35 PM
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I'm taking Lithium, Lamictal, Propanolol and Temezepam. I had a pretty bad anxiety attack and so my pdoc added Abilify to the mix. It seemed to temporarily work well, but then I started having problems talking to people and memory issues. I was communicating these things to my team and started accepting I guess this was just the way I was going to be. I started dating somebody and told them about my illness and the drugs I was taking. He saw the side effects too and actually talked to a friend of his that was a pharmacist. The pharmacist told him that Abilify was a very strong drug and that I needed to stop taking it. I had to be my own advocate to push to get off the drug and when I did the cognitive clouding and memory loss went away. Low and behold I could actually have decent conversations with people again and didn't get freaked out like I was getting because I had nothing to say.
Can you change pdocs? I know I've had emergencies with my current pdoc and he will call me after hours and get me in right away if I'm in a crisis mode. When I had the last anxiety attack I was convinced I needed to go to the hospital and he talked me through it and got me on some new medication and I was fine after that. I'm concerned for you that your pdoc is making you wait so long. I sure know in my case if my pdoc hadn't been there for me last time I would have ended up in the hospital. Not to say you are at that point, but if you feel you are in a crisis then I feel your doctor should be there for you. Good luck. Keep us posted. |
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Aug 26, 2011, 06:56 PM
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My doc said that I need to nurture myself in this time of change.
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Aug 27, 2011, 02:20 PM
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