my physiatrist created trauma and pychosis

I asked where to post this but at least this part...I feel most comfortable here. my physiatrist put me up and down different meds sometimes within days gave me something with antidepressant qualities to sleep (doxepin) I can take nothing to do with any antidepressants or antidepressant qualities. Told him that many times. (Makes me pariniod and usually very social happy manic. They can sometimes make me an irritable manic) Strattera, Trazadone (but ssris are the worst). This time created mania sleeping 2 hrs. a night, my PTSD and flashbacks at least 2xs a day this went on for 6 months. So screwed up I didn't even understand needed new physiatrist. Without sleep, trauma overtime, anxiety thru roof... he raised some med (don't remember which) so fast I could feel...don't know how to describe it. But could feel I was going to see things but didn't. Hit a psychosis. Scared to death...I was hearing things, going out of my mind. My sister even went to physiatrist said you have got to get her to sleep. finally my therapist (and very angry "at the doctor" bipolar friend) talked to me see new physiatrist... less meds lower dosages was me in two weeks...put me on Seroquel for sleep but still only 6 hours a night waking up at least 4 times a night. Gained about 60 pds to 80 pds in a month but didn't care I was finally sleeping. My therapist asked if I wanted to do something legal about it...then got a letter he was retiring...thank God. I’m going to be all over these forums posting what belongs in PTSD and Anxiety and sleep everything because doesn't fit anywhere. But to all here thanks for listening to part. so scared it’s too different because of other diagnoses involved but started with bipolar and took from me my life...but I’m coming back just got a lot of healing to do ...thanks for listening

it is unfortunate that your pdoc (psychiatrist) did not listen to you. it is sad that there are so many out there that are like that. i had a pdoc that put me on an antidepressant for my anxiety and within two weeks i was having auditory hallucinations, seeing things and kicked off the worse mania of my life. it was over 2 months before i got it under control. i still dont comprehend why she would do that when she knew how easily i get manic.

then a new pdoc gave me trazodone for sleep after i told her what the zoloft did to me. after i read what that trazodone was an antidepressant as well i didnt take it but asked if she was crazy prescribing it to me knowing my sensitivity. she assured me the dose was so low it wouldnt affect me. so i trusted her and after taking four over the course of a week i was hallucinating so i stopped.

so i have learned i just cant trust pdocs giving me antidepressants. i cannot take them. i have to advocate for myself and say no when they try and push them on me. take care

I went through something similar a few months ago, but I was more sick from the meds I was put on than anything else, and it took me a while to figure out what it was... I'm still shocked that the psychiatrist I was seeing didn't see or care that the reason I was so sick was because of the meds she put me on. I was constantly tired no matter how much I slept, had headaches, vertigo, nausea, and became really depressed. I had to quit my job because I was so sick. And about a week after I discontinued the meds she'd prescribed me out of frustration, I was completely fine. If I hadn't tried that, I probably would have been sick for a lot longer with no idea what was wrong.

I think I have a good doc in terms of listening to me about side effects. I am sorry you have all had trouble. I just tell her flat out that I don't like a drug and she will talk me through the side effects and then offer me a different option.

thank you all i'm so glad not alone. trying to get courage to post the rest... one step at a time i guess. thank you for your support...ValentinaVVV, BadWolfC and Fuzzybear and kaliope