Advocating for Myself Got Results

So I was in a super dark place last night. Some of you may have noticed. Anyway, I'm not going to ruminate on that right now. I ended up back at my pdoc's office today & talked to her nurse... again... because she wasn't in her office. I had major diarrhea of the mouth, more so than I have in a loooooong time. The nurse called my pdoc's personal phone with me sitting right there. She got a final answer & called in a prescription for 50 mg of Seroquel. She said to start that tonight along with my Risperdal. She said to give it until Monday to see if this works. If I don't start feeling better (i.e. stabilizing) then call or visit her office again & at that time, we'll have to consider IP. But.... I feel validated that we're trying the Seroquel first. I've been on it before & it helped. Here's to hoping it gets better!

I'm glad they listened to you and you got some help. I hope it works for you.

Good job. Glad you spoke up for yourself. Here's to hoping it helps.

Good job.

Good for you! Pro active is always better than re acting !

You are your best advocate! Great job!

For me, Seroquel seems to knock it down a notch and you will hopefully sleep and give your mind and body a rest. Hope you feel better.

Well last night was my first dose. It worked like a charm! I know they told me it wouldn't necessarily work overnight BUT.....I have a very sensitive system to different drugs & already, I slept through the night for the first time in 3 weeks & my mind is not racing anymore. So, despite what they said about it working overnight, I think it may actually be doing just that. I feel better already & I hope this is the Seroquel doing that for me.

Seroquel works immediately for me! I'm glad it did for you, too. Of course, I take a much bigger dose...