Do you change your own meds/dosage?

I know this is bad but I admit that in between pdoc appointments I'll take more or less of my meds depending on how I'm feeling. I just feel like I'm aware of my current state and I know what more or less will do. For example, my pdoc gave me wellbutrin XL and I didn't realize it until I got home. Well the XL lasts all day and keeps me up at night and I had the SR already so I took that instead. And I've been pretty hypo and not able to sleep lately so I took one and a half tabs of seroquel instead of just one. I had extra so it's not like ill run out. And sometimes just one ativan won't do a darn thing, so I take 2. Again I'm hypo, so I took 6mg of risperdal instead of 4 and my regular pdoc has suggested already to increase my dosage to 6mg. I can't get into my pdoc until the 14th and I feel like this hypo is making me nuts so I'm doing all I can with my meds to keep it together.

I know... This is bad blah blah but I did in fact contact my pdoc office and they gave me to a diff dr and when I called he straight up told me to "deal with it and make an appointment". I even went back and saw a nurse and he told me the same thing again! I literally cried my eyes out to this guy and he dismissed me. I'm knowledgeable about what doses are too much and what I can handle. No it's not an excuse but in between appointments and especially now I'm just desperate to hold on to what sanity I do have left. Besides, my usual pdoc always goes with my suggestions on dosages ect (probably not a good thing either seeing that I'm not a dr!).

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I have in the past. I'm really wanting to increase the Invega but I'm gonna wait until it's time. I've noticed it really makes pdocs mad so I would recommend calling them before you do bc what you did was very understandable. But I definitely have...

Because my professional support staff understand that I am committed to my management of my illnesses, I have 2 medications that are prescribed as a daily dose, and a PRN - an extra to be taken as needed. (If I have higher then normal anxiety or delusions). I have no history of medication abuse.

I do not take my medication the same time each day as I have no schedule in life. I occasionally miss a dose. I am trying to get an alarm pill dispenser to solve this issue.

Wasn't it last week you were going cold turkey off everything except Seroquel ? I probably missed a more recent update.

I think most every Bipolar person has fiddled with doses and whatnot, Nature of the beast

Yeah I did a lot in the past.mainly to try to flip into hypo
That's why this shot is perfect for me plus I really want stability now , to keep my job and all that jazz
I get it

The pdoc I did see that one time told me I didn't have to go off of them. Thank god. I'm waiting till the 14th for a med change.

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^ Are you fibbing?

If your still wanting to get off them or your Pdoc thinks you need to get off them and kinda start over and not have med after med layered on top of you, Then insist on a taper schedule that is actually doable and you will have to really dig deep in yourself to stick to becoming healthier and not abuse prescribed meds and also street drugs

Good luck

Lol why would I be fibbing? If a pdoc tells me to do something for a reason or to benefit me in the long run then I would do it. Especially right now.

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I have to wait until I see my regular pdoc on the 14th. I'm obviously not in a great state of mind to drop any meds right now especially when he called me back and told me to continue them after leaving him a msg. Why he didn't change them or drop any when I went back the second time, I don't know but that's was what it came down to. Thanks though. Appreciate it!

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And I'm just curious... When did I ever post anything on this thread about using street drugs? Why would you even say something like that? I don't know what I did to you on this forum but I don't know why you said something like that at all. I'm prescribed every med I discussed (none being street drugs BTW).

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I use to fiddle with meds but now I don't have enough to fiddle with them.

I don't mess with mine too much. I have discontinued Seroquel and Saphris on my own in the past though. I had made up my mind I was not going to take them anymore. Seroquel made me gain weight and Saphris made it too hard to get up in the morning. My pdoc was irritated that I didn't call him first. At one point though I was prescribed too much gabapentin than I felt comfortable with and started taking less. Now he just writes it for less. But he writes it to take 1 to 1.5. He mostly listens to me and writes for meds how I feel comfortable.

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In the past I didnt have a pdoc, my GP prescibed me. I got off of it by myself a couples of times even cold turkey (which brought me in a mixed state when I look back). I was stubborn and ignorant and no dx yet. Now I listen to my pdoc and tell her how I feel and what effect meds have on me. I dont take them at the same time and miss a dose sometimes, like imah. Every now and then I take some meds prn as well as a benzo, that I still have from previous docs but I tell my pdoc about it.
But I dont mess with them and most of them are long acting and have a long onset anyway.
Are you on a mood stabilizer and do you have a benzo prn?

I think the question about street drugs wasnt meant offensive. And tbh I use them every now and then although I know they are nefast for my stability.

Hi RX Queen. Maybe the mention of subutex or suboxone. Whatever it's called.
Don't worry. I'll always be your defender and on your side. You are a good friend.

Yes. Right now I'm weaning myself off of seroquel (at 50mg right now). I know my pdoc is going to be mad. I'm not really looking forward to my next appointment!

Keep a daily mood chart and write detail about doses of prescribed and non-prescribed psyc meds. It's too hard relying on memory. If you are varying the dose or frequency, write down your reason and the results. Keep it real.

There's not a side to take. Christina was just being straight forward
It seems a lot of issues popping up could be BPD related,

I've wanted to when I knew the lamictal wasn't at the therapeutic dosage and I needed to go up. But I would email my pdoc and she would tell me the exact same thing, so at least I feel somewhat validated in me wanting to do so.

I tweak with some of them.
I lowered the Lithium, raised the Lamotrigine, eliminated the Adderall, changed dosages of xanax and Trazodone. Haven't used the Remeron, etc.
It's all for a good cause. Only the results had not being that great.

I cant...only get enough for the month, but wouldnt be a good idea for me anyway. A serious history of using them to try and hurt myself. So.....

i do it all the time. i never tell my dr. I decrease my med and suffer the consequence. yet i continue to stay at the reduced dose. i hate being drugged up and dozy, which is like the only way i am stablised. if a lower dose, i will relapse pretty soon. so it doesn't make a different to me...

You increased the lamictal without telling your pdoc?? We titrated very very slowly because of the possible Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

I was on it for 5 yrs @ 200mg. New Pdoc wanted me off it, because we started Lithium. I went down to 150mg and then decided to go back up.
Later she went along with me.
I check for rashes all the time. SJS can happen at anytime.