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Oct 03, 2017, 07:34 PM
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Has anyone done this test? I'm thinking about trying to do it. I have had nothing but bad experiences with meds. Everything makes me suicidal (like a danger to myself instead of my normal ideation) and I'm having such a hard time coping with all the cycling. I'm bipolar II and no meds for 3 years now except for the occasional Ativan for anxiety. I'm so sick of feeling depressed and having suicidal ideation on a regular basis. It is exhausting. If you have taken this test did it help you find a good med? I'm getting desperate 😞. I have a good husband, a child I love more than anything, a decent albeit stressful job. I don't want to feel this way for another 30 years!
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Bipolar Disorder I, PTSD, GAD When it is darkest, we can see the stars. –Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Oct 03, 2017, 08:41 PM
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I have done it for myself and a couple of my kids. My pdoc uses the results to note what meds should not be considered or I may be more or less sensitive to. They have a sliding scale for payments so if you don't have much money they won't charge much. I recommend it.
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| |Up and down |And in the end it's only round and round |Pink Floyd - Us and Them | |bipolar II, substance use disorder, ADD |lamictal, straterra | |
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Oct 03, 2017, 08:52 PM
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I had it done because a former pdoc insisted.
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schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety d/o haldol, prazosin, risperdal and prn klonopin and helpful cogentin |
| zbmom
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Oct 03, 2017, 10:58 PM
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I took it couple months ago and haven’t had anything related to it prescribed. At the time I was seeing my former psychiatrist who ordered the test, then after came out started iop and jut recently gave him the results. Which I haven’t heard anything about.
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Lactimal 175 mg Pristiq 100 mg Gabapentin 1800 mg Klonopin 1mg. Major depression Social anxiety disorder |
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Oct 03, 2017, 11:54 PM
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Never had it. Does it tell you about other genetic propensities? Like risk of caners or heart disease?
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Oct 04, 2017, 12:20 AM
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Lactimal 175 mg Pristiq 100 mg Gabapentin 1800 mg Klonopin 1mg. Major depression Social anxiety disorder |
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Oct 04, 2017, 03:50 AM
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And where do you take it?
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Oct 04, 2017, 07:44 AM
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Oct 04, 2017, 07:46 AM
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| |Up and down |And in the end it's only round and round |Pink Floyd - Us and Them | |bipolar II, substance use disorder, ADD |lamictal, straterra | |
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Oct 05, 2017, 08:02 PM
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Well I went and got my cheeks swabbed today. They're going to test me for opiates, psychotropics and the mthfr gene. I'll keep you all posted on the results. So far it was a piece of cake.
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Bipolar Disorder I, PTSD, GAD When it is darkest, we can see the stars. –Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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