Asking for fluoxetine ODT

I have to call in April to get an appointment in June. It'll be a new pdoc. I'm miserable and have been for a really long time. Now I'm crying randomly. I'm not suicidal but I don't want to get there. I'm pretty much mute. We're getting into arguments about me being so quiet I'm always on the verge of tears. I haven't showered in over a week and have had the urge to shower. I have to shower by tomorrow. I may just cancel my plans for tomorrow so I don't have to shower. I'm kinda am comfy here but I need to get out of this. I'm to low to pretend I'm not. I'm still doing stuff but everything is messed up. I want to ask for fluoxetine odt but I don't want to rely on meds but I hate just being a shell. I thought I was doing okay. I want to cut and cry and cut and cry and continue until I pass out.

Hang in there it will get better it always does. You are just going through a rough patch and you are strong enough to get though it.

What about holding onto ice cubes instead of cutting? Sorry you're feeling so lousy.

hey you are on a low dose of lamictal!
Ask to try to increase that too.
bizi
who takes 200mg twice a day.

Prozac picked me up at 10 mg. People take 60 mg and some even more - if you are ask to start with 10 mg, you just might get where you would be more comfortable without overshooting.

I’m sorry you have such a long wait for your new pdoc. Things sound really hard

I’m watching Kati Morton on YouTube - she has some videos that are shorter and to the point that I’m finding helpful since I have a wait before I can see a new therapist.

Here is one on strategies when you feel the urge to self harm:

I am sorry for the long wait to see a new pdoc. I was almost there myself (old pdoc retiring). Her co-worker gets good review, but he has a long waiting list. Between my old pdoc and the staff, I got worked in my sooner.

You have to be careful on anti-depessants with bipolar. My pdoc has given them to me in past once she made the bipolar diagnosis, but she never kept me on them longer than 3 or 4 months because I'd just swing the other direction and change to mania. Anti-depressants pick me up quickly, but they also inevitably steer me toward mania.

If you do use Paxil, it's best to do it under a doctor's care. You don't want to get manic either. I see you take Lamictal. It is used as a mood stabilizer but it does have some anti-depressant properties as well (and has the added benefit of not steering you toward mania). Your dosage of Lamictal is rather low; I take 300 mg of it daily, so it definitely can be upped. I would try that first rather than risk a manic episode.

I'm sorry you are having such a difficult time. Can you call or see your old pdoc in the meantime to ask about adjusting your meds? In a pinch, I've had to use my primarcy care physician short term to prescribe psych meds (bringing her the old empty bottles ) before I could get in with another pdoc. Do you have other issues too like anxiety?

Thank-you guys. I made it through the night.

I can't hold an ice cube because I'll get all wet.

key tones- I'll have to watch those video's later
I have to volunteer tomorrow. I'm just now have to shower today. I know I just have to wait but... It's so hard. I have to wait until june to ask. Today doesn't seem as urgent at least not yet, when it's night I get worse.

I use a scrub for shower and it feels good even when I am anhedonic - actually, there was a period of time when nothing but that scrub felt good during my whole day, for many weeks.

You take a container and mix honey or sugar with olive oil, in equal parts. If you have essential oil, add a few drops. Then scrub all body parts (not your face), in the shower. It does not keep - using the whole container for one shower. The scratchiness of it on the skin feels good.

Plus, as has already been mentioned, you can go up on Lamictal until 200 mg.

Therapeutic dose for Lamictal is about 200-250, pending on the person taking it. I’m taking 150 x2 day....and it seems to be wearing off, but not really wanting to increase the dose much more.

Glad you feeling better and not too cold and wet.

Paxil fan here.

I'll remember the scrub. I don't know what's wrong with me. If anything. I'll guess I'll let the doctor figure it out but I always seem to cope better when an appointment is coming up. I guess once every four months is good. IDK, I'm wishing I didn't have to deal with any of this.