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__________________ Wellbutrin XL 300 mg Ingrezza 80 mg Propranolol 20 mg 2x/day Invega 1.5 Mania (December 2023) Mixed episode/Hypomania (September 2023) Depression, Anxiety and Intrusive thoughts (September 2021) Depression & Psychosis (July/August 2021) Mania (April/May 2019) |
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2/13/21 200 Lamictal 150 Wellbutrin 75 Pristiq 12 perphenazine (Trilafon) 1.5 - 2 Klonopin 100 Amantadine 12.5 Seroquel __________________ |
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I am so glad that you are better!
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Wellbutrin raised to 100mg/twice daily as of yesterday. Everything else still the same. I really want to reduce some of the others, but Dr. W. is in no hurry. *sigh*
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The nice thing about Wellbutrin is that it doesn't cause weight gain. and I am guessing that some of the medication you are on might. I have always asked my doctors for less medication but have finally stopped. I am stable now so this is why my doctor doesn't want to change it and now I accept that. I am less anxious about taking medications now.
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Thank you for your input, TO. I appreciate it. Yes, I have gained a ridiculous amount of weight since being on Seroquel. Now I have it down to 12.5mg though, with the hope of going off this spring. __________________ |
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My pdoc has me on 150 of Seroquel but insists its "just for sleep". I tried weaning off last year but couldn't sleep so I gave up that idea.
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150 is really high for sleep! The common dose for use as a sleep aid is 50, 25, or 12.5. But better to stay away from it, imo. __________________ |
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my doctor put me on seroquel 200mg for sleep then 300mg never worked so got off of it easily because I was not on it very long.
I take 1mg of klonipin to sleep well now except when I have to get up frequently to go pee. I had put on so much weight, need to get serious about losing this weight. bizi __________________ 150mg of lamictal 2x a day haldol 5mg 2x a day 1mg of cogentin 2x a day klonipin , 1mg at night, 4-5 peri-colace for chronic constipation multi vit,, vit c, at noon, tumeric, caffeine at noon PRN Remeron 15mg at night, zyprexa10mg under tongue, requip2mg. |
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I'll ask pdoc next time she calls. Not exactly sure when that will be- maybe the 5th? They called and a recording told me when my next appointment is but I wasn't near anything to write it down in.
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Appt. with Dr. W.:
Decrease Pristiq to 50mg. Decrease Amantadine to 50mg. My eventual goal is to stop everything except Lamictal, Wellbutrin, Trilafon, and Klonopin (which I'm slowly titrating down on). __________________ |
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hi beth,
I know you are happy with the decreases. May I ask why you want decreases in your meds? Do you feel drugged or is it more that you don't like how you feel....do you eventually want to not take medication in the future. bizi __________________ 150mg of lamictal 2x a day haldol 5mg 2x a day 1mg of cogentin 2x a day klonipin , 1mg at night, 4-5 peri-colace for chronic constipation multi vit,, vit c, at noon, tumeric, caffeine at noon PRN Remeron 15mg at night, zyprexa10mg under tongue, requip2mg. |
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I'm okay with taking the meds I need in order to feel stable, functional, and have a "normally" good mental outlook. The reason I want to decrease some meds (and go off them) is because I am on so many medications. For example, being on 2 antidepressants probably isn't necessary. The Amantadine is being more hurtful than helpful. So yeah...it's just too many meds causing side effects and interacting with each other. In addition to psych meds I also take a blood pressure medication and Metformin. My pdoc and GP keep nagging at me to decrease my med load. I hope I can get it down to the ones I really need, only. __________________ |
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Sounds logical!
keep up your hope that things will eaze up on you. (((((HUGS))))) bizi __________________ 150mg of lamictal 2x a day haldol 5mg 2x a day 1mg of cogentin 2x a day klonipin , 1mg at night, 4-5 peri-colace for chronic constipation multi vit,, vit c, at noon, tumeric, caffeine at noon PRN Remeron 15mg at night, zyprexa10mg under tongue, requip2mg. |
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The Wellbutrin 200/daily is working really well. For some reason, Wellbutrin was the last AD I wanted to try, and it turned out to be the best one!
The decrease in Pristiq is going just fine, as is the (verrry slow) Klonopin decrease. The only negative effect I'm getting from the decrease in Amantadine is heavy tremor in my hands. But the rest of me feels much better. I can take Cogentin, but I hate to add something else when I'm trying to lose some of the meds. __________________ |
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#238
What is wrong with cogentin?
I take it as a preventative...I take haldol 5mg twice a day. bizi __________________ 150mg of lamictal 2x a day haldol 5mg 2x a day 1mg of cogentin 2x a day klonipin , 1mg at night, 4-5 peri-colace for chronic constipation multi vit,, vit c, at noon, tumeric, caffeine at noon PRN Remeron 15mg at night, zyprexa10mg under tongue, requip2mg. |
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Nothing is wrong with it, the only problem is that I'm trying to drop a few meds so I am reluctant to add yet another one. The only other issue with Cogentin is that I've taken it several times before and it didn't do anything to stop the hand tremors. Disappointing. I believe Cogentin is prescribed more for akathesia than for tremors. But, I do have an unused bottle, so might try a few doses, see if it helps with the shaky hands. __________________ |
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Good that you are willing to try.....
keeps us informed, thanks for sharing. (((((HUGS))))) bizi __________________ 150mg of lamictal 2x a day haldol 5mg 2x a day 1mg of cogentin 2x a day klonipin , 1mg at night, 4-5 peri-colace for chronic constipation multi vit,, vit c, at noon, tumeric, caffeine at noon PRN Remeron 15mg at night, zyprexa10mg under tongue, requip2mg. |
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