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Default Feb 13, 2021 at 05:56 PM
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Hi bizi, My mood feels stable. And the frequent urination is gone!! What an immense relief. So the cause was either Amantadine (which was for tremor/akathesia) and/or biotin.
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200 Lamictal
150 Wellbutrin
75 Pristiq
12 perphenazine (Trilafon)
1.5 - 2 Klonopin
100 Amantadine
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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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Default Feb 20, 2021 at 04:34 AM
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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*
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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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.

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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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.
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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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.

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.
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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.
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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Default Feb 23, 2021 at 09:05 PM
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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.

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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.

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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!
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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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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.
I get ya. But it depends just how bad the tremors are bothering you.

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What is wrong with cogentin?
I take it as a preventative...I take haldol 5mg twice a day.
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What is wrong with cogentin?
I take it as a preventative...I take haldol 5mg twice a day.
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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.....
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