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Silver Swan
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Sep 11, 2024 at 11:05 AM
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My Pdoc ordered this for me! Genesight.com
My psych nurse practitioner ordered a genetic test for me. It supposed to list all the psych meds you can and can't take based on your genes. It arrives in two days and takes them two days to analyze. Who knew they had such a thing?? It's $300 but free to those with Medicaid like me. I'm still taking the Vraylar and the mouth movements have decreased thank goodness. The test results should be back before my next appointment on the 18th with my psych nurse practitioner. It will list all the don't takes and all the takes in the results. I think it's very cool if it works! __________________ Ingrezza 80 mg Propranolol 40 mg Benztropine 1 mg Vraylar 1.5 mg, Gabapentin 100 Mania Sept/Oct 2024 Mania (July/August 2024) Mania (December 2023) Mixed episode/Hypomania (September 2023) Depression, Anxiety and Intrusive thoughts (September 2021) Depression & Psychosis (July/August 2021) Mania (April/May 2019) Last edited by Moose72; Sep 11, 2024 at 12:07 PM.. |
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Sep 11, 2024 at 04:30 PM
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Antidepressant seem to work on various system or combinations of systems: one in the norepinephrine system, one in the serotonin system, one in the dopamine system. Some antidepressant target two of the systems. Some target three systems. Some antidepressants work for reasons that are not clear.
So it is nice these tests exist. They might help to tailor treatment to what a patient really needs so there is not a need to go through the trial and error ordeal. I am woefully ignorant about a lot of this, sadly. I sure hope this test proves helpful to you. I would take this test but my antidepressant has worked for me for plus or minus 50 years. |
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Sep 11, 2024 at 08:28 PM
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I'm trying to get Victoria to take this.
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Silver Swan
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Sep 12, 2024 at 01:52 PM
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Once you mail in the sample it takes 2-4 weeks to get your results which they are sending to my psych np.
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Sep 12, 2024 at 09:13 PM
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Abilfy made me manic. we did the test and it stated the abilify was not for me.
So she took me off of it. so she was more or less convinced because of the test. heavy sigh...... bizi __________________ lamictal 2x a day haldol 2x a day cogentin 2x a day klonipin , 1mg at night, fish oil coq10 multi vit,, vit c, at noon, tumeric, caffeine Remeron at night, zyprexa, requip2-4mg |
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Sep 13, 2024 at 12:14 PM
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Fed ex tried delivering my dna kit today but there was no apartment number on the package! Ugh so they're coming back Monday. I hope it's not when I'm in therapy!
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Sep 13, 2024 at 05:41 PM
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Picking it up tomorrow at a fed ex center. That way I can still go to therapy Monday.
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Sep 15, 2024 at 09:56 AM
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Picked it up at the FedEx center yesterday. Taking it with me to my appointment with Pdoc on Wednesday.
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Sep 21, 2024 at 04:37 PM
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The lab has my dna swabs now and I hope they are running their tests for lots of medications! I can’t wait to see which meds are in each zone- green, yellow and Red. Then there are numbers next to the med names that gets even more specific.
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Sep 21, 2024 at 06:43 PM
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The Genesight testing provides a lot of solid information on genetic variations in regards to what genes metabolize certain meds (I hope I'm wording that right). I get the idea of "this med working by metabolizing through this method" and that method may or may not be ideal for the med being metabolized in a certain person, but I'm wondering what decerns "well" from "intermediate" to "poor." Everything in "well" is objectively better than "intermediate," but what makes the difference/where is the line between well and intermediate? Maybe it's some number of ways you metabolize matching with whatever drug and the cut off was arbitrarily chosen.
I don't really know much about genetics or how the genesight works other than comparing how a drug works to comparing how you metabolize substances, but I can't wait to see you post about what you get for results __________________ [Insert thought-provoking and comedic quote here] |
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Silver Swan
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Sep 22, 2024 at 11:41 AM
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Thanks for that @MuddyBoots I can’t wait to see the results too!
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