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Jan 06, 2006, 05:55 PM
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hubby is know seeing a cpn a local gp a councillor and next week he sees a psycho doc to have a look to see if changing his meds will work,
hes on prozac at the moment they were thinking about changing them but left it go untill after xmas but know with this second atempt at his life they think the meds arnt working, im afraid that when they change them he will go through withdraw side efects from the prozac and we wont know for a few weeks if the new meds will help , im also scared tha the stress from our very lively family will not help his sister has leaned on him with her mild depression , his brothers problems always end up here and then theres me im still being treted with meds for my depression , then there the children oldest got lots of things always hard work, second oldest typical know it all teen, a boy who is adhd and the youngest 12 going on 16 thinks she knows it all constantly on the go, so as you can tell very stressfull without the other worries like money , work , just hope i can hold it all togeather for him,
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Jan 06, 2006, 07:18 PM
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One of the great things about Prozac is that it has a very long half-life. What that means is that it gradually tapers down in concentration in your blood. It pretty much self-tapers for withdrawal purposes. Many people can simply stop taking it. Depending on what he's switched to, he could probably begin the new drug within two weeks. But it's going to take time to kick in. Does your medical coverage allow for inpatient treatment? It might be the best option, letting him have that kind of care while you deal with all the other stuff?
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Jan 07, 2006, 08:03 AM
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we dont have that option as we are in england
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Jan 07, 2006, 01:44 PM
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I'm in Canada, so our situations are probably closer.
I hope there is some option for extra support for your family. I hear you describing your need. I hope there's somebody in the NHS who can guide that support towards you. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Can you go with, to the pdoc appointment? Can you write out some key points to be ready to raise them with the pdoc? So you don't forget anything important? Lar |
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Jan 07, 2006, 05:56 PM
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up to know he doesnt want me to go to his apointments, but i will use the idea of writing down some key points that might need discussing,
thanks for the tips
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