[sugahorse1]

Am I the only one?
I battle with fighting with myself. I don't forget; some days I just refuse...

[LostMom3]

I am having a really hard time with the thought that I HAVE to take my meds. I hate the side effects, I hate being so sleepy. The kids tell me I am Zombiefied. My aunt wanted to know if I had taken an over dose one time. Just found out some of my meds don't mix well with the antibiotic I am on for gastoparesis. So, I have to cut it out until I can talk to my Gastrointestinal doctor. I think I am on too many meds.

• Phentermine 37.5 mg- to lose weight- Dr. Spencer - 1 tablet x per day
• Simvastatin tablets USP- 40 mg- Dr. Spencer - 1 tablet x at bedtime
• Sumatriptan - 200 mg- Dr. Spencer - 1 tablet by mouth for migraine relief
• Ferrous Sulfate 5 gr Tab URL -Dr. Randy Robinson - 2 x daily
• Erythromycin - 250 mg- Dr. Lufadeju - 3 tablet x times daily
• Omeprazole CR 40 mg- Dr. Lufadeju- 1 tablet x daily ( Prilosec )
• Risperidone 1 mg - Dr. John Beckner - 2 tablets x daily ( Risperdal )>{<
• Risperidone 2 mg - Dr. John Beckner -1/2 tablet 2 x daily ( Risperdal )>{< =7 mg
• Risperidone 4 mg - Dr. John Beckner- 1 tablet at bedtime ( Risperdal )>{< daily
• Lamotrigine 100 mg - Dr. John Beckner - 1 and 1/2 tablet 1 x daily ( Lamictal ) =150 mg daily
• Topiramate 50 mg - Dr. John Beckner - 1 tablet 2 x daily ( Topamax ) = 100 mg daily
• Citalopram 40 mg - Dr. John Beckner -1 tablet daily ( Celexa )
• Clonazepam 0.5 mg - Dr. John Beckner - 1 tablet 2 x daily as needed ( Klonopin ) = 2 mg daily
• Clonazepam 1 mg - Dr. John Beckner - 1/2 tablet 2 x daily as needed ( Klonopin ) = 1 mg daily
• Advair H FA 230/21 - Dr. Spencer- as needed for breathing
• Ventolin HFA 200 mcg - Dr. Spencer - as needed for Breathing

[sugahorse1]

Yikes - that's quite a bit!
I just get defiant...

[Gadgetsmile]

Lostmom that is a ton and a half of meds! I don't know how you keep up with them all!

[LostMom3]

It is hard. I keep a medical journal along with my personal journal in my laptop. It goes everywhere I go, so I can always look up my meds. I am hoping to talk pdoc into changing a few and dropping a few.

[Gadgetsmile]

I hope they manage to do so, I would definitely have to set reminders on my phone for that lot. Good luck with the pdoc

[-jimi-]

I can get very oppositional with things, but meds is not one of them. No one TOLD me I should take them.. I had to ask for them, almost beg. So it is really my choice. I hate being told what to do. It helps that my meds don't have side effects except my sleep med.. and I can sort of deal with that or not take it, it is a PRN med. My daily meds I take and I almost never forget. They don't mess up my personality or make me numb so that is good too.

[Miss Laura]

Hey Suga,

I become defiant too!!! But I relaly can't do it anymore I stoop and start them so many times they are screwing with me when I start and stop them all the time.

[LostMom3]

Originally Posted by Miss Laura

Hey Suga,

I become defiant too!!! But I relaly can't do it anymore I stoop and start them so many times they are screwing with me when I start and stop them all the time.

That is the bad part of coming off meds, most people do go back to them, and then off again, just to go back again. I did that for a while. Many years in fact. That is why I am so insistent that I NEED my meds. I just need less of them. I am on so many that they didn't even check to see if new antibiotic for stomach would cause problems when mixed with other meds. AND it does, with the celexa and the topamax.

My sister refuses to take prescription meds. SHe has a whole slew of herbal supplements and other natural things to take for everything that she has wrong with her.

[sugahorse1]

I am scewing up badly

[Miss Laura]

Awww Suga, I am sorry!! Its hard to keep the thought we do need the meds as you know I struggle majorly with it.

LostMom, I know... I have been told by my Support Worker that if I keep coming off them then they will stop working and they will make me worse. I am determined to stay on them. 1 whole week so far of staying on them woohoo!!

[sugahorse1]

Took the Wellbutrin again after skipping a day