[evildouble102]

I'm scared of withdrawls bad. I finally got to see my pdoc at 7:45 pm... was surprised they were there that late. but anyways he's making radical changes in the next two weeks. I take 5 mg of valium in the morning for a week and then stop it all together as opposed to twice a day. Then I'm being taken off of effexor from 150 today to half that tomorrow for a week then half of that and done for the last week. I have to cut down on the artane for shaking, agitation etc. Increase lithium because it was at .4 and was supposed to be twice that. Seroquel is staying at 200 mg at night, and trilafon stays at 8 mg/twice a day. So yea worried about all this. They are pretty serious meds and the one I've been on the least amount of time is the valium for three weeks. Do I have reason to worry or am I just being overly worried? Has anyone experienced this at the same levels, etc.? He said the symptoms I was complaining of were basically med related. Blacking out for a few hours and waking up ready to go, memory issues, psychosis, mood instability and so on.

[TryingToCope]

I don't have answers to your question. I just wanted to let you know that I read your post. Sending good thoughts your way.

[MyBestKids2]

(((((((((evildouble102))))))))

I too don't have any definitive answers. But your pdoc must have had good reason for adjusting medications as he/she had. Just make sure you keep in touch with them if you have any bad side effects.


Dee

[evildouble102]

Thanks, both of you. Yea he did have good reason to change them: being extremely manic and then crashing. I told him everything I could remembrer to think of bc although I brought a list he was like you can sen that to meo something like what's on ur mind and been going on kinda thing. i tried anyway. A lot of adjustments to ge mae an si...the aj=hambord it tis alweve bentalking abou aything htatt comes in to mind, etc.]35\6\345 nindewearegeee..... I'm posting this after havig came back and looking at it so u can all see what things I've been doing I guess....

My only comment is that Effexor can be a difficult one to change dosage with. Effexor doesn't stay in your body very long so missing a dose or changing doses too rapidly can cause unpleasant side effects. There are some threads here about Effexor if you are interested. I'm not sure about the other meds you mentioned.

[DePressMe]

I too don't have an answer for you...but I want you to know I am here to support you. It sounds like the next couple weeks might be difficult for you. Keep us posted on how you are doing.

[evildouble102]

I really want to Thank everyone at PC who has made comments and shown their support. That's why I like it here; it seems like a safe place where I can really open up and be myself; something I have a hard time doing even with family because I feel like they don't or can't understand. My stepmom for example who may have a right to be hurt by me because I moved out when my dad had gotten back from surgery on his ankle and was kinda restricted to bed or the house for a while, and she had to take care of all of their animals (the have a biz with a petting zoo, pony rides, and snake/alligator photos) and my two little brothers (12 and 15 at the time, this past winter). going of on a tangent; need to pull it back in.... She has acted differently towards me; sometimes it seems she lacks respect and compassion. I'm not looking for her pity only mutual love and support; but, I guess she feels I walked out on her and the rest of them, so things are different now and I've talked about it with her but she just gets madder and is like picking at an open wound. And unfortunately I don't things will ever be the same again. Then again I saw how they treat my twin when she moved out and so I guess I should have expected it. Also we're treated differently because we are girls (by both her and my dad) and not hers (by her). My apologies if this is not appropriate for this forum; I guess I just need to get some t hings out even though I see a therapist twice a week and have a dbt group I got to once a week. I know a while ago I was shaking pretty bad. Right now I feel very depressed like I wanna cry. Is it just me that these things are coming up or is it something else? I mean I dont think it could be withdrawls, could it? I really don't know what to think.... Just feeling overwhelmingly sad right now

[badger]

Hi, I've had experiences along these lines. As you may already know it's never a good idea to add or withdraw two meds at the same time, you can't monitor the effect of each med or give your body the adjustment time required. Three weeks valium use isn't lengthy but you will get more anxious with the 50% drop, if it's too stressful cut the tab by 2.5mg/week. As Airway said, effexor should be reduced slowly if you've been on it for a lengthy time, reduce as per your Dr's instruction, you'll be ok. You need a realistic spell between the removal of each of the three anti-anxiety meds, that stands to reason. My opinion only - if the problems are "med related" it's risky to increase or add any new meds. When did the shaking etc start, was it with the addition of one of the meds?
Nick