[Squirrel1983]

So, I posted another thread in this forum earlier this weekend, but decided this was a "new" topic in a way and deserved it's own thread.

So, after emailing T about what I was experiencing, she said she thinks I was having mild hypomanic episodes and listed reasons why. She said I needed to let pdoc know as I could need one of my meds increased or lowered, as that a a very likely cause for what I am going through, though she'd let an MD make that decision for sure.

So now my question is...if pdoc agrees that I was hypomanic is he likely to add a third med to my treatment or just alter the ones I am on? I am currently on Prozac and Risperdal. I know the Prozac is for my depression and OCD tendencies and the Risperdal is for my voices and paranoia. Would either one of those also treat hypomania? I think I read somewhere that antipsychotics can be used for mania treatment, but I'm not sure if the one I am on is or not.

I would really rather not have a third med, but I'm worried that is going to happen.

I currently take 40mg of Prozac in the mornings. And I take 1mg of Risperdal in the morning and 2 mg of Risperdal at bedtime (so 3 mg total a day). Is my pdoc likely to increase my Rispedal, lower my Prozac (since anti-depressants can cause mania in some people), or add a new med to the mix? I just want to be prepared for what may happen come January.

[cybermember]

Originally Posted by Squirrel1983

So, I posted another thread in this forum earlier this weekend, but decided this was a "new" topic in a way and deserved it's own thread.

So, after emailing T about what I was experiencing, she said she thinks I was having mild hypomanic episodes and listed reasons why. She said I needed to let pdoc know as I could need one of my meds increased or lowered, as that a a very likely cause for what I am going through, though she'd let an MD make that decision for sure.

So now my question is...if pdoc agrees that I was hypomanic is he likely to add a third med to my treatment or just alter the ones I am on? I am currently on Prozac and Risperdal. I know the Prozac is for my depression and OCD tendencies and the Risperdal is for my voices and paranoia. Would either one of those also treat hypomania? I think I read somewhere that antipsychotics can be used for mania treatment, but I'm not sure if the one I am on is or not.

I would really rather not have a third med, but I'm worried that is going to happen.

I currently take 40mg of Prozac in the mornings. And I take 1mg of Risperdal in the morning and 2 mg of Risperdal at bedtime (so 3 mg total a day). Is my pdoc likely to increase my Rispedal, lower my Prozac (since anti-depressants can cause mania in some people), or add a new med to the mix? I just want to be prepared for what may happen come January.

I can't be certain exactly which course of action your pdoc will take in adjusting your meds to level out your hypomania as I am not a pdoc, but would expect your pdoc to make some adjustments. I have schizoaffective disorder; bipolar type and I'm only on an antidepressant and an antipsychotic so it is possible your pdoc may not add another medication but adjust the two you are currently on. But this is not about what I take but about what combination of meds your pdoc thinks will work for you.

Hang in there. When do you see your pdoc in January? And when is your next T appt.?

[Squirrel1983]

Originally Posted by cybermember

Hang in there. When do you see your pdoc in January? And when is your next T appt.?

I see pdoc on the 9th of Jan. and T on the 7th of Jan.

I sent T an email earlier worried about my pdoc appt. and she said I am almost obsessed with what he thinks and there must be a deeper lying cause (she suggested male authority figures being a problem for me). She said we need to spend time discussing it at my next appointment with her, now that appt. is going to be torture too. Why do I always get myself into situations like this?

I hate acting before I think things through.

[cybermember]

Or it could be that you are obsessed with what your pdoc thinks because he's the prescribing doctor; the one that can prescribe meds that can make you feel better. But of course your T knows you much better than I do.

Post here or in the Schizophrenia forum as often as needed to get you through till your next appt's. in January.

Hang in there.

[Squirrel1983]

Originally Posted by cybermember

Or it could be that you are obsessed with what your pdoc thinks because he's the prescribing doctor; the one that can prescribe meds that can make you feel better. But of course your T knows you much better than I do.

That's all I think it is. I don't obsess over what the principal at the school I work at thinks about me. With pdoc it's just the ability to change around my meds (increase, decrease, take away, add, etc).

But then again I don't have a good replationship with my father (but I could care less what he thinks...he says to get off meds, but they help so I say screw him), so she could be thinking that is a "cause".

Who knows.