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I think the problem might be that she put you on that med because you were treatment resistant. Benzo's were the only thing that helped, right? She needs to refer you, write a letter about your treatment resistance, and be willing to take calls from any future pdoc. What she is doing is just awful. You have a right to your medical records, and you need to do whatever she wants you to do to get a COMPLETE copy of your records so you can show it to potential pdocs. You are on an unusual treatment plan, so it makes sense that a pdoc who doesn't know you would not want to give you meds that they believe will cause you harm. But if you are treatment resistant, then they need to do whatever it takes to keep you as stable as possible. The problem is that if you are on your own trying to explain your situation, the average pdoc is just going to think you are drug-seeking. That former pdoc needs to write a letter, and you need your records.

She isn't doing any of that which is why I'm getting a lawyer to help me. That's malpractice. It's patient abandonment. There's a lot of things I could toss in there but I'm just extremely upset and scared.

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Lads! What's the craic?

im so sorry this is happening to you A18. i would be mortified. im on xanax too. idk what would happen if this happened to me. im at mhmr and they are always switching pdocs on me so i hope this doesnt happen to me...

I hope it never happens to you either.

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i went to the mall today. i felt anxiety because i wasnt with my dad. i was with my mom and stepdad but im home now. i let them see my chickens which i prob shouldnt have because my parents are divorced and i let them on my dads property. but...idk i mean my mom is allowed to drop me off and pick me up and see my chickens but idk about my stepdad.

Maybe you shouldn't wait until it happens and start tapering off it now. You're really not supposed to be on these drugs for more than a couple of weeks. If there's a lesson to be learned it's A18's. It's important to be educated because as we've heard we certainly can't rely on psychiatrists to be informed for us. It's basic malpractice to be given these drugs for longer than a couple of weeks but surely we have to accept some responsibility if we know the dangers ourselves? I'm not aiming that at anyone, especially you A18, this situation isn't in your control and you stated you didn't know the dangers prior to ending up here.

Anyway, I'm so sorry this is happening to you A18. I really wish there was something I could say or do to help you. But I wish you the best and hope you find some solution to this problem.

Is it possible to take Antipsychotics as PRN's? I'm not feeling the best (voices, paranoia, anxiety) and have some chlropromazine there that I don't take regularly. It's just leftovers from when I was on them before. I'm wondering do they work like that or does it take weeks of continuous use to work?

Edit: I asked my psychiatrist but I couldn't get a straight answer. He said you either take something to control your symptoms or nothing at all. In other words, no PRN for YOU!!

I used to. They help a little, not as much as when you're on them continually.

Thank you. If I knew what I know now, I wouldn't have just went along with my doctor upping my dosage to 8mg. It's better than any AP though. They have no effect on me. I've literally tried every single one except clozaril. At least this helps me stay calm and I don't get lost in my head and wonder down the rabbit hole.

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I think Zyprexa can be used as PRN.
I used that with stelazine and invega in the hospital.

I know Zyprexa does as you said, I had it in hospital too. I might just take a chlorpromazine and see if it helps. Considering I took three of them every day for about 6 months I don't think it'll do too much harm. I hope it works.

I should find out tomorrow whether my appeal to get off financial aid suspension from not completing my class due to being in the hospital goes through or not. Hoping it does

I think you need to get your records ASAP. That may help, because it should document the treatment resistance and the reason for putting you on so much benzo. I think you should call the office and talk to the assistant or whatever. Once you request records, they have a limited amount of time to provide them. You may also want to call the governing board to report her lack of cooperation with your transition. I don't know for sure, but they may be able to light a fire under her so she'll get with the program.

ive asked my therapist and gonna ask my pdoc to taper me off all my meds slowly on the 25th. im gonna see what they say.

my xanax milligram is only 0.5mg. its not that big. i need it everyday but im using more coping mechanisms to deal with anxiety. they arent helping i admit but at least my dose isnt that big. im gonna ask my pdoc to taper off my meds on the 25th of august. not all of them but some of them. well ALL of them but in time. IN TIME. PLUS i gotta see whatmy pdoc EVEN SAYS about all this. she may say no.

Why are you going off all of them? That doesn't seem like a good idea. How will you continue to manage school?

I've asked her many times on how do I get a copy of my records but she never answered. Our main communication has always been email so I have email proof of everything she's said and everything I've asked her. Her assistant never answer the phone. I often found it weird when she had McDonald bags all on her desk with her young daughter behind her, coloring and stuff. She is probably 7 or 8. The only response I've gotten since my doctor told me she was moving 2 months ago was her office assistant telling me she sent in my refill request for zofran but that I needed to get another doctor immediately because my doctor wasn't going to be refilling anything else.

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Going to the state fair next Sunday, it will be hard with my anxiety but I can do it

When I took 90 Klonopins, my anti-benzo psychiatrist put me on 2mg Klonopin a day and then the pharmacist prescribed Ativan PRN.

I'm glad I refused to take them because I don't get anxious anymore due to the Prozac that completely killed my anxiety.

I don't want that drama again.

The hospital I'm looking at going to, the doctor there is the prescribing physician of my doctor is who abandoning me on a high dose. If he oversees all of her cases, wouldn't he understand why I'm on the dosage I am on and not take me off of it because surely he has access to my records at any time in his office or whatever since he oversees my doctor since she's a psychiatric nurse.

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i see myself tapering off all of them slowly and going off all of them in about 5-10 years time. but the xanax and ambien i see myself tapering off them sooner.

From the looks of things, you'll have to come off of it sooner or later. Better to do it now, while you're otherwise in good health and haven't been on it another few years.

then again i could be BSing myself. i just put a number out there. 5-10 years is just a number. it could take me 20-30 years.

ive learned that i dont like to read that much. i like to talk and write a lot more than read. it used to be opposite. ive done a complete 180 on meds and through psychotic episodes.