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Aug 20, 2015 at 04:58 PM
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Its been really hard for me and it's almost been a year since I've been diagnosed. I'm on medication and it's not really helping again as usual(Geodon 40 mg) and I can't ask for an increase cause it makes me have nipple discharge .I have a therapist and he's really helpful I hear voices and they're really bothering me, I'm also wondering if I could be schizoprhenic cause I read somewhere if it lasts longer than 6 months then it's schizophrenia is that true? I'm also paranoid and I have racing thoughts .I also scratch my self from time to time cause the voices tell me to .and I don't ask for a change in medication cause I'll have to go back t9 the hospital to see my doctor.I'm wondering if there's anything else I can do to improve my life?
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Aug 20, 2015 at 08:59 PM
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Can you go to community health?
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Aug 21, 2015 at 06:24 AM
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My dr said Latuda was in the same family as Geodon. Maybe you could go to a clinic or a private practice pdoc and see if that works without the discharge.
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Aug 21, 2015 at 09:18 AM
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try using your mind to focus (visualize and feel) inside your mind and then force feel the voices being cleared (erased). this technique may not work right away, but ive had others say it helped. I also will stare at an object i think they might be coming from and visualize that object clearing the voices too. my health worker has related this technique to wisemind.
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Aug 23, 2015 at 01:28 PM
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I take Geodon and Abilify for antipsychotics. Maybe that's an option to review with your pdoc? xo
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Aug 23, 2015 at 08:08 PM
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I was thinking if maybe adding another AP would help without the side effect or adding something else but I'm not qualified to know.
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Aug 23, 2015 at 08:38 PM
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40mg is a low dose.
i was up to 180 on geodon and all i was doing was sleeping and it didnt help with psychosis. im on latuda now and its working pretty well at 160mg max dose __________________ DX: bpd, ocd, gad, schizoaffective depressed type RX: neurontin, valium, lithium, remeron, vraylar past RX: geodon, risperdal, abilify, prozac, wellbutrin, baclofen, hydroxyzine, trazadone, zoloft, klonopin, cymbalta, latuda, loxapine, rexulti, seroquel, luvox, saphris Dont get lost in your pain, know that one day your pain will become your cure ~ Rumi |
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Aug 24, 2015 at 05:03 PM
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