pdoc appt - poss triggs
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| Thu, 08-25-2005 - 3:58pm |
just got back from pdoc. i told him most everything, but still couldn't bring myself to discuss the si. he knows how bad the thoughts are though.
he adjusted my seroquel once again. i'm now to take 450 a day. he didn't adjust anything else yet. he said if i'm not better in a couple of weeks with the new seroquel adjustment then he wants to look at possibly putting me on effexor or cymbalta and/or adding depakote or lithium to the mix. so maybe he's finally figuring out the wellbutrin ain't cutting it. he was also talking about possibly stopping the trazodone and putting me on ambien or sonora (?) or sonata (?) can't remember. he did say if it gets any worse before the seroquel has time to work to call asap!
i hate this so much! i know there is no fixing bp but god i wish there was a way! and to make matters worse, my insurance changes on september 1 and pdoc does not take the new insurance. so i have to work that in to the budget as well 'cause i'm not starting from scratch with a new pdoc. i can't. i don't have it in me right now.
well, just wanted to post an update. lets hope the seroquel works better than it has at the lower dosages.
traci



you will see a difference in the higher dosage of seroquel...i just can't tolerate that high of a dose...but 25 mgs knocks me on my you know what. also, wellbutrin made me NUTS! Twice now...push for getting off it, and try cymbalta before effexor...i don't know what i would do if i had to try a new pdoc. And try Lithium too...you'll get there...(yes, i know...funny coming from me...) but my case is very different...and i've been stable too...
i'm very proud of you for being honest. that is hard to do. very.
hang in there.
i don't have much in me to give right now, but i'm giving you so many hugs!
k.
thanks keli. that means a lot. i hope the increase does work. i am just so sick of taking more and more meds with little or no results. i was as close to stable as i'd been in a long time and now it's back to more meds. i had really hoped that i would be able to go to once every three months with pdoc because of the new insurance and then this had to happen. at least dd is stable and can go to once every three months so that will help some i guess.
i will keep you posted. i just really hope i don't get any worse and that the increase works. right now i just don't know. i've got tdoc's number and promised her yesterday i'd use it if i did get worse so i guess there's that as a 'safety measure.' and i've got you all here. for which i am really grateful.
traci
Traci,
I hope the increased does of Seroquel helps!
Hi Traci,
I am so sorry you are having such a hard time right now. I just wanted to tell you about the Seroquel...my pdoc gave me some of the 25 mg just for sleeping, she told me that at low doses it makes you really sleepy but at higher doses its serves as an antipsychotic, so it should help, she said most people take about 400-600mg for it to have that effect. I am on Lithium 900mg a day and it worked great for about 3 months, but now it isnt working so great, but my pdoc says that after a while your body gets used to it because its a mineral, and you have to increase the dose. I have Wellbutrin also in conjuction with Lamictal for the depression because just Wellbutrin wasnt enough either. If I was you I would definitely try the lithium and when you have to go find a new pdoc, try and get a woman if at all possible, I have found it much easier to open up about everything with a woman doc. My pdoc also is very good at explaining what I am going to take and what it is supposed to do and not do and exactly what I am taking it for and any other uses and side effects, so if you can do a trial run so to speak with different docs until you find one you are really compatible with. Good luck with all of this sweetie. It will get better :)
Rebekah