I'm so sick of taking meds..............

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I'm so sick of taking meds..............
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Sun, 09-25-2005 - 11:27am

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Sun, 09-25-2005 - 2:55pm

I know (and you know that I do!) exactly how you're feeling with my 3 in the morning and 8 at night plus ativan. And things are difficult and don't seem to be going anywhere, but I'm hoping they really are and you can't see it. I know you don't want any more doctors and appointments. I too know that feeling well, but it may be good to have someone to talk to. Of course you know you can always IM or email me.


Amanda

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Mon, 09-26-2005 - 10:16am

Just wanted to let you know that you are not alone... I too had a very hard time accepting that I needed medication. I went off my first medication thinking it wasn't really working, but then things got worse.

So Pdoc tried a different medication and I didn't feel like that was working either.

I planned to go off of it and DH convinced me to give it more time... WOW! When it finally started working, I realized how bad things had been (even when I thought I was coping very well!)

So I guess my advice is to just keep trying. I hate doctors too (any kind of doctor... they all intimidate me and I just hate going!) but sometimes it's necessary and it *can* help. You just need to finally find the right combination that works for you.

Catherine

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Mon, 09-26-2005 - 10:36am
Thank you Catherine. I think I'm going to suggest we change meds. I do not think the lithobid is working for me. I am not going up any

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Mon, 09-26-2005 - 10:58am

{{{{Danielle}}}},


I'm so sorry you are feeling like this. As I don't know your background since I'm new I really don't know what to say. I'm wondering if I'll feel like this at some point. Right now I'm in the process of just starting my new journey into the realms of new drs so that I can get the help I need. It is bothersome for me to take my meds because I forget to take them. Right now I only have to take 300mg of Lithium twice a day and that is so hard for me to remember. The funny thing is Jeremiah has to take his Concerta every morning and if I forget he'll bring it to me as well as my Lithium to remind me we both have to take them. Now since Jeremiah doesn't have meds to take at night; I forget to take my other pill at night. Sometimes Jeff will remind me or even ask me if I took my meds that day which will remind me to take my nighttime pill.


The other med I used to take was 50 mg once at night of Trazadone because it was supposed to help me sleep and help out with my depression. I took myself off of it because for the 1st 2 weeks it would keep me up all night when it was supposed to make me sleepy so I would end up going to be at like 2-3am and didn't want to wake up to get Jeremiah off to school. Now that couldn't happen because we had CPS in our life and I HAD to get Jeremiah off to school and on time otherwise they would come in and take both my kids from me. After that inital 1st 2 weeks it would start working and about 15 min after I took it I would want to go to sleep. The bad thing about it was I didn't want to get up in the morning either and that wouldn't do because again I needed to get up and get Jeremiah off to school and on time. It was basically a lose/lose situation with the Trazadone for me.


I hope that you will be able to find some kind of happy medium and be able to find some peace with all of the meds and all of the appointments you have to go to.











Christina; wife to Jeff; mom to Jeremiah, Brieanna, & Gavin