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| Wed, 11-02-2005 - 8:39am |
Okay, I'm back...it was a good appointment for the most part...I'm still going up on Lamictal...on 100 still, will go up to 125 tonight for a week, then 150, 175, then 200...once I hit 200 I will stay there if I can...if I still have breakthrough depression, I will go up again...once I get to that pnit, I will go off Prozac. Its only 20 mgs anyway, not very much.
I'm also coming off Topamax, as I feel I need to. She's leaving it up to me. I have come down to 200 mgs already...will go to 100 tonight and the rest of this week and see how I do...then down to nothing...I'm on too much medication with the Lamictal.
She says Lamictal is a really great medication and will work well enough on its own, but I have to watch for mania, since I go up pretty fast. I'm trying to get by on LESS medication, I always do better on less. No antipsychotics...I don't need them.
As for ADHD, no problem. She has to get my dx from the hospital, if she can, or I have to take the test again before she can RX meds...she wants Ritalin or Adderall, and not the slow release kind...the four hour kind...because of my cycling...I told her I would try it and see...if I don't like it, I can change it to something else. Donna, I hate that feeling of coming off coke, so I don't know...that's bad.
I have an appointment on 11/29, so by then I'll get my RX for Ritalin...she asked me if the coke and the speed I used to take helped...I told her YES, YES, and YES! She said, I'm definitely ADHD. LOL. Knew that already.
She said this will help stabilize me even further. She asked if I am getting hypomanic and I said yes. But the depressions are worse. She said once the Lamictal gets over 150 I should feel much better in that area. And once I hit the magic number of 200, I will feel like a different person...??? Dunno bout that, but I'm hopeful!
Anyway, it was a good appt. Got more samples for Lamictal...but I need to go ahead and buy the RX so I don't run out again before my next payday...

((((((((((Keli))))))))))) I'm glad pdoc appt went so well!!!!!!! It sounds like you are finally on the right track and I'm pulling for you girl! Keep us posted k?
I'm kinda short on time at the moment, but will post more later.
Love Ya,
Traci
ok..I didn't even get thru the entire post....got you pdoc just really pissed me off...first of all, if you are cycling that bad...why on earth would she make you do it more?
God could not be everywhere, so
ok...I'm back again.....can I have her phone number??? i have some not so choice words for her !!!
God could not be everywhere, so
I don't know the reasons, really, that she has...but I'm sure there is a reason...??? I think the reason is along the lines of it doesn't last very long in my system, so if I start to get manic, I can come off it pretty quick...
She did say that I would have to take it every four hours until work was over, or when I needed it...that it would keep me "up" for four hours...then I didn't have to take it on weekends, etc.
I don't mind your getting upset...I know some about the meds for ADHD too, cuz my son was on them...but he was on Dexedrine, which is basically speed...
She said I could get addicted easily to the ADHD meds, and they would have to watch that with my history...but that this could be done...
Guess its a we'll see kind of thing...
I'm sure there's a reason also...I just want you to be aware.
God could not be everywhere, so
makes PERFECT sense!
being the "x" addict myself, i know exactly what the coke high and crash feels like and i can't do that again...I'll be addicted in a millisecond...to both the Ritalin and the Ativan I take to counteract the crash...
meds make me nuts
i'm going to discuss this much further with her before i make any decisions what so ever...i know for a fact though that i cannot do an up/crash thing...not something that harsh...
she doesn't like strattera...says it doesn't really work from what she's seen...but likes the adderall a lot...so the xr version of adderall is better than just plain adderall (ritalin)?
she doesn't like strattera?
God could not be everywhere, so
she would want me to take it three times a day...i dunno...i guess i will take it and see what happens...if i don't like it, i can change to something else...WHO KNOWS!!! she did say she would consult with the other pdoc above her about it too...
i have to go this afternoon to do the Brown scale thing...then they will review it and call me back about what to take, etc...tomorrow or the next day...
ya know what? the energy pill things i take now do the same thing...last about 4 hours and then i crash...so it might not be that different...
thank you SOOOOO much, you're sooooo smart about this!
i will probably bug you a lot...
love you
bug me all you want !!!!
God could not be everywhere, so