Saw pdoc yesterday... - some trigs

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Saw pdoc yesterday... - some trigs
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Fri, 10-20-2006 - 11:25am

...and she is putting me back on seroquel:( She said that the fda is close to approving it for bp depression as well as for its other purposes. I don't recall it helping my depression the last time I was on it, but she seems to think it was because of all the other meds I was on at the time. She seems to think now, in the absence of the trazodone and trileptal, that the seroquel will work without knocking me out or making me a zombie the next day. She doesn't want to try a SSRI anti-depressant because she's afraid it will trigger a manic episode, so seroquel is the only other option at this point. I don't know what I'll do if it doesn't work again. I know when I was on it before for a while it wasn't sedating at all, but towards the end it was knocking me out cold. I'm not sure why but it changed.


My depression is getting bad again so if the seroquel is going to work I hope it works fast. I've been having urges to hurt myself again. I hate feeling like this. All I want to do is sleep and I can't 'cause I have to work and school. I'd welcome some mania right now. I wish she would have put me on an a/d. Oh well, that's the way it goes I guess. Thanks for listening.


Traci

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Registered: 09-01-2004
Fri, 10-20-2006 - 12:40pm

Traci,


I sure hope it helps--did she say it would kick in quicker than SSRI's normally do?

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Fri, 10-20-2006 - 1:28pm

Thanks Marci. My pdoc is really opposed to the SSRI route. I'm on a mood stabilizer - Depakote now and she still won't give me an a/d. She's afraid that it will send me into a manic state and she doesn't want to run that risk. I don't know what her plans are if the seroquel doesn't work. I may insist on an a/d at that point. Manic is better than depression at this point. But she said herself that seroquel is the only option that doesn't involve the SSRI a/d's. I've ruled out lamictal - I got the rash and I've ruled out lithium - very dangerous side effects. So it's a waiting game now. She's going to call me in a few weeks to see how I'm doing, unless I call her before hand. The good news in all this is that once I get up to 200 mgs of seroquel she's going to pull me off the zyprexa. But that's a few weeks off yet.


Thanks again.


Hugs,
Traci

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Registered: 05-22-2006
Fri, 10-20-2006 - 1:33pm

I hope you two can find the right combo to work. My P&PT's are with you.

Many hugs, Kelli





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Fri, 10-20-2006 - 2:03pm

I'm so sorry you are depressed again....I hope the seroquel works quickly for you.


if there's anything we can do, let us know


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