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Re: Making choices with meds... » Krazy Kat

Posted by Sleepy on November 14, 2001, at 13:40:28

In reply to Making choices with meds..., posted by Krazy Kat on November 14, 2001, at 12:32:20

> Hmmm, well, many thanks for the input, but it seems this rather innocuous question has somehow become controversial. I certainly don't think John meant to imply that adding meds to a regime is better than changing them - this has just been his experience.
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> Certainly we need to be aware of the side effects of medications before we start them. I imagine most of us check the otc boxes as well. But, and I know it gets redundant here, everyone reacts differently. You do need to have a pdoc you can trust, because he or she does have more knowledge in the field than you will. If your doctor was remiss, that's a horrible thing. But I think we all need a (good) doctor's guidance just the same.
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> I certainly don't want to add anything else to my mix, but we have to make choices. Depakote literally kept me from being hospitalized. If it's sedating, that's frustrating, but not as frustrating as suicide. Sometimes you have to compromise - the are no wonder drugs out there yet, for most people at least.
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> I appreciate the adderall suggestion - it may be what I do.
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> Any further thoughts are greatly appreciated, too.
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> - K.

You do have a point there about having to make choices--even with the side effects (I'm on Depakote and really hate it, but grudgingly admit that it helps to even out my moods--I'm bipolar with extreme mania, extreme depressions and, the older I get, seemingly no in-betweens). I used to be suicidal. Now I'm just medicated to the gills, still depressed quite a bit and extremely, extremely tired ): It's still gotta beat being dead though (and not long ago I would have said that nothing could be better than death)--and I have hopes that someday, with the help of my therapist and pdoc, I may even get WELL (hey, it could happen).
~Sleepy


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