Posted by missliz on April 15, 2003, at 15:30:30
In reply to Re: An Atypical ANTIPSYCHOTIC eg Zyprexa, posted by mags on April 15, 2003, at 13:44:26
So he took you off the moodstabilizer, which you probably really need, and given you speed? This is typical of how little doctors understand what it's actually like to live with meds.
Seroquel will make you feel flat, but I'm not your doctor and not the person to say whether you should be on it. I can only tell you it's really dicey stuff, read up on it, pester your doc with questions. You can say no to it. It's your desicion what meds you think help or hurt and what you'll take. When I quit it, I felt creepy for a couple of weeks from all the blank out Seroquel did to my brain but recovered as my brain adjusted and am much better in the long run.
If you sleep all day, you aren't sleepy at night. I'm on dis also, and the lack of structure in our days lets us slip off the usual schedule. This isn't nessacarily all your problem, I'm not your doctor, but it's your responsibility to have something to do all day, even if you only show up at day treatment. There's plenty of volunteer work around, you can take a course if you qualify for Pell grant money to pay for it, find something to do with your life. Get a hobby. It's boring to sit around, and it'll make you feel flat and lousy to be lonely and bored. If you have something to get up and out for, you'll get back on schedule. It's not easy, and people with other types of disability have the same problem. Worth working on though.missliz
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