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Re: Where to go from here?

Posted by Dinah on April 22, 2003, at 9:27:58

In reply to Re: Should I be annoyed with pdoc? » Dinah, posted by Ritch on April 22, 2003, at 0:07:39

Meds wise. I wish I knew.

Risperdal was the first medication that really did what I needed it to do. Since I'm ok most of the time, I only took it as needed. So it didn't change how I felt or was most of the time. I liked that.

My meltdowns are probably some form of agitated dysphoric hypomania. I've never been able to pin them down. They happen periodically, more frequently when I'm under stress. The Risperdal affected them as both an excellent tranquilizer, and as (as I heard someone describe it) ego glue that helped me from shattering into pieces. Klonopin might put me to sleep, but it doesn't calm me during these periods. Oddly, I was on Thorazine for a year or so as a preteen, I think for my sleeping problems (my medical records say for sleep terrors), but I guess it also helped control the same symptoms I have in my meltdowns. I know I wasn't psychotic at the time, but I was very very agitated.

Does anyone have any idea of a class of medications other than antipsychotics that might work as well for the meltdowns?

 

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