Posted by Ann5 on March 11, 2004, at 0:46:51
I am so FEED up with all the medication. Lets see I first got on meds the doc switch every other week (Oct.96), switch to a psychiatrist, Since then in this order with major parts of it, Paxil gained 100lbs, Depakote started losing hair some weight gain inclued in total above, got of depakote lost 15lbs, off Paxil (after 4yrs) lost another 90lbs, put on ati-psychodic med Prolixin for two nights ended up in ER for Two hours with Dystonic Reaction (very scary), hair growing back. My body has been been through a lot.
Moving onto Oct. 03, I finally got my neck properly realigned after being pinched for 13yrs, wow I notice a big difference in me that I was no longer depressed and my panic attacks, and found out what the real me feels like for the first time in my life. I love life, the down fall is that I started having symptoms of being over medicated. (I am a college student this is my 4th semester) This semester Spring 04, I am taking weight training and T'ai Chi Chaun classes along with lots of walking all over campus, plus ontop that now the weather is getting warmer. My nurse practicener under psychiatricst is worried I would relaps because she thinks I am stable and don't wants to mess with my medication, I tried to convice her that I was feeling overmedicated. (she knows)-I did reduce a dosage of my Neurontin at night. I can think clearer but I still have symptoms, its almost the same symptoms I had when a doc. switch meds every other week on me until it built up in my system. The worst of the symptoms is in the morning. I am tired of feeling overmedicated.
Medication on: Wellbutrin SR (since Feb.03) 100mg twice day, Neurontin (since May 99) 900mg twice day (now 900mg morning/600mg night and lamictal-since Oct. 00 (100mg twice day), non-psychoatric medication-Detrol (2mg once a day), and Spironolactone: hair loss (since Aug. 02)-75mg once a day). If someday I would like to get off my meds and find alternative methods, inorder to safely get off meds it will almost take a year and plus time for the body to adjust.
Can excersize change the body chemistry so that the medication is absorbed differently? Can pinch nerve in the neck affect a persons emotion being in slight pain all these years?
Can a person be overmedicated and start having some withdrawals when a medication is slowly reduced?
Searching for some answers.
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