Posted by Daniel Woodfield on October 10, 2004, at 5:18:07
In reply to Re: new to psychobabble, posted by ed_uk on October 9, 2004, at 20:22:40
Morning people :)
Ed,
I would be interested to know who is currently treating you, are you using a GP or a psychiatrist or.......
My GP is treating me and to be honest we are coming to the end of our relationship. I wanted him to refer me to a psychiatrist for a long time but he was determined to treat me because he has know me for about 18 years but he is getting annoyed with me because i insist on doing my own research and coming up with ideas rather than just taking the mandatory SSRI that he is so desperate for me to take.
I have been on three, Cipramil, Efexor and Seroxat and hated all three of them. My GP actually scoffed at me because i didn't like the Cipramil. He told me that even Grannys could take that medication, so i was being pathetic. (Hardly helpful is it???). After our last consultation he told me that if i went back and complained about the Librium he would prefer not to see me again because the amount of meds he has prescribed for me is starting to look bad for him. (Is he worried about my health or trying his hardest to conform??? Either way some of the things he says to me are hardly helpful.)
Incidentally i too believe a medication like Ritalin would be an absolute godsend to me, but getting my doctor to even contemplate such a diagnosis of ADD (Even though he admits i exhibit many symptoms) is just too much for him. I have been communicatinjg with a psychopharmacologist from Bristol university who said he would be happy to have me on his outpatients at Bristol Hospital and evaluate me himself for ADD (and just generally) but i need a referral from my GP. If the Librium doesn't work then i think i will probably just demand that referral. ritalin combined with an anti seizure med, imo, would be the two types of med that would give me the best quality of life and i have no qualms about taking them the rest of my life.Oh and by the way, i have woke up this morning with such a hangover feeling from the librium. Originally woke up at 7:30 and went back to sleep to wake up again at 10:30, and that didn't really help at all. put bluntly i feel like shit. I'll give it time like you suggest but to be honest im not too impressed at the moment. The other problem is my withdrawal from Effexor only subsided about two weeks ago and has since returned having started the Librium. I understand a few of the early benzos inhibit the release of serotonin and i think this is probably the problem. Im sure my brain will get used to it, just hate them electric shocks. (there is a new Benzo in development that actually promotes release of serotonin which might be inetersting for the future, but i digress...)
Oh and thanks for clearing up the Lexapro = Cipralex thing. you learning something new everyday and all that. I have been walking around thinking it was Escitalopram for about a year. I think the doctor offered me Cipralex, maybe i should have tried it. Bah, i don't bother with hindsight anymore.....Have a good day!!!
poster:Daniel Woodfield
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