Posted by Ritch on March 10, 2005, at 10:40:34
In reply to Seroquel-Trileptal-Valium Combo??!!, posted by corafree on March 10, 2005, at 9:13:28
> Was hyperventilating w/ panic until top of head felt as if would blow off; severe, unimagineable, frightening nervous breakdown.
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> Went to hospital where ALL MEDS meds were changed as follows:
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> From Xanax cross tapered; to VALIUM. From trazodone for sleep and Eff-XR; to SEROQUEL 300mg for sleep & 25mg prn anxiety, and TRILEPTAL 300mg 2X a day.
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> All these new meds begun approx. 5 days ago.
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> I am anxiety/panic/hyperventilating free. But, I am a relaxed ZOMBIE!
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> I have appts to attend to and no way to get there on my own. Don't believe I can drive my car. Don't believe could walk very far. Not quick enough on the mindset to bus. I do live alone on a low income.
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> Never had auditory or visual hallucinations Never had a seizure, that I know of, and do not have epilepsy. My dx is borderline. I realize the similarity between borderline dx and hypomanic dx.
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> I don't know what to do. My P wants me to tell him what I want to do, and never having been in this 'zombie' (yet no panic/anxiety) state, I cannot tell him what med I do or do not want.
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> I have appts at 11a and 3p AZ time today.
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> Can anyone SHARE PLS; nowhere else to turn.
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> tks cf
Wow, it kind of sounds like they *might* be treating the traz/Effexor discontinuation with Seroquel so you can sleep. The Xanax to Valium move was probably to get a more steady level of benzo in your system, not so peaky/crashing. The Trileptal add sounds like they *might* be rethinking your dx. The notable absence of any antidepressants suggest they may be reconsidering you as mixed bipolar. Borderline tends to do well with SSRI or other serotonergics. That's just what it looks like to me. Their next move may be to slowly bring down the Seroquel as your body gets used to no traz/Effex (ie). You aren't panicking, so that's a big plus. Maybe the zombie effects will diminish with time? 300mg is quite a dose (for me anyhow). My suggestion would be to ask them something like: "When can I get the Seroquel dosage down, because it's making me too much of a zombie? What's the PLAN here? Are you re-thinking my diagnosis?", that sort of stuff. That should help.
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