Posted by AMY II on March 4, 2008, at 13:07:59
In reply to Re: PSYCOSIS!!! ANXIETY!!! OCD!!! WHAT??? » AMY II, posted by sometimesblue on March 4, 2008, at 12:41:57
Saw the neurologist today about my arms. (see my posts) and he said he thought that it was more likely that I have increased stimuli in my arms when I stopped the hydrocodone. Of course hedoesn't offer me to stay on hydrocodone until these awful feelings in my arms goes away. He thinks that it might be making it worse. Feels fine while I am on the hydrocodone but gives me increased sensitivity in the injected sites and down my arm where the cortisone shots were. He says that hydrocodone works on your dopamine so he thinks I am just aggrivating it by staying on the hydrocodone.
He also asked how the psychiatrist was going. I told him 5 appointments and no meds prescribed. He goes with one then retracts. He jumps right to an anti psychotic then says never mind. He says lets try clompipramine but it has bad side effects and weight gain.
Doesn't want to give me a regular script for zanax (the only thing that holds my sanity together and especially during major attacks) He wants to prescrib zanax slow release or klonopin. NOt into the klonopina and frankly, not into having zanax in my body 24/7 I take zanax frequently now because I have nothing else on board.
So, neurologist said, hang in there, stay off hydrocodone, and offerd me Lexapro. He said he hated seeing how I was suffering.
He is just so much more confident, being a doc for 20 years versus me seeing a 2nd year psych resident that just doesn't seem to know what the hell he is doing and is more impressed with his name DR and making sure I know it, than he is at being concerned in helping me.
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