Posted by Christ_empowered on September 22, 2011, at 21:06:49
In reply to Re: maybe low-dose lithium? » Christ_empowered, posted by zonked on September 22, 2011, at 20:36:27
Maybe I should just stick with the Abilify. I'm apparently already brain damaged, thanks to heavy meds (uppers and downers, anyone? The combo apparently never really went out of style...) and a blow to the head during a botched mugging. My shrink at the mental hospital called it "transcendent intelligence." I suppose as long as I can avoid massive doses of Haldol, I'm pretty much good to go-for whatever reason, I'm able to take a lickin' and keep on tickin'.
TD is more what I'm scared of. I already have social anxiety issues; can you imagine how much exponentially worse they would become if I had disfiguring, "Yes, I take hardcore psych drugs"-type movements? Ugh.
I will say that I seem to be one of those people who gets clarity of thought from appropriately dosed neuroleptics. After my last dissociative/psychotic episode, I could barely form complete sentences. At one point, all I could do was repeat what other people were saying. The Abilify helped tremendously, although it took a good bit of time for everything to come back together for me.
I must admit, I have a simple, possibly even elegant, med combo here. A bipolar-friendly mood elevator and (I suppose) regulator, and a reasonably tolerable tranquilizer. Lots of people are stuck on far more meds and get fewer results with a lot more side-effects, so I should probably just pray that I can make it through treatment without becoming the Village Idiot (again) and give thanks that I'm not on a massive dose of Thorazine or something.
Thanks again for the posts.
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