Posted by bleauberry on September 8, 2012, at 16:22:03
In reply to Let's play psychofarmer! (Test your dx/rx chops), posted by TemporarilyBob on September 6, 2012, at 23:32:46
Opinions to discard or consider at your will. I don't care for the pickles thank you.
I do not buy the diagnosis. It's a bunch of fancy sounding mumbo jumbo that basically says, "We don't know what it is, it's just a bunch of weird stuff." The name provides very little help in choosing treatment, so to me it is worthless. Maybe fun for armchair quarterbacking or discussions, but not very helpful for therapuetic purposes.
The symptoms do point to antipsychotics. If that is the case, the only choice as I see it is the really good one, Zyprexa. The other copycats don't have the magic Zyprexa has. So if they prescribed you an antipsychotic, it would be consistent with your symptoms and with my own opinions.
That said, your whole bizarre picture also responds profoundly to drugs that are not psychiatric at all. Such as antibiotics for lyme-like presentations. Since your care is low level, I doubt seriously an infectious issue will be considered. Too bad. If someone does not believe that a chronic hidden low/medium level infectious organism can cause all that bizarre brain stuff, then they have zero knowledge of the potency of the toxins involved.
So in this imaginary diagnosis thing you have presented, I throw the diagnostic words in the trash, I instead take a look at the actual symptoms as each one of them tells a story, and then I use drugs to help lessen the symptoms while I focus on finding and treating the real hidden problem.
Assume for a minute that all the diagnostic names you have been given are real and accurate. I don't, but ok, let's assume. In that situation, the single best med for each and all, is in my opinion, Zyprexa.
The SSRI toxicity thing you mentioned is a HUGE clue. I know what causes that.
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