Posted by MichaelJr on June 8, 2006, at 0:45:55
In reply to Re: do I really need depakote?, posted by Caedmon on June 7, 2006, at 12:30:40
hey guys
thanks for the input.
My diagnosis is schizo affective, severe depression, and panic disorder.
The this is, I was doing ok on geodon 60mg. The doc said that upping the dose could make a huge difference. He was wrong, the difference was pretty subtle.
Now this new doc wants to throw all these new drugs at me. Im not sure why, its kind of bizarre in that its not like hes just trying to help me. He seems to have some bizarre fetish for giving me a mood stabilizer. Its really odd. I get the feeling that he has all these weird ideas about whats going on in my head and it doesnt seem accurate. He keeps saying mania mania mania. I dont really think I have mania. If I do its not severe. My therapist also agrees with me and she knows my life a lot better than he does.
The plus is that he gave me a very small amount of depakote to start out. Im willing to try a small dose of mood stabilizer but only if that would allow me to decrease my geodon.
I think i need a different doctor anyways. This guy pissed me off already. I had a pretty bad reaction to the lamictal he gave me and hes saying that it wasnt the lamictal that caused my problems. Just a bad doc that doesnt really listen and thinks he has it all figured out. Hes only 33 too so Im gonna move to an older doc i think.
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