Posted by laima on October 7, 2006, at 11:37:26
In reply to great post (nm) » laima, posted by pseudoname on October 7, 2006, at 10:58:29
I really appreciate your feedback.
Look- if I went through psychiatry-mess hell, the least I can attempt to do is hope I can tell someone about it and hope to spare them some of it?
You might be interested that my gut instincts (and bizarre side effects) got me to stop taking the ridiculous regimine of some 10plus meds ahead of time, which is how I got labelled as "uncooperative", "non-compliant", etc. Drugs like zyprexa and abilify (together, with a mess of others) started me off with mild hallucinations, shocks, and such- but all the doctor did was deduce I was turning psychotic, and she wanted to pile on more and more antipsychotics. I think she was also oblivious that swapping drugs like effexor in and out causes withdrawal- I had never heard of withdrawal, in fact and indeed feared I was losing my mind. Antipsychotics gone- "symptoms" vaporized. On and on like that. Later, the other doctors, at a med school, congratulated me and told me I did the right thing. That was nice to hear.
If I can remember back somewhat, I believe this woman simultaneously thought I should take:
prozac (depression-"just take it it must be doing something")
effexor (depression, see above)
neurontin ("restless legs"- diagnosis based on theory, not observation)
zyprexa (since I was obviously going nuts and paranoid)
abilify and/or seroquel (see above)
xanax XR (was gettting awfully anxious-)
klonopin (see above)
ritalin (too many benzos! exhausted all day, and diagnosed with add. 90mg! That I remember. And that didn't even include the XR or Concerta.)
ritalin XR (see above)
Concerta (see above)
desipramine (depression and sleep-since nothing else was working)
ironMore? I think if it has been manufactured, she prescribed it at some point. Pile it on! Something might work!
I finally just gave up and got into self medicating by abusing the never ending supplies of ritalin and klonopin until they konked out- even at such high doses. I crashed, got into a severe argument with her when she scolded, "Are you abusing drugs? i'm cutting you off 100% now." Great! I was using well over 90mg ritalin plus god knows how much klonopin. I ended up in a hospital to detox, and when I first arrived, she had called ahead to warn them about my explosive "temper". This was long ago enough it's almost laughable. I was the meekest and quietest person there, out in a couple days while they all scratched their heads.
Best doctors? This woman still listed in each year's "Guide to Best Doctors" in our city. I sense that per professional ethics, doctors don't criticize peers originating from their own institutions, though they'll make thinly veiled comments.
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