Posted by SheilaC on August 3, 2010, at 16:31:01
I was able to get in to a different doc today for a 2nd opinion, since I felt like the moronic Pdoc I've been seeing is not listening to me.
She said that Seroquel can make people very sleepy, which is why they prescribe it. The other doc doubted me because he said he has some people on doses of up to 400 mg. In my experience the higher the dose the less sleepy Seroquel made me.
She suggested upping the Geodon and taking it at night with my Klonopin and adding back low dose lithium during the day (since Lithium doesn't make me tired). She thinks maybe the lithium will help with my low grade depression. And she said it was fine to dump the Seroquel since it makes me mean and hungover.
Why can't all docs be more flexible and LISTEN to their patients! Plus, the other doc wanted to put me on Wellbutrin and I told him it made me manic in the past and that I didn't want to take it again.
Some docs are just stupid.
I think I will try the Lithium again. It did seem to help brighten my mood last time. And instead of 2 anti-psychotics, I will stick with the Geodon since it works better for me than Seroquel.
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