Posted by Dima on August 8, 2010, at 16:23:49
Ok, I posted here about a week ago. http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20100731/msgs/956554.html
I'd like to list my full list of symptoms and see if anyone has any suggestions.
- Anhedonia
- Very low motivation
- Slightly numb part of upper left leg
- Muscle twitches, such as leg muscles or eyelids
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Physically weak
- No focus
- Lots of scrambled thoughts constantly running through head
- No emotional connection to anyone or anything
- No emotions, period (sadness, happiness)
- Poor memory
- Dreams are pretty vivid and I remember some of them when I wake up, but forget throughout the day
- Developed horrible akathisia with Abilify as low as 2.5 mg/day
- Social anxiety/avoidance
- Feels like I have mild akathisia (Restless, Agitated)
- Irritable
- No patience (hate driving because of how much I hate red lights)
- Energy varies by day and throughout the day
- Some suicidal ideation
- Basically, I can barely function and feel like crap.My father and his mother both have Parkinson's.
On Thursday, I stopped taking the Abilify because of the akathisia, and my doctor prescribed 600 mg Lithium per day and 100 mg Seroquel to sleep. This was added to 15 mg Remeron and 40 mg Celexa.
Tomorrow, I plan to call my family doctor about my RLS and hopefully he will prescribe either Requip or Mirapex. Doesn't it seem like it's a low dopamine issue? Family history of Parkinson's, low motivation, social anxiety, RLS, muscle twitches...
I'm just not comfortable in any moment. Every second just feels "bad". After experiencing akathisia from the Abilify, I realized that how I normally feel is just a milder form of this. I always have some part of my mind thinking about how to feel better. I also always want to be doing something. The second I get any energy, I try to be as productive as possible..doing yoga, cleaning, exercising, etc, but sometimes I'm only a few minutes into it and the motivation/energy disappears.
And I've read that Lithium and Seroquel both lower dopamine. Do I really need more of that, and the possibility of more akathisia?
Bleauberry suggested Amisulpride, but I can not afford ordering it. I will try to get disability payments, then maybe I can try it.
What should I do??
poster:Dima
thread:957858
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20100731/msgs/957858.html