Posted by bleauberry on April 16, 2015, at 7:48:42
In reply to stopped zyprexa at night, posted by rjlockhart37 on April 15, 2015, at 21:58:00
> .....zyprexa makes me really slow, and calmy dalmy all the time, i want to wake up and smell the roses and sun shine.....not feel like im on seroquel all the time......
I don't know. My 25 years of psych meds....all of them except nardil....things were always either too calmy dalmy, or too nervous agitated....but rarely anything nice and smooth in the middle. I'm not sure many people experience the joy of roses and sun shine when on psych meds. They all do so much to dampen emotions.
i have seen people come alive and love the roses on Prozac or Zoloft. For the hardcores, Nardil too. Never anything else.
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> havent told the doctor, but maybe only take it when it's needed for mania, or agitated thoughts......Well if you are going to do that, why keep your toolbox limited to just what a doc would give you? Personally I've seen proof over and over that equal or better answers are available in non-pharm thinking. I can think of a whole lot better ways to manage "as needed" breakthroughs with herbs instead of meds. If it's super bad, a med will be needed. But mostly, not.
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> i don't argree with the regime i'm on....so ill take what i think is needed.....
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> rLike I said, if you are going to take the steering wheel away from the doctor, then it makes no sense to keep driving the same way the doctor did. If you're still using the same meds and not looking somewhere new, then the whole thing makes no sense and doesn't seem to me it will go anywhere meaningful.
It would probably be wise to tell the doc how you are feeling and see how it goes from there. Their whole job is built on the premise of "trusting relationships"....so if the trust is gone, he needs to know he is failing at his goal.
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