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Posted by Rjlockhart on October 24, 2006, at 19:35:20
Xanax 2mg X 3 daily - espcially for right now, or i would be in a mental ward.
Prozac 30mg
Zyprexa 2.5mg
Temazepam 30mg - night (PRN) - WHICH right now is a nightly med. and is it safe to take 2mg of Xanax with Temazepam? my mother has been distributing it to me 2mg of xanax and 30mg of temazpeam. Because what is going on.
I need to be on something to help me focus so bad.
Matt
Posted by Phillipa on October 24, 2006, at 22:25:18
In reply to My current meds, posted by Rjlockhart on October 24, 2006, at 19:35:20
I know did you get my e-mails? Love Phillipa
Posted by Racer on October 24, 2006, at 22:36:27
In reply to My current meds, posted by Rjlockhart on October 24, 2006, at 19:35:20
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> I need to be on something to help me focus so bad.
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> MattMatt, you've written this a lot of times. At this point, it really sounds as though you're attaching some magic to meds that they just don't have.
Yes, you do need help. Absolutely. But you don't necessarily need that one particular medication in order to function. (Trust me on this one, Matt.) What you're describing really sounds as though your biggest issue right now is a combination of severe anxiety and a lack of coping skills. The anxiety you're taking medication for. The lack of coping skills you can address without a psychostimulant.
As for the whole minuet with your mother and the doctor, here's the same thing people have told you in the past: after your 18th birthday, you became able to see a doctor yourself. You have the right to contact him, and say, "My mother does not want me to take Dexedrine. She has taken my prescription from me, and says that she will contact you to tell you not to prescribe it to me anymore. I have tried to tell her I need it. Do you need a new release signed in order to tell her that you will prescribe it as long as you feel it is in my best interest?" You don't have to dramatize anything, you don't have to make him understand what goes on with you and your mother. (Trust me on this one, Matt: if your mother bears any resemblance to the person you've described on this board, your doctor *will* figure that out. Probably within the first few minutes...)
I've asked before, and I'm going to ask again: are you seeing a therapist?
Posted by Phillipa on October 24, 2006, at 23:32:46
In reply to Have you ever been evaluated for OCD? » Rjlockhart, posted by Racer on October 24, 2006, at 22:36:27
I've e-mailed with his Mother and he's telling the truth. Sorry I can't forward them to you as I have them in a file . Love Phillipa
Posted by gardenergirl on October 25, 2006, at 16:13:15
In reply to Re: Have you ever been evaluated for OCD? » Racer, posted by Phillipa on October 24, 2006, at 23:32:46
> I've e-mailed with his Mother and he's telling the truth.
Hi Phillipa,
I've heard you say this before both on the boards and privately, and I've always been confused about it. What part of Racer's post suggests that she might think he's not telling the truth?gg
Posted by Rjlockhart on October 25, 2006, at 20:22:57
In reply to Have you ever been evaluated for OCD? » Rjlockhart, posted by Racer on October 24, 2006, at 22:36:27
Ok, listen, my mother is almost abusing, negleting me, but she continues to be abusive. I have yelled, had many fights with her. She is not going to change, she said if i have a dispute with her again, she might contact other family members, and my stepdad doenst know what to do exept stalk me.
Ok, i am afraid that if i do call my doctor, she will get abusive with me, i am scared to. Here i am posting thinking of what is going happen. But the only person that i can rely on is me, even though i am just holding on.
I do have OCD to point, i walk the floor constanly thinking, i dont know if that is OCD or not. I cant stop pacing. I have to be doing something. Thinking what i am going to do to get out of here.
Listen there is skeptical people on here that dont belive my situation. I swear i had emotional outbursts, collapses, they dont understand what is going on. I have posted and posted over and over. God, some people dont understand. Why?
This is the only place to feel safe, but i have got to do something.
I've got to go, im putting off a paper to write all this. But i have to vent out my emotions, my nuerosis.
Thanks you much.
Matt
Posted by Racer on October 25, 2006, at 22:19:59
In reply to Re: Racer, posted by Rjlockhart on October 25, 2006, at 20:22:57
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> Listen there is skeptical people on here that dont belive my situation. I swear i had emotional outbursts, collapses, they dont understand what is going on. I have posted and posted over and over. God, some people dont understand. Why?Matt, I think you're misinterpreting something. I don't think anyone here doesn't believe you. I think what you're sensing is that a lot of people have given you very helpful advice in the past, and made some suggestions for concrete steps you could take, and yet you *do* post the same things over and over, as you said above.
I don't know how to express to you that most people here probably do believe you. I believe -- 100%, absolutely believe -- that you perceive your situation exactly as you present it here.
What I don't believe, though, is that there is nothing you can do about it. I also don't believe that one particular drug is the only way that you can do anything at all to improve your situation.
I've asked you this a number of times, Matt, but are you seeing a therapist? A therapist really would help you -- and I say that as someone who knows that therapy is necessary for me, no matter what drugs I take or don't take. It's where and how one learns coping skills that improve the quality of one's life. It can help you, too.
Posted by Phillipa on October 25, 2006, at 22:27:09
In reply to Another perspective » Rjlockhart, posted by Racer on October 25, 2006, at 22:19:59
Matt posted in his other thread that he is seeing a therapist. Love Phillipa
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