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Posted by Meltingpot on December 30, 2012, at 16:30:19
Hi,
When I've stopped my medication (currently Seroxat, with occasional Zyprexa) I've felt so wretched, vomiting, feeling disgusted by everything and so anxious that all I seem to want to do is pace, walk and smoke continually, I feel listless and edgy at the same time. I can't concentrate on anything people are saying to me. I lie in bed tossing and turning and when I do sleep my dreams of ridden with awful nightmares. I get into a very suicidal state. It's not that I'm scared that I will commit suicide, I'm scared that I won't and that I will have to continue to live day by day feeling horribly depressed and anxious.
The last time I came off meds, I was lying in bed thinking about suicide and thinking how nice it would be just to end it but then I thinking what would I do if I was in such a state that I was unable to take my medication, what if I was in some kind of locked in coma where I was still conscious, feeling horrendous but unable to tell anyone that I needed my medication.
Does anyone else have fears like this? I'm making out a living will so that people know that they need to keep administering my antidepressants and Zyprexa.
Denise
Posted by schleprock on December 30, 2012, at 17:59:04
In reply to Locked in Syndrome - Fear of mine, posted by Meltingpot on December 30, 2012, at 16:30:19
> Hi,
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> When I've stopped my medication (currently Seroxat, with occasional Zyprexa) I've felt so wretched, vomiting, feeling disgusted by everything and so anxious that all I seem to want to do is pace, walk and smoke continually, I feel listless and edgy at the same time. I can't concentrate on anything people are saying to me. I lie in bed tossing and turning and when I do sleep my dreams of ridden with awful nightmares. I get into a very suicidal state. It's not that I'm scared that I will commit suicide, I'm scared that I won't and that I will have to continue to live day by day feeling horribly depressed and anxious.
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> The last time I came off meds, I was lying in bed thinking about suicide and thinking how nice it would be just to end it but then I thinking what would I do if I was in such a state that I was unable to take my medication, what if I was in some kind of locked in coma where I was still conscious, feeling horrendous but unable to tell anyone that I needed my medication.
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> Does anyone else have fears like this? I'm making out a living will so that people know that they need to keep administering my antidepressants and Zyprexa.
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> DeniseIf I were Lou Pilder, I would say that your chances of falling into a coma would be greater while taking meds then when not taking them.
Posted by rjlockhart37 on January 5, 2013, at 0:10:47
In reply to Locked in Syndrome - Fear of mine, posted by Meltingpot on December 30, 2012, at 16:30:19
denise....goodness im so sorry not alot of people responded....
your really ... i mean that's pretty serious....and you can't take zyprexa constantly...i seriously would recommend Lithium because its a good antisuicide med...i know exactly what your talkin about not wanting to wake up to nothing but anxiousness and helplessness....i've looked at my wrists while i was shaving in the past and had second thoughts about the razor i was using.....but the its good to not choose opting out of life....really there's alot that can be done...life can be grand....and also sh*t....but its best to change the thinking patterns of reality.
i hate to be to the point, but from reading this really sounds bad.....not being able to take your medication when you need it..? god that would kill me too... try to think about happyness, just make it inside and choose to think that everything is going to be ok....that stable feeling. There's hypnosis, or you could just post here on babble, if no one responds...of course im rj and i post out of reality stuff here but still want to help.....
whats the situation why can't you take your meds?
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