Posted by MB on June 2, 2003, at 17:17:45
In reply to Re: Does Med Education Correlate With tx Resistence?, posted by bookgurl99 on June 1, 2003, at 21:30:30
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> Hence, when my GP suggested I take Zyprexa, I refused because I already knew -- both due to PBabble and other sources -- that Zyprexa has been associated with weight gain and onset of diabetes.
See, this is kind of what I do, except to a greater degree...like I don't want to take a tricyclic or remeron because I know that I can't tolerate antihisamines. I feel hopeless about SSRIs because none have worked so far. I'm afraid of lithium because I've already got hypothyroidism and I'm still recovering from the shock of 40 lbs of fat put on from Paxil. Depakote scares me because a friend's son suffered irreversable liver damage from it, and the two people I know who've gone on it have gained MAJOR weight. I'm a psychiatrist's nightmare. I look at all of the psychotropic medications available and have already tried the ones I'm willing to try. Either I have to become more open-minded, or they have to invent a new drug (one that works and is tolorable). I'm losing my open-mindedness (or what little I had).
I know that there are infinite combos to be tried, but I've been on so many that haven't worked...and after each failed trial, I feel like I'm even more sensitive to the drugs, more depressed, and more brain-fried. I'm not anti-med...maybe just jaded from my experience with psych meds. Uggg...I'm just exasperated. I wish I had just stayed on the Prozac years ago, that I never associated the dystonia and headaches with the drug, and that I stayed on my little uninformed, ignorant, but semi-decent path. Or I wish they'd give me unlimited morphine and money and let me sit and test lollipops all day. Why can't they at least do that?
MB
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