Posted by lxgina on August 9, 2003, at 15:01:09
Hi all. Hope you are finding your answers to all your psychological difficulties...
I neraly became comatose with a high lithium level recently (Meridia caused me to eat less, dose was too high, I was losing weight, level was nearing 2.0) Lithium toxicity is worse than Bipolarness (is that a word) any day. I became Ozzy Osbourne and I'm 23 years old. After stopping Lithium completely I was given a new cocktail....
15 mg Meridia am (5'1 170 lbs-was 120 before meds)
10 mg Abilify pm
300 mg Trileptal pm-Before these meds I was having psychotic episodes, they have disappeared. ( I blame Lithium for those)
I am doing well on my new meds. One problem - NIGHTMARES - VIVID DREAMS that leave me crying and scared and calling various friends/family at random hours in the late hours of the night to verify my dream was just a dream. This disrupts my sleep and makes me unable to get to work in the morning. These 'dreams' go on all night long. None are about me dying or anything, but they are just scary. It takes me an hour or so to calm down once I awake. I sweat like it's 100 degrees in my bed, and I keep my room about 69 degrees to try to stop it.
I've taken Seroquel to sleep and stop the dreams.. dont work.
I've tried Xanax too.. nothing.
I tried Sonata - nothing there either.I occasionally take Vicodin for my knee (painful athritis from earlier injury) but I've found that even for the days I don't take them I still dream these terrible episodes.
Any help is appreciated.
Peace
Gina
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