Posted by Eljakeo on September 21, 2003, at 21:11:43
Just redirecting my post to this forum also, this is the one I meant to post.
After having a long history of emotional and behavioral problems since I was 3, I was finally diagnosed at age 21 and eventually found an unusual but effective combination of medicine. Anyone else with similar combos that were effective for them?I just figured out my interesting genetic history.
to keep this as short as possible:
Grandfather had two boys with biological grandmother, grandmother died of Polio in early 50's a few years after birth. Both of the offspring developed Schizophrenia. There are actually so correlation between Polio and Psychosis in offspring. My mother and bio dad (one of the brothers) had me. bio dad became insane and left my mother. we havn't heard of him since or even his wherabouts. At age 3 I had troubling speech and emotional problems. My speech and language rapidly improved. However I had a hard time functioning in school. I was never at my full potential academically and I would have emotional outbursts. Worst during critical adjustment years. 7th grade, college. They labeled me "emotionally disturbed" and a time out room was the only therapy they offered. I learned that I have about 120 IQ on the Weschler with a difference of Verbal being higher than performance. Performance was a struggle for me. Some of the "validated" Internet IQ even gave me scores near 130 which could be my true intelligence since the Weschler measures intelligence interms of academic level functioning. But yet I still struggled fiercly at school and yet at the same time, my professors had labeled me "The most academically passionate student they had ever seen, even more than the honor students" But during college, I faced extreme depression, I would sleep all the time, lose interest in my things, and have used suicidal ideation to seek attention eventhough I never actually though of killing myself because I am afraid to die even when I was depressed. I was sick of feeling this way so I went to a fine psychiatric hopital. It was not a bad experiance. When I first came there i was apathetic. I stared at the floor with no interest and I would not attend any of the group therapies. My doctor then prescribed me Risperdal. 1 mg. He said thats all I will ever need. In about 4 days, I was apathtically staring at the floor and all of sudden, I was like "why am I doing this" "I love my passions and I want to persue them" I went back to being my typical self as I was before. When I was depressed my weight gained from 165 to 194 and my heart rate decreased to 60 beats a minute. I was wondering why my heart rate was at an athletic rate when I was out of shape? After taking Risperdal for a week, my heart rate increased to 90 beats a minute and stabilized as per the EKG. It confirmed it was not an extra perimidial symptom, but my body "awakening" from depression!!:) Later in my stay, the pdoc reviewed my life history, at the same time, I continued to show impulsivity, and emotional outbusts. I sometimes just walked out of groups because I was afraid of my same aged peers. He then prescribed Effexor 150 upped to 300 later and Adderall. My life changed. I was able to now participate effectivly and interact with my peers on a who new level that I never seen before in my life. I was motivated and very relaxed. At night I would fall asleep quickly and awaken every day at 6:00am with no problem and "ready to start the day" I was discharged with ADHD and Atypical Depression.I have been on that regimine for 2 years, but if I stop Risperdal, I notice my Apathy, negative thoughts, and impulsivity returns. It is only worse if I stop the Adderall. So I make damned sure I take that little white pill at night. That seems to be the only way for me to relapse.
Recently (6 months ago) pdoc prescribed me Klonopin for social anxiety problems I also have. Works great on .5mg per day never had to increase it since. My Gloal Assesment of functioning is quite high. My mood remains stable, my weight dropped back to 165 and my level of functioning is still high. I recieve psychotherapy, neurofeedback, and counseling. They even approved my for Social Security. Which when you give them 100 pages of medical records, it helps your case. They take a looooooooong time to appove or deny people:( Only problem is that my academics are still a struggle with me. That is my story. I call it Atypical Polypharmacy. But no side effects (decreased Libedo though) and no drug interactions. What is most amazing is the fact I can take (which I only did a couple times out of curiosity) an Adderall 30mg XR right when I go to bed and I am out like a lamp!!! Deep sleep, full of dreams and rested the next morning. That is my unusual story any one else have similar combinations or experiances?Effexor: 300mg
Risperdal: 1mg
Adderall: 60mg/day
Klonopin: .5mg
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