Posted by Quintal on June 6, 2007, at 17:22:36
In reply to Should I tell mypsychiatrist about what I've done?, posted by deniseuk190466 on June 4, 2007, at 9:09:30
I was in a similar situation to you a few years ago. My psychiatric nurse once called me a 'loose cannon' and that was for taking 25mg Seroquel during benzo withdrawal when I hadn't slept for two days! But I confessed to taking clonazepam and other benzos long after my scripts had been stopped and I think that's ultimately what lead to me being discharged. If tension is already high over 'unauthorized' med tweaking I'd advise you to tread very carefully. If you'd accidentally stumbled across a miracle cure and were 100% well again, I'd say go for it, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Since Lexapro doesn't seem to be all that good for you it seems too risky to me for you to jeopardise your chances of having access to other meds in the future by confessing. Once you've been discharged (and possibly labelled as one of 'those' patients) it can be very hard to get another appointment with an NHS psychiatrist in the future however great your need may be.
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