Posted by Flame on July 4, 2007, at 10:00:52
In reply to Re: Confused about Mirapex and Campral, posted by hgi698 on July 2, 2007, at 19:22:50
Hi HGI,
Well, my husband is now on the Campral. There has only been one day that he has taken the full "three times a day" prescription. It seems like he is only getting the suggested dosage twice daily.. when it is supposed to be the three times daily. He is getting the two dosages (that he does get) because I put it with his morning pills (than am gone at work for the day)and then I am (more or less) pushing it on him around supper time. I'm not sure if it will "work" .. after a period of time, with the just two times daily or not.
I so whole heartedly agree with you about trying to get him off the Mirapex. My husband (and I) are at all time highs of frustration levels (with each other!) I have told my husband we are out of money and I don't have any more that I can give him for his spending on alcohol. He truly about lost it, when I told him this. (I have been advocating that we were getting to that point for some time now, so it should NOT have been such a shock for him.) He more or less through an adult tantrum, telling me that he was not going to live this way. He went on and on .. even making some actual suicide threats. (He has verbalized these types of things before, but never done anything.)This time he took a bunch of pills. A number of Ambien pills and then others were just antibiotics. (I don't think he knew what he grabbed when he put them all in his mouth.) I am convinced that he did this as a way to get to me .. it didn't work. This happened a couple of nights ago and nothing happened as far as side effects from what he took. (I did pretty much figure out what he took and realized that all that would result from it is extreme sleepiness or a very upset stomach .. from the antibiotic capsules.)
Going into great detail about this 'cause I wanted to "vent" about how extreme he has gotten in regards to having/getting the money he needs to continue drinking in the manner that he needs/wants/is accustomed to.
The next day, husband profusely apologized to me and told me that he knew he just had to get a grip. Then comes the next day (last night). My husband calls me on my cell and tells me that he is supposed to meet his friend up at the bar and then go to a special biker function at another bar. I asked him if he had money to finance that. Husband lost it AGAIN! I told him that our checking account was bombarded with checks that he wrote three weeks ago at the local bar (it takes that long for them to put it through . I guess??) The total amount of all checks for one week was $300 .. which is a lot for us!
He didn't bat an eyelash when I told him about the checks (that I wasn't counting on) that came through. He just continued to tell me that he wasn't going to live like this. Because he doens't have the money he wants/ needs to drink, he says we are living in squalor.
As I said .. I am really ready to call it quits. There is NO talking to my husband,the way things stand right now.
Husband, of course, is very "addicted" to all the meds that he is currently on. There is NO WAY that he would consider going off these meds unless he psychiatrist would strongly recommend it. Husband's psychiatrist does not agree with me .. in that I think my husband's problems definitely stems from the meds he is on. (Mirapex or Effexor? .. I can't be sure) But it all began going very bad approximately six months after he began on his new medication regimen three years ago.
I don't believe that my husband has ever been prescribed Wellbutrin. Maybe in the future?
Currently, we (I?) have to wait a month to see if my husband can cut back on his alcohol. (Thus the Campral samples that was given to husband by psychiatrist.) Husband's psychiatrist is very adamant that he will not change anything in husband's medication regimen until he gets off (or cuts way back) on his drinking.
I am very seriously frustrated here . (Sigh ...)
Thanks for your response to my posts.
Flame
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