[sleepingbeauty]

when one pill doesnt work.. forget tweaking the dosage, lets just put you on a totally different pill.

this is how my psychiatrist views my treatment. its really starting to piss me off. ive been on so many meds in such a short amount of time, and because i dont show improvement right away my doctor just takes me off it right away cold turkey and throws another perscription at me. ive been on 10mgs of adderall, for one month and since i havent shown noticable improvement she wants to start me on busbar, an anti anxiety med. which doesnt seem like a big deal, besides the fact that this is happening everytime i see her. month before last i was on strattera, which i was happy to get off of cause it didnt do squat, before that i was on adderall, and it did help a bit back then.. but i was approved for strattera so she just took me off what was helping and put me on that, which totally sent me back into the abyss. before the adderall i was on seroquel, before that lexapro, not to mention that the entire time ive been on wellbutrin so that i dont inadvertantly pick up a knife and slit my wrists.

im just so mad about it cause this is exactly where i didnt want to be. this is exactly why i was fighting so hard about going the med route as a treatment option. its like playing russian roulette with my brain and i even said that to my psychiatrist today, and she just patronized me cause shes the 'expert' and im just the patient and i dont know what im talking about.

what i really want to know is.. why the hell are MEDS the only widely accepted treatment option, and cost so damn much money and are such a pain in the a$$ to get... regardless of the fact that they dont do a goddamn thing in 99% of the patients they are perscribed to?? ooops.. sorry... 98%. :roll:

im seriously trying to make sense of this. :?

 

[terri*]

With 17 people looking at this and no replies, I would like to at least state that I hear your anger, disappointment and overall geniune frustration with doctors and medicine. Sometimes just good old commiserating does wonders.

If they see a broken arm...they can fix it.

If they see some glass in your eye...they can remove it.

If you have dp/dr...they turn you every way but loose.

Just wanted to say I'm sorry you are having such a crappy state of affairs.

Didn't we use to have a little protest icon? It'd be great to use here.
terri*

 

[Guest]

I feel your pain SB, i really do, im fuckin sick of meds. Ive tried so many within the last year or so and they haven't done a thing. The only one that has helped is Klonopin. Im currently getting off of Paxil and im just gonna stay on Klonopin i think?

 

[sleepingbeauty]

thanks for the responses. yes i agree its almost pointless. im getting fed up with it but what else can i do now that im already stuck in the cycle? im afraid to stop meds because i dont want to have a massive depressive episode and start slicing myself into little peices, but at the same time i dont want to suck down a bunch of pills that dont really do much.. yet effect my brain in such a harsh way that i cant really get off them once im on.

too late to complain i guess.

vent vent vent. :x

 

[Guest]

Klonopin is the best one out there for us I think. Unless we've got another illness that is causing this dpdr. If it is just psychological, then klonopin can be the perfect crutch. I think it should only be used during hard times (e.g. college) and once one is regimented to a daily routine, then addiction will escalate. Addiction will cause depression, and most for most people, getting off the benzo can be hellish.