Posted by Partlycloudy on December 22, 2008, at 12:18:44
Sigh.
I am kind of tired of my medications not doing the expected job. Been in crisis mode for too long now. Sleep has been suffering big time, panic attacks galore, antidepressant not anti-anything (which I suspect is mostly due to not getting a quality night's sleep).Current dx: PTSD, major depression, anxiety, panic attacks.
Most recent medications were: AmbienCR 12.5mg, Klonopin total 2mg over the course of the day and night, Prozac 20mg daily.I had a PTSD triggered episode last week and attempted to self medicate with the Klonopin , which didn't turn out well at all. I had been pretty much passed out on the sofa, vaguely heard the phone ringing, but when I tried to get up, I got tangled up in a blanket, and did a face plant on to the carpet. Took out a front tooth (charming!), gave myself a black eye (not my DH, honest, he was out of town), and had a swath of carpet burn really close to my eye and along the side of my face. This was scare the small children and old people stuff. I've been in seclusion ever since, and my T put in an emergency call to my pdoc to say "something is REALLY not working here..."
So, as of today, we have ditched the AmbienCR and the Klonopin (to which he said I seemed to have been quite sensitive).
Instead we're going to try Seroquel at a low dose, 25 or 50mg depending on how I respond.
Stay on the Prozac since I haven't been back on it long enough to know whether it's working, and that sleep quality issue really is a question mark.
I'm back on Xanax prn up to 1.5mg per day for anxiety, which had been working just dandy.
Pdoc wants me to call him back on Monday to tell him how I am doing. Hmm, Christmas happens somewhere in between, and I'm not sure how that's going to go down. A friend suggested I "plan" a migraine and just take to my bed - that's sounding better and better right now. I don't know. Let's just say that the triggers have not slowed down any.I will try not to land on my face again. That was an expensive home accident, though my dentist is pretty happy. Two anterior crowns, ca-ching!
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