Posted by garnet71 on May 28, 2009, at 23:01:30
In reply to Re: Need an alternative to Abilify » jerrypharmstudent, posted by Sigismund on May 28, 2009, at 22:39:44
RE: malpractice insurance- My doctor can't treat me anymore because of his malpractice insurance. I tried Ritalin and didn't really like it; tried Adderall and got an adverse effect--so I asked for dextroamphetamine. The RN there wouldn't scribe it for me--she said "that's worse!", but next I saw the PDoc who said ok, he gave me one month's script and said he couldn't treat me anymore cause his malpractice insurance won't cover my treatment; referred me to a guy with more malpractice insurance.
I honestly feel much less dependent upon d-amp than any SSRI I've ever had for anxiety. I realize I will be dependent upon ANY drug for anxiety, possibly the rest of my life. SSRIs really are not as safe as they make them out to be, and the adverse effects are horrible for me. What's the diff. if I'm dependent upon, say, Effexor, or Klonopin? Either way, if you have to taper off, you have to move on to something else and have w/d effects.
For d-amp, I notice no side effects. I wouldn't want to take it long term, but for now until I find a long-term solution that doesn't involve possibly a year of trials, 2 months per med, of being debilitated while I try to finish grad school, it's a better option than sSRIs that make me depressed and so amotivational that I can't get out of bed or even function. I don't have to take it everyday and don't get withdraw symptoms like w/Adderall. I don't understand how having no detectable adverse side effects or withdrawal symtoms is "worse". If I don't take it, my motivation and ability to stay on task disappears; no irritability, no 'cravings'; that's not w/d-that's the way I was before I took the drug. I simply go back to the way I was before. It's one of the cleanest, most effective drugs I've ever taken; yet, my PDoc won't continue treatment w/me now.
As far as malpractice ins. goes, I could sue my PDoc for what xxRIs did to me over the last 3 years. I have lots documented about how the mess my life is in today is a direct result of being prescribed SSRIs over the past 3 years. Yet, there is no basis at all for a lawsuit for being prescribed D-AMP.
I don't get it.
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