Posted by Deneb on July 21, 2005, at 22:57:29
In reply to Re: Am I too disordered for online forums?, posted by alexandra_k on July 21, 2005, at 22:28:01
> A low dose anti-psychotic taken regularly can sometimes be enough to PREVENT you getting to that bad place where control is much much much much harder.
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> And therapy too... Really. A combination of both would be best.
I don't think I want to risk any cognitive blunting or tardive dykinesia from antipsychotics. So far, no doctor has said that I should be on APs. My pdoc told me specifically that APs are not for me. My family doctor said she didn't want to give me anything because she was afraid I was going to hurt myself by ODing on them or something. I would not mind using them when I really need to prevent death, but I don't think I need them otherwise.
> > I just do not know what to do when I get that way. It is such a horrible place.
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> Yeah. I don't know what to say there.I'm glad you understand, but I wish you never had to experience that.
> > I'm not really taking much at all right now, never had. I even cut back the Celexa I was on.
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> Ok. Whats that? Is it an anti-psychotic? Why did you cut it back? Do you think it might be worth increasing it again?No, it is an SSRI...used for everything from depression to OCD to social anxiety to PMS...it is a pretty "safe" drug. I don't know if increasing it again would be worthwhile. I was pretty crazy for a while even at the higher dose of 50mg, but then I was pretty stable for quite a long time (for me). Then I decreased it to 40mg and I've been pretty unstable I guess, but I cannot blame it all on meds. Perhaps I will experiment on going back to 50...I'm sure that's what my pdoc would have recommended. I know it cannot hurt me.
Before my pdoc went on maternity leave, so told me to book 4 more appts with her for when she comes back. I think maybe she may be back from maternity leave now, I'm not sure. Maybe I should call...but I just hate to bother her when she is so busy.
> Yeah well, I got about 5 deleted today... Trying to sort it out now...I'm sorry I contributed to that. Thanks for helping anyways, I did see them and they did help a little bit.
> Do you get why they were deleted?
> They are probably the sorts of posts that you later regret here and probably wish were deleted ;-)Yep, pretty much. Good thing I forget things easily. :-) OTOH, I'm glad people can see who I am and how I change.
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