I am on day 6 cold turkey off percocets. I realize the underlying issue is depression/coping. Today I saw a NP and was prescribed Saphris 5mg SL every night and started on Lamictal with a tapering increase in dose over the next month. Im not comfortable with the Saphris though,,,its an "atypical antipsychotic" and used for people with Bipolar I disorder and schizophrenia?????
s just want to get me on a med., but I have to go slowly. I was on Lamictal for two years, but I convinced myself it was making me gain weight, so I weaned myself off. I should have just stayed on, as it was doing the trick for me. Now my dr. wants me to try something new. Ugh. I have so much anxiety over the weight gain aspect that I'm having painc attacks.
I think I can help a bit with your questions, in the past year I have been taking fur out of those five; no lamictal for me..though currently being considered. At my worst I was extremely debilitated and there was talk of admitting to to a unit, fot months I could barely function, the drugs as they came on board slowly helped me, but were no miracle cure.
I had been doing so well on the lamictal and cymbalta that I thought I had no need for psychiatrist for the last 10 months or so. Now, bam, I need one and who wants to start with a patient that already has SJS. When I had dbl couverage insurance I could get in anywhere. (least of problems)
4. I've seen, neurologist, internal med.
I know that hallucinations and hearing things are a main symptom of Schizophrenia but since my daughters last Bi-polar episode she swears she is seeing colors move. Like the "popcorn" stuff on the ceilings and the paint behind it- she says the paint is moving. It is worse when she gets upset. Reading is almost impossible because she says the letters are moving, worse on the computer. I don't know if this is a new developing symptom, a med side affect or what?
He did not see me when I had 3 SEVERELY psychotic episodes all within about two years before I finally was put on an antipsychotic Zyprexa 7 to 8 years ago which worked like a charm. However, I am now on Abilify at 45 mg. and Lamictal 100mg. for now. I am curious as to why he seems to be so insistent about the ADD because every other doctor I have ever been to has without a doubt diagnosed me with schizophrenia.
The antipsychotic agent I am on is in Phase II FDA study (read through my posts) and has far less side effects than the current ones and is more effective but let me wait until they understand it better as its not a known quantity yet (and its been researched on schizophrenia, not ptsd). If the Lamictal is showing good results your psychiatrist might consider tapering down the Lithium gradually.
I have been to Dr. A for years and have taken SSRI's on and off. The best was Celexa and did great on it for a year. It just made me have trouble waking up and made me late to work every morning. Then I moved and went to a new psychiatrist, Dr. H, who knows me less but was more thorough like taking blood and mouth swab test, etc. He seems to think I have a mood disorder (bipolar spectrum) on the the depressive side and thinks Mood Stabilizers like Lamictal would be better for me.
I have been told by a therapist that I have derealization, but she isn't sure why because I don't have the social history to cause it. Everyone seems to say this is caused by anxiety, but that seems ridiculous because I don't get physical signs of anxiety like racing heart, short of breath, etc. plus it is constant.. It's nothing more or less than the way my head feels. I will try to explain...
So I decided to ask different psyctrist for opinion, he said SSRI class is not working for me so he told to try different class because it work well for anxiety. He gave Lamictal, and told me that we r going to increase the dose slowly to avoid rash. Yesterday was my 1st dose of Lamictal and ended up in ER because I had allergic reaction and blister rash in mouth. ER told me to stop the med.
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have tried lithium but it did not work 