Neurological Meds
Just got back from the PDoc yesterday. I am excited. I get to go off one of my meds. I believe it to be the main reason for my stubborn weight gain. I am overweight almost twenty lbs.
Seroquel. It is very sedating, it puts me to sleep every night. My brother takes it as well except in much higher doses for the irritability that he gets. When I say irritable I mean to the point of escalating into fits of anger and or physical aggression. The kind of irritable that makes it very difficult for those around you. I remember when I was this way before treatment. I could not get through a check out isle in the store without arguing with at least one clerk. It was always THEIR fault for some glitch. I was so out of it I was making mistakes constantly. I do not even wanna talk about how it affected my relationship and my chidren.
anyway. Back to neurological meds. Almost two years ago, when my husband was deployed overseas, I got a really bad case of vertigo. Really bad vertigo. The room spun around end over end and upside down. I was so sick. Sometimes just remembering it makes me queasy. I went to this wacked out neurologist and he put me on depakote for alice in wonderland migraine syndrome, even though I experienced no migraine type headaches. He did not think I was bipolar, because I was a nice person. Like I said he was wacked. By that I mean making assumptions based on appearances. I mean people do that every day, but you would expect more from a doctor. Well the depakote shot my weight up 15 lbs like instantly.
I guess Im still upset about this.
Now its all about weight management. What can I do? I have started kickboxing, but need to back off because of a hip injury that I am going to PT for. I eat little. But still gain weight.
Its very frustrating and hurting my babalicious self esteem.
I am going up on my antipsy's which help keep my thinking clear. staying the same on the lamictal which has not helped me a darn bit. My Doc said there was some evidence or thinking that taking my vitamins in some ways makes the medicines work better. That may explain my sustained energy while I have been taking B-complex regularly for awhile now. Still have to watch the tremors though that the abilify seems ot have linked to it. I have not spilled my coffee yet, but it's definitely getting stirred. (The shaking in my hands)
Neurological meds work terribley for those who do not need them.
I had a friend receently tell me that a freind of hers gave her some valium to get on an airplane without having a panic attack. I almost came out of my skin at the thought of anyone taking valium, but to share anothers... wow... some people treat meds like candy. I am a bit suspect of taking valium outside of a hospital or clinic, and especially taking these things without a doctors care...unbelievable.
Neuro meds are powerful and not to be messed around with.
Seroquel. It is very sedating, it puts me to sleep every night. My brother takes it as well except in much higher doses for the irritability that he gets. When I say irritable I mean to the point of escalating into fits of anger and or physical aggression. The kind of irritable that makes it very difficult for those around you. I remember when I was this way before treatment. I could not get through a check out isle in the store without arguing with at least one clerk. It was always THEIR fault for some glitch. I was so out of it I was making mistakes constantly. I do not even wanna talk about how it affected my relationship and my chidren.
anyway. Back to neurological meds. Almost two years ago, when my husband was deployed overseas, I got a really bad case of vertigo. Really bad vertigo. The room spun around end over end and upside down. I was so sick. Sometimes just remembering it makes me queasy. I went to this wacked out neurologist and he put me on depakote for alice in wonderland migraine syndrome, even though I experienced no migraine type headaches. He did not think I was bipolar, because I was a nice person. Like I said he was wacked. By that I mean making assumptions based on appearances. I mean people do that every day, but you would expect more from a doctor. Well the depakote shot my weight up 15 lbs like instantly.
I guess Im still upset about this.
Now its all about weight management. What can I do? I have started kickboxing, but need to back off because of a hip injury that I am going to PT for. I eat little. But still gain weight.
Its very frustrating and hurting my babalicious self esteem.
I am going up on my antipsy's which help keep my thinking clear. staying the same on the lamictal which has not helped me a darn bit. My Doc said there was some evidence or thinking that taking my vitamins in some ways makes the medicines work better. That may explain my sustained energy while I have been taking B-complex regularly for awhile now. Still have to watch the tremors though that the abilify seems ot have linked to it. I have not spilled my coffee yet, but it's definitely getting stirred. (The shaking in my hands)
Neurological meds work terribley for those who do not need them.
I had a friend receently tell me that a freind of hers gave her some valium to get on an airplane without having a panic attack. I almost came out of my skin at the thought of anyone taking valium, but to share anothers... wow... some people treat meds like candy. I am a bit suspect of taking valium outside of a hospital or clinic, and especially taking these things without a doctors care...unbelievable.
Neuro meds are powerful and not to be messed around with.
posted by gentledove at 1:15:00 PM
1 Comments:
Babalicious....I love that word...gonna put that one in the memory banks....I may have to use that as your new pet name...thanks for sharing sweetie.....I mean Babalicious!
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