Bipolar , Impulse Control , Panic Disorder & Social Phobia Posted: 07-23-07 16:17pm
Recently I was diagnosed with Bipolar,
Impulse Control, Disorder, Panic Disorder
& Social Phobia. My first medications
I received were 1000mg Depakote ER at PM
& Klonopin 0.5mg twice daily. The
Depakote did absolutely nothing but make
me worse, in means of hostility, increased
brain racing & I could not stop moving
or doing things from wake to sleep. The
Klonopin never once stopped my attacks
& still doesnt.
I was then switched to .5mg Risperdal
twice daily & continuing the Klonopin
twice daily. Again had absolutely no
effect.
Then I was tried on 100mg Seroquel in the
AM, 200mg Seroquel PM & continuing the
twice daily .5mg Klonopin. The first few
days on the Seroquel it made my heart race
& occasional flutter to the point
wondering if I was gonna drop. After it
went away the doctor had me take an extra
100mg of Seroquel in the afternoon. This
left me feeling blah all the time and
snapping easy.
Today I saw the doctor again and he is
trying me on 15mg of Zyprexa at PM and
continuing the twice daily Klonopin.
Obviously I have not yet tried the Zyprexa
but was curious as to what your
recommendations would be based on the info
I have given. This switching medicine
"wait 2-3wks for it to work " is killing
me and making me worse off than I was.
Also to note which I have informed my doc
as well, that several years ago I was off
work for 3 years due to a severe back
injury and was on alot of meds as you can
imagine. Ever since then medication just
does not affect me like normal people. Not
joking but to the extent of 3 or 4 Vicodin
ES 1000mg for a pulled tooth or something
of the like.
Sorry for the long post but, It feels good
to get some things out and again with the
given information what would you suggest
be more in my alley. I just feel like my
doc is not listening to me. Any advice,
suggestions or recommendations would be
greatly appreciated.
Regards, Rick
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johnR
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 229
Posted: 08-01-07 18:58pm
I can't help with a lot of this but you
should learn cbt for the panic and
anxiety. It works great and gave me my
life back. You really have to have
self-discipline to get the most out of cbt
but if you do it will eliminate your panic
attacks. Join a group or read the book by
sam obitz and start doing the tea form
exercise everyday. I was able to eliminate
my panic attacks and depression thanks to
the exercises and I still do the tea form
daily. They really work if you work them
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Ispep
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 2 Location: MI
Posted: 08-02-07 10:11am
Thank you for a response. I intended to
ask the doctor the questions but I guess I
could not figure out where to post it. As
far as cbt I have not heard the
abbreviation until I googled it. I am
currently seeinf a psych or therapist once
a week. I fear socializing so joining a
group is a no go and I have absolutely no
income so buying books is not up my alley.
If you could explain what is this tea
exercise.
Regards, Rick
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johnR
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 229
Posted: 08-12-07 20:36pm
Rick, check out the book by sam obitz from
your library for free then and see if it
resonates with you. It outlines the tea
form better than I can but in genberal you
take the thoughts you are having that
cause anxiety and panic attacks and
identify the thinking errors you are
making and then counter them with more
objective or accurate thoughts. I hope
this makes sense but if not let me know
and I'll take another stab at it
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Rebekkah
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Sep 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Pa
Bipolar- Who Understands Posted: 09-10-07 15:32pm
Well I am 30 and have Bipolar- I am always
stressed out because of the racing
thoughts. Not enough time in the day to do
half the stuff I think Of. One Minute I
will be talking away talking about this
then something else. I get aggravated easy
or over nothing and just wanna snap. I
found out I was taking Lithium and 150mg
of serquel at night because the whole 300
mgs had terrible side effects- I dont see
how someone could take that daytime. No
antideppressant. I have taking
wellbutrin,xprexa,zoloft etc. By the way
xprexa is expensive with no insurance. I
just started Paxil, lithium, and Nirvam
(XANAX)1mg 3 times day for anxiety- Nirvam
is great but makes you tired. I think its
working. I also have back problems and
take percocet, muscle relaxers,
inflammatory. It sucks having to take so
many meds to be able to function. I think
you just have to try meds till it works.
Good Luck Rebekkah
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johnR
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 229
Posted: 09-20-07 13:06pm
Reb, that's great that you have found
something that is working for you even if
it requires you to take so many meds. Some
bi-polars never find anything that works
