Drugs effect me very VERY strongly.
This is something that EVERY doc doesn't seem to *hear* until they experience it themselves with the change in my personality. That's the problem!
For example, I knew in two days I couldn't take the seroquel. It stoned me RIGHT out! A freakin zoombie, I was!
SSRI's give me serotonin syndrome. Well, they did on the amount I was on before. I'd have to go check on that. It wasn't much, though, but, I was on multiple drugs, so the combo may have caused the effect too. I was a mess.
And I will NEVER touch Klonopin again! It was worse than the seroquel! Zoned out of this world! My doc actually has me listed as "allergic" to it, so it can never be given to me by accident again! No, I'm not allergic to it, but, I made it clear that I will NEVER EVER take it again!
I have a prescription for xanax; 1/4 mg that I can take up to three times a day -- if needed. I don't take it often, but, I've needed it more often lately, due to the bs I'm dealing with.
It's honestly hard to describe just how messed up I was. I couldn't talk straight. I couldn't think. I couldn't read. I couldn't do everyday things. I was a stoned out mess.
And the pdocs told me I was "permanently disabled."
They told me to apply for disability! That I would never work again!
I took their drugs and their advice and threw them away! :thefinger
And, for over 8 years, I've been doing very well. I've had my ups and downs, yes. And I've learned to deal with life's problems. But, I've been under tremendous pressure for the past three years. Unrelenting pressure. And I need help.
But, I don't need or want to be screwed up again!
And because of my very low tolerance to medication, combined with the inability of so many docs to hear me when I tell them of this fact, it causes a problem. My own counselor didn't understand it until I was on steroids for a sinus/ lung infection. And she couldn't believe the difference in my personality! And this was a LOW DOSE! Only then, did she begin to hear what I was saying to her. And my doc too.
Drugs just effect me differently than many others. So, I need to be extra careful. And with my students, I cannot afford to get screwed up again.
I've never tried effexor. But, that's an SSRI, isn't it?
I liked Welbutrin, except it gave me panic attacks sometimes. And I don't need any more of them, right now, lol!
Thanks for your feedback, Tina. I appreciate it.
Shalom!