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eveie · 08-08-2004, 12:40 PM

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sidney · 08-08-2004, 10:20 PM

I am really careful with the klonipin and keep my dose as low as I can. It helps me alot. Last night, really bad flashbacks. Put it under my tounge, works way faster that way if your in a crunch.

Sid

BLUESMAN52 · 08-10-2004, 06:46 AM

HI SID!
That's the ONLY way I take klonopin. 1 mg under my tongue at bedtime.
Unfortunately, I am also on lithium which I have to take at bedtime, and it really rips up my stomach, so I don't sleep well even with the klonopin. Soon they want to add wellbutrin, but I don't have money for all these meds.
Tough life that booze has caused me. Tough life!

sidney · 08-10-2004, 08:13 AM

I take wellbutrin too. Doc just increased it to 400mg from 300mg since my depression is worse. Havnt picked up the script yet so dont know if it will help.

Sid

BLUESMAN52 · 08-10-2004, 03:11 PM

I've been on it before and it made me hyper at 300 mg's. That's because i am bipolar II

Maybe i'll be normal in the "next" life

sidney · 08-10-2004, 05:54 PM

I'm beginning to wonder about myself. I can be consistant in my mood for a couple of months and then I fall apart, become afraid have flashbacks. I dont think Im bipolar so I'll stick with the major depression diagnosis and PTSD. It's just that its comewhat cyclic when I fall apart. I have mild mania and then go into a downward spiral. I just think its my life. Ive tried to stop the wellbutrin and I become absolutely despondent and out of control. It seems to keep me on an even keel most of the time. I picked up my script today. I will start the higher dose tomorrow. Today I only took 150 mgs as I forgot to take the 2nd in the afternoon. I did have extreme aggitation and irritation for about the 1st month. Hopefully it will go away for you but I would give it a try if you can. Bipolar is so tricky. My son is schizoaffective, so I have a child who is both schizophrenic and bipolar. I know all the meds. I am a research freak.

Blessings,
Sid

BLUESMAN52 · 08-11-2004, 04:33 AM

Sid,
Just stick with what works best for you. I will have to try the wellbutrin as that is the only drug left that they will consider. I have been on ALL other drugs under the sun and had bad reactions.
I too and a research freak. When they wanted to try zyprexa I told them it causes diabetes. I read before I go to my appointments

Good luck!

VanillaSugar21 · 08-11-2004, 05:25 AM

Blues,
Just a lil advise I learned via a nice trip to the hospital. At night before you take you meds caot your stomach. Milk is the best. Don't take the Lithium and Klonopin in one shot. A few years ago I got really sick because I had four different doctors and all had me on something... Lithium, Wellbutrin, Topamax... some pills thingy and allergy shots... 2 different antibiotics. I had to take one of them EVERY morning. One day I decided not to have cerial and just eat all the canipoop (whatever the orange fruit) that was left in the frig. LoL Well I took my pills in one shot and started getting ready for school and all the sudden I got really sick. My stomach hurt really bad. So my mom took me to the ER and the doc made me drink some green mliky looking stuff to coat my stomach and it had a thingy to make everything numb... evern my tounge.

Man they need spell check on this thingy.

BLUESMAN52 · 08-11-2004, 05:31 AM

Hey Sugar,
I take my meds apart from each other, but still get reactions. My reactions are allergic and could be fatal. Wellbutrin is the only one that doesn't make me sick, it just makes me hyper.
Thanks for the milk idea though, much appreciated.

VanillaSugar21 · 09-08-2004, 09:47 AM

Hey everybody,
I'm really excited today because my therapist, my new doctor and my mom and I are having a meeting. My therapist thinks it's time to take me off Lamictal because I have over 50% of the side effects and they are really bad but he said he thinks I can go without a mood stabilizer and that we could try it. So he's helping my mom and I get the doctor to take me off Lamictal and Klonopin but between my family and my therapist he thinks it'll be ok for me to try going without a mood stabilizer and put on an anxiety med that I only have to take when I need it. I don't need an anxiety med 24/7 just during very stressful times. I am doing good dealing with problems and stuff without going into panic attacks and my mom and therapist don't think it's the meds they think it's me. So do I! I haven't seen a doctor in well over a month and won't see him for another month and it bothers my mom... so if this meeting doesn't go well my mom wants to find me a different Dr. Usually my mom lets me deal with my Dr.s and stuff but when it comes to serious medications she's not willing to sit back and keep her mouth shut. I'm her baby no matter what and she's gonna tell them her concerns no matter what. <<dances around>> Life is good! Just in the last month I have started to get my " I can do it" back. I was starting to give up but I slowly started to show myself, my family and hopefully the Dr.s that I can do it. I wanted to go to college after I graduated and the Drs said I couldn't... I wanted to get a job and the Drs said I couldn't. I'm sick of hearing that I can't do things I wanna do. I'm bullheaded. I'm just excited I finally feel like I can make it on my own and if I try hard enough I can do anything and believe me I'm trying. <<dances>> and no I'm not manic! Everyone thinks I am whenever I have a good day or am happy. I can be happy without being manic and I have been lately. <<dances>> Go me! Go me! Go me! Ok now I'm showing my age. lol

08-08-2004, 12:40 PM	#26 (permalink)
eveie I've Taken My Life Back!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montana Posts: 106	awesome, im online all the time try me on yahoo or msn, im usually invisible on yahoo __________________ Eveie "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away."

08-08-2004, 10:20 PM	#27 (permalink)
sidney Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: new mexico Posts: 242	Klonipin yes I am really careful with the klonipin and keep my dose as low as I can. It helps me alot. Last night, really bad flashbacks. Put it under my tounge, works way faster that way if your in a crunch. Sid

08-10-2004, 06:46 AM	#28 (permalink)
BLUESMAN52 King of the Blues Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sittin on Top of the World Posts: 1,125	klonopin HI SID! That's the ONLY way I take klonopin. 1 mg under my tongue at bedtime. Unfortunately, I am also on lithium which I have to take at bedtime, and it really rips up my stomach, so I don't sleep well even with the klonopin. Soon they want to add wellbutrin, but I don't have money for all these meds. Tough life that booze has caused me. Tough life! __________________ Joe C. "The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly." ~~~Buddha~~~ Last edited by BLUESMAN52; 08-10-2004 at 06:47 AM. Reason: spelling

08-10-2004, 08:13 AM	#29 (permalink)
sidney Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: new mexico Posts: 242	Wellbutrin I take wellbutrin too. Doc just increased it to 400mg from 300mg since my depression is worse. Havnt picked up the script yet so dont know if it will help. Sid

08-10-2004, 03:11 PM	#30 (permalink)
BLUESMAN52 King of the Blues Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sittin on Top of the World Posts: 1,125	I've been on it before and it made me hyper at 300 mg's. That's because i am bipolar II Maybe i'll be normal in the "next" life __________________ Joe C. "The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly." ~~~Buddha~~~

08-10-2004, 05:54 PM	#31 (permalink)
sidney Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: new mexico Posts: 242	Bluesman I'm beginning to wonder about myself. I can be consistant in my mood for a couple of months and then I fall apart, become afraid have flashbacks. I dont think Im bipolar so I'll stick with the major depression diagnosis and PTSD. It's just that its comewhat cyclic when I fall apart. I have mild mania and then go into a downward spiral. I just think its my life. Ive tried to stop the wellbutrin and I become absolutely despondent and out of control. It seems to keep me on an even keel most of the time. I picked up my script today. I will start the higher dose tomorrow. Today I only took 150 mgs as I forgot to take the 2nd in the afternoon. I did have extreme aggitation and irritation for about the 1st month. Hopefully it will go away for you but I would give it a try if you can. Bipolar is so tricky. My son is schizoaffective, so I have a child who is both schizophrenic and bipolar. I know all the meds. I am a research freak. Blessings, Sid

08-11-2004, 04:33 AM	#32 (permalink)
BLUESMAN52 King of the Blues Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sittin on Top of the World Posts: 1,125	Sid, Just stick with what works best for you. I will have to try the wellbutrin as that is the only drug left that they will consider. I have been on ALL other drugs under the sun and had bad reactions. I too and a research freak. When they wanted to try zyprexa I told them it causes diabetes. I read before I go to my appointments Good luck! __________________ Joe C. "The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly." ~~~Buddha~~~

08-11-2004, 05:25 AM	#33 (permalink)
VanillaSugar21 Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: York,Pa Posts: 55	Blues, Just a lil advise I learned via a nice trip to the hospital. At night before you take you meds caot your stomach. Milk is the best. Don't take the Lithium and Klonopin in one shot. A few years ago I got really sick because I had four different doctors and all had me on something... Lithium, Wellbutrin, Topamax... some pills thingy and allergy shots... 2 different antibiotics. I had to take one of them EVERY morning. One day I decided not to have cerial and just eat all the canipoop (whatever the orange fruit) that was left in the frig. LoL Well I took my pills in one shot and started getting ready for school and all the sudden I got really sick. My stomach hurt really bad. So my mom took me to the ER and the doc made me drink some green mliky looking stuff to coat my stomach and it had a thingy to make everything numb... evern my tounge. Man they need spell check on this thingy. __________________ :+:* (Y) (Y) :+ : :+: (,,) (,, ) :+: \| \|___(')('')(")(")___\| \| To the world you're just one person, but to one person you are the world!

08-11-2004, 05:31 AM	#34 (permalink)
BLUESMAN52 King of the Blues Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sittin on Top of the World Posts: 1,125	Hey Sugar, I take my meds apart from each other, but still get reactions. My reactions are allergic and could be fatal. Wellbutrin is the only one that doesn't make me sick, it just makes me hyper. Thanks for the milk idea though, much appreciated. __________________ Joe C. "The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly." ~~~Buddha~~~

09-08-2004, 09:47 AM	#35 (permalink)
VanillaSugar21 Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: York,Pa Posts: 55	Hey everybody, I'm really excited today because my therapist, my new doctor and my mom and I are having a meeting. My therapist thinks it's time to take me off Lamictal because I have over 50% of the side effects and they are really bad but he said he thinks I can go without a mood stabilizer and that we could try it. So he's helping my mom and I get the doctor to take me off Lamictal and Klonopin but between my family and my therapist he thinks it'll be ok for me to try going without a mood stabilizer and put on an anxiety med that I only have to take when I need it. I don't need an anxiety med 24/7 just during very stressful times. I am doing good dealing with problems and stuff without going into panic attacks and my mom and therapist don't think it's the meds they think it's me. So do I! I haven't seen a doctor in well over a month and won't see him for another month and it bothers my mom... so if this meeting doesn't go well my mom wants to find me a different Dr. Usually my mom lets me deal with my Dr.s and stuff but when it comes to serious medications she's not willing to sit back and keep her mouth shut. I'm her baby no matter what and she's gonna tell them her concerns no matter what. <<dances around>> Life is good! Just in the last month I have started to get my " I can do it" back. I was starting to give up but I slowly started to show myself, my family and hopefully the Dr.s that I can do it. I wanted to go to college after I graduated and the Drs said I couldn't... I wanted to get a job and the Drs said I couldn't. I'm sick of hearing that I can't do things I wanna do. I'm bullheaded. I'm just excited I finally feel like I can make it on my own and if I try hard enough I can do anything and believe me I'm trying. <<dances>> and no I'm not manic! Everyone thinks I am whenever I have a good day or am happy. I can be happy without being manic and I have been lately. <<dances>> Go me! Go me! Go me! Ok now I'm showing my age. lol __________________ :+:* (Y) (Y) :+ : :+: (,,) (,, ) :+: \| \|___(')('')(")(")___\| \| To the world you're just one person, but to one person you are the world!

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