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jcade · 04-08-2006, 01:35 PM

Hi my name is John,
And I am Bi-Polar in it's worst form. But, I live with it thanks to the meds that I am on. I have a wife and 3 kids and 3 dogs hehehe And I live in Cordova Tennessee.
My meds include Effexor at 150 mg's a day
Klonipkin twice a day
Seroquel 600 mg's a day
Does this seem like a lot?
Any info appreciated thks

paramedic9742 · 04-08-2006, 02:48 PM

[B] no that not alot i would be worried about taking the klonopin though its addictive. Seraguel is good for sleep and my mom takes effexor and it works great i just wish i could find a anti depressant that would work for me .

ruby red · 04-08-2006, 03:23 PM

Welcome, John. I'm bi-polar, too. I take Welbutrin and Geodom

velvet · 04-08-2006, 03:30 PM

Welcome
My daughter is bipolar also. She just got out of rehab. She takes 300 mg of Wellbutrin and respiradal. Plus something for migraines. She seems to be doing great on those meds for her ups and downs. Good luck to you and glad to see you here.

ruby red · 04-08-2006, 03:49 PM

I didn't put my miligrams. 300 mg of Welbutrin once a day and 80 mg of Geodon twice a day. The Geodon has been like a miracle for me. I think it's similar to Risperdal and Zyprexa but doesn't cause weight gain.

jcade · 04-08-2006, 06:44 PM

Thanks for all the responses didnt even know about geodin or welbutrin what do they make you feel like?

ruby red · 04-09-2006, 06:12 AM

Just......normal. That's about the only way I can describe it. Clear headed. No negative thoughts swarming my brain every waking hour. More energe.

StayinAlive · 05-11-2006, 01:47 AM

Howdy Folks

I too am on 150 mg of effexor as well as 1 mg of risperdal and .5mg of Clonazepam. I have been on the effexor for 7 months, and the others for just a week. I really didn't want to pork up any further than my middle age spread has taken me too, i am glad to here about Geodon. Will be checking into that shortly thanks.
I read another thread by you John. You have been through alot as a child.(i hope i have the same John) So you have done well considering and talking about it is important to help mend that scratched skipping record that goes around in your head so that you can play it through and put it back on the shelf or in the garbage.
I can't really say how well the effexer has worked for me becouse i have (had) a serious addiction to the drug called Booze. Been clean for allmost a month and i feel really good.(Duh!) But week 2 of being clean and also in a stressfull inviroment(recovery home) i went into some sort of insane paranoid DT or somthing (youll have to ask my new psyciatrist for the clinical term). I really didn't want to go on any more drugs especialy the seditive clonazipam(might as well have a beer) But hey i am not depressed lol and i have been scared straight.
I wonder if i ever needed effexer or if it was just the drink that made me so depressed. Or mabye becouse i have allways self medicated i have no coping skills, hmmmm. I too had a ruff childhood, but not as tuff as you man. Keep up the good work and lets get well together. Any phyciatrists out there please chime in.........as long as you take payapal.

StayinAlive · 05-11-2006, 02:41 PM

http://www.healthsquare.com/newrx/GEO1590.HTM

Hmmmmmm Mabye not.

Hope · 05-11-2006, 06:35 PM

Hi John, nice to meet you!

jcade · 05-13-2006, 06:17 AM

Hi Hope4 Life very nice to meet you also. Would you mind telling me a little about yourself? Thanks ....
John

jcade · 05-13-2006, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StayinAlive

Howdy Folks

I too am on 150 mg of effexor as well as 1 mg of risperdal and .5mg of Clonazepam. I have been on the effexor for 7 months, and the others for just a week. I really didn't want to pork up any further than my middle age spread has taken me too, i am glad to here about Geodon. Will be checking into that shortly thanks.
I read another thread by you John. You have been through alot as a child.(i hope i have the same John) So you have done well considering and talking about it is important to help mend that scratched skipping record that goes around in your head so that you can play it through and put it back on the shelf or in the garbage.
I can't really say how well the effexer has worked for me becouse i have (had) a serious addiction to the drug called Booze. Been clean for allmost a month and i feel really good.(Duh!) But week 2 of being clean and also in a stressfull inviroment(recovery home) i went into some sort of insane paranoid DT or somthing (youll have to ask my new psyciatrist for the clinical term). I really didn't want to go on any more drugs especialy the seditive clonazipam(might as well have a beer) But hey i am not depressed lol and i have been scared straight.
I wonder if i ever needed effexer or if it was just the drink that made me so depressed. Or mabye becouse i have allways self medicated i have no coping skills, hmmmm. I too had a ruff childhood, but not as tuff as you man. Keep up the good work and lets get well together. Any phyciatrists out there please chime in.........as long as you take payapal.

Hi Yes you have the same John! Glad to meet you. What happened to me just wasn't my fault thats why I am willing to share it with you and anyone else. To help just one person is my goal and if their is more than one wonderful!

I was a victim of circumstance, Momma and Daddy did whatever it took to feed all us kids;and to keep a roof over our heads! I deeply miss them and would go through the whole cycle again just to spend a brief moment with either one!

I want all of you to know this it's not just circumstance or bad judement that keep us down! It's us. I had to realize I needed help and so I sought it out. And thank God for people like you and my doctor who really listens to me!

your friend,
john

StayinAlive · 05-15-2006, 02:40 PM

Quote:

I want all of you to know this it's not just circumstance or bad judement that keep us down! It's us. I had to realize I needed help and so I sought it out. And thank God for people like you and my doctor who really listens to me!

your friend,
john

Good point, i have leaned on exuses for far too long....Hard to move forward when your looking back.....educate ones self..... not intoxicate LOL, Keep on Keepin on, lifes a garden man, you gota just dig it!

StayinAlive · 05-16-2006, 07:33 PM

Hey John..............not to scare ya or anything, but here is an informative thread on one type of drug your on.

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...e-85556-7.html

BSPGirl · 05-17-2006, 05:45 AM

Oh no, not the 'taking medication as prescribed is actually the same as abusing drugs' thing again...the only ppl who have the right to say anything about that are a) the patients taking the medication and b) a medical professional. If you're neither of those two groups I mentioned, please refrain from commenting other than perhaps sharing personal experiences with a certain type of med or a fairly neutral link like Wikipedia where sometimes info on risks for addiction can be found.

Sorry I just felt this thread was going into the wrong direction...

AnnieUnix · 05-17-2006, 03:13 PM

Hi John! Welcome. I take 60mg of Cymbalta, 60mg Stratera, and 900mg of Trileptal a day. I'm still dealing with some stuff I've including in another thread, but, overall this has stabilized me. I'm bipolar II. It's interesting what a wide variety of drugs are used to control this illness. Before starting this regime I was taking 375mg of Effexor. My GP - BAD idea, for me anyway, to let my GP tinker with my meds - to the Cymbalta and Sttratera alone and wild swings, racing thoughts, disaster, resulted.

meli2005 · 05-17-2006, 10:02 PM

Nice to meet you. Am from TN myself, but live in CO now.

My AH is bipolar/alcoholic. He is on the following meds:

Depakote ER 1500mg a day
Seroquel 50 mg at night
Ambien 15 mg at night

Don't worry about the doses, if they help you, then they are the right meds. Take care..

StayinAlive · 05-30-2006, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BSPGirl

Oh no, not the 'taking medication as prescribed is actually the same as abusing drugs' thing again...the only ppl who have the right to say anything about that are a) the patients taking the medication and b) a medical professional. If you're neither of those two groups I mentioned, please refrain from commenting other than perhaps sharing personal experiences with a certain type of med or a fairly neutral link like Wikipedia where sometimes info on risks for addiction can be found.

Sorry I just felt this thread was going into the wrong direction...

I am on 2 meds that John is also taking......actualy just one. Just got off of Clonazepam.

AnnieUnix · 05-31-2006, 06:11 AM

Thanks everyone....for me, at least so far, learning to handle my bipolar seems to be a combination of meds and behavior modificiation. Right now my doc has me working on thought stopping, and I'm finding this helpful. I find myself starting a negative thread in my mind, one of those, "Why bother I'm no good anyway" things, which I refer to as my inner nazi. Before the voice speeds up, I am learning to see it, stop it, and say, "Is this a real fear, or a reasonable thought?" if not, and it usually isn't, I tell it to shut up and force my thoughts to something else. It's hard, but so far helping.

AnnieUnix

04-08-2006, 01:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
jcade Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Down South Posts: 60	I just wanted to Introduce Myself Hi my name is John, And I am Bi-Polar in it's worst form. But, I live with it thanks to the meds that I am on. I have a wife and 3 kids and 3 dogs hehehe And I live in Cordova Tennessee. My meds include Effexor at 150 mg's a day Klonipkin twice a day Seroquel 600 mg's a day Does this seem like a lot? Any info appreciated thks

04-08-2006, 02:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
paramedic9742 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: ok Posts: 72	[B] no that not alot i would be worried about taking the klonopin though its addictive. Seraguel is good for sleep and my mom takes effexor and it works great i just wish i could find a anti depressant that would work for me . __________________ Tina

04-08-2006, 03:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
velvet Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ohio Posts: 367	Welcome My daughter is bipolar also. She just got out of rehab. She takes 300 mg of Wellbutrin and respiradal. Plus something for migraines. She seems to be doing great on those meds for her ups and downs. Good luck to you and glad to see you here. __________________ When one door of our journey in life closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

04-08-2006, 06:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
jcade Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Down South Posts: 60	Thanks for all the responses didnt even know about geodin or welbutrin what do they make you feel like? __________________ Someone once asked me was I from the North or the South? I said I don't know I am Bi-Polar

05-11-2006, 01:47 AM	#8 (permalink)
StayinAlive Crazy Cat Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Left Coast Posts: 455	Howdy Folks I too am on 150 mg of effexor as well as 1 mg of risperdal and .5mg of Clonazepam. I have been on the effexor for 7 months, and the others for just a week. I really didn't want to pork up any further than my middle age spread has taken me too, i am glad to here about Geodon. Will be checking into that shortly thanks. I read another thread by you John. You have been through alot as a child.(i hope i have the same John) So you have done well considering and talking about it is important to help mend that scratched skipping record that goes around in your head so that you can play it through and put it back on the shelf or in the garbage. I can't really say how well the effexer has worked for me becouse i have (had) a serious addiction to the drug called Booze. Been clean for allmost a month and i feel really good.(Duh!) But week 2 of being clean and also in a stressfull inviroment(recovery home) i went into some sort of insane paranoid DT or somthing (youll have to ask my new psyciatrist for the clinical term). I really didn't want to go on any more drugs especialy the seditive clonazipam(might as well have a beer) But hey i am not depressed lol and i have been scared straight. I wonder if i ever needed effexer or if it was just the drink that made me so depressed. Or mabye becouse i have allways self medicated i have no coping skills, hmmmm. I too had a ruff childhood, but not as tuff as you man. Keep up the good work and lets get well together. Any phyciatrists out there please chime in.........as long as you take payapal. __________________ never stop growing Last edited by StayinAlive; 05-11-2006 at 01:51 AM. Reason: space it out

04-08-2006, 03:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
ruby red Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jackson, Mississippi Posts: 15	Welcome, John. I'm bi-polar, too. I take Welbutrin and Geodom

04-08-2006, 03:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
ruby red Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jackson, Mississippi Posts: 15	I didn't put my miligrams. 300 mg of Welbutrin once a day and 80 mg of Geodon twice a day. The Geodon has been like a miracle for me. I think it's similar to Risperdal and Zyprexa but doesn't cause weight gain.

04-09-2006, 06:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
ruby red Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jackson, Mississippi Posts: 15	Just......normal. That's about the only way I can describe it. Clear headed. No negative thoughts swarming my brain every waking hour. More energe.

05-11-2006, 02:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
StayinAlive Crazy Cat Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Left Coast Posts: 455	http://www.healthsquare.com/newrx/GEO1590.HTM Hmmmmmm Mabye not. __________________ never stop growing

05-11-2006, 06:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
Hope Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,300	Hi John, nice to meet you!

05-13-2006, 06:17 AM	#11 (permalink)
jcade Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Down South Posts: 60	Hi Hope4 Life very nice to meet you also. Would you mind telling me a little about yourself? Thanks .... John __________________ Someone once asked me was I from the North or the South? I said I don't know I am Bi-Polar

05-16-2006, 07:33 PM	#14 (permalink)
StayinAlive Crazy Cat Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Left Coast Posts: 455	Good Thread Hey John..............not to scare ya or anything, but here is an informative thread on one type of drug your on. http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...e-85556-7.html __________________ never stop growing

05-17-2006, 05:45 AM	#15 (permalink)
BSPGirl Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Nowhere Posts: 889	Oh no, not the 'taking medication as prescribed is actually the same as abusing drugs' thing again...the only ppl who have the right to say anything about that are a) the patients taking the medication and b) a medical professional. If you're neither of those two groups I mentioned, please refrain from commenting other than perhaps sharing personal experiences with a certain type of med or a fairly neutral link like Wikipedia where sometimes info on risks for addiction can be found. Sorry I just felt this thread was going into the wrong direction...

05-17-2006, 03:13 PM	#16 (permalink)
AnnieUnix Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 32	Hi John! Welcome. I take 60mg of Cymbalta, 60mg Stratera, and 900mg of Trileptal a day. I'm still dealing with some stuff I've including in another thread, but, overall this has stabilized me. I'm bipolar II. It's interesting what a wide variety of drugs are used to control this illness. Before starting this regime I was taking 375mg of Effexor. My GP - BAD idea, for me anyway, to let my GP tinker with my meds - to the Cymbalta and Sttratera alone and wild swings, racing thoughts, disaster, resulted.

05-17-2006, 10:02 PM	#17 (permalink)
meli2005 Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Parker, CO Posts: 495	Nice to meet you. Am from TN myself, but live in CO now. My AH is bipolar/alcoholic. He is on the following meds: Depakote ER 1500mg a day Seroquel 50 mg at night Ambien 15 mg at night Don't worry about the doses, if they help you, then they are the right meds. Take care..

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05-31-2006, 06:11 AM	#19 (permalink)
AnnieUnix Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 32	BiPolars helping each other Thanks everyone....for me, at least so far, learning to handle my bipolar seems to be a combination of meds and behavior modificiation. Right now my doc has me working on thought stopping, and I'm finding this helpful. I find myself starting a negative thread in my mind, one of those, "Why bother I'm no good anyway" things, which I refer to as my inner nazi. Before the voice speeds up, I am learning to see it, stop it, and say, "Is this a real fear, or a reasonable thought?" if not, and it usually isn't, I tell it to shut up and force my thoughts to something else. It's hard, but so far helping. AnnieUnix

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