Mental Illness

chefhottie25 · 10-07-2010, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by naturlover_52

IT doesn't seem to be working
and NOw trying to see how I do
Just took 2 Tazadone an see how that does anything.....Doc is gonna call me today......take care and I am trying to Hang in there.....JUST not feeling LIKE me. I am feeling very uncontrolably hyper.

i am not sure what you are being treated for...but i use to take abilify 20mg twice a day for schizophrenia. it was difficult to be still or just relax when i was on it. i felt like i needed to be constantly moving. i hated it and have since been put on geodon 80mg twice a day. i am much better now. my hands still get shakey sometimes, but that is manageable. i also took trazadone. i didn't have such good results with that. it helped me sleep through the night, but i felt really lethargic for most of the next day. i now take ambien if i need it for sleep. i hope my sharing was helpful. i know you hear it all the time but...hang in there. it takes time to find the right combination of meds...it was about 18 months for me. good luck.

lipstixgal · 10-07-2010, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by chefhottie25

i am not sure what you are being treated for...but i use to take abilify 20mg twice a day for schizophrenia. it was difficult to be still or just relax when i was on it. i felt like i needed to be constantly moving. i hated it and have since been put on geodon 80mg twice a day. i am much better now. my hands still get shakey sometimes, but that is manageable. i also took trazadone. i didn't have such good results with that. it helped me sleep through the night, but i felt really lethargic for most of the next day. i now take ambien if i need it for sleep. i hope my sharing was helpful. i know you hear it all the time but...hang in there. it takes time to find the right combination of meds...it was about 18 months for me. good luck.

I gained weight on geodon and I am on 80 mg too suppose to take it twice a day too much for me. so I only take it once a day and it works fine but I'm bipolar not manic either or depressed just on keel...

naturlover_52 · 10-07-2010, 08:50 PM

I am gonna talk the doc about something like that
thanks you both.

thanks

chefhottie25 · 10-15-2010, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by lipstixgal

I gained weight on geodon and I am on 80 mg too suppose to take it twice a day too much for me. so I only take it once a day and it works fine but I'm bipolar not manic either or depressed just on keel...

i had weight gain with geodon too. my friend brent always points out to me that it is a small price to pay to be stable. i have been on abilify, seroquel, invega, and risperdal until i was put on the geodon last summer. it has worked the best for me. i haven't heard voices or had a pyschotic episode in a awhile. i still sometimes have a little paranoia, but i have been able to control that with some positive self talk.

naturlover_52 · 10-17-2010, 01:42 AM

II am in need of something that is NOT high in weight gain and works better than this crap....I would love to be able to USe Gabapentin but it isn't ON the formulary at the clinic I go to IT has helped me IN the past. I need also a better sleep med.

thanks ALL

naturlover_52 · 10-18-2010, 11:42 AM

to go along w/ the NOT sleeping well NOW I am grieving ANother loss this will make the 4th of such since Last NOV. NOW it is my Mom's ONLY Brother...He was 76 and Much loved.
He will be missed.

thanks for letting me vent

chefhottie25 · 10-19-2010, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by naturlover_52

to go along w/ the NOT sleeping well NOW I am grieving ANother loss this will make the 4th of such since Last NOV. NOW it is my Mom's ONLY Brother...He was 76 and Much loved.
He will be missed.

thanks for letting me vent

i am sorry to hear about your loses. i have had great results with Elavil(amitriptyline) for sleep. it is actually a tricyclic antidepressant used for treating depression...but it can also be taken for sleep. i take 50mg at bedtime. after about a month of use it doesn't work as well, so then i take ambien for a month then back to the elavil. i hope my information helps you. stay strong.

naturlover_52 · 10-19-2010, 04:14 PM

the trazadone works IT is the stuff for anxiety Need something else for it
Need a mood stabalizer better than the abilify or something for the jitters
etc....and or the ADD

10-07-2010, 08:50 PM	#3
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10-18-2010, 11:42 AM	#6
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10-17-2010, 01:42 AM	#5
naturlover_52 Member How Do You Identify?: soft butch/bi Preferred Pronoun?: she and her are just fine....Sweetcheeks hey you Relationship Status: seeing someone long distance but soon will be both in Ca love her very much Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: So Calif East San Gabrielle Valley aka the land of shake and bake Posts: 108 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 85 Thanked 89 Times in 44 Posts Rep Power: 3426	II am in need of something that is NOT high in weight gain and works better than this crap....I would love to be able to USe Gabapentin but it isn't ON the formulary at the clinic I go to IT has helped me IN the past. I need also a better sleep med. thanks ALL

10-19-2010, 04:14 PM	#8
naturlover_52 Member How Do You Identify?: soft butch/bi Preferred Pronoun?: she and her are just fine....Sweetcheeks hey you Relationship Status: seeing someone long distance but soon will be both in Ca love her very much Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: So Calif East San Gabrielle Valley aka the land of shake and bake Posts: 108 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 85 Thanked 89 Times in 44 Posts Rep Power: 3426	the trazadone works IT is the stuff for anxiety Need something else for it Need a mood stabalizer better than the abilify or something for the jitters etc....and or the ADD