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lusciouslips19 it was destroying my health, and I am not over exaggerating, in just two weeks my liver function tests are coming back abnormal from the medication and they were fine before. . And I tried to tell the dr I was woozi and dizzy and loosing my balance a lot which is a side affect of the med, and he told me I was not falling down because the meds it was something else, and once the meds stopped all issues of falling down and wooziness and spacey ness and all the other side affects stopped too.
I finally feel healthy again and stable again both mind and body because that particular med is not in my life and won't be again.
I'm willing to take the medication through SOME side affects but not just about every single one there is to the drug and they're pretty serious, like loss of balance and inability to function, happening to me and making me go out of my mind worse than I ever was alone. I had litterally 5 different side affects all going on from that single medication.
I have felt so bad the last two weeks because of this med, but I had continued taking it, and though I took a sudden and sharp decrease in body health as well as mental health, I also took a very bad dive in mental health because I was worried about my body health and I was also crazier than before on it. I could tell there was something horribly wrong with me versus from before and while on the med and after I have been off it.
I'm going to try topomax, I just need to speak to my pych dr tomorow about fufilling the presription because it's what the mental hospital dr thinks I should be on but kiaser has to fill the script.
I've also got a wonderful sounding lady I am going to go to intensive therapy with, and IOP intensive out patient every day till right before thanksgiving.
I also have a best friend who I can go and see when I just need some peace from my own life and need to be a part of someone elses life outside my own, and she helps a great deal.
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You have to stay on it for a few weeks before you say its not right for you. It takes time to adjust. Hell, I couldnt sleep at first on my meds til I got use to it. If its still not working you speak with your doctor to try an alternative.
I wish you well, I wish you peace, but mostly I wish you strength to do the right thing.
I can relate somewhat to this. I will say you are sounding much better today than you have at least in a week. You sound much more together and your thought patterns seem more stable and unified. That medication was not a good one for you. Try and try and try until you find one that works for you and your life. Sometimes there is a rough period of about 2-8 weeks while your body adjusts to a new medication (especially something that is meant to affect your brain/brain chemistry). Extreme side effects are not acceptable, but some even really uncomfortable ones are as long as they clear up eventually. Long term moderate side effects are not particularly acceptable either.
I have battled with finding medications that work for a lot of various conditions. I have found that most things that affect my brain do not work remotely the way they should. I have had pain meds amp up my pain. I have had muscle relaxers result in spasms. I have had sleep meds result in gross insomnia. I have had antidepressants (in thankfully non therapuetic doses for sleep) result in severe, dangerous depression. Anti anxieties often make me anxious. It is just some weird way my brain functions that makes darn near everything do the opposite or just plain weird things in MY body. I don't gauge what anyone else's reaction to a med will be based on what I have experienced personally. I look at other people who have taken the medication before. I know my body is weird. We have effectively eliminated every single drug and class of antidepressants. I can't handle them in the range to treat pain and sleep problems, so a full therapuetic dose is absolutely out of the question. I have had to learn to handle things through alternative means almost exclusively.
I doubt how I describe myself is the case for you. I have met maybe two people ever that have had similar issues with medications. Keep working at it. You will find something that works well for you. It can be a long, uncomfortable, and frustrating process, but it will be well worth it. Take good care of yourself. I wish you nothing but the best always.
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