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#1 User is offline   recoverymouse 

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Posted 22 September 2009 - 12:28 PM

Just wondering what time people take their meds, and why.

I take abilify (10mg), neurontin (800mg), effexor (150mg) at night.

I take lithium (600mg), provigil (200mg), and effexor (150mg) in the morning.

The abilify used to knock me out when I took it, but no more. I am thinking about switching that to the morning dose. I split the effexor to twice a day because it seems to help me fall asleep at the lower dose at night; however it might be making me drowsy during the day. I tried taking the whole dose in the morning and was having trouble sleeping.


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Posted 22 September 2009 - 12:41 PM

Seroquel XR and Celexa in the morning. Seroquel XR so I feel okay during the day. And Celexa because pdoc says it's a morning med.

More Seroquel in the evening, because it puts me down for the night.
Dx: Borderline Personality Disorder, Complex Trauma, Recurrent Depression

Rx: Celexa (30 mg), Seroquel (300 mg)



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Posted 22 September 2009 - 12:46 PM

How about "all of the above"?

I take toprol, Metformin (diabetes med) and one mg xanax in the morning.

At noon, I take two mg xanax and another 1 mg around 4 pm. I also take 80 mg of geodon around four or five.

I take all the meds that make me sleepy at night (geodon, seroquel, cogentin and metformin).
Current Dx: BPII, rapid cycling; GAD, OCD, PMDD


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Posted 22 September 2009 - 12:52 PM

I take most of my meds in the morning. Abilify, Wellbutrin, Buspar, and pain meds, then I take buspar and pain meds at 1 pm, then the rest at bedtime, trazdone, lovastatin (cholesterol lowering drug), and pain meds. I couldn't take abilify at night it's too activating for me.
Current Meds: Abilify 30 mgs, BuSpar 45 mgs, Wellbutrin XL 150 mgs, Trazadone 200 mgs, lorazepam 1-2 mgs PRN, Lovastatin 20 mgs, Vasetec 5 mgs, Robaxin 750 mgs, & hydrocodone 10/325 mgs

Current Dignosises: Bipolar II, PTSD, GAD, & Chronic Pain

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Posted 22 September 2009 - 12:56 PM

lamictal 300 mg and lexapro 20 mg in the am [5:30 ish on days when i work, 8:00 ish on days that i have class]
also, multivitamin, b-complex 100 and biotin in the am with morning meds...
seroquil 50 mg in the pm [usually around 6:30 or 7:00 to be asleep by 8:00]

debating trying high dose omega-3 but not quite sure how to go about taking that, how much and when.
Dx: Bipolar I Ultradian Cycling, Panic Disorder, ADD, Borderline Personality Disorder, Bulimia [Recovering], SI [safe since Sept 2007]
Rx: Clonazapam 1 mg, Lamictal 375 mg, Lexapro 20 mg, Seroquel 600 mg, Topamax 100 mg
Past Rx: Abilify, Adderall, Ambien, Atavan, Concerta, Lithium, Ritalin, Trazodone, Wellbutrin, Xanax


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Posted 22 September 2009 - 01:15 PM

I take Nexium 40mg, levothyroxine 75 mcg, Trileptal 600mg, and klonopin .25mg in the morning. I also use Veramyst nose spray for allergies in the morning.

Then I take lithium 900mg, Seroquel XR 200mg, klonopin .25mg and Trileptal 600mg at night.
Dx:Bipolar 1 mixed type, OCD, anxiety

Rx:Seroquel XR 600mg, Trileptal 1200 mg, Lithium Carb ER 600 mg, Synthroid 75 mcg, Nexium 40 mg

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Posted 22 September 2009 - 01:22 PM

AM - Cytomel

PM - Effexor and Lamictal

In the middle of the night when I wake up and can't go to sleep - Temazepam
Dx: MDD, history of anorexia and bulimia
Rx: Effexor 300mg, Trazodone 100 mg
Past Rx:
SSRIs: Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Lexapro
SNRIs: Effexor, Cymbalta
other ADs: Serzone, Wellbutrin, Remeron
MAOIs: Parnate, Nardil
Mood Stabilizers: Abilify, Lithium, Lamictal
Other: Cytomel, several sleep meds

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Posted 22 September 2009 - 02:32 PM

A.M 3 mg Risperdal, 100 mg lamictal, 75 mgs anafranil.

Afternoon 100 mgs lamictal

P.M. 150 mgs anafranil, 100 mgs lamictal, 1350 mg lithium

Before bed 100 mgs doxepin
Dx:
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Lamictal 300 mgs.
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Posted 22 September 2009 - 02:36 PM

I have a pretty easy schedule - lithium, topamax, zyprexa around 7 pm. xanax PRN.
Diagnosis: BP I, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Meds Currently On: Lithium 1200 mg, Topamax 300 mg, Zyprexa 10 mg, Prozac 20 mg, Xanax 2mg PRN
Main Problems Right Now: Depression still hit or miss, got braces last week (yikes!). still dealing with increased anxiety

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Posted 22 September 2009 - 03:44 PM

I don't have to worry about much, but still find myself thinking "Did I take it or not?" So:

AM: Effexor XR- Because p-doc said to take it in the morning, though I'm wondering if I can start taking it before bed because I think it makes me really tired.

2X per day, usually evening and night time- .5mg klonopin. I wait until the afternoon because that's when the shit hits me the worst.

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Posted 22 September 2009 - 03:45 PM

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Pills that did NOT fix this shit: Sertraline, Buspirone, Mirtazipine, Paroxetine, Gabapentin, Effexor XR, Lorazepam, Fluoxetine, Cymbalta, Can't afford Seroquel, Zolpidem


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Posted 22 September 2009 - 04:22 PM

When I wake up, I take Keppra. Five hours later, I take more Keppra. Five hours after that, I take Keppra again. Another five hours after that, it's Keppra time. I take lots of Keppra lots of times. My brain gets cranky otherwise. At the moment I also take propranolol in the morning with the first Keppra, although that may change if it's established that propranolol isn't going to kill me. I may also be taking something sleep-related at night, also provided that it doesn't kill me.

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Posted 22 September 2009 - 06:32 PM

I chuck 'em all down in one big mouthful each and every evening like an after dinner mint only much bigger. Mmmm, tasty.
Dx: Bipolar I, ADD
Rx: Carbatrol 400mg, Lamictal 250mg, Risperidone 1.5mg, Adderall XR 25mg, five freaking blood pressure meds and still not normal readings, Klonopin these days! and other stuff PRN.
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Posted 23 September 2009 - 01:46 AM

I take them this way because its what the doc's told me to.

Wake up time - Lithium 600mg, "Wellbutrin XL" 450mg, Nexium 40mg, Fluphenazine 10mg, Cyclobenzaprine 10mg

In between - Cyclobenzaprine 10mg

Bed time - Lithium 600mg, Trazodone 300mg, Cyproheptadine 20mg, Fluphenazine 10mg, Mirtazapine 45mg, Cyclobenzaprine 10mg, Nexium 40mg
Current: Schizoaffective Bipolar type, PTSD
Past history: SI, ED, Schizotypal PD, Major Depression
Meds: lithium 1200mg, Geodon 160mg 200mg 160mg, Saphris 10mg, Benztropine Mesylate (Cogentin) 2mg, Prazosin (Minipress) 2mg, Aplenzin (bupropion hydrobromide) 522mg

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Posted 23 September 2009 - 03:12 AM

Morning: Dexamphetamine 60mg, Citalopram 40mg, Clonazepam 2mg, Modafinil 200mg on occasion

Around 2:
Clonazepam 2mg

Night: Seroquel 300mg, Zyprexa Zydis 10mg

I was taking the Clonazepam 2mg t.i.d (morning, noon and late afternoon) and 600mg of Seroquel up untill a week ago but dropped the dosages due to adding the Zyprexa.
dx: Depends on who you talk to, either "Severe anxiety problems" or "a personality disorder" with both causing major depression, insomnia, hypersomnia, poor concentration, anxiety.
Current meds:
Nortriptyline 150mg , Dexamphetamine 50mg, Clonazepam 6mg, Nasonex, Seroquel 250mg, sandomigran 1mg. plus for the time being: Maxalon 10mg t.i.d, Codeine/Paracetamol 30/500, Oxycodone 10mg PRN
Previous meds: Zoloft 200mg, Mirtazapine(shudder) 60mg, Cymbalta 120mg, Dothiepin 300mg
, Reboxetine 4mg, Citalopram 60mg, Zyprexa 15mg, Norflex, Temazepam, Diazepam 20mg, Xanax 6mg, Seroquel 800mg, Benztropine 2mg, Meloxicam 15mg, Modafinil.

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Posted 23 September 2009 - 04:48 AM

I'm another with an easy schedule...

Morning: 500mg Epilim, 100mg Pristiq.

Evening: 7.5mg Abilify, 500mg Epilim.
DX: Bipolar Affective Disorder w/ Psychotic Features, Complex Trauma, Asperger's Syndrome (tentative)
Current RX: Epilim (sodium valproate) 1000mg
Past RXs: Lexapro, Aurorix, Zoloft, Pristiq, Temazepam, Diazepam, Abilify, Invega
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Posted 23 September 2009 - 05:52 AM

Bright and early: Abilify, geodon and various vitamins
Noon-ish: usually time for clonazepam, prn
Bedtime: Geodon, lamictal, clonazepam and more vitamins

I've played around with what's activating and what's sedating, or neither, and this is what works for me.
dx - BP, OCD and BPD, oh yeah, and some GAD as well
rx - abilify 30mg, lamictal 200mg, geodon 120mg, klonopin 1.5mg prn, and various vitamins

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Posted 23 September 2009 - 06:32 AM

In the morning, I take tegretol and effexor

At 4pm, when I get home from work, I take more tegretol and effexor, and neurontin

At bedtime, tegretol and effexor, remeron and risperdal.

I take a multivitamin morning and bedtime, and calcium citrate all three times a day.
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Med-Go-Round: Seroquel 800mg; Effexor 300mg; Neurontin 1200mg; Topamax 300mg
Stuff that doesn't agree with me for one reason or another: Risperdal, Remeron, Zyprexa, Abilify, Geodon; SSRIs, Wellbutrin; Lamictal; Lithium; Benzos

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Posted 23 September 2009 - 07:50 AM

Abilify, Wellbutrin XL, and Topamax in AM and Topamax, Ativan, Mirtazapine at PM
"Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you".
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RX:
Topamax 50 mg 2x daily
Abilify 5 mg 1x daily
Wellbutrin XL 450mg AM
Ativan 2 mg at PM
Trazadone 200 mg. at bedtime
Estrogen patch 0.1 mg on ass 2x week
Metoprolol 25mg 1x daily
Simvastatin 40mg 1x daily


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Posted 23 September 2009 - 08:25 AM

Abilify is activating for me, so I take it when I wake up, along with Wellbutrin and my vitamins. Most days anxiety hits in the afternoon, so then it's buspar time. Ambien at 11 or 11:30 every nite.
New doc, new Dx: MDD (in remission), GAD, and some funky insomnia crap
Rx: Wellbutrin XL 150 mgs, Topamax 50 mgs. 2x/day, Ambien 10 mgs nightly (thumbs up to these!)
junkyard: Xanax (did the job), generic Budeprion (huh, what was that stuff?), Lamictal (stupid much?), Klonopin (whoa, loopy!), Lunesta (crap) Lexapro, Effexor XR (serotonin shock), Abilify (decent)
extra crap: daily multi vitamin, biotin, milk thistle

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