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Seroquel 50mg during the day to control anxiety and racing thoughts and 50mg at night to help me sleep.
This has been a great med for me.
Which Atypical Ap are you taking?
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Posted 23 October 2007 - 09:38 PM
It is safe down here, right?
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Current Meds: Lamical 200mg, Topamax 75mg, Seroquel 100mg, Remeron 7.5mg, Adderall 20mg
One day I feel I'm on top of the world
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Posted 09 November 2007 - 07:33 PM
None.
And I haven't taken any since the Spring. First time in 4 years I've been AAP free and I love it!
Formerly-
Zyprexa
Abilify
Seroquel
Abilify
Seroquel
Risperdal
Seroquel
SZS
And I haven't taken any since the Spring. First time in 4 years I've been AAP free and I love it!
Formerly-
Zyprexa
Abilify
Seroquel
Abilify
Seroquel
Risperdal
Seroquel
SZS
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DX: BPI mixed, PD
RX: Lithobid, Gabitril, Klonopin, Provigil, Omega 3
RX: Lithobid, Gabitril, Klonopin, Provigil, Omega 3
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Posted 10 November 2007 - 04:47 PM
1mg Abilify, and for now Zyprexa, but that's my emergency med. I was on 5mg at the peak of the manic episode that made it my emergency med, now 1.25mg bid, and that probably only for a month or two more. I may go back up to 2mg Abilify when the Z goes.
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dx: Bipolar NOS, ADD, migraine
Rx: Lithobid 1200mg, Abilify 7.5mg, Neurontin 900mg, Lamictal 87.5mg and titrating, Vyvanse 30mg
dx: Bipolar NOS, ADD, migraine
Rx: Lithobid 1200mg, Abilify 7.5mg, Neurontin 900mg, Lamictal 87.5mg and titrating, Vyvanse 30mg
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Posted 10 November 2007 - 06:06 PM
Was on Zyprexa for a good length and it worked very well but my body could not handle the sixty plus weight gain and climbing that came with it.
Seroquel has been started in the last month and it seems to be working well. Right now its a matter of figuring out the right dosage and times to maintain through out the day. 75mg at bedtime to slow my head down so I am able to sleep. 75mg midday to slow me back down for a few hours (around 4 hrs I think its somewhat effective for). Next month unless something changes before my appointment I think I am going to add another dose for the morning and increase the amounts.
take care
trg247
Seroquel has been started in the last month and it seems to be working well. Right now its a matter of figuring out the right dosage and times to maintain through out the day. 75mg at bedtime to slow my head down so I am able to sleep. 75mg midday to slow me back down for a few hours (around 4 hrs I think its somewhat effective for). Next month unless something changes before my appointment I think I am going to add another dose for the morning and increase the amounts.
take care
trg247
dx: severe MDD with psychotic features, BPD, C-PTSD, GAD, lengthy Self Harm history
rx: Seroquel 100mg 3 times daily + 50mg as needed, Temazapam
past rx: Nardil, Effexor, Wellbutrin, Remeron, Lithium, Zyprexa, Ativan, Paxil, Celexa, Klonopin, Xanax, Trazadone and a few others
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rx: Seroquel 100mg 3 times daily + 50mg as needed, Temazapam
past rx: Nardil, Effexor, Wellbutrin, Remeron, Lithium, Zyprexa, Ativan, Paxil, Celexa, Klonopin, Xanax, Trazadone and a few others
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Posted 10 November 2007 - 06:34 PM
Heheh, as of yesterday, none!
Dx: Bipolar I, ADD
Rx: Carbatrol 400mg, Lamictal 250mg, Risperidone 1.5mg, Adderall XR 25mg, blood pressure meds, other stuff PRN.
It's amazing how life threatening situations make the suicidal thoughts slip away. Not wanting pain and wanting to die are two different things.
Rx: Carbatrol 400mg, Lamictal 250mg, Risperidone 1.5mg, Adderall XR 25mg, blood pressure meds, other stuff PRN.
It's amazing how life threatening situations make the suicidal thoughts slip away. Not wanting pain and wanting to die are two different things.
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Posted 11 November 2007 - 03:08 PM
Zyprexa since my recent (and first) hospital stay. I have gained about 25 lbs in 6 weeks. Now I've started on Topamax and we'll see if that helps counteract the weight gain.
Current DX: BPI with ultra-rapid cycling & mixed states, BPD, migraines
Current RX: Lamictal 200mg, Topamax 150mg, Zyprexa 5mg daily and 2.5-10mg prn
Previous RX: Lithium, Trileptal, Depakote, Geodon, Risperdal, Buspar, Celexa, Wellbutrin
I've been swimming in a sea of anarchy. I've been living on coffee and nicotine.
I've been wondering if all the things I've seen were ever real, were ever really happening. ~Sheryl Crow
Current RX: Lamictal 200mg, Topamax 150mg, Zyprexa 5mg daily and 2.5-10mg prn
Previous RX: Lithium, Trileptal, Depakote, Geodon, Risperdal, Buspar, Celexa, Wellbutrin
I've been swimming in a sea of anarchy. I've been living on coffee and nicotine.
I've been wondering if all the things I've seen were ever real, were ever really happening. ~Sheryl Crow
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Posted 12 November 2007 - 02:13 PM
the last time i posted in this thread i was still on risperdal, but i've since changed to abilify.
my pdoc never told me about risp's side effects, but i did my homework on my own and knew the possibilitis. however, i just knew it could cause lactation, not the host of post-partum symptoms i had- without being post partum! that really sucked.
i take abilify now, and i'm side-effect free so far. when i went off of abilify once (bad loon, not under pdoc's supervision), i felt really crappy, so it does work.
my pdoc never told me about risp's side effects, but i did my homework on my own and knew the possibilitis. however, i just knew it could cause lactation, not the host of post-partum symptoms i had- without being post partum! that really sucked.
i take abilify now, and i'm side-effect free so far. when i went off of abilify once (bad loon, not under pdoc's supervision), i felt really crappy, so it does work.
DX-BP1 w/psychotic symptoms, PTSD, ADD (Inattentive), and body dysmorphic disorder
Daily RX- WB 300mg, Lamictal 400mg, Abilify 20mg, Adderall XR 30mg, Inderal 10mgx2, Nuvaring
a multi-vitamin, hair/skin/nails vitamin, super 50-b complex vitamin, flax oil
prn- Zyprexa 10-20mg for emergencies
In memory of my dad, BP1 suicide. I love you and miss you!
EX RX- Seroquel, Risperdal, Geodon (master of all that is evil), Zyprexa (the good stuff), Zyprexa Zydis, Trazadon, Depakote, Lithium, Serzone, Paxil, Effexor, Lexapro, Haldol, Strattera, Topamax, Symmetrel, other old school ACs, and more I can't remember now
"Can a selfish egocentric jealous and unimaginative female write a damn thing worthwhile?" - Sylvia Plath
If you don't have something nice to say, then don't say it at all.
Daily RX- WB 300mg, Lamictal 400mg, Abilify 20mg, Adderall XR 30mg, Inderal 10mgx2, Nuvaring
a multi-vitamin, hair/skin/nails vitamin, super 50-b complex vitamin, flax oil
prn- Zyprexa 10-20mg for emergencies
In memory of my dad, BP1 suicide. I love you and miss you!
EX RX- Seroquel, Risperdal, Geodon (master of all that is evil), Zyprexa (the good stuff), Zyprexa Zydis, Trazadon, Depakote, Lithium, Serzone, Paxil, Effexor, Lexapro, Haldol, Strattera, Topamax, Symmetrel, other old school ACs, and more I can't remember now
"Can a selfish egocentric jealous and unimaginative female write a damn thing worthwhile?" - Sylvia Plath
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Posted 16 November 2007 - 07:02 PM
Stacia, on Nov 10 2007, 03:34 PM, said:
Heheh, as of yesterday, none!
Show-off!
It is safe down here, right?
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Current Meds: Lamical 200mg, Topamax 75mg, Seroquel 100mg, Remeron 7.5mg, Adderall 20mg
One day I feel I'm on top of the world
And the next it's falling in on me...
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Posted 16 November 2007 - 07:12 PM
CER, on Nov 16 2007, 04:02 PM, said:
Stacia, on Nov 10 2007, 03:34 PM, said:
Heheh, as of yesterday, none!
Show-off!
Hey CER, where ya been?
No AP, but drats, Depakote in the mix. I'm far too dull headed these days to claim bragging rights.
Dx: Bipolar I, ADD
Rx: Carbatrol 400mg, Lamictal 250mg, Risperidone 1.5mg, Adderall XR 25mg, blood pressure meds, other stuff PRN.
It's amazing how life threatening situations make the suicidal thoughts slip away. Not wanting pain and wanting to die are two different things.
Rx: Carbatrol 400mg, Lamictal 250mg, Risperidone 1.5mg, Adderall XR 25mg, blood pressure meds, other stuff PRN.
It's amazing how life threatening situations make the suicidal thoughts slip away. Not wanting pain and wanting to die are two different things.
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Posted 16 November 2007 - 07:26 PM
Stacia, on Nov 16 2007, 04:12 PM, said:
CER, on Nov 16 2007, 04:02 PM, said:
Stacia, on Nov 10 2007, 03:34 PM, said:
Heheh, as of yesterday, none!
Show-off!
Hey CER, where ya been?
No AP, but drats, Depakote in the mix. I'm far too dull headed these days to claim bragging rights.
Super busy. School has been just piling it on me, and being the super-genius that I am I just love to be inefficient and take three times as long to complete a task as I should.
Talking about dull headed...during my appointment with the neurologist yesterday I complained that I couldn't stay on task with anything anymore. I would just wander from here to there like Moses looking for the promised land, and would get distracted faster than a 21 year-old male at the Playboy Mansion. She gave me some samples of Provigil to try. I'm becoming medicated to the gills!
It is safe down here, right?
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Current Meds: Lamical 200mg, Topamax 75mg, Seroquel 100mg, Remeron 7.5mg, Adderall 20mg
One day I feel I'm on top of the world
And the next it's falling in on me...
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Posted 16 November 2007 - 07:59 PM
CER, on Nov 16 2007, 04:26 PM, said:
Talking about dull headed...during my appointment with the neurologist yesterday I complained that I couldn't stay on task with anything anymore. I would just wander from here to there like Moses looking for the promised land, and would get distracted faster than a 21 year-old male at the Playboy Mansion. She gave me some samples of Provigil to try. I'm becoming medicated to the gills!
Haha, everything shy of the 21 y/o hanging with Heff I relate to 100%! It's the 'where am I' when driving that gets disconcerting. Only a couple times, really, it's safe to drive w/me on the road, really!
But seriously, I talked to my pdoc about Provigil. Her response was to get a sleep study w/the results necessary for my insurance to cover those little $8 pills. In other words, no samples. I may actually have sleep apnea and know I could create it with a little Seroquel. I sort of do see that study in the future all mostly for access to trying those precious little pills. Ah, to read a novel again. How do they work for you?Congrats on school, btw. Tough stuff even for the unmedicated mentally uninteresting.
Dx: Bipolar I, ADD
Rx: Carbatrol 400mg, Lamictal 250mg, Risperidone 1.5mg, Adderall XR 25mg, blood pressure meds, other stuff PRN.
It's amazing how life threatening situations make the suicidal thoughts slip away. Not wanting pain and wanting to die are two different things.
Rx: Carbatrol 400mg, Lamictal 250mg, Risperidone 1.5mg, Adderall XR 25mg, blood pressure meds, other stuff PRN.
It's amazing how life threatening situations make the suicidal thoughts slip away. Not wanting pain and wanting to die are two different things.
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Posted 16 November 2007 - 10:41 PM
Stacia, on Nov 16 2007, 04:59 PM, said:
CER, on Nov 16 2007, 04:26 PM, said:
Talking about dull headed...during my appointment with the neurologist yesterday I complained that I couldn't stay on task with anything anymore. I would just wander from here to there like Moses looking for the promised land, and would get distracted faster than a 21 year-old male at the Playboy Mansion. She gave me some samples of Provigil to try. I'm becoming medicated to the gills!
Haha, everything shy of the 21 y/o hanging with Heff I relate to 100%! It's the 'where am I' when driving that gets disconcerting. Only a couple times, really, it's safe to drive w/me on the road, really!
But seriously, I talked to my pdoc about Provigil. Her response was to get a sleep study w/the results necessary for my insurance to cover those little $8 pills. In other words, no samples. I may actually have sleep apnea and know I could create it with a little Seroquel. I sort of do see that study in the future all mostly for access to trying those precious little pills. Ah, to read a novel again. How do they work for you?Congrats on school, btw. Tough stuff even for the unmedicated mentally uninteresting.
Yeah. I wasn't expecting her to give them to me - she actually brought it up! ("Have you ever heard of a medicine called "Provigil?"...) I'm still not sure if it's the answer or not, and I still need to see what my pdoc has to say about it (watch him flip!) My insurance will probably shoot it down too with my luck. I have an appointment with him in a couple of weeks so we'll see what he has to say.
I do need to figure something out though. My productivity has been getting steadily worse this past month, and I'm going to crash and burn pretty soon if I'm not careful.
It is safe down here, right?
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Current Meds: Lamical 200mg, Topamax 75mg, Seroquel 100mg, Remeron 7.5mg, Adderall 20mg
One day I feel I'm on top of the world
And the next it's falling in on me...
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Posted 24 December 2007 - 09:23 PM
6 mg Risperdal at the moment (2mg more than Dr said but then I was supposed to be taking Zyprexa also and less said about that one the better. Not usable)
Previously at various times (with or without other meds):
Risperdal in various doses from 1mg - 8 mg (the 8mg was my idea and wasn't nice)
Risperdal and Abilify at the same time (twitch city)
Abilify (did nothing by itself)
Zyprexa (bleh)
So yeah back on Risp which they took me off a few months back due to multiple Prolactin caused issues. Its good stuff, and really helps with the ASD sort of ass-hattedness.
Previously at various times (with or without other meds):
Risperdal in various doses from 1mg - 8 mg (the 8mg was my idea and wasn't nice)
Risperdal and Abilify at the same time (twitch city)
Abilify (did nothing by itself)
Zyprexa (bleh)
So yeah back on Risp which they took me off a few months back due to multiple Prolactin caused issues. Its good stuff, and really helps with the ASD sort of ass-hattedness.
Generic apologies:brain=divide by zero error
Dx: Bipolar I, AS. pdoc says: "current episode mania" - third time this year, new record!
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Dx: Bipolar I, AS. pdoc says: "current episode mania" - third time this year, new record!
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Posted 30 December 2007 - 01:47 PM
Currently on Seroquel and Invega, and was recently given Zyprexa Zydis by pdoc as prn in case of emergencies.
"'But I don't want to go among mad people,' said Alice. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the cat. 'We're all mad here.'"- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
DX: Schizoaffective- Bipolar Type, and severe PTSD (with a whole slew of other diagnonsenses on my tail)
Crazy Meds: Nardil 75mgs, Lithium ER 1500mgs, Zyprexa 20mgs, Stelazine 8mgs, & Valium 10mgs prn
Other Meds: Synthroid 112mcgs, Verapamil 240mgs, Diovan 320mgs, & Glucophage 1275mgs
Past Crazy Meds: Emsam, Paxil, Prozac, Effexor, Effexor XR, Zoloft, Wellbutrin, Tegretol, Depakote, Lamictal, Risperdal, Invega, Seroquel, Strattera, Anafranil, Ambien, Ambien CR, Lunesta, Vistaril, Klonopin, and God help me if I'm forgetting any...
DX: Schizoaffective- Bipolar Type, and severe PTSD (with a whole slew of other diagnonsenses on my tail)
Crazy Meds: Nardil 75mgs, Lithium ER 1500mgs, Zyprexa 20mgs, Stelazine 8mgs, & Valium 10mgs prn
Other Meds: Synthroid 112mcgs, Verapamil 240mgs, Diovan 320mgs, & Glucophage 1275mgs
Past Crazy Meds: Emsam, Paxil, Prozac, Effexor, Effexor XR, Zoloft, Wellbutrin, Tegretol, Depakote, Lamictal, Risperdal, Invega, Seroquel, Strattera, Anafranil, Ambien, Ambien CR, Lunesta, Vistaril, Klonopin, and God help me if I'm forgetting any...
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Posted 26 January 2008 - 05:01 PM
I've taken almost all of the atypical anti-psychotics. The only aap I haven't taken is geodon. Right now I take zyprexa zydis and it seems to be a better med for me than the others have been.
I take my Zyprexa Zydis every night @ 8pm
I take my Zyprexa Zydis every night @ 8pm
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Dx: Asperger's + Schizoaffective Disorder
Rx: Lithium 900mg + Ativan 4mg + Topamax 100mg + Clozaril 100mg + Remeron 30mg + Colace 200mg + Centrum + Fish Oil 1200mg
Dx: Asperger's + Schizoaffective Disorder
Rx: Lithium 900mg + Ativan 4mg + Topamax 100mg + Clozaril 100mg + Remeron 30mg + Colace 200mg + Centrum + Fish Oil 1200mg
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Posted 08 March 2009 - 08:18 PM
Brand Risperdal. I take the 0.5's twice a day.
I LOVE Risperdal!!! There are no side effects at this dosage. There was
only one side effect, lethargy which dissapeared in a couple weeks.
It helps my racing thoughts and agitation, helps anxiety too. It
mixes very nicely with my other meds.
I LOVE Risperdal!!! There are no side effects at this dosage. There was
only one side effect, lethargy which dissapeared in a couple weeks.
It helps my racing thoughts and agitation, helps anxiety too. It
mixes very nicely with my other meds.
DX: Asperger's Syndrome, Anxiety (unknown type), Depression (unknown type), OCD (possible)
RX: Remeron 15 mg - Risperdal 1.5 mg - Klonopin 2 mg prn
RX: Remeron 15 mg - Risperdal 1.5 mg - Klonopin 2 mg prn
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Posted 11 March 2009 - 11:42 PM
I take invega and abilify together. No side effects that I've noticed, except osme orthostatic hypotension.
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a touch is a blow,
a sound is a noise,
a misfortune is a tragedy,
a joy is an ecstasy,
a friend is a lover,
a lover is a god,
and failure is death.
Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create - so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating." -Pearl S. Buck
Visit my blog: http://paperskyscrapers.wordpress.com
Diagnosis: Bipolar 1
Meds: 10mg Abilify, 200mg Lamictal, 2mg Biperiden, 900mg Lithium, 40mg Propranolol, 15mg Dormicum, 10mg Sibutramine
To him
a touch is a blow,
a sound is a noise,
a misfortune is a tragedy,
a joy is an ecstasy,
a friend is a lover,
a lover is a god,
and failure is death.
Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create - so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating." -Pearl S. Buck
Visit my blog: http://paperskyscrapers.wordpress.com
Diagnosis: Bipolar 1
Meds: 10mg Abilify, 200mg Lamictal, 2mg Biperiden, 900mg Lithium, 40mg Propranolol, 15mg Dormicum, 10mg Sibutramine
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Posted 13 April 2009 - 07:07 PM
i'm taking seroquel 300mg after having started on 25mg a little over a month ago. i've been on the 300mg for a few weeks. i've been cutting more and throwing up but i don't think it's the seroquel, i think it might be something else but i don't know what yet.
how many weeks should i wait until i see a SIGNIFICANT difference on the meds? ironically, even though i've been cutting more, i've noticed that i'm not as anxious as i used to be.
a really great thing about the med is that it gets me to bed at a decent time, something that i'd never been able to do before because i'd procrastinate like crazy. the meds make me sleepy so i just take them about an hour before i plan to go to bed.
also, when i'm not in binging-and-purging mode, i'm more mindful of what i eat on the seroquel.
i'd really love some feedback on how long it's taken seroquel-takers to see the positive effects of the meds. i've noticed that they also make me a tad less paranoid at times.
how many weeks should i wait until i see a SIGNIFICANT difference on the meds? ironically, even though i've been cutting more, i've noticed that i'm not as anxious as i used to be.
a really great thing about the med is that it gets me to bed at a decent time, something that i'd never been able to do before because i'd procrastinate like crazy. the meds make me sleepy so i just take them about an hour before i plan to go to bed.
also, when i'm not in binging-and-purging mode, i'm more mindful of what i eat on the seroquel.
i'd really love some feedback on how long it's taken seroquel-takers to see the positive effects of the meds. i've noticed that they also make me a tad less paranoid at times.
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