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Thank you everybody for your helpful advice. My pdoc changed my medication around a bit and in the last week I have been sleeping better. She doubled my flurazepam to 30mg, and because I was clearly hypomanic she increased my valproate from 1800mg to 2000mg, increased my haloperidol from 5mg to 10mg and started me on lorazepam 2mg 3 times daily. My mood has been stable for the past 5 days but now I feel myself slipping into a depression. That always seems to happen after mania and even hypomania. Is that common?
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Your Cocktail Deconstructed
rowan77 replied to ahalo's topic in Cocktails - Medicated to the Gills and Floundering
Current medications: AM: fluoxetine 40mg Lorazepam 2mg Haldol 2.5mg Esomeprazole 40mg PM: lorazepam 2mg Nocte: Sodium Valproate Chrono 2000mg Quetiapine 800mg Lorazepam 2mg Lamotrigine 75mg Haloperidol 7.5mg Flurazepam 30mg -
Was on flurazepam 15mg which wasn't helping and i doubled the dose which still didn't help so I got through to the crisis team this morning and they decided to come out to me with some ativan to tide me over until i hopefully see my pdoc or the community psych nurse tomorrow
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Ok so my sleep has ben disturbed for no reason over the last 5 days. I've been getting 2 or 3 hours each night. But last night i didn't shut my eyes at all but I'm not really that tired. It's a holiday here tomorrow so i wont get to speak to the nurse until Tuesday. I don't feel hypomanic yet but wondering if another couple of sleepless nights would tip me over the edge
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My ECT diary - first treatment on February 3, 2020
rowan77 replied to Catnapper's topic in ECT etc. - Watt's up, Doc?
I had 12 ECT treatments in December and January and i responded really well. One thing i note to be different between us is that my pdoc took me completely off Valproate and lamictal as she said that i wouldn't have a proper seizure and the ECT wouldn't work. But i was on a high dose of Valproate......1800mg and was on lamictal 275mg, so maybe that was why. I also stopped my benzodiazepine flurazepam the night before. Expect some peaks and troughs. I had them. After my 3rd one i felt great but went downhill and uphill a couple of times after that. All the best! Hope it does the trick for you too -
First time for ECT soon - any handy pointers?
rowan77 replied to Catnapper's topic in ECT etc. - Watt's up, Doc?
I have just finished a course of 12 ECTs and i went really well and i had no memory problems at all so you might not either. I was scared before my first treatment but was lucky to have a very reassuring nurse with me. All the best. Hope you get good results -
Seroquel...
rowan77 replied to bpjett's topic in Antipsychotics / Neuroleptics / Major Tranquilizers - The Acme Pill-O-Matics
My nose was totally blocked when I started taking Seroquel but a few months later it went away. However in the past few years my nose was severely blocked again and my GP referred me to an Ear Nose and Throat specialist and he said I had lots of polyps in my nose and sinuses. He prescribed oral steroids and a steroid nasal spray which didn't help so I had to have surgery to remove the polyps. However the polyps grew again and 18 months later I had more surgery and this time it was very effective and I can finally breathe through my nose for the past few years. I do use a nasal spray though. Anyway I don't know if the polyps were linked to Seroquel. It was probably just a coincidence. However I definitely had a really blocked nose when I started taking it in 2005 and it did clear up when I was on it a while -
Lithium
rowan77 replied to Cyclingsarah's topic in Anticonvulsants / Mood Stabilizers - Bodies A-Twitchin', Moods A-Switchin'
I started feeling calmer and less manic after being on a steady blood level of approximately 0.8mmol/l for a week or so and then bit by bit my mood evened out over the next couple of weeks. It worked really well for me I took it for 13.5 years but had to go of it to my detriment because I developed stage 3 chronic kidney disease. I'm now on Valproate -
Yes. I've just started knitting and made a blanket for my cousin's baby. Do you live or have ever visited a European country?
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I can't take the insomnia!
rowan77 replied to Bueler's topic in Sleep Disorders - Perchance to Dream
I also agree that low dose chlopromazine could help with sleep. When I was in the psych unit a few years ago the pdoc prescribed 50-100mg PRN as I had severe insomnia and it did the trick -