joecamel Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 So after stopping medication for a few months, I finally got intervention'd and dragged to the hospital. They shot some stuff into my arm and took some blood and did something with wires and gross sticky crap in my hair. They gave me some Haloperidol for daytime use. However, the sleeping pills they gave me seem pretty rough: Every night before I go to sleep, 50mg Thorazine 80mg Phenobarbital 25mg Promethazine 4mg Rohypnol now, just looking at the roofies makes this look less like a "sleeping aid" and more like a "knock me the hell out" aid. now I think this is crazy, but I'm not well enough versed in pharmacolgy to know any better. so, does this seem normal for sleeping pills? Also, if anyone could take a guess at what the doctor thinks is wrong with me that would be nice, because he didn't tell me jack. He had to be thinking something though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrungOutOnLife Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 So after stopping medication for a few months, I finally got intervention'd and dragged to the hospital. They shot some stuff into my arm and took some blood and did something with wires and gross sticky crap in my hair. They gave me some Haloperidol for daytime use. However, the sleeping pills they gave me seem pretty rough: Every night before I go to sleep, 50mg Thorazine 80mg Phenobarbital 25mg Promethazine 4mg Rohypnol now, just looking at the roofies makes this look less like a "sleeping aid" and more like a "knock me the hell out" aid. now I think this is crazy, but I'm not well enough versed in pharmacolgy to know any better. so, does this seem normal for sleeping pills? Also, if anyone could take a guess at what the doctor thinks is wrong with me that would be nice, because he didn't tell me jack. He had to be thinking something though. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't understand why they're giving you two phenothiazines. Yes, promethazine is a phenothiazine, as is chlorpromazine. What I read just now suggests that they don't hit the same receptors. No, this does not seem normal for sleeping pills. However, you may have abnormally severe insomnia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Holy crap! I'd see another doctor and get a second opinion on that or go back to the original and ask questions. You certainly have the right to know what the hell the diagnoses warranting such a heavy cocktail is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Are you sure they prescribed you ROOFIES???? Here's what drugs.com has to say: Rohypnol, commonly known as roofies, belongs to the benzodiazepine class of drugs. Rohypnol has never been approved for medical use in the United States, therefore, doctors cannot prescribe it and pharmacists cannot sell it. However, it is legally prescribed in over 50 other countries and is widely available in Mexico, Colombia, and Europe where it is used for the treatment of insomnia and as a pre-anesthetic. Therefore, it was placed into Schedule IV of the Controlled Substances Act in 1984 due to international treaty obligations and remains under that classification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecamel Posted October 29, 2005 Author Share Posted October 29, 2005 Are you sure they prescribed you ROOFIES???? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> to the best of my knowledge, but checking the internet just tells me that the pills don't exist. Bubble pack thing say, in english, "Rohypnol 2". In Japanese it says "Rohypnol 2mg", and on the pill it just says "ROCHE 172". So, it's either flunitrazepam or some big joke I don't get. I'm in Japan, btw. don't understand why they're giving you two phenothiazines. Yes, promethazine is a phenothiazine, as is chlorpromazine. What I read just now suggests that they don't hit the same receptors. so I kind of lied about the cocktail, as the chlorpromazine, promethazine, and phenobarbital are all in the same pill, but I'm still on 5 real medicines and something to counter the effects of the haloperidol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Ah ok, well drugs.com said that Rohypnol is prescribed as a sleep aid in some countries, so that makes sense if you are in Japan. I still think you have the right to know what you are being prescribed the other meds for though. I wouldn't feel comfortable just blindly popping meds without a formal diagnoses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecamel Posted November 1, 2005 Author Share Posted November 1, 2005 So, found out today that the diagnosis is Hebephrenia, oh boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 Well at least you finally got a diagnoses. How are you feeling? Are the meds working out? Dee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecamel Posted November 2, 2005 Author Share Posted November 2, 2005 I've been worse, but right now I'm pretty stressed out because I'm getting semi-deported because of this condition. Just need to get everything straightened out and have some time to just think about what I'm going to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Shit! Just what you need when you are coming to terms with this new dx. What have you been doing in Japan? Are they deporting you because you can no longer work? Where to now? Where are you from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civicmon Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 You're in Japan? Are you from a 3rd country like the US or Canada? Wow... leave... now if you can. I speak Japanese, been there several times and studied their mental health care system. No one seems to have a clue about much of anything there. The stimga about MI in Asia has to change and it's moving slowly as the problems get worse.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecamel Posted November 8, 2005 Author Share Posted November 8, 2005 yeah, I'm originally from the US and just got back here on Friday. Immigration says I need to officially "stabilize" before I can be given a new visa. I think if you know what you need the japanese medical system can be great, like my friend just walked into a place and asked for ritalin and he was given a prescription without much trouble. I do however know the way it gets when the doctor just decides to experiment on a new person, which put me on a hellish paxil and risperdal and some kind of SNRI that nearly drove me to suicide. I also enjoy the national healthcare system, and back in the states this is going to eat up a large sum of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Elvis Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Was the dx made by an American MD? From what I've gathered from a quick Google, that's basicaly the same thing as disorganized schizophrenia. Chronic insomnia is not symptomatic of this. If you're so high strung that you need a cocktail like that for sleep, my guess would be that you're either bpI with psychotic features and are being misdiagnosed at schitz. or a mix of the two which would make you Schitzoaffective. Have you been on an atypical AP at all? Surely that have Zyprexa there by now. A lot of those are dinosaur drugs. If you're in Japan to work, there are drugs that would leave you in a far more functional state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Hey Joecamel, I'm an American in Tokyo, and have taken a short ride on the hellish merry-go-round that is MI diagnosis here. If you'd like, I can maybe recommend and/or help you find a better doc. PM me, or just reply here, ok? Gah, I HATE when they hand you a bunch of pills with NO explanation other than "this will relax you" and send you on your way. lily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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