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Mental Health Support

mopinko

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12. been trying for a while.

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Reply #11)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 12:12 PM

Aug 2012

especially trazadone, which she takes for sleep. i took it for a while, for fibro, and full scale flipped out. one of the first drugs they gave her, and it is low dose compared to the old AD doses, so they figure it is harmless.
she won't listen to a damn thing i say at this point.

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UPDATE: on younger son. He's started Prozac and will likely [View all] GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 OP

best of luck mopinko Aug 2012 #1

Thanks! *hugs* How is your daughter doing? GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #2

ugh. mopinko Aug 2012 #3

Sorry to hear that she's still struggling. *hugs* I am bracing myself for what GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #4

she's decided that she has a second personality. mopinko Aug 2012 #7

Oh, God! *hugs* Is this manic delusions or is she experiencing true dissociative behavior? GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #8

there seems to be an awful lot of communication mopinko Aug 2012 #9

ah, mo fizzgig Aug 2012 #10

Oh, no. :^( Can you stop all meds and see whether that makes it better or worse? GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #11

been trying for a while. mopinko Aug 2012 #12

She on any anti-psychotics? I took Trazadone for sleep too, but didn't like the side effects like GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #13

she's been trying to talk them into it, and frankly mopinko Aug 2012 #14

If you can get her to let you be her advocate, have her doc peel away some meds and/or add GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #15

fat chance. mopinko Aug 2012 #16

:^( Here's hoping that she changes her mind. *hugs* GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #17

good luck to you guys fizzgig Aug 2012 #5

Thank you! *hugs* GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #6