Freak out about the change in
my prescription plan that makes
my old anti-depressant cost $190.
Done-
Start weaning myself off old
anti-depressant after getting
advice from the internet.
-Done
Start taking small amounts of
new anti-depressant.
-Done
Stop ADHD medication cold turkey
-Really Done
Visit My Neurologist
-Done
Find a new primary care provider
that cares in another county
-Done
Get a case management team for
Girlie so she can make it to
her medical appointments.
-Done
Get to physical therapy to help
heal my back.
-Done
-Find a real psychiatrist who
cares in another county
-Stop having seizures and withdrawal side effect
-Eat more often
-Gain weight
-Finish planting in my greenhouse
-Teach Girlie to garden while having fun outside
-Hope that ESR will eventually pass the manueverability test to get his driver’s license.
-Clean my house
-Clean my garage
-Make a new art studio
-Wield my unmedicated ADHD with grace and panache
-Read a book every other day
-Write on days that I’m not reading
-Lose my fear of the stairs, so I can do laundry again
-Gain strength every day
-Build a new bedframe
-Update my operating system again
-Sync my iPod to my computer
-Plan my spring gardens
-Clean my yard
-Fix my grapevine supports
-Hide this list before I get overwhelmed
-Laugh daily
-Allow others to fix their own mistakes
-Stop being hard on myself for being human
-Laugh at myself often
-Learn to adjust to my circadian rhythm shift
5am, 4:40, 4am, 3:30, 3am, 2:50, 2:20, 2am hike!
Amanuensis Sobriquet-Reverie 
Maybe not take internet advice on meds, just my one cent worth of opinion! 🙂
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Unfortunately, my doctor told me to stop taking my viibryd, klonapin and adderal without giving me any guidance whatsoever about how to do that. I’m supposed to go to a doctor that prescribes that medication so I can get off of it. He was very unwilling to be helpful other than giving me a prescription for Paxil. It was the quickest psychiatry visit of my life. My neurologist thinks there is something wrong with the psychiatrist.
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I’d agree with your neuro consult. No one changes meds that suddenly. What is it with the medical system where you live?
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I don’t know, but I’m going to have to report them all. They really suck. Maybe they think mentally ill patients are stupid. My nightmare in the hospital proved that. The thing is, I don’t want to sue my doctors, I just want to be treated with dignity and respect. I need help, not lack of treatment in a lock down facility. I didn’t ask for these medical conditions, I just have to live with them without slipping into withdrawal. The doctors seem content to believe that I’m sicker than I am. I am not schizophrenic or psychotic, I have a major depression disorder, anxiety disorder and adhd. I am not bipolar.
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Mental diseases aren’t so easily compartmentalised, nor are most others. That’s something we like to do, but they are all on a spectrum, usually merging into each other imperceptibly. That apart though, mental illness has a stigma and pts are treated badly. I hope you find someone better..
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Sure it’s not like having a broken arm, but if you receive adequate care for a number of years, have a diagnosis then, the pharmacy or your insurance provider changes your medication and you get a new doctor who likes zombies for patients, you get a new diagnosis that contradicts everything you have lived with for 30plus years. The stigma, should not be within the system and in this county it seems to be pretty rampant. I don’t think my complaints actually went anywhere. Just in the garbage. I don’t think anyone there cares at all. Whether its EEG’s or quality of life for functioning psychiatric patients.
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