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Angela-Boyle
Angela-Boyle

So since the end of july i have added some meds and taken away some meds from my daily regimen.



I stopped taking latuda cuz it made me tired all day long and want to do nothing but sleep and when ever i took it it made me nauseous.


So im up to 300mg of seroquel now


Added lamictal back in 100 mg 


Upped my prozac to 60mg from 40 mg for ocd


And on prazosin 1 mg for ptst and i have xanax 1 mg 3 x daily as needed



But my anxiety is through the roof. Everyday i wake up with tremmors throughout my whole body. My hands,legs, chest, mouth you name it its shaking. The drs my pcp and pdoc both said its pain and anxiety related.



Then with the depression, im having self harm thoughts and feeling like id be better off dead or that i just want to slip into a coma for a while and the bad thing is i know how to do that by mixing certain meds but i dare not because i know i have so much to live for. 



I just cant keep going on this way.


Im on meds went through php im using my coping skills what more can i do!!!

mlr0853
mlr0853
Frustration is a kick in the butt every time with meds that don't do what we want them to do...and trying to find the right combo is just as bad. I believe I'm worse if I stay in my house (I don't work) and if I go to the library or anywhere just to get my mind off me...I feel better...welcome to bp room....take care and be gentle with yourself as you Are Doing The Best You Can~~
Justitia
Justitia
I'm not a doctor, but that is a lot of medication. Another opinion may be helpful.. I'm so sorry you are struggling so much! It's terrible feeling terribly.

So a few months ago, I tried Remeron for sleep. Omg it is awesome. I was either on trazadone or nothing forever. Remeron doesn't make me tired the next day and now that I'm on the right dose I sleep long enough. It took me forever of explaining why I cannot take trazadone to finally be given a chance on something new. It didn't make me gain weight either like seroquel does.
Justitia
Justitia
Seroquel can make ppl gain like 60 pounds. Also if you depression and anxiety is that bad there is obvioiusly something wrong and I hope your doctor, or another doc if you choose, can see that.
eyeteachscience
eyeteachscience
I am also not a doctor, but from all of your mentioned symptoms, would it be feasible to either have your doc review your meds or get a second opinion if your doc tells you this combination is the best they can do? I am a science teacher (biology) and I know the body does build up a 'tolerance' to almost every drug in time; we don't always understand the mechanisms for that, but you may really need a 'fresh' cocktail to get the anxiety/depression under control. I took a particular anti-depressant for years and then one year it stopped working. My doc told me we don't really know why. I was on another really effective anti-depressant, and then it began clashing with my other meds (dangerous side effects). Once some balance is restored, you are going to feel a ton better as the pain will be less as well. Studies have found that depression intensifies pain which intensifies fatigue, which intensifies depression. It can be a really horrible cycle. I am praying for you and sending you big hugs,
Angela-Boyle
Angela-Boyle
Justitia i hated trazadone too. It made me feel like a zombie the next day.

As far as second opinions my primary care and ive seen 3 different pdocs on the last month because i was in php and the office i go to for my pdoc is a rotating office and they all have said the same.

When i was on latuda i was stable so i think its just getting to the right amount of seroquel hopefully.

The reason why im on so many meds is prozac is for my ocd, Seroquel is for my bipolar deoression, lamictal is fowr bipolar mood swings (o dont think i need to ne on that, and prazosin is for my ptsd. So they each play a part in my recovery. Before that i was on lamictal, prozac and latuda then got off lamictal when i was pregnant and the anti depressant and antipsychotic(latuda) did just fine. I may just have to go back on latuda and just deal with being tired all day
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