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Mixed episode?

cconfused71
cconfused71

so I made several posts here, I been having debilitating anxiety, little sleep and racing thoughts. I was told I could be having a mixed episode and being I was out patoent and them giving me prozac i think made me worse. I stopped going monday cuz they were basically assholes. This all started when I decreased my antipsychotic a couple of weeks ago. I think i am finally calming down. Has anyone had this before?

tommymott
tommymott
Well, an anti-psychotic is classified as a MajorTranquilizer and prozac is a mood elevator/anti-depressant
and the two meds might not work well together. Your anxiety, little sleep and racing thoughts sound suspiciously to me like mania and if so then using prozac is counter-productive. Why did you decrease
your anti-psychotic? I'm a BP1 and familiar with what you describe but I'm not a medical professional.
Find someone you trust, and trust yourself. It's good that things are calming down for you.
cconfused71
cconfused71
I was told by my pdoc to try and go off my zyprexa cuz my husband told her he did not think I was bipolar being I have not had any episodes. But in reality im stable due to my meds.
ladybugluvs
ladybugluvs
Can you make apt with pdoc? Maybe you need to increase again. How long have you been on this antipsychotic?
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
I can't take an AD..... They send me to the moon.... A lot of people with bipolar can't use AD's .... I know this is frustrating for you however a couple of weeks isn't very long in finding med stability..... When do you see your doctor again cc?.... Big hug....xo
cconfused71
cconfused71
I see my pdoc in January, pysch nurse 11/17. I did go to oncall doctor and she agreed for me to take 2.5 of my dose in morning but I cant makes me to tired, I am starting to calm down though. Im positive it was an episode. Now I am just exhausted, the waking up at 4 with the racing thoughts suck!
OlderCPer
OlderCPer
You need to see a Pdoc before 3 months from now...
MoobbusT
MoobbusT
At last after four years reading posts about BP, meds and how they work the penny is beggining to drop... the fog is slowly lifting thanks to everyone please keep it up :-)
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