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Reaction to medication?

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Ok I don\'t know how to title this one, but here goes. The doc put me on xanax xr yesterday, normal dosage is .5 mg once a day, xr is extended release it lasts all day, Well doc put me on 3mg x3 times a day? So with that said he also put me on geodon (which I am afraid to take cause he doubled the max dosage on that.)Plus I don\'t like all the side effects it states to scary fo me. Anyway I have no family here and I had no clue how this was going to effect me. So I asked him, if he could just help by taking the girls with him so I could get used to it. Hell no, I took the dose last night, I am finding out now, that I wouldn\'t wake up, my kids were hysterical, my girls said that he stayed over to make sure everything went ok, my reaction to the meds and so forth. I told him I don\'t want to be alone with out an adult present, it was like pulling teeth. Well after last night, he may as well of said F me. I knew he was here to get the girls in bed. Somehow I ended up in my bed too, but I was woken up by my 4 year old screaming for him at 12 am, He left her here to fend for herself, while I was passed out from these meds. He knew she wasn\'t asleep, why wouldn\'t he just take her with him? Why would he do that? I called him when I was woken b up by my baby\'s scream for her dad. He came back over and again told my child he would be right downstairs. When I got up this morning he was gone. What are my alternatives other than going into the hospital? Till my body adjusts to this stuff.
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Please call your doctor\'s office and let them know about this side effect and that it\'s causing you a lot of distress.

Your doctor\'s office should also be able to refer you to services that can help. A home health care service may be able to send someone to be at your home overnight to help care for your kids while your meds have you asleep.

Good luck and please keep us updated on your situation. It sounds like it\'s been really scary for you!

-- Melissa
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I would really suggest you get in touch with your doctor immediately as well. It sounds as if you might have an overdose of the Geodon http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a699062.html (see the overdose section)
I have taken this med and am not a fan--but different meds for different people, right. Please, do call someone soon. Best to you and your beautiful girls!
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Hi all I hope everyones xmas was great mine was horrible. Well the Xanax xr taking that 3 times a day drove me nuts. I forgot things,basically I ended up in the hospital for 3 days, while at the hospital my husband used the reaction from the xaxax to get temporary custody of the girls, and restrain me from any contact with him or them. I can\'t even go to my house. I can\'t call the girls. I will see them on jan 5th for our hearing,to see if my rights get stripped. I am so Pissed at him. I have letters from doctors stating my reactions were from the meds, I am not Bi-polar YEAH. I did not overdose, He says I did. He also says he 302 me. they denied it, I went my own. My meds are all straightend out now. I just have to see my girls!!!!
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I am a nurse- Xanax is a bad antianxiety medication. Was there a medication error somewhere along the way!? This is not, NOT a normal dose of this. The doctor sounds like he made a terrible mistake and I think you need to pursue this further. I am sorry that this happened to you. All you can do now is focus on what YOU can do to make it better.

That is similar to what happened to me, I took time off work to avoid ending up in the hospital fearful of my ex holding it against me. I am better now, but going back to work has been difficult.

Wishing you well...
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dear momof4 so sorry to hear of you situation the same thing happened to me a little over six months ago i wounded up in the hospital with a breakdown due to my divorce situation and while there my husband took custody of our children and called cps on me it was a hard road in getting them back but in time i did. i hope nothing but the best for you i know exactly what you are going through just hang in there and keep praying and your girls will be home soon. good luck
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