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right after i was raped, i didn't tell anyone and i was acting strange so my parents automatically assumed i was crazy. not being able to fall asleep + dumping my boyfriend(who raped me)=crazy? i don't know. well anyway, they took me to a psychiatrist who ended up diagnosing me with every possible diagnosis he could think of. bipolar, borderline, schizophrenic, etc. never asked if anything had happened. but, he didn't tell me about any of this, he told my parents. he wrote a prescription for risperdal, which he said was a mild tranquilizer, and depakote. didn't tell me about any of this, assumed my parents would. so i go home, and my parents are like omg let's go to san diego! so they give me some food, and i fall asleep at 8 pm and am out until 11 am, and can't get out of bed that day. of course, i get yelled at because i'm "crazy" and won't get up. i find out later that day they sneaked the pills into my food. they said they wouldn't do it again, and they did.
well recently, i have come off my pills. well most of them, i still have one left. so i came off of them, and a few days after my mom finds out, i get really really dizzy and tired and sick feeling. no fever, didn't eat anything bad, nothing i could find out what was wrong. i thought maybe my blood pressure has gone up since getting off propranolol, i don't know. i couldn't think of anything else. so yesterday i told my mom i wasn't feeling well. the FIRST thing she says is did you change your meds? and i was like ......... yeah why? and she was saying how they always cause my issues. so last night i ate food from panda express, nothing they gave me. took it right out of the box, and felt fine. today i feel like i'm having withdrawals.
i don't know if i'm being paranoid, maybe i am, but i cannot trust them after they've already done this before. do you guys think it's a viable theory or should i go to the doctor or what? i don't want to ask them, because if they think i'm paranoid then they'll have more of a reason to hide pills in things.
by the way, i didn't throw any of the pills out so they wouldn't have had to get a new prescription, i forgot about them and left them in a drawer with my other pills.
well recently, i have come off my pills. well most of them, i still have one left. so i came off of them, and a few days after my mom finds out, i get really really dizzy and tired and sick feeling. no fever, didn't eat anything bad, nothing i could find out what was wrong. i thought maybe my blood pressure has gone up since getting off propranolol, i don't know. i couldn't think of anything else. so yesterday i told my mom i wasn't feeling well. the FIRST thing she says is did you change your meds? and i was like ......... yeah why? and she was saying how they always cause my issues. so last night i ate food from panda express, nothing they gave me. took it right out of the box, and felt fine. today i feel like i'm having withdrawals.
i don't know if i'm being paranoid, maybe i am, but i cannot trust them after they've already done this before. do you guys think it's a viable theory or should i go to the doctor or what? i don't want to ask them, because if they think i'm paranoid then they'll have more of a reason to hide pills in things.
by the way, i didn't throw any of the pills out so they wouldn't have had to get a new prescription, i forgot about them and left them in a drawer with my other pills.
I am so sorry this is happening to you, all I can say is try not to eat the food your parents give you and get out of their house if you can!
That aside- your profile says that you are 19, and in CA (so you are in the US) What this means is that legally your parents do not need to be involved in your health care / doctors appointments. Even if they are paying for it, you have the complete right to chose to have nothing be disclosed to them. So even if they call and give the doctors hell, the doctor legally cant tell them anything. (and if they do tell them anything, you need a new doctor because that is illegal)
That being said, I would look into a new doctor. The one you discribed sounds like a quack anyway. It is VERY unlikely you have so many things going on at once. And even if that were the case, it would take a whole lot of time to actually come to those conclusions. Not just have one appointment and suddenly you have a laundry list. It sounds like this doctor has something against thinking things through. Maybe he just gave you every diagnosis you showed a single symptom for, which is irresponsible. Especially considering he didn't ask you about anything relating to the possibility of past trauma, something they generally touch on when evaluating someone, it really looks like he is not very qualified. Plus in telling everything to your parents and not even informing you of your medications or your diagnosis is not only treating you like a child but Im pretty sure in this case there would be some legal issues because of your age.
And your parents drugging you? That is abuse and completely outright against the law. If it were me, I would tell them straight up if they do that again the police will be called. But that's just me.
You may have your own demons to take on but drugging someone's food because they dumped their boyfriend and have sleep issues - THEY sure seem like the "crazy" ones.
This is your mind and your body. Treat it well. Not all of these meds are without consequences, so be very careful of those doctor's appointments.
i can tell you now that i know you are 19 that the dr did break the law of patient dr confidentiality unless you sign a release allowing him to talk with them. (unless you were psychotic and out of it/then there are differnet laws)...
Also being 19 and drugged in you food by your parents is abuse... call them on it. make a police report so if it happens again there will be record of it. seek out you own psychiatrist even if you have to go to a reduced cost clinic so your parents arent involved.
I know alot of these drugs first hand -
been told to take something, trusted the dr and like you said didn't wake for a day and could not get out of bed literally. just zombified me... and you cant just stop these psych drugs - you have to wean off of them over a period of time or you will have withdrawl symptoms.
stop this craziness...
get the police notified
get a real psychiatrist
go to the er and tell them your story if you continue to feel awful...
we are here for you
(btw, i speak to you as a medical professional myself and as a patient; so i have knowledge from both sides of the fence.
oh lastly, report the doc you speak of to the medical licensing board in your state...it just takes a phone call.
best wishes and i am here for advice if you need it just pm me.
hugs, peace, and strength!