Guest guest Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 Greetings all Well I just joined and I have been reading ur post to get the feel of the group and thought I would post to get ur thoughts. I'm on two meds I would like to get ur thoughts on. 1) risperdal. I'm going to quit it cold turkey. Why cold turkey. because I can't even go to sleep on it it hurts my legs so bad at night I just want to cry. I toss and turn every night. I have to streach my legs out and pull them up in fetal postion just to try to make them hurt less. teapering is out of the question, I just hurt too bad. I have tried to tell my pdoc this and he has tried to help, but no relief. I have a real good doc, he is far from being a pill pusher. so he will understand. 2) seriquel I only take 25mg but since I have been on it I'm less paranoid and I worry less and I have less grandoise ideas. it seems to help me. yet I notice in the header for this group it is linked with meds that are addictive. is it? can anyone here tell me more about it? I took street drugs for years before I changed my life 20 years ago and I was really bad into street drugs, the heavy ones, and I refuse to take pain killers or anything that will cause me to get hooked on a drug. so I would like to know every bad thing u guys can tell me about it. I really hate to say it but right now all I have for it is good things. I don't need it for sleep I sleep fine without if, a good 7-8 hours but it takes the edge off the paranoia, and contstante worrie and me thinking I'm God. which I really need something for that because I really have too big of a thought brain in my head. so any feed back would be welcome and I'm open to any ideas. I was once on about 12 diffrent meds and I got down to just the few I'm on. topamax, seriquel, risperdal. so I'm doing good. I am stoping the risperdal tonight. I can't go through that another night of that kind of pain. Poneyboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 I have the best pdoc I have ever had in the last 11 years, I have only had him for the last 4 months but already he has ben the best one in the basket. he has really tried to limit the amount of meds I'm on and tried to understand I would reather go natural. I explained fish oil to him and he got that. vit c, vit B complex and vit E. so he is good at understanding what I want to do. As far as street drugs, pot, hash, acid, black beatuies, robbins eggs, coke, love, but never herion, hate needles toooooooooo much, almost faint when I have my blood test now. and lots and lots and lots of hard drink. and I'm only 37. no I started having problems before I started to use drugs thats why I turned to drugs to cover up the problems. and yes it is bipolar. had my first major breakdown when I was 25. the topamax has been a lifeboat, I'm scard to death to do without it. but I have been put on many bad meds over the years and I have gone through withdrawl and I hated it, it reminded me of the days in my youth. I realize that this is a group that is agianst the use of meds, but u have to understand where I came from and where I am today. I have been put through H*** by being put on diffrent meds and it "seems" the topamax and seriquil are right for me. I'm reluctent to just say no to meds that appear to work. I remember my life wiothout them and I hated it. I would like to hear as much info about seriquil as I can good or bad I can take it. just to hear a flat get off something that I have depended on for the last 11 years for no reason is a kill all, don't u think. if u are going to convert someone u don't do it in a day and tell them their whole life way of life is bad and what they are doing is bad, u ease them out of it and slowly teach them the new. be gentle here, go slow with us new ones. Poneyboy How has your pdoc tried to help you? Does he understand what these drugs do to you? And why exactly are you on this particular combination? Sounds like they are treating you for bi-polar. Did you have these problems before you took street drugs and is that why you medicated yourself? It must have been heroin if you're afraid to take pain killers. Most people end up worse than before they started these drugs. They cure nothing. They cause more problems. Stick around and we'll help you get off them, but be careful with the c/t. Did you say how much you were taking?? Blind Reason a novel of espionage and pharmaceutical intrigueThink your antidepressant is safe? Think again. An army of sheep led by a lion woulddefeat an army of lions led by a sheep.- Oriental proverbTo subscribe to the off-topic list go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/socialWandR/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 but I have been put on many bad meds over the years and I have gone through withdrawl and I hated it, it reminded me of the days in my youth. I realize that this is a group that is agianst the use of meds, but u have to understand where I came from and where I am today. I have been put through H*** by being put on diffrent meds and it "seems" the topamax and seriquil are right for me. I'm reluctent to just say no to meds that appear to work I realize that you believe the meds are helping you. Many people believe that when they come here. But most people who do wind up in this group are desperate to get off the meds they relied on for many years when they stop working or when the myriad side effects start rolling in, such as the ones you describe with Risperdal. So I suppose I have to ask the obvious dumb question, why ARE you here if not to get off the meds? I know you want to stop the Risperdal, but in the long run the drugs you are taking will also cause you many problems. It's not my place to convince you of that. There are plenty of articles in our archives that will spell out the dangers of psychiatric meds. We'll give you whatever support you need, but you also have to realize that many people on this list have been permanently damaged by these legal drugs, me included, so you'll also have a difficult time convincing us that these drugs work given what some of us have been through. So, how can we help you?? Blind Reason a novel of espionage and pharmaceutical intrigue Think your antidepressant is safe? Think again. An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. - Oriental proverb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 please forgive me if I come across as an a person who believes in meds, because I do not, I just have a fear of leaving behind something that I "feel" that works. I hope that came out right this time. I would rather take herbs and vits. but given what I've been through and put my family through I hate to change. I'm scared to try but I'm willing to try with some meds. like I said I was on about 12 before, so u can see where I have come from and where I am today. I feel that I have made some serious progress. I had to take hale a risperdal last night and I did hurt from it. I guess I will take half for a few weeks till I can get over it. that is one reason why I am here, the second is like I have stated, when I was crusing the drug groups, I noticed this one had seriquil listed among drugs that are considered addictive, and I am wondering if anyone here really knows if it is? before I take a med a doctor gives me I look it up and I did not see anything about seriquil but they did not list it on other meds they were either so I don't know. I don't want anyone here to get the impression that I would rather take meds or believe in meds over natural I don't. I just have a good memory of what life was like before and it scares the life out of me to think what life could be like without them. but like I have said. from 12 to 3 is progress. Poneyboy "The Needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few...or the one" Spock Star Trek IIThe Wrath of Kahn. Re: risperdal Poneyboy but I have been put on many bad meds over the years and I have gone through withdrawl and I hated it, it reminded me of the days in my youth. I realize that this is a group that is agianst the use of meds, but u have to understand where I came from and where I am today. I have been put through H*** by being put on diffrent meds and it "seems" the topamax and seriquil are right for me. I'm reluctent to just say no to meds that appear to workI realize that you believe the meds are helping you. Many people believe that when they come here. But most people who do wind up in this group are desperate to get off the meds they relied on for many years when they stop working or when the myriad side effects start rolling in, such as the ones you describe with Risperdal. So I suppose I have to ask the obvious dumb question, why ARE you here if not to get off the meds? I know you want to stop the Risperdal, but in the long run the drugs you are taking will also cause you many problems. It's not my place to convince you of that. There are plenty of articles in our archives that will spell out the dangers of psychiatric meds. We'll give you whatever support you need, but you also have to realize that many people on this list have been permanently damaged by these legal drugs, me included, so you'll also have a difficult time convincing us that these drugs work given what some of us have been through. So, how Blind Reason a novel of espionage and pharmaceutical intrigueThink your antidepressant is safe? Think again. An army of sheep led by a lion woulddefeat an army of lions led by a sheep.- Oriental proverbTo subscribe to the off-topic list go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/socialWandR/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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