Official Mental Health Thread

[Marie Monday]

Originally Posted by goldendoodle

I have returned from the mental hospital. According to the other patients it's the best psych ward in the area. It was a pretty laid-back place. There was only one awful tech (did not like how she spoke to the sweet schizophrenic girl), the rest were good. It was impossible to sleep there at night though, they (the night staff) were so noisy. Yelling across the hall and slamming doors for NO reason. But I had a fun little clique so it wasn't too terrible.

I went there just to get my medications sorted out as quickly as possible. I was tired of waiting a month between each appointment and medication adjustment, and frustrated with that particular doctor not wanting me to be on "too many meds" when clearly two is not enough (I feel I generally need either a mood stabilizer or antipsychotic to balance out an antidepressant, plus an anxiety med.) Well, that and I was pretty sure that I would start spiraling sharply downward within a couple weeks if I didn't commit myself and let someone else handle it. Sometimes I need to be forced to start taking meds again.

The doctor basically said they were trying to figure out if I was bipolar or not. But that's the diagnosis I got for now.

Am now on Buspar, Effexor, Doxepin, and Prazosin. (not sure why they gave me the Prazosin, forgot to ask and they didn't bother to explain that one). So far, the effexor is making me feel very AWAKE as though I've taken adderall but I assume that may pass. I just hope it doesn't make me manic like wellbutrin did.

The social worker made me appointments for a nearby therapist and psychiatrist so hopefully that works out also. The doctor got me an appointment at a sleep clinic so I can FINALLY find out if I have sleep apnea or not.

Originally Posted by Raime

Glad you're back, I'm back on my meds again as well. I'm not exactly where I want to be right now, but I've been doing stuff around the house, and not being as depressed and sleeping all of my time away. ****, I fixed up the rabbit corner so it looks a lot better now and rabbit pee will be super easy to clean if they have accidents now.

I'm so glad to hear that for both of you. It's not easy or to be taken for granted to take care of yourself (and your rabbits!) like that

[OccultHawk]

Def glad your back Chio

[Lucem Ferre]

The past week I've been getting a lot of those brain zaps and sleeping all the time and every single dream is a nightmare.

[WWWP]

I take it your effexor didn't get refilled?

[Key]

I've been off cigarettes for 2+ weeks now. Changed my diet a little bit and I've been feeling great mentally these past few weeks. A little change in routine can certainly make things feel new again.

[Lucem Ferre]

Originally Posted by WWWP

I take it your effexor didn't get refilled?

Haven't needed it yet.

[goldendoodle]

I read that Effexor withdrawal symptoms start after just one day, as soon as you miss your dose.

I've been on generic Effexor (as opposed to the XR version I had at the hospital) for the past couple days and I miss the energy the XR version gave me. Even though I was way too wired and my pupils were super dilated and I was bouncing off the walls. I could have used that energy to clean my room though.

[Lucem Ferre]

How do you know if it's generic or XR?

[goldendoodle]

It says so on the prescription label.

[Exo]

I'm back on Wellbutrin.

Just can't generate the motivation and drive to do pretty much anything on my own anymore. I'm not even particularly sad. I just don't want to do anything. My gf wants to go for walks all the time and I used to love walks and when she asks me it makes me almost physically ill. That's bad I spoke with my doctor and we decided to go back to the Wellbutrin to help with my drive.

I start back up tomorrow.