wow i feel like i am going crazy and cant control it!

[beersy]

i am pushing everyone away from me including my husband my kids and all my friends.  i am tired and irratable and biting everyones heads off . my doctor switched my meds she took me off ativan and lexapro and put me of seroquil and trileptal.  i am in sweats all night i have a major headache i am so tired... i dont understand can someone please help me

[farraway]

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[Germur]

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[irishwriter]

have you tried to expain to family what is going on with you during quieter times? and try and get your husband to educate himself a little more about the disease. meds can take a long time to get the right combination so you could talk to pdoc about extreme irriation and he might tweak your meds until you find the right ones for you. i am on lamictalm, seroquel, thyroxine, eltryptophan, lexapro, xanax and klonopin whice seems finally the right combo to make me see a light at the end of the tunnel. good luck with treatment and let us know how you get on.

[ILADVOCATE]

Well that's complex. Atypical antipsychotics are used as mood stabilizers but they do work well in this regard. And psychosis can come from a variety of psychiatric disabilities but anti-psychotics are what are used. Its in the same manner that seizures can come from a variety of disabilities but the same anti-convulsants might be used. Over time though they are beginning to understand what specific medications might help particular people genetically and how to prescribe them and in the future they will have a far greater understanding of that. As for cardiac problems (to take your example) my grandfather just passed on (at the age of 94) but 6 years ago he was told that if he did not have a heart operation he had six months to live. All the doctors concured. And the operation was successful and he was basically given another half decade of life. If I find a particular doctor or psychiatrist not to be helpful in any regard I bring them information that I believe might be of use to them. They don't always accept the ideas (after researching them they may find they are ineffective or dangerous) but they often do. Its best to educate yourself as you have. The more knowledgable you are on your own treatment the better response you'll get regardless of what medication you take.

[adel_ezz]

the meds business unfortunately is mostly trial and error. what works for you doesn't necessarily work for others. From what you took, lexapro it's an AD and possibly the reaon of your anxiety, yet it calms people down too. But how come your pdoc took off an AD and put you on one AC and one AP i see the two combos unrelated. But i can explain the headache and your excess sweating. The headache is from trileptal but it can subside with time, I had tegretol before and it gave me headache then it becomes less and less. Trileptal is the weaker version of tegretol which docs in the USA don't prescribe anymore as it's interactive sometimes with other meds. The English school commonwealth australia etc.. go by the 3 old and classical mood stabilizers: sodium valporate (depakine/depakote), cabamepazine (tegretol) and lithium those are the 3 main MS for ages but even this school although in their books/guides recommend these 3 they started to switch to the american school lamotrigine (lamictal) which is very good with less side effects except 1/1000 of people getting rash, as to an AP the abilify.

Now for the sweating it's from the seroquel but you will be accustomed to it. In my view (not a pdoc) but from experience of others most people like seroquel including me especially it puts off the mania quickly.

One thing i advise you is to get a good pdoc and to get the right diagnosis. It doesn't necessarily mean that when you take meds of BP you are BP no. Unfortunately medicine tries to cure the symptoms and not the cause or illness. So some pdocs tell you the name of the disease is unimportant what matters is the symptom. You know if the same person consults a hundred pdocs, you will be amazed to discover that no two pdocs agree on the same medications, meaning simply that medicine is more of an art than science when it comes to cure. My mother for example had an AF lately (heart problem) we consulted 8 cardiologists and 6 open-heart surgeons, 50% said operation is inevitable and 50% said sure no. One was French, one British and the rest egyptians. Upon sending the investigations, echo's, CT etc.. to France to a big hospital there, they had a consolto, meaning a group of doctors, they said the case is not conclusive. Now i am an engineer in all my career either this is right or wrong, unfortunately this is not so in medicine. So be patient it will take some time to find the right coktail, but my experience the less no of drugs you take is better
good luck    

[freebird227]

It sounds like you need to put in sos call to your podc.The mood swings and irratability are probally comming from the med change. Sometimes you have to give time,,,,time.In the meantime try to talk with your husband and see if he can offer you some support while you adjust to the new meds.
And remember meds are important but so is your willingness to at least try something different to help with the mood swings.Something physical always helps me.Watch out for sensory overload, turn the tv off, play soothing music instead.A couple of suggestions, now see what you can come up with. Good Luck

[velvetvenus]

you need to call your doctor, maybe you need different meds. have you been on the new meds for at least a few weeks? sometimes side effects will go away but it sounds like you are in a bad spot with your moods. if these meds don't work, try try again. you have to be patient and persistant in trying new combinations of meds. did ativan work? if it did you may need that back. i feel like i'm going crazy very often, i get irritable and have anger outbursts but try not to push your family away. remember they are the loves of your life and you just may need a change of medicine. be honest with your doctor and make a list if you need to as to not leave anything out. start a journal and try to sort out your feelings or go to therapy. when i get really irritable i try to do something physical to get my frustrations out, like a walk or exercise. i tried seroquil one time and it didn't work for me but everyone is different. i take prozac, abilify, xanax, and vyvanse (for adhd). just keep trying and pray if you believe in god, it helps me and couldn't hurt anyway.