pyscotic episode to drugs

[uk2]

Hi Guys,

sorry for spelling in title, i am being taken off lyrica slowly and conazpam and was immediatly taken off miripexin (dopimine drug) as i had a pyscotic episode, i was nearly sectioned and the whole thing was the most scary two weeks of my life, it was about 6 weeks ago now but it was due to a cocktail of drugs i was on at the time i was also on a opiod pain patch as welland acupan as well.

i was like a zoombie!! i had kidney infection after kidney infection as the drugs make you retain urine and my rheumy was writing to my dr and telling me to put me on this then that my poor body.

sertraline (antidepressant) 50mg
I am still on 2mg of clonazapam
300mg of lyrica a day
over the counter pain killers
fentanal pain patches (opiod) 75 change every 3 days releases every hour into your system

I have found out of all the drugs the pain patch to work the best although i have had to go up and up on it.

coming off the lyrica like the dr made me in one week was the worst thing they could have done sent me into a major flare that nobody could control and then shoved every drug they could at me that sent me heywire.

I'm posted this out there to see if anybody else has had trouble with such drugs and if there medical team (rememebering i am in the UK) is as silly as mine if it were not for one dr there at my practise who has now taken over my care taken me off the combi of drugs who knows where my mind might be!!

It has changed my personality, in fact my husband has left the strain was too much so now i am a singal mum with 3 kids and having to rely on the state to care for me.

sam

[julia111]

Hi Sam,

I saw your recent post on the MS forum where I like to hang out - even though my dx. is Fibromyalgia.

I haven't had the stregnth to post as I am in a bad flare-up now after tapering off of Lyrica.  I was on it for about 6 weeks and experienced terrible side effects - trouble speaking and driving and I was a very loopy.  The tapering off for a week was awful.  I'll write more later - just wanted to say hi.

Take care,  Julia

[uk2]

Hi

Thats really interseting that you had a psychotic episode and was on fentanol patches as i was the parkinson drug before and then the dr put me on fentanol patches which took away the pain, she put down the episode to the miripexin (parkinson drug) and the acupan (pain killer) that he had put me on and never suggested the patches could be down to it, but it was the newest and nearest drug that i was put on to the episode and i think it could be this as i still have really bad vivid dreams and trip out alot and am very aggressive at times and know this is down to the drugs.

My husband too has anger and controlling issues and is one of my triggars but with 3 young children and being so disabled by this and not having any family and being in a remote village i feel i need him as as much as the friends and church do they cant be there to put them to bed at night or bath them, my cares cook and clean as much as they can in the time they have but they cant care for my children it is too much.

I hope you can return to work soon.

What is the difference betweeen the fentanol and the lioderm patches? are lidoderm still a opiod like fentanol?

sam

[Purpleghostorchid]

Hi, I had a psychotic episode after being on fentanol pain patches for just a few weeks. I was hallucinating, having vivid dreams and felt really sedated. I use Lidoderm patches instead and don't have any side effects from it. I LOVE Lyrica and wouldn't give it up for nothing or anyone -- I would certainly challenge my dr before giving it up.

I'm sorry your hubby left you and your children. Concentrate on getting better and if you and he work it out later then it was meant to be. If not, good riddens, you don't need the extra stress. My hubby becomes very abusive when I can't work (like now). He is one of my main 'triggers" and wish there was another way for us to work things out.

Do what's best for you and your children. All the best to you.