[OhKay]

I just want to let you know I'm okay.

[mymorgy]

I have been worried about you. So glad you checked in. Love
bobby

[bizi]

Thank you for letting us know.
(((((HUGS))))
bizi

[OhKay]

My depression got a little better after I reduced the gabapentin from 400 to 300mg, but I've been suffering from mild paranoia.

I called my pdoc yesterday morning and left a message. A secretary returned my call with a message from my pdoc telling me to go back up to 400mg of gabapentin because of the paranoia, and she will discuss things with me when she sees me on Monday…
I took 400mg again for the first time last night even though I don't think she made the right decision. I hope my depression and paranoia don't get worse again before I see her.

I've been checking in and keeping up with what's been going on with everyone. Even though I'm not posting, you're all in my thoughts

I'll start posting more when I feel better.

[bizi]

Sounds like a mixed mood, paranoia and depression. Very hard to treat.
thank you for checking in...I hope you feel better soon.
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

[mymorgy]

again thanks for checking in'love'bobby

[OhKay]

I went up to 800mg of seroquel because I recently had a mixed episode that was probably predominantly depression rather than mania like I'm used to. For about a month I mistook it for a flare up of ALL my anxiety disorders at once. I didn't realize it was a mixed episode, or episode at all for that matter, because I wasn't experiencing psychomotor agitation like I usually do when I have them, which is why I think it was more depression than mania.

I think the 50mg of seroquel (that's usually added to treat hypo/mania) to treat the episode was too much and that's when I became so depressed and paranoid. I tried lowering the seroquel by 25mg, but I can't tolerate it because I need it to treat other symptoms.

I may get a better opportunity to see what's going on once the extra 100mg of gabapentin starts doing whatever it's going to do. I'm not going to press the issue with my pdoc at this point. I'm safe, so will give it a couple of days.

[Dmom3005]

Kay

Since you said the 100 reduced couldn't be split in 1/2 so you could go down
just 50mg. How about if you took the 300 one day and the 400 the next.

I don't know if it would help or make a difference. I'd ask the pdoc if it
sounds like something that might work.

Donna

[Mari]

Kay,

Those mixed episodes are hard to dissect.

'Hoping for you that the gabapentin does what you need it to do.

M

[OhKay]

I've had a lot of mixed episodes, and it just doesn't feel like one to me. The only sx of a mixed episode on the manic spectrum is the paranoia, but I have plenty of symptoms of depression. IDK.

Unfortunately, I'm lacking some of the insight I usually have. As a whole, this is foreign to me, so I will do some research online, and maybe that will help me sort things out.

My thought is that my pdoc also thinks that this is a mixed episode. She hears "paranoia" and automatically thinks mania… and would rather keep me down vs. up because for me it's probably safer…
My depression was worse yesterday, but I expected that going back up to 400mg of Seroquel.