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Old 09-12-2015, 01:46 AM
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Thank you Kay. Yes,I've been taking Seroquel for years. I have this weekly pill tray with four compartments for each day. I take Seroquel two times a day. Twenty five Mgs at dinner time,and 600 Mgs before bed. Taking the meds help stop a relapse before it gets started.

At one time I was under medicated in the 80's. I was very troubled,but some how I got through it. I was crawling up the walls,and started having pains in my chest,that went through to my back,and went up to my left arm pit area.

I started taking meds for OCD around 1990,and I could tell it was helping. They changed my med to Luvox around the mid-90's. It was better then the other OCD medication.

I've been on the Xanax type medication for many years. It's vital to keep the dose small, so it can work over the long run. If people take more,and more Xanax,that can start problems,and then it stops working all together.

In the late 90's,to 2005,I started crawling the walls at work,and became very agitated. I was infuriated about the way I was treated at work. I forgive them,because they know not what they were doing. In 2006,I became hyper, agitated ,anxious , depressed, panic/afraid,and etc. I with drew from the public,and moved to where most of my family lives,and was changed to a team of medical professionals,and put on Seroquel,and the other medications,and I was able to sleep. I noticed that my hyper type feeling had calmed down somewhat.

I am aware that I'll be on these medications for the rest of my life. I hope that they develop better medications.

What the Country needs to do is help people with mental health issues like they do with physical problems,but they don't. They must stop stigmatizing people who have these problems. Like I've said before,we didn't stand in line before life to get these mental health issues. We can't chose,and are stuck with the affliction like people with physical ailments. I don't see much public compassion for people with mental health issues. People fall between the cracks,and are stigmatized.

This is a major blind spot right out in front of doctors practicing medicine. They need to drop the prices of mental health treatment,because the person who is going through mental health issues won't be able to afford it more then likely if it's bad enough.

The news is way out of line when they have been talking about "Mental Problems" recently on the news. They should talk about the difference between sociopath type behavior,and people who have mental health issues. BF
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