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Join Date: Dec 2012
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Posts: 685
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: N/A
Posts: 685
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I Can Relate
I am on Pristiq 50mg since January and in March M.D. raised to 100mg because I went in office upset because I needed a psychologist.I did not do the 100mg well.It physically jacked me up that I could not do anything because I was so fatigued. My TBI vestibular therapist told me I needed to get changed back to 50mg. She see's me 2 times a week and can tell how I feel.I was having trouble going to all my M.D.s appointments.That lasted 2weeks of dragging my feet and no motivation.
I went and demanded my dose back to 50mg.The withdraw was very bad that lasted about a week to get medicine back to a therapeutic blood level.
Why did he raise you?If you are not comfortable with this I would of demanded to not raise it!That's what I had learned about this whole PCS, that it is my body and if I do not want something then I do not have to.
This could cause you every 3months to miss more work because you will be going threw withdraw and you will not feel good. 
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What Happened: In 2011 I was in a MVA
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Symptoms: Physical: I am always cold in any season!!I cannot tolerate anything pressure on my head(sun glasses,hats)longer then a hour,Lock jaw/Displaced TMJ, Dropsey, Hands go numb, Arms go numb, back of head numb (when asleep),Muscle spasms in face & upper body,migraines, concentration headaches, dizziness, nausea, neck and back trauma (from accident), tinnitus, extreme light sensitivity, noise sensitivity, EXTREME fatigue, impaired vestibular system, balance off, Pupils NEVER equal, disrupted sleep cycles,speech problems.
Cognitive: Cognitive Behavior, Brain fog, impulsivity, speech problems, word finding problems, slowed processing speeds, impaired visual memory, impaired complex attention
Emotional: Unable to handle stress or overstimulation without getting extremely irritable or angry, easily overstimulated, MAJOR depression, major anxiety, Panic attacks
Treatment so far: Treatment for PCS,PTSD,Depression & panic,Vestibular therapy, Physical therapy, Vitamin Schedule,Walking,No Dairy, No eggs, No caffeine, No artificial coloring, Sleep with 2 pillows, Very little sugars consumed, Eat healthy,No alcohol, Medications, limit stress and overstimulation.
~*~Learn to treasure yourself and your Divinity. Be willing to accept yourself completely. Be yourself, be graceful, be kind, be wild, be weird ... be true to yourself~*~
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