Thanks Bizi, Mari and Waves.

When my wife called his office she talked to the secretary. She told her the whole story about my "noncomplience"

The secretary said something to the effect, "we're here to help him, we'll work that part out". That was nice.

Well, I went to my new pdoc last week. He advised we do away with my Seroquel (25mg) and 300mg of the 1200mg of lithium. And He added trazodone (25mg). He talked to me for very close to an hour to get background stuff.

When I left the office his secretary gave me his card and said for me to call anytime I needed, calls are free

So, after the 3rd day of no sleep (I went up from Trazodone 25mg to 50mg) I called him. Meantime I had to go back to seroquel for sanity reasons. So, when I called him I got his machine but he called back 3 times until we hooked up. I was starting to freak out a little because lack of sleep is a major trigger point for me.

He said he knows nobody who gets insomnia from trazodone so he wanted me to go to 100mg. That worked like a charm. I've been sleeping like a baby and have NONE of the hangover effects that came with seroquel.

So, the insomnia wasn't from the trazodone, it was removing a great sleeping aide (seroquel) and replacing it with not enough trazodone.

this is great.
YOu have a new pdoc who is responsive to you and actually called you back several times. that is great!
and congratulations on finding something to let you sleep.
thanks for the update!
bizi

(((Curlydawg)))

i'm really glad you have found a pdoc who is looking after you and sounds like he is really on top of those meds too! It is really hard to find doctors like that... sounds like a keeper.

aside... ugh... i hated Seroquel sleep paralysis, other hallucinations/color distortion, daytime total brainlessness... ugh ugh UGH sorry you had some of the same and so glad he got you off that stuff!

~ waves ~ wishing you continued wellness....

Bizi,
Yes, he calls me back...until he gets me

Waves,
Yes, I was definately glad to do away with the seroquel. From 200mg twice a day (I can barely remember those days ) down to 25mg once a day and finally swapping it out completely to trazadone.

That stuff sure does make you sleep good, but has some hard-to-deal-with side effects.

Curly

Curly,

how often are you supposed to see your pdoc?

how are you doing now?



~ waves ~

Waves,

Right now I'm seeing the pdoc once a month. Hopefully I'll cut back to every 3 months for the lithium bloodwork.

I feel like I am doing very well mood-wise. I'm sleeping good too.

I have some problems with memory and some issues with fuzzyness (can't figure out how to describe that one). Some of the fuzzyness may be sinus issues. 10 years ago I totalled a motorcycle and it cracked my skull almost all the way around my head, and went through both sinuses.

Well, I've totalled 4 bikes so maybe that's most of my issues, memory too

curly dog, and you still ride one????
I think I would be staying far away from any bikes...after your experiences with them.
yikes!

sorry about all of the trauma to your head....ouch that sounds painful!
bizi

Yeah, Maybe I should sell the harley huh When I totalled the last one and got the insurance money I showed my wife a picture of the new one I was gonna get. She said, "Don't you think God is trying to tell you something", and I said, "Yes, this is not how I'm gonna die". Of course I was still on some serious pain meds and she wasn't I still wear the leather jacket that the paramedics cut off of me (I stitched it back together) and I figure it can save me again

But on a serious note Bizi, as dangerous as it can be, I love to ride...sometimes it is my sanity.

"But on a serious note Bizi, as dangerous as it can be, I love to ride...sometimes it is my sanity."

I get it, curlydawg, I really do. Coming from me, though, I'm not sure what that tells you .