I like that

I decided to stick it out yesterday and didn't take the Seroquel.

I took 25mg of Seroquel first this morning. It can't stand alone. Apparently pairing it with 1mg of Klonopin isn't enough today either.

Today I'm going to try taking 0.5mg more of Klonopin to see what happens. I don't want to take another 25mg of Seroquel on top of what I've already taken Tomorrow I'm going to skip the Klonopin and take 50mg of Seroquel- omitting the Klonopin should help with the sedation.


Not too long ago I was 113lb at 5'8". My goal was to get up to 130-145. Thanks to Twinkies and Seroquel I'm at 135 now- finally a healthy weight. But I was so used to looking in the mirror and seeing a bag of bones I feel like I'm fat now. My body image is warped. I'm going to have to get my butt on the exercise bike. Maybe if I build up a little muscle I won't feel as bad. I should be on there anyway. My gait is worse because I'm not getting out and using my legs. In the past, my legs have only allowed 3 minutes at a time though. I'll probably have to work back up to that. My regular exercises are really only for ROM.

I surprised myself... 4.5min on the bike.

And the extra .5mg of Klonopin took care of the anxiety. I'm going to abandon the previous plan and try 1.5mg tomorrow.

that is fantastic!
bobby

I hope you find what works for you ASAP!
congratulations on getting on the bike!!!
bizi

I tried 1.5mg of Klonopin this morning and it did the job.

I see pdoc tomorrow. I don't know how happy she'll be that I took it upon myself to take more Klonopin than ordered, but I'll be honest. 50mg of Seroquel may do the job, but the Klonopin is less sedating.

No exercise bike yet today. I'm stuck at the DMV waiting to get a non-driver's ID. I think I'll die here waiting. At least I'll make a pretty corpse... I put on make up for the first time in an eon... Hoping my picture will be less horrendous.

Hi Kay. The problem about the Klonopin is that it is one of those drugs that will stop working when you take a large dose over a period of time. Dependence comes after that.

I wish that those type of meds worked over a long period of time at a high dose, but they don't. I wish that they did. OOOHHH is wish that they would work like that.

I'm on a small dose of Xanax with Seroquel,and Luvox. I wish that I had the answers. BF

Kay

Sounds like your doing pretty good.

Donna

I'm going to take your advice BF... I often feel like you understand a lot of what I'm going through, and that it goes beyond the fact that we both take Seroquel.

I'm not going to try to take the 1.5mg of Klonopin again until I talk to my pdoc. I don't think she'll like it either.

I want to reiterate that you were right about the Seroquel weight gain- at least 10lbs of what I gained is thanks to it.

and Thanks,
Kay

Thank you Donna, I am doing a lot better! I'm even!

I took 1mg of Klonopin + 25mg of Seroquel and am "okay." I'm not going beyond that today.
I'm going to jump right into the deep end tomorrow, take 50mg of Seroquel and see how sedating it is. My husband will be home all day. There will be plenty of opportunity for conversation, so I'll be able to see how it effects my cognitive function, too.

My pdoc appointment was cancelled and rescheduled for Monday. At least I'll have more information about my anxiety test projects for her by then. I'm keeping notes. I don't know if it's going to be realistic for me to get rid of all my anxiety without an amount of sedation I'm comfortable with, but we'll see what she says. I'm leaning towards accepting some anxiety over sedation.

My case manager called and she is discharging me because I'm stable, even though it's only been for a couple of weeks, and she knows my history. The plan is for me, my husband, or the hospital to call my PCP to request a new referral if I become out of control again?

My left side is my weak side and I tend to lean that way. Between the exercise bike and sitting on the hard wooden bench for almost 3hrs at the DMV yesterday I have a sore red spot (the beginnings of a pressure sore) on my left butt cheek now. Not my first, so I know how to handle them. No exercise bike for a while... For (expletive's) sake- it was 4min!

Kay

Hi Kay. Please be careful concerning those sores. My sister developed a sore that turned into a bed sore awhile back,and she had to go though an extended stay at a hospital,and months of rehabilitation at a facility outside of the hospital. It took the whole family by surprise. BF