Dear friend,
forgive me my memory...
are you taking a mood stabilizer?
Is seroquel the only medication that they gave you?
klonipin lasts longer than the xanax so you don't have to take it so many times through out the day. It is really good at controlling anxiety at the right dose.
can';t believe they gave you only 12 pills of seroquel....ugh!
and I jsut think it is inhumane that they have not gotten you a therapist yet.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

So sorry ((((BrokenFriend)))). You deserve better than that from your family.

Hope you can find some meds that help. Sending hugs and prayers.

She gave me 12 pills to cut in half,and take it when I feel anxiety,and the pain. The pain in my chest from anxiety really concerns me. It hurt's on top of all the anxiety. I stopped drinking in 1981,and the pain developed some time after that.

I was sure that I was having a heart attack,but it turned out to be the anxiety. I don't know anyone else who has this anxiety symptom. It affects most of the middle,to the left side of my body,and goes to the left side of my back. I've worn out t shirts,and sweaters right in the middle of them from rubbing the pain. It's happening right now.

I tell my doctors,and my NP, but they just do not get it. I tell them the other symptoms,and I think that they can only take in part of it,and treat part of it. I tell them everything. Even when I was a teenager,and I had panic attacks,and I felt my throat squeezing in,though it was my imagination,the panic attack made it seem so real. I was playing around with a pea shooter straw,and the pea went backwards. I thought that the pea was still in my throat. This started a chain of panic attacks.

The doctors where of no help,and they didn't know what was going on. It was about 1965. I got over that phobia,and developed more,and more. The anxiety was bad,and the back of my neck shook some times. I had stiffness in the back of my neck in those days that would go up to the back of my ears,and a whole lot of bad sensations. I could go on,and on but you might remember some of these things when I wrote all this out when I first came to the forum.

People have never understood these anxiety manifestations that I have been trying to tell them for years. That's why I understand people who have problems who are not understood. I don't expect to be understood anymore. The road has been long,and the doctors have made to many mistakes. People don't understand,and I see them slowly back away. That's what my sister is doing. She doesn't understand it, and has become hostile. She has calmed down some though. I thought that my Dad understood,but he,and my sister must have talked,and they both turned away from me,and my dad talked very degrading to me on the phone recently.That's how he talked to me when I was growing up. I would think no.no.no. You don't understand dad. Then I realized he just didn't want to hear my problems anymore,and he cast me off,and out of his mind. My sister said one day,"Now you are affecting me!" I haven't tried to to anything to them. I guess my problems are too intense for them. I didn't expect them to decide to cast me away. This makes me hurt with rejection. I can't help this condition. I'm a nice person. I don't know whats going on. I am a moral,desent person with good conduct. I just don't know what to do. BF

I'm on a very low dose of Xanax(The generic form) They give me 5, 0.25 Mg a day. This dose doesn't put a dent in my anxiety,but it's better then nothing. I'm on 250 Mg.s of Luvox for the OCD. The seroquel is a anti psychotic. I have to take Imodium,and Pepsid,because these conditions bother my digestion.

The Seroquel is 50 Mg.s,and she said break it in half to take it ,and see if it helps me when I go into one of those anxiety,mania events. There are so many sides to this illness. I feel a little paranoid sometimes. So She actually gave me 24 doses. I guess I can call her to prescribe me more. I don't know how much it cost. BF

WEll maybe you should start drinking again....
Seriously....I don't know...we self medicate when doctors don't listen to us or treat us right...or just to make the pain go away. Alcohol is a good drug unfortunately is addictive as well so you have to be careful.
bizi

Dear Friend,

I don't think that Seroquel works like that. It has to be taken everyday at a high enough dose. 50 is low -ish. 25 is very low and helps with sleep but not the other symptoms you mention.
I'm not an expert and I do not have personal experience with Seroquel but her way really sounds dumb to me.
Why does she have you breaking it? Is she giving you samples?

Here is some info on Seroquel:
http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Sec...ContentID=8190
It does not work right away like Xanax. A person has to take it a little while to feel the benefits.

Seroquel is an expensive drug. It is not available in generic in the US.


You need to get those people to treat your anxiety according to accepted protocols. You need to find a way to get them to change, or else get someone else to treat you.

Also, stop waiting patiently between appointments.
Call them on Friday and tell them that you are in a bad way and need more help.
Ask to see them.
If they won't, go to emergency services.

Find a way to get proper treatment. It will be worth the fight.
People can sometimes improve drmatically with the right medications. You deserve the chance to get better.

mari

risperdal is an antipsychotic and it helps with obsessive thinking...
Bobby


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not enough medication....They said try 25mg of seroquel,
some people take 200mg at night to sleep.
a friend of mine takes 50mg 3xday for her anxiety.
this is not acceptable.
Risperdal does sound like it may help you.
bizi

I have to laugh.Silly Silly

I was a alcoholic,and a son of a alcoholic,and it was harming my liver.

Thanks for the advise anyway. Still laughing. Free from alcohol addiction for 27 years.

keep giving me ideas though. I have to take the crap the doctors give me. BF

Thanks for the input. I didn't know it was expensive. I've told both the doctor,and the NP that I'm running out of money. I wonder if they hear what I'm saying. Thanks for letting me know. She didn't tell me. BF