Who Agrees That This Combination Is Too Much?

[suture11]

When I was put on these meds, I was not experiencing too much. I know I am a schizophrenic and meds are needed, but I was given a new doctor and she read my diagnosis and I am not shitting you she was like "Oh, Schizophrenic, not good. I need to give you meds to help." That day I walked out of the office with.

2 mg of Abilify
3 mg of Respirdone @ Bedtime
200 mg of Zoloft @ Breakfast
.25 mg of Respirdone @ Breakfast
.25 mg of Respirdone @ 3pm
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This was later for seizures, but I am on 100 mg of Lamotrigine given by a different doc.

Now, yes I understand that all of that was not given that very day, but the meds listed above were the ones I was going to be on for the duration of a year and a half. Those are the max doses of what she gave.

I went off of them in May and wasn't on any.

I recently have had some relapses with my Schiz and saw a NEW psych.

He gave me:
100 mg of Seroquel
100 mg of Lamotrigine

He says he will not give me any more meds unless I ask or a life depends on it. The Lamotrigine like I said, is for seizures. So technically, he only gave me one med.

I believe that my old psych really laid them on me unecessarily. That is my opinion. I mean I don't appreciate feeling like nothing...

Comments appreciated //_^

[dead]

what was the abilify for? If you don't mind me asking.

[suture11]

She gave me the Abilify to sleep I think, at that time I was so droned, I don't remember. It was also to supplement the other meds.

[dead]

Yeah, I've had bad experiences with it. Just wondering because it can be used for lots of different things(just to clarify)

[sebbie]

A doctor will look at your case and treat you accordingly, what they give you is what is perceived to be the best combination. Of course people differ person to person, so what effects you may not be the same for others.

If you have any concerns about your medications then its best to speak to them, you may get some changes or alternative drugs all together.

[INFERNO]

I think the first list is excessive. Respiderone as an anti-psychotic is able to knock you out pretty well, as are all anti-psychotics. Unless it didn't knock you out, which I think is rather unusual, then the abilify makes sense. However, having respiderone multiple times per day for a student (I presume you go to school or work) is not necessary. If the dosage doesn't work, then you increase it and you have it so it works for the entire day until bedtime. The half-life is usually long-enough (3-20 hrs) and if not, then a larger dosage should suffice.

The only reason I can see for the first regime is if you needed those medications at those times. Did you feel as if you were too knocked or droned out, or experiencing schizophrenic symptoms during 3 pm and breakfast?

The Zoloft I think is unnecessary because the anti-psychotics function perfectly well as a mood stabilizer and thus, are used as such. I'm assuming you have a diagnosis of some mood disorder, and so did you feel that the resperidone was unable to control it by itself?

The new regime looks on paper to be better. The Seroquel functions as an anti-psychotic and as a mood-stabilizer. It can also usually knock you out or drone you out. The half-life is about 26 hours so I assume you only take it once at bedtime and you take the anti-seizure medication also at bedtime (and any other time if it is necessary). The lamotrigine functions as both an anti-seizure and mood-stabilizer but I think it was given for the purpose you mentioned. Depending on how severe your symptoms of schizophrenia and mood disorder were, the lamotrigine may also be an add-on to address it at that level also. The half-life is pretty much equal to Seroquel's half-life so I assume you take it at bedtime also.

Overall, I think the second regime looks better. I don't even need to address my medical pharmacology book because it seems that blatantly obvious.