medications

When I first started getting sick four years ago, it started with stomach pain. I thought no bother just an upset stomach I'll live. Then a week passed then two weeks then three. I thought huh that's odd but I'll get over it soon. After two months passed I thought right okay I'll go to the doctor I probably just need antibiotics or something.

I was prescribed buscopan and lansoprazole. Sent for blood tests and handed in a few samples for testing for like helicobacter. But everything came back clear. After another two months went passed and I wasn't any better I went back to the doctor. A few more tests got told there wasn't anything wrong with me probably because of my weight and mental health. Got told to loose some weight and put on anti depressants.

I lost a bit of weight took the antidepressants and got on with my life. I silently got on with it and ignored the pain as best I could. Four months went passed and I was exhausted. I'm pretty sure the GP thought I was wasting his time. I mean 20 year old females who are overweight and have a history of depression and anxiety don't have any other issues? Right?

A year came and went I was still dealing with the pain and fatigue. My joints were hurting on top of it all too. I didn't go out with friends I didn't drink I had tried every diet I could come up with. Nothing so I found a different doctor. I was switched from paroxitine to fluoxetine. I also switched the lansoprazole to omeprazole. My pain didn't get any better so I stopped going to the doctor I mean you heard them? There is nothing wrong with you. It's been a tough few years, your just depressed.

A year and a half came so I thought here let's give the GP another go. Benefit of the doubt, this time I saw a female doctor she up my antidepressants, gave me propanol, switch omeprazole to famotodine and then esomeprozle. Finally she did something else that no other doctor did, I was referred to a gastroenterologist. They then did a endoscopy and found a few things but nothing serious. Things were looking up I was being taken seriously

Then I moved from Scotland to England I registered with a new GP and I was back at square one. The doctor thought it was my mental health so he referred me. On my last appointment with him I faked being happy and put a big smile on it was like I was trying to prove to him "hey look at me I'm happy but still in pain please help" he finally referred me back to gastroenterology.

For four years I've been living with this stomach pain, joint pain and more I do have bpd, depression, anxiety, PTSD autism and ADHD but apart from that no firm answers on what causes my pain. The worst part I've done this all alone when I had my endoscopy? My parents thought I went to a job interview. Like the doctors they think there is nothing wrong with me. Since I moved to England four months ago we haven't spoken.

I hate how lonely all of this is. I'm on 13 medications and I am exhausted. I spend most of my weekends sleeping. I don't drink, I'm vegan, I exercise when I can and I work full time. I do everything right everything I'm supposed to so I can be healthy and yet I'm not. Chronic pain is so unfair. #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #Depression #Anxiety #PTSD #BPD #medications #Doctors #lonley

Hello Everyone!

I have the diagnoses of Schizo-affective, PTSD, anxiety, and T1D and currently really struggling with managing my symptoms. I am currently taking a very high dose clozapine, anti-psychotic, at 850mg and still not at a therapeutic level. I am questioning whether this medication, clozapine is worth exploring more...Does anybody have any similar experiences with it? Or are there any other medications that others may use to treat their schizo-affective disorder?

#SchizoaffectiveDisorder #PTSD #Anxiety #T1D #medications

I’m curious to know everyone’s thoughts / experiences on these 3 fibromyalgia medications.
Duloxetine (Cymbalta)
Milnacipran (Savella)
Pregabalin (Lyrica)
#Fibromyalgia #medications

I lost count the number of antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, etc. I've been over the last 17 years. I know its 20 plus. So I saw my psychiatrist today and recommend Ketamine infusion therapy. He indicated that there are other medications I could try if I wanted but he didn't seem to have much hope for them. If this doesn't work I guess I'm on to ECT. I knew I would get here pretty much the end of the road where they've got nothing left to throw at me. #medications #KetamineTreatment

Lately my ADHD had been out of control, to put it lightly. It was suggested to me to try Adderall withhow bad it's been, so I spoke with my psychiatrist about it and he prescribed me a decent dose. Upon taking my first dose, I pretty well feel like a whole new person. My mind isn't racing, I can actually concentrate and slow down, I'm less impulsive, and I can still eat and hold conversations, just while calm and collected overall. It's a really nice feeling and I can't say what will work for everyone, but this prescription is definitely already helping me and my ADHD symptoms. I highly recommend it to those that can and should take it (and obviously don't take it if you want to use it unsafely or for recreational purposes. Anyways, just thought I'd share my happy news. I am enrolled to start college full-time extremely soon and I finally feel ready for it upon taking this medication. I'm so glad someone recommended it to me. ❤ #feelinggrateful #ADHD #AdultADHD #AttentionDeficitHyperactivityDisorder #medications #trialanderror #grateful

I've been having some issues with the psychiatric medications I'm currently taking that were prescribed by my psychiatrist. For example, lorazepam (Ativan) helps a lot with my anxiety, however, it makes me feel sleepy which is problematic since being alert during the day is important (especially with full-time college coming up soon for me). Then with antipsychotics, I need to take them but they also either seem to just knock me out and/or cause major weight gain (which is also unhelpful minus with my insomnia, but it causes extreme daytime drowsiness and I've also struggled with an eating disorder on and off for the past 11 years, so that can just trigger me to relapse into unhealthy eating habits).

I would ask my psychiatrist personally but he's very quick during appointments and basically just prescribes a pill then sends me on my way.

Anyways, to go back to the lorazepam/ativan issue, I also worry a bit about the addictive quality of that medication due to my addictive personality & tendencies both in the past and present.

But I don't know of a better alternative and I'm tight on money so (since most psychiatric medications are free in Ontario), my best option financially speaking is to take prescription psychiatric medications, since I don't have to pay for them. I'm on ODSP (Ontario long-term disability), so finances are extremely tight/I'm in poverty (note: I'm not being dramatic here, that is a genuine fact and you can look it up yourself if you don't believe me).

Anyways, basically my question is, how can I determine which psychiatric medications I should take when my psychiatrist isn't thorough or even borderline malpractices (and doesn't even give me drug info when giving me new prescriptions), and there's very long waitlists to get a new psychiatrist? Should I just call a pharmacist and see what they'd recommend maybe or should I not because psychiatric medications aren't necessarily their specialty (since that's what psychiatrists specialize in)?

I don't know what to do and I feel like my doctors don't either.

#MentalHealth #treatment #Doctors
#Psychiatry #Psychiatrists #Psychmeds #medications #MentalIllness #comorbidity #ADHD #Insomnia #SideEffects #comorbid #Anxiety #Mania

Now let me start by saying I'm not adverse to opioids in the right circumstances, but we all know what a mess Purdue Pharma and others have made. Anyhow, my partner's back conditions continue to worsen. He's tried every single treatment available to him. Nothing works except a Radio Frequency Ablation which has to be done every 6 months. At the end of the 6 months period last time he had a job change which of course means a change of health insurance. He went from BCBS which was amazing for him to United Health Care and Oxford. They have basically tried to kill him over and over again.
Their latest idea was to put him through unnecessary test injections before the RFA which they openly approved as medically necessary. Then even though he had over 80 percent reduction in pain, they denied it as not medically necessary. They did it all through the appeals process and it is abhorrent.
Then the other day we get a call from one of the insurance reps asking about his conditions and openly pushing opioids as an alternative to the surgery when he first off can't take them because the interactions with his medications (which he had just finished confirming his med list with the rep) would be catastrophic. It is just beyond horrific honestly. And after the first no I'm good on Opioids, that should have been the end of it. In fact it shouldn't have even been brought up by them as a suggestion. It was terrifying honestly to think that this is still happening despite court cases and the amount of public backlash and everything. Direct from the of course publically traded United Health Care (and of course the whole Optum Pharmacy management branch who they own). I am appalled. I am disgusted. I am beyond enraged.
#opiod #medications #AnkylosingSpondylitis #MentalHealth #Fibromyalgia #CPTSD #ChronicIllness #Migraine #UnitedHealthCare #HealthInsurance #ADHD