Within the last year I been to a psychiatrist, psychologist, and my doctor. I've had trouble with sleeping, stress, anxiety, paranoia and delusions. I've been diagnosed with anxiety (anxiety attacks), (manic) bi-polar, insomnia and depression and the psychologist told me i have behaviors and tendencies schizophrenic but I am not. I have a family history on both sides of schizo's, two uncles, a great uncle (fathers side) and an aunt and grandfather (mothers side). I was prescribed trazadone (150mg) for my insomnia/sleep problem, and told if my sleep was better the delusions would go away. I was given elavill (25 at first then up'd to 50mg) for depression, anxiety, and also as a sleep aid. I was getting good sleep on my trazadone but I was taken off because it caused me to get congested. Sleep worsened because i was taken off and they upd elavill. I normally never feel depressed and consider myself a generally joyous and happy person, but when I take the elavill I still can not sleep and it doesn't seem to help me and makes me feel "down", so they gave me zyprexa saying it would help with my anxiety and sleep as well. Both make me feel depressed and like shit all the time. The dr said benzos were last resort, that was 5 months ago. When will they actually give me something that will help with my anxiety and sleep? Do I switch doctors? What do I say, what do I do?
because you have no belief system built inside you to understand how elements work inside you.. get a PDR and a Element chart. do the math..
squibbles, treatment of mental illness is not an exact science - more like a poker game, really - they're using what they know about your symptoms to bet on the effectiveness of certain medications. What psychiatrists know is that there are certain sets of symptoms, and that there are certain medications available that have a certain set of effects, and that some of the sets of symptoms respond to some degree to certain of the medications in X percent of cases. What they try to do is go with the odds based on your set of symptoms when deciding which medication might help. Then if that doesn't work they try the next best idea, and so on. They experiment on you, basically, using educated guesses. They vary the dosages sometimes to see if that makes a difference. My stepdaughter went through this same process for years before she was placed in a hospital where the doctors found a combination of medications that control her disorder effectively. My daughter is now going through a similar process, and her current medications are nowhere near 100% effective. Her psychiatrist admits that in some cases they just can't completely control the symptoms, but they try to do the best they can with what they have. You just need to go through this experimentation process. You could try a different doctor, but you should probably give your current doctor a chance to run through his/her options first. It also often helps to get counseling to help you cope more effectively with your symptoms.
Squibbles, Have you ever tried talk therapy? Has it worked for you? If not you may need to see a new therapist. Finding a psychologist/psychiatrist sometimes means you must leave serveral before you find one that you feel REALLY understands you and what you are going through. You mentioned that you disagreed with some diagnoses. You don't have to just accept that. You can get a second and third opinion and go from there. Also, sometimes people are more/less sensitive to medications and this may be causing more problems in themselves. Would you ever consider alternative medicine such as meditation, exercise, yoga, etc.?
Have you tried using marijuana to treat your conditions? I currently am a medical marijuana patient for insomnia and anxiety. It has changed my life.
