Another sleepless night. It is 1:30 A.M. Restoril is not working for me at all. I need a different sleep medication. Tomorrow I go to the doctor, and I'll be discussing a few things:
-Abilify needs to be increased, but it's making me vomit everyday (since I started it)
-Klonopin .5 milligrams is not working for the akathesia I have or the anxiety
-Inderal is not working for the akathesia right now either
-Akathesia has been increased since I started on Abilify
-I cannot sleep, and I need to sleep really badly. Ambien did not work in the hospital, when they tried it at a high dose, and Klonopin and Restoril are not working now.
-I need to GET OFF INVEGA because I have gained 70 pounds on it, and that is just unacceptable. I am continuing to gain weight on it all the time.
This is quite a list. My doctor can't resolve most of this in one visit, and some of it will likely never be resolved. My doctor agreed to take me off of Seroquel since I was on two weight-gaining drugs, and overall I've gained 100 pounds in the past two years on antipsychotic medications. The trouble is, when I took Abilify in the past it didn't work, and when I took Geodon I had bad reactions. As you might know, of all the newer antipsychotic medications out there, those two are the only two that are not known for causing significant weight gain.
So I am taking Abilify again, even though it didn't work the first time around, because the idea is that if they combine it for a while with the Invega, then it might work. And eventually, if the Abilify becomes effective on its own, I can stop the Invega, and then maybe I can finally be successful at losing some of this excess weight I've gained.
My doctor agreed to this already; it's just that I don't know how long it's going to take to get the Abilify to work, and I've been on Invega for the past 9 months. I have continued gaining weight that whole time, even when I was trying to lose weight.
I will see what the doctor says and let you know...
-Abilify needs to be increased, but it's making me vomit everyday (since I started it)
-Klonopin .5 milligrams is not working for the akathesia I have or the anxiety
-Inderal is not working for the akathesia right now either
-Akathesia has been increased since I started on Abilify
-I cannot sleep, and I need to sleep really badly. Ambien did not work in the hospital, when they tried it at a high dose, and Klonopin and Restoril are not working now.
-I need to GET OFF INVEGA because I have gained 70 pounds on it, and that is just unacceptable. I am continuing to gain weight on it all the time.
This is quite a list. My doctor can't resolve most of this in one visit, and some of it will likely never be resolved. My doctor agreed to take me off of Seroquel since I was on two weight-gaining drugs, and overall I've gained 100 pounds in the past two years on antipsychotic medications. The trouble is, when I took Abilify in the past it didn't work, and when I took Geodon I had bad reactions. As you might know, of all the newer antipsychotic medications out there, those two are the only two that are not known for causing significant weight gain.
So I am taking Abilify again, even though it didn't work the first time around, because the idea is that if they combine it for a while with the Invega, then it might work. And eventually, if the Abilify becomes effective on its own, I can stop the Invega, and then maybe I can finally be successful at losing some of this excess weight I've gained.
My doctor agreed to this already; it's just that I don't know how long it's going to take to get the Abilify to work, and I've been on Invega for the past 9 months. I have continued gaining weight that whole time, even when I was trying to lose weight.
I will see what the doctor says and let you know...