BPD and medication..zyprexa...?!
Question: BPD and medication!.!.zyprexa!.!.!.!?
Hi,
i have been dignosed with BPD!. and i was put on 20mg of zyprexa and recently told too drop my dose to 15mg and i was in tears and down and crying all the time so we rang him and he said to put it back to 20mg and he said he thought it would happen !. why let me try to put the dosage down if he knew it would happen! any tips or idea's what i should do!.!?
and idea what i could do to make me happy everyday i miss my babies and cry alot of the time i'm on efexor xr 225mg as well and i have ptsd, my kids were taken because of mental illness any help appreicated and i was sexually abused when i was 11 years old!.!. it still annoys me and i get sad everyday!
Lollie xxWww@Answer-Health@Com
i have been dignosed with BPD!. and i was put on 20mg of zyprexa and recently told too drop my dose to 15mg and i was in tears and down and crying all the time so we rang him and he said to put it back to 20mg and he said he thought it would happen !. why let me try to put the dosage down if he knew it would happen! any tips or idea's what i should do!.!?
and idea what i could do to make me happy everyday i miss my babies and cry alot of the time i'm on efexor xr 225mg as well and i have ptsd, my kids were taken because of mental illness any help appreicated and i was sexually abused when i was 11 years old!.!. it still annoys me and i get sad everyday!
Lollie xxWww@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
I am sorry you are having such a bad time!. Your BPD is likely to be a result of your childhood sexual abuse, as is your PTSD!. It is very important that you have a very good therapist who is very knowledgable about sexual abuse, and can help you to get good treatment for the PTSD!. It is sometimes difficult to get the doseage right for these sorts of drugs, so you need to keep working with your doctor or your therapist!. It would be good for you to work with someone who can help you to re-structure your life a bit, so there might be a possibility of your having some contact with your kids in a safe environment (safe for you and safe for them)!. See if you can talk to a social worker at a women's health centre!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
There is no medication that "cures" BPD!. The medication is for the other problems that you have!. The BPD is a result of the abuse you suffered!.!.!.as is the PTSD!. I am sorry about the loss of your children and the pain you have suffered!. May God bless and keep you safe!. Stay on your medication and keep seeing your therapist!. Life may not be perfect, but it's what we do with it that counts! kjlWww@Answer-Health@Com
THIS isn't helping you!. I'm sorry to be blunt or rude here, but sympathizing with you when you engage in this sort of behavior is not truly helping you!.
I've been on the treating/clinical side of this, so I can give you some insight if you really want it!. So, you want to know why your doctor would do that!? Why he said he expected it!.!.!?
Simple: It takes weeks for a dose change of Zyprexa to truly take effect and for you to really feel the change, especially with such a minor change!.
In other words, the levels of Zyprexa in your system and the effect DID NOT REALLY CHANGE when he lowered the dose, as it would have taken well over a month to truly know if the lower dose was more appropriate!.
Now he knows exactly what role the medication was playing and how many of your problems are behavioral versus medical!.
We both know exactly why you reacted like that to a lowered dose, and we both know why you're coming online and telling as many people as you can as many sad details of your life as you can!. I'll leave it at that to save you embarrassment!.
This is exactly the sort of pattern of behavior you're trying to overcome!. I'm sorry your childhood was the way that it was, but no one can help you until you're ready to help yourself!. What you're doing now is not helping!.
You need to speak ONLY with your psychiatrist and psychologist about these issues and stick with a very strict, structured treatment program if you truly want to overcome this!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I've been on the treating/clinical side of this, so I can give you some insight if you really want it!. So, you want to know why your doctor would do that!? Why he said he expected it!.!.!?
Simple: It takes weeks for a dose change of Zyprexa to truly take effect and for you to really feel the change, especially with such a minor change!.
In other words, the levels of Zyprexa in your system and the effect DID NOT REALLY CHANGE when he lowered the dose, as it would have taken well over a month to truly know if the lower dose was more appropriate!.
Now he knows exactly what role the medication was playing and how many of your problems are behavioral versus medical!.
We both know exactly why you reacted like that to a lowered dose, and we both know why you're coming online and telling as many people as you can as many sad details of your life as you can!. I'll leave it at that to save you embarrassment!.
This is exactly the sort of pattern of behavior you're trying to overcome!. I'm sorry your childhood was the way that it was, but no one can help you until you're ready to help yourself!. What you're doing now is not helping!.
You need to speak ONLY with your psychiatrist and psychologist about these issues and stick with a very strict, structured treatment program if you truly want to overcome this!.Www@Answer-Health@Com