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08-03-2007, 01:38 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: High Plains, Colorado
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Thanks guys. I am on the home stretch. 1 hour an 20 minutes until the appointment. I leave to head there in 1 hour.....Apprehensive is too gentle a word for how I feel. |
08-03-2007, 02:17 AM
| | | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: florida usa
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Let us know how it went . i know its hard but it can be a good thing and give you some real good tools. take care of you portabella. slh |
08-03-2007, 08:28 AM
| | | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: High Plains, Colorado
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Well, I went. I have to return on April 3rd at 9:00 a.m. for a more detailed asssessment with a psychologist or something like that. They put me on medications Xanax and Paxil for day and Ambien CR for night. Any input on these meds would be welcomed. I have been on both seperately before, but never together and that was some time ago. They confirmed the PTSD, said they were concerned that they feel I am depressed. They also advised that I have Anxiety/Panic disorder. We will fine tune and learn more as I go on I guess. This all seemed pretty hoaky. |
08-03-2007, 01:39 PM
|  | | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: charles town, wv (usa)
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hm, i took ambien, but it made me drowsy into the next day, not so much at night--a lot of things do that with me though. slow metabolism. i was on xanax for a while, did not like that zombie feeling, but it did work. the first thing my psychiatrist did was jerk me off of them, too addictive. praying that you will get the right meds and therapy to help you heal.
cathy |
09-03-2007, 01:18 AM
| | | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: florida usa
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hang in there. they might have to adjust your meds a few times. sometimes i have found that the zombie feeling is a break from the panac attacks and sleepless nights that just get longer . I have been able to take some of my meds on an as needed. dr .agrees. |
09-03-2007, 02:59 PM
|  | | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: T. Bay, Ontario Canada
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Hmm, I was looking at the timeline for this.. and I think you should have gone by now..
So how did it go?
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