Went to the hospital again..

I was going ape crap last night. The ativan wouldn't keep me calm and I took all of it (about 8 .5 mgs pills). I was still going out of my mind and feeling like I want to crawl out of my skin. They told me there was nothing they could do with me except for me to wait and talk to a psych doc which could take hours. I couldn't set there for hours feeling like I'm goin out of my mind so I came home and was out of my mind then I decided to get some sleeping pills from the pharmacy. I finally slept.

Not a lot of help there but I was shocked to find there is not a lot of help for physical problems either. I thought it was the stigma of mental illness but actually most illnesses are stigmatized.

High Blood Pressure is one they know a lot about and can help you to control it. Though the talk shows will blame it on overweight and too much salt. The docs can usually prescribe a medicine to help. Most of the illness are not that way.

I had agitated depression when I was younger. Now I have vegetative depression and find it hard to get motivated.

Just remember you are not alone and by all means check out all or any resources. Sometimes religious people can be helpful.

So sad you are not getting the help you need.

Hey Crispy!!! Know we are all here for you. Hoping today will be a better day. Did the doc say anything about putting you back on old meds? Or do you have to tough it out with the new? If so I hope that the new ones help.

Keep posting. Remember we are all here for you, wishing you well.

Hugs, Karen...

So the psych at the hospital suggested I was going through withdrawal from the meds they took me off of 3 weeks ago. I finally saw my regular psych and he put me back on one of the meds i was on before and gave me Klonopin as well. I'm still really irritable and feel anxious but better than I was. My psychiatrist was very disappointed that they took me off so many meds all at once without weening me off. At the time I thought it was a bit extreme but I trusted the doc.. what was I thinking?

It's not your fault, unfortunately you are the one that suffers the consequences of other's mistakes. You're not the expert, they are supposed to be.

3 weeks, hopefully you are through the worst of it and things continue to improve.

Well I have had a lot of mistakes with the docs too. Don't know what to say but glad you have a medical professional in your corner. All these mistakes are hard to get over but we have to keep on keeping on as they say.

I want to say thanks to everyone for their support. The last few days have been crazy. I went on vacation to Northern California, it was about a five hour drive. I was feeling pretty anxious so I let my boyfriend drive, even tho he doesn't have a license right now but then I had more anxiety because I was scared of the way he drove.
I wasn't doing good so we came home a day early. My psychiatrist is on vacation and my primary refused to do anything at first but after I pestered him again today so he ended up giving me some meds for restless legs syndrome which he think I may have because of my symptoms. I was able to sleep for a few hours and I feel a bit better now.

Today is a new day.. hopefully better than yesterday.

I walk about 5 miles a day since I got my fitbit last October. I'm curious tho how do you feel when you have restless legs? It drives me nearly insane.

I'm sorry you have to go through that. I feel your pain!