Medication changes

On my last visit to my Dr. I was still batteling a flare. My Dr decided maybe it was time to change my medication that I have been on for years which is for depression and anxiety. I was taking celexa and he switched it to a medication called viibyrd, he explained it was somewhat new and had heard alot of people responded well on it. He told me to start out with 10 mg of the new med while continueing with my 40 mg of celexa for 7 days and then start taking only the new med. However 3 days in I started to notice I was waking up with my heart racing was feeling more depressed and agitated. I called the Dr and spoke with his nurse about it and they had me stop the new med and just continue to take my celexa. I looked up the med prior to calling the Dr's office to find that some of these symptoms I was having could be potentially fatal. I have now been off the new med for a couple of days and my heart is still racing and I feel episodes of dizziness and feeling like I'm going to pass out. I haven't felt like myself since I took this medication. My Dr said nothing of these side effects and I feel like he should of, maybe I am wrong. But when he asked me to taper off my pain meds to eventually be off them for good he told me to cut my morphine tabs in half. I was very surprised by this since the tablets were time released and I knew if you were to cut them you would get the  whole dose at once. So I didn't do it. I just feel like there are times when my Dr doesn't know what he is doing. I do feel he is a caring Dr but at the same time I feel like he just does what he want's with me without caring about what the consequenses might be. I just needed to vent it seems like it's always one thing or another. I start working next  week and have a fear that these episodes will continue which will make working as a CNA awful and potentially dangerous for both me and the residents. On a good note I get to work partime and they know I have fibro and are willing to work with me about that so yay for that. I just need to feel stable and I don't. Has anyone else gone through anything similar to this and if so what did you do for it?

When my doctors recommend that I take a new medication I look it up on the website Drugs.com to see possible side effects.

My rheumatologist gives me a paperbag of samples of meds to try when I leave her office without telling me any of the side effects that could happen. She's stated that I'm medication sensitive but these doctors can't know how each of us will react to a certain drug. I think they're just hoping one or more of these meds will help us.

Then there is I've heard that some doctors get kickbacks for prescribing certain drug company's medications. I don't know how true it is but here's a link to an article on the NY Times Website:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/health/policy/04doctors.html

Good luck to you. I'm glad you're going to be working part time and they know that you have fibro. I would recommend that you stretch each day, lift some light weights to keep your strength up, eat nutritiously to keep your energy level up, and lift your patients with good body mechanics. For the latter try not to be a hero and get help lifting a patient when you need to.