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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 327938" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I took Imiprimine and got psychotic on it after six months. It seemed to be making me better before that...but it did amp me up. A doctor can draw an imimprimine level (mine was toxic), however some people get toxic on normal levels. Very confusing. Prozac can take a while to get to a level in your bloodstream that also causes mania and violence (not that it always will, it helps some people, but Prozac has been a very poor drug in our family). It made my son manic (and he's not bipolar). It made my daughter pull a knife on herself. And it made me feel really strange after about two months...I fell asleep at work and had horrible nightmares and felt extremely wired. Then it pooped out entirely.</p><p>I can't tell you what to do, but I know what *I'd* do with all my experience in drug taking (I felt like a science experiment) I would ask the doctor to wean down the medications to see if that helped way before adding another one. </p><p></p><p>I'm sure you are aware that with Tourette's there is an extremely high % of bipolar. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) too. Is your psychiatrist very aware of Tourette's and the other problems it can cause?</p><p></p><p>I hope things settle down. in my opinion it does sound drug related. And too many doctors want to add drugs or up the drugs before possibly thinking that maybe decreasing them first would be a better solution. </p><p></p><p>Good luck, whatever you decide to do!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 327938, member: 1550"] I took Imiprimine and got psychotic on it after six months. It seemed to be making me better before that...but it did amp me up. A doctor can draw an imimprimine level (mine was toxic), however some people get toxic on normal levels. Very confusing. Prozac can take a while to get to a level in your bloodstream that also causes mania and violence (not that it always will, it helps some people, but Prozac has been a very poor drug in our family). It made my son manic (and he's not bipolar). It made my daughter pull a knife on herself. And it made me feel really strange after about two months...I fell asleep at work and had horrible nightmares and felt extremely wired. Then it pooped out entirely. I can't tell you what to do, but I know what *I'd* do with all my experience in drug taking (I felt like a science experiment) I would ask the doctor to wean down the medications to see if that helped way before adding another one. I'm sure you are aware that with Tourette's there is an extremely high % of bipolar. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) too. Is your psychiatrist very aware of Tourette's and the other problems it can cause? I hope things settle down. in my opinion it does sound drug related. And too many doctors want to add drugs or up the drugs before possibly thinking that maybe decreasing them first would be a better solution. Good luck, whatever you decide to do! [/QUOTE]
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