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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 587223" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>The Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) gave me symptoms similar to bipolar for a while. Plus outrageous anxiety that was so bad I preferred never to leave the house, couldn't ride in a car without spazzing every time I detected something out the corner of my eye (didn't help that I have excellent peripheral vision), getting to sleep was next to impossible as my brain flat out refused to shut up. I would "lose" myself in the computer. Didn't really mean to........but yeah hours and hours and to me it was just a few minutes. </p><p></p><p>So I got klonopin for the anxiety. Worked wonders. No stoned feeling and my muscles between my shoulder blades relaxed for the first time in 2 yrs (since the accident) Didn't do a whole lot for the spazzing in the car or not wanting to leave the house though. </p><p>Trazadone to sleep.......also to hopefully help some of the zoning out stuff. Helped me sleep for about a month, then stopped working. </p><p>Seroquil also for the same thing the trazadone was given for.......I slept again. I also realized after a few months my emotions were flat. Didn't feel happy. Didn't feel sad or depressed. Didn't feel a darn thing about anything to be honest. Didn't like it but wanted to sleep.</p><p></p><p>psychiatrist removed the klonopin afraid I'd get addicted. Got to have it a whole month.......gee whiz. omg Muscles between the shoulder blades have been tighter than ever, even now. He didn't put me on another anxiety medication. Instead we worked on the anxiety itself. That was fun, not. But it worked and got it under control. </p><p></p><p>doctor decided to try lamactil (sp). I might as well have taken nothing. But then.......I also wasn't truly bipolar either. </p><p></p><p>Weaned myself off all of them before enrolling in school 7 yrs ago. I couldn't concentrate on them and they made my memory toast. (which I already have major issues with short term memory so yeah) Knew the proper way to wean so that wasn't too bad. Just some sleepless nights.......lots of them. </p><p></p><p>Chantix to stop smoking. </p><p></p><p>Not a side effect for any of them, not even the chantix which worked great until Fred informed me he'd not put back the cash to refill the script which ended that. ugh </p><p></p><p>Oh welbutrin once to quit smoking........made me homicidal as all get out. </p><p></p><p>Prozac makes my family suicidal, so no psychiatrist will script it. </p><p></p><p>Zoloft made my non violent Travis suddenly go for his sisters throat simply because she walked into the room. </p><p></p><p>Nichole had some side effects but when she took her medications she needed them. She weaned herself off about a year after Aubrey was born and has done better without them. in my opinion She just has to stay away from hormonal BC as it will put her on an awful emotional roller coaster. </p><p></p><p>Waaaaaaaaaay back as a child I took whatever they were scripting for ADD/ADHD. It put me to sleep.......a dead sort of sleep that scared my Mom so bad she flushed it and refused to give it to me or anything else ever again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 587223, member: 84"] The Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) gave me symptoms similar to bipolar for a while. Plus outrageous anxiety that was so bad I preferred never to leave the house, couldn't ride in a car without spazzing every time I detected something out the corner of my eye (didn't help that I have excellent peripheral vision), getting to sleep was next to impossible as my brain flat out refused to shut up. I would "lose" myself in the computer. Didn't really mean to........but yeah hours and hours and to me it was just a few minutes. So I got klonopin for the anxiety. Worked wonders. No stoned feeling and my muscles between my shoulder blades relaxed for the first time in 2 yrs (since the accident) Didn't do a whole lot for the spazzing in the car or not wanting to leave the house though. Trazadone to sleep.......also to hopefully help some of the zoning out stuff. Helped me sleep for about a month, then stopped working. Seroquil also for the same thing the trazadone was given for.......I slept again. I also realized after a few months my emotions were flat. Didn't feel happy. Didn't feel sad or depressed. Didn't feel a darn thing about anything to be honest. Didn't like it but wanted to sleep. psychiatrist removed the klonopin afraid I'd get addicted. Got to have it a whole month.......gee whiz. omg Muscles between the shoulder blades have been tighter than ever, even now. He didn't put me on another anxiety medication. Instead we worked on the anxiety itself. That was fun, not. But it worked and got it under control. doctor decided to try lamactil (sp). I might as well have taken nothing. But then.......I also wasn't truly bipolar either. Weaned myself off all of them before enrolling in school 7 yrs ago. I couldn't concentrate on them and they made my memory toast. (which I already have major issues with short term memory so yeah) Knew the proper way to wean so that wasn't too bad. Just some sleepless nights.......lots of them. Chantix to stop smoking. Not a side effect for any of them, not even the chantix which worked great until Fred informed me he'd not put back the cash to refill the script which ended that. ugh Oh welbutrin once to quit smoking........made me homicidal as all get out. Prozac makes my family suicidal, so no psychiatrist will script it. Zoloft made my non violent Travis suddenly go for his sisters throat simply because she walked into the room. Nichole had some side effects but when she took her medications she needed them. She weaned herself off about a year after Aubrey was born and has done better without them. in my opinion She just has to stay away from hormonal BC as it will put her on an awful emotional roller coaster. Waaaaaaaaaay back as a child I took whatever they were scripting for ADD/ADHD. It put me to sleep.......a dead sort of sleep that scared my Mom so bad she flushed it and refused to give it to me or anything else ever again. [/QUOTE]
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