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violakat

violakat

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lav said:
withdrawing from abilify is really not very easy. please pray for me.

terrible migraines and nausea, mood swings, sometimes crippling anxiety, dizziness, getting really freaked out about things... paranoia.

doctors don't even seem to know this. no one does, but for those who've gone through it it seems. there are some warnings but it's a fairly new drug and, um yeah. they do warn you about mental issues and instability but there is not a clear outline of the entire list of symptoms at all or enough information.

i knew this would be hard, but i'm just through two months and debilitating symptoms persist. it's a scary roller coaster.

i really don't want to be medicated and i'm counting on God to pull me through.

i went cold-turkey from 20mg to 0. some people take 9 months to a year to titrate off of 5mg or less and still have severe withdrawal symptoms.

it takes up to a month to flush out of your system and up to three months to have a chance for brain chemistry to balance.

no one told me this. told doctor at week two that i seemed fine and she wasn't worried. thought i'd made it through. turns out the stuff wasn't even fully out of my system. she had no knowledge.

this is a serious drug.
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Is this why you kept popping in and out of my dreams. Just kidding. But seriously, I hope you'll feel better soon. I know that has to be a major pain. Sorry, there is no better word to use.

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At what age does the maturity waiver expire? ;)


In other news, got an email last night totally changing details on a project I am working on. Nothing like doubling the amount of channels to setup. Not to mention all the extra things to worry about now. *sigh*
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You're waiver should be good for a couple of more years. Unless of course you sign up for the extended waiver, like Gypsy did.
 
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I need prayer but it's an unusual prayer. I need you o pray that God takes me home. He's officially taken away everything I love. I can't survive it.
 
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ww_21 said:
I need prayer but it's an unusual prayer. I need you o pray that God takes me home. He's officially taken away everything I love. I can't survive it.
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I think I can speak for everyone here who knows you on this one. I cannot pray that the Lord take you home however I can and will pray that he give you the grace and strength to make it through all that you are going through.
 
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lav said:
withdrawing from abilify is really not very easy. please pray for me.

terrible migraines and nausea, mood swings, sometimes crippling anxiety, dizziness, getting really freaked out about things... paranoia.

doctors don't even seem to know this. no one does, but for those who've gone through it it seems. there are some warnings but it's a fairly new drug and, um yeah. they do warn you about mental issues and instability but there is not a clear outline of the entire list of symptoms at all or enough information.

i knew this would be hard, but i'm just through two months and debilitating symptoms persist. it's a scary roller coaster.

i really don't want to be medicated and i'm counting on God to pull me through.

i went cold-turkey from 20mg to 0. some people take 9 months to a year to titrate off of 5mg or less and still have severe withdrawal symptoms.

it takes up to a month to flush out of your system and up to three months to have a chance for brain chemistry to balance.

no one told me this. told doctor at week two that i seemed fine and she wasn't worried. thought i'd made it through. turns out the stuff wasn't even fully out of my system. she had no knowledge.

this is a serious drug.
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Do NOT go get supplements that may or may not interact with what's in your system! You and whomever is working the counter isn't going to know what to give you to properly recoup. You need to seek REAL medical counsel. Someone who knows you, your medical history, and what else you're currently taking.


Withdrawal sucks. I totally understand. Seek medical advice.
 
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For those going through a hard time, I read this Facebook status today. It's from a woman in my church whose husband has been battling brain cancer for several months now. Today he was diagnosed with sepsis for the third time in four months. Things are going downhill in a hurry for him...

"Chemo has been stopped. [The doctor] said his body is no longer able to continue it. Hard decisions are facing us right now. Decisions that will bring pain to the heart no matter what we choose. As I was pouring out to God this morning, he comforted me with this thought in this dark painful journey. As Jesus was beaten and tortured, on his way to the cross, his loved ones probably wondered where is God in all this. But he was right there, orchestrating everything. Now I am in no way comparing this to Jesus suffering, but seeing that fact,that God saw the whole picture, reminds me that he sees the whole picture here. We see only in part like the bottom of a tapestry. He sees the whole tapestry from above. I can trust his hand in each detail. Thank you, Jesus."
 
violakat

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DuchessAimee said:
Do NOT go get supplements that may or may not interact with what's in your system! You and whomever is working the counter isn't going to know what to give you to properly recoup. You need to seek REAL medical counsel. Someone who knows you, your medical history, and what else you're currently taking.


Withdrawal sucks. I totally understand. Seek medical advice.
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As much as I love essential oils, and vitamins, Aimee's advice is dead on. If you weren't having these problems because of withdraw, I would suggest you consult with your doctor in regards to other forms of medicines to use, both natural and modern. However, because the drug is still in your system, you could cause a reaction that would send you into cardiac arrest, or worse. And even then, any type of drug or oil that you use, you should always seek out medical advice, because your doctor needs to know what you are taking. And then, double check with your pharmacists, because some medicines and oils that maybe prescribed, but can still cause interactions with each other if taken wrong. But then, I would also have them write everything down, cause if you're like me, you can get a little loopy and not remember anything said.
 
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DuchessAimee said:
Do NOT go get supplements that may or may not interact with what's in your system! You and whomever is working the counter isn't going to know what to give you to properly recoup. You need to seek REAL medical counsel. Someone who knows you, your medical history, and what else you're currently taking.


Withdrawal sucks. I totally understand. Seek medical advice.
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i just called in to let them know where i'm at.
thank you, agree totally with what you are telling me.
i'm supposed to hang in there and give them a call on friday to check in.
 
lil_christian

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I forget if I told you all that Mocha got his stitches removed this morning. The doctor who did his surgery came out and talked with us and said, "Mocha looks FANTASTIC."
 
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violakat said:
As much as I love essential oils, and vitamins, Aimee's advice is dead on. If you weren't having these problems because of withdraw, I would suggest you consult with your doctor in regards to other forms of medicines to use, both natural and modern. However, because the drug is still in your system, you could cause a reaction that would send you into cardiac arrest, or worse. And even then, any type of drug or oil that you use, you should always seek out medical advice, because your doctor needs to know what you are taking. And then, double check with your pharmacists, because some medicines and oils that maybe prescribed, but can still cause interactions with each other if taken wrong. But then, I would also have them write everything down, cause if you're like me, you can get a little loopy and not remember anything said.
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bleh, feeling sick. taking what you say seriously.
 
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I was speaking out loud to myself as I was walking down the street today, when suddenly a person came up to me and said "Please use your inside voice".

As if on cue, my stomach started to quietly growl, and the person said "Thank you, that's much better"
 
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BugeyeSTi said:
At what age does the maturity waiver expire? ;)
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My Dad had a t-shirt for years that proclaimed "It's never too late to have a happy childhood". You can keep a limited maturity waiver just as long as you can consistently act with maturity in situations that call for it. No one says you have to keep that act up 24/7 .
 
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may not seem to make sense that i'm posting here after all i said... just here for company so i don't feel alone and scared.

i've done a lot of lying down and sleeping and watching t.v. and trying to hang in there, doesn't necessarily feel that great to be on the computer but at least i know you guys are here.
 
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ww_21 said:
I need prayer but it's an unusual prayer. I need you o pray that God takes me home. He's officially taken away everything I love. I can't survive it.
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Get some food in your system (that's what God made Elijah do when he was feeling tired and burnt out and like he can't take it anymore). Even if you don't feel like eating force down as much food as you can. Then make a plan to get out and pursue a new life. Just get moving because it sounds like staying where you are really will be the death of you. Hugs and prayers.
 
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I'm about ready to scream so I'm typing instead.

I will not flip out.
I will not flip out.
I will not flip out.

Very well, carry on.
 
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lav said:
withdrawing from abilify is really not very easy. please pray for me.

terrible migraines and nausea, mood swings, sometimes crippling anxiety, dizziness, getting really freaked out about things... paranoia.

doctors don't even seem to know this. no one does, but for those who've gone through it it seems. there are some warnings but it's a fairly new drug and, um yeah. they do warn you about mental issues and instability but there is not a clear outline of the entire list of symptoms at all or enough information.

i knew this would be hard, but i'm just through two months and debilitating symptoms persist. it's a scary roller coaster.

i really don't want to be medicated and i'm counting on God to pull me through.

i went cold-turkey from 20mg to 0. some people take 9 months to a year to titrate off of 5mg or less and still have severe withdrawal symptoms.

it takes up to a month to flush out of your system and up to three months to have a chance for brain chemistry to balance.

no one told me this. told doctor at week two that i seemed fine and she wasn't worried. thought i'd made it through. turns out the stuff wasn't even fully out of my system. she had no knowledge.

this is a serious drug.
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Wow you are a brave girl for going cold turkey on that, Lav. I wish I had some advice on how to minimize those withdrawal symptoms but I dont. :/ I will definitely pray for you though.
 
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1.) The cat pooped on my bedroom floor instead of her potty box.
2.) Then the cat threw up on my bedroom floor.
3.) Then my toilet got clogged up and almost overflowed into the potty box, which is beside the toilet.


WHAT ELSE COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG TODAY?!!!! **pulls hair out in frustration**
 
lil_christian

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DuchessAimee said:
Do NOT go get supplements that may or may not interact with what's in your system! You and whomever is working the counter isn't going to know what to give you to properly recoup. You need to seek REAL medical counsel. Someone who knows you, your medical history, and what else you're currently taking.


Withdrawal sucks. I totally understand. Seek medical advice.
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Yeah, agreed (which is why I said maybe when I replied. I should have put a disclaimer in there with it, sorry =\). Though don't some medications come with papers or it's on the bottle saying what you shouldn't eat/take with the meds? The only thing I've ever taken are prescribed antibiotics so I don't have a ton of knowledge on prescribed meds. I've heard of Abilify, it sounds awful. The side affects sound WAY worse than what they're treating you for =\ and like all prescribed medications, there's always the potential of something interacting with what's in your system. I'm pretty sure when my grandpa was alive, he couldn't drink orange juice or eat grapefruits with one of the meds he was taking because of all the vitamin C in it. Though I've never really heard of a medical counselor before. What exactly do they do?
 
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lil_christian said:
Yeah, agreed (which is why I said maybe when I replied. I should have put a disclaimer in there with it, sorry =\). Though don't some medications come with papers or it's on the bottle saying what you shouldn't eat/take with the meds? The only thing I've ever taken are prescribed antibiotics so I don't have a ton of knowledge on prescribed meds. I've heard of Abilify, it sounds awful. The side affects sound WAY worse than what they're treating you for =\ and like all prescribed medications, there's always the potential of something interacting with what's in your system. I'm pretty sure when my grandpa was alive, he couldn't drink orange juice or eat grapefruits with one of the meds he was taking because of all the vitamin C in it. Though I've never really heard of a medical counselor before. What exactly do they do?
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Well, I mean, all the vitamin C in the fruits. I think it was the vitamin C that could interact with whatever med he was taking. It might have been a blood thinner.
 
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