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Have Bipolar Manic Depression And Panic Attacks. Dizziness After Taking Risperidone. Reason For Depression?
yes please!!!! I am 62 yrs old. I have been ad/ah, bipolar manic depressive all of my life I have been on so many different anti-depressants, you would not believe!
I did find that Prozac worked well for me until they changed it to generic, which changed something in the product.
Then I switched to Effexor, which sort of kinda worked,
Then they put me on Cymbalta in 2006, 65 mg per day. It worked, to a point.
I took it upon myself to add another 65 mg per day, and that has been working okay. My doctor was fine with it. Lately I have been under a lot of stress so maybe that is why I have been so depressed??
On 8/14/13 I spent a week in the hospital for Mursar and pneumonia, before that,, I was in bed for 2 nights and 3 days, just sweating, so my friend took me to the ER. They discharge me 1 week later with RX's for:
chlolestyramine (cholestyramine 4g/5g oral powder for reconstitution), 1 packet by mouth 3 X per day for 7 days.
doxycycline (doxycycline monohydrate 100 mg tablet) 100 mg = 1 tablet by mouth 2 days a day for 7 days.
mesa amine (mesa amine 400 mg oral delayed release capsule) 800 mg = 2 capsule by mouth 3 X per day.
1metroNIDAZOLE (metronidazole 500 mg oral tablet by mouth 1 X per day for 14 days.
prednisone (prednisone 20 mg oral tablet) 40 mg = 2 tablet by mouth DAILY (then 30 mg for x1 week. (Dr. Khan - my Gastrologist - who will adjust them then) for 7 days.
My appointment with Dr. Khan is 10/3/13 @ 10:00 AM.
They discharged me on 8/21/13
On 823/13, days later, I was waiting for my meds to be filled at Accardi Pharmacy, and I fell asleep in the Dr.'s Library, my friend came and woke me up and says I was having a seizure, so they EVACed me to the Emergency Room, and treated me for syncope, (which I have "complex minor motor seizures".
They sent me home on 8/26/13 with a RX for
**meclizine (meclizine 25 my oral tablet) 25 mg = 1 tablet by mouth as needed for dizziness and to continue the meds they gave me the first time I was there, and my regular meds I take at home..
Before that, and right now, I take
**10 mg of bulspar 3 x a day. I have panic attacks. I fall down a lot, I am dizzy after I take my afternoon med, which I did not have any problems with dizziness or anything before
**Risperidone 0.25 mg at bedtime.
**Meloxicam 15 mg tablet (substituted for Mobic 15 mg),
**Lyrica - 2 - 75 mg capsules in AM and 2 - 75 mg capsules in PM
.
I did find that Prozac worked well for me until they changed it to generic, which changed something in the product.
Then I switched to Effexor, which sort of kinda worked,
Then they put me on Cymbalta in 2006, 65 mg per day. It worked, to a point.
I took it upon myself to add another 65 mg per day, and that has been working okay. My doctor was fine with it. Lately I have been under a lot of stress so maybe that is why I have been so depressed??
On 8/14/13 I spent a week in the hospital for Mursar and pneumonia, before that,, I was in bed for 2 nights and 3 days, just sweating, so my friend took me to the ER. They discharge me 1 week later with RX's for:
chlolestyramine (cholestyramine 4g/5g oral powder for reconstitution), 1 packet by mouth 3 X per day for 7 days.
doxycycline (doxycycline monohydrate 100 mg tablet) 100 mg = 1 tablet by mouth 2 days a day for 7 days.
mesa amine (mesa amine 400 mg oral delayed release capsule) 800 mg = 2 capsule by mouth 3 X per day.
1metroNIDAZOLE (metronidazole 500 mg oral tablet by mouth 1 X per day for 14 days.
prednisone (prednisone 20 mg oral tablet) 40 mg = 2 tablet by mouth DAILY (then 30 mg for x1 week. (Dr. Khan - my Gastrologist - who will adjust them then) for 7 days.
My appointment with Dr. Khan is 10/3/13 @ 10:00 AM.
They discharged me on 8/21/13
On 823/13, days later, I was waiting for my meds to be filled at Accardi Pharmacy, and I fell asleep in the Dr.'s Library, my friend came and woke me up and says I was having a seizure, so they EVACed me to the Emergency Room, and treated me for syncope, (which I have "complex minor motor seizures".
They sent me home on 8/26/13 with a RX for
**meclizine (meclizine 25 my oral tablet) 25 mg = 1 tablet by mouth as needed for dizziness and to continue the meds they gave me the first time I was there, and my regular meds I take at home..
Before that, and right now, I take
**10 mg of bulspar 3 x a day. I have panic attacks. I fall down a lot, I am dizzy after I take my afternoon med, which I did not have any problems with dizziness or anything before
**Risperidone 0.25 mg at bedtime.
**Meloxicam 15 mg tablet (substituted for Mobic 15 mg),
**Lyrica - 2 - 75 mg capsules in AM and 2 - 75 mg capsules in PM
.
Fri, 6 Sep 2013
Hi, probably you had seizures, due to encefalitis probably due to the infection of the chest. It may not be related to the medicines he is using. I advise you to keep informed to your doctor regarding the changes in his life, and health. It may be a syncope, due to his weeknes also, where one can have the movements like siizures. Thank you.
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