Guest guest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Sorry I have not posted for awhile, but I have been going thru so many things dealing with withdrawl symptoms of cymbalta and adderall xr. Per my previous posts, you know I was diagnosed with serotonin syndrome. My psychiatrist immediately removed me from all of my medications. Not a slow withdrawl but immediately. I was told it was life threatening. I was given clonzepan to help with the side effects. and help cleanse my body. whatever that meant. Since my horrible months of withdrawl symptoms, i was left with migraines. My psychiatrist put me on topomax to help with the migraines. Immediately my muscles were stiff and tight and got worse everyday. It was more painful than giving birth to my children. I called my Primary care physician, he ran tests, everything came back normal. I went to my psychiatrist, who was on vacation for the holidays then an extra week off. No one would offer me any help for the excruciating pain. One day while being up all night with my muscles balled up in my calfs thighs and butt I calle the psychiatrists nurse. I was crying in pain. I told her....listen this is not my fault i am in this much pain, one of your doctors over prescribed medication that caused serotonin syndrome now i am having another reaction to another medication one of your doctors prescribed to me. I just want someone to listen and give me some advice. I have every reason to sue you guys for this. Well, my phychiatrist is back in town, had an appointment with her yesterday. She was very rude and told me at no time did she tell me that i deffinately had serotonin syndrome. the symptoms were just similar. She also told me that she had tried several times to take me off my add medciation telling me that my prior doctor put me on it to just loose weight. ummmmmm...no. we had several conversations in her office about add and alternative medicatons to amphetmines becaue I did not like the side effects and she told me a story about one of her patients who was just like me and chnged to strattera and she was finally able to think clearly...... The whole visit just sat on me wrong. she also stated that she would not prescribe me anymore medication until i saw a therapist. I explained to her that I have been just fine on effexor xr and did not have any issues until they changed me to cymbalta at 120 mg. and in the years i have been going to them they have never suggested therapy. so I sat up all night long wondering why all of a sudden her attitude changed and now she feels that ssri's are great an I should recontinue the use, when for months she has vehomently talked about how awful ssri's are and my previous psychiatrist within the same office that left abruptly was overprescribing me. So I called her office today and set up an appointment. went to the office and waited for over an hour after the appointment time to see her. She finally came up and talked to me told me she was pissed that i came into her office and demaanded to see her. Wow!! She took me back to her office and then had a nurse come in for a witness. the nurse confirmed that i did have an appointment. My psychiatrist told me that I had severe psychiatric problems and she feels that she cannot help me. that i never had serotonin syndrome and it is my own fault topomax cause side effects because I was drinking too much water. (that she told me to dring to flush my body from the toxins from the serotonin toxins) She also informed me that she never ever told me that SSRI's are a problem and work great and there are very very very rare cases of someon having a side effect from them. and usually it is from some type of allergic reaction...... OMG Then she told me that she refuses to be my psychiatrist because I threatend to sue her. I must have misunderstood everything she has told me and I hear what i want to hear. Ok, so explain this to me. why did i have to go thru the hell of SSRI discontinuation??? I was not allowed to slowly go down from my dose of 120mg cymbalta and 90mg adderall, I was told to stop completely. Can anyone explain this one to me??? Offer me any help or understanding. OMG I cannt ever explain how horrible it was to stop my SSRI completely cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I have never taken one of these drugs so I can't really help you as far as getting off of the ones you are still on now or even pretend to understand what you have gone through. All I can say is that the person refusing to be your psychiatrist now is just a typical hack. You were gaining too much knowledge and taking too much control of your own destiny when you started demanding accountability and a higher standard of care from her. She is someone who is obviously dealing with her own anger, memory, and mood issues. AKA a typical quack. I hope you find a way to get off of every single psychotropic drug you are still taking. I pray for you to have the strength to regain control of your health. Please look into alternative ways to deal with any problems you may still have from before you started seeing the first psychiatrist. Many problems are caused by thyroid levels, hypoglycemia, other meds, etc. These problems are treated as mental illnesses because it's easier and more profitable...not because it's better for you or anyone else. I wish you the best...I'd avoid that witch like the plague if I were you. Terry FAIR USE NOTICE: This may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes, to advance understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. This transmittal constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 107 of the US Copyright Law. This material is distributed without profit. I just need to vent... Sorry I have not posted for awhile, but I have been going thru so many things dealing with withdrawl symptoms of cymbalta and adderall xr. Per my previous posts, you know I was diagnosed with serotonin syndrome. My psychiatrist immediately removed me from all of my medications. Not a slow withdrawl but immediately. I was told it was life threatening. I was given clonzepan to help with the side effects. and help cleanse my body. whatever that meant. Since my horrible months of withdrawl symptoms, i was left with migraines. My psychiatrist put me on topomax to help with the migraines. Immediately my muscles were stiff and tight and got worse everyday. It was more painful than giving birth to my children. I called my Primary care physician, he ran tests, everything came back normal. I went to my psychiatrist, who was on vacation for the holidays then an extra week off. No one would offer me any help for the excruciating pain. One day while being up all night with my muscles balled up in my calfs thighs and butt I calle the psychiatrists nurse. I was crying in pain. I told her....listen this is not my fault i am in this much pain, one of your doctors over prescribed medication that caused serotonin syndrome now i am having another reaction to another medication one of your doctors prescribed to me. I just want someone to listen and give me some advice. I have every reason to sue you guys for this. Well, my phychiatrist is back in town, had an appointment with her yesterday. She was very rude and told me at no time did she tell me that i deffinately had serotonin syndrome. the symptoms were just similar. She also told me that she had tried several times to take me off my add medciation telling me that my prior doctor put me on it to just loose weight. ummmmmm...no. we had several conversations in her office about add and alternative medicatons to amphetmines becaue I did not like the side effects and she told me a story about one of her patients who was just like me and chnged to strattera and she was finally able to think clearly..... . The whole visit just sat on me wrong. she also stated that she would not prescribe me anymore medication until i saw a therapist. I explained to her that I have been just fine on effexor xr and did not have any issues until they changed me to cymbalta at 120 mg. and in the years i have been going to them they have never suggested therapy. so I sat up all night long wondering why all of a sudden her attitude changed and now she feels that ssri's are great an I should recontinue the use, when for months she has vehomently talked about how awful ssri's are and my previous psychiatrist within the same office that left abruptly was overprescribing me. So I called her office today and set up an appointment. went to the office and waited for over an hour after the appointment time to see her. She finally came up and talked to me told me she was pissed that i came into her office and demaanded to see her. Wow!! She took me back to her office and then had a nurse come in for a witness. the nurse confirmed that i did have an appointment. My psychiatrist told me that I had severe psychiatric problems and she feels that she cannot help me. that i never had serotonin syndrome and it is my own fault topomax cause side effects because I was drinking too much water. (that she told me to dring to flush my body from the toxins from the serotonin toxins) She also informed me that she never ever told me that SSRI's are a problem and work great and there are very very very rare cases of someon having a side effect from them. and usually it is from some type of allergic reaction.... .. OMG Then she told me that she refuses to be my psychiatrist because I threatend to sue her. I must have misunderstood everything she has told me and I hear what i want to hear. Ok, so explain this to me. why did i have to go thru the hell of SSRI discontinuation? ?? I was not allowed to slowly go down from my dose of 120mg cymbalta and 90mg adderall, I was told to stop completely. Can anyone explain this one to me??? Offer me any help or understanding. OMG I cannt ever explain how horrible it was to stop my SSRI completely cold. ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Never miss a thing. Make your home page. http://www./r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Get your medical records and get a lawyer. Request them twice and see of you get the same records. then complain to the medical board at least. I just need to vent... Sorry I have not posted for awhile, but I have been going thru so many things dealing with withdrawl symptoms of cymbalta and adderall xr. Per my previous posts, you know I was diagnosed with serotonin syndrome. My psychiatrist immediately removed me from all of my medications. Not a slow withdrawl but immediately. I was told it was life threatening. I was given clonzepan to help with the side effects. and help cleanse my body. whatever that meant. Since my horrible months of withdrawl symptoms, i was left with migraines. My psychiatrist put me on topomax to help with the migraines. Immediately my muscles were stiff and tight and got worse everyday. It was more painful than giving birth to my children. I called my Primary care physician, he ran tests, everything came back normal. I went to my psychiatrist, who was on vacation for the holidays then an extra week off. No one would offer me any help for the excruciating pain. One day while being up all night with my muscles balled up in my calfs thighs and butt I calle the psychiatrists nurse. I was crying in pain. I told her....listen this is not my fault i am in this much pain, one of your doctors over prescribed medication that caused serotonin syndrome now i am having another reaction to another medication one of your doctors prescribed to me. I just want someone to listen and give me some advice. I have every reason to sue you guys for this. Well, my phychiatrist is back in town, had an appointment with her yesterday. She was very rude and told me at no time did she tell me that i deffinately had serotonin syndrome. the symptoms were just similar. She also told me that she had tried several times to take me off my add medciation telling me that my prior doctor put me on it to just loose weight. ummmmmm...no. we had several conversations in her office about add and alternative medicatons to amphetmines becaue I did not like the side effects and she told me a story about one of her patients who was just like me and chnged to strattera and she was finally able to think clearly...... The whole visit just sat on me wrong. she also stated that she would not prescribe me anymore medication until i saw a therapist. I explained to her that I have been just fine on effexor xr and did not have any issues until they changed me to cymbalta at 120 mg. and in the years i have been going to them they have never suggested therapy. so I sat up all night long wondering why all of a sudden her attitude changed and now she feels that ssri's are great an I should recontinue the use, when for months she has vehomently talked about how awful ssri's are and my previous psychiatrist within the same office that left abruptly was overprescribing me. So I called her office today and set up an appointment. went to the office and waited for over an hour after the appointment time to see her. She finally came up and talked to me told me she was pissed that i came into her office and demaanded to see her. Wow!! She took me back to her office and then had a nurse come in for a witness. the nurse confirmed that i did have an appointment. My psychiatrist told me that I had severe psychiatric problems and she feels that she cannot help me. that i never had serotonin syndrome and it is my own fault topomax cause side effects because I was drinking too much water. (that she told me to dring to flush my body from the toxins from the serotonin toxins) She also informed me that she never ever told me that SSRI's are a problem and work great and there are very very very rare cases of someon having a side effect from them. and usually it is from some type of allergic reaction...... OMG Then she told me that she refuses to be my psychiatrist because I threatend to sue her. I must have misunderstood everything she has told me and I hear what i want to hear. Ok, so explain this to me. why did i have to go thru the hell of SSRI discontinuation??? I was not allowed to slowly go down from my dose of 120mg cymbalta and 90mg adderall, I was told to stop completely. Can anyone explain this one to me??? Offer me any help or understanding. OMG I cannt ever explain how horrible it was to stop my SSRI completely cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 He's right, get a lawyer (and that's a good tip re getting the records twice! ) Also, I would add, write down as much as you can recall about all of your dealings with this psychiatrist as soon as possible. > > Get your medical records and get a lawyer. > > Request them twice and see of you get the same records. > > then complain to the medical board at least. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I just got off the phone with my previous psychiatrist. The one that supposedly overprescribed me my medication and cause serotonin syndrome. Apparently when she offered a 6 month notice, they told her to pack up her stuff and leave immediately. So all of us, her patients had no way of knowing where she was going or what happened. My old psychiatrist said that several of her old patients have looked her up for the same exact reasons I did. And this new psychiatrist has yelled at and refused service and kicked several patients out of her office.... but well, her husband is the head hauncho in the firm so i guess she pretty much gets to do what she wants. Well, her is my new issue. I have called around and talked to a couple of different lawyers. None are willing to take my case. They have said it is a good case but will be a long very long drawn out case that they just dont have the time to deal with it.... Anyone know a goood lawyer in Wichta Ks or anywhere near wichita that can practice law in wichita???????????????? > > He's right, get a lawyer (and that's a good tip re getting the records > twice! ) Also, I would add, write down as much as you can recall > about all of your dealings with this psychiatrist as soon as possible. > > > > Get your medical records and get a lawyer. > > > > Request them twice and see of you get the same records. > > > > then complain to the medical board at least. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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