A Crazy Person Prescribed Me Anxiety Medicine?
Question by tayler*lush: A crazy person prescribed me anxiety medicine?
I’ve been going to the same doctor on and off for about two years. He diagnosed me with bipolar disorder and we have literally tried every single medicine that he prescribes and nothing ever works for me so without saying anything I decided to seek a second opinion. At the time of the appointment (last week) I was unemployed with no health insurance so I was sent to my county’s mental health center. I was drug tested and put into a room with a nurse practitioner. I don’t know exactly how that title differs from the other types of nurses, but she was CRAZY. She kept talking about how her husband was this heroin addict and how she thanks God that she left him. Then she told me that she thought I had anxiety disorder which I do believe is the case and then started writing the prescription for Zoloft. From what i’ve heard, Zoloft is for depression right? Either way.. after she was done writing, she goes “Honey have you ever taken Xanax?” and of course I told her yes and she goes “Oh
s.h.i.t did you love it or what?” and ended it with f.u.c.k. this and that “i’m way overtime on you they’re gonna yell at me” and i’m just like whoa who let this lady in? i really was starting to believe that she escaped from the mental institution next door. anyways, the point is I’ve been on the medicine for a week now and i’m really just dizzy, tired and loopy all the time. Like I don’t feel “real” if you know what that’s like? What should I do? Request another “nurse practitioner”, stop taking the medicine, or just maybe decrease it? Please help!
That’s funny that you say that.. because she told me that if i’m too drowsy during the day, then to take it at night.
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Answer by VIOLINSURFER
your right she has issues alright, looks like she needs to take the xanax, very unprofessional and undersocialized,
lay off the xanax now before you take long term, xanax is good for short time use or if used properly, but try the zoloft by itself first and see if your depression and anxiety improves, remember, sometimes zoloft can exacerbate anxiety also, take zoloft during the day,not night time,
just for your info, xanax is the most abused benzodiazepine period, it’s also the most addicting and the worse detox to have, if you can get medical coverage, go see a prudent psychaitrist who knows what he or she is doing and stay away from that nurse practioner, get a true professional, hope you get on the right track
Answer by Editor at SpiritualBlog.com
Have you tried other alternatives? Focus on relaxing your mind rather than taking the right dosage of drugs. If you insist on finding the right medicine to take, then I’d recommend seeing a therapist, not a doctor. Mental health is not what a GP specializes in, and it sounds to me like the nurse who treated you was not fully competent to make any diagnosis that would truly benefit you.