14th September 2004
Hey WICHRIS, yes my name is Christine I live in NY! I am 20. been on psychiatric meds for the wrong reasons because i was wild and hyper when i was 11 and my dad couldnt put up with that, so he told a shrink and then thats when it started the medication erras. Its been hard dealing with these side effects. from being on depekot at age 14 that made me gain over 200pds. at 14 i weighed 125, then from being on depekote shot up to 322. I developed a Thyroid condition on this drug and also Polycystic ovarian syndrome, which is no periods, obesity and infertilty nad facial hair growth. this is all from depekote. Got off depekote, but still have these terrible things wrong with me. I lost about 150 from being off depekote, but then i was put on Zyprexa than I gained more weight and from that drug i developed PRE DIABETES!!! its called insulin resistance. now im off that drug!!! at age 16 1/2 or 17 started Seroquel and this drug for 3 or more years striaght always messed with my natural sleep cycles. Im 20 now and 6 months ago i stopped seroquel cold turkey for 1 month and i literally didnt sleep that whole month straight, because my body was used to the seroquel knocking me out. IN MY EYES I THOUGHT I CAN STOP THESE MEDS AND GO BACK TO NORMAL!!! I THOUGHT WRONG!!! from not sleeping that whole month straight i developed weird tingiling sensations that start at my head and travel to my toes. when this happened i decided to go back on serqouel. THINKING THE SENSATIONS AND NUMBNESS WILL GO AWAY!!! WRONG WRONG WRONG!!! ITS 6months later now still on seroquel and still have these tingiling sensations but no numbness, but i do get some pain in my left chest and collar bone with these sensations. Im also on other meds now!! 5 months ago i started trileptal. doesnt do anything for me except make me have skippied heart beats. i reduced down to 75mgs of trileptal now. 3weeks now on 25mgs at bedtime of topamax and 200mgs of seroquel and 200mgs of Trazadone. but all these meds still dont do anything for my sleep. my insomnia is so bad from the meds that its crazy. Its 7days right now that i havent had any sleep, because the doctor lowered my seroquel to 200mgs. i was on 300mgs and slept fine, but the sensations didnt go away. still have them to this day. FAMILY LIFE IS NO GOOD>> never had a mother. she dont call me and dont live with me. she has never been a part of my life since i was 6. my dad is controlling and abusive, so i have no love in my life. except from my boyfriend but things are very hard with that relationship also. PROBLEMS PROBLEMS!!1 this is my life!! never had many friends, people always used me and talked crap behind my back. cant trust anyone because of bad experiences. so please help!11 this is some of my life history. if you want to know more just ask. Love, christina