Comments on: BP Squared: A new series! http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2006/11/30/bp-squared-a-new-series/ A blog about mental health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: CL Psy http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2006/11/30/bp-squared-a-new-series/comment-page-1/#comment-1204 CL Psy Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:47:27 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2006/11/30/bp-squared-a-new-series/#comment-1204 Ahhh, nice to see someone else noting one of the rampant conflicts of interest in academic psychiatry. Seroquel is going on the bipolar warpath. I hope to see more digging around on these conflicts of interest. Ahhh, nice to see someone else noting one of the rampant conflicts of interest in academic psychiatry. Seroquel is going on the bipolar warpath. I hope to see more digging around on these conflicts of interest.

]]> By: july http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2006/11/30/bp-squared-a-new-series/comment-page-1/#comment-1203 july Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:33:38 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2006/11/30/bp-squared-a-new-series/#comment-1203 it's odd - i'm on seroquel, but i'm not exactly sure why. most of the doctors i've had don't seem really to know why they're prescribing a specific drug; they just pray that something works. more often than not, i end up choosing the actual drug. i think my agency is an important and essential, but i'd like to have someone more informed then myself to be guiding the process. so now i'm on lamictal and 525mg of effexor. my seroquel, however, i took down from 200mg to 25mg. i decide it made me too tired. one doc said that seroquel actually proved less sedating at high dosages, but i didn't have the patience to try that. and still, no clear understanding exactly why i was on 200mg or 25 (and the various dosages I did between), except that i made some decision and figured out how to sleep through the night (or at least four hours of it). it’s odd – i’m on seroquel, but i’m not exactly sure why. most of the doctors i’ve had don’t seem really to know why they’re prescribing a specific drug; they just pray that something works. more often than not, i end up choosing the actual drug. i think my agency is an important and essential, but i’d like to have someone more informed then myself to be guiding the process.

so now i’m on lamictal and 525mg of effexor. my seroquel, however, i took down from 200mg to 25mg. i decide it made me too tired. one doc said that seroquel actually proved less sedating at high dosages, but i didn’t have the patience to try that. and still, no clear understanding exactly why i was on 200mg or 25 (and the various dosages I did between), except that i made some decision and figured out how to sleep through the night (or at least four hours of it).

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