Ugg, my neurologist is a little Napoleon. It seems he forgot to whom he was speaking, because he told me that people who are a little loopy are always worse than they seem. He said they are worse, because they are trying not to look loopy. This conversation started over my reluctance to switch to Neurontin, since a person I know with bipolar who took it went nuts and beat her child. I didn't get the bipolar part out, so he went on blathering about people using medication as an excuse for doing what they would have done anyway.
Before I knew I had a medical mental problem, I was just being myself, so I do not agree with Dr. Neurology's assessment on the slightly "loopy" people trying to act "less loopy." Of course, I try to check myself and make sure I'm not overreacting, but I'm still acting however I act and analyzing later to see if I need to ask for more or less medicine. The level of control I have over myself is indicitive of how well the medication is managing the illness.
As far as the person who snapped on Neurontin goes, it's not clinically proven to be better than placebo. Which means, it's as good as taking nothing for some people. The medicine may not have "made her do it," but it sure didn't stop her like it should have.
The neurologist told me I should quit taking Tegretol once in a while to see if the trigeminal pain is gone. He seems to know more about that medication per se than my psychiatrist, but he is clueless about my mental illness. On a positive note, my neurologist corrected my dose timing to what is recommended in the PI (prescribing information) sheet . The psychiatrist understands the mental illness but not so much it seems about that medication. Between the two of them, I can get the care I need, I hope.
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bipolar, doctors, medication, mental illness
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