Finally a diagnosis?
Went to the doctor's (psychiatrist, not GP) again today. She thinks that I have serotonin syndrome, which actually makes sense. I'm too tired to explain, but basically my new med (bupropion) can screw up the liver, meaning that I ended up with the equivilant of 160 mg of fluoxitine in my body, instead of the maximum dose of 80 mg that a person is allowed to have (and what I'm on). This is a really obscure explanation, but I'm tired.
Having begun developing the serotonin syndrome at the same time that I was coming down with the flu (which I still had a fairly bad bought of), I just assumed that I only had one illness, or else an infection following a mild virus.
It just takes time for the serotonin syndrome to go away. I'm decreasing my daily intake of fluoxitine by 20 mg, but that won't actually begin to affect my body until about a week after school gets out (so I get to finish up this year still feeling slightley merde). It's better than having panic disorder, though, which would have followed me my whole life and come upon me at any moment, without warning. For me the serotonin syndrome mostly seems to be a lot like panic attacks, so I have some mild (well, considering that each small tablet is 0.25 mg, maybe the drug itself shouldn't be called mild) tranquilizers that they give people who are prone to panic attacks, just to have around if I need them.
All I can say it... whoo. I'm glad we're starting to get things figured out (and that we caught the serotonin syndrome now, as apparently most people aren't diagnosed with it until they're in the ICU). I still have to explain it to my teachers, and decide whether I want to do another update on my stupid MySpace to let people know how I am, but... most of them should be in school, right?
PS: Ready for prettifulness? Behold... the Twilight poster!
Having begun developing the serotonin syndrome at the same time that I was coming down with the flu (which I still had a fairly bad bought of), I just assumed that I only had one illness, or else an infection following a mild virus.
It just takes time for the serotonin syndrome to go away. I'm decreasing my daily intake of fluoxitine by 20 mg, but that won't actually begin to affect my body until about a week after school gets out (so I get to finish up this year still feeling slightley merde). It's better than having panic disorder, though, which would have followed me my whole life and come upon me at any moment, without warning. For me the serotonin syndrome mostly seems to be a lot like panic attacks, so I have some mild (well, considering that each small tablet is 0.25 mg, maybe the drug itself shouldn't be called mild) tranquilizers that they give people who are prone to panic attacks, just to have around if I need them.
All I can say it... whoo. I'm glad we're starting to get things figured out (and that we caught the serotonin syndrome now, as apparently most people aren't diagnosed with it until they're in the ICU). I still have to explain it to my teachers, and decide whether I want to do another update on my stupid MySpace to let people know how I am, but... most of them should be in school, right?
PS: Ready for prettifulness? Behold... the Twilight poster!
