When I was researching Abilify, I came across the Psychiatric Medication Awareness Group.
Interestingly, in BC Abilify needs a special order from Ottawa to fill out by your doctor to justify using it rather than Seroquel or Risperidal.
Most likely it is because Abilify is a new drug on the market, which isn't resold by Pfizer, the drug company that has a strong say in BC's pharmaceutical drug assessment.
Reference:
B.C.'s drug assessments taking the wrong path, Vancouver Sun: http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/drug+assessments+taking+wrong+path/3979298/story.html
Showing posts with label Seroquel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seroquel. Show all posts
20070227
Genius Swears Off Seroquel
The following Seroquel experience shows what a highly intelligent and functional teenager experienced on one 25 mg dose of Seroquel. What is noteable is the reaction of the doctor when the teenager tells her off.
I have been incorrectly diagnosed with different mental illnesses throughout my life, ranging from ADD to Bipolar Disorder. After a great deal of research of the symptoms of various mental conditions I have concluded that there is nothing 'wrong' with me. I have a hard time dealing with people I do not know closely, even extended family. I avoid eye contact at almost all costs. I don't like to talk much, and I'm usually very quiet and introverted. When I get excited I unconsciously flap my hands around like you may have seen an Autistic kid do.
I have an IQ of 140+ and anger teachers when I raise my hand during class only to correct their mistakes. (What am I supposed to do, let it go? She was responsible for teaching the students of TWO school districts English and she can't even SPELL properly? I could spell better than that in 1st grade, and I'm not exaggerating.) I was born with a 'good' case of Asperger's Syndrome. And apparently I'm the only person qualified to give that diagnosis, seeing as the countless medical 'professionals' I've seen were completely ignorant. Especially my last doctor. My mom brought me to yet another one of these supposedly highly educated individuals for my 'abnormal' behavior. After several whole minutes of interviewing me and asking about my 'symptoms', (mostly being answered by my mom,) She returned with around 1.2 starter packs of Seroquel.
I don't remember the exact dosage schedule she prescribed for me, only that by the seventh day I was supposed to have worked up to a staggering 1200mg a day. In retrospect, this dosage is far beyond the amount any 'sane' doctor would prescribe, (the truth being that NO sane doctor would ever prescribe this horrible substance to anyone other than a violent insomniac psychopath,) and this woman should probably have her medical license revoked.
I won't even go in to how she made my mom suffer by denying her adequate pain medication. Anyway, the next morning I took the first dose, 25mg before school. I had been in class no more than 15 minutes when I suddenly became EXTREMELY tired and generally just 'down' and was unable to remain awake. Unfortunately for me, we had a substitute teacher for that class that day, and besides the fact that he made us do all our assignments seperately, (normally we do them in our designated groups and print them off en masse to save time and work, as this is a dual-enrollment class and it's not the teacher's problem if people want to be uneducated morons who fail his class,) he WOULD NOT allow me to sleep.
My normal teacher was very easygoing and would let me sleep on the floor as long as I completed the homework and satisfactorily and didn't blatantly disregard the rules. This was quite a dilemma, although I was not too aware of it at the time due to the quetiapine robbing me of my consciousness and my soul. Eventually the inhumane asshole of a sub got pissed at my being incapacitated and moved me to some desk by myself. I don't remember clearly, but I think I attempted to muster up enough strength and sheer willpower to feign an attempt at conscious activity. I didn't receive any disciplinary action for my 'insubordination' (involuntary incapacitation) although I'm sure he left a note to my teacher, probably not detailing the situation truthfully. Either way, I eventually got the ridiculous assignment done and turned in the following day. The rest of the day was fairly uneventful, as I thankfully had only one sub, and the quetiapine simply forced me to do what I was already likely to do, sleep.
However I fell into a deep sleep during my fourth hour class, and awoke half way through his fifth hour Wester Civ class, to great humorous effect to all but me. I hurried to my correct fifth hour classroom and had no problems. As I implied earlier, I have no trouble with schoolwork other than complete monotony, and because of this teachers either love me or consider me the bane of their very existence. Thankfully most of my teachers, including my fifth hour teacher, like me, because I am quiet, intelligent, and obedient (when it behooves me.) Needless to say, I never took the next dose. When I returned to the doctor and told her I refuse to take it because of it's terrible sedation, she actually yelled at me. She was on a major power trip and was saying things like 'I'm the doctor, I'm the one who went to medical school.
I get to choose what medications you take, NOT you.' This is how dangerous the idea of an authoritarian medical system really is. These ignorant fools are given a book and a little hands-on training and told to memorize some facts, and suddenly they are handed a piece of paper and become infallible gods. The truth is, that these people only know the very little that they see, they are not necessarily more intelligent than any other human, and that I and only I decide what substances enter my body, as per my First Amendment rights. I never saw that doctor again for obvious reasons. Not only did I come to that psycho for mental help, she completely berated and trivialized me based on an obviously worthless piece of paper and her ego. That is insanity. To summarize, this drug is concentrated coma in a pill. It was designed, and primarily functions, as an antipsychotic.
Conclusion: the irrational behavior of the shrink in this report shows a complete lack of professionalism. Her attempt at control of the patient shows that MAYBE SOME OF THOSE DOCS SHOULD SCREEN THEIR PATIENTS since obviously a teenager of lower IQ would be more compliant after weeks of brainwashing.
I should point out that on Erowid I have read reports from other users of seroquel who have had hallucinations while zonked on this medical. Another user even had vivid dreams. Let me repeat: seroquel causes visual hallucinations in large doses; that is, if you are awake.
It'd be really good if you suffer insomnia, and probably better than Ambien though not as pleasant.
I have been incorrectly diagnosed with different mental illnesses throughout my life, ranging from ADD to Bipolar Disorder. After a great deal of research of the symptoms of various mental conditions I have concluded that there is nothing 'wrong' with me. I have a hard time dealing with people I do not know closely, even extended family. I avoid eye contact at almost all costs. I don't like to talk much, and I'm usually very quiet and introverted. When I get excited I unconsciously flap my hands around like you may have seen an Autistic kid do.
I have an IQ of 140+ and anger teachers when I raise my hand during class only to correct their mistakes. (What am I supposed to do, let it go? She was responsible for teaching the students of TWO school districts English and she can't even SPELL properly? I could spell better than that in 1st grade, and I'm not exaggerating.) I was born with a 'good' case of Asperger's Syndrome. And apparently I'm the only person qualified to give that diagnosis, seeing as the countless medical 'professionals' I've seen were completely ignorant. Especially my last doctor. My mom brought me to yet another one of these supposedly highly educated individuals for my 'abnormal' behavior. After several whole minutes of interviewing me and asking about my 'symptoms', (mostly being answered by my mom,) She returned with around 1.2 starter packs of Seroquel.
I don't remember the exact dosage schedule she prescribed for me, only that by the seventh day I was supposed to have worked up to a staggering 1200mg a day. In retrospect, this dosage is far beyond the amount any 'sane' doctor would prescribe, (the truth being that NO sane doctor would ever prescribe this horrible substance to anyone other than a violent insomniac psychopath,) and this woman should probably have her medical license revoked.
I won't even go in to how she made my mom suffer by denying her adequate pain medication. Anyway, the next morning I took the first dose, 25mg before school. I had been in class no more than 15 minutes when I suddenly became EXTREMELY tired and generally just 'down' and was unable to remain awake. Unfortunately for me, we had a substitute teacher for that class that day, and besides the fact that he made us do all our assignments seperately, (normally we do them in our designated groups and print them off en masse to save time and work, as this is a dual-enrollment class and it's not the teacher's problem if people want to be uneducated morons who fail his class,) he WOULD NOT allow me to sleep.
My normal teacher was very easygoing and would let me sleep on the floor as long as I completed the homework and satisfactorily and didn't blatantly disregard the rules. This was quite a dilemma, although I was not too aware of it at the time due to the quetiapine robbing me of my consciousness and my soul. Eventually the inhumane asshole of a sub got pissed at my being incapacitated and moved me to some desk by myself. I don't remember clearly, but I think I attempted to muster up enough strength and sheer willpower to feign an attempt at conscious activity. I didn't receive any disciplinary action for my 'insubordination' (involuntary incapacitation) although I'm sure he left a note to my teacher, probably not detailing the situation truthfully. Either way, I eventually got the ridiculous assignment done and turned in the following day. The rest of the day was fairly uneventful, as I thankfully had only one sub, and the quetiapine simply forced me to do what I was already likely to do, sleep.
However I fell into a deep sleep during my fourth hour class, and awoke half way through his fifth hour Wester Civ class, to great humorous effect to all but me. I hurried to my correct fifth hour classroom and had no problems. As I implied earlier, I have no trouble with schoolwork other than complete monotony, and because of this teachers either love me or consider me the bane of their very existence. Thankfully most of my teachers, including my fifth hour teacher, like me, because I am quiet, intelligent, and obedient (when it behooves me.) Needless to say, I never took the next dose. When I returned to the doctor and told her I refuse to take it because of it's terrible sedation, she actually yelled at me. She was on a major power trip and was saying things like 'I'm the doctor, I'm the one who went to medical school.
I get to choose what medications you take, NOT you.' This is how dangerous the idea of an authoritarian medical system really is. These ignorant fools are given a book and a little hands-on training and told to memorize some facts, and suddenly they are handed a piece of paper and become infallible gods. The truth is, that these people only know the very little that they see, they are not necessarily more intelligent than any other human, and that I and only I decide what substances enter my body, as per my First Amendment rights. I never saw that doctor again for obvious reasons. Not only did I come to that psycho for mental help, she completely berated and trivialized me based on an obviously worthless piece of paper and her ego. That is insanity. To summarize, this drug is concentrated coma in a pill. It was designed, and primarily functions, as an antipsychotic.
Conclusion: the irrational behavior of the shrink in this report shows a complete lack of professionalism. Her attempt at control of the patient shows that MAYBE SOME OF THOSE DOCS SHOULD SCREEN THEIR PATIENTS since obviously a teenager of lower IQ would be more compliant after weeks of brainwashing.
I should point out that on Erowid I have read reports from other users of seroquel who have had hallucinations while zonked on this medical. Another user even had vivid dreams. Let me repeat: seroquel causes visual hallucinations in large doses; that is, if you are awake.
It'd be really good if you suffer insomnia, and probably better than Ambien though not as pleasant.
20070106
What if the Bushes were arrested... (humor)
What if the Bushes were arrested for crimes against the state, this is how I wish the intake interview to their clinic visit should go:
"get with the picture, mr bush. you're a pathological liar and a sociopath."
"but i did get rehab for my drug addiction!"
"sorry, mr bush. there is no rehab for being a sociopath. you'll just have to wake up and smell the coffee."
"i am on decaf. see, my hands don't shake."
"do you still drink, mr. president?"
"i plead the 5th!"
to mrs bush: "did u really kill your first boyfriend?"
"you're insane, young man! i loved my first boyfriend."
"not in my clinic, mr president and ms bush. we're going to medicate you for crimes against the American people."
mr bush: "that's unconstitutional, young man."
mrs bush: "jeb had this problem with his daughter, dear. we might as well go along with it. it beats being executed. like that saddam man and also bin laden."
"Sir?"
[bush hangs head in hands] "Will nothing happen to my daughters?"
"We'll find nice Democrats for them, Sir."
Mrs Bush: "Oh the shame!!"
Mr.Bush: "That's not in the agreement i signed when we got placed in your dang clinic, young man."
"You forgot to read the fine print, Sir."
Mrs Bush: "I read that document; there were no such words that signed our daughters over to the Democrats."
"D.C. is a different place with the Global Caliphate in charge, Sir. For example, we could have made guinea pigs of them for their alcoholism."
Mrs Bush starts to cry. "George, do something!"
MrBush: "I am not the President anymore, dear."
Intake clerk speaks in Arabic.
MrBush: "Pardon?"
"I merely wished you welcome to my clinic, Sir."
MrsBush: "It'd help if people still spoke English around us."
Intake clerk speaks in Arabic to Mrs Bush.
Mrs Bush: "Young man, don't use that tone of voice around me. I don't need to know no Muslim lingo to know when you are demeaning women."
"I merely wished you well as all Muslim men wish their women, Ma'am."
MrBush: "As for the medication, what are they gonna use for the execution?"
"This isn't an execution. Khalif Mohamed declared that the Bushes were to be chemically neutralized but not killed."
MrsBush [hysterically]: "They're going to lobotomize us chemically, George. That's so un-American!"
Mr.Bush: "What are the meds, young man?"
Mrs.Bush [crying]
"Sir, we could only afford seroquel at 50 mg TID."
Mrs.Bush: "English please!"
"Up to 200 mg of seroquel a day, Ma'am."
Mr.Bush: "Is that better than klonopin?"
"Ahh... well you don't drool as much!"
Mrs.Bush: "Will we get fat, and lose our hair?"
"Not before you two die quietly in another 10-14 yrs."
MrsBush [crying]: "My looks!!"
MrBush: "Who gets our daughters again?"
"The Democrats from San Fernando, Sir."
MrBush: "Why not Austin or Houston?"
"We nuked Texas."
MrsBush cries and wails: "They wiped Texas off the map!"
Intake clerk wishes the Bushes well in Arabic, and ushers them away.
[fade to black]
"get with the picture, mr bush. you're a pathological liar and a sociopath."
"but i did get rehab for my drug addiction!"
"sorry, mr bush. there is no rehab for being a sociopath. you'll just have to wake up and smell the coffee."
"i am on decaf. see, my hands don't shake."
"do you still drink, mr. president?"
"i plead the 5th!"
to mrs bush: "did u really kill your first boyfriend?"
"you're insane, young man! i loved my first boyfriend."
"not in my clinic, mr president and ms bush. we're going to medicate you for crimes against the American people."
mr bush: "that's unconstitutional, young man."
mrs bush: "jeb had this problem with his daughter, dear. we might as well go along with it. it beats being executed. like that saddam man and also bin laden."
"Sir?"
[bush hangs head in hands] "Will nothing happen to my daughters?"
"We'll find nice Democrats for them, Sir."
Mrs Bush: "Oh the shame!!"
Mr.Bush: "That's not in the agreement i signed when we got placed in your dang clinic, young man."
"You forgot to read the fine print, Sir."
Mrs Bush: "I read that document; there were no such words that signed our daughters over to the Democrats."
"D.C. is a different place with the Global Caliphate in charge, Sir. For example, we could have made guinea pigs of them for their alcoholism."
Mrs Bush starts to cry. "George, do something!"
MrBush: "I am not the President anymore, dear."
Intake clerk speaks in Arabic.
MrBush: "Pardon?"
"I merely wished you welcome to my clinic, Sir."
MrsBush: "It'd help if people still spoke English around us."
Intake clerk speaks in Arabic to Mrs Bush.
Mrs Bush: "Young man, don't use that tone of voice around me. I don't need to know no Muslim lingo to know when you are demeaning women."
"I merely wished you well as all Muslim men wish their women, Ma'am."
MrBush: "As for the medication, what are they gonna use for the execution?"
"This isn't an execution. Khalif Mohamed declared that the Bushes were to be chemically neutralized but not killed."
MrsBush [hysterically]: "They're going to lobotomize us chemically, George. That's so un-American!"
Mr.Bush: "What are the meds, young man?"
Mrs.Bush [crying]
"Sir, we could only afford seroquel at 50 mg TID."
Mrs.Bush: "English please!"
"Up to 200 mg of seroquel a day, Ma'am."
Mr.Bush: "Is that better than klonopin?"
"Ahh... well you don't drool as much!"
Mrs.Bush: "Will we get fat, and lose our hair?"
"Not before you two die quietly in another 10-14 yrs."
MrsBush [crying]: "My looks!!"
MrBush: "Who gets our daughters again?"
"The Democrats from San Fernando, Sir."
MrBush: "Why not Austin or Houston?"
"We nuked Texas."
MrsBush cries and wails: "They wiped Texas off the map!"
Intake clerk wishes the Bushes well in Arabic, and ushers them away.
[fade to black]
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