Mental Health Psychiatrist video call tomorrow (Fri 20th) Bupropion

[Toodlepip]

Tomorrow I have my first appointment with a psychiatrist, it’s apparent that my mental health has worsened since taking Citalopram 40mg a day. This medication has caused a near mental break down.


I have read other people’s experience from starting Bupropion, helping chronic fatigue sufferers, lose weight due to taking serotonin antidepressants. People’s lives have been turned around



I’m wanting to ask if a stimulant medication (Bupropion) could be prescribed. The thing is I don’t want to tell this lady her job, I will of course explain to the psychiatrist how laying in bed everyday for the last 2 years will only end in one way should I not prescribed something to stop this suffering


I have gone from a manicured blonde haired slim woman to grey hair, I weighed 9 stone the beginning of 2020 I now weigh 15 stone. Enjoyed a healthy sex life, I’m now 18 months with zero intimacy. This is what Citalopram has done to me. My anxiety is through the roof, 3 hospital admissions due to losing it totally.


I’m so desperate to get me back, I’m broken seeing my reflection in the mirror I look like an old lady. My teeth are all loose due to not brushing them, i have grey hair thats unwashed. I have literally given up on life and dealing with my depression is dealt with by laying in bed everyday hiding my embarrassment





So…………….. How do I go about suggesting this medication without offending her

 

[negrogesic]

The question is, what makes you think bupropion is the solution to your issues?

Are you still on the citalopram?

Bupropion doesn't cause a great deal of weight loss, and if it does it's generally short lived.

You could simply say you read about it and were wondering if it's a good option. Never tell a physician what to prescribe you, at least not outright.

 

[Shady's Fox]

Yeah it's one in a million to convince your first psych to give you what you need. They're afraid of drug seekin users who scam scripts either for dealing or personal use, I think you gotta know first that there's no unique way in doing this, you need to start from 1 and go to 100, not directly as both of you gonna be gloomed out. And tell him that isn't a good yield, isn't workin out for you, if he's insisting second time tell him that this is no ''Fe fi fo fum'' you aren't a ''movin curtain'' if you catch my drift and tell him to have a good life, other than that see a general prac.

 

[n3ophy7e]

@Toodlepip Far out I'm so sorry to hear how much you're struggling. It took me over a decade of trialling different antidepressants before I found the right one for me, and during that time I was completely batshit crazy from side effects of various antidepressants. So I understand the horrible effects they can have if it's not the right one for you.
Be honest with her, tell her realistically how bad this SSRI antidepressant has been for you, and tell her that you do not want to try any other SSRIs. Tell her that you have done a lot of research and that you would like to try bupropion. That's not telling her how to do her job, that is part of your right as a patient.
I was once in your exact position and after doing lots of reading on bupropion I went to my doctor and said that no other antidepressants are helping me, and basically I would not leave his doctor's office until he wrote me a script for bupropion lol. Now THAT is telling someone how to do their job. I am not recommending that you go about it in that way at all But at the time I was desperate for something that would work.
Long story short: Bupropion helped me initially but the effect was short-lived and I had to try something else. I hope you get good results with it.

Good luck tomorrow and don't be afraid to be brutally honest with her. Don't let her prescribe you something you're not happy with. Let us know how you get on

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

I think that the best way to do things would be to give your provider some space at first. It might take up to a few years. But they are the professionals. Even if you don't agree with their choice of medication, I think they deserve a decent chance. After all, they did go through over a decade of higher education in order to be here today, helping you. Most will admit that they decide what they want to give you. I don't think you'll have much of an issue buying whatever drug class you want off of the streets, and they know that. But I think that part of the point here is that you're putting your trust in them to help you with the best that science can offer, so that in the end, you'll be way better off than if you had opted to use, for example, meth. Might as well do things how modern society has sanctioned is the best way.

Which kind of brings me to another, related point. Almost everyone in modern countries has the means to use the internet. People love to scour the web. They try to help themselves out in life, however that may be. A big thing these days is people going onto Wikipedia to find stuff out. A lot of people do some research, make a few connections, and pick out a medication that they would want. While I can't really put someone down for this, it's kind of an ironic form of freedom. Because if you look at the picture, there is almost no way that a layman could know more of what medication to take than a psychiatrist or nurse practitioner.

In our assertion for freedom we can easily end up being the tyranny of our ultimate good, stabbing ourselves in the back.

 

[FatBellyWhipSlay]

how did the video call go ?

Did you get the bupropion ?

My experience of docs & shrinks in the UK when you ask for certain meds is not good. If its your first appt with them they may sound alarm bells in their head that you are just seeking drugs - or if its someone you speak to regularly then its different.

I would just say have a look at my past records and meds, they don't work, and I have been reading about this which has really changed peoples lives...

 

[Delish1973]

how did the video call go ?

Did you get the bupropion ?

My experience of docs & shrinks in the UK when you ask for certain meds is not good. If its your first appt with them they may sound alarm bells in their head that you are just seeking drugs - or if its someone you speak to regularly then its different.

I would just say have a look at my past records and meds, they don't work, and I have been reading about this which has really changed peoples lives...

I was amazed how she agreed with me that since my oramorph was removed 2 years ago mentally and physically I was effected. Mental health caused by pain I was in, how I couldn’t function due to acute pain when my arthritis caught me off guard.

I am on 120mg zomorph daily
300mg Pregab
60mg Baclofen

My Doctor was contacted after The video chat and within 3 hours I had a bottle of oramorph from from my pharmacy

Sadly when I read the dosage I was given just 2.5 ml 4 x a day. This dose on a morphine tolerant patient will be pretty Much useless

I spoke to a different GP, he had concerns increasing my dose. In the end I was increased to to 5ml 4 x a day. Don’t get me wrong I’m very grateful but how can I stick to a dose that I get nothing from. I’m aware of being on a high dose morphine, but I’ve reduced a lot to what I used to take.

If I request my old dosage of 10ml 4 x a day I risk losing oramorph altogether. Surely a 5ml dose will encourage me to take my old dose of 10ml risking running out sooner than I should of liquid morphine sulphate

Any ideas???


I asked to my depression

 

[Opal35]

Tomorrow I have my first appointment with a psychiatrist, it’s apparent that my mental health has worsened since taking Citalopram 40mg a day. This medication has caused a near mental break down.


I have read other people’s experience from starting Bupropion, helping chronic fatigue sufferers, lose weight due to taking serotonin antidepressants. People’s lives have been turned around



I’m wanting to ask if a stimulant medication (Bupropion) could be prescribed. The thing is I don’t want to tell this lady her job, I will of course explain to the psychiatrist how laying in bed everyday for the last 2 years will only end in one way should I not prescribed something to stop this suffering


I have gone from a manicured blonde haired slim woman to grey hair, I weighed 9 stone the beginning of 2020 I now weigh 15 stone. Enjoyed a healthy sex life, I’m now 18 months with zero intimacy. This is what Citalopram has done to me. My anxiety is through the roof, 3 hospital admissions due to losing it totally.


I’m so desperate to get me back, I’m broken seeing my reflection in the mirror I look like an old lady. My teeth are all loose due to not brushing them, i have grey hair thats unwashed. I have literally given up on life and dealing with my depression is dealt with by laying in bed everyday hiding my embarrassment





So…………….. How do I go about suggesting this medication without offending her

I want to start Bupropion as a my depression makes me feel permanently exhausted and like I'm moving through treacle. My understanding is however is that it has to be prescribed by a psychiatrist which would work for you but I don't have one. Anyone UK based got bupropion from their GP?