nervous breakdown?? bi-polar??

[kelly1986]

hi everyone,
thanks for all the replies and suggestions..i really do feel like i am losing my mind...i just kind of wander through the days...even when i was at work (dangerous) i was functioning but my mind wasn't really there.

wangela67...i had been on lexapro for 3yrs and may 20, he took me off lexapro and started the Pristiq from one straight to the other...i even ask the pharmacist when i picked it up about stopping one and starting the other and she said i should be fine since they are the same type of drug...

anyway...i have been anything but fine since...so i have been on Pristiq and buspar (same day) since may 20...and started ambilify yesterday...

also my memory is shot...i am forgetting things that i wouldn't usually forget.
is ambilify for bi-polar or depression? i'm going to look it up now...haven't had a chance till now...from what he (Dr) explained it is more mood swing..which i do have quite badly.
also someone mentioned a benzo...which med is that...i was most concerned about the opiate of Norco ...maybe i'm watching the wrong drug...see ..i just get to rambling and my mind goes so fast, i just have to stop...you all are helping...thank you so much...i appreciate it..and i hope i didn't get anyone in trouble . i didn't read the posting rules before i started...i apoligize...thanks again kel

[GatsbyLuvr1920]

Abilify (technical name of "aripiprazole") is a form of atypical anti-psychotic that is primarily prescribed for bipolar mania and schizophrenia. However, the atypical anti-psychotics can be used for other conditions, usually when other "more common" medications for those conditions haven't worked. For example, my doctor recently started me on Abilify, even though I don't have either bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. I have OCD (as well as Asperger's Syndrome and panic attacks), and I have what is known as "treatment-resistant OCD." I've tried three different SSRIs (two different Zoloft trials, Lexapro, and Prozac), and I've also been through three rounds of CBT, and I have yet to find relief from my OCD. The atypical anti-psychotics are now beginning to be used for OCD and other non-psychotic conditions, because they help with abnormally high levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine.

Benzodiazepines are anti-anxiety medications, such as Klonopin, Xanax, Ativan, and Valium. Some people take a benzo each day, to keep anxiety at bay. Others, myself included, only take them when their anxiety is unmanageable; I take Klonopin as needed for extremely severe panic attacks. It is the decision of you and your doctor as to which method works best for you.
-GatsbyLuvr1920-