well after a massive panic attack,complete with heart papiltations i went to the dr today and had a ekg done.he has put me on a new medicine and i am having a echocardiagram next week.he also wants me to see a therapist to help me with all the things on my plate.well at least i'm not dying.

awwww......so sorry to hear that jax ((hugs)).....



ok.....i know for a fact i'm not the only one in here on lamictal for the mood swings......and we all have been told about "the rash".....i got the rash the first time when my dose was adjusted from 200 to 300mg..........then i ran out for a while and the dr started me ALL over again (y'all remember the starter pack)......after 8 days on ONLY 25MG......the rash is back.......i go to the er yet again.....

but this time.....the doc DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT MY NECK!!!!! started asking me the dermatitis questions BEFORE HE WAS EVEN IN THE ROOM......I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE WAS TALKING TO ME!!!! .......after telling him i was on lamictal and that this happened before.....HE ACTUALLY GOT THE NERVE TO TELL ME (EXACT WORDS) "You don't know what the F*ck you're talking about" while AT THE SAME TIME SHOVING THAT LITTLE PDA OF HIS IN MY FACE.........

i looked at him and said......"well where the hell did i get this godd@mned rash then?" and HE DIDN'T KNOW (what he told me).....yet my discharge papers say i have POISON IVY........

i'm sorry, but i've had poison ivy before....and it's never looked like this....


I'm warnin y'all.....you ever come to Kershaw County, SC...............EVEN IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.....DO NOT (I REPEAT) DO NOT GO TO KERSHAW MEDICAL CENTER......you will probably end up dead.

(((jax))) so glad you ar getting the help you need and are taking care of yourself as well as you are your son. Those panick attacks are a b!tch....
I wake up almost every morning with anxiety...even when I'm going to school. I hate that feeling because most of the time it wakes me up and I have to look at my watch to see if it is too early to take them.
Sighhh, they have me on the max dose of anxiety meds that I am allowed to get on medicare. There is not much morethat can be done so I try to just live with it.
Glad you have the chance to get things straightened out, ---> insert hugs smilie here<----

(((Amber))) sweetie you go right back in there at a different time and see another Dr! I MEAN IT! Google that steven's Johnson Syndrome and look at the images of it. It kills people and or leaves them perm scarred or blind! Stop taking the Lamictal NOW! NOW!!!!!!
Don't you mess around being mad, just get your ass back to the Dr! I mean it girlie! I care about all of you and would be really pissed and depressed if any of you were hurt. You get a second opionion! You can do that. It is allowed if you think the Dr is wrong! And if they won't see you, ask to see the head administrator!
I can tell you that the last time I was in the hospital my mom called the administrator and with in 24 hrs I was out of the loony bin and in a reg room with a shower and everyting.
That rash is DANGEROUS! GO back please Hon! Just do it.

i'll get my stepma's nurse to look at it tomorrow when she comes........

and the a$$hole i saw is the administrator....

He may have been the admin of the ER or med Office, but Im talking about his boss. The people in the office upstairs. That's who my mom called. The people who actually run the hospital. I am glad that someone will look at it who knows what they are doing though.

I know Lamictal works well, but you are just going to have to take something else and dont give that "there is nothing else" cuz there is something, you just havent found it yet.

hell, Lithium works better than Lamictal for me but makes me fat as a cow even if I don't eat. Hell that is why Amy Lee stopped taking it too. I refuse it. And I refuse to take anti depressants too. They have been doing studies and are finding the full blown BP's are not supposed to take them. It triggers mania, and can worsen the crash we get when it comes down.

Find another Dr or work with the one you have but find what you need and do without anger cuz you catch more flies with honey than vinigar. Yes I have noticed you have been really really angry and of course your reasons are valid so far, but damn girl. No one wants to deal with let alone help someone who is irrate.

Try to find a way to calm down a bit b4 you talk to anyone about these problems......easy for me to say but remember....I went most of my childhood and 1/2 of my life w/o anything helpful and had to learn how to deal with people and then get irrate when I got to my car, or beat the SH!T out of a pillow.

I went so far one time as to take a shovel and break every window in the trailer and the bathroom mirrors. Big ones!! Hell if someone was going to get on my ass about something and break things I sure as hell was going to show him how it's done right!....

That is NOT the way I should have handled the situation. I should have got in my car and went to my moms or to the park or something. I did have my son to take care of and had to think of him as well. It was very very hard and he had ADD too.

Just find a way to calm down and re-direct that anger into something else for a time, then let out the fury on something harmless that you dont mind being broken. Hell, go to the local thrift store and buy cups and plates and SH!T like that and then take them and keep them to break! It works sometimes.

Ok, there is nothing more I can say, but I hope things get better an nothing else comes up to piss you off or make you situation worse. You've had enough.

Well Karen, I've been workin like crazy on the blanket I've been crocheting on since last August.

I am glad you are not dying, Jax. It is hard enough for me to make friends online as it is. I was wondering what was up with you.

We are dealing with one resident who is showing aggressive tendencies towards all of the women whether aides, nurses or residents. Every day it is a new incident report. My friend, Robin at work almost got slapped by him. Then she almost got slapped by one of the female residents. I had to do my best to calm her down. It definately wasn't her day. She is so afraid of losing her license because of we have been under the gun of state rules. And now she is working a double. You go get them, Tiger. Man is she a little spitfire. I just hope she doesn't burn herself out. One thing I have learned is you don't argue with the Alzheimers. Dr. Jeckyl is alright but you never know how long Mr. Hyde is going to be around.

ok, y'all....went to see my regular dr today, and i was suprised to learn that she's had experience with Steven Johnson's syndrome......i'm having an allergic reaction....but couldn't figure out to what until like five minutes ago......


turns out.....i'm allergic to...........Nice'n Fluffy liquid fabric softener......damn it! Guess i'll have to switch back to Downy......(and i can't afford that....)

i had the same thing happen when i used surf detergent awhile back.glad you can keep the med :)

me too jax, especially since that combined with the effexor is the best cocktail i've ever been on.

i forgot to add that i had the embarrassment of having to show my dr my right boob cuz the dermatitis popped up there too....

(JAX) I can't use that either and the one called.ummmmm. FAB! Yeah that one. How are you doing? Feeling any better at all?
Know what you mean now about the slew of tests. Went to the a new Dr today for severe memory loss, blurry vision and neck pain. He gave me a full (and I mean full) physical. I wasnt expecting that. Whoohooo, didnt warn me when he did "that" test, hahaha. Seems I have more problems than I thought and thank God I have insurance that covers this ****.

(amber) sighhhhhhhhhhh of relief! Glad it is only the fabric softener. Hey it can be a whole lot worse than paying a bit more. To me this is wonderful news since I have seen first-hand what SJS can do.

(roy) haha, watch out for those slappers.....glad you have it under control, and I understand it being hard to make friends as it is. Thank God for the ones we have eh?

dementia patients are the same way........
my papa (mom's dad) had dementia....he went downhill fast.....out of the living 6 kids (one of my aunts died when she was 6months old) (and out of all those, only 2 boys)...he let only my momma bathe him because he thought momma was a man (the way my momma used to dress, you'd swear it too)....then it got to where he started to get violent towards momma because he thought momma was tryin to steal gramma (mom's mom) away from him.......he was reverting back to the earlier years of their marriage...and gramma begged my momma and oldest aunt to put papa in the nursing home because she was frightened to death that he would start beating on her like he used to.....

Amber, one of the things that the nurses have come up in their meetings is to encourage good behavior and to discourage bad behavior. A male aide and the female nurse were discussing this last night. He was acting like she didn't already know some of the things he was coming up with. He is new and she has already tried some of these technique he speaks of. They were both trying to make a point with each other. I could see while working a double this communication problem that they were having. A good friend of mine on the forums brought this to my attention a one time. She said talk to me and not at me. I was like the go between them. I am sure you have seen this with children where the father tells the child to go tell the mother something and the mother tells the child to go tell the father something but the mother and father don't actually talk to each other. I had to side with the nurse because the resident in question we have tried everything to encourage good behavior and to discourage bad behavior. Since the nurse is spending a lot of time studying for her RN license his distraction is really getting to her. She let me know that he was pissing her off. He was telling me that the nurse isn't trying to understand where he is coming from and she is really pissing him off. I couldn't help but think that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. But it makes me wonder if a little knowledge is a dangerous thing then how much more dangerous could a lot of knowledge be.

In your opinion, are there cases in which a person who is chronically depressed, should be allowed to recieve disability?

yes
I am on it and have been for years. It is just hard to get. Need to get a lawyer though. they always turn you dont at frst

It almost seems like having to go through all that time, energy, and the possible rejection would only aid to one's depression. Do they insist someone take medication for their illness in order to recieve benefits? Or may you refuse to help yourself in that way and still collect?

From my experience social security does want you do be on medication.

Had a good night last night, Amber. One of the things I like about my job is that it has helped me so much to learn through my mistakes. One of our lady residents is a diabetic. First time I dealt with her I learned the hard facts about not cutting her toenails. According to the nurses aides handbook I was not supposed to cut her toenails. I didn't but handed her the clippers. Needless to say I spent a hour holding a ice bag on her feet and praying that it would quit bleeding. That happened over a year ago. The next day to make up for it I bought her a bagel. Then I found out that she wasn't supposed to have wheat products. Accck. After that the nurse told me if she asked for anything to come see her first. Later the resident's sister asked me not to bathe her. It seems we lost one male aide for that reason. But last night when she bit off part of her fingernail I knew exactly what to do. I called the nurse who was on a break and told the nurse I had a ice bag on her finger. By the time the nurse got back I had the bleeding stopped. If I hadn't made that dumb mistake, you know I wouldn't have the known the seriousness of diabeties and nail clipping. This morning the Director of Nursing told me not to even go into her room unless I had a witness with me.

Well, I wasn't on meds but they did require that I have a psyciatrist, and be seeking help. Now that I have it though, they NEVER bother me about that kind of stuff.

Only in the beginning to prove I really had a problem. I do see a Dr and I do take my meds since I do not feel like going off the deep end again.

Why do you ask? Is this for you or are you asking for another person? If niether, well in anycase, you should google it and find out more information. Everyones story and experiences are differnt and some laws are different in different states.

Good luck to you.