NOT COME TO WORK WHENEVER THEY WANT TO?...I REALLY NEEDED MY MEDICINE CUZ I HAVE BEEN OUT FOR A WHILE NOW AND THE NURSE SAID I WONT BE ABLE TO COME IN TILL NEXT WEEK...SHE SAID TO TAKE BENADRYL FOR RIGHT NOW ...U SEE I SUFFER FROM BIPOLAR DISORDER AND I HAVE SEVERE PANIC ATTACKS AND SHE SAID THAT BENADRYL WOULD HELP IN PLACE OF MY MEDICINE...YEAH ****ING RIGHT THAT MEDICINE KNOCKS MY ASS ON THE GROUND...WELL IM TRYING TO STAY SANE RIGHT NOW BUT ITS LUNCH RIGHT NOW SO I THINK I WILL BE OK...

WHATS UP WITH U ALL?

I'm bipolar also. Benadryl never really worked for me. Why do you talk in Caps lock?

From experience, you should never let your meds run out or stop taking your meds. I'm not sure how your refills work but I believe you can pick them up 5-6 days before you finish the month's supply. Going without meds, especially being bi-polar, is a good way to bring on a manic episode. Benadryl? Is she joking or what? Are your panic attacks to the point of where you think you are dying or already dead?

What are you taking? Mood stabilizers? Anti-depressants? Anti-pychotics?

Oh, and please turn off the caps. Yelling this early in the morning is so not cool.

Yeah, I need to get better at taking my meds regularly also. =\ You should ask your doc about Mood stabalizers. not benedryl they work much better for Bi polar.

I'm not going to speak when it comes to why people don't do certain things because I havn't been in their shoes soo... yeah.

But, honestly, the benadryl is a good recomendation. The reason it is making you drowsy is because its relaxing your nerves so if you find it takes too much out of you try lowering your dose if thats possible. Another good thing that may be a good substitute for you would be St Johns wort. But please be smart about it. Obviously don't take it with any other medication that has the same effect. Talk to the nurse about that. The effects may be a little milder and so nicer for you. Another thing you can do to calm anxiety or nervousness is burn lavender scented oil or! Put dried lavender in your clothing drawers.

Being extremely familiar with mental health I can say several things.
#1 if you are Biploar and have been off your meds for "awhile", why are you angry with your doctor for not being at work? What is another week?
#2 Are you aware your doctor can not responsibly prescribe antipsychotic medications without assessing you first?
#3 If I read your message correctly it looks as though you have run out of a benzodiazapine and this is what you are actually wanting. This is a controlledsubstance and thedoctor cannot legally prescribe it without seeing you. There are no refills on these medications. Benadryl will calm you, it will work similiarly to Vistaril.
#4 Panic attacks are best resolved by behavioral modification therapy, not medicines.

Good luck to you and beware to run out of medicines if you are mentally ill.

No offense, illithed, but those items are just not strong enough for bi-polar disorder. If you've ever had a panic attack or a manic episode, then you would know. You need something with the strength of Lithium to bring you down from a manic episode. Nothing quite that strong for a panic attack but once you become manic, you need to be hospitalized to become stable again.

Never claimed to know. Just throwing out a suggestion for something milder since it was the strength of her medication that she said was bothering her.

i appreciate all of yalls concern but the medicine i take is vistaril and trileptal and seroquel and the vistaril i take when needed and starting this new job at the state of alabama is killing me i have at least 5 panic attacks a day just from 8-5 and it gets worse at night...the reason i have been out is because i pretty much have been homeless until about 3 months ago till one of my long lost friends i ran into hel;ped me out with a job and a roof over my head i owe her the world...but i really havent been able to buy them so that is why i have gone with out them for so long but no i dont feel like im dying i feel like im having a freakling heart attack and i cant think or anything i just feel like passing out or screaming at someone...the reason i got so mad about the appt is i made this appt 2 months ago...well anyway im going to go smoke i will be right back...

Cant you go to a clinic and tell them what you need?

i dont have a car i really need one but right now im getting ready to move into my own place and then i can save some money

Vistaril is almost identical to Benadryl. It is also cheap, about $5 for a prescription. Seroquel and Trileptal are still under patent and can be received via samples. Go to a local community mental health clinic and ask for your medications. However, they would have to verify with your current doctor what you are taking before they would assist you.
Just so everyone is aware, the Seroquel is a mood stabilizer and the Trileptal has a anti-depressant effect. It is NOT for people with manic episodes as thier primary problem. Vistaril is an antihistamine, so is Benadryl. You are talking Motrin and Aleve, in terms of similiarity.

OK U DONT KNOW WHAT U R TALKING ABOUT I SPENT 2 YEARS IN A MENTAL HEALTH GROUP HOME WHERE ALL WE TALKING ABOUT WAS WHAT WAS IN UR MEDS AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM AND ALL THAT JAZZ SO DONT SIT THERE AND TELL ME THAT ALL IM TAKING IS ALEVE AND WHATEVER ELSE U SAID ...I DONT THINK DOCTORS AND GROUP HOME MANAGERS WHO WENT TO SCHOOL FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND **** LIKE THAT SO U CAN JUST SIT UR HAPPY ASS DOWN AND THAT IS ALL I AHVE TO SAY...
GOOD BYE

THANX TO EVERYONE ELSE FOR UR WORDS...

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