My mother in law has been suffering from "chronic clinical depression" since last year.This is what she says her doctor calls it. She has experienced a rapid decline in her ability to function since November. Not sure of any trigger for this, but she has now lost her job because of her inability to function. We had noticed that she would be "zombie like" at times, very confused, asked the same questions over and over again, had problems making even simple decisions, etc. We're talking about someone that has NEVER had problems like this before, was fine and dandy, able to go to work and take care of herself, etc. She was fired from her job the week of July 4th, and this obviously didn't make matters better. She had what sounds like an anxiety attack on 7/31, went to the ER, told them she didn't want to live, but was sent home to f/u with her psychiatrist. She did that the next day was was put inpatient in a psychiatric hospital for 8 days. Her meds before she went in:
Geodon, Lamictal, Wellbutrin 450 mg.. They discharged her on: Geodon 80 mg, Lamictal (not sure of dose), Wellbutrin 300 mg, Klonopin 1 mg, split into 3 doses thru the day, and Cymbalta (not sure of the dose on this).....Do you guys think this is too much medication? What she was taking before she went in didn't appear to be helping at all, so we don't understand why they kept her on it, especially the Geodon. She has had problems with a really bad tremor also. I wondered if it could come from that??? Anyway, sorry for the long post. We are new to this and just concerned about making sure the doctors are doing what's right for her.
Geodon, Lamictal, Wellbutrin 450 mg.. They discharged her on: Geodon 80 mg, Lamictal (not sure of dose), Wellbutrin 300 mg, Klonopin 1 mg, split into 3 doses thru the day, and Cymbalta (not sure of the dose on this).....Do you guys think this is too much medication? What she was taking before she went in didn't appear to be helping at all, so we don't understand why they kept her on it, especially the Geodon. She has had problems with a really bad tremor also. I wondered if it could come from that??? Anyway, sorry for the long post. We are new to this and just concerned about making sure the doctors are doing what's right for her.