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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 402448" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p style="text-align: left">Ok...I know I know I know!!!</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Can I raise my hand over in the corner excitedly LOL. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/jumphappy.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":jumphappy:" title="jump happy :jumphappy:" data-shortname=":jumphappy:" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">As you know I had to go off seroquel because of the cholesterol problem but I was just complaining to my psychiatrist a couple of weeks ago that I was still feeling a bit miserable without it and my sleep wasnt as good. My anxiety wasnt held in check as well and yada yada but still I really didnt want to chance another AP. He broke in and said...tada...well Janet...you do have two options right now and another is due to come out of the pipe works in February if you want to wait but one is Geodon which is weight neutral and the other is called Saphris which is new. I would probably advise Saphris.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">I hadnt heard about Saphris so I asked him about it. It is a new atypical AP which is dissolved in the mouth so it bypasses the liver so it hits the blood stream and bypasses the liver hence it doesnt effect cholesterol. They say it can be slightly sedating but I have noticed that I wake up easier in the mornings. I am noticing my anxiety is getting better. I started it the Friday that I wrote my rant on WC. I took it that night. The normal dose is one pill twice a day but for now we are just doing me one pill a day at night. So I took my one pill that night on Friday night...after I wrote that rant. By Sunday I was feeling a bit better. My birthday was Monday and I was pretty okay. I got through the entire day without shedding one tear. </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Now I will say this...it is supposed to taste like black cherry. Its yucky. Its a little tiny very thin pill that is made to dissolve the minute it hits your mouth. They say to put it under your tongue. My doctor advised me to put it between my cheek and gum because it is easier to deal with the taste. I tried it both ways. Under your tongue made me feel like I was foaming at the mouth and made my tongue feel numb. You cant eat or drink for ten minutes after you put it in your mouth. I have just gotten used to it and deal with it. I set aside my ten minutes and watch tv for that amount of time and then get something yummy to eat afterwards...lol. </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 402448, member: 1514"] [LEFT]Ok...I know I know I know!!! Can I raise my hand over in the corner excitedly LOL. :jumphappy: As you know I had to go off seroquel because of the cholesterol problem but I was just complaining to my psychiatrist a couple of weeks ago that I was still feeling a bit miserable without it and my sleep wasnt as good. My anxiety wasnt held in check as well and yada yada but still I really didnt want to chance another AP. He broke in and said...tada...well Janet...you do have two options right now and another is due to come out of the pipe works in February if you want to wait but one is Geodon which is weight neutral and the other is called Saphris which is new. I would probably advise Saphris. I hadnt heard about Saphris so I asked him about it. It is a new atypical AP which is dissolved in the mouth so it bypasses the liver so it hits the blood stream and bypasses the liver hence it doesnt effect cholesterol. They say it can be slightly sedating but I have noticed that I wake up easier in the mornings. I am noticing my anxiety is getting better. I started it the Friday that I wrote my rant on WC. I took it that night. The normal dose is one pill twice a day but for now we are just doing me one pill a day at night. So I took my one pill that night on Friday night...after I wrote that rant. By Sunday I was feeling a bit better. My birthday was Monday and I was pretty okay. I got through the entire day without shedding one tear. Now I will say this...it is supposed to taste like black cherry. Its yucky. Its a little tiny very thin pill that is made to dissolve the minute it hits your mouth. They say to put it under your tongue. My doctor advised me to put it between my cheek and gum because it is easier to deal with the taste. I tried it both ways. Under your tongue made me feel like I was foaming at the mouth and made my tongue feel numb. You cant eat or drink for ten minutes after you put it in your mouth. I have just gotten used to it and deal with it. I set aside my ten minutes and watch tv for that amount of time and then get something yummy to eat afterwards...lol. [/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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