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New Beginning Registering For Va Mental Health Ptsd Mdd Psychotic Features

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Well today I called the Va to start mental health treatment. I was informed that I needed to register with patient services. So either today or tomorrow I will go to the mental health clinic to begin treatment. So after I go down there and see if I can be seen and helped I will update the results. Prozac seems to only help me be more social. It does nothing for my violent side. So I plan to stay in treatment until I get this mental situation under control.

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Well I took the prazosin last night. I didn't have any nightmares and I slept until the mourning. I woke up partially but I was still sleep. So I don't know if this stuff work that fast but we will see what the future holds if tonight I will sleep as peacefully. I'm still jittery and have anger towards strangers at the moment. They told me that seraquel should take that away. Sooooo I'm scared to take it. I'm nervous. I don't want to flip out like I did last time. But I will be in the house away from the world. So I should be ok.

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Well I have been taking. Prazosin or minipress for nightmares and this is the first week I have slept the whole entire night without nightmares. I still have extreme desire for pain however I can get it. But I haven't did anything to fulfill that desire. Sunday I will start the seraquel. Right now I'm on 40mg Prozac which seems to only make me more loving to my gal. Old doctor shrink said seraquel will take the violent angry part f me away. Soooo this Sunday I will be on all three meds. Hopefully I don't freak out so far so good. I am still pretty much housebound until I have faith I will not try to fight anybody.

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82nd,

I take Seroquel too. For me personally, I think it is somewhat helpful,

but we can all have different effects from different drugs.

Hope it works for you, although you will probably not know for sure

until you've taken it faithfully for a couple of months and get to your

therapeutic level.

JMHO

Carlie passed away in November 2015 she is missed.

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Anti-psychotic drugs like Seroquel can have profound side effects ....some that are permanent. I took Stelazine 40 years ago given to me by the Army. I had to go to the hospital. I never took it again and I would have to be really batty to ever take that stuff again. If you are having hallucinations then it is fine for a short while.

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Anti-psychotic drugs like Seroquel can have profound side effects ....some that are permanent. I took Stelazine 40 years ago given to me by the Army. I had to go to the hospital. I never took it again and I would have to be really batty to ever take that stuff again. If you are having hallucinations then it is fine for a short while.

John,

My Seroquel isn't RX'd to treat hallucinations.

It helps me sleep and not remember nightmares.

Carlie passed away in November 2015 she is missed.

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82nd,

I take Seroquel too. For me personally, I think it is somewhat helpful,

but we can all have different effects from different drugs.

Hope it works for you, although you will probably not know for sure

until you've taken it faithfully for a couple of months and get to your

therapeutic level.

JMHO

THANX I just tried it this mourning. I hope everything goes kool.
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