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It had the highest rate of discontinuation for side effects, particularly weight gain and metabolic disturbances," he added.According to Dr Lieberman, the major surprise of the initial results (New England Journal of Medicine 2005:353;1209-1223) was that perphenazine was comparably effective to three of the four new medications s...

Once, I was even prescribed a narcotic that is illegal to the rest of the world.The worst experience was when I was first put on Seroquel by this psychotic doctor.

He had me on an 800 mg dose everyday.

According to the big book of medications, that should have overdosed a 35-year-old adult male.

It's no wonder I failed my freshmen year P.E class that was first thing in the morning.

I could not function on the medications.

It would take me anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour and a half to get out of bed each morning.

I couldn't think, I couldn't see, and I couldn't be me.

How is that good for me?

When my therapist heard about this, she made me stop taking it.

But when I went back to my doctor, he upped my dose again!

So I left that doctor, and his license was later revoked, and he no longer has the right to hurt patients.The doctors prescribe the pills to "make me happy." The pills just don't allow me to think.

I don't have a chance to be happy or upset.

I'm just … there.

Maybe I'm biased because about 90 percent of the people I know on medications have had the same emotionless experiences.

My younger sister is diagnosed with ADHD and has been taking Aderal for the last three years.

My father is taking Effexor to suppress his depression.

My mother has also been diagnosed bi-polar...

"I kept track." Eventually she obtained the necessary form, while the pharmacy gave the patient five days of drugs.

Ina Storer, the Cranston woman who needs 25 medications, has also spent a lot of time on the phone.

She called her drug plan, and she called Medicare, and she called the state Department of Elderly Affairs.

By late yesterday, she still had not straightened out her problem, but her pharmacy did agree to send "a couple of pills" to hold her over.

"This is making me very sick," Storer said.

"I don't want to go back to the hospital over this." ffreyer@projo.com / (401) 277-7397 INTERACT: Browse online resources about the Medicare changes, and share how they have affected you or those close to you, at: http://projo.com More headlines...

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