threewingedfury

Ok my husband has a lot of problems, I dont even think his psychiatrist understands him. His depression has lead him to cutting and trying to overdose a few times. He has a lot of anger issues, has been through anger management, and it didn't help.

His medicines include Wellbutrin 300 mg/day- for his depression, Trileptal-2400 mg/day for anger, Cymbalta- 60 mg/day for chronic knee pain and for premature ejaculation, Thoriazine - 50 mg as needed for anxiety, Risperdal - 4 mg at night for sleep, Fentanyl patch 50 mcg/hr- chronic knee pain. None of his medicines are really helping his depression, nor his anger, even though his fentanyl does help his knee pain (he was shot in the knee and has serious tissue damage).

He goes through a lot of mood swings and his nerves are really messed up. He shakes uncontrollably when he gets anxious, and starts to throw fits so to say. He has anxiety attacks 2-3 times weekly. His psychiatrist changes his medicines once every month or so, because nothing seems to work.

He has been on Lexapro, Seroquil, Trazadone, Paxil, Effexor, Abilify, Remeron, Neurontin, Haldol, Klonapin, Ativan, Visteril, and god knows what else. Hes immune to everything he takes, and when he does start to feel better, a month later, things get worse. I dont know if his psychiatrist is putting him on way too many meds, and something isnt working right, or if he is just going to be stuck with his problems forever. He can't work due to his problems, and has been waiting on disability for 17 months now, so we're kinda poor.

I don't know what to do. There is only one psychiatrist in the area, and everything outside of town doesnt accept our insurance. I'm kind of giving up, because I feel as if there is nothing left except to dope him up on thoriazine. Any suggestions?