A COMA... WHAT ELSE IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

another path we have just explored another side effect of the husbands meds,,, a 4.5 day coma. My husband did not know where he was, who he was, he would not talk to you, and when he did it didnt make any sense. So I stopped all his meds, yes I know could have had serious side effects however, I felt it was a life or death situation. I have worked around and with psych meds for sometime now. I have worked closely with psychiatrist, I called one of my friends who is a ARNP, class II specializing in psychiatric conditions and she told me if he is like that, and he is still breathing with good vitals, to stop the meds, #1 he cant swallow, #2 his body is trying to detoxify itself, #3 he is have very bad adverse/life threatening reaction. So here we go, I am monitoring his blood pressure every 2-4 hours around the clock, taking his pulse, respirations whenever I see him, and his temp with his pulse and B/P... and by the hands of GOD we made it through it.. he woke up....

The wake up was strange at first, I had of course been in touch with his primary psychiatrist and all the bitchy wife/receptionist would say "is you already have an appointment on August 4th", and I told her.. "HE COULD BE DEAD BY THEN!" So in her nice rude tone she said "if you think he is going to die then take him to the hospital." I said, "no I dont think THAT now he has woken up finally, however the medications he is on and the dosages are making him VERY SICK". She proceeded to tell me that my appointment was 8/4/08 and to make sure we tell the doctor all of this. I was so upset I said so " you mean when one of his patient's calls the office in crisis you dont tell him?" she said " no, not if its already resolved and yours sounds resolved." and she hung up.

I was Pissed off.. I could not even think of what to do, I was just standing in my kitchen dumbfounded. Never in my life had I been treated like that and I vowed never to be treated like that again, unless of course its a doctors office I deal with at work they are always cranky, its expected, But this is my Husbands doctor, WE PAY HIM!!! SO I called my friend back!
SHE ASKED ME EXACTLY WHAT HIS MEDS WERE AND HIS PRESCRIBED DOSAGES, THEN SHE DID SOMETHING I DID NOT EXPECT, SHE SAID WHAT DO YOU THINK, I TOLD HER I THINK HE NEEDS A LOT OF THE ANTI-PSYCHOTICS CUT OR SERIOUSLY LOWERED AND BUILT UP SLOWELY IF HE NEEDS THEM. SHE SAID SHE AGREED, AND GAVE ME NEW DOSAGES OF HIS CURRENT MEDS, SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN AWAKE, LESS GROGGY, HE HAS PATIENCE, HE ISNT YELLING, HE SPENDS TIME WITH HIS DAUGHTER, YES HE IS STILL FORGETFULL, AND NO I DON'T THINK THIS IS A PERMANENT CURE, ITS A START THOUGH AND WE ARE OPEN FOR ANYTHING!!!!! MY ONLY WISH IS THAT THIS OTHER PSYCHIATRIST WAS TAKING NEW PATIENTS, BUT I GUESS HE IS GOING OUT OF TOWN FOR 4 MONTHS AND MY FRIEND THE ARNP II SHE IS NOT CONTRACTED WITH OUR INSURANCE!

MY BIGGEST FEAR IS WAKING UP ONE MORNING AND FINDING HIM DEAD, AND AFTER THIS LAST WEEK IT WAS ALMOST A REALITY. WE CANNOT AFFORD FOR HIM TO GO TO THE OUTPATIENT TREATMENTS AT THE PSYCH HOSPITAL, HOWEVER IF HE IS BAKER ACTED FOR 72 HOURS OUR INSURANCE PAYS 100%