I need advice on how to help my friend and co-worker. She is an RN, we both work for a private duty home care agency and have shared work for a few children over the past 6 years.
The problem is that she has, over the last year and a half, been put on so many meds by so many doctors that she is showing signs of disorentation, tremors, depression, etc.
A little history--- She has somehow been convinced that she has symptoms of ADHD, not the illness-but just the symptoms. She says that it's from an earlier accident 10 years or so ago. Is this possible? anyway, she is seeing a phycologist, phyciatrist, and a physician. She is now taking Welbutrin, Prozac, and Trazadone... She is on Ritilan, and some other speed which she cant remember the name of....and is on Advair and something else for allergies and asthma. She shakes constantly, she has trouble remembering what she is going to say, she has days of depression where she won't get out of bed. I am scared for her and don't know how to advise her. I would appreciate any help for nurses with any experience in this area.
