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Depression
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Vanderhoof
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Frenzied Wombat
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Do any of you find that the typical anti-depressants like Lexapro/Pristiq/Zoloft/Prozac/etc help? Two of my sisters are always on one or another (they're addicted to their shrinks) and mentally it seems like the meds just fuck them up even more. When my mom was in hospice and I was a total mess, I tried both Lexapro and Pristiq at my GP's encouragement for a few months, and I still regret it. Felt like I was dosing myself with a dirty batch of MDMA. Both turned me into an apathetic automaton and even though I was only on them for two, maybe three months, I still feel they left some indelible mark because some of the apathy never left. Personally, I think they need to tighten the controls on prescribing that stuff, because they are serious ass meds in my opinion.
Vanderhoof
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I have a lot of patients who take SSRI's and do well but they aren't for everyone. I know people who get so depressed they don't get out of bed for weeks at a time and SSRI/SNRI's help.
Chris
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I was on Citalopram (SSRI) for a year, It did two things:
1) Put a limit on how depressed I could feel.
2) Less interested in sex / couldn't really feel as much pleasure (well, masturbation in my case).
I didn't like the second side effect or the fact I could tell when it was wearing off which felt like some sort of addiction. It did help me though, my depression as cured for a few years after that until stressful job.
1) Put a limit on how depressed I could feel.
2) Less interested in sex / couldn't really feel as much pleasure (well, masturbation in my case).
I didn't like the second side effect or the fact I could tell when it was wearing off which felt like some sort of addiction. It did help me though, my depression as cured for a few years after that until stressful job.
Gavinmad
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Lithium is dirt cheap because it's old as hell. As for ADHD meds, I got tired of paying for the adderall so I stopped taking it. Not like I have any place to be or anything to do, aside from trying to come up with a good way to die that fits all my conditions.
Kirun
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Look, I'm not disagreeing that you're having a wonderful time with this chick(many relationships are "great" in the early stages - until routine sets in), but Wombat is dead on. This relationship is still in an early enough stage that your best bet is to pull the ripcord now. You're going to get extremely invested in this and you're on a one-way ticket to crazy town. The meds will help her "cope" and have some semblance of normalcy, but she's still still a ticking time-bomb, especially if she's actually BPD and not Bi-Polar. Like Wombat said, women come with plenty of emotional baggage already, you don't need several more layers. Especially when there are millions of women out there. Quit with the Oneitis.
Borzak
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I was on cymbalta (sp?) for a while to treat nerve pain which apparently it's used for quite often. It worked great for a about a week then it seemed to build up in my body and and it was just like I had been startled all the time. I started to even walk around with the myshoulders lifted a little like someone was pulling me up by the armpits. I was pretty tense. Took about 3 days to get it out of my system.
Tarrant
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My wife takes Effexor and it took about about 3 or 4 months for her to level out with it, which she said was faster then the normal stuff and the things you mentioned. Her doctor forgot to renew her prescription for it once though and she went two days without it until Walgreens gave her an emergence 3 day supply. The withdrawals from it pretty crazy.
Kreugen
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Avoidant Personality Disorder.
Well at least I have a name for the thing that has ruled my entire adult life, not that I'm any closer to getting any help for it because, well, "avoidant." All of the miserable shit I've experienced is either a symptom or a side effect - the depression, the panic attacks, the difficulty establishing a career, self-esteem problems, lack of relationships, etc.
It's a fun disorder really - you are miserable in isolation, yet you do everything in your power to be isolated. You work undemanding jobs that bore you to death because you are too paralyzed by doubt to try anything more. All of your instincts scream at you to make the choices that are making you miserable. Oh, and if you dare go against those instincts and fail, thus confirming your fears? Well, enjoy a hole that might take decades to dig yourself out of. Want extra incentive to avoid (heh) taking that risk? Try a family history of suicide for size. Hey, Dad didn't make it past 40, care to gamble with that one?
Well at least I have a name for the thing that has ruled my entire adult life, not that I'm any closer to getting any help for it because, well, "avoidant." All of the miserable shit I've experienced is either a symptom or a side effect - the depression, the panic attacks, the difficulty establishing a career, self-esteem problems, lack of relationships, etc.
It's a fun disorder really - you are miserable in isolation, yet you do everything in your power to be isolated. You work undemanding jobs that bore you to death because you are too paralyzed by doubt to try anything more. All of your instincts scream at you to make the choices that are making you miserable. Oh, and if you dare go against those instincts and fail, thus confirming your fears? Well, enjoy a hole that might take decades to dig yourself out of. Want extra incentive to avoid (heh) taking that risk? Try a family history of suicide for size. Hey, Dad didn't make it past 40, care to gamble with that one?
Chris
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Yeah pretty sure I have this. I do my best to do the total opposite of my instincts but it doesn't feel good.
Vanderhoof
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Most clinicians tend to diagnose people with Borderline Personality Disorder or Antisocial Personality Disorder (which is definitely less amenable to treatment when compared to BPD). What about all my crazy Schizotypal and Histrionic Personality Disorder patients? They get no love. People with BPD, especially the women, get an undeserved bad rap and most are happy to try DBT because their symptoms make them miserable.
Chris
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All these disorders really just mean that you didn't learn something properly right? Which can be fixed. My avoidance is getting a hell of a lot better just from choosing to do things which are the total opposite of what I want to do.
For example training to be a Teacher and having to interact with people every day totally removed my avoidance in work situations.
I'm finding it a lot harder to improve for social situations since I still can't really contact close friends although I'm much better with strangers since going to weekly Magic: The Gathering.
For relationships I didn't really come up with anything but someone messaged me on OKCupid a few weeks ago whom I am now seeing regularily so improvement there has just started.
For example training to be a Teacher and having to interact with people every day totally removed my avoidance in work situations.
I'm finding it a lot harder to improve for social situations since I still can't really contact close friends although I'm much better with strangers since going to weekly Magic: The Gathering.
For relationships I didn't really come up with anything but someone messaged me on OKCupid a few weeks ago whom I am now seeing regularily so improvement there has just started.
Vanderhoof
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TrollfaceDeux
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yeah, it's odd. i am finding that interacting with stranger is pretty easy and fantastic. getting to know someone and letting myself trust other isn't...