Posted by Cece on March 7, 2001, at 0:12:03
In reply to Re: Ziprasidone, could be a good one, posted by JohnX on March 6, 2001, at 0:45:08
I'm interested in trying Ziprasidone to see if it might touch what I describe as my "background, chronic demon"- a combo of depressive and anxiety sx which remain despite mood stabilizers, AD's, anti-anxiety meds, and stimulants (all of which have helped much- none of which have really calmed this grinding monster).
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> Cece,
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> What is the "grinding monster"?
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> In my case the grinding monster (no pun intended)
> is bruxism (teeth grinding) and chronic tension headaches, as well as anhedonia, bipolar II.John-
Well, I've been trying really hard to put this into words- but it's a slippery 'demon' who lurks, and is hard to pin down.
Part of it is chronic muscle tension, especially in my upper body, and when it's bad my whole chest hurts. Sometimes I call it 'chronic grief'. It's also the constant feeling that something is wrong, that there is something I'm supposed to fix if I could just figure it out. And recurring social withdrawal, a feeling of being assaulted by too much stimulus: light, noise, energy. Oh yeah, and headaches- lots of headaches, like there's not room in my head for everything that's fighting in there.Meds have helped a lot- this all used to be so much worse. But a (dangerous) shadow remains, and I want to chase it down and disarm it. I call it 'grinding' because it is so damn persistent.
Can you relate?
Cece
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