Posted by grapebubblegum on August 2, 2001, at 16:22:19
In reply to Re: Can anyone help with a comparison? » grapebubblegum, posted by Elizabeth on August 2, 2001, at 15:11:43
Thanks, Elizabeth. I've taken xanax and I've been given Ativan by injection at a hospital, and they do work, but sometimes a PA can get so bad that it is not a smooth, swift ride down.
Anyway, you asked about the cognitive aspect. I guess it is similar to what you might feel if someone were driving a nail through your toe and you saw no end in sight: for me it's not a suicidal feeling as much as a feeling that my being alive is some sort of mistake or a feeling that just possibly it might have been better had I not been born. This is a passing sentiment and a half-formed thought at that; so I consider it to be a reaction to unrelenting (psychic) extreme discomfort.
As for the twisted thoughts, it's kind of that unreality feeling coupled with, "Ah, I feel better; maybe going into a store to grab some groceries might help distract me," alternated with, "maybe this store is making me feel worse," and "I'll just read the concert t-shirt of the man in front of me in line," and then, "the shirt is making me feel worse." In other words, seemingly irrational thoughts and emotional content linked to supposedly irrelevant data in the environment. That's what I meant.
Well, my son took zyprexa and he ate CONSTANTLY until the doctor switched him to geodon and now he is eating normally again.
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