Posted by zeugma on February 13, 2003, at 20:11:14
In reply to Re: Thats fascinating: Hildi » zeugma, posted by hildi on February 13, 2003, at 0:02:13
> Thanks for the support. I am thinking of asking my dr. for a trial of this when I go in next week. I just mentioned to missinglynxx that I worried it would increase my anxiety, but I do think it is worth the 'risk' of that to give this a try. Irritability I can deal with more than increased nerviousness and anxiety.
> I wonder though, if I have ADD or if it is bipolar tendencies -brought on by the ad's possibly. I get racing thoughts, restlessness, and hyperness at times- actually every day. I can't sit still- I have to keep moving unless I take a ton of benzos. I thought it was just the anxiety, but the benzos don't really take care of the anxiety, just help slow me down. But I still feel agitated and I wonder if it's a tad of BP or ADD. I try to get as much information as I can on these subjects but still don't know.
> Cutting through the fog, like you said the nortrip does- I remember many years ago feeling that way for a very brief period of time when I started prozac- but then it all went downhill and the fog is thick, very thick now. The benzos I take along with the prozac probably add to the fog, but do slow down some of the hyperness and desire to rearrange things all the time! I can't sit still and talk to someone- I have to jump up and fix a slanted picture or do something 'busy' that doesn't require thought, just movement.
> So, anyway, I mystify myself. I don't know what I have-beside a major anxiety d/o and depression.
> My question is: if I am BP, would a TCA, would nortrip, make it worse? (I read somewhere that TCA's make BP worse-but I don't know if I am BP and even if so, it would probably be BPII) It helps ADD so that sounds interesting . . .
> Wish I knew what my real diagnosis was/is, but who cares if I can find something that works. Labels don't always make the best resources for prescribing meds since people respond so differently to the meds, anyway.
> Hildi
>Hildi-
I don't know if you have BP or are just more efficient than I am (ha). I know nortriptyline is not recommeded for BP's- causes phase change, as the insert from Rite Aid said. Nortriptyline helps with ADD though. It makes things like writing much easier- I always had trouble getting my thoughts out- the movements seemed too complex- I can express myself a lot more clearly these days (good thing because I'm in graduate school and should be writing every day). It also helped with anxiety but in a subtle way. I obseved that certain things were less scary, but I had to stop and think about it for a minute before realizing it.
Btw I totally understood where you were coming from when you described your meeting with your dr. in your reply to missinglynxx. Generally doctors aren't concerned with whether you're meeting your life goals - as long as you're not breaking down in front of them. I've been thinking a lot about what I hope to achieve with these meds, as well as how I actually want to feel on them. For me getting the self-loathing and fearfulness and fog under control is a big part of it- so is being able to function in a more normal way and being able to work more and advance on earning a living. Maybe it's too ambitious, but if I didn't have these goals I don't think I'd be getting the most out of the meds. I'd hate to think I was tweaking my brain chemistry for nothing. I think you're totally justified in wanting more from your meds.
Good luck,
z
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