Posted by greg diamond on March 19, 2005, at 9:00:59
In reply to Re: I Don't Get It! » Phillipa, posted by SLS on March 19, 2005, at 7:10:35
Phillipa - I completely understand your 'waffling' on the subject of AD's. when i went on them the first time it was for OCD, and zoloft did wonders = 8 hours of rumination turned to 20 minutes or so. now i am on them for both anxiety/depression as my old OCD symptoms are gone. i do know that when i am off meds and i go through a crisis (like right now - school, moving, brokenheart) i tend to obsess uncontrollably and become one big ball of anxiety and corresponding depression at the fight it entails. but now i notice side effects more (spaciness - is this due to a flood of serotonin?), and fear that when i do want to go off of them that i will have massive relapse problems. my CBT is going too slowly though, and i just care less about everything when i am on the meds.
i am waiting for an AD with no sexual side effects or metabolism alteration, this will be science working in my favour! i think if you feel well on just valium Phillipa then stick with it. and do psychotherapy too, it's a slow way to change brain chemistry, but it's free and fun when you start to see different ways to respond to life's challenges. we often rely far too much on psychopharmacology, at least those of us who don't have the more severe psychic issues. keep posting about your decisions re: zoloft. it sounds like luvox was the med for you. maybe give it a little more time to reach maximum levels and then see what happens. with my OCD it took 12 weeks. the change was slow but when it did happen it vastly improved my quality of life.
craig.
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