Posted by zeugma on December 11, 2005, at 10:53:36
In reply to Anorgasmia and word substitution, posted by Dinah on December 11, 2005, at 9:46:00
I have severe proper name name anomia (can't remember people's names, even people's names I know quite well, though weirdly this only obtains when I am dealing with with people in auditory contexts (conversations) and not say with people I talk with via computer. I know I've always had this, but it seems more evident to me lately. I take 300 mg Provigil for putative narcolepsy (sleep tests ambiguous IMO although the sleep clinician disagreed) and unambiguous severe ADHD and fatigue. I also take 1 mg clonazepam for anxiety, in divided doses am and noon. Clonazepam above 1 mg causes severe cognitive difficultiesm though I don't know how much of this is due to nonspecific effects of sedation and how much is selective impairment of memory as opposed to global impairment of functioning.
It could be that Provigil, since I tend to notice more of my environment, causes increased awareness of what was already prominent (and ridiculous- I would have extended phone conversations with people whose names I could not recall for the life of me, though I did in fact know who they were). Also, since clonazepam lets me have more normal (not normal by any stretch of the imagination, but at least not panic-inducing) interactions with others, I may fixate more n the inability to deal with proper names since I'm not feeling like death is literally impending.
My Provigil is going to run out soon, and I will have to switch to Ritalin for the bulk of the month. My impression is that ritalin did help with the anomia, although it is hardly worth it for me b/c of its other side effects (please do not get me started on irrationality of pdoc's precribing practices, it has been the cause of considerable suffering). Ritalin definitely antagonized clonazepam's effects, including anxiolytic ones. Again, not worth it, but stupidity of prescribing practices is not a subject I can easily discuss without becoming very irritated.
As for anorgasmia, that has always been a problem, not linked to any med. Buspirone did help for a while. What can I say, life is frustrating.
-z
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