Posted by Dinah on December 31, 2005, at 11:09:11
In reply to Re: I'm scared of Antipsychotics. » med_empowered, posted by yxibow on December 31, 2005, at 1:06:14
At least for some of us.
I take them for severe anxiety in stressful situations. They give a deep down feeling of calm that Klonopin just can't compare with. They have an antidepressant effect for me that SSRI's can't match, and without excess drowsiness. Perhaps because depression and anxiety are so linked for me.
As angry as I was at my psychiatrist giving me Thorazine as an adolescent while telling me it was Valium, who knows what my life would have been like without it? I was rapidly careening towards agoraphobia caused by an OCD preoccupation with vomit. And I literally begged my pdoc for something equivilant to Thorazine when similar stressors entered my life recently. If I hadn't been able to manage the anxiety, I would have had to leave home, at minimum.
I know the risks, but if I'm feeling bad enough I just want the relief.
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