Posted by CareBear04 on January 19, 2008, at 22:05:33
In reply to Re: what drugs would kill off my remaining emotion, posted by jms600 on January 19, 2008, at 15:54:36
thanks jms, i'm glad to hear more about stelazine; i don't know of many people anymore who have tried it or even many doctors who are still willing to prescribe it. i've actually tried haldol and, despite the rather bad rep it and other old APs have developed over the years, it probably helped me more than any of the newer atypicals. it didn't have much effect on my mood, but it was great for anxiety and went beyond helping with the physical jitters and actually slowed my thoughts from racing. but, unfortunately, i had to go off it after a short time of taking it regularly because my pdoc noticed the start of some facial twiching.
seroxat is paxil? i was only on it for a few weeks, and i think my experience was tainted by the side effects i developed when the pdoc doubled up to 40mg after just a few days on 20. but even having been on it so briefly, i had some withdrawal, too. i'm sorry it didn't work for you when you tried it again. it's really disappointing to be let down by a med you had faith in. as for seroquel, i can't give much of an opinion either way. i've been on it a number of times and have been taking it now for about a year. one pdoc i had once described it as "the world's most expensive sleeping pill." that's pretty much the experience i've had with it, but, as with other effects, i've worked up a pretty good tolerance to the sedation. i know 200+ lb men who are knocked out and hung over from 25 or 50mg, and i take 100-150mg and often still can't sleep through the night. but if i don't take it, i can't get to sleep at all. as for ongoing effects, i haven't noticed anything, good or bad. i don't feel sluggish anymore the next day, but i don't the seroquel affects my mood or anxiety. my pdoc once had in mind using seroquel for depression and increased it to 300mg. i think that's the minimum dose found to be effective for depression in studies, but i don't know anything its effect on anxiety.
thanks for responding, and i hope you feel better soon, too!
cb
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