Posted by Tomatheus on June 22, 2008, at 18:49:46
In reply to If your medication(s) worked..., posted by IAMtheWalrus on June 22, 2008, at 11:30:05
> What would you consider ideal results if your medication(s) actually worked for you?
First, I wouldn't be psychotic anymore. So, no ideas of reference, no intrusive thoughts, no hallucinations of any kind, no cognitive impairment, no avolition, and no extreme apathy. Basically, I'd be self motivated and free of positive psychotic symptoms again, just like I used to be before I had my psychotic break in February of last year.
Then, I'd be completely free of my depessive symptoms just as I was when I took my enteric version of Nardil with doxylamine succinate in the spring of 2006.
I'd be able to say this about the medication's effects:
"I felt *just right* in every way. Experiences that were supposed to make me feel good made me feel good, and experiences that were supposed to make me feel sad made me feel sad. Likewise, tasks that were supposed to be simple were simple, and tasks that were supposed to be difficult were difficult. I experienced little to no insomnia, and for the first time ever, I did not struggle to get out of bed after a full night of sleep. I would just wake up as most people do. For once, I finally felt like I knew what it was like to be fully human and to experience the range of feelings and emotions that most people experience. It was wonderful ... and I wasn't euphoric, just extremely satisfied and grateful to finally have the opportunity to live life as it was meant to be lived. (Tomatheus, 2006)"
Tomatheus
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REFERENCES
Tomatheus (Psycho-Babble member). (2006). Re: Taking Nardil to the EXTREME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! » ace. Retrieved June 22, 2008, from Psycho-Babble: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20060617/msgs/658844.html
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