Posted by Bob on August 13, 2008, at 11:14:47
In reply to Re: Withdrawal from Effexor and Lunesta » Bob, posted by SLS on August 13, 2008, at 5:15:58
> > > In some depression there is a limbic hyperactivity. In these situations thoughts and emotions can be intense and hard to control. Some people might call it agitated depression, or neurotic depression. Mood stabilizers can cause an overal dampening effect on limbic systems. SSRI's kind of do the same thing by increasing the concentration of serotonin in certain limbic regions. Activation of the 5-ht1a receptors causes an inhibitory effect in limbic regions.
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> > > Anticonvulsants don't tend to work well with apathetic depression however. They do not boost motivation.
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> > Seems like I have a mixed state type depression. I have a ruminative dysphoric depression with anxiety. Then when I introduce antidepressants and anxiolytics I either get panic and akathisia from the activating drugs, or sink down into apathy, sedation and fatigue from the anxiolytics and mood stabilizers. To me these two states are directly contradictory and I don't see how it can be treated when addressing one just aggravates the other.
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> There is such a thing as depression with racing thoughts that is not part of the bipolar spectrum. Is your best time of day morning or evenening? At what age did your mood/anxiety disorder begin?
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I am far, far, far worse in the mornings and midday than the evenings. In retrospect, my disorder started to show itself at about 20 years of age or so. I didn't really start to seek treatment until about 23. It then quickly became very serious, and has just gotten worse over the years.
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