Posted by never2late on January 14, 2012, at 23:18:09
In reply to Re: Dopamine Fixes for Effexor » never2late, posted by SLS on January 14, 2012, at 7:00:00
I was on the Klonopin before the effexor. If I do not take klonopin it is not exactly anxiety in the sense of panic, but a real restlessness that just feels awful. I feel like I have to have to do something but I dont have any energy or motivation to do it. LIke when I was driving today I felt really listless and just uncomfortable. I smoked alot of cigarettes which kind of helps because I am doing something. At work at I was drinking a lot of coffee, because I felt like it helped calm me down. I switched to mint tea because I dont feel that drink 8 cups of coffee in a day is good for me.
The klonopin kind removes my feelings of listlessness and feeling restless but I am still left with no motivation and lack of concentration, which is not being helped ( I feel ) by the adderall. Before I started effexor and used to take my add drugs their effects were noticeable. I could sit and study and concentrate on things and was more productive but had anxiety driving my behavior. Now the anxiety is removed and this uncomfortable restless feeling remains and the adderall dosn't really work as well.
I am returning to school next week. I already sat down in a quiet room with my headphones on with my white noise playing (which really helps if you have ADD and are trying to read) . I had a really hard time getting through the material. I also felt absolutely no sense of satisfaction from completing the case studies.
Emotional blunting works well to blunt sad thoughts but having no pleasure or enjoyment in anything is depressing in itself. The anxiety is getting taken care of but the other problems still remain.
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