Posted by Linda on July 3, 1999, at 19:11:32
In reply to Re: Busy head syndrome, posted by Judy on July 3, 1999, at 16:43:43
> > I have always had very busy and sometimes ruminating thoughts. Sometimes this works very creatively, sometimes it pulls me so far away from what is happening in the outside world that I can't focus on what other people (like my family, who I love) are saying to me. Last year I became depressed as well as having a busy head, and started taking Paxil. I have never felt so serene! Unfortunately, I had the infamous sexual dysfunction. I have since tried Serzone (didn't work) Effexor (terrible headaches) and am now starting Wellbutrin sr.(which is giving me tinnitis, anxiety, insomnia...) When I was totally off Paxil, but not yet on Wellbutrin I DID not feel depressed, but my head was its usual busy distractable mode, and I had insomnia. My doctor refers to it as anxiety, yet I don't feel worried. He calls the "stuck in my head" thing depression, but I dont feel sad. Is there anything that treats the busy head thing like Paxil? Or is the trade off that I can have sex or serenity, but not both? Thanks, Linda
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> Linda,
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> I have to agree with Cynthia that an anti-anxiety med might help you.
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> I hate to sound like I own stock in Xanax (wish I did!), but it definitely calms down my "busy head" so I can focus. I don't "pop" them, but I do take .50 mg when my head is spinning and I need to concentrate on work or whatever.
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> Busy head, by the way, is usually a side-effect of meds for me. When I'm depressed, my head does absolutely nothing but want to sleep.
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> Judy
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>Thanks to both of you. I was taking Ativan, which helped a lot, but then A PNP whom I was referred to told me that Ativan disrupts the stage of sleep in which your body makes seratonin-the implication being that if I use Ativan regularly it would make me become depressed. I did take Xanax, but it made me really groggy, and I got no side effects at all from Ativan. Has anyone else heard about Ativan being a contributor for depression? Linda
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