Posted by Kathie on May 3, 2000, at 15:10:30
In reply to OCD without the C, posted by Snowie on April 30, 2000, at 18:32:48
Snowie:
I am a great believer in educating oneself about conditions you "supposedly" have. I myself was diagnosed with depression by my parents, using the internet as their guide, and they were correct. I use Paxil..one of the SSRI's and other than some weight gain and loss of interest in sex...I feel 1000% better than I did before I was medicating.
If you have read up on OCD and you don't think you have it, you very likely do not. I don't have it myself. I have, however, suffered from a fear of leaving town...now isn't that silly. But often when I travel I end up sick, with diahearra or constipation, dizzyness and general blah feeling. I don't know why I get that way when I travel but it happened so often that I started to hate going away. Since being on the medication I have been away on a week long vacation and did just fine and have been on 4 or 5 weekend trips, all of which were fine so apparently the medication has helped in that area as well. I get tired if I take Paxil in the morning, for me it has to be at night, so I sleep off the worst of the sedating effects of the drug. I wake up feeling great and continue to feel great all day. Like all people, medicated or not, I get the lull in the middle of the day, with the Paxil in the morning the lull meant a nap! with the Paxil at night the lull is nothing a cup of coffee won't cure!!! Good luck and keep educating yourself!!
Kathie
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