Posted by SLS on April 22, 2001, at 9:48:15
In reply to Re: amytriptiline, and anger, posted by Tony P on April 22, 2001, at 0:59:46
Dear Tony,
I just wanted to stop-in and thank you for posting your experiences and thoughts. I am going to pay more attention to combinations using Serzone and Buspar. I agree with you that drug-induced changes in neurochemistry can yield anger and irritability.
Sincerely,
Scott
> I think Buspar gets an unnecessary bad press, for some reason. It has worked very well for me for several years. I take it with Serzone, which helps to keep my endogenous all-the-time depression under control. The Buspar seems to help with the anger and depression that come from stress. I took 10mg twice a day initially, currently usually 10mg once a day, 5mg when things are going really well.
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> The first thing I noted with Buspar was that I stopped yelling at my kids as soon as I came home from work, so for at least one person it helps with that out-of-nowhere anger. The strange thing is, it also makes me more energetic and assertive. Obviously, it doesn't work for everyone, but I've talked to a couple of people who have discovered the same combination (Serzone+Buspar) works for them.
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> Re the increase in anger, I think many A/Ds have the potential to bring out anger, for several different reasons, a couple of which have been mentioned. And while some of it may be buried anger surfacing, I am convinced that some of it is purely artificial, chemically induced. I'm no expert, but I suspect some of them cause an imbalance in some hormones (norepinephrine would be one) which are directly associated with anger and fight-orflight response.
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