Posted by Maniz on April 24, 2001, at 16:07:12
In reply to Re: Self Diagnosis (of course) but what medicine is, posted by mila on April 22, 2001, at 9:16:31
> Hi,
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> first, try to exclude any other cause of the irritability: hormonal imbalances, bad sleep habits, situations which especially trigger anger and irritation, etc. Get yourself educated a bit about the emotion of anger. for example, read Prisoners of Hate by dr.Aaron Beck, etc.I think irritability (I do not mean in this case) can be related to a depressed mood or to obsessive traits.
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> generally speaking, increasing serotonin availability in the body could have a 'calming' effect on you if you are an achiever, but you might have a totally opposite reaction if you are more of a submissive type.
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> regards,
> milaThis comment is interesting mila, can you elaborate on this please?.
A while ago I was thinking: what is better for social phobia traits a sedative or a stimulant?. Sometimes it seems a stimulant can put someone in a better state to "face" what he/she fears (public speaking, phone calls, emails from important people). I mean...like a no-chicken out drug :-)
On the other hand a sedative (like xanax) canut you ina more "social" state (I think many people use GHB for this but I have never tried it).
Thanks
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