Posted by IsoM on January 29, 2002, at 1:39:10
In reply to How do you know its time to stop-AGAIN!, posted by spike4848 on January 28, 2002, at 20:18:55
Hey, Spike - not a question that one single answer would work for. Each person may give a different answer for different reasons, & everyone of them might be right.
I know I figured on staying as I was - not depressed anymore, able to feel the highs & lows of emotions unlike some, but life feeling just pointless - no drive, or sustainable motivation. I knew & felt lots of good reasons for living. And I really wanted to do them but I've always had trouble sustaining the desire to achieve, even on a small scale. So I figured it was my make-up & I'd just settle for life as it was, likable or not.
Well, I found 'my wonder drug', adrafinil. I need my Celexa too, but if I hadn't tried adrafinil, I'd never have believed anyone if they told I could feel like this. Last year, I hadn't even heard of Provigil for narcolepsy, nor adrafinil. They're in a new class by themselves (eugeroics). If I wasn't still trying to find something to help me, I'd never know I could feel this good.
Anyway, I think you know what I mean. It'll depend on how tired you get of trying to see what'll help, & in deciding how much *is* a chemical imbalance & how much is adaptive behaviour. Tough to figure out sometimes & even tougher to find the "right combo", if it exists.
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