Posted by mills on November 12, 2002, at 17:24:15
In reply to Re: How ...; Different than everyone as usual. » mills, posted by wharfrat on November 12, 2002, at 16:46:35
yep, I know that feeling too, and that is exactly how I described it when I first started experiencing it on Paxil; thanks, wharf; as far as the amount I have to take (at least 30 mg for now), it's to get at the intense compulsive introspection that I experience; it just seems to take more to get my thoughts under control and to lift my mood
> > I wish to god that in just one area of my life, for once, I could have experience that is not a reinvention of the wheel; sigh; anyway, that says it all for my 30 years of non-controllable obsessive introspection (cognitive compulsion vs. behavioral)/borderline schizoiditis (my words, as if I needed to say that);
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> > anyway, my doc moved me from 20 mg up to 30 mg starting Friday, and there is good and bad; my mood improved almost immediately, for which I'm thankful, but my head feels just plain weird; I just feel "unreal;" does ANYONE have that experience or anything close to it; someone please tell me you do, but only if you really do, and please tell me if you don't as well. I just wish I could comiserate with someone on my symptoms that have isolated me in my experience for so f****** long; excuse my french
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> > i hope to hear from some of you; thanks
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> Mills,
> My doc started me on 10 mg 7 weeks ago (I cant imagine doin' 20 or 30)and besides a few side effects, headaches etc. the really weird one was I would feel like I was just starting get off on a hallucinogen (I know that feeling from experience back in the day), which to me was'nt a real bad thing, I just kind of had to go with the flow. Had to explain to my boss why I was laughing so hard at something that was'nt really all that funny. And I did feel the kind of out of body thing a little bit too. But that went away after about 2 weeks and was'nt an everyday thing anyway. I would assume it was the lex getting into my system and not a flashback.
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> > > I have been on Lexapro for 6 weeks but I had Wellbutrin added 5 days ago and either the Lexapro really kicked in OR the Wellbutrin did the trick. I definately feel better---I'm guessing it's the addition of Wellbutrin, but the real question is is when you are on two drugs----how does one know which one???? I added 150mg of Wellbutrin SR----I have even thought about asking for more Wellbutin and cut out the Lexapro, but it's too earlt to do that and, maybe it's the combo that works. I do worry (not much) about the seizure risk w/Wellbutrin (though a small risk w/the SR) because I like a glass of wine at night. Any thoughts on any of this???
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