Posted by mattdds on May 29, 2003, at 20:10:49
In reply to Re: Is their a solution to this? Larry H ?? » johnj, posted by Larry Hoover on May 29, 2003, at 12:00:04
Larry,
All this (your post) sounds very CBT'ish. I am curious as to your take on CBT. Do you have any formal CBT-type therapy under your belt? Or do you use CBT self help techniques? Or not a "believer"? It often seems your posts have embedded CBT suggestions in them, haha. I enjoy reading them.
I myself am a big enthusiast of CBT, and think it is the most underutilized tool in psychiatry. It relieved about 80% of my generalized anxiety, 100% of my depression and 100% of anticipatory anxiety secondary to panic attack symptoms.
Klonopin helps with residual derealization that I can't seem to shake, and I am currently experiencing what I feel is a good response to Mg supplementation (seems to help with MVP-like symptoms that overlap a lot with panic, e.g. palpitations, random sympathetic discharge, insomnia. It also seems to "smooth" out my moods, like a mild mood stabilizer. I'm also pretty sure it augments my Klonopin. Recently, I've reduced my dose a bit, as my old dose is making me sedated! Time will tell. As for now, I'm getting more and more convinced.)
But I digress, my question was about CBT. What's your take?
Thanks,
Matt
"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow's a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why they call it the present."
"You can't think your way into a new way of acting, but you can act your way into a new way of thinking."
....which has a corrollary in, "If you keep on doing what you always did, you'll keep on getting what you always got."
....and another one in, "Doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results, is a true measure of insanity."
....which underlie my belief that you have to "do the experiment".
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