Posted by Theta99 on December 14, 2003, at 20:26:54
Sorry if this topic has been dealt with in the past, but I couldn't find anything that was close to my situation using the search feature:
I have explosive angry outbursts as a result of tiny irritants. Dropping a sock on the way from the dryer, my toddler touching something with sticky-gooey hands, coming home to a messy house etc.
I have been to see a psychiatrist, and he has started me on Zoloft. First he put me on 50mg daily. Sure I had some side effects, mostly tingly feelings sometimes and a week of bad headaches, but I stuck with it and it seemed to help. I have been reading some anger management texts, and the Zoloft seems to be letting me think before I react to the irritation before I explode. I still sometimes feel overly angry, but I haven't reacted. After my last appointment we upped my dosage to 100mg to see if that helps with the feelings of extreme anger.
My question is has anyone else heard of treating what my Dr. has described as a Mood Disorder non-specific, with an SR1? He said it sounded like my angry outbursts were similar to a borderline, but I didn't have a lot of the other symptoms association with BPD.
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