Posted by robot on March 17, 2004, at 23:34:57
In reply to Re: Mouth frozen, cant speak -- Depressive symptom » robot, posted by Racer on March 17, 2004, at 11:34:29
Interesting. Its like its a purely mechanical problem for us--is it related to lack of energy for you? Its not for me. It sounds like it debilitates you worse than me. Very focused, comfortable situations, like talking my doctor, are usually okay.
My ability to do things that use implicit or 'body' memory--like typing--has been hampered by the depression. Its getting better though. I noticed tonight that Im able to type faster than I used to.
Im curious what you mean by 'it only takes a second of nonresponse to shut me down entirely.'
thanks for the response.> Yep. That happens to me. I know it's a direct response ot inadequte treatment of my depression, and I know that it's part of a larger constellation of symptoms. I know it's hard to see it here, since i can type long posts with relative ease, but I can hardly speak. Not only that, when I do speak, it only takes a second of non-response to shut me down entirely.
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> One of hte other symptoms I get to go with this is an inability to eat. It's as if I'm saying, "Hey, I need sustanance, and you're not allowing me to get it." Who I'm saying this to, I don't know, but it goes away pretty easily for me. The problem is, while it goes away easily with any treatment, getting treatment when I can't ask for it is problematic.
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> I'm sorry that you're sharing this distress with me, but I think you're right that it's a symptom of the depression, and my experience with it is that it does go away when the depression is adequtely addressed.
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> Good luck
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