Posted by glenn on April 4, 2004, at 9:24:15
In reply to Re: Muscle testing and psychopharmocology » glenn, posted by Magee on April 3, 2004, at 19:04:33
Sure , no problem.
It is a strange form of anxiety disorder, no suicidal thoughts or intentions, no panic attacks, no sweating or trembling, "just" fear, ie the mental aspect.
Fera of nothing in particular, so no phobias, but of everything, ie at one point I would not answer the phone and speak to friends and would no be able to walk 50 yards down the road!
Great difficulty concentrating, some bad " song in the head" and an awful feeling of terror.
Basically after much study I think it was a problem of the amygdala going into hyperdrive and not turning off.
The ONLY turn off was xanax, valium made me a lot worse anxiety wise, librium made me depressed.
Celexa is good but in a different way, less rejection sensitivity ( a lot less !!!) and more ability to say go away to annoying unpleasant and usually negative thought patterns, a sort of battery to make cbt work ( it never did squat before)
Only xanax gets the worst of it, but I only need it now 2-3 times a month due to other mildly helpful things and its reassuring effect ( a xanax in my pocket is worth 10 in my tum!)
I am 80-90% better, as evidenced by the fact that I only look at psychobabble a couple of times a month instead of constantly.
Hope you get similar relief and more .Glenn
poster:glenn
thread:86991
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20040402/msgs/332440.html