Posted by Ritch on February 12, 2005, at 15:08:35
In reply to Re: Depakote - substance induced mania, posted by lizardk on February 12, 2005, at 14:35:59
> Right now what I am experiencing is a constant physical anxiety all over my body, but primarily in my chest.Deep breathing, meditation, going to sleep, taking xanax, nothing seems to get rid of it.I'm currently in CBT with only minimal success so far.I've also tried fish oil and jog 2 or 3 miles a day.Nothing seems to squash the physical anxiety and i think that is where most of my depression and obsessive thoughts come from, but the SSRI's definitelt amplified every problem i have.
>Would you describe what you are experiencing as a mixture of feelings of impending doom/intense dread (with no clear object) coupled with super hyper-vigilance where your muscles are all tight and rigid (unable to relax/sit still)? Sorry for the questioning, but I go through that at times myself and somatic problems/muscle tension/vigilance are MAJOR components to the anxiety associated with my bipolar depressions and those also strongly run in my family. As far as the SSRI's go... have you taken several different ones? Did you respond differently to any of them or were they all pretty much the same? Just wondering.. I *have* found that lowering the dose way down has helped. But I can't seem to completely get off them. It is like a little helps, but very much makes things much worse.
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