Posted by Racer on March 13, 2006, at 14:02:03
In reply to Medications for excessive chronic Perfectionism?, posted by Questionmark on March 12, 2006, at 23:56:07
I'm not a perfectionist, but since I play one in real life, I can tell you that ain't no drug ever done all that much for it directly, but most of those that reduce my anxiety and treat my depression will help a lot, indirectly. The problem I get is that I go from one extreme to the other: perfectionistic, to totally apathetic and amotivated. And even when I'm apathetic and amotivated, I can still get a goose into perfectionism. {sigh}
What's helped much more is therapy, and right now I'm carrying around a little notebook in which I note down any perfectionism that I'm aware of, and anything I'm aware of doing to counter it. It's obviously more labor intensive than a pill, and it's not fixing the problem, just helping me be more aware of it, but I kinda feel as though it helps. (Although I'm not doing it perfectly -- ARGH! lol)
Adequate sleep, healthy diet, and the more sedating ADs that I've taken have helped, though. I am trying to think -- maybe the combo of Effexor and Prozac was most helpful? Can't quite remember, but I think it was...
Sorry I can't help more. But therapy really has helped more than anything else -- mostly because it has me asking myself, 'Why is this so important? Why do I need to be perfect in this?"
Good luck.
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