Posted by Quintal on April 1, 2007, at 16:29:15
In reply to Re: What are these symptoms?, posted by girlnterrupted78 on April 1, 2007, at 14:03:31
I can relate to the thing about the abusive father. Although he didn't hit me, he was (and still is) verbally abusive and insulting. It's almost as if I've conditioned myself to be avoid feeling good because he would always find a way of destroying the first sign of happiness or self-confidence.
Your positive response to Celexa is a good sign that you can be helped by antidepressants. Inability to regain effectiveness after switching to another med is an all too common story here. I think SSRIs are probably out in your case, but there's plenty of hope for MAOIs - particularly Nardil, and Lyrica, which is good for both anxiety and depression without some of the drawbacks of benzos. Then there are combos such as Lyrica and Wellbutrin, a sort of upper/downer cocktail that I'd like to try myself, and many other options. There's plenty of hope left in the medicine chest and you might make enough progress in therapy with the help of the right med to be independent again after a while.
Q
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