Posted by desolationrower on December 21, 2008, at 14:57:34
In reply to Re: Over or understimulated - PLEASE HELP! » uncouth, posted by SLS on December 20, 2008, at 19:00:29
> > Hi everyone. I'm having a bit of some trouble determining "how I feel" right now. I usually don't. But I'm taking the following:
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> > 80mg parnate
> > 15 mg abilify
> > 300mg lithium
> > 100mg lamictal
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> EXCELLENT DRUG REGIME!!!
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> Who's handiwork is it?
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> You might want to bring the Lamictal up to 200mg if you should find yourself stuck in depression.
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> I know it is hard to describe such subjective experiences, but can you be more specific regarding what you are feeling?
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> I doubt you need a stimulant in this mix.
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> Sometimes, one feels more anxiety as they approach a good antidepressant response. You might feel more heart palpitations and experience an increase in heart rate. You might even experience an increase in dry mouth, dizziness, hand tremulousness, sweating, difficulty urinating, and blurred vision to name a few.
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> I believe that these things can be the result of changes in the relative tones of the sympathetic versus parasympathetic autonomic nervous systems. They are not necessarily drug side effects.
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> - Scott
>Hey scott, do you have babble-mail off?
also interested in your thoughts on symp. vs. parasym. systems, i was looking into them wrt social anxiety and meditation and some somatic treatments lately.
as far as the OP, remember thats its not just 'too high/low' it also is important where the neurotransmitter is high/low, and that phasic burst and tonic levels are very important. Also important the order of when you added drugs and when this side effect began to occur to figure out what is causing it. Also, what is your natural state like w/o drugs.
-d/r
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