Posted by obsidian on August 31, 2010, at 22:10:48
In reply to Re: Anti-psychotics not mood stabilizers? » SheilaC, posted by Dinah on August 31, 2010, at 20:12:36
interesting article Dinah...
my T has said, during times on less medication - effexor particularly, that my emotions were always present, but that the "volume" had just been turned up.
It does bother me sometimes that I can't react emotionally the way I might otherwise, as the emotions are often quite appropriate.
It's the intensity I suppose.
My last go at decreasing effexor was a failure, too overwhelmed to tolerate such a surge of hyperemotionality - I like to call it a backlash effect.There are many circumstances I wish were different in my life, things perhaps if I changed would allow me function well with my temperament off medication.
It bothers me also to think of myself so sensitive in my natural state... a state that without meds would require an avoidance of many things. Some things others might tolerate well. Let me call it a rock and a hard place.
It's a bit more complicated I suppose, as the effexor for instance doesn't give me a "whatever" attitude necessarily, and can make me quite irritable.
The seroquel...damn the seroquel, blunts me, just the little bit I take. It's the sleep perhaps that it induces.
anyway...I'm rambling
the article is food for thought, an interesting exploration of the grayer (as opposed to black and white) perspective of things.....Not that I question the absolute usefulness and necessity of medication in certain situations.
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