Posted by Deepreason on April 30, 2011, at 19:31:14
In reply to Re: Suggestions for further medications, posted by desolationrower on April 30, 2011, at 19:02:37
The increased anxiety seemed primarily focused on the OCD: my obsessions with symmetry and being nice to inanimate objects to create luck / a good day. I would say it accounted for 75% of the anxiety.
The remaining 25% social phobia manifested mainly as short temperedness with others. I've always found it hard to block out extraneous noise but it gets worse when my anxiety goes up.
In hindsight I wonder if I was going a little hypomanic on the phenelzine. I was needing less and less sleep and had started running in the evenings. I went from 1 mile runs in the first week to an 11 mile run in the 3rd week. I always feel the need to push myself further and harder in anything I do but this was a little over the top even for me.
The only antipsychotic I have tried is quetiapine. I had a 2 week trial during hospital but suffered from orthoststatic hypotension to the extent that I passed out one night and had to be carried to my room.
Thankyou for taking an interest -d/r and feel free to ask any more questions which you think might help.
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