Posted by Prefect on January 3, 2013, at 20:24:49
In reply to Re: Tardive Dysphoria - Does it scare you too?, posted by jono_in_adelaide on January 3, 2013, at 16:37:57
I suppose. Mood disorders run in my family. Cousin with OCD, depression, GAD, mother with GAD and panic disorder (I remember her dropping valium drops in her tea in the 70s when I was a kid), brother with severe autism, myself with anxiety, somatization disorder, agoraphobia and panic disorder.
But I've never been depressed. It's not something I want to add to my portfolio that's for sure. But I'm a true believer in behavioral and lifestyle factors and have been willing to put up with an inhuman amount of anxiety to persevere in maintaining a high functioning life. I've enganged in no avoidance behavior whatsoever during this relapse(writing this post from a 10 hour drive away from home for holidays) and I think I'm already coming out of this 4 month relapse on top, on 100 mg/d Luvox and no benzos.
Safe to say if meds don't induce depression, my lifestyle and bahvior won't either. Fingers crossed. I love my life, I love my wife, and possess a stupid amount of selfworth. Don't know where it all comes from, but I don't want this medication to ever mess with that.
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