Posted by porkpiehat on May 30, 2013, at 11:12:49
I don't know if this is a pharmacological reaction or psychological one. I tend to have a racy brain and trouble concentrating.
Celexa so far has been the best drug for depression and anxiety, but it tends to make my brain more racy.
Adding buspar felt good for a week but then it increased anger/irritability/sadness.
Switching to Zoloft from celexa helped with social anxiety and concentration but made me horribly depressed.
I'm now taking a small dose of ritalin ER which helps my concentration but I'm finding also a constant litany of my flaws and insecurities running in the back of my head at all times. My dreams are also very focused on these too!
At first I thought it was a bad match with my brain chem, but now I am working on a theory that these drugs cut out the interferrence and let all this pain and anger bubble up that I've been pushing down. But psychotherapy isn't doing a lot to resolve it. And having separate pdoc and therapist is maddening b.c one thinks just in terms of pills and the other in terms of trauma.
What's the point of taking meds if you're not feeling better, right? But I don't want to stop feeling altogether.
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