Posted by Bubblehead on September 27, 2004, at 11:11:39
Hi All. This is the first I have been on the Alt board. I was wondering If anyone know of a natural alternative for combating irritability. I have been Effexor free for a week and 1/2 now and am slowly but gradually coming out of the darkness, but I am very irritable. Now, I'm not real sure if this is from the withdrawl though. I have pretty much had this my whole life (except for when under the Effexor coma). Hearing sounds can even agitate me. It's like I get over-stimulated. I will get to a point where being touched or talked to will mentally put a drain on me. Just the sound of the keys on my keyboard are bugging me at this moment and the other night, I couldn't sleep because my husband's ticking watch in the other room was keeping me up. I'm so embarrased by this but it is completely uncontrolable. I don't like being this way. I have to little ones and coping with thier questions and sound effects is someimtes too much. I will snap loudly back at them to be quite and not ask so much. They don't deserve this. They are good kids and they deserve a normal Mommy who let's them just simply be kids. I want to find something to help me because I love them. I was going for something natural because the anti-depressant problems were enough to scare me away from a lot of meds. I am currently taking 1200mg of Fish oil 3X daily for the depression and a 25mg of Atenolol for ADD. Anyone who has any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
poster:Bubblehead
thread:395733
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