Posted by Dogend on October 10, 2003, at 19:10:57
In reply to Re: Thought blocking, posted by Sebastian on September 20, 2003, at 20:23:53
I had a psychosis back in '99, followed by post psychotic depression. I was put on a moderate dose of Zyprexa and after a lot of trial and error with antidepressants, ended up on parnate.
During the time I was depressed, I also suffered from the same thought disorder you described. I call it thought blocking, but it is different. I tried to tell my psychiatrist about this problem, but he couldn't quite understand it properly. It was like, the idea of what I wanted to say was in my head. I had no prob there. It was when I translated the idea into words and sentances. Thats when I'de have trouble finding the right words to use and have difficulty forming sentances that would flow into eachother properly.
I blamed zypexa, thinking it numbed by brain too much (how I thought at the time).. My doc would only say it's supposed to help me think. Not long after I had some ECT, as the depression wouldn't shift properly. I dont remember it makeing the thought blocking any better or worse for that matter. Strangely enough it was when the zyprexa was ceased, I was able to speak properly again, with no strugle. I am now on reboxetine and 50mgs of amisulpride, and getting this thought disorder again. The amisulpride was added in as a booster to the reboxetine. Being an antipsychotic I can't help but wander if it is giveing me the thought blocking. Ive been looking for these answers, for about 4 years. Not haveing much luck. Im going to ask my doc if they can reduce the amisulpride, just so I can figure out if thats the problem.
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