Posted by dj on March 7, 2001, at 0:50:40
In reply to Re: Muscle tension and ADs, posted by Alice Fay on March 6, 2001, at 19:07:45
> DJ, as I said I'm new to this site, and am wondering if you also suffer from CFS (I wasn't sure). Anyway, as I said I think probably any antidepressant that increases norepinephrine, particularly at higher doses, could potentially step-up or even trigger the "fight or flight"/muscle tension cycle. I think there might be research supporting this, but don't have the energy or time to look into it further. But I think that any medication/AD that decreases one's anxiety, and as Willow suggested, helps one's sleep, would tend to have the opposite effect. Certainly any drug or activity that relaxes you, I would think would help to relax the muscles. Well, anyway, these are my ideas and theories, based in part on some things that have been studied. Perhaps Cam could shed some >light on these ideas.
AF,
Long postings are good, if they are thoughtful and well articulated as yours most certainly are! I am very tired and have to get up early so I'm not going to go on long. CSF for me (they have a more gibbled jargonistic name for it in Canada, as I discovered last night while doing some on-line searching) I don't think so based on a quick review of a couple of sites, though I have had low energy and lots of physical tension, particularly in the past couple of years. A lot of it from just being too apathetic, dis-spirited and sedentary after some bad breaks and a resurge of massive anxiety (social and general and definitely to do with perfectionism), followed by major depression on top of dysthamia (ie. - double depression) followed by a low level mania (hypomania ??) and major depression again, which has leveled out but still struggling with apathy, tension, disillusionment, some anxiety and depression never mind a lot of lousy advice from the medical types and therapists I've dealt with - so add on a healthy dose of disgust, stir it all together and you have discontent, upset, frustration and confusion which dispels somewhat on sunnier days, which we've had our fair share of on Canada's often wet-coast.
ADs, I've dabbled with over the past year or so but have mixed feelings about them, though discussing some possibilities again - perhaps some Prozac combo. Remains to be seen.... Neurophsyiology (ie. mental biofeedback using software) session tomorrow a.m. and meeting with a new/old p-doc. and therapist tomorrow for some discussions. Been doing a bit of the former once a week for the past 1.5 months and it seems to help with my sleep and anxiety some... but the juries still out...
Sante!
dj
P.S. - Massage and chiro. have been helpful at times in dealing with upper body tension which is partially a result of general anxieties and tensions, apathy, computer-time, slack exercise habits, etc... May be doing some physio.over the next while to rebalance but energy firtt...
Elavil I know sweet tweet about...
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