Posted by Princess Artemis on June 19, 2001, at 15:47:33
In reply to Re: I'll have to look... » Princess Artemis, posted by Sulpicia on June 19, 2001, at 14:53:15
It just feels like they're saying it's all in my head, and discounting any physical cause (like Paxil, which DOES cause TD sometimes) because I've had depression before.
Wanna know the great gigantic huge stressor in my life that the psych says caused this? I started taking night classes to get a teaching credential.
Yep. That's it.
I've done college before so I know what it's like. I'm feeling no overwhelming emotional trouble. The most traumatic thing that's happened to me this year is an aborted attempt to get off Paxil, which started me into this whole mess to begin with.
As for the liquid Paxil with 1mg taper...that's what I wanted. But the psych, who has known me for an entire 45 minutes (I went to him specifically to get off Paxil) refused to perscribe that because he feels it will play into my "deep seated desire to stave off independence."
That's what he thinks caused my debilitating movement disorder. A fear of independence. And he knows this after speaking with me for 45 minutes about my physical problems.
The reason I wanted the sloooooooow taper was because I'm up to my eyeballs in symptoms anyway, why would I court more? I want to be extra cautious.
Honestly, I can't see why it would be psychosomatic as opposed to drug induced. It doesn't make any sense to me. Is it more common to get psychosomatic chorea than it is to get drug induced chorea?
Nevertheless, the psych did honestly think I read about the symptoms then started subconsiously to manifest them. He didn't even ask if I had looked up the symptoms.
I am trying to find info on psychosomatic stuff just so I know what that's all about, even if I think it's extrememly unlikely. Thanks for the leads.
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