Posted by cindylou on January 19, 2002, at 20:19:34
In reply to Awe..Come on Now?, posted by mr.scott on January 18, 2002, at 12:49:36
Hey Mr. Scott,
I haven't been able to visit the board for a few days, so this is the first time I've read your message -- what a bummer! I have had days like yours ... where one worry leads into another and then another ... it snowballs until I am so encompassed by worry and fear and anxiety I get frozen. It sucks!It does pass, though. And I think for me it's mostly anxiety, although I have been diagnosed with OCD too since I tend to obsess over things --I'd say it's probably a combination of things.
Have you tried Lamictal yet? My anxiety and obsessions have reduced dramatically, although it's taken a few months for the Lamictal to kick in -- it is quite a pain going through the "titrating process" with the Lamictal and I almost gave up on it several times. My pdoc kept telling me that I looked and acted a lot better since I started it, and encouraged me to stick with it. Now I'm glad she did -- just in the past week or so I've noticed a difference.
For the most part, I hope that you are feeling better now -- I have noticed that those spiraling bouts of anxiety and obsessions do pass. Sometimes just vegging out in front of the TV (if I'm in a place/time where I can do that) helps me escape and regroup.
Hang in there, and keep us posted!
-cindy> I expected a few more posts, Wheres the love and support?
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> > Sorry...This long so please skip if you haven't the time..
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> > Today I awoke feeling pretty good, I went to work, and everything seemed okay. I noticed I was in a good mood, and immediately became suspicious that I was hypomanic as I always watch out for. I did have music and random disorganized thoughts Zooming around my head, but I had also skipped a dose of Klonpin the night before and chalked it up to rebound anxiety. So this morning I took .5mg of Klonopin and 75mg of Effexor and had my cup of coffee, and went about my merry way. Then out of nowhere I remembered a comment my doctor had dropped about Klonopin. He said it was anti-potentcy with regard to sexual functioning. This began to worry me a great deal, and while I was physically involved in other projects and with other peopl, my mind was spinning an anxious web and I started thinking my sexual perfromance might be negatively impacted, and was there another drug that I could take instead of Klonopin to treat mild dysphoric mania or anxiety (I'm not really sure which it is!)
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> > I was actually disappointed that I couldn't at that very moment test to see if indeed my sexual potency had been affected!
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> > Then I began surfing the net for research on Klonopin impacting sexual potency, and other research that might help clarify whether or not I am manic or anxious or have OCD, because nobody seems to know!
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> > Then I noticed how common weight gain was listed as a side effect of Depakote even though it would technically be the prefered drug for my kind of bipolar disorder assuming that is what I have, and that upset me even more.
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> > By now feeling tired and physically ill with worry, I decided to pose the following question to the PB group.
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> > What in the name of F___ is wrong with me!!!!!!!!
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> > Is this mind spinning mania, OCD, or Anxiety.
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> > Thanks for posting your thoughts,
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> > Mr.Scott
poster:cindylou
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