Posted by Omega Woman on January 5, 2004, at 8:41:33
In reply to Re: makes me happier too., posted by caroline on January 4, 2004, at 12:53:06
You have aspergers, thats interesting I would never have seen anything wrong from the way you write. I was accused of having this once too. Primarily for Musical ability, drawing and good at seeing deep underlying patterns.
I was reading a summary of all the research on savants recently and definitely think I might just fall slightly into the spectrum myself. The hypersensitivity to noise, creativity, intolerant of closeness, hating small talk, not going anywher e new...but it can come and go...I mean if I was to do lots of drugs..take a club 18-30 holiday, and a crazy attitude to match it, in the height of a scorching summer, i could blow myself to an everyday level for a while.
Anyway Blah..I thought you may be interested to know, I went to my GP today, cancelled my appointment to see a Pdoc and fully discussed how I was using Zopiclone as an anti-anxiety drug.
He explained to me initially that the drug is only licenced as a short term sleeping remedy, and that he could be held for malpractise by prescribing it for anything else. He said it had not been tested in the long term. I quoted that yourself had been using it this way for ten years, and showed him three papers which show Zopiclone is non-tolerant and increases GaBa receptor sensitivity.
I don't know which did the trick really, I also felt like being a bit philisophical after that, and said look I'm alive, and I dont know why my brain is like this, but it has been for quite a while, if something does the trick at last and seems safe to use then thats great, because that fear system which exists in us for good reasons, makes life Hell if it keeps firing. I'll take my chances and live well while I can.
Seems to have worked..This NHS Doc is letting me use Zopiclone as a daytime anxiety remedy. He's a good guy, thats why I have been with him for 13 years. I feel sorry for him having to put up with me. I was quite forcefull with him, and felt really guilty.
Yes i've gone of track with the title of this post. I presume Zopiclone is getting an anti-anxiety license. The two papers I read were recent and duplicated each others findings. They tested Zopiclone as an anti-anxiety drug and found it as good as benzodiazipines without the tolerance.
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