Posted by Larry Hoover on November 3, 2004, at 8:18:18
In reply to Going psycho...! Please read., posted by AMD on November 2, 2004, at 14:16:13
> Went out Friday night and drank ... something I hadn't done in months. Saturday I still felt depressed. Went to the office and tried to concentrate on work, but instead spent hours online looking up brain damage as a result of paint fume inhalation. Went out Satruday as an escape, drank again, was too drunk to drive, so I slept in my car. Oh, smoked some weed, too. Finally drove home and got into bed around 5 a.m. Popped some Geodon, and slept in until 3 p.m. Monday.
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc. After this, therefore because of this. It's a logical fallacy to attribute causation to events that may simply follow one another in time. Although there may be a link between them, it may literally be coincidence.
It seems you're cognitively willing to attribute your mental state to paint fumes, but ignoring the effects of two nights of drinking, smoking pot, and taking Geodon while inebriated.
Drinking when you're not used to it, and moreover, drinking on sequential days, is very hard on you, both mentally and physically.
You didn't drink the paint. You only got some fumes from it. You drank the other solvent, errrr, alcohol.
I strongly suggest you see a doctor to obtain a short-acting benzo, like Xanax. Self-medicating with alcohol is a poor substitute for anxiolytic medication.
It is also possible that your current obsessiveness is related to the use of Geodon. It may be a stretch to generalize from some of the other atypicals with which we have more experience, but induction/exacerbation of OCD does happen with other similar drugs.
If you can swing it, you may also find some relief in cognitive-behavioural therapy, but that would be most useful after you get some relief from your acute symptoms.
I'm sorry you feel so vulnerable.
Lar
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