Posted by Mr.Scott on January 1, 2005, at 4:59:15
In reply to Re: Extrapyramidal Symptoms » Ritch, posted by barbaracat on December 31, 2004, at 20:45:14
Thinking about what you said to Ritch...and how there was a change in your experience of the illness. Just kind of thinking out loud here in this post.
I may be wrong, but I suspect that overusing antidepressants might have changed something in me. My inability to tolerate meds that I once could and that once helped, and an increased sensation of being 'out of it' and agitated all at once only happened in the last few years. I never actually did okay on antidepressants except until SSRI's when they first came out, nardil later. But now I am so cynical about them I don't know if I could 'let them' work. My experience of SSRI's 'working' also sent me boldy into major substance abuse. So maybe I was hypomanic. So confusing...to not really know what normal really is. Since the age of 17 it's never been very consistent and it's always been painful.
One thing I am sure of is that I was depressed and unable to stop using cocaine on Prozac at one point, and that the addition of Wellbutrin to help with cravings caused my to rapid cycle into a dysphoric hypomania in which I attempted suicide (circa 1996). That was the one time I was truly OUT OF CONTROL!
Scott
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