Posted by Questionmark on April 27, 2008, at 1:15:20
In reply to Re: morning » SLS, posted by iforgotmypassword on April 18, 2008, at 11:36:43
Ah, regret. I know regret. .. although much more of the absence-of-good kind than the humiliation, etc. kind. I think. But i would agree with undopaminergic that a stimulant can help a lot temporarily-- but only temporarily. I entirely disagree with Jeroen that it sounds like "some sort of psychosis." S/He seems intelligent i don't know where that came from (no offense!). In my experience, serotonergic drugs are by far the best for relieving regret and rumination on the past. Nardil in particular is miraculous in that regard because it does so without numbing you nearly as much as SSRIs. I have never been able to shake my regret-- despite (i think) realizing how irrational and counterproductive it may be. The focus on the past never leaves. The painful feelings never leave. I can only filter them with drugs, of the serotonergic kind.
And yeah, GABAergic drugs don't help me with that-- or, at least, they depress me more.> do you know the brain regions and chemical activities associated with regret, dwelling, cannot focus your mind off of past humiliation and regrets. i find my unshakable hesitance strongly adds to paralysing me, especially socially.
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> it seems GABA helps, may be how nardil helps with social anxiety, but i want to avoid any drunkeness, impairing my cognition and reasoning, replacing a helpful amount of positive mental and physical dislodging from my paralysis, with unhelpful impulseiveness and loss of intuition.
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> i would need to be able to resolve things in my head by being more with it, not less with it.
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