Posted by Dinah on September 26, 2010, at 9:07:55
In reply to What will a pill do? - What will a pill not do?, posted by SLS on September 23, 2010, at 22:49:08
Anxiety was so much a part of my mood problems, and I think there are some pretty good medications out there for anxiety.
Sometimes Risperdal can bring me out of an obsessive loop or emotional morass in almost the same way my migraine medications work. One minute there is pain, the next minute there isn't, and it's so extreme you can feel the exact moment. Not always, but sometimes.
Klonopin gives immediate relief from acute anxiety but at the cost of sleepiness. It's nice to know I have it, so that I don't need to live in fear of acute anxiety.
Provigil keeps me awake. Sometimes, especially if taken at the same time as Risperdal, it also helps me focus.
I've had hormonal related depressions a couple of times. With my postpartum depression, luvox did help the overstimulation a lot, although I think it lent its own sort of low level chronic overstimulation. It also led to flatness. It certainly didn't make me feel good or happy.
I think perhaps my issues are more easily treated with medications than others, since they're mainly related to anxiety/agitation.
Therapy helped a lot with my overall functioning, but I'm not sure how much I could have taken in without the anti-anxiety meds.
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