Posted by floatingbridge on June 26, 2011, at 15:18:00
In reply to Re: more thougts on social phobia, posted by morgan miller on June 26, 2011, at 10:13:47
Hi Morgan,
You are not annoying me one bit. Therapy is in order once I stabilize. I actually like good therapy. Hard to find.
Going to restart emsam. When I get a pdoc and things are more stable, I think amitriptylne (sp!) might be next rather than nort. Just after some consideration
and reading, my first choice.Zoloft and ssri's have lots of merit. I've read your links and posts and looked up zoloft. The anti-inflammatory effects seem considerable.
What are you doing on the med board? I am never sure if it's great to see
someone posting here or not, you know? I hope you're doing o.k. and making continued headway.fb
Oh yeah. The no meds. It kinda'
happened. I have been off snri's for awhile because they weren't helping. Guess I needed to try 'no meds' one more time to figure it out for myself. The anxiety is intractable, and I do not want to continue the benzo route. For me, it seems anxiety is what crashes the system. Emsam reduced my anxiety more than any single agent. It didn't irradicate it. But maybe with that or something like it, I can get it to a more workable level. Other than uber insomnia, emsam physically felt better. Something about my snri, ssri experience to date is that they create alot of physical and emotional blocking without a substantial enough payoff. I do not know why emsam does not. But it's just in the trial stage. I'm hoping to not restart benzos. So, my own personal progress in the midst of disaster.> Sorry your not doing well FB. Would you consider giving Zoloft a try again? I'm just thinking of something mild with less of a risk to throw you off in any way. Zoloft may actually help modify the immune system in such a way that is beneficial for autoimmune disorders. Also, SSRIs are anti-inflammatory for the most part. Ever thought about combining Zoloft with Nortriptyline? I think you tried Nortriptyline at one point, maybe you didn't have a good experience.
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> I'm guessing you've had recent success with Emsam. It makes sense to use it again if this is the case.
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> Why have you gone without any meds? Just to get a clean slate and start over?
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> Sorry if I'm annoying you with my suggestions.
* and whoever gazes at the stars will never again be quite alone...
c-ptsd & attendant health concerns
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