tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post8584885443223782913..comments2024-03-22T03:19:38.110-04:00Comments on Forever In Hell: The Anxiety Went Up to 11*PersonalFailurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-82968197110328122562011-03-30T04:42:05.056-04:002011-03-30T04:42:05.056-04:00An e-hug from the Old World too.An e-hug from the Old World too.zilchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695741977946935771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-90404641873274878912011-03-29T21:30:39.985-04:002011-03-29T21:30:39.985-04:00huh.
lyrica has a GOOD side?
well. just... wow.
...huh.<br /><br />lyrica has a GOOD side?<br /><br />well. just... wow.<br /><br /><br /><br />anything i can do to help?<br /><br /><br />[ps: remember for the love of Bacon that SSRIs = BAD. porphyria+SSRIs=bad. i'd let whomever you're seeing know that ASAP, because they don't always tell you it's an SSRI. especially if it's something that can be classed more than one way. last time i was in the hospital, and couldn't sleep [because they DON'T LEAVE YOU ALONE! FFS every night when i was supposed to be sleeping, i'd have someone come in at LEAST 6 times. OF COURSE i wasn't sleeping] they decided to give me something to help me sleep. i was firm on the "nothing related to ambien" line. so they gave me something with a name that i can't pronounce.<br />which turned out to be EFFIXOR. on which i was on for exactly 1 month, and during said month i tried to kill myself something like 20 times [hung myself from the shower, the doorknob, broke a mirror for the glass... i don't even REMEMBER it all] and that's in my fucking CHART. the next day, after i'd done a couple things i don't want to think about, i'm screaming at the doctor demanding to know why the hell he'd give me something that was PROVEN to cause suicidality in me. that was an SSRI and contra-indicated because of the porphyria, which he ALSO knew.<br />his answer? "i thought if you didn't know what it was, it wouldn't happen".<br />please please PLEASE be careful!!!]denelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083149213773118359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-11811012935204176912011-03-29T19:12:48.293-04:002011-03-29T19:12:48.293-04:00"Oh, and I don't think anyone has much id..."Oh, and I don't think anyone has much idea how the brain works."<br /><br />Well, I'll tell you this much. I have become pretty okay, over the last couple of years, at parsing the meaning in something as low-level as a Wikipedia entry on different classes of drugs used to treat bipolar disorder. I can read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_pharmacology#Mechanism_of_action" rel="nofollow">Lithium's pharmacology</a> page and mostly-more-or-less get it, from a lay perspective. <br /><br />And yet, I look at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrica#Pharmacology" rel="nofollow">this for Lyrica</a>, and I go, "Wuh?"Ariadnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13362241757643423012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-5103257500606660392011-03-29T17:35:10.278-04:002011-03-29T17:35:10.278-04:00> Brain chemistry is a weird thing.
Definitely....> Brain chemistry is a weird thing.<br />Definitely. I wonder how hard it is to get studies approved?<br /><br />I've only got major depression and am on 3 meds now. Currently awaiting a blood level report for one of them. Kinda hoping it's too low and they up the dose and that helps with my recovery.<br /><br />Benzos are a weird beast. Experienced withdrawal syndromes when they put me off them after the first 2 weeks in the hospital.<br /><br />Great to get help from a professional. Hang in there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-27192713500629520922011-03-29T17:22:06.465-04:002011-03-29T17:22:06.465-04:00E-hug from Boston. It's made in Wisconsin, tho...E-hug from Boston. It's made in Wisconsin, though, so it hopefully has a little of the togetherness and uniony goodness from up North.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517657842744936929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-51323226879142687272011-03-29T17:01:16.339-04:002011-03-29T17:01:16.339-04:00Add another virtual hug from down here in Darkest ...Add another virtual hug from down here in Darkest America.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-15591960548558841222011-03-29T16:38:42.401-04:002011-03-29T16:38:42.401-04:00You give me courage, PF.You give me courage, PF.Marziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11095675159000283648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-9738514534511743492011-03-29T16:36:21.167-04:002011-03-29T16:36:21.167-04:00Thank you! And write me, D'Ma. I have few trig...Thank you! And write me, D'Ma. I have few triggers, and they are weird. personalfailure[at]ymail.com<br /><br />Ariadne: I am so good at taking care of hubby, and others. I have become the expert of dealing with other people's panic attacks, other people's obsessions, other people's fears, other people's explosive moods . . . and then I don't notice I'm all the way to 11 until I'm literally terrified of trying to sleep. <br /><br />And I do not want to consider that taking care of me might mean not doing a lot of the above list. Not really an option.<br /><br />Oh, and I don't think anyone has much idea how the brain works. I think the fact that seizure medication treats mood disorders proves that nobody really knows how brain chemistry interacts with mood.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-71521822299167449872011-03-29T16:17:09.201-04:002011-03-29T16:17:09.201-04:00I hope that the side effects will lessen as the me...I hope that the side effects will lessen as the medicine itself reaches peak levels in your system. I don't know anything about the half-life of Lyrica; is it long? How long have you taken it before, before giving up since it didn't treat pain?<br /><br />It's really strange/amazing/terrifying/awe-inspiring/freaky what they theoretically invent a drug to do, and what it actually ends up doing. My husband takes an anticonvulsant meant for seizure disorders to treat the polar lows of his bipolar disorder. (I mean, he takes that among other things. Many. Other.)<br /><br />And FWIW, you're not the only one who has that reaction to benzos. They are officially Not A Good Idea for me unless, I dunno, I want to get knocked up right quick.<br /><br />I'm so, so glad you decided to meet with a professional to discuss your anxiety. You are one of my few friends who really gets that awful balance of taking care of your husband vs. taking care of yourself. And isn't it funny how clear it is that we must take care of our husbands, but how unclear we make it about ourselves sometimes? Makes no sense.Ariadnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13362241757643423012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-75138715223470407252011-03-29T15:07:56.786-04:002011-03-29T15:07:56.786-04:00Yikes, and I was just whining on my blog about a l...Yikes, and I was just whining on my blog about a little minor depression and panic attacks. Whew! I feel for you(I almost wrote ya but thought it might be a trigger.LOL).<br /><br />Anyway I'm on Celexa and thought the same thing at first. But after it got into my system, I'd say about 2 weeks, I haven't felt that way anymore. Drugs that work are fabulicious!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17313118060838041133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-40475955530771538912011-03-29T14:50:44.062-04:002011-03-29T14:50:44.062-04:00Words just wouldn’t do justice, so …
*e-hug*Words just wouldn’t do justice, so …<br /><br />*<em>e-hug</em>*Joé McKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08037015111554209304noreply@blogger.com