Posted by Ritch on February 18, 2003, at 23:21:16
In reply to Re: Ritch, posted by Rainbowlight on February 18, 2003, at 21:09:11
> Yes, Interesting. Yes, maybe people are seeing that "clean slate (no rumination) mind as numbness. I would just describe it as "quiet!" LOL! I guess mine was more like looking through rose colored glasses at the world. I wonder what the clinical term for that is. Now the rose colored glasses are off, yuck! Perhaps I was manic of some sort?
FWIW, I don't think any adjective such as "quiet" could be associated with a manic experience in anyway whatsoever :-)
I am trying to figure this "numbness" thing all out. I can understand feeling some emotional numbness with some SSRI meds (esp. the sedative ones like Paxil-Luvox, etc.) in some ways, but OTOH, I tend to become very *unstable* by higher doses of them and became emotionally labile (where I have difficulty controlling extremes of emotional expression and reaction with LOSS of impulse control). It really does seem like a pot experience (feeling of giddy silliness-laughability). It appears to mimic a hallucinogenic type reaction. 5HT-2 agonist activity like LSD??
All I know is that I was on low-dose Neurontin+Adderall once for a few weeks and my cycling stopped (without SSRI, but also *without* any serious mood stabilizer). So, I wonder what that means? The Adderall still made me uptight, but there wasn't any mood shifts, impulse control probs., or depression. Confused as ever.
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