Posted by zeugma on February 18, 2005, at 18:46:55
In reply to Re: ed- your opinion please » zeugma, posted by ed_uk on February 18, 2005, at 9:37:40
hey there Ed!
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> Have you already restarted Provigil?Yes, several days ago. On my third day.
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> >certain drugs have caused potentially life-threatening reactions
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> Which drugs? How do you react?
>I'm allergic to penicillin, and was told that if I didn't make that 5 am emergency app't with my local doctor, that I could have died. I was covered from head to toe in spots.
I suppose I'm guilty of some exaggeration, since that was the only drug that elicited a reaction termed 'life-threatening.' I had a lot of problems with psych meds. Wellbutrin didn't go over well with me. SSRI's caused panic attacks, secondary to intense nausea.
I am wondering if the response I had to Provigil was allergic, and if I'm in for more swollen nodes. So far nothing. If I'm due for them, that would be frustrating. Provigil works much better for my symptoms than Ritalin, and is not anxiogenic.I think the benzo is going to stay the same for a while. I have terrible social anxiety. Clonazepam has the best track record among the benzos for this particular type of anxiety. It does not make me more outgoing- I'm as introverted as ever. Unlike some others, I don't really want a 'pro-social' effect- my fatigue is so intense, anyway, that it precludes most socializing. (You can see the dilemma here. I need a stimulant to keep me awake enough to socialize- but most stims are anxiogenic! So it's kind of a vicious circle there. By all accounts, including yours, d-amphetamine is less anxiogenic than ritalin, but it's frowned upon in the US- although the recent controversy over Adderall may change that.) Also, its pharmacokinetics are better than alprazolam's for my purposes.
By the way, what do you think of buspirone? It is useless for social anxiety, but seems to have value as an antidepressant.
-z
> Regards,
> Ed.
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