Posted by Ritch on April 11, 2005, at 9:44:41
In reply to Re: Scared to take my first dose of Concerta!!!! » Ritch, posted by theo on April 10, 2005, at 17:40:10
> What's frustrating is whenever I try an OCD med, my symptoms of ADD get much worse. Now that I've been off SSRI's for the first time in years, my general OCD like checking behavior or getting pissed if my girlfriends kids touch my things, has diminished! So basically, a bunch of my agitation and OCD was a side effect of SSRI's, mainly Zoloft, Lexapro. Maybe I need a combo of a stim and Luvox or something for OCD? I guess if the stim makes my OCD worse I'll know soon enough.
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> I did use to drink alot (sober 2 years now), never popped pills though so my doc is very trusting in letting me try stims or benzos. What's interesting is that one of Dr. Amens books says children of alcoholic families usually need a med for OCD and ADD.
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> I'm glad I'm on no other meds now so I can give the stim class a true read. Tomorrow is a slow day for me so I think I'm going to drop the Concerta about 6:30am and hope for the best.
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>The trouble I've always had with SSRI's, is they reduce one kind of anxiety but they tend to amplify another. Things do some "good enough" and small stuff I can brush aside with "well whatever", which is helpful to reduce perfectionism.. BUT they *add* an agitating and activating dimension about them that worsen my bipolar symptoms-esp. anger and intolerance strangely enough-perhaps negative disinhibition. Being off of them makes my head a lot quieter. The primary thing I liked about SSRi's were their ability to facilitate task-switching. Watch out and see how you react to stims.. I had trouble with getting "stuck" and over-focused on some of them. It could be a serotonergic + stim might work really well.. the best combo I was on (in that category) was Effexor and Adderall (both very low dose)..
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