Posted by floatingbridge on September 10, 2011, at 22:47:38
In reply to Re: Antipsychotics Increasingly Prescribed for Anxiety » floatingbridge, posted by Dinah on September 10, 2011, at 21:58:31
> I would prefer more of a sense of myself as a single continuous individual existing through a steady flow of time. I don't really have that.
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> I feel like that combination is combining uppers and downers. Though technically speaking, Risperdal doesn't feel much like a downer.
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> The Risperdal helps with the anxiety and obsessions and the Provigil helps with wakefulness and focus. It really does
seem to work, though I use it sparingly. I'm afraid using it regularly would dilute the effect.Dinah, now that you've explained it, I feel little dense for not understanding more w/o your explanation. I used to say my older daily treatment was a 'speedball', something that made the ex-pdoc uncomfortable. (Me too!) Legal or not, it was how I felt, and still do. Xanax, risperdone (though ostensibly for other reasons), plus Emsam is reproducing a similar effect. It's my tightrope walk between depression/lethargy and anxiety.
I feel badly that I asked you to spell out your discomfort. Online is not irl. Online, you have to me a real steady sense.
Btw, progivil is an odd med. I found it intolerable. I'm glad you have these tools in your kit.
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