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Posted by sam K on November 27, 2008, at 0:33:48
Im on paxil 10 or 12.5 mill lately and Im still energyless and empty sometimes. I have no spice. I feel monotone and uninteresting. If I up the dose I get pretty hard hit side effects like tiredness, sleepiness, unmotivation, sexual dysfunction, and the worst one WEGIIGIIHT gain. my worst nightmare!:p I just cant seem to make much progress fast with the eating disorder stuff. So I'll take small steps. Im just a lowsy peice of poo these days. I mean I feel okay, but I still want to feel better, Im just running out of options.
I just dont want bothersome side effects. I want life to be at peace, not some battle all the time trying to control side effects/trying to distract myself from them.
Im sick of being shy and not being able to express myself. Im such a funny person and Im so nice and compassionate. Compassion is what I have most of because Ive been through so much and I know how it is to feel terrible, sad, anything negative.
Im sick of awkwardness and me being out of the flow of conversation.
Well thats it! hope no one minds, I sometimes vent here and use it as a diary kind of thing.If you have any medicine suggestions, tell me!! I wish best of luck for everyone!!
sam
Posted by desolationrower on November 27, 2008, at 14:53:32
In reply to me currently......................................, posted by sam K on November 27, 2008, at 0:33:48
Sounds like you would do well with a noradrenergic drug too instead of upping the dose?
-d/r
Posted by clipper40 on November 28, 2008, at 8:30:27
In reply to me currently......................................, posted by sam K on November 27, 2008, at 0:33:48
Sounds like you have the typical SSRI type of apathy and amotivation that many of us here have dealt with or continue to deal with. What other medications have you tried? Have you used anything else in the past to add on to the Paxil? There are many different augmentation strategies that can help.
Posted by Sigismund on November 28, 2008, at 15:49:59
In reply to me currently......................................, posted by sam K on November 27, 2008, at 0:33:48
>I'm sick of being shy and not being able to express myself.
IME, the young are more competitive and less compassionate than the old.
It's probably both biology and experience.There are environments where people are very much more accepting than they are in others.
Feeling more comfortable means you feel less shy.
Being accepted means you are happier taking risks.You have time enough to seek out places where you are more comfortable, or might be eventually.
Posted by rjlockhart04-08 on November 29, 2008, at 14:10:24
In reply to Re: me currently......................................, posted by Sigismund on November 28, 2008, at 15:49:59
Reading this.....i just can rerember me writing this back in 2004 or 2003, when i didnt understand why, lacked social skills.
First, i found out....i wasnt every let to be around socialness as kid, next i was extremly annoying to everyone. When i turned to 13, that's when it really..."why", no counsoler, therpist, would explain, i went to hypnotist a couple months ago, to change me, it doenst work right away, you have to repeat in what you want to be, in your sub/coun mind. I wasnted my danm money....
There not really any medications.....that i know of that will "immidatly" produce a "lift", expept for the amphetamine stimulant class. And, any amphetamine will always cause mood fluctions, irrtiblity, and some other very unpleasant effects.
I dont know how to....but this is actually the same thing i would ask my self, in this post, so if anyone reads this, help me, and sam k out.
rj
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