Posted by sweetmarie on April 11, 2001, at 13:37:59
In reply to Re: SOMETHING WORKS, BUT ITS THE WRONG THING » sweetmarie, posted by JahL on April 11, 2001, at 12:08:59
> Hi Anna.
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> I had a similar a similar experience with Promazine (anti-psychotic sedative) &, to a lesser extent, Sulpiride.
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> Promazine wld give me a sense of euphoria a couple of hrs after taking a pill (it was supposed to knock me out!). I thought it was addressing the depression but my pdoc was adamant that what I was experiencing was a sudden release from yrs of persistent anxiety, & in hindsight I think he was correct (for once). Like y'self I don't consider myself to be an anxious person, but I certainly have the physical symptoms.
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> Like Anna Laura I too have the suspicion that tranquilizers (minor *&* major) can worsen LT prognosis for depression. Sulipiride may control my social phobia, but in the yr I've been taking it my depression has significantly worsened...
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> J.Jah,
How do you distinguish social phobia from the feelings caused by depression of simply not wanting any contact with other people (friends and otherwise)?
I think you`re right about the anxiety thing - I don`t get anxiety or panic attacks as such, but I do have constant tightness in my chest, and my body is always tensed up unless I conciously try to relax it (stomach held in, shoulders hunched up, making my hands into fists etc).
Still, it`s something, I guess (the temporary relief I get from Zopiclone I mean).
Anna.
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