Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 411499

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is being too mellow an illness?

Posted by lostforwards on November 4, 2004, at 7:26:05

Just wondering..has anybody considered indifference and a LACK of anxiety in situations where normal people would feel something an illness or part of an illness? are there any meds that increase anxiety?

Re: is being too mellow an illness?

Posted by linkadge on November 4, 2004, at 7:33:42

In reply to is being too mellow an illness?, posted by lostforwards on November 4, 2004, at 7:26:05

Geez, one step at a time.

I would definately *not* take anything to purposely increase anxiety. (although you could try a coupple jolts of coffee :)

People go to great lenghts to reduce and/or eliminate anxiety, and when its gone, people think there is something wrong.

What one person finds anxiety provoking, another person will not.

Thats like saying, I'm not in pain at the moment, I think theres something wrong, so I'm just going to stick my hand on this burner over here.

Anyhow, you can treat apathy, if thats what you're experiencing.

Oftentimes in recoving from a mental illness, the anxiety goes first, then the apathy and anhedonia.

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afraid of nothing? ( that's not right ) » linkadge

Posted by lostforwards on November 4, 2004, at 8:30:27

In reply to Re: is being too mellow an illness?, posted by linkadge on November 4, 2004, at 7:33:42

That's exactly what I'm saying. wouldn't it be a mental illness form someone to not get nervous in a dire situation - such as almost being scorched by a burner? Wouldn't it be maladaptive?

Re: afraid of nothing? ( that's not right )

Posted by linkadge on November 4, 2004, at 10:50:04

In reply to afraid of nothing? ( that's not right ) » linkadge, posted by lostforwards on November 4, 2004, at 8:30:27

Oh, I agree with you that it is *not* normal to not have the capacity to be anxious,

but what I am saying is that, the most mentally healthy people find ways to quickly adapt to stressful situations, and because of their adaptability, they experience virtually no anxiety in an average day (stress perhaps, but not anxiety)

The meds you are taking might raise your anxiety threshold, that does not mean you have lost the capacity for anxiety.

And remember, that in healthy people, it is not always anxiety that motivates, there are other intrinsic factors that can motivate us to imrpove or change our lives.

Thats what depression is. "Too much fear of getting things wrong, and not enough reward for getting things right".

Recovery can help shift this ballence.

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Re: is being too mellow an illness? » lostforwards

Posted by crazychickuk on November 4, 2004, at 11:03:34

In reply to is being too mellow an illness?, posted by lostforwards on November 4, 2004, at 7:26:05

Y ?

anxiety must've evolved for a reason.

Posted by lostforwards on November 4, 2004, at 11:22:49

In reply to Re: is being too mellow an illness? » lostforwards, posted by crazychickuk on November 4, 2004, at 11:03:34

> Y ?
Just wondering since mental illness and it's diagnosis is relative to the society you're in.

anxiety must exist for a reason. today we don't need it as much, but that doesn't mean it or it's opposite is necessarily a problem.

That's why I was wondering whether not having anxiety was illness.

Re: afraid of nothing? ( that's not right ) » linkadge

Posted by lostforwards on November 4, 2004, at 11:58:10

In reply to Re: afraid of nothing? ( that's not right ), posted by linkadge on November 4, 2004, at 10:50:04

>"Too much fear of getting things wrong, and not enough reward for getting things right".

balance is what it's all about I guess.

Re: afraid of nothing? ( that's not right )

Posted by Peddidle on November 5, 2004, at 12:34:43

In reply to Re: afraid of nothing? ( that's not right ) » linkadge, posted by lostforwards on November 4, 2004, at 11:58:10

Antidepressants can definitely lead to apathy, that's why I would love to be able to get off mine. 200mg of zoloft for 5yrs definitely caused me to have "flat emotions." Now on 100mg, I notice this a little less, although it is definitely still there.

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