Posted by atmlady on March 9, 2008, at 21:51:37
In reply to Re: Now it's Ixel and Provigil; and apologies, posted by bulldog2 on March 9, 2008, at 15:21:58
Yes, I have problems with anxiety too, and have a prescription for xanax, but have not had to take any in many months. With the Ixel and Provigil I'm definitely full of energy, and sometimes experience the racing heartbeat, but no anxiety. Alive, alert, and TCB as Elvis would say. Too busy living to think about whether I'm depressed or not.
I've been thinking about norepinephrine, and why the re-uptake of this transmitter seems to help with fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and depression with pain. Is it because it makes you more outward focused? More interested in something other than yourself? Because you're so vigilant to sensations or things happening outside yourself you don't obsess over every little twinge and ache? What do you all think?
I asked my pdoc about this, why anti-depressants and the ones acting on NE in particular seem to help in functional somatic disorders, and she said that "unresolved emotional issues" are very common in fibromyalgia sufferers, for example. Well, OK, but couldn't it be that you obsess over emotional issues (resolved or not) because your NE levels are too low?
It's just that, unlike my pdoc I'm sure, I have actually taken medicine that totally changes the way I perceive .... well, everything. How I feel about work, what I like to eat, how well I sleep, what I enjoy doing and thinking about, everything. I've gone from thinking there was no hope, thinking about death all the time, to thinking life was lovely, in like, days. Because of some re-uptake inhibitor. So why all the prejudice, STILL, with those suffering from somatic disorders?
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