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In Reply to: Re: What started this Thread is this posted by reader on February 20, 2006 at 02:43:50:
Dear Reader:
I really agree with you on most points, notably:
Celexa works pretty good against depression and some anxiety but can be hard to get used to . I found a person can get a frequent muscle/nerve response like when you are almost asleep and you jerk awake. That can happen with the Celexian experince. I also found that during the first few weeks it sometimes felt like my brain was processing or stimulated.( Not as bad as Effexor though) Now we have Escitalopram, (Cipralex) that docs often call "super Celexa".
(Welcome fellow Celexians, the Cipralex contaiment vessel's continuing mission is to make your journey through planet PSTD safer and more pleasant. Our prime directive is to prevent neural pathway over-saturation, wave pattern endorphin echos or synaptic paradoxes from ruining your brain.) Cipralex is supposed to work in the presynaptic nerve endings and/or in the synaptic cleft more efficiently. After about seven months into it I think it works pretty good. Still got the jerky wakey effect but no huge over-stimulation I notice. I've had PSTD among other tasty disorders for a about 40 years my doc's all say. Because I was abused by priests in a very public case I have been studied by doctors and therapists over the years. You are quite right in saying PSTD is very complex and hard to treat. I see it as a hunter/predator type disorder that shifts its triggers and presenting symptoms like a face dancer or chameleon. Relapses can be frequent and relentless in gathering momentum unless intervention happens. If you treat the anxiety it goes into dream life, treat the dream life it goes to depression etc,etc. Because I worked in the field until I had to retire I function as an narrative information person for my doctor and other pscyh staff. Like a describing witness rather than a test subject. Prozac and paxil are like early moon rockets in some ways. Loud and prone to failure. Almost everyone taking these two drugs has some level of depressive reaction in the initial weeks of use. It can and has been especially toxic for children and young adults. It does work wonderfully for some people but the potential for serious side effects such as suicidal ideation and occasional actualization has clearly been a problem. I know of a number of deaths by suicide as a result of these two drugs. As you say they need to be closely monitored when used.
Paradoxical reactions truley are a problem in drug therapy not only for mental health issues but medications in general I think. I almost went down for the count on a particular med. I am glad you cared enough about this issue to share your views. People in our situation need to see there is no shame in being ill in this area. I would bet that Fg's and Sg's carry a high incidence of PSTD.
Sincerely
Rocky Boobbola
