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To feel “normal”: that’s what everyone expects from us and we try to deliver.
Now that I know what the root cause of my anxiety and depression comes from, I’m beginning to understand more about what’s going on (and has gone on) with me. For the most part, with meds and therapy, I’m content now. Life is good.
My wife fully understands that it’s the ADD that has driven my actions in the past. And ADD still does. But when I catch myself in an ADD moment, I am more cognizant of that and can use counter-measures to correct my behaviour. If I’m unaware my wife later tells me, not to berate, but so that I can learn to recognize these situations earlier. I call it my “brainstyle” in social situations, or at work, just to avoid complications.
Don’t get me wrong, those that need to know about my ADD, know about my ADD. Those that don’t, they don’t know for a reason. This is when I use “brainstyle”.
There are parts that I still struggle, some situations where I cannot “bend the world to me”. My job specifically.
As to Effexor, maybe your brainstyle “chemistry” worked better for you. It’s unfortunate that there is no “one size, fits all” antidepressant for everyone. What a wonderful world that would be! Like aspirin.
Effexor helped me to. In fact all the ADs I been on have helped, generally speaking. ADs are relatively new from a pharmacological sense; there are going to be successes and failures for the industry along the way. All part of the learning curve. I just don’t want to be a guinea pig for “field testing”. I have enough things to deal with from a mental health point of view now.
And from my male perspective, I cannot imagine how a woman deals with all that and being pregnant and all the horomonal stuff that goes on and off. I now know why most of the woman I know can endure anything!
As for Serzone, good riddance. Two weeks into that one and I wanted out. Between the “brain zaps” and the de-realization thing, it was obvious it wasn’t for me. For those who haven’t experienced the brain zaps, it’s kinda like listening to a radio and the loudspeaker keeps shorting out. Or when you’re watching satellite TV during an approaching storm and the TV screen breaks into those tiny pixelated squares before the signal is lost. Good times…
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