Lyrica (for Generalised Anxiety)

[Philippa]

So for example, "I could see my mother's cheeks were getting flushed red, and I was cowering in expectancy of another blow, when she suddenly turned to me, and her face went back to normal.

She instead said "Well, that upset me what you did, but I think instead of lashing out at you, I'm going to say that it's not the end of the world what you did, and you don't deserve to be punished for it...so how about we make a pavlova and have fun instead?" and she smiled at me. We laughed and had a food fight with the left over cream.

Using present tense language for this exercise is important as it is literally creating new memories that your brain with start to configure into new neural pathways that you create.

Just try it and see for yourself before deciding that it's delusion or lying to yourself.

 

[freakofnurture]

I'll make a new thread for this :)

EDIT: [DLMURL="https://www.ptsdforum.org/c/threads/giving-yourself-a-fairy-tale-ending.25967/"]Here[/DLMURL] it is.

 

[Philippa]

Thanks. I got a bit carried away there. Didn't mean to hijack your thread.

 

[freakofnurture]

Didn't mean to hijack your thread.

Don't worry :)

I don't know it it's a delayed reaction to my outings on Monday and Tuesday or just a random low but I'm feeling like shit today. I'm even a tad scared to leave the bed and can't concentrate at all.

 

[Philippa]

Damn, sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better soon.:)

 

[freakofnurture]

So, three weeks into my Lyrica adventure I am increasingly underwhelmed with the results.

The anxiolytic effect is okay so far, but every trip outside has an aftermath of me feeling too depressed to leave the bed. I am also experiencing side effects: I can't concentrate anymore and I am constantly tired.

I could try to balance out the side effects by upping my dose of Zoloft and Effexxor but I don't really like that idea. I think I'll call my psychiatrist tomorrow and ask her what to do.

 

[freakofnurture]

So, upping the Zoloft didn't do anything for my motivation, though the depression has gotten a bit better.

I have reduced my dose of Lyrica down to 25mg/day on Sunday and I'll see how things develop over the next days. If the motivation stays low and/or the fear comes back I'll reduce to zero and just learn to live on 80m^2 for the time being.