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Posted by Barbie57 on March 15, 2003, at 8:34:01
I'm a 45 year old female treated successfully for anxiety with Buspar for about 4 years and recently (because I have an 8 year old boy) recognized that I also have ADD. Had good experiences with methylphenidate, but crashed; had headache with Concerta; liked the positive effect of Metadate CD, but had clenched jaw and pounding heart. Think I have finally found the right "cocktail" with Metadate ER and 10 mg of Buspar in the am and another 10 mg of Buspar in the pm. If I don't split the Buspar between am and pm I get some chest symptoms with the Metadate ER.
This is what it feels like inside:
I attended a discussion symposium on a political theorist organized by the College of Humanities and had this thought about my response as I was leaving:
1. Plain, old unmedicated me (what life used to always feel like):
What are they talking about? How can I have so much formal education and not understand? I must be very stupid. Got to think of some kind of question I can ask to validate my existence. How come I can't think of anything? Stupid! Stupid! I am so stupid. Here I can ask this. . .
Pose question.
How could I have asked that!!!??? That was so stupid. Now everyone will hate me. Maybe I'll get run over by a truck.
2. Me on Buspar:What are they talking about? How can I have so much formal education and not understand? Oh well, it doesn't matter much. Maybe I will ask a question to validate myself.
Pose question.
Hmmm. That was OK. No major harm done.
3. Me on Buspar and Metadate ER:What are they talking about? Good grief, they are a bunch of post-structuralists! Amazing how training in the Humannities and Social Science can be so different. Should I ask a question? Nah, it would be much more interesting just to hear what other folks think is important and I can take some notes. Maybe they will be relevant to my book. Wow, I'm glad I don't work at a place like this where all the speakers are so adversarial.
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