Administrator Altostrata Posted March 31, 2012 Administrator Share Posted March 31, 2012 Found on Facebook This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexjuice Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I wonder how many of us, or just people who end up on meds, are introverts? Despite my anxiety, I am pretty extroverted. I think this made my social anxiety much worse because I got a lot of satisfaction from social nteraction and, as I got worse and worse on Drugs, I choose to completely isolate to avoid humiliation. At one stretch I went two years without seeing anyone but family members. I find I get along well with introverts. I took a Myers-Briggs and was typed ENTP, very strongly E and T. I like Myers-Briggs. I've talked with psych students about it and I like to guess how others score out. Also I like Myers-Briggs because, unlike other psych testing I have submitted to, no matter what the result I run no risk of being prescribed a neuroleptic. Ha. "Well my ship's been split to splinters and it's sinking fast I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free I've got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me. Everybody's moving, if they ain't already there Everybody's got to move somewhere Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow Things should start to get interesting right about now." - Zimmerman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudius Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Interesting picture! And though I am neither an extremely introvert person, most of the points do apply to me. And when people around me had treated me according these bullet points, I woule probably never have turned to PAxil. Sad thing is that some, of not too many people have cruel and sadistic tendencies and want people to feel bad and therefore treat them exactly in that way that harms/hurts them most. One of my challenges is to never ever let such nasty people control my life in whatever way. And I think I will be able to handle that much better in the future. Still, the pain from previous abuse and disrespect is not gone completely. 10 mg Paxil/Seroxat since 2002 several attempts to quit since 2004 Quit c/t again Oktober 2007, in protracted w/d since then after 3.5 years slight improvement but still on the road after 6 years pretty much recovered but still some nasty residual sypmtons after 8.5 years working again on a 90% base and basically functioning normally again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gem Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Thanks for this, Alto. I think I have a definite streak of introversion. I need to spend at least some of my time alone. But I also love being with people too and can be extroverted. I don't think that society always respects or lends itself to more introverted traits. I came off Seroxat in August 2005 after a 4 month taper. I was initially prescibed a benzo for several months and then Prozac for 5 years and after that, Seroxat for 3 years and 9 months. "It's like in the great stories Mr.Frodo, the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end it's only a passing thing this shadow, even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it'll shine out the clearer." Samwise Gamgee, Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Someone once explained to me that introverts can enjoy interacting with people, but it DRAINS them of their energy. They need time alone to recharge. Extroverts GAIN energy from interacting with people. They do not need much, if any alone time. Love and Peace Effexor XL 2009-2012. CT 150mg Effexor XR 2012, Effexor XR 75mg 2012 then rapid taper to 0, Reinstated Effexor XR 13mg then updosed to 20mg, Tapered to 18mg Effexor XR 4/9/12, Off Effexor XL ?Reinstated Effexor XL 150 mgs August 2012, Crashed in November 2012, Prozac 40 mgs 2012 to Feb 2018, Buspar 60 mgs 2012-stopped 2015, Remeron 7.5 mgs as needed for sleep-stopped Feb 2017, Prozac 50 mgs Feb 2018 to March 2018, Lexapro 5 mgs March 18 2018 to May 17th 2018, Lexapro 2.5 mgs May 18th to May 26th 2018, Prozac 10 mgs May 15th 2018, Prozac 5 mgs May 19th 2018 to current day May 28th 2018, Xanax 0.25 mgs to 0.5 mgs daily for over 15 years. Increased Xanax to 1.5 mgs Sept 2012, Tapered Xanax to 0 mgs May 2013.Reinstated Xanax Feb 2017 at 0.125 mgs as needed, Gradual increase of Xanax to 1.5 mgs daily till May 22nd 2018, Xanax 1.25 mgs daily. Holding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexjuice Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I've heard this as well. It's a piece of conventional psych wisdom that seems reasonable to me. "Well my ship's been split to splinters and it's sinking fast I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free I've got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me. Everybody's moving, if they ain't already there Everybody's got to move somewhere Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow Things should start to get interesting right about now." - Zimmerman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 To me as well. And it fits with how interacting with people effects me. It may be a simple concept, but I prefer simple concepts. It helps to keep my mind clear of clutter. Effexor XL 2009-2012. CT 150mg Effexor XR 2012, Effexor XR 75mg 2012 then rapid taper to 0, Reinstated Effexor XR 13mg then updosed to 20mg, Tapered to 18mg Effexor XR 4/9/12, Off Effexor XL ?Reinstated Effexor XL 150 mgs August 2012, Crashed in November 2012, Prozac 40 mgs 2012 to Feb 2018, Buspar 60 mgs 2012-stopped 2015, Remeron 7.5 mgs as needed for sleep-stopped Feb 2017, Prozac 50 mgs Feb 2018 to March 2018, Lexapro 5 mgs March 18 2018 to May 17th 2018, Lexapro 2.5 mgs May 18th to May 26th 2018, Prozac 10 mgs May 15th 2018, Prozac 5 mgs May 19th 2018 to current day May 28th 2018, Xanax 0.25 mgs to 0.5 mgs daily for over 15 years. Increased Xanax to 1.5 mgs Sept 2012, Tapered Xanax to 0 mgs May 2013.Reinstated Xanax Feb 2017 at 0.125 mgs as needed, Gradual increase of Xanax to 1.5 mgs daily till May 22nd 2018, Xanax 1.25 mgs daily. Holding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gem Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Someone once explained to me that introverts can enjoy interacting with people, but it DRAINS them of their energy. They need time alone to recharge. Makes a lot of sense. I feel like this if I am with people too much or with people I don't know very well. But if I'm interacting with people who are close to me or I get on really well with, then I gain energy. But then again, I still need a bit of time alone. I came off Seroxat in August 2005 after a 4 month taper. I was initially prescibed a benzo for several months and then Prozac for 5 years and after that, Seroxat for 3 years and 9 months. "It's like in the great stories Mr.Frodo, the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end it's only a passing thing this shadow, even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it'll shine out the clearer." Samwise Gamgee, Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus dalsaan Posted June 4, 2012 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted June 4, 2012 I haven't heard that stuff about energy but I can really relate to it. I am an introvert and I experience most people as hard work but I can spend days on end with some people. They are usually open, thoughtful and comfortable with silence Please note - I am not a medical practitioner and I do not give medical advice. I offer an opinion based on my own experiences, reading and discussion with others.On Effexor for 2 months at the start of 2005. Had extreme insomnia as an adverse reaction. Changed to mirtazapine. Have been trying to get off since mid 2008 with numerous failures including CTs and slow (but not slow enough tapers)Have slow tapered at 10 per cent or less for years. I have liquid mirtazapine made at a compounding chemist. Was on 1.6 ml as at 19 March 2014. Dropped to 1.5 ml 7 June 2014. Dropped to 1.4 in about September. Dropped to 1.3 on 20 December 2014. Dropped to 1.2 in mid Jan 2015. Dropped to 1 ml in late Feb 2015. I think my old medication had run out of puff so I tried 1ml when I got the new stuff and it seems to be going ok. Sleep has been good over the last week (as of 13/3/15). Dropped to 1/2 ml 14/11/15 Fatigue still there as are memory and cognition problems. Sleep is patchy but liveable compared to what it has been in the past. DRUG FREE - as at 1st May 2017 >My intro post is here - http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/2250-dalsaan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbarannamated Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 This also brings to mind shy vs. quiet. I'm quiet - don't waste alot of words (in person) - but not at all shy. If I have something to say, I do so. Pristiq tapered over 8 months ending Spring 2011 after 18 years of polydrugging that began w/Zoloft for fatigue/general malaise (not mood). CURRENT: 1mg Klonopin qhs (SSRI bruxism), 75mg trazodone qhs, various hormonesLitigation for 11 years for Work-related injury, settled 2004. Involuntary medical retirement in 2001 (age 39). 2012 - brain MRI showing diffuse, chronic cerebrovascular damage/demyelination possibly vasculitis/cerebritis. Dx w/autoimmune polyendocrine failure.<p>2013 - Dx w/CNS Sjogren's Lupus (FANA antibodies first appeared in 1997 but missed by doc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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