I think I experienced withdrawal syptoms of Trazodone. I don't think Pdoc thought about the effect they'd have on someone who is not currently on an anti-depressant. They didn't help me sleep. But, my mind liked it. So, about half way through the day I had a major problem focusing in class on Friday. I thought it was the original problem.
Then I tried 50 mg of Trazodone to try to sleep better the next night and then around 2 or 3 pm the next day I lost my focus even worse. I ended the work day feeling worn out. It felt like I had felt before I started talking to T rather than after nine months of T time. I had some fantasies of taking one in the afternoon to avoid the crash in mood. But, that is not doctor's orders. I decided not to take them until I see Pdoc again. I really prefer to keep my moods as is rather than go on and off like that. I think Pdoc got thrown off by my forgeting my formulary and blew it. I think Trazodone is probably recommended more as an sleep aid for people currently on an anti-depressant rather than as a sleep aid for some without an anti-depressant. Does anyone know what the withdrawal symptoms of Trazodone is? I saw the word malaise on one of my drug cards.
What are the withdrawal symptoms of Paxil CR and Prozac? I ask because I can tell that my mind liked it. GRRR! I found it easier to stop starring at the wall and easier to ignore my negative side. I finally got the guts to tell my general practitioner. I had been avoiding that because I just love to mind read. "If I tell her, she will think I'm nuts." I still heard the thinking but it was quitter that morning. I think it was Trazodone doing it. But, using it as a sleep pill makes you go on it and then off it. I find that emotionally painful. So, I will just wait until Pdoc appointment, bring formulary and try Paxil CR.
I didn't take it last night and I didn't lose my focus at all. Sure, I cried. Sure, I did quite a bit of negative thinking. But, I have always been a negative thinker.
How do you keep from getting lazy about correcting for negative thinking? I have corrected for negative thinking to some degree for a decade. But, I have discovered by reading some books based on CBT that I wasn't recognizing a lot of the thinking. I was only recognizing and correcting for the most blatant negative thinking. But, if it gets as easy to ignore as it was the one morning, how do you keep correcting for it and trying to learn more positive ways of thinking? I suspect T will have something up her sleeve. She has been kind of just supplying some majorly sweet sounding rational responses in an attempt to make me feel less sad. But, I have decided to share my rational responses before letting her state one from here on in. I am good at some of them and really bad at others.