if... its about intense emotional pain / agitation / panic kind of a feeling rather than dull lethargy can't get out of bed...

a little bit of largactil / chlorpromazine can help one through a bit of a rough patch. i mean... if you tend to have 'episodes' that last from a few hours to a few days to (sometimes) a week or so... i used to take a small dose of that up to three times a day. would help me feel a little calmer and chilled out, would help me get a good nights sleep, would help me not get caught in those obsessive ruminating head cycles...

works pretty fast. so you can take it PRN (as needed). and... it isn't as addictive as benzo's have a tendency to be...

a little seroquel could do similarly... some doctors prefer to prescribe that one...

they aren't anti-depressants... but i guess i'm wondering how much it is about lowered autonomic arousal (depression) or heightened autonomic arousal (active distress).

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