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Old Dec 15, 2021, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by BethRags View Post
The pdoc appointment yesterday was moderately successful. She kept repeating that I'm "looking for a magic pill" to stop the anxiety/panic. I hate when they say that; I'm not so stupid. I am able to intuit the difference between physical panic and "thought" anxiety. I believe they say we can control our symptoms because they don't have a good answer. She's a CBT/DBT fanatic. So is my therapist. Thus far, I find CBT only moderately helpful...it is not magic for me.

Anyway, the pdoc raised my Zoloft dose to 150mg and added hydroxizine (Visterol). We'll see...

Oh- she absolutely refuses to prescribe a low dose of a typical (older) antipsychotic. She insists they inevitably cause tardive dyskenesia. Like the others, she likes the typical (newer) AP's - they don't seem to care in the least about the weight gain that causes dangerous physical illnesses.
I’m glad she at least ordered the Vistrual at least. Have you tried propranolol for the physical anxiety?

Yeah my newest AP is so called weight neutral but sooo not for me. I didn’t change anything but started gaining immediately after taking it. So of course that causes metabolism problems.
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