Posted by kate9999 on February 26, 2001, at 3:51:53
In reply to Fearful Anticipation ? Sulpiride ?, posted by jimmygold70 on February 23, 2001, at 8:29:24
I hate to bring up the obvious, but no one else has - have you tried cognitive behavioral therapy? That's exactly the type of thing CBT is supposed to address.
If you haven't, I hope you don't mind me mentioning a book my therapist recommended to me -Feeling Good by (David?) Burns. It's a really good intro to CBT and is designed for you to work on on your own, with or without a therapist.
Also, what you're describing is a symptom which could be part of social phobia, depression, etc. I wouldn't assume it's a separate disorder just because an antipsychotic had an effect on it. Sulpiride has antidepressant effects and various cognitive side effects which could have been helping you.
> I have a phenomenon which is not very clearly defined in DSM definition (in my opinion, at least). Many times, when I get small cues that something is going to go wrong, I start thinking and thinking about it, building hills of theories from small cues. My therapist calls it “negative thinking loops”. I can’t find a good definition in the DSM-IV. It is not paranoid, since when I am shown the real facts I do resign my theories. However, I do believe that drugs for paranoid ideation will help me, though.
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> I also suffer from social phobia. I have tried SSRIs,MAOI,benzodiazepins, all other possible Ads with little success in any of my problems. Benzos do help my anxiety, but this “negative thinking” persists.
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> Sulpiride did seem to help me with this problem, but my liver functions got so bad that I can’t afford to use it. Also, I fear from Tardive Diskinesia.
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> Anybody has any idea about a good, close diagnosis ? and what about a drug treatment ? Antipsychotics ? Anything else ?
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> Thanks,
> Jimmy
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