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serzone and the manic person in my head

Posted by yona on July 21, 2000, at 16:37:22

hi there. i need a little more help from those with 'life experience' in regards to this changing from paxil to serzone. after i have gotten through the nausea issue another has risen. i am a bit manic. actually alot manic. i have already dropped my dose, just started yesterday, from 100mg 2x/day to 50mg 2x/day cause i felt just a bit too elated from my own good. the experience i am having is very right brain... it's like there is this person in my head (whose been there for years) who has all these ingenious ideas... and me, being the artist that i am, is trying to capture alot of them and see what's useful, what isn't. deal is, i could just fall in love with this state and go chasing wild ideas forever, except that i am wondering if i am just a little too manic on this drug and perhaps should think about something else.
anyone else have an experience even closely related?? and if so how have you navigated through this issue?? I mean is this dangerous or am i just having a great time?? thanks for whatever imput i get. yona

Re: serzone and the manic person in my head

Posted by quilter on July 23, 2000, at 0:43:46

In reply to serzone and the manic person in my head, posted by yona on July 21, 2000, at 16:37:22

> hi there. i need a little more help from those with 'life experience' in regards to this changing from paxil to serzone. after i have gotten through the nausea issue another has risen. i am a bit manic. actually alot manic. i have already dropped my dose, just started yesterday, from 100mg 2x/day to 50mg 2x/day cause i felt just a bit too elated from my own good. the experience i am having is very right brain... it's like there is this person in my head (whose been there for years) who has all these ingenious ideas... and me, being the artist that i am, is trying to capture alot of them and see what's useful, what isn't. deal is, i could just fall in love with this state and go chasing wild ideas forever, except that i am wondering if i am just a little too manic on this drug and perhaps should think about something else.
> anyone else have an experience even closely related?? and if so how have you navigated through this issue?? I mean is this dangerous or am i just having a great time?? thanks for whatever imput i get. yona

Yona- I asked my pdoc about this once. He asked about impulsiveness - I think that he said not to worry unless acting on impulse began to be a problem. It can be so terrific to feel alive again after a bad spell that it is easy to get concerned about feeling TOO good. Dropping your dose is probably not a bad idea until you can see your doctor. Whatever the cause, enjoy it while it lasts.
Quilter

Re: serzone and the manic person in my head

Posted by yona on July 23, 2000, at 5:27:03

In reply to Re: serzone and the manic person in my head, posted by quilter on July 23, 2000, at 0:43:46

thanks quilter. the dropped dose has been helpful. still in good spirits with a fair amount of energy, and yet not getting too many creative ideas in my head all at the same time... gaud i thought there was no way to make any of that useful (read:manifest) and i always feel some loss and frustration when amazing ideas come along that i cannot take up on.
anyways, thanks for responding to my post. i am trying to do this change from paxil to serzone with only a regular doc... not a pdoc. (this board is my pdoc right now). so i have been needing a little more feedback right now to keep myself in check. so thanks again for the response.
yona

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