--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal <l.shad...@...> wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:43 PM, off_world_beings > <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" <kirk_bernhardt@> wrote: > >> > >> Anyone here take it - know how it works with meditation. Is it good? Worth > >> pursuing if one is actually sort of depressed? Supposedly at least 40% of > >> New Orleaneans have PTSD. Many others just naturally depressed, myself due > >> to crappy job market. Life prospects. Sidha midlife crisis includes > >> feeling > >> stupid for sitting dreaming of hovering for countless hours and feeling > >> bitter at such a failure. (That was a joke Haha) You know I used to hate > >> my > >> employers. > > Your best bet would be to see a psychopharmacologist, a psychiatrist > who specializes in the prescribing of psychotropic drugs. There are > so many psychotropic drugs on the market, each with its own treatment > and side effect profile that you would want to have something > prescribed by someone who's got years of experience in watching the > results of these drugs dozens of times a day. That's not something > your normal GP or even psychiatrist would get in their day to day > practice. How to find a psychopharacologist? Call up psychiatrists > and ask them if they are a psychopharmacologist. Even a > psychopharmacologist would be trying a variety of different drugs on > you until reaching a favorable result versus side effect solution. > > If you go to see such a specialist, you might mention the latest > results on propanadol, a high blood pressure drug which works by > blocking certain nerve transmissions. In low doses it's proven to be > very powerful in dealing with PTSD. The VA, which despite all the > negative press, has the best outcomes per dollar spent, is starting to > give the drug to most of its PTSD patients. > > Now there are people on this list who are going try to talk you into > the Scientologist cure of St. Johns Wort and magnesium. These people > are evil and their words are direct from the devil. >
Sounds more like he was saying that he is depressed, rather than anxious or suffering from PTSD. Beta blockers reduce the startle response so the theory is that the association between the memory of a bad experience and your physical response to the memory can be broken. So, may be good for PTSD. Beta-blockers like Propanadol have been around quite a while to deal with anxiety and panic, but now SSRIs are more often used. Kirk, SSRIs like Paxil and Zoloft can be very effective in helping with depression. They do take a while to work and some people might feel nauseated the first few days. Either way, talk to your doctor. Shaddai, nice offer to pay for treatment. Drugs are best used in conjunction with cognitive therapy to get out of unproductive thought patterns. Shaddai, I also agree with you on the VA. It has come to be a model for patient care and followup.
