Does anyone know if Prozac can make speech problems more pronounced? I've started taking it for moderate depression and anxiety and, thankfully,it's gotten my brain to slow down and stop bombarding me with too many thoughts bouncing around my head. But I think the slowdown has also made my speech problems-well, not worse, because I've always had ( Read more... )

I was struggling at work a little and tired of being anxious all the time and the anxiety leading to depression. I had taken Lexapro for but ended up sleeping 10 hours a day and feeling like a zombie when I wasn't. So I switched to Zoloft and it has helped. I take things more in stride at work now, don't get aggravated/frustrated/irritated when ( Read more... )

Testosterone-related treatment for autism stirs controversy ( Read more... )

Anybody have any good experiences with Adderall or similar? I think it would help me. I don't particularly feel like going into why, or who I plan to talk to in order to acquire said Adderall (or similar)...I'm just curious about how other people have done on it.

Recently i've started making plans to go to Bonnaroo and i'm feeling unsure on whether or not I should buy the tickets and go ( Read more... )

I was prescribed Celexa by one of my HMO's psychiatrists, and I've been on it for about a month. So far the only difference I've noticed (good or bad) is that I'm having a harder time dealing with overstimulation, especially noisy environments. Has anyone else had a similar experience?

This was complicated to express, I described a bad day for my "contact person", I said that I don’t want to put my head in the sand and pretend the world is fine, then it’s not. She said that’s common for people with asperger to ruminate over bad thinks and not, like the rest of the world, distract their thoughts to other things. It's definitive ( Read more... )

I looked back to see if this has been discussed and didn't find anything. There was a discussion on the adhd list I'm on about adderall being very helpful. Does anyone here use it? Can you discuss pros and cons ( Read more... )

I have Bi-Polar Disorder, and have been treated with various medications over the course of the last four, going on five, years ( Read more... )

Hi guys. I've been really sensitive and getting overwhelmed a lot lately, so I haven't really been active on LJ in general, much less this community, but something today has totally just... shut me down ( Read more... )