akathisia

Anxiety: Boxed-Up and Triggered

Moods, Traumatic Stuff, Triggers 14 Responses »

21 Jun2010

I am (barely) recovering, thanks to the chemical assistance of Diazepam, from the worst anxiety attack I’ve suffered in months. One minute I was sitting here minding my own business, the next I could barely breathe. What triggered it? It’s stupid, really. All that happened was that A decided he would clear out two big [...]

What is the Point of Therapy, Anyway? Does it Work? A Fight with C - Week 40

C, Psychotherapy 15 Responses »

09 Feb2010

Things are going more and more downhill in session. Every one over the last few weeks seems to end up brimming over with hostility and defensiveness from both sides, and last week was no different. I think he is finding me an increasingly difficult patient. I am certainly finding negotiation of the therapeutic relationship increasingly [...]

Medications, Moods 17 Responses »

02 Feb2010

My descent into complete madness continues, ironically – I am convinced – as a result of anti-psychotic medication. I am fairly certain that I am experiencing, and have been experiencing, the phenomenon of akathisia. It is so difficult – impossible, I believe – to describe this thing of complete awfulness in any coherent or accessible [...]