Medication for 4S

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Hi All,I recently was seen by a psychiatrist for my misophonia/4S problems. The guys seemed genuinely interested, even intrigued, by my story. Of course he had never heard of it, but absolutely believed me and is on board for trying to help me out. He actually said he is occasionally annoyed by people chewing to the point of having to leave the room, but it sounds like 1000x worse for me. So he seems to understand and wants to help. His initial recommendation was Paxil on an ongoing basis to try to help with the anxiety/irritation and Lorazepam for episodes where I was being triggered and couldn't escape the situation, like long car rides, dinners with friends, etc. For the record he said I was pretty normal otherwise, and seemed to have a good attitude and

positive outlook.So I was wondering if anybody had tried these particular treatments and what kind of success they have had with them. I guess Paxil takes awhile to kick in so I'm not sure if that is helping yet or not, but I did already take one Lorazepam and it did seem to dull the triggers quite a bit, at least until it knocked me out. Just having something I can take in emergencies makes me feel much better, even before I take it.Thanks for any feedback.

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I took the Paxil medicine for a while. It did have a noticable effect but didnt help me so much. All that it did was keep my from getting angry at the person. but I still would get super irrated by all the noises surrounding me. I'm off that medication though because it does have some side effects in the future. To: "Soundsensitivity " <Soundsensitivity >Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:05 AMSubject: Medication for 4S

Hi All,I recently was seen by a psychiatrist for my misophonia/4S problems. The guys seemed genuinely interested, even intrigued, by my story. Of course he had never heard of it, but absolutely believed me and is on board for trying to help me out. He actually said he is occasionally annoyed by people chewing to the point of having to leave the room, but it sounds like 1000x worse for me. So he seems to understand and wants to help. His initial recommendation was Paxil on an ongoing basis to try to help with the anxiety/irritation and Lorazepam for episodes where I was being triggered and couldn't escape the situation, like long car rides, dinners with friends, etc. For the record he said I was pretty normal otherwise, and

seemed to have a good attitude and

positive outlook.So I was wondering if anybody had tried these particular treatments and what kind of success they have had with them. I guess Paxil takes awhile to kick in so I'm not sure if that is helping yet or not, but I did already take one Lorazepam and it did seem to dull the triggers quite a bit, at least until it knocked me out. Just having something I can take in emergencies makes me feel much better, even before I take it.Thanks for any feedback.

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I use Lorazepam to get to sleep, it helps stop the brain from overthinking. I do not believe it will help the noises.

JC

To: "Soundsensitivity " <Soundsensitivity >Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 11:36 PMSubject: Re: Medication for 4S

I took the Paxil medicine for a while. It did have a noticable effect but didnt help me so much. All that it did was keep my from getting angry at the person. but I still would get super irrated by all the noises surrounding me. I'm off that medication though because it does have some side effects in the future.

To: "Soundsensitivity " <Soundsensitivity >Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:05 AMSubject: Medication for 4S

Hi All,

I recently was seen by a psychiatrist for my misophonia/4S problems. The guys seemed genuinely interested, even intrigued, by my story. Of course he had never heard of it, but absolutely believed me and is on board for trying to help me out. He actually said he is occasionally annoyed by people chewing to the point of having to leave the room, but it sounds like 1000x worse for me. So he seems to understand and wants to help. His initial recommendation was Paxil on an ongoing basis to try to help with the anxiety/irritation and Lorazepam for episodes where I was being triggered and couldn't escape the situation, like long car rides, dinners with friends, etc. For the record he said I was pretty normal otherwise, and seemed to have a good attitude and positive outlook.

So I was wondering if anybody had tried these particular treatments and what kind of success they have had with them. I guess Paxil takes awhile to kick in so I'm not sure if that is helping yet or not, but I did already take one Lorazepam and it did seem to dull the triggers quite a bit, at least until it knocked me out. Just having something I can take in emergencies makes me feel much better, even before I take it.

Thanks for any feedback.