Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Wound Up, Leanne Rhimes

Little Carrie Ann what a beautiful girl,
From the moment she was born
She was always perfect
Whole town said "Why can't you be more like her?"

Lights go on and she's ready to spin
On stage doing all the things she's told to
Puts on a show in front of the whole damn world

I pray to the heavens to try to save her soul
Cause that sweet little angel is not the girl I know

She gets wound upshe gets higher by the minute
Turns the sound up
To drown out all the pain
They all think they know her
But no one really knows
That she goes a little crazy sometimes

She parks her car at the top of the hill
Only inches from the edge
Where she's almost falling
Stares at the sky till she's drowning in the rain

Nice dress, nice smile
What a wonderful child
If they only knew all the lies she's told them
It's too complicated for her to explain

She prays to the heavens to try to save her soul
Cause the sweet little angel is close to letting go

Antidepressant, Citalopram, 20gm daily, 4-6 weeks


Citalopram hydrobromide is a highly selective and potent serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine 5-HT) reuptake inhibitor with minimal effects on the neuronal reuptake of norepinephrine (NE) and dopamine (DA). The ability of citalopram to potentiate serotonergic activity in the central nervous system via inhibition of the neuronal reuptake of serotonin is thought to be responsible for its antidepressant action. Tolerance to the inhibition of serotonin reuptake is not induced by long term (14 days) treatment of rats with citalopram.

Citalopram has no or very low affinity for a series of receptors including serotonin 5-HT1A, 5-HT2, dopamine D1, and D2, a1-, a2-, b-adrenergic, histamine H1, muscarinic cholinergic, benzodiazepine, gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) and opioid receptors.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Didn't understand a word of that Claire.

Unknown said...

I do...

Maris said...

Me too. And I know how and why it works as well. If you want me to explain it just shout. It's not as scary as you think.

Just please don't stop taking them because you feel like:
1) they don't do anything. They do, it's accumulative and takes a while to kick in or

2) you feel better. Of course you do. That's what they're for, and that's WHY you feel better! If you stop taking them they stop working. No, really!

I guess you probably don't feel like it but you just took a huge positive step, well done.

M x

Lord Hutton said...

Well done, Claire. You are doing something about it. Like Maris says, you must keep taking them even if you start to feel better. If they have side effects, ask the doctor to try something else.
*hugs*
Andy

Jeans Pants said...

What? =0)

silver horde said...

Lots of hugs.

That's the way!!

Jane