nurseangela wrote:
Jacoby wrote:
Have you ever taken benzos? They work man, I never saw any benefit to medication before that but all they had tried giving me were SSRIs, anti-psychotics, and antihistamines. If people are willing to take it on the street then it works, aint nobody buying Zoloft off a dealer. There is nothing wrong with just experimenting, it's about your quality of life and if they don't work or have intolerable side effects then stop taking them. I use to wake up every day with my heart pounding, the anxiety and paranoia can become all consuming if you allow it to and while medication will not solve all our issues it could improve your life.
Those are very addictive. My brother had to get off of them and actually went through withdraws. And if you drink alcohol with those they can kill you.
I think you have to take a lot of pills and a lot of alcohol and maybe some other medication but yea it gets dangerous at that point. I've taken a therapeutic dose for a while now, I've never taken more than 2 at a time which is only like 1mg(altho I think I could probably use a high dosage at this point) and I try to avoid taking them if I feel like I can get thru the day without it(like if I don't leave the house and have something to occupy my time) I wouldn't be surprised if my body wouldn't like it if I quit taking them but being addicted and semi-quasi-function beats having a panic disorder and not being functional at all. Every other drug either doesn't work or is completely intolerable with the side effects. Everything else makes you fat or a zombie or does nothing at all.
I don't get why it's considered addictive(other than the fact that people can use them recreationally) but antidepressants aren't. If you just quit an antidepressant your body will go crazy like withdrawals too or at least that's what I've been told.
Back in Wisconsin it was somewhat socially acceptable to take a shot or two before stepping out the door to take the edge off, here that's considered a drinking problem.
I don't drink anymore, I really have no craving for it and that's another thing I think medication has helped with. Like Wellbutrin gets rid of cravings for like everything, including food.
It's all probably frying my brain I guess, probably won't be able to feel anything eventually
i don't know what the alternative is tho