Recommend anxiety meds?

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Thanks. I'll probably try SSRI's. I think valium would be just as bad as my current method, which is alcohol.

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screw meds, seriously dont.
go to your local health food store and get an herbal or homepathic remedy for anxiety, much more effective no prescription non toxic no side effects.

taking citalopram for depression and anxiety take a while to kick in been on it for 2 months now.

There's a few types of addiction: mental, which is the "down" or "up" feeling people like; physiological, where your body adapts to the dose at a certain level, and you may need to go higher for the same effect (I've noted that it's usually the sedation effect that vanishes with Valium; the anti-anxiety effect stays the same--this goes back to mental addiction and the "down" feeling), and when you stop taking them, the symptoms come straight back, which happens with all drugs for chronic disorders.

Xanax is quite addictive due to its really short half-life, which in turn gives it a potent "down" in an instant.

I'm on an SSRI, plus the sedative when I'm feeling particularly anxious--I've taken Valium for a month at a high dose, and I stopped in an instant, and I experienced no negative effects other than the anxiety [from the external environment] coming back (I was having a bad month). Whereas, each time I've attempted to stop the SSRI, my overwhelming level of anxiety comes back, and this anxiety is helped by the SSRI. I just take Valium on my bad days, or when I have to go out into the world. I've been on Valium for...a couple of years now, and no professional has said anything, other than wanting to give me more drugs (I think mood stabilizers are the current trend for high levels of chronic anxiety).

The SSRI helps keep the overall anxiety level down, but the sedative is what makes me feel comfortable, and makes living somewhat bearable. I'm addicted to the former [as I need it to keep my anxiety threshold down], not the latter.

I also have a natural tolerance to sedatives due to the ASD, which is ironic.

The fight or flight response isn't my problem, so Tricyclic drugs won't help; I need a CNS depressant, which dampens the external environment.

All that makes sense. Thanks for replying and reading my post. I've only taken Xanax which in my opinion is not a good drug. SSRIs generally didn't do any good for me because my anxiety tends to be reactive and related to sensory overload as much as anything.

Sedatives (usually ending in -zepam) can be addictive, be careful. Sometimes antipsychotics can be used off-label for this purpose.

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medication is a grey area whether it's neurotypical or autism related. I would strongly disadvise the anxiolytic types of drugs such as xanax: not only are these addictive and they will make people go completely innactive and lifeless (okay so i'm stating the obvious). i live in the UK, as far as i know doctors aren't too keen on dispensing these kind of meds to society at large...

As for antidepresants, yes, i've been on a few types. because the onset time (and offset time for that matter) of these SSRI antideppresants is so long (weeks to months), it's pretty difficult to exactly gauge the effects. apparently, it's called "serotonin syndrome" when you've taken these for a few too many years (anxiety, palpitations, inbalanced libido to say the least)

am blabbering on I know... hope that might have been of some interest

harry

Try some exercise, cut down on the sugar/carbs and chew slowly

Although I'm doing it I would not recommend anyone to go on benzo's longer then 2 months. I will also ask my dr. to stop Xanax ret*d and perhaps switch to a low dose (1 mg) of klonopin (I used to use 4 mg of that stuff). I think for aspies a great day schedule is the best thing you can ever do for yourself, it will make anxiety/fear become a lot less.