TheSacredTree
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I just got back from my doctors appointment with a new prescription. But this time it's one i REALLY don't want to take. I came in after finding recently that i have both ADD and an anxiety disorder but after discussing this for a bit with my doctor, he decided the best solution would be to put me on Celexa, an SSRI. While i may agree this could help both conditions by leveling out all my thoughts, i've always been rather afraid to take any SSRI's or MAOI's. I say this for multiple reasons.
So, the whole reason i was prescribed this in the first place was because my doctor says (and again, i don't disagree with this statement), if he was to put me on any of the amphetamines, it would just make my anxiety worse. So he said he was going to put me on an anxiety medication and that's where the Celexa came from (i don't call this an anxiety medication). But let's get down to the purpose of this whole post. I have two questions about this decision.
Thanks in advance for any answers.
P.S. Sorry every one of my bullet points are labelled with a "1". I'm writing all this on an Ipad and dont know how to fix that without turning all of it into just one big wall of text.
- I've seen the results of these drugs on a few people i've known in the past. The side-effects for the first month or two can be pretty horrible and then the withdrawals getting off aren't much better. I already have a hard enough time falling asleep in the nights, i don't want to make them even worse. And those brain zaps coming off...
- The blunting of emotions some people say they get from these drugs. My friends and family already complain i don't show my emotions enough, i don't want to make it even worse.
- The reduction/diminishing of effects i'll get off many recreational drugs while on the SSRI's.
So, the whole reason i was prescribed this in the first place was because my doctor says (and again, i don't disagree with this statement), if he was to put me on any of the amphetamines, it would just make my anxiety worse. So he said he was going to put me on an anxiety medication and that's where the Celexa came from (i don't call this an anxiety medication). But let's get down to the purpose of this whole post. I have two questions about this decision.
- My thought was, since my anxiety is of a more sporadic nature, wouldn't it work if i was to get prescribed a normal amphetamine for my ADD and then get a fast-acting benzo on the side that i can just take whenever i need it? Or would a combination like Adderall and Xanax just cancel each other out? Or even worse, are there any known health issues related to that cocktail of medications? Because it seems they would have more of a synergy than anything else.
- If i was to just go along with it and take the SSRI, what recreational drugs would i have to avoid while on it? Like, i heard both the SSRI's and MAOI's can just render any form of MDMA useless. I also heard they reduce the effects of some psychedelics (although Caapi is an MAOI and that's a common ingredient in many of the ayahuasca brews). Are there any others that will be affected though?
Thanks in advance for any answers.
P.S. Sorry every one of my bullet points are labelled with a "1". I'm writing all this on an Ipad and dont know how to fix that without turning all of it into just one big wall of text.