sweetdevilmiku
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I am trying to find a psychiatrist or doctor to help me deal with a lot of trauma pertaining to my medical condition which causes me alot of depression, anxiety and trauma in general. The problem is I have been on a plethora of ssri medications such as Citalopram, lexapro, and snris such as cymbalta and none of them have ever worked. I think this is mainly due to the trauma of dealing with being born with another medical condition which is transsexualism. It is very difficult to deal with this as there are so many different individual views and experiences that other people have which do not tie in well with society but for me I just see it as a sex development disorder that is impossible to identify at birth and not something that controls my identity as a person like most others claim to say which is an extremely lonely opinion as I usually get hate and even shunned in trans groups just because I see it as a physical medical condition and nothing else. Also an even more serious issue I deal with which is even more difficult to mention is I was sexually assaulted a few years back.
So I believe because of these issues standard anxiety and depression medications have been ineffective on dealing with the trauma. I have been in therapy to talk about the issues, but psychotherapy does very little when I experience the physical hopelessness of my situation I just break down and don't want to do anything, which is a problem because I am going back to college soon and I do not want to drop out again this time. What I am trying to say is that I want to take medication that can help keep me from not breaking down and I have discovered when I had to get surgery that tramadol helped extraordinarily well. I had to take it for 2 months as it was a fairly severe and serious recovery period but anyways the point is my mood was uplifted and I felt like I could interact with people and do things. And my tolerance never went up and I never experienced any dependence after getting off it. Now almost 2 years later I have tried searching for a doctor that would listen but they are all highly against using it for anxiety and depression. I do not think they fully understand why I want to take this drug as I do not want to take it to treat anxiety and depression more like I want to take it when I experience my dysphoric episodes and trauma that I described which cause the anxiety and depression.
Most people do not understand what I experience which makes it very difficult to find someone that is willing to listen and understand. So I am posting here as I have basically given up and started crying when I read the latest response from a potential psychiatrist. Basically the same responses that they all say. He was also asking in quotes "I would be hesitant to expose you to the risks of a medication where there is really no published, peer-reviewed evidence of its effectiveness or safety for mental health issues. (If you know of any studies, and would like to forward those to me, I would be very glad to read more about it)."
So I guess this is why I am posting mainly because I need help finding some studies that I can show this psychiatrist on tramadol helping with anxiety and depression. But I feel it is pointless as they never listen... and I feel like so little people on here would even relate to my issues that would be willing to help. (This is kinda just my last ditched effort).
Anyways if tramadol isn't the right drug are there any other drugs that can potentially help? That are more likely to be prescribed for my situation? Idk but suggestions and help would be appreciated thanks for reading all this.
So I believe because of these issues standard anxiety and depression medications have been ineffective on dealing with the trauma. I have been in therapy to talk about the issues, but psychotherapy does very little when I experience the physical hopelessness of my situation I just break down and don't want to do anything, which is a problem because I am going back to college soon and I do not want to drop out again this time. What I am trying to say is that I want to take medication that can help keep me from not breaking down and I have discovered when I had to get surgery that tramadol helped extraordinarily well. I had to take it for 2 months as it was a fairly severe and serious recovery period but anyways the point is my mood was uplifted and I felt like I could interact with people and do things. And my tolerance never went up and I never experienced any dependence after getting off it. Now almost 2 years later I have tried searching for a doctor that would listen but they are all highly against using it for anxiety and depression. I do not think they fully understand why I want to take this drug as I do not want to take it to treat anxiety and depression more like I want to take it when I experience my dysphoric episodes and trauma that I described which cause the anxiety and depression.
Most people do not understand what I experience which makes it very difficult to find someone that is willing to listen and understand. So I am posting here as I have basically given up and started crying when I read the latest response from a potential psychiatrist. Basically the same responses that they all say. He was also asking in quotes "I would be hesitant to expose you to the risks of a medication where there is really no published, peer-reviewed evidence of its effectiveness or safety for mental health issues. (If you know of any studies, and would like to forward those to me, I would be very glad to read more about it)."
So I guess this is why I am posting mainly because I need help finding some studies that I can show this psychiatrist on tramadol helping with anxiety and depression. But I feel it is pointless as they never listen... and I feel like so little people on here would even relate to my issues that would be willing to help. (This is kinda just my last ditched effort).
Anyways if tramadol isn't the right drug are there any other drugs that can potentially help? That are more likely to be prescribed for my situation? Idk but suggestions and help would be appreciated thanks for reading all this.