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Mental Health Psychiatric Medication Guide

^Hey, I'm in NorCal too and I was beginning to think we were going to have winter for summer this year. It did clear where I live this afternoon though and ended up being a beautiful day. I remember once a psychiatrist that my son was seeing said, "Why do we have to call it bipolar? Why can't we just call it a kid-that-is-on-a-mission-to-make-a-welded-bike-stand-at-11:30-on-a-school-night?" That's my kind of psychiatrist!=D Glad you had fun making your song.<3
 
Seroquel long term effects ?

Hello everyone ! my question is about seroquel and it's long term effect on the brain. I have Been on 150 mg of it for nearly Two years now And I am planning to trapper to zero in a month time , maybe a little longer , anyway I already know that seroquel leavs the body in 3 to 5 days but it's long term effect will stay in brain quite longer , my question exactly is how long would it take for dopaminergic and serotoninergic neurotransmitters that seroquel blocks wich in this case would be 5HT2a , 5HT2b and D2 to turn back to normal , like before taking the drug basically , any information and experience would be greatly appreciated !
 
Why this thing deletes my messages so often?? Man I wrote a good thing. ^herbavore,lol. Yoga over pills. rolling face, I wonder too ;)
 
^@cfZrx--Bluelight seems to have a mind of its own and is very capricious when it comes to the auto-save being on or not--I have lost sooooo many posts quite inexplicably. I've always chalked it up to being an incompetent old lady but since I presume you are young maybe I'm off the hook?:\

@rollingface--I don't have experience with that and can't answer with any specific knowledge but one thing I will say is that trying to relax about possible long term effects will be in your best interest. Worrying compounds every negative effect so anything you can do like meditation, breathing, mindfulness etc will really help more than anything. Acceptance of where you are at any given time, coupled with the knowledge that it is not where you will stay is the healthiest thing you can do for yourself. Good luck. Check out this link for your taper:http://www.theicarusproject.net/HarmReductionGuideComingOffPsychDrugs
 
Dealing With Bipolar

Great post appie. I'm glad you joined BL to share it. There is one aspect I didn't see addressed explicitly in your post. That's how to deal with the emotional component associated with different phases of bipolar disorder. During the depressive phase emotions are dull, unmoving and dark. During the manic phases they are ephemeral, volatile and rapid-fire. I know medication helps a lot to stabilize this but you still have to deal with it. How have you learned to deal with the emotional rollercoaster of bipolar disorder?
 
Oh shit, I am mood disordered. I woke up today depressed and angry. Sky was grey again and gf twitched right as I was falling back asleep. An hour later I calmed down. I completed a morphine taper a month ago or so and that has me trying to get used to feelings again. I've noticed a tendency to get stuck in an anxiety state, nervous or depressed. I feel normal and upbeat now, and the sun is poking through the clouds :) ---also i should mention that I've been staying high on cannabis extract pills from morning to night ever since my taper got real. I have to think twice about abusing any substance as I am prone to substance induced up n downs. But it seems to help like no pharmy ever could.
 
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I have schizophrenia, bipolar depression, mania, and acute symptoms of ADHD. I have been given, in the past the following:

Aripiprazole (Abilify)
Quetiapine (Seroquel)
Risperidone (Risperdal)
Valproate semisodium or divalproex sodium (Depakote)
citalopram (Celexa)
escitalopram (Lexapro)
fluoxetine (Prozac)
paroxetine (Paxil)
sertraline (Zoloft)
pregabalin (Lyrica)
bupropion (Wellbutrin)
venlafaxine (Effexor)

But, currently I am on the following:

Morning:
Duloxetine (Cymbalta) 90mg
Divaprolex Sodium (Depakote) 500mg

Evening:
Divaprolex Sodium (Depakote) 1000mg
Aripiprazole (Abilify) 10mg
 
I've been on Fluoxetine (Prozac) for my severe depression going on a couple years now, started on 20mg/day and raised it up to 40mg/day, and then started combining it with Wellbutrin to intensify the effects of Prozac (I forget how many mg I was prescribed daily.)

Prozac - Loss of appetite, makes me very numb to everything. Can't experience much of an extreme happiness or extreme sadness. I don't want to kill myself anymore but it's almost like I don't really want to live either.

Wellbutrin - didn't do anything at all for me so I stopped taking it.

I am still on Prozac but I might look for something that allows me to be less zombie-like. 8)

Experience with Adderall - took 20mg one night for the hell of it, the comedown made me extremely emotional and suicidal (I hadn't been taking my Prozac either) so I'm never taking Adderall again. My mom also took it for about a year and it turned her into a depressed potato. I really do not like this drug at all.
 
I saw my first USA Psychiatrist at age 19. DX: Generalized Anxiety Disorder 300.02 Axis I
DX: Depressive Neurosis (Dysthymia) 300.40 Axis I
DX: Passive Aggressive Personality Disorder 301.84 Axis II
Pharmacotherapy age 19 Roche Librium 10mg x 2 per day
age 22 University of Georgia new Psychiatist
DX: Alcohol Dependence 303.90 M.D demands AA meetings twice a week
Pharmacotherapy age 22 Roche Valium 10mg take one tab every 4 to 6 hrs max dose 40mg daily
William H Rorer Quaalude 300mg take 1 or 2 tablets at bedtime every evening

Pharmacotherapy Age 23 Roche Valium 10mg take one tab every 4 to 6 hours max dose 40mg daily
William H Rorer Quaalude 300mg take 1 or2 tables at bedtime every evening
DX: Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood 309.00
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 300.02 Axis I
New PCP MD at Univ of Miami FL Dispensary/Infirmary

Age 24 Alcohol Abuse (Two DWI's) On probation U of M FL, Brokern up Engagement
to be married. 305.00 Axis I Committed & went to 28 day inpatient treatment center
Albert Ellis "Rational Emotive Therapy"
Sedative, Hypnotic, Anoxiolytic Disorder 292.0
Began AA, dropped out @ 90 days after 28 days of treatment
Post traumatic Stress Disorder 309.81

Pharmcotherapy Age 32 Alcohol Abuse 305.00 Axis I DUI Number 3
For Detox 7 days
Chloral Hydrate 500mg
4 x 25mg Librium Cocaine Dependence 304.20 Axis I
Sedative, Hypnotic, Anxiolytic Induced Anxiety Disorder 292.89 Axis I
Family Intervention for 42 day Treatment Center + 120 days in HalfWay House
Developed 80 mg a day Valium habit, two seizures cold turkeying Valium
Or, Switched addictions, using 4x300mg of Rorer/Lemmon Quaalude daily
Also, went on weekend binges using 1 gram of powered Cocaine w

Pharmcotherapy age 33 to age 44 Abstinence from all mood altering drugs, nicotine and alcohol
Attended AA meetings about 1600 times in 10 years +CA +NA
Attended Aaron Beck Cognitive Behavioral Tng for 50 sessions

Pharmcotherapy age 44 to present age 62 Attention Deficit Disorder primarly Inattentive Type 314.00 Axis I
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 309.81 Axis I (Violent Divorce)
Past: Ritalin 20mg x 3 daily 2 yrs) Also Violent Car jacking, where I was victim.
Dexedrine Spansule ER 15mg 10 yr Major Depression since 2007 Divorce (5 yrs ago) Partial Remission
DSM-IV 296.22 Treatment Resistant Type, had 9 years of
Psychotherapy, (DBT Therapy 2 yrs, Aaron Beck Therapy 4 yrs,
Terrance Gorski CENAPS Relapse Prevention Therapy, 1 year
EMDR PTSD therapy for PTSD (10 weeks)
Karl Rogers type one on one therapy for 2 years
Adderall I/R 10 mg 4PM dose 10 yr
Adderall I/R 10mg x 3 per day 6 yr
Beginning 2015 Dextroamphetamine I/R 10 mg x 2 daily
Xanax 2 mg x 3 Age 44 - Age45
Trazodone 100mg bedtime Age 46 to 58
Ambien I/R 10mg 1 hr prior to bedtime 10 yrs
Age 59 to 61 Klonopin 1 mg @bedtime
Age 62 switched to Pfizer Halcion 1 mg bedtime
Age 57 to 62 self administer 0xycodone range 5 mg to 40mg of OC daily
 
^Wow, Zachary, that is a long life of trying to find balance. I give you a lot of credit for trying everything you have over the years.. What was DBT therapy like? Also, this is my first time hearing about Terrance Gorski. What was that like for you? What does the daily opiate do for you?
 
I am diagnosed with recurrent psychosis and generalised anxiety disorder.
Having tried Quetiapine, Risperidone, Olanzapine and a few other medications, I am now prescribed 15mg once a day of Aripiprazole, 25mg three times a day of Lyrica (Pregabalin) and an injection of Haloperidol/Haldol once every four weeks.
I'm really liking the Haloperidol/Haldol injection, I have been getting much better on this and I am getting stronger everyday. Woohoo!
 
@herbivore (Senior Moderator) Dialectectical Behavior Therapy, IMHO, was one of the trendiest 10 month therapy's in the USA that began, after the turn
of the century (2000) and seemed to peak years 2004 thru 2009. Founded my Marsha M. Linehan Ph.D, who wrote the
heavy, intense book "Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder" released in 1993, and the "Skills
Training Manuel" in the same year, with ten modules, published by Guilford Press, ISBN 0-89862-183-6, and for the
workbook ISBN 0-89862-034-1. The group therapy, in the USA, that I took "Twice" at US$5,000.00 per the entire duration,
x 2 costs me $10,000.00 during 2004 thru 2006. It primarily is focused on the female population, with a Psychiatric
diagnosis of the infamous "Borderline Personality Disorder" and in Europe, with the Personality Disorder labeled,
"Unstable Emotional Personality Disorder". In the USA, some professional publications, document, always a majority of
women with this disorder, but not necessarily all females. Something like 65% Female to 35% male, is a conservative
estimate. The Group are limited, to a maximum of 8 participants, and, it takes once a week, for 90 minutes, to complete
the workbook, with a facilitator, in charge, compared to other group therapies, the facilitator, has a minimum of
participation with the clients. Males are separated from females always for the entire 10 months. One leader, usually
holding the title of PH.D, who has been thru a training seminar from the University of Washington State, under founder
Marsha Linehan Ph.D will evaluate each patient, for every 3 weeks for 50 minutes on a one on one basis to see how one
is progressing. There is weekly homework, and a DBT "feelings"chart to be filled out every week covering such things, as,
11 categories.
1. OTC drugs taken daily
2. Prescription drugs daily taken
3. alcohol use, if any
4. Recreational Drugs used (if any)
5. Suicidal Ideation (to check off if experienced)
6. Misery (on a scale of 1 to 5)
7. Self Harm "urges" and "actions"
8. Food absorbed, and times of day
9. Sleep, time when retired, and when awakened daily
10. DBT Skills on a scale of 1 to 7
11. Depression on a scale of 1 to 5.

The Modules cover weekly for 90 minutes a lecture mostly, on Psychosocial Skills Training, Core Mindfullness Skills,
Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills, Emotion Regulation Skills, and Distress Tolerance Skills. There are even (at a extra
cost) CD's available to play at home while meditating, with spoken words from founder Marsha Linehan Ph.D.

The females classes were always full, but the male classes were only half full, and "I" was the only male to complete
the two 10 month sessions.

I have a ax to grind, as, I was seeking originally Marriage Counseling in 2004, and the Marriage Therapist, insisted, I
take "DBT" on year 10 of my marriage, after only 8 weeks of marriage counseling. Two years later, when the third
round of DBT began, the head of the Psychiatric Clinic told me "one more DBT would not help me' that I desperately
needed Marriage Counseling", thus, this was arrainged, and, within 4 weeks of a new Marriage Counselor my wife,
demanded a immediate Divorce, seemingly in a rage, that 2 years had been wasted, and the $10,000.00 and our
marriage problems apparently were beyond help. My wife was actually escorted out of the building she raged so loudly,
screaming at the Counselor, a behavior, that I had never observed in my 12 years of marriage to my wife, a Managed
Care highly paid career professional with a Masters Degree and a RN degree. She sought out a attorney, and we separated,
within 120 days of the end of the new marriage counseling suggested by the DBT leader, and within 6 months of my last
DBT session. IMHO, it may help save lives of the suicidal, especially of females with a history of suicidal attempts,
but I never felt I was in the correct therapy, it was overpriced, and, often draining for me, with my exposure to so
many therapies, many of which, I have not even listed on Bluelight, such as large group awareness training
sessions, like Landmark Education (formerly EST) founded by Guru Warner Erhard, LifeSpring, founded by John
Handley, both the Basic and the Advanced courses, and, following the Guru Anthony Robbins "Tony" Robbins,
author of "Unleash the Power" and his highly popular 1990's 25 million audiocassette seller called "Personal
Power II" and even one seminar in Maui Hawaii, called, "Unleash the Power Within" 5 day seminar, and
numerous one day seminars under the famous writer John Bradshaw, and, weeks of VHS studies of his
"Inner child" work from his best selling book 'Healing the Shame That Bind You" and' "Boundaries" from
Santa Fe NM to Charlotte NC to Sedona Arizona. His VHS tapes covered 10 hours of his once hot to trot
1980's and early 1990's TV series in the USA on educational TV stations.

Regarding, Terrance Gorski, that was the most powerful focus group by invitation only, that I ever attended.
It was started by the author Terence "terry" Gorski, a Adult Child of a Alcoholic, and involved a maximum of
8 individuals of both genders, who had a prerequisite of at least one private 28 to 42 day in-patient treatment
for addiction usually to alcohol or polysubstance abuse. The cost was $5,000.00 in the year 1996. for one year.
Again, the facilitator, trained directly by Terrance Gorski's Cenaps Model of Treatment, taught me lessons, I shall
never forget. The group was highly interactive, and was the most confrontive group I have ever attended.

Here are some quotes from the 1986 release of "Staying Sober" by Terrance Gorski

quote: "Abstinence is not the only goal of recovery"
quote: "definition of Relapse is this "it has changed from alcohol use, to use of a sedative drug, to use of any
mood altering drug"

quote: "Detox alone is not adequate treatment for addictive disease"

quote: "Types of PAW Symptoms" Post Acute Withdrawal Symptoms"

quote: "There is Recovery and there is "Partial Recovery" (Early recovery, middle recovery, late recovery_

quote: "Understanding the Relapse Process"

quote: "Dysfunctional Behavior in Sobriety, is a mental process called a "Dry Drunk" before the "slip"

quote: "there are ten (10) warning signs of having a Relapse, and acknowledging them, one can interrupt a
full blown Relapse"

quote: "Partial recovery, (not using) is not Sobriety.

quote: "The role of Compulsive Behaviors in Relapse" (healthy outlets taken to the extreme)
1. Eating/Dieting
2. Gambling
3. Working/Achieving
4. Sex
5. Thrill Seeking Behavior
6. Escape
7. Spending

All of these normally healthy behaviors taken to the pathological extreme.

"Quote" Pain +compulsive behavior = immediate pleasure + Future Pain.

finally, another mentor of mine, (Guru) was Nick Hall Ph.D. Columbia University NYC with his seminar
"Change Your Beliefs, Change Your Life" He has been featured on USA TV's 60 Minutes, "Nightline" and
Bill Moyers series on TV "Healing and the Mind" and has written 1/2 dozen books, and often teaches at the
FBI academy in Quantico VA USA on Fear, and the necessity of firing weapons while under hostile attack".
He is a excellent yachtsman, and sailor, and at age 66, in the year 2009, he set a physical record for winning
a time controlled sailing completion, in South Florida, where he resides, and conducts seminar training near
Tampa Fla.
 
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@herbivore (Senior Moderator) for Recovery Support, @Shamemee2 , @Valium

For @herbivore, you ask me one question, of three, that I did now respond to in my earlier post this month on this forum
topic? Question: How does the PM's (Oxy) help my Depression, and life balance?

Answer, As has been well answered already on various threads here at Bluelight, at first, I saw it as a panacea, after, about
10 to 12 years of taking "as prescribed" mostly a combination of Dexedrine ER 15mg, and, from 2009 until 2014,
exclusively Adderall Instant Release 3 x 10 mg per day. It gave me at first a re-newed interpretation of "energy, to me much
for social oriented, more motivated, "it gave me a new mild buzz, that I just liked" I started novice hobbies, I would never
have attempted prior to age 55, such as long hikes, snowmobiling @Taos New Mexico up to 11,000 ft with a instructor, as
the leader, even, motivated me to travel to foreign countries, "all alone" such as Mexico (3 times) and Amsterdam, and, the
Caribbean, (St. Maartin, Phillipsburg, Dutch West Indies) motivated me to join a gym for the first time in my life, 5 years of
[physical conditioning) even try a Ski-Doo, outside the USA. HOWEVER IT TURNED ON ME. I lost my underground source,
and tapered down slowly, taking about one year to taper down from only a 5mg to 10mg 8 year habit. As I have posted,
already to you on this thread, the PAWS, in the year 2013, were overwhelming, after detox, I only lasted 5 months without
generic USA Percocet. I found a new, source, but, 500% more expensive, who only stocks, 0C 20's, 40's, 80's, and my
controlled use, went over the top, quickly to 40mg per day, and, changed my method of absorption to inhaling the old school
power, up my nose. Now, it has turned on me, the initial benefits, have mostly left me, I sit around my home, many days,
in a semi trance like state, and avoid in general socializing. It is now un-motivating, yet, the Depression has lifted to a
positive degree, as I "escape life", yet, has worsened my anxiety, due to a true fear of running out of money, as I cannot
afford the prices of OC (pure) and I have become addicted to it, as the PAWS overwhelms me. The former use of Adderall
also gradually, lost its initial benefits, I originally discovered in my late 40's, (Dextroamphetamine, and. or "Mixed Ampt
salts", often making me long term not at peace with myself, but often high strung, and with some rage a holic traits.

I used my "self reliance" in a attempt, to replace the stimulants, I get legally from my Psychiatrist, with first Percocet
5/325 one or max two tabs a day for years, but, I became dependent on it, over time. Sometimes combined with the
amphetamines, the 0xy, made me too cocky, at times, and moody. I regret now my "experiment" and know from
kicking Cocaine, and Quaaludes and Valium, that the only way, is to tough out the PAWS, likely with the needed support
of some outside encounter groups, even if I have to return to AA, a daunting task to me, as, I once was on the
Speaking Circuit, and spoke at least 10 times for one hour in groups of 50 to 250 people. I also achieved, with the early
days of Ritalin, and later Dexedrine, in my 40's, a 2 year college degree to be a Substance Abuse Counselor, as I had a
4.0 average, and graduated always on the Dean's List, + graduated finally with a BS in Psychology, and later with a Msc
via a external degree, Msc and a Diploma from the University of London, majoring in International Alcohol Policy and
Intervention. "The credentials, and various therapies, eventually, were never enough, bottom line at my core, is very
low self esteem".

I failed to mention to avoid a wall of text, since the early 1970's until I was 100% sober age 32 to 45, then began the use
of a AA Psychiatrist, for my A.D.D. Many M.D's have titrated in the A to Z of Tricycle antidepressants, SSRI's and SNRI's,
Mood Stabilizers, and even Anti-Psychotics. Bottom line, I quit all due to side effects.
Examples: administered under the care of a AMA Board Certified Psychiatrist and a Addictionologist
@Valium

Anti-Psychotics:
Abilify
Seroquel (50mg titrated up to 200mg) I hated this drug
Risperidone
Mellaril

Anti-hypertensives:
Inderal 10mg to 40mg daily if needed
Corgard up to 80 mg.
Verapramil (Calan SR)

Mood Stabilizers:
Lamotrigine
Lithium, various trials over many years from 300mg to 1,200 mg daily, all failed me. (Side effects)
Neurontin (Gabapentin) from 300mg to 1.200 mg daily

Anti-Depressants:
Amitriplyline (Elavil)
Triavil
Sinequan (Doxepin)
Tofranil (Imipramine) (two years non stop) usually 50mg tops daily
Norpramin (desipramine)
Surmontil (trimipramine)
Ludiomil (maprotiline)
Prozac (fluoxetine)
Zoloft
Effexor
Celexa
Paxil (Paroxetine)
Luvox (fluvoxamine) one year
Anafranil (Clomipramine)
Remeron
Bupropion (big time side effects)

Misc other medications used for titration over my life span:

For exactly six months, in the year 1973, I took Abbott Labs 15 mg "Desbutal" of 15 mg Sustained Release Methamphetamine
combined with 97 mg of Abbott Labs Pentobarbital, (not phenobarb), and it was absolutely the smoothest stimulant I have
ever taken in my life. The Drug Enforcement Administration banned the production of any Amphetamine combined with
another controlled substance sedative on July 1st of 1973. I was age 23, and a Staff Sgt with a Honor Graduate degree, from
my 6 year tour of duty with the USAF Air National Guard. Age 18 to age 23. Honor Grad degree came from the 3320th
Technical Administrative School at the former Amarillo AFB, Texas in the year 1967-1968. (I was a weekend warrior to avoid
being drafted and going to Vietnam). Stationed always in the USA, job description typing up flight orders, and passenger
manifests, for C-130 and C-141 USAF aircraft.

@Shamemee2 "I consider myself a natural born Doctor Shopper in the USA, and had a 2nd career Doctor Shopping,
during a 10 year phase 1971 until 1981, and, "retired" only to reboot my old skills, only in foreign countries, after a
30 year break, primarily in Mexico, Dutch West Indies, and the Netherlands, since 2011, and I have never failed to
obtain, not once, outside the USA, at least Alprazolam, Diazepam, and, Zolpidem, but never over a 90 day supply.

As we all know, Doctor Shopping in the USA is a skill of the past, with the Prescription Monitoring Program active in 40
to 45 states, that will give any pharmacist, a 5 year USA prescription history within minutes, in multiple states, and,
only Missouri, is the single hold out of 50 states in the USA. about 5 more states will be online by 2016. Also Insurance
companies sell to MD's a private program that will do the same thing, for a fee. My M.D is so fearful of the DEA, he
photocopies every script that leaves his office, including mine, as I pay my bill. Zero tolerance for lost prescriptions, or
Doctor Shopping, in the USA. I told him my truth, like on intake did a mini 5th Step, so he will not prescribe me nothing
but C-II stimulants for my A.D.D and in the past nothing stronger, than Ambien/Stilnox, or only two years of 1 mg per day
of Clonazepam, which he detoxed me from, as he does not like to prescribe a full benzo to any former alcoholic.
 
meds

I have phsycotic disorder, depression and anxiexty.for the voices and feelings of bullshit ie telly knowing what I'm thinkin and the iPad controlling me etc I take 20mg of olanzapine which originally started at 5 and this medication has worked wonders changed my life. For anxiety in on 30mg diazepam a day which again saved my life after having a nervous breakdown and trying to end it. And for depression in now on 40mg citralopram bit iv never had no cha
nge off nt
 
I am prescribed 88 mg Methadone (Opiate Dependency), 200mg Zoloft (Major Depression/Anxiety), 1mg Klonopin (Anxiety), and Trazadone (as needed for sleep at night). Then when I slip I use methamphetamine (crystal), heroin, and Xanax which turns out really bad 90 percent of the time. I am trying to quit that part before I wake up with no legs or something permanently horrible. Everything else has already happened. I have an addiction to fucking things up when life starts to get normal or even good. Any suggestions or ideas?
 
^ personally I would focus on the anxiety. 1mg is quite low. I take clonazepam 1mg/3 times a day, and I have no anxiety. you really need to drop that meth/heroin/Xanax shit. Work on enhancing what you got. Tell the doctor you have some add issues, and get a stim from him.
Go to some AA or NA meetings. That will help keep you in check. I hope this helps.
 
I currently take...

900mg Gabapentin (mostly for anxiety, also as a mood stabilizer), 200mg R-Modafinil(for ADHD), and 1mg Clonazepam(insomnia, back pain, night time anxiety) every day.

It's honestly been working out really well so far. I just can only imagine this will probably be difficult to kick, lol. Then again, I don't really need to right now. The only major side effect is the memory loss in the morning from the Clonazepam, but I try to combat it with R-Modafinil, Noopept, Caffeine, Omega 3,6,7,9, Ginkgo and Ginseng. For the most part, it's been working out pretty well, but I'd like to lower my Clonazepam dose if not get off it completely.

EDIT: Oh I also smoke weed and vape nicotine every day (cig free since April 26th), these are also most likely complicating factors.
 
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For my severe depression (which I've had since childhood) I was finally prescribed Trazadone after sertraline and fluoxetine, basically SSRI's in general doing horrible things to my health and making it worse. The Trazadone is to be taken before bed. It supposedly helps patients who have depression and anxiety (a combination I wouldn't wish on anyone) really helps with sleep and has that floppy benzo feel to it. I was only prescribed it the start of last month and my depression has gotten so severe that I am suicidal atm and didnt want to go to my doc appointment to see how they were or to re-knew my prescription. I can say this though non SSRI anti-depressants are the way forward and will be starting my medication in a few days.
 
Common psychiatric conditions & medications to treat them—

This is a guide to common psychiatric conditions and the medications that are usually prescribed to treat them. This guide is not to be used to self-diagnose or as a replacement of doctor’s advice. If you have any questions about your medication, be sure to contact your prescribing physician. If you are experiencing an adverse reaction or an overdose, go to your local emergency department immediately. I included both the generic and common brand name(s).

Substance Dependency


Smoking Cessation

  • bupropion (Zyban)
    [*]cytisine (Tabex)
    [*]varenicline (Chantix)


ADD/ADHD (stimulant medications)



ADD/ADHD (non-stimulant medications)



Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD & ADD) is the problem of not being able to focus; those who have ADHD can also exhibit symptoms of being overactive and unable to control their behavior. Both adults and children can be affected with this disorder.

Anxiety Disorders (benzodiazepines)

  • alprazolam (Xanax)
    [*]bromazepam (Lexotanil)
    [*]chlorodiazepoxide (Librium)
    [*]clobazum (Frisium)
    [*]clonazepam (Klonopin)
    [*]clorazepate
    [*]diazepam (Valium)
    [*]lorazepam (Ativan)
    [*]oxazepam (Serax)
    [*]tofisopam (Grandaxin)

Anxiety Disorders (non benzodiazepine)


Generalized anxiety disorder is a medical condition where a person often worries intensely about various things in their life and are unable to control this feeling.

Depression (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors/Tricyclic Antidepressants)


Antidepressants are often prescribed for Major Depressive Disorder, Seasonal Affective Disorder, etc. Depression is characterized by having feelings of hopelessness, despair, and sadness for a prolonged period of time that does not resolve.

Bipolar Disorder


Bipolar mood disorder can be simply put as a disorder where a person has varying periods of elation and depression.

Psychosis, including Schizophrenia


  • Aripiprazole (Abilify)
  • Asenapine (Saphris)
  • Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
  • Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
  • Paliperidone (Invega)
  • Quetiapine (Seroquel)
  • Risperidone (Risperdal)
  • ziprasidone (Geodon)
  • chlorprothixene (Truxal)
  • levomepromazine (Levium)
  • perazine (Perazin)
  • benperidol
  • bromperidol (Impromen)
  • haloperidol (Haldol)
  • fluphenazine
  • pimozide(orap)
  • perphenazine (Trilafon)
  • promethazine (Atosil)
  • prothipendyl (Dominal)
  • sulpiride (Dogmatil)
  • thioridazine (Thioridazin)
  • zuclopenthixol (Clopixol)

When a person is experiencing psychosis, they may lose touch with reality and experience delusions and/or hallucinations. Schizophrenia can sometimes cause psychosis.


Insomnia


Insomnia is a condition where a person experiences the inability to fall asleep and/or stay asleep. Sometimes benzodiazpines can be used for insomnia.



I'm on Subutex, so any doctors I've asked automatically think that I'm going to abuse them.
I never abused my pain meds. I'm not a heroin junkie/IV user. I have a list of health problems. The doctors are the ones that got me hooked!!! Now they won't give me my Xanax!?!! Smh. I never abused my meds, nor do I misuse any prescribed meds, so I don't understand wth the prob is!!!! If u guys have any advice, I'd greatly appreciate it.
This anxiety is gonna kill me. It's so bad that I'm developing PTSD, I don't leave the house, etc. I needed help years ago.
 
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