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Using anti-depressants to get through PAWS ?

mydrugbuddy

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I've got a medication review with my GP tomorrow for the anti-depressants I'm already on. I'm debating whether to ask them to at least temporarily increase the dose as my moods have been swinging pretty badly over these last few months, and the lows are getting worse and more frequent. Pretty sure this is due to excessive & continuous daily use of drugs and that it has fucked up my brain chemistry a bit. Some of my drug use is self medicating, some is just indulgence, wanting to get high.

I'm going to try to come off poppy pods soon even though my moods are/can be bad even when im on them, (ie they are not helping much anymore) so i expect things to get even worse when i quit them and go through PAWS. My thinking is that increasing the serotonin in my brain may help during this PAWS period should, in theory, help.

I'm not sure whether to tell the doctor the truth about all of this or not. Thing is, i never get to see the same doctor so have no idea what this ones going to be like. I've seen so many different ones and the variations between them are huge. One of them plainly couldnt care less and didnt even try to hide it, some of them just read out a questionaire and its obvious which answers you have to give if you want to stay on your meds. I think i may well get less 'sympathy' in terms of them upping the meds if they know ive bought this on myself in a way. I really dont know. Anyone have any experience/opinions/suggestions ?

Thanks.
 
I'm not sure what to say. I never tell my doctor all the truth. I still abuse drugs but I am on two antidepressants. Honesty would probably be the best policy though. What kind of SSRIS are they? Do you know? Meds can be tricky, be careful and make sure the doctor knows whats going on. I had two nervous breakdowns which were largely due to me taking Paxil and then changing other meds later. It can be very serious.
 
jasonmccarthy5 said:
I'm not sure what to say. I never tell my doctor all the truth. I still abuse drugs but I am on two antidepressants. Honesty would probably be the best policy though. What kind of SSRIS are they? Do you know? Meds can be tricky, be careful and make sure the doctor knows whats going on. I had two nervous breakdowns which were largely due to me taking Paxil and then changing other meds later. It can be very serious.
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Thanks for your response. Sertraline is the only presribed drug that im on.

Other drug use is that Ive gone from binging on stimulants at weekends, to discovering Etizolam to help with the come downs, to now being dependant on taking it daily for anxiety and insomnia. On top of that there is Opiates which I've been unable to control myself with since i got into them and that has led to me becoming dependant on poppy pods too. When I last gave up Opiates i couldnt cope with the PAWS so thats why i got into pods and codeine for their cheap prices and easy availabilty.
 
Well addiction is really terrible and I still cant stop using myself. I keep myself to weekends only, but I've done so much damage to my body over the years. Getting to the point I think I can walk away from drugs for good though in the future. It's starting to lose it's magic.
 
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