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Gabapentin to a real anti-anxiety med

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thejbon

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Hello. I have been prescribed 90 600mg Gabapentin for anxiety after some time with my psychiatrist. (Tried Lexapro, no it didnt help my anxiety). I recently moved up to 45mg/night of mirtazapine for insomnia and also I told my shrink the gabapentin was no longer working and that i was taking it too often. She knows I use alchohol and marijuana, and once my mom told her i was taking her ATIVAN and my shrink was very concerned and offered to prescribe it, but i declined as i didnt want to admit to taking them.
I want to get something that will help my anxiety, like valium. I have a buncha RC benzos coming in the mail, clonazolam, diclazepam, flubromazolam, pyrazolam, flubromazepam, nifoxipam. ive also been using kratom and phenibut.
How do i express to my shrink that i want to constructively work with her on my anxiety, as i suffer panic attacks. I feel no one believes me. I even have a tremor, but because i tell her i occasionally drink (and was taking the gabas too often) she wont prescribe me a benzo and i tell her about girls so i feel she doubts my anxiety.
she perscribed me
ABILIFY and ZYPREXA before too "FOR ANXIETY". I didnt take all the abilify but foolishly took the zyprexas. I flushed most the lexapro after a bit , but i take the REMERON against my better judgement. It doesnt do anything for my anxiety. Lots of my anxiety is about girl i lost :( i have deep feelings of remorse and anguish. and agoraphobia, along with anxiety using the bathroom at work, as the door doesnt lock and the fucking 2 brothers who run the place love to walk in when youre shitting (i was talking to the guy downstairs and one guy walked in and washed his hands while he was shitting, a similar thing happened to me with his brother where he knocked im like yea, and hes like yea what? im like the fuck im in here dude fuck off. i think i have IBS and gabapentin has caused me to retain a lot of water. Ive mostly stopped the gabas and just take the last 5-10 i have for a buzz now my tolerance is down. I dont want to get them again and get tolerance in like 3 days again. I know benzos are active at very small MG amnts even with tolerance. I am also considering lyrica. How can i persuade my shrink i NEED a benzo. Should I lie and say I havent been sleeping? I initially had terrible insomnia due to anxiety, but the REMERON knocks me out at night. That doesnt seem like the best idea.
 
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EDIT: I took no abilify! lol fuck dat. my mom is schizo but i only told her recently so idk whats good with these ATYPICAL AD's i feel they were perscribed to me very recklessly. :(
I am 19 and male in the US btw.
 
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All of this stuff is tricky as making recommendations for meds in this type of situation can be dangerous. Are there any particular reasons as to why you didnt take the medications that were given to you by a doctor? I would strongly advise against getting legitimate benzos, and i am sure most will agree, that they are not long term solutions they are crutches to assist someone in a tough spot. I wouldnt recommend lying to a doctor to get different drugs, you are young and most doctors may consider it a risk to give you benzos.

Based on your post and I am not trying to be mean but I think you would benefit from at least trying some of the other classes of meds for anxiety before moving to benzos. How long do you think you will be on benzos? I like to stick to the idea all addicts withdrawal, are you prepared to be addicted to a drug and have to deal with all that BS and believe me there is always BS when your addicted to something.

Your young so I would really stay away from benzos, switch doctors if this one isnt working but not because shes not giving you drugs but you need one you can connect to, therapists are a very personal thing and if you dont click you dont, she will understand.
 
What classes would you recommend? I have tried the zyprexa and lexapro and both made me anxious, even though the zyprexa knocked me out it was not a pleasant experience, and I found it to be very stimulating. There would be colorful images flashing like a fricken acid trip. Except bad. My doctor currently is relying on the remeron for my insomnia and anxiety which I have been on for over 2 months and I have experienced no reduction in anxiety. I am getting tested for add which I have been told by many a shrink I could be prescribed for but I never finished the testing (kept being unable to get out of bed, missed tests, my parents were like fuck it. But I'm getting a full psych evaluation soon) and HATE stimulants with a passion unless paired with .5 clonazepam or 10 mg valium. I am taking a semester off of college due to my grades suffering from my anxiety, I couldn't sleep for 3 days at a time, and lots of my classes were attendance based, even though I worked my ass off to get over 90s on all of my computer science projects. The only possible other option I have found is buspar however I read online it's useless for panic disorders. I experience extremely rapid heartbeats, tremors and sweats everyday at my job in nyc and during the commute. I can hardly focus on my work as I am so anxious. I also have a issue with alcohol, where I black out and do really dumb shit. Last time I made out with my best friends ex gf and was too drunk to fucking speak when his mom got home and busted us. I was just standing there and when people spoke to me it would be like I heard them but I wouldn't respond (what the fuck!!!!!!!) So I have to eliminate alchohol as something to suppress my anxiety, because I drink like I'm trying to fucking kill myself. *Has anyone had any success with remeron as an antianxiety med?* I literally BEGGED my shrink to let me take it in the morning but she says it will make me too tired. I feel she doesn't even know what anxiety is. I would rather be functioning but tired than awake and miserable. Also I'm sorry I posted in the wrong form I will try to change it if I get on a computer.
 
I'll just say that ordering a big stash of RC benzo's probably isn't the brightest idea. As someone else said, benzo's aren't really a great long term solution for anxiety. Once you're hooked they are a bitch to get off of too. They probably only will make your anxiety worse in the long term.

I find that occasional use of gabapentin is wonderful for anxiety, but it goes away quickly with regular use.
 
Benzos are good for killing a panic attack, but they're a terrible idea for treating generlised anxiety.

Antipsychotics like Zyprexa can be amazing for anxiety, but they should really only be considered if the anxiety is having a serious impact on your life as they have a high side effect profile.
 
Yes well this was done as my only other viable option alongside phenibut/kratom as I decided to taper from gabapentin and luckily too as my shrink won't write me another script, after having me on 600g 4x a day, expecting me to quit cold turkey.
 
600mg*
My work has been suffering and as I haven't graduated school I can't give up 500/week
 
Benzodiazepines are very effective drugs, and are sometimes appropriate for long-term use in people with severe anxiety (assuming that your supply of the drug is steady & medically supervised). If your anxiety is situational, though, I wouldn't really recommend them.

The alternatives to benzodiazepines, as far as anxiolytics go...well, there's not really much to endorse. Anti-depressants and anti-psychotics for anxiety? Not worth it at all. Things like phenibut and kratom can work but they have addictive potential just like benzodiazepines do. The bottom line is that if it works, it has the potential for addiction. Just no way to get around that fact IMO, if you choose to rely on drugs to treat anxiety.
 
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The alternatives to benzodiazepines, as far as anxiolytics go...well, there's not really much to endorse. Anti-depressants and anti-psychotics for anxiety? Not worth it at all.
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Why do you say it's not worth it?

Things like phenibut and kratom can work but they have addictive potential just like benzodiazepines do. The bottom line is that if it works, it has the potential for addiction. Just no way to get around that fact IMO, if you choose to rely on drugs to treat anxiety.
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People with extreme anxiety don't 'choose to rely on drugs' any more than people with diabetes do. They take medication to treat an otherwise unmanageable condition.
 
It doesn't sound like the OP has "extreme anxiety", though.

And c'mon, a lot of the people who take and/or are prescribed benzodiazepines can deal with their problems without drugs. Drugs just makes shit easier. I know because I used to be a regular benzo user and my situation wasn't even remotely like someone who is dependent on insulin lol
 
Burnt Offerings said:
It doesn't sound like the OP has "extreme anxiety", though.
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I don't know if they do or not. Panic attacks are pretty extreme and horrible, though, and I really don't blame anyone for looking for a medication that will make them never have another one. Controlling your panic attacks can be the difference between having/keeping a job and being dependent on family members for food.

And c'mon, a lot of the people who take and/or are prescribed benzodiazepines can deal with their problems without drugs. Drugs just makes shit easier. I know because I used to be a regular benzo user and my situation wasn't even remotely like someone who is dependent on insulin lol
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I'm really glad for you. I'm glad you're no longer misusing benzos and making it harder for those of us who legitimately need them to be prescribed them.
 
I wasn't misusing them, I'm not sure why you would assume that... I was prescribed Xanax & took them as directed.
 
Burnt Offerings said:
I wasn't misusing them, I'm not sure why you would assume that... I was prescribed Xanax & took them as directed.
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Sorry for the misunderstanding - I presume that anyone who's receiving benzodiazapines from a doctor when they don't actually need them to function is kinda exploiting the system and complicating things for the rest of us.

You may have meant that you needed them then, but don't now.
 
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