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How many of you suffer from anxiety? And...

1. generalised anxiety, intensified at times to debilitating levels through obsessive thought patterns. periods of panic attacks, though luckily rare. some social anxiety. i guess anorexia constitutes anxiety/phobia on some level, but i've been in recovery with only a couple of minor blips for a while now.

2. i always had problems. i was treated for insomnia whilst at primary school, though not with meds. i'm fairly sure that was anxiety related as i was bullied at the time, but i can't really remember.

3. various benzos, but luckily i've not needed them for a while. was at a point in the not so distant past where i could basically walk in and ask for a prescription (this is the uk, they don't like prescribing these, and i did need them) but haven't had to for so long that i doubt that applies anymore and i'm not really bothered.

i feel like though i have a long way to go, i have climbed a mountain recovery-wise. though i needed A LOT of outside help and very drastic measures, there is hope guys.
 
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never been officially diagnosed but the general consesnus, (K'd out, you'e read all my posts in your insomnia thread) is that I have some form of generalized anxiety disorder which either causes or is caused by, or both, insomnia problems.

for the anxiety I've been rx'd xanax, klonopin, temazepam, trazadone, zoloft, and mirtazipine; the last three were to help both with sleeping but also with anxiety.

for me zoloft did nothing at all good or bad
mirtazipine and trazadone were hit or miss for sleep aid but nadda for anxiolytic properties
 
1. I suffer from social anxiety and GAD.

2. I started realising I was having anxiety problems around 11-12 years old. I didn't start using recreational drugs until I was 15 so the anxiety without a doubt came first. The illicit drug use made it progressively worse though for sure.

I was never prescribed anything for my anxiety until I was ~19. Though for the ~4 years prior I had been using pharms (benzos, oxys, d-amp) bought without a script for recreational as well as practical/therapeutic reasons anyway, amongst the other illicit drugs I was using. So at ~19 I started on the prescription drugs, which have most likely made my anxiety worse. I'm 21 and a half years old now.

3. Yes I am. Currently I'm prescribed clonazepam and dexamphetamine. But in the past I've been prescribed SSRIs (Prozac and Lexapro), other benzos (Valium and Xanax), anti-psychotics (Seroquel, Zyprexa and Invega) and mood stabilizers (Epilim).
 
mgrady3 said:
trazadone were hit or miss for sleep aid but nadda for anxiolytic properties
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same with me.
and antidepressants have never helped my anxiety. although I do read that they are prescribed for anxiety and seem to help people? I wish I was one of those people. The less pills I take the less crazy I feel which = me being happier.
 
I'm not scared of anything but I choose not to interact in many situations because of my startup with social activities. Drugs do tend to reveal parts of my psyche that can be rewarding or distressing. Weed always makes me shut up unless I'm having fun. I'm usually not having fun.

Call it paranoia, call it being high. I just get extremely quiet, tends to appear creepy.

Stimulants used to do so much. Now they are just a maintenance drug, they are me and I am me on them. It relapsed after my TDS thread was closed so I thought might as well enjoy what I can right? I do get an awful lot of them for next to nothing, and they can be so helpful, but I choose to stray away from real life far more than I should. Adderall allowed me to approach people more, and that in turn was nice since I got to know more people. But now I don't even bother.
 
i have anxiety problems, i guess its linked to ADHD, severe insomnia, and other psychological problems i've had since i was a kid.

i'm perscribed 4mg. clonazepam and 60mg. temazepam, but i also self medicate with downers like other benzos, quaaludes, barbs, booze, and oxycodone.

i'm also perscribed vyvanse 60mg. for ADHD, and amphetamine actually reduces my anxiety(untill i come down). i have a hard time with comedowns and tend to overly sedate myself to avoid feeling it.

drug use really made what problems i have worse, but at this point i'm kinda screwed thanks to benzo dependence(i know its my own damn fault) and i've been addicted to drugs since a pretty early age.

however i wouldn't be much better without drugs, and i'm in good physical health so i just keep on doing em.
 
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i'm alsp perscribed vyvanse 60mg. for ADHD, and amphetamine actually reduces my anxiety(untill i come down). i have a hard time with comedowns and tend to overly sedate myself to avoid feeling it.
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I'm the same. I think it may have something to do with ADD. We are naturally anxious people and maybe since amphetamines calm us down, it calms the anxiety down also. Could be wrong but amphetamines relieve my anxiety as well.
 
I think I suffer from some social anxiety. Can be a bit awkward sometimes, or just not know what to say in social situations. I find it hard to think of something interesting to talk about. I know it's because I think too much about it, maybe I'm a bit depressed? I dunno.
 
1. What type of anxiety or phobia do you suffer from? I have social anxiety disorder with a touch of generalized anxiety.

2. Did you start to realize your anxiety before or after you started taking drugs including prescriptions? Before I started taking Paxil, I had horrendous anxiety/ depression. It was better for awhile, but then it came back when I stopped taking the Paxil and encountered a difficult social situation.

3. Are you prescribed medications as treatment and what? Yeah now I'm prescribed Lexapro, Klonopin, and Adderall. I know I have to get off the Klonopin and Adderall before long, but I'll probably be on anti-depressants for a long time.
 
I suffer from mainly social anxiety, but I can have panic attacks from time to time with no reason. I had no anxiety issues until I started using drugs. Weed brought on depersonalization/derealization/hppd for me. It occurred after smoking some potent stuff, and I have never felt normal since. My abuse of prescription drugs, mainly opiates, has only made it worse. I now feel like I live in a different world than I use to. Everything is dull, fake looking, and nothing seems to stimulate me anymore. Everything is 2-dimensional.

I have been prescribed numerous SSRI's and SNRI's, and I found them all to be worthless for anxiety, as well as depression. I was prescribed xanax for sleep, but I knew about it's anxiolytic properties, and how beautiful it made the world seem to me again. It's as if I was normal again, just like my old self. Everything was "still" and colorful, life was perfect again. Too bad it was only an illusion.
 
I have anxiety issues that mainly takes the form of overthinking things and worrying more than I should, I also used to get horrible panic attacks but they have improved quite a bit since I got on clonazepam. I'm learning now that much of this is the result of undiagnosed ADD because all my symptoms have improved when I started to get treatment for ADD, stimulants calm down my racing mind and allow me to function much much better, literally like half of my mind was asleep before I found out I had ADD and got on rx'd meds.

I used to think it was all caused by marijuana and drugs but it has been there my whole life, I just wasn't aware of it.

I'm prescribed Klonopin and Ritalin and Suboxone, although the Subs are for opiate addiction it's becoming more and more clear that most of my drug taking was self medicating for ADD and Anxiety, these are all fairly new discoveries for me since I put off seeing a psychiatrist for ages.
 
1. panic disorder / possibly generalized anxiety

2. after. started getting anxiety while abusing stimulants heavily. progressed into panic attacks. I mostly quit stims, but I still get them sometimes. also, I get anxious as fuck when I'm in opiate withdrawal, as with most people

3. been scripted sublingual lorazepam 1mg for a while, I usually go in every two-three months to get 30 more, which I then abuse most of within the first few days, haha
 
i wondered what was up with me for years, like an above poster, i too smoked some strong skunk at 18 and this i believed changed my persona forever. i was never again the same and have been told and ive read about this derealisation/personalistion , which i belive is anxiety related. dont know about you but doesnt" anxiety "feel like an understatement when docs say this is whats happening to you. its disabled + crippled me and ruined what should have been the best times of my life.plus i have to deal with the" non-believers", many in the welfare authority and goverment, they make it far worse and increase my self loathing even more.
 
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