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  • BDD Moderators: Keif’ Richards | negrogesic

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

theseeker said:
I have been on and off just about every SSRI and effexor for years. I make sure I give them a break and save them for real bad depressive episodes because I find they only work for like a week or 2 and then they're pretty much useless.
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You mean two weeks after the 4-6 week waiting period? Because you have to wait 4-6 weeks before they even start working. They shouldn't even be effective by 2 weeks yet. Judge them after you've taken them for 6 weeks. Have you tried Paxil? Paxil actually made me feel high because I have bipolar and it made me manic. Mania feels good until it progresses into extreme anxiety and paranoia. Where at this point I have the possibility of a psychotic break and start to hallucinate. But before that I'll feel on top of the world and feel like I can get everything done. Almost like I just took 100mg of d-amphetamine.

And Paxil made me feel that way. After going crazy while living with my parents the doctor told me she was going to take me off it and I begged on my knees for her to keep giving it to me. And I've never begged for any drug before. I was talking a mile a minute, bouncing off the walls and acting high so my parents told my psych. I was so mad when they took me off of it and I went into a depressive phase. I admit I got anxious but I felt the "high" feeling outweighed it. Now its in my records and she'll never let me go back on it regardless if I live my parents or not.
 
I suffer from bouts similar to panic attacks but not as life threatening or intense. I guess you could call it situational anxiety, but it doesn't really happen in certain physical places, just when I go to certain places in my head.

Since I've been through treatement centers and currently am prescribed suboxone, my doctor isn't exactly going to be happy about prescribing me a benzo, so he gave me gabapentin

It does help with some of my anxiety and gives me a general feeling of energy and well being, but I would certainly be happier with something like lorazepam or alprazolam along with some lyrica

In my dreams, I guess
 
K'd-OUT-in-AZ said:
Lyrica + Clonazepam is a great combo for social anxiety disorder, take my word for it. My Suboxone doctor will not prescribe benzos for the life of him. He made me taper off the Clonazepam or he wouldn't see me.
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yea paxil is fucking awesome for panic disorder... i dunno bout gad since i dont have it... i was on kpins for a little...but my attacks are under control now...but im never really stressed out, nor have i ever been...hence i subconsciously get stressed out and the panic just comes out whenever and wherever....but its good now
 
I am a gambler & I only get anxiety when I lose alot of money. When I win, I am on cloud 9 & could go w/o using any substances during this period. You know how some people say some drugs are better than sex, well I feel the same way if I hit a 5 team parlay & it pays $5,000 for a $250 bet. I usually dont get anxiety from every day life, like work or with my family & friends.

Maybe I better quit gambling, that is where all my stress comes from anyway, grrr.......but I love my football as much as a crackhead likes his crack.
 
I am undiagnosed for the most part, but I know that I have suffered from OCD, Social Anxiety Disorder, and various phobias. I might also suffer from Generalized Anxiety Disorder to a degree, but I don't even know if I'd say that.

My OCD was at one point rather bad, I obsessed particularly over water and the danger that it could cause to others. I had certain intrusive thoughts. I was quite a worrier at points. This was before any meds. My OCD is still with me, it is much improved (naturally and chemically), and has changed nature. I don't have intrusive thoughts anymore, or worry so much, but have to shower three times daily, and I mean I have to. I am not a germaphobe, but need to feel clean and fresh. I have several habits which I carry out, but my obsessions have been much less troublesome for quite some time now, even before I was put on meds.

I was quite shy at one point, and social encounters caused a deal of stress, but that seemed to get better before starting meds, too. I became an extrovert, and have swung things completely around.

I have a number of specific phobias, including reptiles, amphibians, and fish (touching), especially smaller ones. I have a phobia of touching coins, especially pennies (this has gotten better). I refuse to use spoons. Not a phobia so much, but really I can't use them. I refuse to be seen without my shirt on (I'm a male), and refuse to swim at all because of it. I have developed a phobia or pseudophobia if you will of pork product. These phobias are fairly manageable, and don't cause too much trouble, as I can avoid them.

I was put on Klonopin originally for what was diagnosed as GAD (I wasn't truthful, but wanted a benzo script to relax me). I switched to Xanax. I take SSRI's now, but not officialy for anxiety or even depression, though they help heaps. I recently started taking Lamictal for emotional lability. The drugs helped me, my anxieties and worries are really quite few, and though I have my troubles, I am more comfortable with my anxiety being treated. It is still there in some forms, but much better.
 
seroquel XR is incredible. it takes a while to get used to it, but it's great for anxiety, depression, and sleep. I used to take 400mg right before I went to sleep and 100mg mid-day. It knocks you out for a really deep sleep, but can make you groggy in the morning unless you get 8-9hrs, but it gets better over time. Kind of felt a little zombied out until my body got adjusted, but that's to be expected from any anti anxiety/depression medication.

the only problem is there is no generic and can be quite costly if you don't have insurance, but unfortunately that's the story with a lot of meds.
 
comatoserct said:
seroquel XR is incredible. it takes a while to get used to it, but it's great for anxiety, depression, and sleep. I used to take 400mg right before I went to sleep and 100mg mid-day. It knocks you out for a really deep sleep, but can make you groggy in the morning unless you get 8-9hrs, but it gets better over time. Kind of felt a little zombied out until my body got adjusted, but that's to be expected from any anti anxiety/depression medication.

the only problem is there is no generic and can be quite costly if you don't have insurance, but unfortunately that's the story with a lot of meds.
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I was prescribed 150mg for the first 4 days and then to jump to 200mg. I haven't taken it yet but was thinking about it, as not many other anxiolytics have been working. I know in the past 100mg of the regular Seroquel used to knock me out so I'd imagine it would take some getting used to.
 
I've got social anxiety and thats the only reason I will take drugs. If I didn't have it I wouldn't take drugs at all. I just take drugs to make mind think differently.
 
K'd-OUT-in-AZ said:
You mean two weeks after the 4-6 week waiting period? Because you have to wait 4-6 weeks before they even start working. They shouldn't even be effective by 2 weeks yet. Judge them after you've taken them for 6 weeks. Have you tried Paxil?
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Hey K'd- when I first started taking AD's- it took weeks for me to feel the effect, however, now they start working within 2-3 days of use. It's not a placebo either as I get all the classic SSRI side effects. I have no idea why this is but my brain may have adapted after years of using these drugs.

I have indeed taken Paxil and it works for a while on me- great for anxiety. Zoloft also works well.

I was hypomanic when I took my first AD- wellbutrin 300mg/day. I absolutely loved the feeling man, I can relate. I haven't felt that effective sonce. Too bad that effect went away. However, I haven't taken that drug in like 15 years. maybe I could give it another go someday.
 
still have Anxiety issues but nowhere near as bad as they used to be, mainly cuz I know what it is now and have gotten a good deal of professional help and done alot of work on myself.

My formal diagnosis reads: Anxiety, Depression, ADD

in all honesty when I take my meds as prescribed I feel fine, the only problem is coming off of the Klonopin and Suboxone without taking something else to take their place, so at the moment I'm staying on both of them.

The Klonopin is the hardest for me to get off of, I take between 2 and 3mgs a day of Kpin, 50mgs of Ritalin and 8mgs a day of Suboxone at the moment. Usually I take less Sub, but I was having cravings so I figured it was better to take more sub than to go out and buy H.

Even though it sucks to be stuck on all these meds I feel better than I have in a long time, eating right and exercising everyday have helped a lot. I don't feel trapped by my "disorders", I just know that getting off the Benzos will be a long slow process.

The ADD was only recently discovered and treating that has been life changing, thank god my psychiatrist caught it, I self medicated my add, depression, anxiety issues for years and it's nice to at least have it all managed by a professional. I try not to dwell on any of this stuff anymore, that's part of the reason I don't stop by this site as much as I was. I'm just trying to move forward one day at a time. Best of luck to all of you struggling with this shit, you can get through it though, just gotta make it a priority and be willing to work on yourself.
 
unsettled said:
I try not to dwell on any of this stuff anymore, that's part of the reason I don't stop by this site as much as I was. I'm just trying to move forward one day at a time. Best of luck to all of you struggling with this shit, you can get through it though, just gotta make it a priority and be willing to work on yourself.
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So Bluelight makes you dwell on things?
 
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