At first a psychiatrist like yours would feel like hitting the lottery, but if he doesn't actually take the time out to see about you, he's no good.
Yes, definitely find a new psychiatrist ASAP.
You have klonopin so that should at least help you in case your anxiety escalates while quitting Dex. My anxiety was through the roof.
If you're serious about quitting Dex, you should cancel your scripts if you do happen to see your current doctor again. Also, you can't have any stashed in your house if you know you're going to take kratom. Kratom triggers your Dex use.
I don't think you're serious about quitting because if you were, why would you want @madness00 to tell you if taking Dex/Adderall would interact with Wellbutrin? The Wellbutrin and the other suggestions made here were to keep you off of amphetamines, not to mix with it.
It's up to you if you ultimately want to quit or not, but it doesn't seem like you do just yet.
I agree about the jitters and awake in a bad way feeling that can happen on Concerta. Yesterday was a good reminder of why I always need to have something to take the edge off of it. It works really well if I have either Gabapentin, phenibut or kratom to take the edge off, but I had none of those yesterday. I was super irritated after taking Concerta in the morning and when I was short with you, I knew I had to get something for the anxiety/irritability. So I went to get the kratom capsules and the difference is night and day!
Concerta is a great energy boost on top of my antidepressant and helps with ADHD.
You were talking about drinking and antidepressants. Drinking is horrible on Effexor XR. I can't even get a buzz on it when I drink and it makes me feel like crap. It's not even worth it. Good thing is I don't care about drinking anymore. Since you don't want to try Wellbutrin, see what your next psychiatrist suggests. He or she would know best. Keep us updated if you go to a new one, I'd like to know what you're prescribed. Might be something I want to try someday.
Yeah, at 1st it was great having a psych like him, now not so much.
Well, you are kind of right in a way (not that I don't ultimately want to quit...I mean IN A PERFECT WORLD I'd just like to take them like 1-2 days a month for a little fun and that would be it, but moderation is hard. It's not really the risk of mixing Dex w/ Wellbutrin that concerned me nearly as much though as much as the risk of drinking on Wellbutrin.
I believe I can give up Dex eventually but not drinking right now. I'm too prone to drink for either anxiety relief OR just fun for it to be safe for me to be on something that can cause seizures when combined with it.
I mean, the deal is, obviously I like how dex makes me feel but not the side effects and know they aren't worth it, but the temporary relief from both my depression and fatigue and escape from reality makes it hard to imagine NEVER HAVING ACCESS AGAIN.
The thing is, I don't know where to buy it on the street and I don't use the deep web or know how or think I'd order illegal substances online, so Dex is literally the only drug I really like where if I don't have a script it means I have ZERO access to it, and while ultimately that would be a GOOD thing, I'm just this sort of person who has trouble imagining not having ANY access to certain things or drugs I like.
I want ACCESS....but NOT to be using it more than like once or twice a month max. That's why yes, I am cancelling my script, but with the bottle I have, if it lasts, I may end up giving most of it to my friend to hang onto and just keeping a few spare pills for emergency situations like having to work on very little sleep. And I mean, you know as much as me they have some very good uses, like helping with work...so there's that, but no, it's not worth it.
I gave my friend my Kratom 6 months ago and haven't used it other than like a couple times since (when I discovered the head shop near me that sells it, but then after using it a couple times I threw it out) because I didn't usually have ready access to it, and honestly, I think its easier for me not to use something not only when I don't have it in MY house, but also when I know I CAN access it IF I REALLY NEED TO.
When I gave up both weed and Kratom the one main thing that would get me through the days I wanted to use them was the thought and reminder I gave myself "HEY LISTEN, IT'S OUT THERE, YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU WANT, AND
MAYBE someday you can use it again...
but just NOT TODAY OK? I mean, you can handle ONE DAY without it right?" Then one day becomes months or years without it.
That was the mantra I told myself anytime I craved Kratom for nearly a year of abstinence from it, and for weed when I took a 988 day break from it.
But if I think that if I give up my script I will NEVER EVER be able to use it again....not gonna lie, it's tough...yet I know I have to, hence the idea of giving my one and only bottle to my friend for safe keeping.
Also, I kind of have some weird OCD symptoms where I get overly anxious about being too tired to do important things if I don't get enough sleep, and I frequently don't sleep well, so knowing I have Dex has helped me put my mind at ease many nights before early work meetings or long days at work, knowing I could rest easy cause even if I didn't sleep a wink the dex would get me through the day.
I know that might sound weird, but yeah....that's why I need better anxiety meds hahaha.
Someone else might say "just drink coffee" and I'd say 1) coffee only goes so far if you have SERIOUS sleep debt 2) I already drink WAY too much and need to quit that as it worsens anxiety.
I guess I've got some issues hahahhaa......but you're mostly right, and ultimately, only my actions will prove how serious I am.
We'll just have to see.
