reaching out again..

[thizzin' since 98]

so after many many responses from you guys on the forums, I have decided to lower my dose of Celexa and potentially stop taking it, and start with Piractem and other vitamins and such.

I'm on day 4 of lowering the dose and I already feel a change. I feel empty again, like nothing is going on in my brain :/ kind of like the feeling of xanax, but im not on it.

Just feels like im doing things, just to do them. If you know what I mean.

Is this a bad sign, should I just stick with meds, and maybe up them?

Can someone explain what exactly piractem does? All I have been able to find is it slows down aging of the brain, and helps with Alzheimers. How would it help in my case?

The psychiatrist is not helping me at all, he doesnt even listen to what I have to say. It is just a 40 seconds sit down, while he writes me refills for all my meds, and then i see him again in three weeks. That's bullshit. Im just another mental patient statistic. No one cares about me.

For all anyone knows I could have committed suicide months ago, no one is monitoring my meds. At this point, im pretty much playing russian roulette, just guessing what my next step should be.

Im going crazy. Please please please, help me.

 

[Keaton]

Take your medicine, ffs. You've asked us before if it was a good idea to stop/lower your dose, and we told you it wasn't, we provided links and other info, and the main point is that IT'S DANGEROUS.
MDMA is a wonderful drug but to risk your well being to take it is stupid.
If you wanna know how piracetam works, refer to the harm reduction supplements mega thread. It's in with all the rest of the mega threads in the "ED mega threads" link in my sig.

 

[severely etarded]

SSRI's never did anything positive for me that lasted. I took them for years for manic depression, and quit because I found that cannabis treats it better than shitty SSRI's ever did.

Not saying you should stop your medicine though. Everybody is different. Experience is always subjective. I just found SSRI's useless in compared to smoking cannabis...

 

[socalthizzn]

Again i dont think your problems are mdma related.
You should really see a doctor man.

 

[waketheeffup]

stop with the psychiatrist, they make money not only from your visits, but from Rx organizations per Rx written.

In other words, he is going to keep giving you medicine to "counter-act" the other medicine. They DONT WANT YOU TO STOP TAKING IT BECAUSE THEY WILL LOSE YOUR BUSINESS

i've had a career in the Medical field (sales, but still, surrounded by health content/data and Rx Info, pretty much anything you can think of data related or triage related within medicine (even holistic remedies))

What i would recommend is seeking the advice of your primary care physician.

Im also going to assume that your Rx writing doc is over 60-70 years of age, isnt he?

New age psychiatrists are less likely to do what your "doc" is doing because they are more aware of the side effects/WD effects.

This is an old school method of drug administration/symptom relief. (use meds to relieve symptoms, not cure the actual disease/diagnosis)

Your PCP (primacy care physician/family doctor) will be the best suited to handle your Rx needs from now on (You can show him that your psychiatrist recommended xyz drug and then he will be more honest about how its going to effect you.)

When i needed to come up with a taper plan to get off benzos, best believe i called my actual doctor, not the fuckin asshole who gave me the Rx

 

[cryptix420]

stay strong man, it's gonna take a while to get the celexa completely out of your brain. My friend has now been off zoloft for 3 weeks and tried MDMA for the first time last night. He told me today he hasn't been this happy in a really long time.

 

[joezraptor]

Be careful going off Celexa. I stopped taking it because it wasn't working anymore (probably tolerance) and my depression hit me worse than ever about two months later. I ended up in the hospital twice and nearly killed myself. If you're not happy with Celexa and are still experiencing depression, I think you should look into switching meds rather than going off them completely.
There are other anti-depressants out there besides SSRI's that I think are much, much better. I'm on Wellbutrin and I'm very happy with it. Still can't roll when I'm on it, but if I stop taking it for a week I roll great and there are no withdrawal symptoms like with SSRI's.
I saw a psychiatrist for a while and had more or less the same experience as you. I go to my primary doctor for my meds now, and it's much better because he listens and I can see him for multiple things at a time.
As far as Piracetam, I don't believe it helps with depression. People here mostly use it to potentate drugs and help with the comedown/days after MDMA use. It makes you feel more alert and sort of lubricates your brain to make it function more efficiently. I'm not sure if it's ok to take with an SSRI, so that's something you should look into.
I hope you figure out something that works for you. Hang in there, it will get better.

 

[waketheeffup]

Be careful going off Celexa. I stopped taking it because it wasn't working anymore (probably tolerance) and my depression hit me worse than ever about two months later. I ended up in the hospital twice and nearly killed myself. If you're not happy with Celexa and are still experiencing depression, I think you should look into switching meds rather than going off them completely.
There are other anti-depressants out there besides SSRI's that I think are much, much better. I'm on Wellbutrin and I'm very happy with it. Still can't roll when I'm on it, but if I stop taking it for a week I roll great and there are no withdrawal symptoms like with SSRI's.
I saw a psychiatrist for a while and had more or less the same experience as you. I go to my primary doctor for my meds now, and it's much better because he listens and I can see him for multiple things at a time.
As far as Piracetam, I don't believe it helps with depression. People here mostly use it to potentate drugs and help with the comedown/days after MDMA use. It makes you feel more alert and sort of lubricates your brain to make it function more efficiently. I'm not sure if it's ok to take with an SSRI, so that's something you should look into.
I hope you figure out something that works for you. Hang in there, it will get better.

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