ChemicallyEnhanced
Bluelighter
For example, I recently had a terrible experience and have PTSD. I'm seeing my doctor ASAP but he will NEVER give me a benzo, not a single 2mg diazepam. I was hoping to ask him (for the PTSD and anxiety) if I can get Pregabalin or at least Hydroxyzine or something. But I have no idea which would work and how and whether there are other things that would help like Gabapentin?
I don't wanna make this so long people won't bother reading it so I'll add a few of mine and post the rest if this thread takes off.
1) Citalopram (Celexa) - The mental health med I ever took (for severe depression and anxiety). As usual I started on the lowest dose...and never took another one. My anxiety sky-rocketed. It was like a 48 hour panic attack. So this gets a 1/10 for me.
2) Sertraline (Zoloft) - I went back to my doctor a week later (the appointment was already set up so he could see how the Citalopram was going. This was 2009 so I'm not sure there were SNRI's then, but he just told me we'd keep trying to find an SSRI where I could handle the initial effects and prescribed me the lowest dose of Sertraline. Not wanting a repeat of previous, I snapped them in half and took half of the lowest dose (25mg/day) for the first 6 days. Within 3 days I felt better than I ever remember feeling (which is the same as "felt average/normal" to most people) and experienced hypomania (the good, mild kind) for the next few weeks. It cured maybe 75% of my depression and anxiety and I was brave enough to go out with my brother and his friends (only a 1 year age different) and it got me socially active and for once I didn't want to die. I have now been on it for 10 years and it's still working. 8.5/10 from me. Would have been a 10 if it had cured more than 75-80% of my symptoms.
3) Methadone - I've usually referred to this in a somewhat negative way, yet I have a (self-referred) appointment next week to get back on it. The negatives that made me quit it CT the last time is because, despite knowing it cam cause weight gain and prepared for that by eating 250 calories a day less than I normally do; I gained 25lb during the 18 months on it. I also had "Secondary Hyperhydrosis" (profuse, excessive sweating) but that is also caused by alcohol and I think it was the combination. It was also a pain in the arse going to the pharmacy almost every single day. The positives were: it's free! You don't have to be dashing around trying to find your dealer. One dose lasts for 24 hours and it means you never have to worry about withdrawal. And a new pharmacy opened near me that offers to deliver all your meds to you at home - 6/10.
I don't wanna make this so long people won't bother reading it so I'll add a few of mine and post the rest if this thread takes off.
1) Citalopram (Celexa) - The mental health med I ever took (for severe depression and anxiety). As usual I started on the lowest dose...and never took another one. My anxiety sky-rocketed. It was like a 48 hour panic attack. So this gets a 1/10 for me.
2) Sertraline (Zoloft) - I went back to my doctor a week later (the appointment was already set up so he could see how the Citalopram was going. This was 2009 so I'm not sure there were SNRI's then, but he just told me we'd keep trying to find an SSRI where I could handle the initial effects and prescribed me the lowest dose of Sertraline. Not wanting a repeat of previous, I snapped them in half and took half of the lowest dose (25mg/day) for the first 6 days. Within 3 days I felt better than I ever remember feeling (which is the same as "felt average/normal" to most people) and experienced hypomania (the good, mild kind) for the next few weeks. It cured maybe 75% of my depression and anxiety and I was brave enough to go out with my brother and his friends (only a 1 year age different) and it got me socially active and for once I didn't want to die. I have now been on it for 10 years and it's still working. 8.5/10 from me. Would have been a 10 if it had cured more than 75-80% of my symptoms.
3) Methadone - I've usually referred to this in a somewhat negative way, yet I have a (self-referred) appointment next week to get back on it. The negatives that made me quit it CT the last time is because, despite knowing it cam cause weight gain and prepared for that by eating 250 calories a day less than I normally do; I gained 25lb during the 18 months on it. I also had "Secondary Hyperhydrosis" (profuse, excessive sweating) but that is also caused by alcohol and I think it was the combination. It was also a pain in the arse going to the pharmacy almost every single day. The positives were: it's free! You don't have to be dashing around trying to find your dealer. One dose lasts for 24 hours and it means you never have to worry about withdrawal. And a new pharmacy opened near me that offers to deliver all your meds to you at home - 6/10.
