Geaux Tigers!
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klonopin, ambien, paxil, vistaril
i am not sure the paxil and vistaril do anything, as they sure don't help on their own. i accept this full cocktail because it's the smart thing to do.
i am diagnosed with OCD and generalized anxiety. past diagnosis include major depressive disorder and cluster b. i think if i qualify for any cluster now, it's most likely c. i don't trust the diagnosis i got as a teen though.
it's panic/anxiety now, and the OCD which used to manifest itself in externalized rituals has very much internalized
i abuse opiates and alcohol when i do not have meds. i likely need ongoing therapy to keep myself clean from other drugs once i am on my meds, as then it's a matter that therapy can help and not a need to balance my brain chemistry. (back when i was on my meds, environmental factors and emotional ones were the only triggers to want to use anything else, and were easily avoidable with the right measures)
klonopin, ambien, paxil, and vistaril was the prescription i took that changed my life. nothing else worked in 12 years of mental health issues/many, many different meds and dosages and combos
i believe an old psych i had actually gave me some drug that wasn't even a psych med but increased my dopamine directly, in hopes it would work
yr welcome
You had no positive response to Paxil? Why did you continue on the drug? Same thing with the Vistaril. Sounds like the Klonopin is what is really alleviating your symptoms. Would you feel like benzodiazepine maintenance is really the only thing helping you? I would suggest tapering off the Paxil and ditching the Vistaril and going solo on the Klonopin to see how this works. There is no reason to be taking a SSRI if it really didn't help you. I am glad that you're stabilized and don't need anything else.
I'm glad that you have found a combination that has changed your life! Yes, you definitely need to continue with therapy; it is more effective than any drug that I could write.
I am very open to the idea of using buprenorphine as an antidepressant. I think that it would help you.
Do opiates relieve social anxiety/OCD for you as effectively as your prescription drugs?