cannabis and exercise
a hundred times yesi hear and see so many people recommend cannabis to someone with anxiety..i think much of the time it backfires on a person and makes them much more anxious and paranoid overall.. it might help a small % but not most just from what ive seen..
yesOP, if you are drinking energy drinks or coffee, anything with caffeine in it, throw it away asap!this will help your anxiety right away..
maybe. venturing into polypharmacy if you want to go down that road wellbutrin as an adjunct to a SSRI and possibly plus an atypical, BZD or other anxiety might really help on the depression side if that's is also an issuetightlywound- u might want to reconsider welbutrin..for someone with bad anxiety and sleep issues welbutrin is a bad choice..i know from experience..sure, it helped mood and motivation but made my anxiety much worse, anything that messes with dopamine will..
yesan hour of intense exercise every day will help anxiety too..u seem to want a medication for every asp[ect of your life though(mood, sleep, anxiety) etc and this is the wrong way to go about it imo as every medication will bring side effects..
op:clonazepam for anxiety - the only class of drugs that worked for my depression were opioids; of course - not prescribed.
quick question:what traditionally prescribed antidepressants besides wellbutrin have 'stimulant' like qualities?
appreciate any response
I second this for the depression. Would not start at those exact dosages but escitalopram has the fewest side effects of SSRIs and the aripirazole will boost it and may stop some of those racing thoughts. Prozac may be worth looking into as well, as while generally SSRIs are said to be equally effective, Prozac can stimulate one when initiating therapy, which may help get you out of the funk. Careful though, could also worsen anxiety.
1. a Suboxone like drug but with total mu receptor blockade (i.e. no fun/analgesia; it's bupe/naltrexone IIRC instead of bupe/naloxone which makes it active po/sl/etc) is actually in the pipeline for depression; who knows if it'll be worth a damn
2. SNRIs and possibly the aforementioned Brintillex; also some tricyclics little used anymore and triple reuptake inhibitors which are also rarely used in clincial practice and most of which are very obscure (i.e. Mazindole which is C-IV and not approved for depression)
standard disclaimer not medical advice etc
1. a Suboxone like drug but with total mu receptor blockade (i.e. no fun/analgesia; it's bupe/naltrexone IIRC instead of bupe/naloxone which makes it active po/sl/etc) is actually in the pipeline for depression; who knows if it'll be worth a damn