^They know things that we don't, and we know things that they do. That's why it's important to forge a collaborative partnership.
What were you using?
Lithium has a small antipsychotic effect, but it's mostly a mood stabilizer.
Social anxiety? For that, usually SSRIs work well. Sometimes adrenergic autoreceptor agonists such as propranolol are used for mostly physical anxiety. Benzos are kind of tricky, and the dependency potential may merit a commitment with some possible issues arising later on.
You have social anxiety but are wanting to focus better? Please help me better understand. I don't see a stimulant helping, if that's what you're thinking. Caffeine up to three cups is pretty normal.
In all, exercise and self-calming techniques like meditation will do you a heck of a lot good. Maybe get a therapist that can work with you on CBT skills.
Again, please elaborate. We want to help. But, as madness00 stated, we are not doctors. We can't say "take [this]"
geodon, vraylar, abilify, latuda, zyprexa, fanapt, might be missing one or two. at first w antidepressants too but fuck those
no social anxiety whatsoever. my brain just doesn't process fast enough or maybe is too slow to keep up in conversations sometimes.
also its a big hard to think logically, im a very emotional person. definitely emotion > logic
its like I think more with my heart space than my head space, and try to get all my blood to go up there. its an effort.
I did take a microscopic chip of latuda today (ive got stacks of all these meds) and I was able to talk really fast and keep up with everybody? but got slow, tired, chubby feeling. I hate it. my metabolism shot to shit and I ate tons.
happens with every med.
when I came down I still sort of mostly think the same, say the same things, maybe just slower. but it does prohibit any thought from being visualized or really thought about in my head
it either feels like my mind processes too fast and I come out slower, or it processes too slow and I go out fast. I go out of equilibrium a lot.
caffeine exercise every day, without them id die
I go through days where all I can do is lay down and sleep. talking is sometimes too much of an effort. I can check out of things really easily. if I take a bit of an AP I get energy but get fast SO quick. im very active and exercise every day so that part sucks.
then I go through days where I don't sleep have million tons of energy and have to get brought down.
I want something else. I need a better solution than popping pills every day. I need some way to change my brain permanently without chemicals. you don't need weed after a point to get high- you don't need mushrooms after another point to trip out. I don't believe in you must take something external to change your internal. it goes against so many things.
done cbt, therapy, inpatient, rehab, dual diagnosis, group therapy, everything in the book. im at my wits end.
I work a high stress job so I barely have time to keep diving deep into fixing this.
been seeing doctors now about this for almost two years.
being dependent on something goes against everything I, and many others, believe in. hell, yoga says you need nothing except yourself.
I do remember being so blissfully happy, was when yoga every day - working a fun retail job - no diagnosis no meds - festivals friends and new connections.
ever since I got to know my current gf extremely well, I just had a feeling I should go see a doctor.
I went three plus years without meds after my drug induced psychosis and was happy as a clam. I did it to see if it would change things with her.
it helped, but she's a firm believer in no pills so I can't take them around her if I do. and I sweat them out so she can smell it. anyways lol she's not the problem
told her about my bp diagnosis (not sz) she doesn't believe anything is wrong, no one really thinks anythings wrong, my parents don't think I have either even though my fourth dr diagnosed me with sza. first one said maybe mild case of sz, next two said just bipolar, fourth said that. maybe people can see sometimes I have a hard time catching up in conversation or taking some things seriously but im the opposite of socially anxious. I love people and love talking something in my brain just doesn't let me go where I used to go and its rough.
when this all first started I thought stem cells would cure me, but that ship has sailed.
