Im actually on pregablin for other health reason but it doesnt help my anxiety
A dont know how yous can get these meds my doctors just will not prescribe them I've been suffering for weeks, can anyone of yous recommend a doctor
Amen. Very well said.
Meds? ... I'm admitting that I'm a Bezo Addict and I'm not ashamed for admitting that. I'm ashamed that I had to go through 2 psychologists, 3 psychiatrists and in one year had to try about 5 different SSSRs, wait about a month for the seretonin to work with my brain, making my personality go into a frenzy from anxiety, to depression, to self-harm, to .... the darkest of the depths of our minds - only to discover that my mind relied on 'A'medication to calm my brain when it decided to go in to a 'Need' attack. And it was Valiums that 'helped' me.... Believing I needed it before 'it' gets worse.
Anxiety, is all in our minds. But by the time we realize this... our mind has already created the fact that we 'need' a fix.
By all means, I'm not against meds - Id be a bloody hypocrite if I was. But it destroyed me, emotionally, physically and mentally.
The professionals I had seen had prescribed me with anti-depressants that in fact, made me 'depressed'
My first meds were called Epo-Escitalopram, being on them the first week was the FIRST time I had 'suicidal' thoughts.
My second meds were called Fluoxetine and after 4 weeks on them, I started to self harm.
My third meds were Sertraline and after 3 weeks on them, I started to withdraw, isolate myself from my kids.
My fourth - Benzodiazepines. Which was not sought for 'anxiety' but I started to get shakes in my head, like epilepsy in the nerves in my brain, my head would shake on it's own accord and I found Valiums being the only medication that calmed my mind. It made me sleep, it made me calm - and after two years on them, I started to lose concentration, I started to get confused with my wording, I wasn't functioning as a parent and my isolation turned to me shutting off the world. So I tried to quit cold turkey.
Only to realize the withdrawals - learning I had an addiction to benzodiazepines. I am seeing a benzo counselor and the path for me to fully be off them, is to be on them.... in a continuous manner.
I don't remember the last time I laughed. Or smiled. Genuinely.
But I'm optimistic :)
So, I guess I can only say this... if we were born original and our thoughts can be wired to think that 'we cant' ... then I'm sure as hell that we can re-wire it to believe that WE CAN without medication. That is my hope for all of us who have become dependent on a drug that has the potential to become affective.... or something else.
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