Meds that I use

[Frxtagooox]

so gng do you ever been on meds? Ive been on meds for 4 years or so and been changing meds for once cause its too strong. my meds was lorazepam, xanax, and risperidone but sometime i change to seroquel and sertaline and its sucks especially seroquel bad for me ig. and changed back to lorazepam and risperidone. both meds are good to me and helped me recover my mental health. oh anyways I'm new here. nice to meet you all!

 

[fedup1982]

Yeh Ive been on meds for 25 years fwiw

 

[Frxtagooox]

Yeh Ive been on meds for 25 years fwiw

oww that's a long time. is the dosage the same when you control? what meds u use?

 

[TwistedNightmares]

I was on SSRIs for at least 15+ years. I went off of them around January/February this year (they never did help my depression). I now just use valium sometimes for high anxiety/hypervigilance, but valium doesn't always calm me down completely, either.

 

[Frxtagooox]

I was on SSRIs for at least 15+ years. I went off of them around January/February this year (they never did help my depression). I now just use valium sometimes for high anxiety/hypervigilance, but valium doesn't always calm me down completely, either.

so your 15 years experience feeling better or nothing at all if i may ask?

 

[TwistedNightmares]

so your 15 years experience feeling better or nothing at all if i may ask?

Nothing at all. I still felt pretty much the same as I do now when I was taking them.

 

[Frxtagooox]

Nothing at all. I still felt pretty much the same as I do now when I was taking them.

I see.. ever been talk to your psychiatric about it?

 

[TwistedNightmares]

I see.. ever been talk to your psychiatric about it?

Unfortunately, I can't afford to see a psychiatrist here. Sessions cost about $400-$700 each.

 

[dollangel]

yep, I've been put on (and promptly taken off because nothing works) like... IDK, at least 10-15 different antidepressants, I genuinely lost track of them all, since I was a kid. they either do absolutely nothing for me (no difference) or make me violently ill. I'm currently on sertraline, and I have to take a half-pill of the smallest dose because of how sick it makes me. at some point my psychiatrist just gave up on trying any antidepressants with me bc they've been so useless for me lol. but trying to stick with the sertraline for a while longer just to see if anything happens this time.

 

[fedup1982]

oww that's a long time. is the dosage the same when you control? what meds u use?

Ive been on so many meds ive lost count. About 10 SSRIs, 2 SNRIs, 3 gastro meds, a mood stabiliser, 3 antipsychotics and a tricyclic antidepressant, all at varied dosages. It's been a nightmare trying to find anything that works! Plus short term ive been on clonazepam a few times

 

[MyLastTour]

Over 7 or so years I've taken 5 different SSRIs, 2 SNRIs, 1 tricyclic, and 1 weird technically not an SSRI but still basically an SSRI, and all of which have done very little in the way of actually helping me. I've also taken quetiapine (generic for Seroquel) which I only found to be mildly useful as a sleep-aid.

Most helpful stuff I've had has been clonidine (alpha-2 agonist) and short-term diazepam (valium). Clonidine is for me increases the threshold of distress that would need to reach to make me unable to function while also making unbearable anxiety go away sooner. Also helps with sleep a little.