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- Apr 17, 2023
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They always try and put me on some shit antidepressant. I've been on almost all of them and they don't believe me.
Opioid epidemic leaves few optionsYou could ask for a benzodiazepine, the best ones being ones with long half life like clonazepam. However they come with many risks, most people won't prescribe them. A good psychiatrist should be able to balance risk and reward if you're already refractory to antidepressants.
One med that's a bit unconventional is clonidine, it's a blood pressure med with it's main action being reduction in adrenaline. Some people have found it very effective for anxiety. Worth a shot? Your other options are a gabapentinoid like pregabalin or gabapentin but those drugs also come with nasty side effectsOpioid epidemic leaves few options
I've been on that. Helped sometimes. I'll just do prozac. Every time I try it again it either works or it doesn't.One med that's a bit unconventional is clonidine, it's a blood pressure med with it's main action being reduction in adrenaline. Some people have found it very effective for anxiety. Worth a shot? Your other options are a gabapentinoid like pregabalin or gabapentin but those drugs also come with nasty side effects
Benzos are abused by Gen Z and millennials and hard to get now. Hydroxyzine was ineffectiveWell most doctors will not prescribe it, but i've heard good things about phenelzine, an irreversible monoamine oxidase inhibitor, especially for social anxiety disorder in particular. I think the old irreversible MAOIs have been forgotten, and risks overstated, so it will be near impossible to get it. You could also try and ask for pregabalin, and if that's somehow too much then perhaps you can try and ask for hydroxyzine, but it may not be the most effective. Im guessing you know about benzos already so these are some alternatives.
For me, opioids always beat benzos recreationally but uh yeah I have found the old irreversible MAOIs very interesting, so I thought i'd share.Benzos are abused by Gen Z and millennials and hard to get now. Hydroxyzine was ineffective