I like my anxiety medication

[8crismon]

Early this year, I was prescribed anxiety meds. They work well. I sleep better at night. Before that, my mind gets busy with insane troll logic, over-analyzing stuff, accusatory thoughts, and mislabeling bodily reactions to said thoughts. To the point where it became a serious hindrance in my day-to-day. However, with them, I can function. I can think without getting flashbanged by nonsensical fears by noticing something inconsequential. I like my meds.

 

[DeFunkCat]

I love and hate my medication. The side effects suck. No way in hell would not take them.

 

[Xinyta]

Glad that they work for you, @8crismon

I personally would rather off myself, than be on anxiety meds again. I was even more unmotivated than what is baseline for me and generally apathetic, to a abnormal degree, about everything.

Plus. Unless I ate some kinda nuts with my meds, I otherwise woke up next day feeling like crap. Headache, nausea, and vomiting.

No thank you.

 

[DeFunkCat]

Glad that they work for you, @8crismon

I personally would rather off myself, than be on anxiety meds again. I was even more unmotivated than what is baseline for me and generally apathetic, to a abnormal degree, about everything.

Plus. Unless I ate some kinda nuts with my meds, I otherwise woke up next day feeling like crap. Headache, nausea, and vomiting.

No thank you.

Yeah, they are not for everyone. I was prescribed a new medication that turned out to be catastrophic. My current meds now work for me.

 

[Cutesie]

Plus. Unless I ate some kinda nuts with my meds, I otherwise woke up next day feeling like crap. Headache, nausea, and vomiting.

Hey, I always eat something together with my meds. Tonight it happened to be nuts.

 

[SusanLR]

Some anxiety meds made me feel worse. Only one made me feel normal.
Not drowsy, not foggy or sick in anyway. Sleep normal with it and free of that anxious feeling through the day.

Drawbacks, according to doctors, is they cause dementia, and you will need increased amounts to keep anxiety under control. Never happened with me and I've taken them for many years. At age 68 there is no dementia, and I never had to increase the dosage amount. In fact, I was able to take it to a low level after many years of the same dose daily. At this stage in life, I'm not stopping them now.

 

[velociraptor]

Early this year, I was prescribed anxiety meds. They work well. I sleep better at night. Before that, my mind gets busy with insane troll logic, over-analyzing stuff, accusatory thoughts, and mislabeling bodily reactions to said thoughts. To the point where it became a serious hindrance in my day-to-day. However, with them, I can function. I can think without getting flashbanged by nonsensical fears by noticing something inconsequential. I like my meds.

I used to be prescribed benzos for anxiety, but I got addicted to them and it turned out to be a major problem. Now I go to therapy and have better success at managing anxiety this way than I did with meds, and no addiction issues to cope with.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

Medications interact with people differently. If you’ve found one that works for you, excellent! Feeling anxiety leak away is heavenly.

 

[DeFunkCat]

I used to be prescribed benzos for anxiety, but I got addicted to them and it turned out to be a major problem. Now I go to therapy and have better success at managing anxiety this way than I did with meds, and no addiction issues to cope with.

I have benzo’s as a PRN. Half a tablet puts me to sleep.

 

[DeFunkCat]

I have benzo’s as a PRN. Half a tablet puts me to sleep. I asked my shrink about the addiction thing though. He said I was at no risk.

 

[Cutesie]

My meds - Lexapro and Seroquel, taken since January - have helped tremendously to improve my mood and drive away the really-bad feelings. They've done nothing to move me in a forward direction towards a productive, happy life.

 

[DeFunkCat]

I use Seroquel as well. Fortunately not too much. As an inpatient I saw people who need to take a lot of Seroquel. Weight and appetite can be a real problem.

 

[velociraptor]

> I asked my shrink about the addiction thing though. He said I was at no risk.

Mine said the same thing, oddly enough. Still needed help coming off of the benzos because I was legit addicted to them. I'll never touch that stuff again for the rest of my life.

 

[DeFunkCat]

> I asked my shrink about the addiction thing though. He said I was at no risk.

Mine said the same thing, oddly enough. Still needed help coming off of the benzos because I was legit addicted to them. I'll never touch that stuff again for the rest of my life.

Woah!! Ok … thanks for the heads up. I will be careful

 

[Cutesie]

I use Seroquel as well. Fortunately not too much. As an inpatient I saw people who need to take a lot of Seroquel. Weight and appetite can be a real problem.

My dose is 300 mg - the normal amount for an adult with Bipolar depression. (I don't actually have a Bipolar diagnosis.) In a bit longer than four months, I've gained thirty pounds, reaching the highest that I've ever measured.

 

[DeFunkCat]

My dose is 300 mg - the normal amount for an adult with Bipolar depression. (I don't actually have a Bipolar diagnosis.) In a bit longer than four months, I've gained thirty pounds, reaching the highest that I've ever measured.

30 pounds I hope you’re doing ok.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

30 pounds I hope you’re doing ok.

Seroquel is really bad about stimulating big weight gains and diabetes, I saw it often in my clients.

 

[Rodafina]

I have benzo’s as a PRN. Half a tablet puts me to sleep. I asked my shrink about the addiction thing though. He said I was at no risk.

@DeFunkCat,
It seems highly irresponsible and downright ignorant for a psychiatrist to suggest to anybody that there is "no risk" of getting addicted to benzos. They are one of the most addictive classes of medication out there and everyone should proceed with the knowledge that anyone can become addicted to them.

It's not that everyone will become addicted. But anyone can become addicted.

 

[DeFunkCat]

noted.

 

[DeFunkCat]

noted.

@DeFunkCat,
It seems highly irresponsible and downright ignorant for a psychiatrist to suggest to anybody that there is "no risk" of getting addicted to benzos. They are one of the most addictive classes of medication out there and everyone should proceed with the knowledge that anyone can become addicted to them.

It's not that everyone will become addicted. But anyone can become addicted.

Apologies Clarification.
Re valium. My psychiatrist has prescribed them for me. I divide a 5 mg tablets into quarters. On an irregular basis as a PRN I take 1.5 mg. This is beneficial for me. My psychiatrist stated at that low level of usage it is unlikely that I would become addicted. I do review this prescription regularly. I understand that benzos are highly addictive. Thank you for your important timely reminder of the risks and dangers of benzos. I apologise for my post. Im not generally irresponsible in what I say. Apologies to any one who may think that a psychiatrist said that benzos not addictive. I will more carefully consider the words I use in every post. Every post.