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- Rainbow sky!!
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- 2y ago
Hello there. I’m so sorry that you are struggling so much! I used to be house bound by my anxiety. It was completely miserable! I’ve been on a lot of psychiatric medications. They can be very hard to stop and start. Antidepressants are kind of notorious for causing issues that you are describing after taking only a few doses. When I was on Lexapro it made me feel very funny. I’m on Remeron on now though. Hope that you feel better soon!
I can't take antidepressants because they do the same I get incredibly sick. I've been taking 2 MG of Xanax for over 6 years. My last antidepressant that I tried (prozac) gave me a seizure. You need to change doctors. When used responsibly Xanax is wonderful and life saving. My doctors have no issues with Me having it because they saw how sick the other medications made me. My father also took Xanax responsibly for 30 years. If you look under the FDA drug reviews there's millions of people who can't take SSRIs and take Xanax or klonopin instead. I think you need to definitely advocate for yourself and talk to another doctor. Everyone's brain chemistry is different. If I was on an SSRI I couldn't even function. I hope you get a doctor who understands you and helps you. Best of luck
I believe what happened to me is called serotonin syndrome they say it's rare but its not as rare as they say I'm in a fb group where so many have had the same experience and can only take benzos.its sounds like the SSRIs are not helping you 💔
I am just so sorry. Virtual hug.
I’m so greatful for everyone’s comments i like hearing other ppl actual experiences and stuff they’ve learned I hate ppl always telling me I need medications I no I need medication but they don’t understand it’s so hard to find a medication that works and dealing wit the side affects I’m trying to look up as much as possible bout medications and I’m just obsessing over reading and reading and then I realize I’ve spent hours reading and I have to make myself stop and I think prescribeing antidepressant for an anxiety disorder is wierd I no they help wit ocd and can give relief I also have depression alot of it’s from dealing wit my ocd but you’d think they’d prescribe more anxiety medications to I have anxiety attacks and panick attacks anytime I get sick I automatically think I’m dieing and make myself sicker I stress and worry so much bout everything I get scared to leave th house and go anywere I’ll literally be home wit no food and still not go to the store It’s slowly gotten worse I’ve always had anxiety and social anxiety but it’s just slowly gotten worse I stopped wearing bras at nite cause I felt like I couldn’t inhale and I have raceing thoughts it takes me forever to go to bed and I wake up every hour to pee and can be up sometimes between 2 to 4 hours at points in bed so I get no rest and in bed for longer then I stopped wearing my bra during the day cause I felt like I couldnt inhale and I’d worry if I got an anxiety attack I wouldn’t be able to breath I could go on and I just feel like if xanex is there then wat reason do they not prescribe it it’s suppose to be for instant help I feel like I need that just as much as I feel like I need an antidepressant for my ocd to I’m just always scared always panicking I’ve literally gotten gerd and vertigo which I didn’t even no could be caused by stress I’m getting physically sick from worrying so much this is no way to live.
I'm so sorry. I don't know where else to go. My intrusive thoughts happened in March for first time. I worked hard to fight them through diet and excercise since I had to wait for my insurance to kick in during April. It got better with alot of work but then I went to friend house and had an anxiety attack. Since then I have breathing ocd. I've tried lexapro, zoloft, exxefor, seroquell, now luvox all with horrible side effects and no luck. I don't want to try anymore meds. This is the first time I try pharmacological agents. I don't know where to turn anymore. Im 48. This is not where I saw my life going. There has to be an answer for me. My God.
Hello everyone! I have been through a whirlwind of mental health struggles but OCD feels like it might be “running the show” and I didn’t know if anyone else could relate The first time I got told I was struggling with ocd was by a therapist only a few months ago who said I “fall under the cloud of harm ocd” This lead me to a downward spiral because I had never had a mental health diagnosis before and I was so scared right away that nobody would believe me or help me. I feel like my life has been so out of control over the last few months. I’m dealing with some other things such as big life changes and identity crisis (fresh out of college, no longer a student athlete, came out to my family). I had to leave my first job as an icu nurse for the immense distress it caused me as i was working day/night rotating shifts and being triggered unknowingly to some trauma that I didn’t even know I was holding onto. I now experience heavy mood swings and dissociation at times related to ptsd and I feel like life just isn’t the same. I’m in such a tough spot because I seem to have a fear of being misdiagnosed/improperly treated, a fear of taking meds, a fear of unintentionally harming myself, and my needs for safety reassurance are so strong that I’m back home with my parents and scared to do anything. I’m a nurse as well so I know way too much about the meds and side effects. At the end of the day, the logical part of my brain wants meds to help me , but the fear or starting meds, the side effects, and the trial and error of them not knowing what will work leaves me stuck and feeling hopeless. I always end up thinking that I could just feel better if I jumped back into my normal busy life, but when I do so and get triggered (ocd or ptsd) I am left hopeless and begging my parents to get me on meds. Each appointment though leads to significant anxiety and like I have to say every single detail , which ends in me getting frustrated and confused not wanting to take meds after all because i don’t think they have the full picture. I had a bad experience with Zoloft bringing out manic symptoms when I first started it. It was terrifying. I’ve been switching provider to provider trying to find someone I trust, but in the mean time my anxiety is worsening and I feel more confused of what my symptoms really are in the first place. I have Xanax that I can take 3x daily but I don’t like feeling like I’m going to get addicted to it if I keep taking it and avoid getting on long term meds. I don’t trust any doctors and I feel the need to tell them every single little detail which I feel like leads to further frustration and maybe even impaired treatment plans. I’m sorry if this is a lot but I’m really struggling and needing some support and guidance 😭
Hey everyone, I’m really struggling right now. Here’s a little backstory. I’ve had extreme OCD since I was 10. I’m 18 now and for the last year I’ve had crippling health anxiety. The first 6-months of my health anxiety was all physical health related like heart attack’s, cancer, tumors, ect. I probably went to the emergencies 10 times and I had 14 EKGS done, 3 Ct scans and a mri. I would go to the er because I was convinced I was having a heart attack at 18. Eventually I got over my physical health anxiety and haven’t been to the emergencies in 6 months. Sadly things have been much, much worse. Now my worries are purely mental health related. I switch between schizophrenia, bipolar and borderline personality disorder, and Dissociative Identity Disorder. Ive been sure that I have every one of these at one point or another. Some nights I’ll be sure I have schizophrenia or someone nights I’ll be worried about bi polar. I was prescribed lexapro a year ago but can never get myself to take it for more that a week. I’m suffering so bad, whenever I try to take medicine I get convinced I’m in mania and end up stopping the medicine. I want to take the medicine, but I get so scared that I’ll go into mania and loose my job and my girlfriend.But I need medicine, I spend hours at night researching mental health conditions. But I’m also a health freak and am into dieting and exercising and I try to tell myself that supplements and a large dose of cbd oil will do the trick that lexapro does. I’ve laid down on my floor convinced that I’m going to go into phycosis. l started experiencing dissociation, which made me start worrying I have DID. Im in a constant cycle of pain. I just want to feel better again. I can’t even go to to public highschool anymore. My senior year was ruined by my ocd. Every day I wake up fully convinced I will go insane. Deep down I know I won’t but I just can’t stop thinking it. Im begging for anyone to give me advice, or atleast for someone to talk to about it. My insta is Triston_keifer if anyone can give me some advice.
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