medication

hi everyone! i wanted to ask if anyone has any experience with medication? i’ve been having a very rough few weeks with anxiety (along with s*icidal ideation) and the depression ruts i fall into are horrible. if i’m not actively panicking, i feel numb and hopeless. does medication seem like a good idea? i’m hesitant because i’m pretty young (21) and my dad (who suffers from chronic depression and likely many other things) is heavily medicated himself and has tried leading me away from it. i’m trying to hold out but i don’t know how long i can keep doing this. i’m barely functioning as is and i know i’m scaring the people around me. is it worth the risk?

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bluepurple

Date posted: 2y

If you are struggling to function it may be a good idea to just try? If you dont like it you can always stop (under medical supervision) this is my guide for starting any new meds…. Medication Check (Writing Log) 1. List symptoms 2. Medication may take a month to see the effects…you can notice before 3. Make note does this medication make symptoms better, stay the same or make them worse 4. Communicate results to psychiatrist Advocate for yourself If they want to give you anxiety medication and nausea medication you can say you want to wait on the nausea medication to see if the anxiety medication alleviates the nausea…and if it doesn’t you can always ask to take the nausea medication Questions to ask the psychiatrist: 1. What is my diagnosis and can you explain it to me simply? 2. How long has this medication be around? Try and be put on one that has been around 10 years…there is more research on it but if you can’t that is okay too 3. Are there any adverse effects/symptoms? And or side effects? 4. How will drinking affect this medication? 5. Will this medication affect my libido/sleep/ability to operate machinery? 6. What foods, drinks, other medications or activities should I avoid while taking this medicine? 7. How will I know I am feeling better/worse? 8. Can I contact you in case of emergency? How can I reach you?

ape7

Date posted: 2y

Medication taken under a qualified doctors care & orders can be good & help. I encourage you to get in contact with one & discuss your issues with them if possible.

Tee10

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

Meds can help. Go to drugs.com and read reviews on certain antidepressants to give you a little piece of mind. Maybe an SSRI. At one point in time I swore the SSRI I was on saved my life. It didn’t work very well after about 9 years so I weaned off under dr. supervision of course.. but I sometimes wish I could go back on meds..and may still do so.

Stefka0116

Date posted: 14w

Medication

At this point I feel like I need to get on something ASAP. I know that therapy is a long road and hard work and I am totally down to do it but in the short term (I just started this journey) I think I need pharmaceutical help. Some of the people closest to me agree. I have never been on meds before and it's scary AF but the road I am going down is scarier. Advice?

avantika 🪻

Date posted: 13w

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I just feel like therapy isn’t working… like I get to talk about myself and understand myself… but I’m already incredibly self aware. My therapist thought I was like 5 years older than I am… and she gives me such basic strategies that do absolutely nothing for me. And a psychiatrist prescribed me with Zoloft… but I don’t know if T want to take medication. I’m scared of side effects… and I’m scared of getting better… I’m scared of letting my guard down. I know it will make me less cautious which makes me less likely to push myself to perfection like I currently do, which I can’t have happen. Every time I talk to my mom about it, she’s always like “Let’s talk about this some other time, I’m busy with other things”, and then never remembers. But in the rare moments we do talk about it, she treats it like I’m signing up to be a drug addict. I also feel very guilty for spending so much of my parents’ money- therapy… medication… etc… and also the idea of my being unlovable is so deeply engraved in my brain… I genuinely, truly believe it. No therapy or medication can fix it. I can’t change my mind. My therapist tells me my misophonia is not a “deal-breaker” and that someone would be lucky to have me as a partner… but then why hasn’t anyone ever liked me? My own FAMILY can’t stand me. How do I believe something I know isn’t true? That’s even harder to accept than me being unlovable. I can’t see someone loving me. And it is so incredibly exhausting to seek love,e I know I cannot have. My sister says, “It will get better with age…” It has only ever gotten worse. To the point I don’t want to get better. It has reached the severity where I feel more safe and successful with anxiety. My past 3 birthdays have been me wishing for therapy. And now I have therpay- and medication, the potential key… and I refuse? Am I too deep in? I cant get out, it’s too late. How did absolutely no one notice how much I had and have been hurting? Why did no one listen to my cries or worries? I feel really depressed and hopeless right now. It takes so much effort to get up every day… I’m so tired.

BootsyCollins

Date posted: 10w

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Hey what’s up y’all Does anyone else have generalized anxiety along with OCD and is taking a low dose medication? I wanted to try something I’m not big on meidcation but it’s getting to a point that it’s really affecting my day to day even though I’ve been dealing with it for years and years

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