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nick007
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05 Feb 2016, 5:12 pm

I tried lots of psych meds out when I was suffering from a psychotic depression. My depression didn't get fully better till after I had quit all the meds after being on them for 5 years. Years later I was having anxiety problems within my 2nd relationship. Anxiety problems in my 1st relationship caused me to screw it up & the breakdown triggered the psychotic depression. I researched anxiety meds so I wouldn't slip & screw the relationship up. i decided to try Buspar cuz it was the only med specially for anxiety instead of being an antidepressant & it wasn't a sedative like benzodiazepines. It helped my anxiety alot but it was too little too late & I had screwed that relationship up. After it ended I realized my OCD had caused a lot of problems within those two relationships & with my life in general. I researched OCD medication & decided to try Neurontin/Gabapentin cuz it wasn't a psych med & none of the psych meds had really helped my OCD without making me more zoned out & drained. Neurontin helped my OCD alot. I got in my 3rd relationship shortly after & I didn't have the problems in this relationship that I had in the other two. I moved in with her after 6 months & we've been living together for 3 years now. I was feeling claustrophobic like sometimes when riding crowded buses so I talked to my GP about it & I decided to try Klonopin/Clonazepam because betablockers lowered my blood-pressure too much & I had been on Klonopin years ago for a tremor disorder when I was on other psych meds. I was taking it 2 or 3x a day & it quit having an effect after awhile. I thought it may help again if I only take it occasionally & it does help. I developed a tad depression again & was having problems sleeping. I decided to try Trazodone cuz it's used to help with sleep & I thought my depression could of been related to not sleeping well. It helps me sleep better & helped me get out of that depression. Later on I thought I may of been suffering from alittle bit of a delusional disorder related to a celebrity crush obsession I had sense before I got my 2nd girlfriend. I decided to try Haldol/Haloperidol because it was the most common typical antipsychotic still used. I had tried afew of the atypical 1s when I was on the other psych meds but I had problems tolerating them or they gave me bad side-effects. It helped with the crush obsession problem I was having & it helps stop me from getting upset by things that could contribute to meltdowns.

I'm on some other meds related to physical issues but I figured this thread is more about psych meds.


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