Medication?

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I have come to a point, again during which i think i need medication (and other therapies) to help with the daily frustration i feel.

The frustration leads to meltdowns and shutdowns.

Mom and I will speak to doctor about medication possibilities, but i was wondering what you opinions are and if you have/are taking medication for meltdowns/shutdowns or frustration?

I wasn't aware you could take a medication for frustration.
Do you mean some sort of tranquilizer? Or mood stabilizer? Is that what you intend to take for meltdowns? It may be effective for the latter, but I don't see how a tranquilizer would be effective for shutdowns in my experience. If anything in shutdown, I get slower and much more out of it - not an effect that would be aided by being drugged up on a tranquilizer. I suppose it would depend on what leads to shutdown for you as an individual. But in my experience, not worth the side effects and chemical dependency.
I was on anti-depressants for a time to prevent the neural pathways forming created by intense pain, which could have led to phantom pain later on, according to the specialist, but never for ASD.

I take antidepressants for anxiety. Doesn't make much sense, depression for anxiety. But somehow it helps with anxiety? I don't know this stuff.

I find that as soon as I'm taken off the medication I go insane. Literally insane. My mind gets all funky and I start having delusions and I don't think clearly like I used to. When I was younger before my mind broke I didn't need medication, now I don't think I can function without it. It's not the medication that caused this though, it's just age.