It's not ok to diagnose people and prOscribe medications.

[starkind]

Originally Posted by unsunghero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

She won’t get any of the good benzos but ya if she could I’d have the same warnings

What they’d offer for fast acting tx for anxiety that’s non-addictive would be either hydroxizine or vistiril. Both are like a really powerful Benadryl which zonk the person out, so common complaints I hear are people saying they can’t take these to function at a job/school or something, may not be safe to drive on. Could be good for sleep

Hydroxazine is an ok sleep aid. Tho fuck relying on it for sleep too.. in liue of alternatives, does fuck all when having a full blown anxiety attack. That's when you need an Ativan and just fucking deal with the situation later.

Obviously u can't be take Ativan every day. Speaking from experience.

One Ativan is enough to let me get a full 8 hrs rest and come out reset and able to look at where I am and what I need to do. Wish I had even two of those each month just incase.

Again 2 Ativan doesn't make the money 90 useless Hydroxazine tabs does.

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by starkind [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hydroxazine is an ok sleep aid. Tho fuck relying on it for sleep too.. in liue of alternatives, does fuck all when having a full blown anxiety attack. That's when you need an Ativan and just fucking deal with the situation later.

Obviously u can't be take Ativan every day. Speaking from experience.

One Ativan is enough to let me get a full 8 hrs rest and come out reset and able to look at where I am and what I need to do. Wish I had even two of those each month just incase.

Again 2 Ativan doesn't make the money 90 useless Hydroxazine tabs does.

Ya once you’ve had Ativan hydroxizine just won’t measure up [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I messed up dates in the past where I was so nervous that I bummed a benzo like Xanax from a friend and took it before the date, having no benzo tolerance

Then during the date I mixed it with alcohol because we were drinking at a restarting or bar. Totally backfired because the combination of those two things stupefied me into a glass eyed zombie barely saying a word just sitting there like “durrr” [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[starkind]

Originally Posted by unsunghero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ya once you’ve had Ativan hydroxizine just won’t measure up [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I messed up dates in the past where I was so nervous that I bummed a benzo like Xanax from a friend and took it before the date, having no benzo tolerance

Then during the date I mixed it with alcohol because we were drinking at a restarting or bar. Totally backfired because the combination of those two things stupefied me into a glass eyed zombie barely saying a word just sitting there like “durrr” [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah. Not fun either. I am horribly alcohol intolerant. I don't enjoy being heavily sedated, drunk, or incapacitated.

At least with the Ativan it was like lights out. BTW I was crying and cowering in a chair for like 4hrs before they gave me that. They had tried the hydroxazine, charge nurse I guess got tired of watching me suffer and pulled some weight with the doctor on staff.

It was finally uphill from there. Didn't need another one. It did snap me outta my .. whatever you want to call it. Anxiety x9000. I don't want to get to detailed on that exact one.

[Cecily]

I think a big reform should be patient education regarding wtf is going to happen when you stop taking a medication. Patients should be able to weigh that risk as part of informed consent before begining anything their body could form a dependence on.

[Cecily]

As far as medications what are your options? Ssris, benzos, beta blockers

I think benzos when I think antianxiety... Because they work. Just in a kinda poisonous way.

[starkind]

Originally Posted by Cecily [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As far as medications what are your options? Ssris, benzos, beta blockers

I think benzos when I think antianxiety... Because they work. Just in a kinda poisonous way.

Effexor is supposed to be forreal.

Withdrawal problems tho.

Anyway I just double up on the camomile lavender tea cuz fuck the VA.

The thing about anxiety is it's not usually an everyday crisis. The meds should be there so the crisis doesn't kill us. Not a fucking daily medication to be addicted to.

Doctors overproscribe and ppl sell Xtra so now no one except the richest ppl with the finest doctors in the coolest jurisdictions get them.

Sorry if you're poor and you where assaulted as a child.

[starkind]

So there's the dive reflex. If you are having a crisis, that's an alternative. And usually more effective than the meds.

Just need a bowl of ice and water. Or some icepacks.

Still. There's a few times where that Ativan is going to be the way to go. Especially when it's go home take an Ativan, keep the job.

Or lose the job and end up hospitalized.

Anxiety is different from depression and I believe underlies depressive symptoms in people in denial or repressing that childhood abuse. Who just think their too badass and don't remember breaking down into tears, screaming im sorry and hiding curled in the corner after simply getting asked "how'd your day go". It happens.

That...years ago was a stressful day when I fucked up and made a mistake at work.

I was terrified and ashamed and in reality felt like I was going to get hurt or accidentally hurt someone else and it'd be taken out on me.

[Tunabros]

get a room, you sillies!

[starkind]

Originally Posted by Tunabros [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

get a room, you sillies!

This thread is real talk.

Tell us ur story.

[Tunabros]

Originally Posted by starkind [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This thread is real talk.

Tell us ur story.

don't talk to me