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Beenthere
10 Miles South of Sanity
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Age: 41
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Location: Pa.
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Inhaler for my asthma...and that's it. Asthma is allergy related and I pretty much know my triggers so I really have little need for that anymore most of the time.
I tend to avoid Dr.'s unless absolutely necessary...had too many bad experiences in the past.
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Jack of All Trades
Joined: Sep 03, 2005
Posts: 1623
Location: New England
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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I've tried all kinds of things for my anxiety and insomnia. Currently daily prozac and benzos as need
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Pugly
Man-child diligently becoming a Dude, man
Joined: Jan 10, 2005
Age: 26
Posts: 2567
Location: Wisonsin
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I am kind of freaked out by drugs, and the potential for addiction... weather legal or illegal.
I normally have a fair amount of self control... but if it every becomes a habit... I know I will not be able to stop. And no matter if they would help me in the short term, the potential long term changes are something I want to avoid at all costs.
But, since I am fairly well balanced I don't need any drugs. The only problems I have are a bit of social anxiety and some issues with procrastination and laziness.
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kyethra
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Joined: Dec 16, 2006
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| I am on numerous medications. This is because I have numerous medical conditions-- I take medications for allergies and asthma, for birthcontrol, for fibromyalgia, for an entrapped nerve ending, for my narcolepsy, for migraines. I also take an antidepressant. For me its multipurpose. I take cymbalta. I've been on it about 2.5 years now. It helps with my neuropathy, a lot. It helps with my very minor cataplexy a lot. And it takes away my depression. I have been on an antidepressant since I was 17 for depression. I had always been depressed as a child, more or less, but it just got worse. So I finally decided to try medication. It worked wonderfully. Medication, combined with college and then studying abroad made me happier than I had ever been. I tried getting of my meds when I was 19 and it didn't work, I became depressed again very quickly for no reason. I got back on my zoloft then and had to up the dosage. It stll didn't work the same. Rather than automatically just take more pills I decided to try therapy. Therapy made me realise that there wasn't anything in my life that I needed to change in order to be happy. I didn't have any big issues to work on or anythng. My dose was increased and in a few weeks I was back to feeling happy. The medication allows me to feel normal emotionally. Less flat, actually. When I am unhappy I became very guarded and protective and that closes me off even more (I tend to have pretty low empathy). When I am medicated I have normal responses. If a sad things happen I get sad, but if a happy thing happens, I also get happy. Sometimes I go to counseling in order to get help and learn better coping skills. But for me its clear that I will be on cymbalta or somethng like it for the rest of my life. I need it for several reasons. I'm also not willing to go back to being depressed. |
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Ticker
Come to the Dark Side; we have cookies...
Joined: Aug 26, 2006
Posts: 2346
Location: Cage Free at the moment
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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I now am only on my Levothyroxine (thyroid) and naproxin sodium and when my muscles charlyhorse (contract painfully) some Soma. other than that, I am squeeky clean.
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Have you tried a daily magnesium supplement for those painful muscle contractions? For most people that usually helps. Sometimes extra potassium is also needed and maybe even consuming more fluids will help.
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Ticker
Come to the Dark Side; we have cookies...
Joined: Aug 26, 2006
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Location: Cage Free at the moment
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I don't take any psych meds. My personal feeling is the majority of people don't need to be on them. I've had several drs insist that I "had" to be depressed because they said anyone in my shoes would be depressed. And I shaked my head at them like they were morons telling me I was depressed when I sit there smiling at them. And I have a a more positive attitude than most of the people I work with.
None of the SSRIs or antidepressants I tried briefly made any positive improvement in my wellbeing. Two even caused seizures and fainting spells. Then recently a neuro said all Aspies should be drugged and she further diagnosed me with PTSD. I don't doubt a bit that I have PTSD, but it rarely bothers me. Occasionally I have like a flashback which sometimes lives me trembling or aggitation. But that only happens for a few minutes a couple times a year. Mostly I just don't think about those things. But still the dr insisted putting me on Lamictal. Which I accepted the samples of so she would SHUT UP and tossed them away when I got home.
I think most people would cease having their depressive episodes if they would stop concentrating so much on "oh woe is me" and stop telling themselves that they are so much different than others, stop focusing on their diagnosis as an Aspie and stop whining over things that happened 20 years ago in elementary school. Just find something to keep your mind occupied and stay busy. It is proven that people that sit at home and focus solely on themselves will feel more depression. Also its proven those with chronic pain hurt more if they constantly focus on it. Just STAY BUSY.
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Saerain
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Jun 22, 2007
Age: 22
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Location: Massachusetts, United States of Canada
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I have never taken any antidepressants or anything of that nature. Psychiatrists never thought it necessary. I have been prescribed several different medications for my severely debilitating headaches for as long as I can remember, but nothing ever helped as far as I am concerned. Some of it succeeded in making me delirious for a short period of time and therefore less aware of (or less concerned by) the pain, but I do not care for that. These headaches were occurring as often as four times each week, and spending that much time in a stupor was unacceptable to me.
I gave up on the effort when the professionals were clearly baffled. The headaches now only occur once every six months on average, but they still reduce me to a quivering wreck locked into a fetal position. So long as my lover is present, however, I can recover quickly.
These occurrences may or may not be related to me having Asperger's. The doctors do not think it is. Neither do I. Yet they also do not think it is related to the abnormality of my brain that, at birth, caused much false alarm over hydrocephalus before deciding, 'I think this part is just big.'
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Woman
Pileated woodpecker
Joined: Jun 22, 2007
Posts: 194
Location: Among the Petunas
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| i'm on 37.5mg of paxil CR. I was on 25 mg when I was pregnant and nursing. My daughter is five now and doing fine. My psychiatrist told me the levels of the drug in my breast milk were so small that they would hardly affect the baby. At that point in time, it was take the drug or continue a violent spiral of depression, which is not good when you have a new born to take care of. it's true about the severe withdrawals, though- I've gone three days tops without taking the med and I get such bad withdrawals that i just want to curl up with the lights off and cry. I will continue to take this medication because i have had recurring depression throughout my life. |
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wendytheweird
Deinonychus
Joined: Sep 10, 2006
Posts: 328
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I saw the therapist again and she made the connection between my depression and the time of the month. I hadn't really thought about it, but my depression cycles and is too fast for regular bipolar cycling. Basically I'm fine the first 2 weeks of my cycle, start getting bad after I ovulate, and am suicidal the week before my period. I'm having my hormone levels checked to see if we can get them straightened out. I'm really glad that it may be hormonal. I am not keen on the idea of taking psych drugs, but they're definitely better than suicide or harming my kids!  |
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Starbuline
The Blues Are Brown.
Joined: Sep 26, 2006
Posts: 8232
Location: .....Russia
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| I'm on Zoloft 50mg, Lamictal 100mg, and once my mood is stableized im, going to be puit on Adderal |
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grymwulf
Butterfly
Joined: Sep 24, 2006
Age: 36
Posts: 13
Location: Illinois
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:17 am Post subject: |
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Meds? lol let's see...
300 mg/day Effexor XR
100 mg/day Trazadone
How I feel?
Like my emotions (other than anxiety) are wrapped in so many layers of cotton that I can barely feel anymore. Only very sharp/strong feelings seem to stick around. |
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Kosmonaut
Phoenix
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Joined: Sep 15, 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:09 am Post subject: |
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Ive been on and off prozac a number of times over the last 15 years, (currently off).
I tried paroxetine for 3 days; that stuff is seriously not for me, thats all i have to say about that.
Before then tricyclics.
Those are the prescribed ones. |
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TheMachine1
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Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 9092
Location: 9099 will be my last post...what the hell 9011 will be.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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20 mg prozac
50 mcg levothyroxine
6 grams fish oil daily
I been taking survector* 100-200mg the last few days. As an experimental ADHD medications. I have a small supply and when its depleted I likely will never take it again as it seems to nolonger be available anywhere but a few isolated places in the world.
* http://www.amineptine.com/ |
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Space
Phoenix
Joined: Apr 03, 2006
Age: 25
Posts: 1621
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| I used to, but I stopped all medication 3 or 4 years ago. Doctors prescribe medications way too much, and I realized that most of my troubles are connected with AS. A lot of psychologists and dr.'s don't understand the complexities of AS enough, and often misdiagnose people with AS (even if they know you have AS) and put them on more drugs. |
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caser
Emu Egg
Joined: Apr 10, 2007
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| I never took any medications for the first 27 years of my life and then at 28 I took them in order to function. I became depressed over my lack of social skills, speaking ability, and slow neurology. I had an MRI that indicated I had dark gray foci matter in my brain. Tests revealed I did not have MS. Recently I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. At 28 I tried celexa, risperdal, and lexapro. Although creating more neurospeed I was terribly inconsisent and remained depressed. I was more stable with risperdal. I used lexapro and wellbutrain at 29 and they were not successful although my employment situation did not help. Taking zolof (a balance antidepressant) worked extremely well at low dosages which I guess is recommended for people with well distributed small dark gray matter. However High dosages of zolof made me tired. I Felt a lot better on Zolof over the ages of 30 and 31. Toward the tail end of 31 I went on Abilfy a hard medicine ufotunatley this caused high blood pressure and faintness. I then went back to Zolof. Zolof did not create a lot of neuro speed although it does produce some. I used Risperdal and it allowed me to recognize social situations better however it seemed to make me overexplain and get in trouble with misunderstandings at work at the age of 33. I have been off for 3 months and no medication caused me to be too careful and not trust myself socially. I returned to Zolof in April and I think it is the best thing for me. I think it is balancing and allows me to cope with change a lot better than without it. |
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