Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello Everyone
I would like to know people's experiences of what medications they have tried which have helped for mixed anxiety and depression.
I feel I need something, as does my Mental Health Team but I am hyper-sensitive to all the drugs I've tried and their side effects. At the moment I am struggling through with Lorazepam on an ad hoc basis to get me through really bad days but this loses it's efficacy quite quickly. I had to persued the psychiatrist to prescribe it again and I can understand why they are only looking at this as a very short term help until we can come up with something more long term.
Risperidone has been suggested, but I tried Quetipine once and a tiny dose kept me in bed until midday and made me feel even more depressed. I don't want to take any of the anti-psychotics because of their really shocking side effects. I do not want to add more problems to have to cope with.
It's really sad that I need medication to be able to cope with 'conventional' life with all the socialising and communication that's needed, and that if I was wealthy enough to live the life I need to live to be at peace, I doubt I would need it.
Replies appreciated,
Thanks
I take duloxetine and pregabalin for my depression and anxiety
Thanks for that, I had gabapentin years ago but that was for pain and eventually stopped that too because of side effects. I managed a tiny dose of duloxetine but couldn't get up anywhere near the therapeutic dose for depression, is it just me or do others have this difficulty with medications?
Yep, SSRIs andme don’t mix even at low doses. It’s slightly surprising, given that, that the venlefaxine works really! I tend to be really sensitive to drugs of all sorts an£ in fact I’m taking a pretty low dose of venlefaxine (apparently, should t be therapeutic at that dose, but it definatel6 is!). I think I’ve been through pretty much every type of anti D possible to get to this one. Definately not just you.