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 venlefaxine and the smallest possible dose of quetiapine an hour before bedtime. It does seem to work in that the venlefaxine is the best antidepressant I’ve tried - it really works for me but it stopped me sleeping, the quetiapine at bedtime stops that being a problem.
I know what you mean about life. I too feel that if I could live an appropriate (very peaceful, no people!) lifestyle I wouldnt need them. Sigh! I’m trying to think of a way to make that happen without winning the lottery.
Thanks zomted, what dose of quetapine do you manage? Had venlefaxine too and that was more vicious than the fluoxetine for me. if you do think of a way to make that lifestyle change happen, let me know and probably everyone else on the forum too.
25mg, think that’s the smallest size pill. Yep, for me ven has some side effects but was better than feeling how I was feeling. This all started before diagnosis for me though. Wandering if now I know what’s going on there might be other ways to manage the depression/anxiety as I’m no longer blaming myself for everything like I was before.
Lifestyle change: think it depends for me on coming up with a way to earn a living self employed, while living in the middle of nowhere. No ideas yet but am working on it...
Thanks Zomted, I tried 12 mg or it might have been 12.5 if 25 mg is the lowest, that was the dose that kept me in bed for hours and then half of that just me cry all the time.
I understand what you say about if knowing what is going on with yourself then maybe that can go some way to help manage, I have been having what feels like flash seconds of revelation which does seem to help some ways and I think it is what you are saying about blaming yourself for everything, thank you