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Medication

micki82

Hi,

I am 30 years old and have an ASD, which was only diagnosed in the last year, following years of treatment for major depression and anxiety problems, and just being classed as wierd.

I currently take .5-1mg of risperidone per day, 15-30mg of mirtazapine per day, and around 14 x 1mg lorazepam per month (although I could take a lot more of this if it wasn't so addictive!).

The problem I am having is that I am beginning to feel very depressed again, my agriphobic habits are getting stronger, I can barely stand talking with or seeing anyone, I can't sleep, I dont eat well, and I genuinely wish I didn't wake up everyday.

I don't think I can continue living much longer, and I have not found psychotherapy or diagnosis any help towards coping with the way I am.  The medication helps a little, but at the doses I feel a real difference with, I feel sick and highly sedated.

Does anyone have any advice on different meds that may help? I can't take most ssri/snri  as they make me go crazy. I have tried seroquel, but took an overdose of it, iv tried tricyclics (amatritaline), betablockas, the list is long....

I know meds are never going to cure me, but I can't live on my own chemistry, or I'd kill myself, although I'm getting to that stage now with the meds I'm on.

Any advice would be most appreciated :)

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  • It's Sertraline 50mg (couldn't take higher as I got bad side-effects).  It slightly helps with anxiety (I say slightly because I still have it) and it kept me from teetering over the edge when I got to a bad place.  It does have an unexpected effect though, it resurfaced some Aspie traits that were held in check by anxiety before!  I have been taking it about 14 months and I don't want to stay on SSRIs for ever which is why I wondered whether beta blockers might be better.

    I thought Propranolol was an SSRI too, I had no idea it was a beta blocker, and I have had that one before too.  I think it was one that I had to come off due to side-effects but that might have been because of taking it in combination with another prescription med.  The GP told me to stop instantly due to the nature of the side-effects.

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  • It's Sertraline 50mg (couldn't take higher as I got bad side-effects).  It slightly helps with anxiety (I say slightly because I still have it) and it kept me from teetering over the edge when I got to a bad place.  It does have an unexpected effect though, it resurfaced some Aspie traits that were held in check by anxiety before!  I have been taking it about 14 months and I don't want to stay on SSRIs for ever which is why I wondered whether beta blockers might be better.

    I thought Propranolol was an SSRI too, I had no idea it was a beta blocker, and I have had that one before too.  I think it was one that I had to come off due to side-effects but that might have been because of taking it in combination with another prescription med.  The GP told me to stop instantly due to the nature of the side-effects.

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