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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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  • Hi IntenseWorld, thanks for your reply, and sorry for posting mine multiple times.  The website told me it couldn't post it, so I tried several times, not knowing they had all worked!

    I have never tried sertraline, although tend to stay clear of ssris due to the horrible side effects I have had off them.  I've tried seroxat (made me go crazy when i was 17), citalopram, fluxetine, prozac (or are they the same thing?), and venlafaxine (snri), all had horrible effects making me far worse (especially seroxat and venlafaxine!). Only mirtazapine, which is a strange one, sort of an snri, but not, has had any positive effect, although I can only take 15mg (30 sometimes) due to feeling very sick at higher doses, and sometimes 'high'. Even with the low doses of mirtazapine and risperidone, I wake up hungover and it takes most of the day to get over.

    I have tried St. John's wort and it mildly helped, but not enough to continue using it.  I have just (like 2 days ago) started taking 5-HTP along with low dose of mirtazapine, to see if it will top up the effects (I read somewhere about the combination of antidepressants and 5-HTP benefiting some people), although I have felt no benefit at this early stage (saying that, I have not been so suicidal since starting it!).

    I do want to be clean of meds, and long for the day I wake up without feeling terrible, but I am very scared of how agitated and aggressive I get without meds, and obsessive over things to a dangerous level.

    I do start CBT this month, so hopefully that can help, scepticism aside!

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  • Hi IntenseWorld, thanks for your reply, and sorry for posting mine multiple times.  The website told me it couldn't post it, so I tried several times, not knowing they had all worked!

    I have never tried sertraline, although tend to stay clear of ssris due to the horrible side effects I have had off them.  I've tried seroxat (made me go crazy when i was 17), citalopram, fluxetine, prozac (or are they the same thing?), and venlafaxine (snri), all had horrible effects making me far worse (especially seroxat and venlafaxine!). Only mirtazapine, which is a strange one, sort of an snri, but not, has had any positive effect, although I can only take 15mg (30 sometimes) due to feeling very sick at higher doses, and sometimes 'high'. Even with the low doses of mirtazapine and risperidone, I wake up hungover and it takes most of the day to get over.

    I have tried St. John's wort and it mildly helped, but not enough to continue using it.  I have just (like 2 days ago) started taking 5-HTP along with low dose of mirtazapine, to see if it will top up the effects (I read somewhere about the combination of antidepressants and 5-HTP benefiting some people), although I have felt no benefit at this early stage (saying that, I have not been so suicidal since starting it!).

    I do want to be clean of meds, and long for the day I wake up without feeling terrible, but I am very scared of how agitated and aggressive I get without meds, and obsessive over things to a dangerous level.

    I do start CBT this month, so hopefully that can help, scepticism aside!

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