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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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  • Trust me, I was really sceptical about the CBT when it was first mentioned to me.  I kept thinking, no one is going to be able to stop me feeling like this.  But, I gave it a chance and over time I did start feeling better, but to be honest I don't know how it worked.  It just did.  My OCD and agrophobia got so bad I would just be a constant state of panic, where getting home from work on a dark winter night was extremely difficult, if I could even get to work on time after all the OCD things trying to stop me from leaving the house.

    And, as for wondering if there is any point in going on with life?  Think, you've come all this way already, why give up now?  I got to the point I was lying in hospital feeling really unwell with anxiety, and the hospital just kept accusing me of taking illicit drugs!  I did no such thing.  But, now to cope they gave me Citalopram and Omeprazole, to help with anixety and nausea.  After 3 years I'm slowly coming off the Citalopram, because I feel the medication only masks the problem.  Where things like CBT help you deal with it in your head, so you don't need as much medication to deal with the anixety, and will hopefully lift your mood as well.

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  • Trust me, I was really sceptical about the CBT when it was first mentioned to me.  I kept thinking, no one is going to be able to stop me feeling like this.  But, I gave it a chance and over time I did start feeling better, but to be honest I don't know how it worked.  It just did.  My OCD and agrophobia got so bad I would just be a constant state of panic, where getting home from work on a dark winter night was extremely difficult, if I could even get to work on time after all the OCD things trying to stop me from leaving the house.

    And, as for wondering if there is any point in going on with life?  Think, you've come all this way already, why give up now?  I got to the point I was lying in hospital feeling really unwell with anxiety, and the hospital just kept accusing me of taking illicit drugs!  I did no such thing.  But, now to cope they gave me Citalopram and Omeprazole, to help with anixety and nausea.  After 3 years I'm slowly coming off the Citalopram, because I feel the medication only masks the problem.  Where things like CBT help you deal with it in your head, so you don't need as much medication to deal with the anixety, and will hopefully lift your mood as well.

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