Posted by 1980Monroe on February 14, 2004, at 18:33:13
hey guys
I have occational panic attacks that hit randomly, well usally intense stress. I take adderall for ADHD, it helps with making me organize my thoughts and gives me confidence during stress. But for some reason they happen more at night when im thinking about things, and then i cant sleep nad get a surge of adrenaline followed by a panic attack. Adderall is effective at getting rid of them, but its a stimulant and one night i took 30mg which made me calm down, but then i couldnt sleep!I started to self medicate, adn started taking i think amobarbital (they were called blue heavans so that usally means barbituates) i usally split the capsule in half, or a full depending on the intensity of the attack, and it usally makes things calm down, and get better. Even thought it was effective, it's still illegal, so i decided to just to tell my doc.
I told my pdoc about these situations, he prescibed me a 5mg dose of Valium as needed, it wasnt really effective, it was somewhat was sedating but still i would seem to be in a panic mode, sometimes i would double my dose but still wasnt really working well. Then he prescribed me Xanax (1mg) as needed, it was i bit stronger but still i would stay in this panic mode(i would still have a adrenaline like feeling, like im ready for anything, sometimes it felt like i going to die), my body wouldnt slow down for anything. Some times i think i just need an anti-pychotic. Adderall for some reason, is the only thing that makes my mind "behave", rids irrational thoughts that of the worst is going to hit, and like "im going to die", and make me think logically, ironically its amphetamine.
I dont want to go back to self-medicating with those barbituates, but they seemed to be to be the only thing that was effective for those "midnight panics" that kept me up all night, but i know my doc would not be so optimistic with prescribing. Does anyone know what i should do?
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