Posted by leo33 on August 26, 2011, at 14:38:47
In reply to Doctor Shopping, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on August 17, 2011, at 17:08:05
Go for the medications that help you. Just because certain addictive medicines help you it does not mean you are an addict. It is my opinion that all of the meds are addicting and just are not classified that way yet. It seems the one thing that separates it being addicting is if it makes you feel better and hence you want that med to feel better. Your dealing with a mental illness and trying to function. It should be based on functionality and efficacy, not to some policy or belief of the prescriber. The addiction treatment in this country is abysmal. I got classified as an addict as well cause marijuana helped my symptoms and functionality. Also Klonopin worked well for 4 years and never going above 1mg, most times I didn't even take that much. Then I went to a clinic to continue my treatment and all they did was harass me about taking the klonopin. I disliked that so much that I just stopped taking it and ended up hospitalized. Then going on the antidepressant/antipsychotic med merry go round and ended up overdosing because of the medications making me worse. I am still on the med merry go round because I can't get past the startup side effects plus they are not working well, I am sensitive to meds. I get anxiety and agitation from SSRI's plus anhedonia/dysphoria, the antipsychotic's make me depressed and sleepy and dysphoric. My prescriber is just feed up because I won't stay on a med that doesn't help me feel or function better. I have been on Pristq, effexor, seroquel, paxil, zoloft, wellbutrin, neurontin, now trying buspar thou it makes me dizzy and feel like I am having anxiety attack. I have been on almost every med you can think of over the last 20 years except the stims and most anticonvulsants. I have klonopin and it works when I take it and have had same bottle since October, everytime I tell them I used one and it worked I get called an addict. They are more worried about me using the Klonopin than being suicidal or depressed/anxious or disabled, it's unbelievable. Do what is best for you, if you are not abusing them or snorting them etc, then use the med that works!!
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