Posted by Sugardog on July 17, 2014, at 20:11:10
In reply to Re: Best dopamine enhancing selective med, posted by iowamoo on July 16, 2014, at 20:46:57
> I was getting provigil free via the company but it does take a few weeks or so to go through it. Can you get a low dose valium for a while? I take half of a 5 mg valium as needed and it is a life saver. Get rid of the beer. Take a nice shower and put on clean clothes and do what you can through the anxiety. You have to feel the fear and do it anyways. You have to just do what you have to do even with the anxiety. You cannot let the anxiety rule your life or you have no life. I live with this daily, I do what I can with the anxiety and I feel it in every step I take and every breath I take but I make myself get up off the chair and do things even if only to empty the dish washer or load it or to run the vacuum in one room at a time...give it a try but go to the website of the company that makes the provigil or the one you take and you should be able to down load a paper to apply for the free meds. Get STRONG!
Thanks so much! I have clonazepam as the benzo for anxiety. Does Valium work better?
I know I need to get off the beer -- for me it's just another medication. I literally "dose" it, counting it to make sure I'm at the right level every evening. Was thinking of trying Campral for that but haven't yet. The Gabapentin was supposed to help with beer consumption but hasn't really (although it does help with a sense of well-being).
Not to make excuses, but I've noticed after years of being on SSRIs, that every time I upped my dose of zoloft or lexapro, my beer consumption increased. Can't remember about the effect when I was on Paxil or Prozac. Wondering if some of the SSRI's mess with your blood sugar, or if I'm trying to wake up with beer from the Lex or calm down with beer from the Zoloft (didn't help with anxiety).
I think I'm just not that strong, I'm overly sensitive, or I'm really messed up in other ways. My anxiety and depression become so acute, painful, and intolerable, that I basically spend my entire day trying to avoid those feelings.
These past two years have been especially bad, and I'm starting to lose hope that anything will help me function like a normal person.
Maybe I need a much stronger antidepressant or a stay in a facility. I'm SO frustrated with my lack of progress. I've been dealing with pdocs since high school and various meds and med combos since college. It's been 25 years of trying to get my chemistry on track, it's been such a roller coaster, and I feel as if it's been nothing but downhill for the past five years.
I'm very sorry to be so dour. I really want to be a cheerful and positive person.
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