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Posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 10, 2012, at 22:00:50
I've called my doctor many times left messages that I am in misery. I have no idea whats going to come of this situation. I am a substance abuser with various problems that do not relate to addiction. Depression, anxiety, crying spells, I just WISHED I never got to where I am. Alot of the things I would tell you, but I feel there is no help or hope to even mention my situation.
I do at times think what death would help me. Of course I never act on any dark thoughts. Dark thoughts come and go and you have to know that they do pass.
Please don't be alarmed by any of my situations. I have many times in the past made b*llsh*t of my condition. I am sick of reading my posts from the past that had NO legitment reason to even post, its like I was just trying to get attnetion and now I'm in a REAL problem and I don't know how to get out of it.
DARS is coming along. It's a goverment agency so they take time to do things.
I just wished I could just wake up and realize all of this is bad dream. But its not. and that is the main Hell I have to live with. Anyways I am going to do the best in thinking of thoughts that are positive. I always think negative and I am naturally an ungrateful person. Not too bad..but I do wished I had more than the sh*t I am in right now. I appricate everyone who at least reads this.
Posted by sigismund on January 11, 2012, at 1:07:10
In reply to catch 22 situation and im just stuck, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 10, 2012, at 22:00:50
You are in this situation. I mean the drugs and mind, I don't know anything about DARS.
One way is you keep taking these drugs (Prozac, Zyprexa, clonidine and what else?) and hope some doctor will eventually give you amphetamine which will at least make you feel good. (Nothing wrong with that, RJ, I'd like some myself but it is much harder to get here. I would be satisfied with 5mg max per day PRN. Just f*ck*ng something. But I will not get it. American doctors can be very generous (?) (60 bloody mgs!!) with that. It's a cultural thing.)
The other way is to wean yourself (one at a time) off the drugs that you feel do not work and see if there is any improvement. You probably will feel worse to begin with going that way.
My impression is you prefer the first way. In which case you will need a new doctor, as you have said.
Bear in mind that all young people feel they are bomb proof.
Posted by Christ_empowered on January 12, 2012, at 15:10:37
In reply to Re: catch 22 situation and im just stuck, posted by sigismund on January 11, 2012, at 1:07:10
I'd say taper off your meds and just live your life. When I was 20, I was thrown in the hospital to be taken off benzos and adderall. I had problems with doctors breaking confidentiality. They also put me on BS pills--cymbalta, trileptal, buspar, vistaril--and didn't take me seriously. I just quit going. I looked like hell for about 2 years, until a manic episode made me lose weight and look young again. Then I had to start taking meds again. That time, though, the doc took me seriously and even gave the "pill head" some much needed downers.
Anyway, enough about me. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I've been there. You don't need amphetamines. You need a lot of things, but Rx speed isn't one of them. You also don't need an overpaid bully of a shrink pumping you full of ineffective meds and ignoring your complaints. So quit. Maybe this doc could actually do something useful and help you taper off everything and see how you do. Maybe you could taper off, get your life straight, and then see a new doctor.
Stop thinking about amphetamine. Its just a pill. I don't think you're an addict or a junkie or whatever, but I do think you need to realize that life is a lot bigger than shrinks and uppers.
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