No I am not allowed to call the doctor. It's severly screwed up here because the one clinic is privately owned, which I don't go to, so they won't allow my calls to go through and the clinic I go to, I see the doc on the day he is in. So yeah screwed..

However, I have pills to knock myself out so if I start freaking I will do that. if I have to really resort. LOL I'll go find a pot head and ask for a drag.. that'd knock me loopy for about 18 hours..

gotta love sensitivity to drugs...heheh

bec

Blah that really sucks... I hope you get through it all okay.

I finally went to the hospital after two days of not catching my breath. . . Was trying for a long time to ease my anxiety naturally, but apparently was not working. Got shot in the hip with some Ativan and that helped me breath normally and relax. Have a few pills left, but have been cutting them in 1/2 and using them with my panic/anxiety has been kicking in again. . . don't want to be dependant on these babies tho. But they sure are nice to me for now :dont-know Just know, I've never gone thru that before. Funny (Not ha ha) thing is I had a pretty severe session when all this started. Maybe going to look into Yogic Breathing Excercises. Who knows. . . . But I am appreciating the quick relief for now.

When symptoms first began I was on Prozac, Seroquel, Ambien, and Xanax. Then I quit the seroquel and was put on Wellbutrin along with the Prozac. The prozac made my sucidal ideation worse and I really didn't feel it worked well (besides the absolute inability to orgasm). The Xanax worked great for anxiety, but is highly addictive. Eventually, I was only prescribed Wellbutrin at 300mgs and I take Melatonin at night for sleep. For now, that is where I am at. I tried to quit the Wellbutrin and slid back into depression and I have no adverse side effects from taking it, so I will continue to do so until doctor says to get off. For right now, it works for me.

I would like to change my answer to this poll to NO!

Freaking stupid meds were almost the end of me.. I will NOT take any more from any doctor, under any circumstances!

bec

I agree with you bec. I've never believed meds were a long term solution for emotional problems. It seems from my reading here, that they aren't a good short term solution in a lot of cases, either. I am glad you are off zoloft, just as I am glad Evie is off prozac. I hope you continue to do well.

I did Paxil and zoloft when I first got home from Afghanistan prior to my diagnosis. I'd say it was the best/stabalist I have been in a long time.

After that I was put on Effexor and Wellbutron which messed me up.

After that I was on Seroqul and zoloft during which I didn't notcie any difference.

After that I was (and am) on Lithium, which I don't think is doin gnaything. At the same time I was prescribed Clonzopine which ws seriously the worst thing I have ever been on in my life. I became violent and irrational at the drop of a hat, and did a couple thousand dollars in damage to stuff in my basement. Needless to say I'm not taking that anymore.

I have never been given meds for the PTSD. I was given antidepressants before I was diagnosed with PTSD and then my doctor thought that Ritalin would help me think better. I have to admit, neither drug does a think for me. My doctor does not believe I have PTSD, but the psychiatrist I say does.

my doc starts me on different drugs for one day one dose while in hospital and stops or i say frantacly neva again..
he has to stay away from lots cause having my mum punish me growing up and being drugged in early teens and they did their thing with me so taking a vitamin tablet triggers.
..xanax has helped in a way but i gave them up last year for 3 months felt better in one way but struggled so badly...and now its as if damned if i do damned if i don't....

everybody wanted me to shut the hell up
I finally agreed to try; they gave me 1 pill I can't remember (alprazolam? 5 mg)
I had an awful headache for 3 or 5 days, couldn't move
I think after that ordeal they prescribed diazepam 5 mg but I wouldn't touch it. Once I finally did I collapsed within 20-30 minutes or so they had to literally drag me away.
Then some moron told me Zyprexa was used as a mood stabiliser, they tried to sell that to me before. I am not stupid but so helpless and in total panic I accepted. 5,10,15,20 mg I think finally for a few weeks (?) It did absolutely nothing for my rage and mood swings, I was in a cloud all the time, zombie like, but functioning. I quit. Oh and I ate and ate and gained weight you wouldn't believe.
I was given benzo's, oxa up to 80 mg, I used wine with it, which helped, I was so tired I could finally sit down, was a super zombie. I used something else also; I can't remember also a benzo. I quit after a few weeks.
I am now on wine that helps with cigarettes and coffee. The coffee however is driving me nuts lately, and the wine can cause the opposite effect of sedation in to large quantities (don't we know that).
The cigarettes are something quite common in ptsd, as it relaxes, it does did also in some other psychiatric disorders. So there is probably something useful but not known what exactly. (Maybe an idea for a new thread? Pro's and con's of cigarettes in ptsd, science and effective substance).
I am thinking of meds for my outburst of anger, my yelling and screaming. It's wearing me down. I am thinking of propanolol (but I have asthma, but I have meds for that :-) and prozac, maybe a low doses of trazodon as a sleep medication (non addictive).
I am opposed to meds, but if I can't handle it anymore these are my choices I will discuss with a psychiatrist.
Since I have been on this forum I postponed my request for a medication consultation ;-)