RSS FeedsWhat are some medications that will give me immediate relief from my anxiety?
I’m seeing my psychiatrist today and I’m getting some prescriptions.
I might try a mood stabilizer, because I’ve been on several antidepressants and they haven’t worked for me. I also might try Seroquel or another atypical antipsychotic.
I already took Cymbalta.
The reason they have not worked is also covered in following document.
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There is a new document for public (free to watch on-line) from a non-profit organization that covers almost all questions one may have regarding antidepressants. It features psychiatrists, psychologists, doctors, nurses, attorneys, pharmaceutical sales reps, journalists and people who actually were on psychiatric drugs and their stories.
It covers the history of psychiatry treatment and their drugs (surprisingly psychiatrists prescribed cocaine, heroin, LSD and other drugs as medicine in the past and one can see it).
Another part describes all tricks pharmaceutical companies and psychiatrists use to get their drugs approved by FDA - conflict of interests, bribery, ghost-written studies, skewed tests and results and more.
Why people don’t often hear the truth on TV when media are grossing millions from pharmaceutical companies for ads.
How pharmaceutical companies hired PR agencies to market their drugs.
How pharmaceutical companies affect education of doctors turning them into drug dealers - is it still safe to talk to your doctor who has been “educated” by programs funded by drug companies?
How efficacious psych drugs are? How many cures there are?
Side effects and dangers. Why many people end up being on up to 9 drugs.
Dependency and addiction. It’s shocking to hear that it takes months and up to one year to get off just one psychiatric drug. Former drug abuser of both street and psychiatric drugs says it was more difficult to get off psych drugs than heroin. Hear about soldiers addicted to Zoloft.
What are the options? What one can do?
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November 23rd, 2009
Seroquel worked ok for me although had a few side effects. There is a new antidepressant out called cymbalta which i take for depression and anxiety and it works really well on the anxiety although i think its only recommended for over 18s.
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November 23rd, 2009
Valium worked for me… but it takes a while to build up in the body/brain… If you psychiatrist is just dishing out pills without analysis then you need to see a psychologist as well to understand the underlying cause of the anxiety..
Good luck.. I went through a similar time in my life and now I am fine.. so keep the hope going, it will turn out alright.
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November 23rd, 2009
Clonazepam, but it is a tranquilizer and is addictive. Buspirone is O.K.
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November 23rd, 2009
Mood stabilizers will not give you immediate relief of your anxiety symptoms, and neither will an atypical antipsychotic like Seroquel. The only drugs that give immediate relief from anxiety symptoms are a class of anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) medications called benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines include drugs like Xanax, Klonopin, and Ativan. They are rapid release pills that target the production and absorption of GABA in the brain, which gives you an instant sense of calm. They usually kick in within 30 minutes to an hour.
The downside to benzodiazepines is that they are short-lived, and usually wear off in a few hours. Also you can quickly build up a tolerance to them; many people find that they need increasingly higher doses of the same drug to feel the same effect. Also, they have a moderate risk for dependency, and if stopped, withdrawal. But if you want instant relief from extreme anxiety, like a panic attack, you won’t find a better drug than a benzodiazepine.
Mood stabilizers and atypical antipsychotics take a while to build up in your system, and are not meant to target anxiety. If your anxiety is related to a bipolar spectrum disorder (which you have mentioned in the past… memory like an elephant here) then they may offer some help, but you have also said that you never even thought you had bipolar because you don’t have mood swings, your primary symptom is anxiety.
Mood stabilizers and atypical antipsychotics are not drugs you want to play around with. They aren’t to be taken lightly and started "just to see what happens." They have a very nasty side effect profile, all of them. Some of them you have to be constantly monitored on, like lithium, to make sure the levels in your blood aren’t dangerous. Others, like Lamictal, can cause a life-threatening rash called Stevens Johnson Syndrome, or another type of skin disorder, toxic epidermal necrolysis (TENS). Both of these are rare but they can cause permanent scarring and even death. You don’t want to jump on the mood stabilizer/antipsychotic bandwagon unless you know for sure it’s bipolar that you’re dealing with.
Have you ever actually tried therapy for your anxiety? Believe it or not, anxiety is hugely behavioral, even if you THINK it’s just chemical. There is no such thing as "just chemical" anxiety. Even if it begins that way, there is always a behavioral component. Just taking medication to treat your anxiety is not treating the whole problem, so you can’t expect to get whole results that way. There is one type of therapy in particular, cognitive behavioral therapy, that is extremely effective in treating anxiety disorders. Look it up, read about it, and see if it may be of interest to you. I can tell you from personal experience that it works in ways you would never think it could.
Good luck.
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November 23rd, 2009
The reason they have not worked is also covered in following document.
This document is going to answer your question more deeply than I could ever do it here.
There is a new document for public (free to watch on-line) from a non-profit organization that covers almost all questions one may have regarding antidepressants. It features psychiatrists, psychologists, doctors, nurses, attorneys, pharmaceutical sales reps, journalists and people who actually were on psychiatric drugs and their stories.
It covers the history of psychiatry treatment and their drugs (surprisingly psychiatrists prescribed cocaine, heroin, LSD and other drugs as medicine in the past and one can see it).
Another part describes all tricks pharmaceutical companies and psychiatrists use to get their drugs approved by FDA - conflict of interests, bribery, ghost-written studies, skewed tests and results and more.
Why people don’t often hear the truth on TV when media are grossing millions from pharmaceutical companies for ads.
How pharmaceutical companies hired PR agencies to market their drugs.
How pharmaceutical companies affect education of doctors turning them into drug dealers - is it still safe to talk to your doctor who has been “educated” by programs funded by drug companies?
How efficacious psych drugs are? How many cures there are?
Side effects and dangers. Why many people end up being on up to 9 drugs.
Dependency and addiction. It’s shocking to hear that it takes months and up to one year to get off just one psychiatric drug. Former drug abuser of both street and psychiatric drugs says it was more difficult to get off psych drugs than heroin. Hear about soldiers addicted to Zoloft.
What are the options? What one can do?
Free to watch on-line. Non profit, non-commercial website.
The Marketing of Madness
http://www.cchr.org/#/videos/marketing-of-madness-introduction
References :