Hey /r9k/ I was offered by my doctor to be put on a Benzo and SSRI combination treatment for extreme anxiety which is making one of my other illnesses even more severe and painful (not going to talk about it so dont ask)
What I'm looking to get out of it is obviously a decrease in anxiety, but I also have daily thoughts about suicide and my emotions rule me entirely on a daily basis. I kinda of want to change my consciousness to be less miserable and self loathing.
I haven't told my doctor about that part since she is a GI specialist but I have an opportunity for two birds with one stone kinda thing.
My question is, do any of you have experience with either SSRIs or Benzos or perhaps both? What it like being on one? I'd really like to know your thoughts on these drugs.
Benzos are a motherfucker to get off of, and are very easy to get addicted to. If you don't have them for a couple of days after prolonged use, you'll start to question reality and whether or not there's any consequences to any action you take. Proceed with caution
Do you know the specific drugs they are planning on prescribing? Lot of variation in those drug classes. That being said SSRI's are a bit zombifying but that sounds like something that might be appreciated by you at the moment, its a give and a take and sometimes the positives outweigh negatives.
Benzos are a whole different beast though. Do you know if they want to prescribe you benzos to take every day or just in the even of a panic attack? If it is the former be prepared for benzo addiction which really sucks. It will help anxiety but tolerance builds scary fast and once you're at a couple milligrams of these drugs coming off is just not an option. Be prepared for that. Once again, if you are about to put a bullet in your brain maybe being addicted to prescription benzo's isn't as bad as being miserable, but just be aware.
what is your other "illness" op
i bet it's one of those fake ones like fibromyalgia
>>25025443
I read that they are super addictive, it's making me scared to accept her offer on them. Though, SSRIs sound wonderful.
>>25025447
I was worried when i read about an SSRI article saying that sugar pills gave the same effect as the pills, mostly. I do indeed want to be zombified, I'll give up happiness if I can give up sadness too. Also I read SSRIs themselves can help with anxiety, is that true?
And the benzos would be every day, like what mental changes are there once you are on them? Is it just less anxiety or do you actually feel overall better
>>25025453
tldr I'm missing large portions of my stomach lining and am in severe pain every day because acid fucking hurts, who knew.
I really wouldn't take them every day, man. That's a slippery slope. I currently take Xanax about three times weekly, 2mg per bar. I take on an empty stomach, and I feel the effects for like 10 hours, sometimes even wake up with a Xanax hangover. I couldn't imagine every day
>>25025614
>Feel the effects
Could you please elaborate on this? Thanks
>>25025563
If you are asking if SSRI's are placebo's they are not. I was on them briefly when I was younger and they indeed worked (somewhat subtly) but I wasn't about how they made me feel. That being said they could be very effective for the right person. They can indeed help with certain anxieties. I don't like how casually they hand them out but for you they may be right.
As for Benzos they generally make you feel less anxious, not much of an overall sense of well being. Also expect a seriously diminished memory, and serious anxiety spikes without them. Not really worth it, especially if you could manage without.
It is worth asking your doctor to start you out just on the SSRI's and reassess benzos a few months down the line. Again do you know what specifically they want the prescribe?
>>25025670
There's definitely a high to it, a buzz. It's like when you're about two beers in and you just feel like everything is ok and you can talk to anyone about anything. It also makes me very sleepy.
If you don't drink and haven't done any drugs, it's like the feeling you get right before you fall asleep where you're in a suspended state of reality and there's no positive or negative emotions. It just is
None with benzo's but I've had really severe ocd/general anxiety since I was 8. When my psych put me on zoloft I was really excited and I experienced the initial "Zoloft high" that some people get due to excess serotonin. But within a month and a half I became dissociated from reality ( due to latent dpdr) from the zoloft and all my friends left me, so I was all alone. That fucked me up permanently and now I have some mixture of dpdr, ocd, bipolar, schizo, and dissociative pd depending on which psych you ask. So the zoloft kinda fucked me up, and the result of that was that I got really fucked up.
0/10 would not recommend
>>25025692
No, she said if I do agree, we will run the gambit of different SSRIs until we find one that works.
Also thanks for the reply man, i appreciate it.
>>25025746
Very interesting, I will keep this in mind, again thanks for the reply man.
>>25025841
of course, good luck. Trying out different drugs is a nightmare, but with the right treatment they really can do wonders. Are you currently seeing a therapist in addition to your psychiatrist?
>>25025841
No problem, I hope everything works out
Simple benzos work SSRIs don't, the only reason I take SSRIs is so they'll keep giving me benzos. You want your brain to shuttup right? Benzos do that SSRIs don't they do the opposite if anything
You can also get high on benzos pic related
I'm on the SSRI cipralex and I was on the benzo Apo Lorazapam
i like cipralex, benzo's were aight i guess but cipralex works for my anxiety.
>>25025964
please don't spew your degenerate filth to people who want to solve their problems other ways than being fucked up all the time. The subtleties of SSRI's compared to benzos are a large reason why some people do better. This coming from a guy who eats handfuls of kpins
>>25026012
>>25025996
>>25025964
One last question, I heard SSRIs can fuck up your sex drive, what is your guys' experience with that?
Also do benzos do a similar thing or nah?
>>25025368
I've done it. Got addicted to both, stopped because made it worse, withdrawals lasted like 2 months.
>>25026052
I can't get more than half hard for days after taking valium
Literally every spree shooter had an SSRI in their system, but it's never talked about because big pharma could lose money. DO NOT TAKE THEM! They are 99% placebo and are only proven to have any noticeable effects in people that have legitimate major depressive disorder.
>>25026052
Benzo's are shorter acting but when you're feeling their full effects sex probably won't be that important to you but it doesn't really kill your sex drive like SSRI's do. SSRI's are in your system most of the time and you probably will have a decreased sex drive if you get on a high enough dose. Everyone is different though.
>>25026012
Anxiety never ends, I know plenty of people on SSRIs who are still anxious and crazy as hell myself included. Zombification is the answer benzos do that alcohol too that's what I'll stick with
>>25026098
you are a retard.
>omg people with psychosis were on anti-psychotics
over prescribed? sure. dangerous if not carefully observed? definitely. a tool of the jewish NWO attempting to sow disorder? no stop being retarded. They are a legitimate medicine with legitimate medical uses.
another millennial weakling cucked by big pharma
>>25026184
>a tool of the jewish NWO attempting to sow disorder
Never said that, post discarded. Antidepressants as a whole are not legitimate medicine. Best cure for depression? Physical exercise and proper diet.
>>25026012
Eh as far as benzos no more than whiskey so it does happen. SSRIs first few days ya kinda like coke dick or molly or psycodellics takes a bit of work to get off.
The idea of these medications is to mask symptoms until you go out, face the problems that cause anxiety and realise that its not as bad as you think. Benzos are super short term for really bad anxiety and almost everyone says that they improve symptoms, but if you lack self control you end up a junkie.
SSRI's are safer but less useful. If the anxiety is not crippling you terribly, but still fucking up your life take these. Fuck off with the sexual side effects, it's just an excuse for betas on meds.
OP here, I'd like to thank you all for giving your advice and experiences. I think I'm going to go ahead and give them both a try. Now with my new information I'm definitely going to make sure i take benzos in moderation.
I appreciate all responses, means a lot to me guys.
>>25026408
>SSRI sexual side effects aren't real
>SSRIs work and the conditions they treat are real
You are pretty bluepilled dude.
Enjoy your drug addiction and brain damage tho.
>>25025368
Yes, they fucking sucked.
If you want a real answer, watch this vid about a science journalist explaining why anti-psychotics and mood meds are pretty goddamn fucking dangerous:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R6MXO2j0V0
Read his books if you want more. Pretty fucking horrifying
Hi op here's some food for thought before you jump on meds. I've always been self conscious, the summer before I started freshman year at college I suddenly developed extreme depression. I wasted the year, i barely went to classes. I'd have breakdowns in my car, dreading walking out and having to be around other people. I'd listen to motivational videos to hype myself up to go into the gym to do cardio on the machines in the less crowding section, even though before this I loved working out and was never embarrassed of any of my qualities in the gym. I would cry in the shower and think I was going crazy, I would lay in the grass and take deep breaths to escape painic attacks.
Then one day it just got better, and I continued with life like that period never happened. Now I'm a senior in uni and rarely have any anxiety, maybe you can just push through it
