anyone here have any experience with citalopram?
I went in for a physical today and mentioned my anxiety, hoping to get some sort of benzo but instead I got this.
Inderal might be better.
>>25564574
I was on them for around 5 months before I gave them up. They didn't help at all, just made me super sleepy and was unable to concentrate half the time. Also after about a month of being on them you'll find it's 10x harder to cum when you're fapping as well. Enjoy.
>>25564608
I go back in a month.
if I say it isn't working will I increase my chances of getting a benzo?
I'm a college-aged male so I get the reluctance to prescribe me controlled meds
>>25564574
It's an SSRI antidepressant. You don't want to take that shit. They have a ton of shitty side effects, like constant weight gain, lethargy, no sex drive, or even feeling more depressed and suicidal than you normally would. Withdrawing from them is also a pain in the ass.
Doctors generally aren't going to prescribe benzos due to the risk for addiction, and taking them on a long-term basis just results in tolerance, and eventually withdrawal. Benzos are great for short-term treatment of anxiety, but that's it.
In my personal opinion, there isn't a suitable pharmaceutical approach to treating anxiety. Antidepressants are more likely going to make you feel worse than not, and anything else you can take is ridiculously addictive.
>>25564630
Yeah I had monthly appointments with my doctor as well, and I kept telling him that I didn't feel any different if not worse. He just kept upping the dosage every month, in the end I just stop going to my appointments and felt a lot better after I stopped taking them.
they placebo, eat them all nothing happens
>>25564630
Doctors don't like to prescribe controlled substances. It's not going to happen unless you're rushed to the ER in the middle of a nervous breakdown. They'll probably pump you full of Ativan at that point, but I doubt they'll get you started on any long-term regimen of benzos.
The closest thing you may be able to have prescribed is gabapentin, or a similar derivative. Gabapentin is non-addictive, and there's no risk of overdose due to the way it's metabolized. It works similarly to benzos, but the effects are more mild. You'll develop a tolerance to it very quickly, likely within just a few days. At that point, it's no longer useful to you.
There are also anxiolytics such as buspirone. Some people claim buspirone produces a mild calming effect, but the only thing it did was make me constantly dizzy.
I take escitalopram which is an improved version.
The best thing is the decrease in sex deive. Tbh i dont need it right now.
I masturbate once a week now