Anybody else on here take anxiety meds? If so which ones, what side effects have you seen, and have they helped...

Anybody else on here take anxiety meds? If so which ones, what side effects have you seen, and have they helped? I'll start off.
>20mg of Citalopram
>Got hella tired for the first few weeks and had no motivation except beating off and playing American Truck Simulator
>So far, I am not sure. I will have to wait until school starts back up again

I'm pretty sure citalopram is an anti-depressant so it won't do anything for you, klonopin and xanax are anti anxiety pills

Fuck all of those brainfuck pills. Smoke weed instead.

How old are you op?

zoloft

I took Xanax when I was younger. If I ever have to fly again I'll probably take it just in case. Definitely helps. Wouldn't have got through college without it. Pretty hard-core though. You could become dependent on it and not be able to sleep without it. I did.

22. Have borderline personality disorder.
20mg Lexapro. Made me really tired early on started taking it at night.
Helps my brain not "bounce off the walls"
First time in 4 years no panic attacks.
I really like this shit tbh

Those are anti depressants OP, I take them.

Had the same reaction though, I didnt leave the house for like 2 weeks after I started. Just wanked the days away...

I was on effexor for 4 years until an issue came up and had to stop. just felt like I was living in a dream all the time and those years passed so fast I feel like they had been stolen.

Took a year to get back to normal after going cold turkey, crippling fear and anxiety, electrical sensations, and I had to learn strategies for dealing which I should have been taught in the first place instead of putting me on pills, but I'm mostly OK now and don't need drugs any more thanks to what I learned.

Fucking pussy faggots can't develop and train your mind to overcome the bullshit you conjure up through your head, fucking pussy boys

You retards really don't know the difference between benzo's and anti-depressant pills?

true.. there's no such thing as a pill that will protect you from anxiety and panic attacks.

lol, nigger.

I took that for a little while when I was 20 and you say you're beating off, but when I was on it I couldn't cum for the life of me. beat my dick raw. and when I did, very underwhelming

Have you tried phenibut? It's legal in most countries. It works on the GABA receptors just like benzos do. It's great for social anxiety, gives you a nice sedated feeling.

Taken about 6 different anti anxiety/depression meds, clonazepam and anti psychotics, low to high doses of all. They dont anything for me other than sedation. Doesn't mean they dont work for other ppl just my experience. Weed helps but doesnt fix the core issues

Is that a man?

I got a script for xanax and save it up, then go wild every few days. Any anxiety I do have is manageable without it.

is there a fix for the core issues do you think?

you're supposed to feel anxiety. it's your brain telling you you're fucking up and you need to change things to fix shit. masking pain with drugs keeps you from solving the problems causing the pain, it's child-tier.

t. 30 yo who smoked a lot of weed, was on a lot of scripts, and attempted suicide a couple of times when younger. stop doing drugs, it prolongs your suffering.

Take the Celexa at dinner time instead of in the morning. Most of the sleep side effect will hit at night.

I am on effexor as well. Those electrical sensations are horrible.

i was on 20mg escitalopram, for a year and a half for anxiety. I stopped taking them 4 months ago when i couldnt see my doc. what i noticed is now i am emotioanal and get more worried about fucking up.

It made me tired and eat alot, but now i see how much it suppressed my feelings.

I've been taking Citalopram for years. Used to take 40 and cut down to 20. It's all I take. Last summer, I weened off of it as prescribed by my doctor to see if I really needed it. I was fine for a month and after that it was a slow decline into depression and anxiety. Struggled with that for 4 months until I went back on and everything went back to normal.

Idk if it's a chemical imbalance or if the drug has altered my brain chemistry to make me dependant on it, but either way, I can't see myself not taking it any time soon.

Should be noted: I was a severe drug and alcohol addict for 13 years prior to getting sober 5 years ago. I tried weening off the Citalopram last summer because it's the last "drug" I take.

>you're supposed to feel anxiety. it's your brain telling you you're fucking up

This... it's your brain telling you you need to take a different approach to how you think about things.

The best way to deal with anxiety is to let it do its worst, to not fear it, to accept it and learn from it, to listen to it.

yes. it's your dom.

I used to love weed, had a bad experience one time though and it's almost impossible to do it without a panic attack.

I've been slowly getting back into it though with the help of xanax. Xanax is useful for those that actually need it. Like when you're hearts beating 180bpm for 15 minutes after a bong hit

weed doesn't help anxiety. People who say it does don't have serious anxiety.

True. But you're NOT supposed to feel anxiety for the duration and extent that people with anxiety disorders feel it. It's a neurological malfunction that can be corrected with proper medication.

I'm not saying anti-anxiety meds aren't over prescribed or over-relied upon. I am saying there are people with legitimate need for them.

Ive been on 20mg for a little over 3 weeks now, cant say i feel that much different tbh.

What sort of effects can I expect?

I haven't noticed any side effects. I have a low libido and thought that the Citalopram had something to do with it, but the 5 months I was off it didn't make any difference.

I'd lick his bumhole

As far as effects go - it just makes me less anxious and depressed. I hear a lot of people talk about how it makes them feel like robots or unemotional or whatever, and I honestly believe that's bullshit and mostly psychosomatic. I still feel the full range of emotions - the lows just aren't as crippling as they are otherwise and I have a generally more positive outlook on life. I've achieved a lot of that through therapy as well, however.

>Got hella tired for the first few weeks and had no motivation except beating off and playing American Truck Simulator

Maybe your just lazy. I'm generally a lot more motivated when I take citilopram.

>Fuck all of those brainfuck pills. Smoke weed instead.
>Smoke weed instead.
>Smoke weed

Yeah, nah.

Yeah this mentality is redarded.

Citalopram is an SSRI - all it physically does is increase the amount of serotonin present in the brain to allow more synaptic absorption. Cannabis alters far more chemicals in the brain than SSRI's do.

I'm not saying weed doesn't work for some people - I am saying that it's "fucking" your brain to a larger extent than an SSRI, however.

Cheers, man. That sounds like what I'm aiming for.

Really? I was same as OP, constant fapping. Maybe because I had low libido before?

i know those feels anons, its like brain zaps right?
and that was when i took them for 5 days.. crashed on them, which is why i stopped taking those... but shit was like viagra when i was on it lmao.

Took lexapro through highschool. Before that i was a fat fuck who never worked out. Suddenly had the need and want to do anything and everything productive and lost 60 pounds on that shit. Unfortunately, you will be brutally honest with people if they start saying shit to you. I told some guy on the phone who kept harassing my mom, because he needed someone to talk to, to fuck off, and said we have our own problems.

It's weird because before that I was never really lazy. It was the anxiety that just made me tired. Now though as I've gotten used to the meds, I have much more energy. I plan on going to a different med around Christmas though.

>clinical depression is fake because i say so.
Wew, aren't you an opinionated cunt.

OP here. I've started smoking a little bit of weed, might go and smoke more in 30 mins if I feel like it. If I get completely stoned though, my veins get cold, and I get very anxious. I have to close my eyes, as it looks like nothing is real. Which is what my anxiety does to me too.

Who's crazy. I'm crazy?

what the hell is wrong with me probally alot of gross ugly assholes that is short n loser bother me

Don't be such a fucking pussy. Unless you're having to shit every fucking time you're feeling overwhelmed or anxious. Shit isn't a real problem. Oh fuck I don't like being around a ton of people, or damn did I fuck up and make an ass of myself earlier. Shit isn't a fucking health issue. You aren't pissing blood, your anus hasn't fissured, you don't have pneumonia, you aren't Stephen hawking around your neighbor hood, you don't have a twin that's conjoined. Quit being such fucking pussies. Fucking shit, fuck

Calm down lol.. you're acting like Mental Illness isn't even a thing..
Just like your body, your brain can get sick too.. stop thinking like you're the tough guy.. cause you aren't. You're just a guy who thinks they always need to be right.

I love all the Web Doctors in here talking about how someone "should" be feeling on medicine or they're doing it wrong.

I took Citalopram for 3 years. Lost the lows but lost the highs too. Just didn't give a damn about anything anymore. Was a benefit and a burden. Side effect for me was having a harder time taking a leak, stupid as it sounds.

Yep. Still Sup Forums.

kek

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this is an excuse people make to keep taking drugs, 100% of the time.

I should have described my anxiety, shouldn't I. When I get anxiety, it has a very surreal feeling to it. Nearly an out of body experience, but not as bad. I lock up. I get severe headaches. It has many causes, not just being around people. Mostly just school, rooms with hard floors (Tile, wood, anything shiny), and places high up (I get scared about 2nd story buildings)

>inb4 lol what a pussy

I got you user. I got you.

Ok, then consider this:

If an SSRI improves someone's life with absolutely no counterproductive side effects or intoxication, why shouldn't they take it?

Exactly. Just like those fucking diabetics and their insulin. They should just man the fuck up.

fucking lost

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gods gift to the world

citalophram hydrobromide treats anxiety AND depression. Also, the OP is lying, because it's side affects do not make you tired, or decrease motivation/energy. It also suppresses libido, so he definitely wasn't beating off.

Are those Chiclets?

You DO know that medication affects everyone differently, right? So while it may not be listed as a side effect on whatever documentation you got there, doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
Hell, I took meds that were said to decrease libido and it actually did the opposite.

Yeah, celexa, didn't stay on for long.

Also been on xanax, klonopin, beta blockers like inderal, etc.

They were all shit and made me feel like shit. Pot is the way to go.

You're just being a fucking pussy. An out of body experience, but not as bad. In the words of stone cold steve austin, "what?". Quit being a fucking idiot. no one gives a fuck about any fuck that thinks they suffer from the disease "anxiety". You're creating your own disorder. Don't give fucks

>being this autistic

Weed makes my anxiety disorder ten times worse than it usually is. Weed and Xanax is a great combo though

theyre alprazolam pills aka xanax

Weed exacerbates it in some people and calms others down. of course, some strains are better suited to it than others.

Mentally i am stomping a mud hole in your candy ass.

People swear by this shit, it's supposed to be great

I've been on Effexor, fucked me up.
Celexa, fucked up my libido where it actually was very uncomfortable and somewhat painful to cum.
Zoloft, the happy medium. Not really any side effects for the most part. I take these with Seroquel.. seems to numb you mentally after a while but it does even you out.

At least I can say I have a sweet ass. ;)

Phenibut withdrawal is hell. Dont even go near this shit

>be weebo
>high anxiety
>smoke weed
>smoking weed makes me anxious
>better smoke more weed
Brilliant.

used to take zoloft until i realized the best anti anxiety/anti depression medication is rebuilding your life from the ground up and cutting out all the bad habits and negativity in your life.

build good habits and cut out all the nonsense

not going to convince meth heads to get off meth either.

There is no neurological malfunction, the brain is doing what it's supposed to, anxiety sufferers have acquired a habit that they need to un-acquire.

there are people with chemical imbalances that can only be fixed with medications. but thats probably a small minority.

I started juicing every morning. alkaline veggies and minimum, fruit for flavor. also working out 3 to 4 times a week. Now feel better and got a job and i still have my moments of panic and depression, but since i watch hours of motivational videos a week i am mentally stronger.

That's a fallacious argument born of ignorance with nothing to back it up.

If by "small minority" you mean about 5% of the population (lowballing), or roughly 17 million people in the US alone, you'd be about right.

How can you possibly say that the brain is doing what it's "supposed to?"

We already know that the body doesn't always do what it's supposed to. We see it in diseases constantly. How could you be so retarded to think that the brain, by far the most complex organ in the human body, is perfect and never prone to imbalance or malfunction?

Are you trolling, or do you truly not understand how ridiculous your assertion is?