i dont have depression

i was givin zoloft by my doctor which i think i stupid because i dont have depression i have an anxiety disorder zoloft wont help because its used to regulate serotonin levels in the brain and i dont have a problem with serontonin i think i should be put on a low dose of xanax of larazapam but i dont want to say to my doctor to take me of zoloft and give me xanax casue ill sound like a drug addict i need something to calm my anxeity and zoloft is doing nothing for me what so ever, should i talk to my doctor about switching my meds i because i dont want them thinking i just want some pills to pop

 

Anxiety is a common symptom of depression. As SSRIs are not really addictive, and you shouldn't get tolerant of them, and need more, like you will with benzos, most doctors prefer to go with the SSRIs.

Even if you got some benzos, it would only be until the SSRIs kicked in, in about 3 weeks. Most doctors get you off of antianxiety medcations as soon as possible.

Give the Zoloft a week or so, it WILL work on your anxiety. Are you in therapy to help you use nondrug solutions to deal with your depression and anxiety too? I hope so. It can be helpful.

 

ok now you sound like my doctor ok i dont have fucking depression i dont need a ssri i need larazpam or xanax a lowe dose people arnt understanding that fact that i dont have depression the zoloft itsnt doing shit for me, my anxetiy is a reasalt of health problems i was hospitaized becasue of a near drug overdose from cocain and ephrdine i only need like a .25mg dose of xanax during school days i dont need a fultime medaction that why im mad becasue the doctor sad i have to take it for a year and i dont need to be on it all the time only 5 days a week for 6 hours. why the fuck would i take a medication for two days during the weekend when i dont need it or in the summer when im off school theres no reason

 

anxiety only occurs when you buy into it....start paying more attention to your anxiety, like observe it, notice it and watch it gradually fade away....if you get caught up in your anxiety you just feed it and make it stronger... I used to have a real bad anxiety disorder, I was given xanax for it but don't like the idea of taking medicine so I decided to work with it on my own and I hardly ever get it anymore.....
try your hand at a few methods of meditation..in time you'll find all sorts of negative aspects of you life(like anxiety) dying off

 

ive stoped medaction and therapy its all bull shit in my opinon i dont even have panic attacks anymore its just school stress

 

Slow down!

Life, like setences, needs commas and an ocassional period!

 

I agree with you. But in one aspect I disagree. You don't need any medication at all in my opinion. All you need is to slow down and start having some fun in life. Forget about all the pills and what they did to you. Just start over. You don't need any pills. You and your family just need to chill out and go on with life.

Everytime something bad happens, people automatically assume you have a mental problem. Teenage angst is now depression and they dope all the kids up. You try and wean them off the medicine, and they don't know how to cope with problems! they just turn to pills. I hate it. It's all a money marketing scheme anyway. Don't buy into it. Tell yourparents to stop taking you to a doctor. You were just experimanting as most kids do, as they probably did when they were younger. Get on with life like normal and everything will be just fine.

 

i dont think you understand my situation i do have a mental disorder its an anxetiy disorder its to the point where i can no long funtion in school, out of school im fine if you saw me out of school you wouldnt even know i had a problem, in school though im a totaly different person im realy realy shy, i am sky any way but alot worse then when im home i get freaked out for no reason i tihnk ill stop breathing my pluse goes up to about 100 my normal pluse is like 75, i twitch when i try and sit still i tap my foot, 2 of my teacher and the school nurse though i was on coke. ive hated school forever but befor i at lest did enough work to get by now i dont think i have over a 50 is any classes this has been going on for over 4 months and nothing has help thats why i eanted to try med but zoloft is doing nothing for me so im screw i dont have a consuler now too

 

I honestly think you've just been led to beleive that something is medically wrong with you just because you aren't behaving "normally"

So you're shy, so what? You need to work on why you feel so weird in public situations instead of running to the doctor to medicate you. the pillls aren't going to solve this problem. Do you realize that? You can get over it without any pills.

Also, you said you feel fine outside school. Do you hang out with people outside of school? Can you function normally in grocery stores, and malls? If so, there is just an underlying problem as to why you feel anxoius at school. There's no disorder here, just a common feeling of a teenage kid and now that's everyone has a mental problem, you must have one too. I don't buy into it and if you don't agree, fine. don't take my advise. It just doesn't sound like what's going on is really helping.

Go get your anxiety medicine and stop those feelings and then try and take yourself off the pills and see how you deal. You aren't fixing anything, you're just prolonging a hard process in which you have to take control of your feelings and behaviors. In 10 years, adults are going to be absolutely nuts and wacko because so many teenagers now are being thrown into taking pills that do nothing but make the problems seem unreal until they take you off and reality slaps them in the face.

If you don't think what i'm saying makes sense, well, good luck to you.

 

ok i still dont think your getting it i went though about 4 months of realy bad panic attacks in school at home every where, now i have panic attacks every time im at school or im sick, i cant go into malls of stores with alot of people either, ive been to the hospital because my panic attacks are so bad all im suggesting is sometihng to calm me down at school untill i figure out why i can't function around a bunch of people i do have a mental disorder ive had this problem for a long time, and im not running to the doctor for pills actuly i wounld take pills at first (i had a six hour panic attack and when my mom told me to take some med i yelled at her she though i was going to kill my self and tryed to drag me to the hospital, i would not go) the problem is so bad my grades are horrible i dont want magic fucking pills i want to stop the problemn but its going to take a long time i dont have 2 months to try new ways of calming down im bascily going to stay back this year, i have a fear of taking pills now so all zoloft does is freak me out more.

having a panic attack everday for 6 months is not normal teenage stuff, please tell now that happens to everyone, i do have a disorder

 

I know what your going through, I had the same thing. Couldn't talk in class, ran away from school on most days, couldn't concentrate, but I was a different person outside school. The doctor wanted to put me on something and make me see a counsellor, but I got to scared to go back. I couldn't leave the house most days (Still can't some days), luckily, I had a best friend who saw me out side school and in, she kept me from going off the rails. I managed to come through with out medication, and some people can, you gotta take one day at a time. One day you're on toppa the world (sunday) the next your under rail way tracks complaining about the late train (monday). Or at least, that's what I went through. I know I can't give you any real advice because it's going on inside you. No one can really see it unless you want them to... which gets confusing, coz some times you do and some times you don't.

I hate to say this, but it will get better. Doesn't seem like that now, but one day you'll wake up and realise how far you've come. oh, and spirituality helps, witchcraft, believing you can influence your life.

 

I would try puting this in the Health Forum... You might get some better answers in there.... You initially asked if you should talk to your doctor about switiching your meds... If your so sure that you need different medication.. Of course you should... Why ask us? Do you want us to tell you how to ACT to get the meds you want? Tiki and Headymoe are right... If you slow down and stop, relax the symptoms will decrease... I have anxiety... I get freeked out around lots of people... I just relax breath and think about what i need to do and how to do it... If i start thinking about the anxiety... I will freek out much worse... So RELAX...

 

oh yeah, and if you smoke pot it might be pot paranoia

 

I found that tokin a spliff before i went into school helped me get over all my anxiety. I never had bad attacks or anything, but i did not like socializing...
Weed helps you chill out, but then again i'm in nightschool now so maybe the side effects outweigh the benefits.

But what happened with the coke? were you using heavily for months because that will fuck up your serotonin. I have a friend who used zoloft to help himself recover from the depression and anxiety following a four month coke binge, and that helped immensely.

But hey, different strokes for different folks, eh? I'd suggest going with the zoloft for a month or two (that's how long it usually takes to start working), try adjusting the dosage, and if it doesn't work try something else, benzos are not a good option, the addictive potential can be lethal and long lasting, not to mention severly damaging.

 

nah it wasnt alot of coke i only had like 6 lines but they where big i spent like 60$ on it was like 80% and then i took some sudafed for my runny nose lucky for me the i didnt have to tell the doctor is was coke they though it was the sudafed , actuly pot was they only thing keeping me calm for awhile but i can smoke anymore i got paronid i was going to stop breathing the last time i smoked so no more smoking for me, so far the just relaxing thing is keeping in school of else i wouldnt even go but its not good enough i dont have a counsler now either last night i told her i wasnt going anymore and im going to call my doctor and tell them im not take the zoloft which i think isnt going to go well

 

well, sorry if I don't feel sorry for you and your 4 months of panic attacks. I have been through hell and back and I can tell you first hand medication is never going to help you.

I was raped and got pregnant, I lost my baby, ended up with severe depression, Post traumatic stress disorder, I cut myself, I did so many drugs I was practically a vegatable, and I ended up locked up in a mental institution. I was put on so many medications and sent to so many counselors. Nothing helped. It dulled the pain. I dropped out of school at 16 to travel and I had to stop taking the meds. I freaked out when I was faced with real life with no drugs but pot. I'm telling you, everything is all in your head. I wish I could get through to you, but if you really beleive the bull that society tell you, I can't help you. You need to think about it. If you had an anxiety problem why would it stop when you left school? There is a different problem that you need to address. And you can't do that until you figure out that you don't have a mental problem severe enough for medication.

 

ok i kind of feel like an ass when i kind of bitching you out but i though you ment i didnt have a problem it was just normal teenage stuff and i was just dumb but its not normal teenage stuff 4 months of panic attack everyday some lasted over 6 hour which realy fucked up my head to feel like your dieing for 6 hours its pretty big mind fuck, i know its in my head its been 6 months now and i have panic attack pretty much everyday in school i think ther stress form school and people are making me panic, one of my problems is that i can deal with stress and panic out but only with sertone types of stress grade i just done care about but alot of people do, i know medaction doesnt fix people and i know i shouldnt depend on the medication either but 6 months of going to the doctor i have three doctors and i had two consulers nothing has helped at all, thats why i talked to my doctor about sometihng to help she didnt want me on meds either shes very strong against it but she said that maybe it might help 6 months and no real progress itsnt good, its just i dont know what to do anymore nothings getting better for me,thanks for your help

 

Zoloft, and serotonin, ARE both effective at treating anxiety, with or without depression. If you don't feel like it is working, you should absolutely discuss that with your doctor. Your doctor is probably very hesitant to give you a benzo because of your drug abuse history. If you try the Zoloft, though, and it is not effective, I imagine the doctor will prescribe you something else. It is his job to treat your symptoms. Give the Zoloft a month or so, you may be surprised.

 

The best SSRI for the treatment of anxiety disorders is "Cipralex", but I prefer the older tricyclic antidepressants (e.g. Amitriptylin or Doxepin). Stay away from benzodiazepines, they may seem to help you first, but looking over a longer period of time, they will only make your problems bigger.

 

i only need something for a short peroid of time no long then a month and a half