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 Cage
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 What options do I have? (Looking for something to treat Anxiety) 
#549003 - 04/21/11 12:54 PM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'm looking to treat my anxiety, I over-analyze and obsess over things night and day, which in turn, makes the constant disappointment in my life MUCH harder to deal with. I honestly doubt I'll be able to function properly unless I'm medicated half the time..
I've been thinking about getting prescribed Xanax or Valium for a long time now.. Yes, I know it's not the easiest thing to get prescribed, but if it was worth it, I'd go around to as many doctors as I need to until I got it. The side effects seem pretty damn major though.. So I figured I should look into the alternatives, and maybe get some opinions first.
I'm thinking I need something more suited for frequent use than Xanax or Valium.. I've heard about Poppy tea but I haven't had a chance to try it, and it seems to be pretty damn expensive.. So yeah, any suggestions would be appreciated.
Edit: Forgot to add, antidepressants just aren't an option, for various reasons.
Edited by Cage (04/21/11 12:55 PM)
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Cage
Melancholy Mindfuck.
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Re: What options do I have? (Looking for something to treat Anxiety) [Re: Big_tiggy]
#549029 - 04/21/11 03:22 PM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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Big_tiggy said:
fuck benzo's bro, they are good for severe anxiety, as needed only, but I can hook u up with some pods after my poppys are done if you need some... they're hella potent too, Ive been making salads from the leaves after thinning them out
I've heard about people growing them themselves, maybe that's what I should do.. Does it cost much to get started? How hard are they to maintain? Any legality issues?
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Cage
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Re: What options do I have? (Looking for something to treat Anxiety) [Re: Tank333]
#549041 - 04/21/11 04:10 PM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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Tank333 said:
Try some Kava tea, possibly??
Hmmm, would I have to order it from the internet or might I be able to find it in stores?
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Cage
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Re: What options do I have? (Looking for something to treat Anxiety) [Re: mushhead91]
#549062 - 04/21/11 06:03 PM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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I definitely have a few OCD habits, but it's the anxiety that's the worst.. I can never stop thinking.. My mind races uncontrollably 24/7, I don't know how other people can just NOT think about things.. It's not stuff like how things are arranged that I stress about, but I obsess over every single facet of my existence pretty much at all times.. I think about everything.. The way my life is, the choices I've made, the way the world is, and the choices others have made.. The way things could be, or could have been.. I analyze every single detail of just about everything..
Come to think of it, I'm probably definitely OCD, can't be sure whether it's my OCD or my insecurity mixed with my anxiety, but most anything I try to create, I get stuck trying so hard to make it perfect, that I either quit or can't even bring myself to start..
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mushhead91 said:
I was put on Paxil (SSRI antidepressant) and Klonopin and haven't looked back. I'm just curious, what are the "various reasons" why you can't take an antidepressant? There is alot of bullshit that is propagated against (and for) antidepressants.
I could never bring myself to trust something that could potentially alter my mind that much.. I won't take anything that I can't just wake up and be off of the next day..
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Re: What options do I have? (Looking for something to treat Anxiety) [Re: budnectar]
#549207 - 04/22/11 04:44 AM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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I never thought that I might have ADHD.. But I have trouble sleeping because I can't stop thinking just about every night, from what I hear about ADD/ADHD, it would of shown up when I was a kid, I only started having problems around 15-16. That's why I've always dismissed ADD/ADHD from ever being a possibility, but yeah, you were definitely right about the trouble sleeping at night thing, most nights I'm up well to 4-5AM because I stay awake until I'm tired enough to be able to fall asleep without laying awake for too long, and if I know I have to wake up for something in the morning, I end up laying awake for at least an hour or two, because I know I need to sleep, but I know it's not gonna be that easy..
I'll take your guys' word for it and steer clear of the opiates, I'll try out some of the herbal remedies next time I go to the store or the pharmacy, all though I'm a bit doubtful, I'll give it a shot.
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budnectar said:
In my opinion, you can either take a pill, drink a tea, medicate, etc- thereby internalizing and and ETERNALIZING the problem. Or you can problem-solve: use critical thinking to define the problem, and if you don't see a clear solution then COMMUNICATE the defined problem to someone who is willing to help solve it. Solve it- Not cover the symptoms with chemical elixirs.
The problem is, most of the things that stress me aren't that easy to fix.. A lot of them are in my past, and I can't change them at all, a lot of it is anxiety about the future, but I can't help that either, and the rest are on too big a scale to be able to ask someone for help and just take care of it.
I could ramble on for hours with all the problems I have with the world, but it won't really get me anywhere, I'll continue to see all the problems every single day in just about everyone I know. I wish more people understood just how fucked up everything is, so maybe they could help try to change things, but most people just don't understand, or just refuse to  . It really bothers me, to see how just about every single person around me is blind to all the problems that drive me mad.. There's not really much I can do about it, it's not like I can just talk to someone, and get them to help me to try to fix the entire fucking world. All I can really try to do about it is, not let it get to me so much.
And about the whole, asking people who only exist to me through an internet forum thing.. Yeah, I'm asking for help from people who I don't really know on an internet forum, but that's still less bizarre to me than paying someone in real life to try to do the same thing.. At least I know that, the people that DO try to help me, aren't doing it for a paycheck, you know?
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Re: What options do I have? (Looking for something to treat Anxiety) [Re: NizzyJones]
#549388 - 04/22/11 03:36 PM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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I guess I kind of paired anxiety with the anxiousness that I get while I have all the obsessive thoughts running wild in the background.. I've tried meditation, it gets me calm temporarily, but I STILL feel like I'm doing it wrong, it never really gets rid of what's on my mind, it just sits there dormant for a bit while I try to let it go. I can easily identify the things I can't change, doesn't really help, I've tried writing, it works for me sometimes, but if I really tried to write every time my thoughts got going I'd never have time for anything else.. The only times I can actually maintain being calm, is when I'm stoned, I can actually manage to try to do something creative without being on the verge of an aneurysm trying to make it absolutely perfect..
Today I spent an hour and a half pixel editing a picture to be exactly straight.. From full size, you can't even tell that the pixels aren't exactly straight and are actually pretty sloppy.. But it still bothered me.. I also quit drawing since 8th Grade, when drawing became too much of a hassle for me to bother trying.. It'd be more of me sitting there, getting pissed off at how many times I make mistakes, rather than actually enjoying the activity.. So it's pretty safe to say I have at least a minor issue with OCD..
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Cage
Melancholy Mindfuck.
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Re: What options do I have? (Looking for something to treat Anxiety) [Re: Coaster]
#549394 - 04/22/11 03:45 PM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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Coaster said:
wutever u do dont smoke meth
bad for anxiety
good 4 fun
Noted. I've noticed a pattern in your activities, just about everything you do is bad for you in some way, but "good 4 fun".
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