What meds are you robots on? What for? Do they help?I've been taking escitalopram (Lexapro) and aripiprazole (Abilify) for nearly ten years now. They're meant to help with anxiety and depression, but I can't tell if they actually do anything for me. I'm still quite socially anxious, scared of driving to new or distant places, and feel too deflated to put more than minimal effort into anything.
abilify is an antipsychotici hear those make you gain weight and stop your from expressing emotions or visualizing stuffhas this happened to you?
>>83495628I take Zoloft 100mg - Anxiety - SSRICatapres - 200ug - Tourettes - Reduces fight and flight response Haloperidol - 1mg - Tourettes and other bad thoughts - Blocks dopamine
>>83495650Sorry, I fucked up my post, I've only been on Abilify for like five years, but in that time I've definitely gained weightIt's hard to say if that's more because of the drug or because I switched to a more sedentary job around the same time, thoughIt hasn't turned me into an emotional zombie, but in recent years I've felt less compulsion to socializeMy doctor recently halved my Abilify dosage in hopes it would reduce my cholesterol, I'm thinking I'll see about getting off it completely though
>>83495676OP here, I used to take Zoloft before switching to Abilify, do you find it helps? It never did much for me
>>83495706I found it helped a fair bit, idk if it's me getting more confident after having a job for like 11 months or its actually helping. Haloperidol has changed my life though.
>>83495733Good to hearI often fantasize about finding the one miracle drug that will turn my life around, but in reality my problems are just autism and a horribly unhealthy diet/lifestyle that I refuse to change
Surprised at lack of big pharma hate so far
>>83495766why do you refuse to change your diet?
NONEi faked side effects so the doctor would take me off ritalin in the 4th grade and havnt looked back since
>>83495628I don't believe in that. God helps stabilize my mood from my spirit which is connected to the Holy Spirit. Taking drugs is managing symptoms instead of getting to the root and the cause of whatever it is. ProTip: "It" is demons exerting their influence upon you. Telling you little thoughts to make you feel sadder than you should. Making you feel guilty. Making you chase a high and then feel bad when you crash. Manipulating you through your emotions, etc. Convincing you to make bad choices, then making you feel guilty about those choices, giving you a bad attitude. Dwelling on the past or the future instead of being here now. Attitude determines your altitude. It's better to acknowledge God and the angels and the spirit of Wisdom and to seek them and rely on them. They know better than pharmaceutical companies whose goal is to invent a new unique patented chemical they can have the patent on for 20 years and sell for a profit. Impress the angels by doing good things when no one is looking.
>>83495650It takes away sex drive which is a big part of life it turns out. Maybe good if someone is jorkin' it way way too much and they are comatose anyway because it turns you into a zombie.
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I decided to include a pic instead of posting each individually. Yes, I'm a walking pharmacy, and I do not mind. I love it because I actually feel normal now. I've been on these same meds for 2 years. I feel like I can actually do stuff instead sit in a shitty state being stagnate doing nothing. I'm actually functional instead of a trainwreck.Sometimes you have to stand up and actually say they're not working. They may try you on many different meds all at the same time. I was in your spot at one time. I've been on multiple SSRI's and mood stabilizers at the same time for years with nothing but negative side effects. I fucking hated being on Abilify, Geodon, and Zoloft at the same time. It finally took a new, fresh therapist to see that I had a wrong diagnosis and convince my psych to start with different meds.
>>83495676>>83497246How the fuck are you two functioning?
20mg lexapro (anxiety, depression) and 75mg pregabalin (not sure if that's the right word in english) 3 times a day for anxiety :)
Lamotrigine (stabilizing mood)Fycompa (I randomly developed epilepsy last year, Im 24)Strattera (against adhd)
i see a lot of abilify here, i just got put on it and it made me feel worse. i got upped on my adhd meds but nothing seems to be changing and the depression seems to just fluctuate i don't rlly know what to do, or what other options there might be -- so if anyone has a med they changed abilify with that helped please let me know :,)
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>>83495628>not sure if they do anything>still take them for TEN YEARSanon you're supposed to change them every couple of months until you find what is right for youI am on 150mg of sertraline(zoloft) and 300mg of bupropion. Sertraline is my 5th depression med and it's the first one that actually works for me. Escytalopram, duloxetine and vortioxetine did very little with big side effects.>>83495676>Haloperidol wtf, this drug is a meme, they give it to every violent/schizo in psych wards because it turns them into harmless zombies>>83495706>>83495733Zoloft has absolutely horrible reputation on the internet but it's the first antidepressant that doesn't make me feel stiff and dull, it actually clears my thinking and makes me more eloquent, reduces my despair by 90% and anxiety by maybe 50%the biggest side effects though are decreased libido, very difficult to orgasm, and for some reason I can't take cathartic pleasure from listening to movies. A shame.>>83497246Interesting that some of your meds are supposed to calm you down and put you to sleep while others are to make you more energetic and focused and awake?>>83497513Pregabalin is amazing but I heard it's very addictive and you build up a tolerance. Is that true for you? I took it once or twice before a stressful exam and it felt amazing and I only took 100mg a day.
>>83498313>growing fat fucking tittiesfor what, god made you perfect
>>83497412>>83498329Haloperidol taker here, I would say im very dulled as a person, i know if im off it for a few days i become more "myself" but the tourettes come back, I am very muted mentally
>>83495628Fluvoxamine, I have genuinely crippling OCD
>>83496610>Taking drugs is managing symptoms instead of getting to the root and the cause of whatever it isYou're not wrong, but it does help with not feeling terrible when dealing with the root cause, it's like trying to run away when you're getting a beating, it's easier if you're not feeling the pain from it.
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