Discussion are any of you on anything for anxiety that isnt a benzo?

[resurgence]

im on zoloft and welbutrin and klonopin, i used to take seroquel for sedation when anxious but i hate that so its off limits. basically the title
i probably will not be prescribed anymore benzos, substance abuse on my record

 

[freakypossum]

I'm on perazine for anxiety right now. It's an antipsychotic, helps my brain to shut up for a bit.

 

[Richard Langford]

Mirtazapine

Mirtazapine

The GP said it had no side effects or dependecy. It does. I suggest you read up on it before enquiring medically.

 

[identity0]

Some people apparently have a good experience with pregabalin. I havent tried it myself but i would like to

 

[resurgence]

Some people apparently have a good experience with pregabalin. I havent tried it myself but i would like to

my mom just got put on that, im planning on seeing how it helps her and then asking for it (same psych)

 

[Life_and_Death]

i take buspar. its suppose to be for anxiety but it doesnt do anything in that field for me. probably just my chemical make up so figured id throw it out there. its not adddictive or anything so it should be cool. and iirc sometimes goes with welburtin

 

[lilichka]

i got prescribed prozac and seroquel, but i dont take my prozac. took a dose of it once and it killed my libido for like a week among other things. how do you get benzo without looking sus? should you just flatout ask?

 

[Szarur-abi]

Some people apparently have a good experience with pregabalin. I havent tried it myself but i would like to

Im on it for 4 years its quite neat actually, i take it with fluoexetine and its good combo for me, pregabeline makes you calmer and more stable and helped me with having oversensitive skin and nervous system; certain materials or things would feel unbearable for me but with pregabeline its okay.

You can also get high on it from what i know, tho once i tried to overdose it and the only feeling i felt was extreme headache, nothing high, combining with alcohol didnt do anything either.

 

[let.me.let.go87]

Technically I am on a benzo but I'm only on it once a day. I'm mainly on clondine which is not a benzo it's a blood pressure med tho. Which you have to be careful taking it can have side effects dropping blood pressure. I also take buspar. Long acting anxiety med. I do take klonopin only in extreme situations. Once a day at most maybe four times a week. But I take clonidine probably 2-3 times a day

 

[resurgence]

thank you guys!! <3

 

[dontwakemeup]

Mirtazapine

The GP said it had no side effects or dependecy. It does. I suggest you read up on it before enquiring medically.

That medicine increases you appetite l, be careful.
Hydroxyzine is prescribed for anxiety as well. I take benzos two times a day. And I take clonidine because my blood pressure and heart rate is always high.

 

[Richard Langford]

Im on it for 4 years its quite neat actually, i take it with fluoexetine and its good combo for me, pregabeline makes you calmer and more stable and helped me with having oversensitive skin and nervous system; certain materials or things would feel unbearable for me but with pregabeline its okay.

You can also get high on it from what i know, tho once i tried to overdose it and the only feeling i felt was extreme headache, nothing high, combining with alcohol didnt do anything either.

So with a high dose you got a serious headache? Did it dull your senses? Make you sleepy?

 

[JayJay]

The only thing that remotely comes close to the anxiolytic effects of benzos is probably gabapentin. SSRI's/SNRI's are mixed bags. The other shit they give you like hydroxyzine or buspar don't work. Benzos are the best for anxiety unfortunately. Gabapentin imo is just a more mild form of a benzo.

 

[SchrodingerIsDed]

Technically I am on a benzo but I'm only on it once a day. I'm mainly on clondine which is not a benzo it's a blood pressure med tho. Which you have to be careful taking it can have side effects dropping blood pressure. I also take buspar. Long acting anxiety med. I do take klonopin only in extreme situations. Once a day at most maybe four times a week. But I take clonidine probably 2-3 times a day

I don't know much about benzos or drugs, but don't benzos last a really long time and have a really long halflife? Doesn't taking it twice a day build up in your system hardcore? I googled and it says klonopin takes 6 days to get out of your system. So if you take klonopin 2x a day, I mean, it adds up a lot doesn't it? Because even 6 days later when you take klonopin, you still have the klonopin dose from last week that's still in your system.

I'm just not sure how it works, and I'm a bit scared of trying them.

 

[let.me.let.go87]

I don't know much about benzos or drugs, but don't benzos last a really long time and have a really long halflife? Doesn't taking it twice a day build up in your system hardcore? I googled and it says klonopin takes 6 days to get out of your system. So if you take klonopin 2x a day, I mean, it adds up a lot doesn't it? Because even 6 days later when you take klonopin, you still have the klonopin dose from last week that's still in your system.

I'm just not sure how it works, and I'm a bit scared of trying them.

Idk I only take it like 3 or 4 times a week but yeah they work for like 8 hours for my anxiety versus my clonidine only helps for like 3 hours

 

[resurgence]

i recently got put on pregabalin for nerve pain and it helps my mood too! i feel more stable

 

[sadalways]

Been on sertraline forever which is an ssri, that's pretty much all i've taken besides benzos. Not sure how much it helps though.

 

[theboy]

Some pills have combinations. For example, a mood stabilizer also serves to reduce anxiety

 

[Skallagrim]

Mirtazapine

The GP said it had no side effects or dependecy. It does. I suggest you read up on it before enquiring medically.

I tried Mirtazapine.

It made it IMPOSSIBLE for me to actually feel like I had eaten enough food. I put on about 40 lbs with that stuff, just gorging myself on it.

But! Citalopram was giving me brain zaps (those who are familiar with them know how bad they are), and the brain zaps wouldn't go away even after I stopped the citalopram. After just a week or so of mirtazapine the brain zaps went and haven't come back.

 

[Richard Langford]

I don't bother with Mirtazapine now. I don't think its actually that great at what its supposed to do.

 

[cassie]

never been on benzos (fear of beeing hooked immediately, because of reasons), i use ,,trazodone,, for sleeping matters - works alright, makes nose stuffy.

 

[Gangrel]

venlafaxine and seroquel

 

[Lyn]

For anxiety, I take pregabalin.
It's not very strong in small doses, but it's something.

Although in doses sufficient for more or less noticeable anxiety relief, it causes me a very unpleasant feeling of derealization. But maybe it's just me.

I used to take baclofen, it's more powerful and without unpleasant side effects for me. But really addictive.

 

[08ALW]

Tennex

 

[safe__]

buspirone working well for me

 

[Unhumanly.]

I've been looking for a better anxiety reducer than propranolol and I find the answer on this threads helpful, I'm glad

 

[vitbar]

venlafaxine and mirtazapine has been working for me

 

[angelz08]

aripiprazole GREATLY helped my anxiety even though it was added to my list of meds as an additional thing for depression

 

[hopelessbeing]

I take propranolol, it really dulls down the anxiety. It's made it way more manageable.

 

[TheGoodGuy]

im on zoloft and welbutrin and klonopin, i used to take seroquel for sedation when anxious but i hate that so its off limits. basically the title
i probably will not be prescribed anymore benzos, substance abuse on my record

Some people apparently have a good experience with pregabalin. I havent tried it myself but i would like to

Yeah I am on Pregabalin I used to be on Benzos but in EU doctors really don´t like it so I tried Zoloft which gave me insane anxiety attacks and then Pregabalin and it helps a lot.