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[aspie65]

Racjen please consider pregabalin.  I had been on ADs and HRT but that wasn't enough.  Pregabalin saved me.  It targets anxiety very well and is sedative so it helps sleep. Despite some bad press it is non addictive, you don't build up long term tolerance and for me it had zero side effects.  I also tried diazepam and beta blockers and neither really worked for me.  It has changed my life for the better and it really might help you too.

[CLKD]

    aspie65!

[racjen]

Thankyou aspie, I'll ask about pregabalin this afternoon - the Crisis Team are coming round with a psychiatrist because I was in such a state at the weekend. I've made it clear I'm not taking anymore ADs; I've now tried 7 and they've all had this horrible effect. Didn't take sertraline tis morning and already feel a bit better, but of course now the anxiety is creeping back...

CLKD I'm on 5mg diazepam 3 times a day, have been for several weeks now. At the moment I'm struggling to eat and I take your point about food, but when this all started I was on the healthiest diet I've ever been on due to having had cancer, and it didn't stop me getting ill like this.

[aspie65]

Hope all goes well for you.  I have sent you a personal message with more details.  It would be lovely to hear how you get on when you feel up to it.

[Bring me Sunshine]

racjen Good Luck.  You will get better there is something out there for you please dont ever give up looking.  Sending you love and hugs xxx

[racjen]

Psychiatrist just gone - had to fight toothandnail not to be prescribed yet more ADs but I stood my ground. Now have prescription for pregabalin, god I hope this one works, really can't take much more.

[Kwebst]

Hugs ❤️

[CLKD]

Did you feel listened too?  As my anxiety levels rose mid-morning, I thought of you  .  Are you to continue with the Valium ? 

[racjen]

I think he finally got it that I'm not depressed unless I'm put on an antidepressant that makes me depressed; the problem is anxiety. It did take a hell of a lot of repeating to get it in there though - I think they see a distressed crying woman and instantly the label 'depressed' gets stuck on and it takes practically grabbing them by the throat and shaking them to dislodge it.

Apparently pregabalin takes 2 to 3 weeks to work so yes, still on diazepam and zopiclone. Although pregabalin isn't an AD i was alarmed when I googled it to find all the same warnings about it possibly making you more depressed, suicidal etc. so I'm feeling a bit freaked out right now - to be honest I think all these brain altering drugs have a bad effect on me (and the psychiatrist confirmed that beta-blockers are known to cause depression in some people, so my GP was as usual talking complete rubbish when she said that wasn't possible).

But i have to try it as there doesn't seem to be a lot else going 

[Mindfulmoomins]

Stay in touch, really hope this one helps. You so deserve a break. Thinking of you xxxx

[aspie65]

Sorry you haven't got an easy fix.  It's a tough time, hang in there xx

[CLKD]

The brain needs support.  The gut is our 2nd brain.  Run the two together and all Hell breaks out 

I have a friend who gets hyper on betablocaks which is opposite to what they are designed for so your GP knows nowt  .  My Dad had an AD which made him agitated, I remember walking miles and miles with him trying to ease his agitation.

Keep us up to date!

[4meSons]

Pregablin is good stuff I dread to think what state I would be in without it. It's prescribed to be taken 3x a day but I take my full dose at night to help knock me out but even then it can be 3/4 o'clock in the morning. I'm currently on 300mg but have been on as much as 600 in the past x

[racjen]

I take on board what you're all saying about pregabalin, but having looked it up I discovered that, although not an AD, it comes with all the same warnings about possibly making you worse, even suicidal, before it helps. Given that that's what happens to me on anti-depressants I'm pretty reluctant now to give it a go - my experience with sertraline was pretty scary, came pretty close to opening that nice new packet of stanley knife blades and using them on myself. I just have the feeling that my brain doesn't want to be interfered with.

[CLKD]

You need to be seen by a Psychiatrist so that you can discuss your fears.  I was reluctant to start anything new in case it made me worse; same with food, I wouldn't eat in case I felt worse .........  . You need support is admission a possibility?