Let's talk about drugs, baby

joshofalltrades

As ongoing treatment for my accumulating diagnoses of accumulating neuroses, I am on drugs every day. This is a happy safe place to share what drugs you are on, have taken in the past, and are afraid of getting on. Tell us what worked and what failed miserably. Warn us away from bad pharmaceuticals and steer us towards the good alternatives.

Even though I've been diagnosed with Avoidant Personality Disorder, I have never been medicated for it. The other stuff I'm taking right now is 40 mg Celexa for major depression and OCPD, and .5 mg Lorazepam twice a day and two at bedtime for anxiety. I've been kind of leery lately because I'm still having thoughts I shouldn't be having, and while the Lorazepam helps with anxiety, I can't get a wink of sleep without it now. Prior to Lorazepam I was on Clonazepam and I don't feel like I can recommend that. It felt like I was on horse tranquilizers all day long; I would sleep like Rip Van Fucking Winkle and when I wasn't sleeping I was acting like a gat damn weirdo.

joshofalltrades

Also, I really feel like people with in-laws should have their anxiety meds automatically doubled if they expect to be in close proximity to those family members for an extended period of time.

Brolo

smoke weed erry day

Skull Man

I take 50 MG of adderall every day, 20-20-10

Stale

Lately the pain has been getting worse and worse. For years now I've maintained and it's only now that I'm seriously considering going back on narcotics. I know if I do I'll end up right where I was before, and frankly I'd rather be dead.

Maybe I'm just tired of fighting and want to not care anymore. I dunno.

joshofalltrades

Skull Man wrote:

I take 50 MG of adderall every day, 20-20-10

As someone who may be doing this soon, how do you feel about adderall?

CrackedLens

I feel nervous taking tylenol

Skull Man

when I don't take my adderall I have a really huge surge of creativity

like last night when I was just spitting out poems

but I also eat like a starving lion and I'm a social disaster

*shrug*

joshofalltrades

Stale wrote:

Lately the pain has been getting worse and worse. For years now I've maintained and it's only now that I'm seriously considering going back on narcotics. I know if I do I'll end up right where I was before, and frankly I'd rather be dead.

Maybe I'm just tired of fighting and want to not care anymore. I dunno.

Stale, keep fighting the good fight. Your leaking bodily fluids are the oil that makes SE++ run like a well-maintained machine.

Skull Man

joshofalltrades wrote:

Skull Man wrote:

I take 50 MG of adderall every day, 20-20-10

As someone who may be doing this soon, how do you feel about adderall?

when I'm on it I can work

when I'm off it I can create

joshofalltrades

Skull Man wrote:

when I don't take my adderall I have a really huge surge of creativity

like last night when I was just spitting out poems

but I also eat like a starving lion and I'm a social disaster

*shrug*

I feel like this would be an improvement over this weird limbo I'm in, where I get tiny little glimpses into how creative I can be, but it's overshadowed by my complete lack of desire to sit down and actually work on something for more than 10 minutes.

Garlic Bread

I just got started on 50mg of Zoloft every day

for the first two weeks the doctor wants me to take .5mg of Ativan twice a day, too

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CrackedLens wrote:

I feel nervous taking tylenol

Same
My dad is taking some immunity compromising arthritis slash psoriasis drug now so he gets to shoot up on the daily

joshofalltrades

Tylenol is pretty much the only pain medication I have access to, because I'm allergic to NSAIDs and sulfa medications

Mysst

most nights I chug some nyquil to get to sleep

joshofalltrades

Mysst wrote:

most nights I chug some nyquil to get to sleep

When you say "chug" are you exaggerating

CrackedLens

I've just never felt comfortable taking any sort of medication

I understand that some people need it and that's cool though

joshofalltrades

Where is @Orikaeshigitae

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CrackedLens wrote:

I've just never felt comfortable taking any sort of medication

I understand that some people need it and that's cool though

Yeah it is stigmatized and that sucks

I Win Swordfights

I'm single again so I've been forgetting my Lamictal

I have the hardest time remembering to take it on my own.

msuitepyon

Vyvanse and Lexapro for ADHD and dysthymia. Without either of these daily, I'm a god damned train wreck. I will never outright pass a drug screening, either. Oh well...

joshofalltrades

CrackedLens wrote:

I've just never felt comfortable taking any sort of medication

I understand that some people need it and that's cool though

You may be a pharmacophobiac

Garlic Bread

I am weird in that I prefer to take pills dry and then drink water

Trying to swallow water and pills at the same time just feels weird to me

Skull Man

anytime someone tells me I should live without drugs I want to break their glasses and tell them to squint

DouglasDanger

I am going to start taking valerian in an attempt to sleep better. family doctor suggests it as a sleep aid. a different doctor suggested it could moderate mild anxiety so...

i drink two or three beers a week on average

joshofalltrades

Keith wrote:

I am weird in that I prefer to take pills dry and then drink water

Trying to swallow water and pills at the same time just feels weird to me

I am always so so scared that the pill will end up stuck in my throat if I don't try to take it with water at the ready, and I'll choke

But then I also take some pretty big pills; my off-brand Allegra could probably choke a python

joshofalltrades

Skull Man wrote:

anytime someone tells me I should live without drugs I want to break their glasses and tell them to squint

What happens if they have perfect vision

msuitepyon

joshofalltrades wrote: »

Skull Man wrote:

anytime someone tells me I should live without drugs I want to break their glasses and tell them to squint

What happens if they have perfect vision

Stab them in the eye.

Skull Man

burn their car
"just walk, you don't need that crutch"

Garlic Bread

joshofalltrades wrote:

Keith wrote:

I am weird in that I prefer to take pills dry and then drink water

Trying to swallow water and pills at the same time just feels weird to me

I am always so so scared that the pill will end up stuck in my throat if I don't try to take it with water at the ready, and I'll choke

But then I also take some pretty big pills; my off-brand Allegra could probably choke a python

I usually feel it in my throat and that's why I chase it with water

I don't know why it's weird for me to do both at once though

Stale

Mysst wrote: »

most nights I chug some nyquil to get to sleep

For a while I was popping 6-8 tylenol PMs a night

joshofalltrades

Actually, on the hospital visit that ended up being a very bad migraine, I did end up getting some percocet

That was wonderful stuff

The Geek

I take levothyroxin every day because I had part of my thyroid hacked out because of that cancer thing.

Rogue Lemon

I am pretty sure that winners don't use drugs.

But I take all of my life advice from '90s arcade games.

joshofalltrades

Rogue Lemon wrote:

I am pretty sure that winners don't use drugs.

But I take all of my life advice from '90s arcade games.

I was really pissed off at those PSAs on the arcade machines because at the time, I had heard that M. Bison was a drug dealer and in my 6th grade head drug dealer = drug user

And I was like, this guy is an asshole and you can never beat him, fuck this, I'm doing drugs if it means I get to win every time

The Geek

msuitepyon wrote:

Vyvanse and Lexapro for ADHD and dysthymia. Without either of these daily, I'm a god damned train wreck. I will never outright pass a drug screening, either. Oh well...

Turns out I may have dysthymia.

The Geek

Rogue Lemon wrote:

I am pretty sure that winners don't use drugs.

But I take all of my life advice from '90s arcade games.

msuitepyon

The Geek wrote: »

msuitepyon wrote:

Vyvanse and Lexapro for ADHD and dysthymia. Without either of these daily, I'm a god damned train wreck. I will never outright pass a drug screening, either. Oh well...

Turns out I may have dysthymia.

Shitsweak. Definitely better now that it's under treatment.

Mysst

joshofalltrades wrote:

Mysst wrote:

most nights I chug some nyquil to get to sleep

When you say "chug" are you exaggerating

a bit, yes

joshofalltrades

Mysst wrote:

joshofalltrades wrote:

Mysst wrote:

most nights I chug some nyquil to get to sleep

When you say "chug" are you exaggerating

a bit, yes

Okay, that is comforting, just makin sure

Butters

That swig of Nyquil I took last night knocked me the fuck out that's for sure. I was surprised it doesn't usually hit me that hard. Must have already been tired.