Do All These Medication's Actually Help You???

[combatgoldfish]

I guess I was diagnosed with major depression as well.

I haven't found a SSRI that helps yet. f*ck it helps to keep me a bit balanced.

I was a combat engineer, it was a blast

 

[Xander Haworth]

did you have any previous history of this before the military? seems crazy that they say major depression but SSRIs dont work. i wonder if it is something diffrent. so smoking is really the only thing that keeps you balanced right now? thats cool got to blow $hit up for free lol. i was with 5th group.

 

[combatgoldfish]

I had anger issues but what teenager didn't?

Smoking help after I kick the mind high after an hour or so. But that hour or so is a reflection upon myself. Time slows down, focus tends to be around me close up instead of looking out 360 and taking in ever detail.

 

[Xander Haworth]

well yes to a degree every teen has anger but mine was really really bad and lasted till i was 20. got me into some trouble. but u didnt say did u have any mental or phsical problems before you joined? only a hour? damn that sucks. to bad its not like 8 hours where you can just be with yourselve. see that would bother me because i would start to think and when i think i get more flshbacks and anxiety. i took my pulse one time durring an atttack. it was 160. now i have a 46% more of a chance to have a heart attack or heart problem. is it legal in the state you live in? i just never enjoyed being high. sometimes if i had a good strain i would enjoy it more if it didnt make me paranoid and make my anxiety worse. like today people are firing fireworks. reminds me of being morrtarded. tomorrow will be worse... well sounds like you dont have things so bad right now. that is good. im not having it welll at all.

 

[Xander Haworth]

viking
wow that is horrible. seemed they the board was having a bad day. so did you end up returning and getting a phd? if so in what field? do you golf also? my uncle is a pro golfer. i use to work with him and golf all the time with him on a very expensive course. my pation is in astrophysics. it really is. on tv that all i watch on the internet that is all i read and its all i read in books. i am just worried that i go threw all that schooling and effort to not make enough money or dont like it as much as i think. now what is your opinion on this. having be around astrophysicists and going threw the doctoratorial program. should i do that or just be a rn or something easier just for one reason its simplier. i like the story that you quoted. makes alot of sense. i am 95% sure of who i am right now in life. and i have had a love for space since 5. and love for astrophysics since i was 16. so i would value your opinion very hghly. what do you think i should do?

 

[Sleeping Dragon]

My Brother,

The meds. are just another tool for you to use as you find your way back from the killing fields. They are not a permanent fix, nor is anything else.

But, when you include them with counceling, time, methods to identify triggers, ways to adjust your perspective of the world around you, excersize and all the other things we talk about here, they can help you over the rough spots.

SD

 

[Jimmy1]

Xander,

Apologies if I offended.

I am a firm believer that the future of medication lays with cannabis, actually the future of a lot of the textile industry as well. Did you know that the first two drafts of the Declaration of Independence were written on hemp paper? Chinese have been using MJ since the 1600's for medication.
I personally have seen skin cancer cured by cannabis oil. I also know of a veteran who rid himself of 10 medications and uses two drops of one type of oil during the day and one drop at night.

The problem in legalisation is because the pharmaceutical and textile companies will go broke. As soon as it's legal here, I am off my meds.

Enough on cannabis.

As SD said, meds are a means to an end. Some shrinks will pile you full of them. I personally was on six different meds plus something to make me regular and I was still erratic and in pain.

My shrink here in the hospital has me down to three. I can actually take a crap without taking a tablet too, oh and the best part, my pain has reduced from an 8 in the morning, to a 5. That in itself is a blessing.

The hardest work is coming, the next two weeks are intense therapy.

Thanks for joining the Forum Xander

 

[Xander Haworth]

Jimmy,
You didnt't offend me at all. So dont worry about that. I agree with you cannabis has helped alot of people out. I just moved from Arizona and there it is legal with a green card so, everybody smokes there lol. I know alot of people with anxiety, pain, insomia, and PTSD. When they smoke weed instead of taking a dozen medications it actually helped them out. When you have a green card you can buy specific stains for specific problems. Me personaly when i smoke weed i get more anxiety and get very paranoid. So, for me weed is not the answer I wish it was. Right now I am taking Oxy, Clonapin, and Serequel. So I am not on a whole bunch of meds like I was but these seem to help but the Oxy is addicting the Clonapin makes me tired and the Serequel I have no problems with.So i think alot are the benefits of taking these meds better than the con's of taking them so I wanted other people's opnion's. I asked you a question in a diffrent post. What happend that you had to fuse your back and have shoulder and knee problems.

 

[vikingr24]

Xander,

I think your response was to another thread. I didn't see this one until I read this thread. Sorry but answering when the question is placed elsewhere makes it tough to discover.

I went into computer science in grad school mostly because I had a job as a manager in the field. It has done me well except for the outsourcing now that is ruining the jobs here in America.

After a lot of living in the camouflage of civilian life, I finally crashed several times and was diagnosed in 1997. (I could give you the exact date but it doesn't matter.) I am now married, happily pretty much, and nothing disrupts it other than the lack of sleep which brings on the problems. I was injured like many here and am on a high dosage of gabapentin and other drugs for keeping the beast at bay in a panic situation.

You say you are taking Oxy, Klonapin (Clonazepam) and Seroquel. That is a heavy combination. Both Oxy and Klonapin are addictive. One is codeine based; the other is a benzodiazepine. The latter, especially when combined with alcohol, is very addictive and can cause some serious depression itself. Seroquel is also a pretty heavy sleep aid. I would not go over the prescribed amount. Some people have been very successful with it. Others, well, went off the deep end.

But your doc has prescribed them for you, so he/she feels you need them. I have taken some of the same drugs you have and my experience in general helped initially but over time, it was really hell when I started some sense of stability and tried to get off them. I take lorazepam (another benzo but lighter) when absolutely necessary.