Crazy Pills

[DrFaroohk]

About 3 months ago my depression and anxiety problems got pretty bad so I went on some medication. Thing is, I didn't exactly get a prescription from a doctor.

They've done a wonderful job of helping balance me out and also made me a much better man to my family. I spend more time with my wife, I don't hate the kids, we all get along great, we're all happy.

Now I've run out of the medication. I need to see a doctor so I can get a scrip for more, but there's so much I'm worried about that I feel like it'd be a waste of time. What if the doctor feels I shouldn't take the meds because I need a lifestyle change more than meds? What if he says that since I was taking them illegally there's some policy where he can't give me something I've taken off the street? What if he just decides he doesn't like what I suggest I need and he gives me a different one that doesn't work?

I just hate hassle and I hate complications. I want to be able to walk in there and say "Look, I've been taking these pills for a while, they work, no negative side effects, so write me out a scrip and I'll get out of your hair." But there's so many things that can go wrong just based upon the personality disposition of the doctor that I'm afraid to even bother.

[McDreidel09]

Your doctor may be cool about asking for a specific medication. My doctor was. I tried a certain kind of BC from my high school's health center and I really liked it and it worked for me. So, I went to my doctor, told him I wanted this certain kind. He just asked me a few more questions regarding my health and wrote a scrip.

Maybe you can say you have friends who it worked for and would like to see if it works for you.

[crashhelmet]

One thing you need to understand is that while the pills appear to be helping you, they will never be the cure of whatever it is that causes your anxiety and depression. They're designed to make you "functional" so that you can figure out and works towards a resolution.

Anxiety and depression are "chemical imbalances" no different than being angry, happy, horny, or any other emotion. Some types of pills completely balance out your neurotransmitters, basically making you a walking zombie. other up your seratonin levels so high, that it starts messing with your other neurotransmitters, basically creating the same effect.

They might help you deal with a bad situation, but long term use has been proven to be harmful when the meds are stopped, even for a short period of time. Withdrawal kicks in and then the "chemicals" start flowing freely, causing even greater mood swings than what may have existed before. That's when quacks step up and say "See ! You need to be on these pills and in my care! I haven't paid off my house yet!"

There have been several documented cases where people that have come off of the meds have then committed suicide or committed other serious crimes of violence.

Here is some more info that might be helpful about it. Talk to your doctor. Let him/her see if anything can be found clinically that can work towards helping you better. he may even prescribe you a dose to help you through it all.

Just be careful.

CH