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I have 9 mental conditions thegg uv prescribed gapapentin for anxiety but it made my schizophrenic voices and hallucinations much more intense .. I will never take that medication again!!!
Looking up drugs that you are prescribed are often things that make your anxiety skyrocket. Iāve done this several times, and one time, the internet made me think I had schizophrenia.
Listen to your doctor/therapist/prescriber. Any one of these 3 had to go to school for a very long time to even start interning, nevermind holding the official job position. Just keep in mind that mental health medication can be a lengthy and sometimes frustrating process. But itās worth it.
Pro tip #1: With most medications for anxiety/depression etc, there is often a 2 week time frame where youāre gonna have to tough out some side effects. Report them to who prescribed the meds to you, but if they say itāll last for a week or two, trust them. 9 times out of 10, the other side of that two weeks is SO worth it.
Pro tip #2: Be super skeptic about negative reviews when looking on the internet about medications.
-Often times, people have their own preconceived notions, paranoia, etc.
-Often times, donāt tough out those first two weeks, so of course if you ask them, theyāre only going to have bad things to say.
-Often times, people donāt listen to their prescriberās precautions
For example:
*Do not stop taking abruptly. If you experience side effects or would like to stop taking this medication, let us know, and we will ween you off of it.
*Do not drink on this medication/Do not smoke weed on this medication/Do not take opioids on this medication.
I personally know someone who swore the Zoloft that has given me no problems whatsoever, who said it was terrible. She kept having episodes, became violent, etc.
ā¦ she left out the part where she was drinking every night on this medication and thatās one of the first things that they tell you not to do. So of course, she had a terrible reaction to it.
I dont know anything or much about gabapentin. But for me, hydroxyzine worked great, and it helped me sleep at a time when i just accepted my insomnia and was up until 4-6am every night lol Usually prescribed to take as needed, and always helped me with my anxiety.
Goodluck! And LISTEN TO YO PRESCRIBERS/DOCTORS/THERAPIST lol
Oh! And be patient 
This is so funny you say this because, I did think I had schizophrenia. SMH I look it up to try and prepare the best way I can. But it just leaves me with more stress. I donāt want to feel out of touch
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Take your meds as prescribed. The funny thing is, we drink to put us out of touch with our uncomfortable feelings. We chase this nostalgic energy of when we were young and ānormal.ā
These medications usually help grant us ānormal.ā If taken as directed.
Iām on Zoloft, which is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibiter (otherwise known as an SSRI). It is known as Sertraline. Iāve been on it for two years now.
The first two weeks were rough. They made my anxiety worse, I didnāt necessarily feel that āsinking feelingā that depression often stings us with, but my anxiety was definitely hard to handle.
But after those two weeks. Let me tell you. I had ānormalā back. But i liked to smoke weed, and every few months.. i would have an episode where I freaked out, had crying episodes. Dysregulation. Could barely drive. And I lost my mind.
Found out, that THC in marijuana, prevents the SSRI from metabolizing properly. So serotonin gets trapped in certain areas of the brain for too long, and then, I dont know it gets complicated lol
The results are no good. And ever since I put weed down, Iāve been doing great! No episodes! But what made it easier was knowing why.
Now i know that weed interferes with my meds. And my medication grants me ānormal.ā And ānormal,ā is wayyy more important to me than getting high. Sometimes we have to make choices we dont want to make. But the results are not only worth it, but exactly what weāve been searching for since we started drinking.
I finally feel like I have my life back. And I wouldnāt trade it for anything!
(Sorry for the short novels by the way 
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Thatās the part that scares me. Iām like what if I take the meds. And i canāt take the bad side effects. Like Iām not strong enough t make it through the bad side effects. I feel like I can feel almost every change in my body so the smallest thing thatās off from my daily routine. Makes me anxious
Side effects arenāt guaranteed. And even so, 8-10 days for the rest of your life aint the worst trade.. just food for thought.
Try to think of anxiety like an excessive and random influx of energy. Like adrenaline or an energy drink. If you have all this kinetic energy stored up, and youāre sitting still.. the energy is likely to go to your brain and emotions.
However if you use that energy to do something like.. workout, jog, play some sort of sportā¦ basically anything physical that makes you breathe heavy and sweat (Sweat also releases toxins in the body.)
Basically if you find some sort of physical activity to burn off the excess energy that is anxiety. Youāll feel better.
PS: i know youāre scared.. but do it anyways 