Mental Health
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What meds are you taking now to tackle depression and anxiety?
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I don't take meds, I suffered with depression in the past and I didn't want to take tablets for the rest of my life. I worked with my doctor to find a solution.
I go to the gym, I go running. Exercise is important and I found it helped a lot, when I was depressed I forced myself to go for a run or hit the gym and felt miles better after. (At the start I had help from friends and family who would get me out, some days I didnt even want to get out of bed) I also read up on something called "Mindfulness" which is all about perspective. These two combined has meant Ive not suffered with depression since starting that journey.
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None. Did like Matt said and started working out and running.
Drugs (all drugs) don't work properly on me for some reason, my system is odd. I did a line of coke at work once from a co-worker to get a project finished. Just once and I didn't stop going for almost 72 hours.Never tried it again.
Zoloft has the same affects on me. One 50 mg pill and I am wired for 2 days but then I crash.Working out just makes things so much nicer.
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I honestly just working out or meditate(just sit down, close your eyes, clear thoughts and breathe slowly).
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I am on an entire cocktail combination. The major players for my mental health are citalopram for the depression, and risparidal (risparidone) for the parts that the anti-depressant alone does not touch. In my case, this combination really works wonders.
In all truth though, between the depression, complex PTSD, ADHD, HIV, and bi-polar, I'm literally a walking pharmacy. I'm not on nearly as many meds or as many times a day as I used to be, but it's still a bushel to say the least.
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citalopram for the depression
you should definitely try Escitalopram instead of Citalopram, it's a "revised version", it uses only enantiomer S (the one that makes the benefit effect) instead of a mix of enantiomer in citalopram which makes it more powerful. Sides effects are unchanged. ( I 've had both among many others ).
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Interesting… I'll have to look into it and see if my government benefits package will cover it. They're a little sticky sometimes about what all they'll cover.
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Listening to music that I like motivates me to do my work. I guess we must ask ourselves what have worked in the past and try to fix it ourselves most of the times
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I have a social anxiety disorder . I dont take meds anymore , i took them for about 8 years. I then started a therapy for analysis. This took 4 years in a group therapy which i had once a week for 1,5 hours. It was good practice and helped me alot. i still have anxiety but it isnt as bad as it used to be and i no longer need to take meds. There are good new therapy methods out there. So there is hope.
