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#7820947 - 01/01/08 06:00 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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i'm sure tons of people here have been to or regularly see psychiatrists.
i've been suffering from clinical depression for a long time, and for the first time in my life, i'm getting it checked out. i preferred to face my problems myself for the longest time but i want to see what a specialist thinks now that i'm running out of options on why i feel the way i do, and maybe he can guide me into a brighter light.
the reason i'm asking this is because i understand that most therapy sessions can have a great span of time in between them - such as anywhere from 3-4 weeks. i'm curious to know if there is a basis for when doctors are allowed to or supposed to write prescriptions. i'm not trying to bum drugs. i'm just curious as to what i should expect, like whether or not help is going to come within a week or 2 or if i'll have to prove it over the course of 2 months.
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I went to probably 3 or 4 different psychiatrists as a teenager and on the very first visit they always tried to prescribe something.
If you're expecting a narcotic like xanax, expect something like that to take time. But ssri's, they hand those out like candy.
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lysergicide
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what about adderall?
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they'll prescribe it, but like the xanax, it's probably going to take a little while.
I'm completely guessing here, but let's say you see him/her once a week. I would think at least 1-2 months before you get prescribed to anything decent.
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bump
anyone else have any input?
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They'll probably put you on an SSRI. You may or may not be helped by this, but you won't know until you try them. FWIW, they have really helped my depression. In any case, if you're looking for benzos, tell them you have severe panic attacks. It worked for me.
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if you just want drugs and aren't looking to really talk to anyone, you can buy them off the internet you know?
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ahahah thats not the case. i just want to know how long it's going to take before i get any help for my problem.
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Well, you'll probably get a prescription right away, although it usually takes a few weeks for an SSRI to work. HTH!
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i was using 5htp, doesn't that potentiate SSRI's?
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hm...
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I'm kinda sceptical about all of these anti-depressantss, but then again, I've never been clinically depressed. I don't know what to tell you, but I advise you to not immediately start taking things that fuck with your neurochemistry. talking to someone about it can help loads, I swear. Maybe you should dry yourself out for a while, stop doing drugs? Or, reverse that, and take a heroic dose of mushrooms or acid or something to that effect, I've heard stories where the sufferer was cured of his depression after a (usually grueling) mushroom or acid trip. But I don't know anything, man, it's all up to you.
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Re: psychiatry [Re: Hopi]
#7823650 - 01/02/08 12:50 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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Hopi said: but I advise you to not immediately start taking things that fuck with your neurochemistry.
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Hopi said: Or, reverse that, and take a heroic dose of mushrooms or acid or something to that effect,
oh, the irony!
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lysergicide said: i was using 5htp, doesn't that potentiate SSRI's?
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lysergicide said:
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lysergicide said: i was using 5htp, doesn't that potentiate SSRI's?
Alledgedly, it does. I dunno - are you feeling any better?
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Re: psychiatry *DELETED* [Re: Le_Canard]
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why would an anti-depressant be the last thing you'd take?
how could ayahuasca help me?
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soulcircus said: firstly 5htp can't cross the blood brain barrier, its broken down in the blood,
tryptophan teh precursor to 5htp can cross the blood brain barrier, then subsequently turn into 5htp and seratonin within the brain where its functional.
Well, I've only heard stories of 5HTP, so this is why I asked the OP about it.
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secondly,
if your looking for a medication to solve depression
and anti-depressent is the last thing i would take.
if i were to take something it'd be ayahuasca.
All I can say is that Zoloft has helped me immensely. It's not for everyone, to be sure. It works for some and not for others, alas.
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however, changing something about your life, or regressinng and solving the root of the problem is what needs to be done.
Good advice.
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i definently agree.
however i have battled depression for several years, maybe 8 now. i have gone through my own soul-searching in an attempt to find my problems and overcome them, but the thing is that i don't find any problems. i have a few here and there, but who doesn't? but these wouldn't account for how dreadful i feel.
i have temporary success in my own ways but the feelings return like always. and i act irrationally and sad when i know i shouldn't
this is the final test for me. i'm testing these waters, and i wanted to see what you guys thought first
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i will definently look into this! thank you soulcircus
but i dunno where i could ever find ayahuasca...
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No offense, but a shaman and a powerful psychedelic drug aren't what he needs.
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i saw a few documentaries about ayahuasca also red some books. you both might be right. on one hand it can heal, on the other hand it can make you mad (not exactly sure for howlong).
soulcircus, seems like you was in contact with a shaman. did he mention something about the second possibility? it kind of happened to me but with mushrooms.
lysergicide, i would definitly not drink ayahuasca w/o a person who knows what has to be done. the pharmacetical mediacation usualy does not fix the cause of the problem but could help you out of the worst but you would have to deal with the real cause anyway.
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yes i think he could be capable to do such thing, on the other hand my psychosis was trigered by psychoactive plants and so i am not sure..
anyway peru is many timezones away from where i live, but if i ever should have a trip to south america and peru, i might write you a message for locations and people that might be interesting for me
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Re: psychiatry [Re: e3k]
#7961833 - 01/31/08 07:51 PM (16 years, 1 day ago) |
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Sorry this post is a little late. But I think that a big contributor to you thinking your are depressed is because you think about it all the time, or too much. Stop thinking about your self so deeply and get a girl friend. Get a job, try to do well in school. Start playing a sport, you know, occupy your time. Don't just spend all of it just thinking about your self.
I don't know you, but I do know many depressed people that I have helped through their problems without using all these drugs that the Psychiatrists try to prescribe or SSRI's... Humans have existed for so long in perfect harmony with them selves and nature, and I don't think all of a sudden humans NOW have to start doing all these drugs and shit (Zoloft, Prozac, ect...) to get better.
I think it is society making you feel you are depressed. Just who gives a shit and be happy mate. There is nothing stopping you except your self!
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Re: psychiatry [Re: Hopi]
#7964339 - 02/01/08 11:06 AM (16 years, 13 hours ago) |
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I agree with hopi in this situation. A healthy degree of scepticism is in order when dealing with prescription medications. In this day and age the solution for many mental problems seems to be to feed people drugs and not actually address the root cause. Psychiatrists, I hate to say it, are not much more than drug pushers for pharmaceutical companies.
(caveat) This is a generalisation of course and some people do have serious chemical imbalances that need to be rectified by a medication, however I'm pretty sure that over prescription is rampant.
In my personal experience when I was going through a pretty bad bout of depression I saw a psychiatrist and my perspective has been tainted ever since. I told the psychiatrist that I was depressed and wanted to work some things out with her and her reaction was pretty much, "You have depression, let's get you on some SSRIs" in which I kept telling her I wasn't interested. She was uncomfortably pushy about the matter.
If you really want to conquer your problems I'd recommend not going the medication route as it's like putting a band-aid over a gunshot wound.
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hi lysergic,
I agree with virus that most shrinks will most definitely try their damndest to get you on a pill, regardless if you think you need them or not. Same thing happened to me.My physician prescribed me zoloft when i was just 18 because of mild depression related to a rough break up with a girl i loved. Typical teenage angst. He talked it up to be some kind of "miracle" cure for my affliction. I was pretty bummed out and slacking off in school, so after a bit of coaxing from my mom and doctor, i agreed to try.
What he failed to mention whilst pitching the product to me, was how addictive they are and all the horrible side effects they can cause.
True, they do help many people who are at the end of their rope and need a way out. And not everyone has the problems that i had with them, but to this day i have dependency issues because of the year i spent on SSRIs. The Withdraws are horrible if you use for that long. Man, I thought i was depressed before taking those pills. The 'coming off' stage put me deeper in depression than i was before medication.
Just a friendly warning to consider when deciding. Best of luck to you man. Maybe talking with someone is all you need.
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