i took my medications today at 2 pm. it seems like that i’m going to smoke some hash with my gf tonight. is there any side effects might happen due to the interaction between hashish / cannabis and antidepressants. “effexor, ssri, lamotrigine”

Title Says it all, prescribed ativan for panic disorder 0.5-1mg as needed.

I absolutely adore the anti anxiety relief and the calming of my body however I do wish It wasn't SO sedative. I dont like to fall asleep and I don't like that I can't take while driving for obvious reasons. I also have 2 small children so I definitely don't want to be absent minded while caring for them.

Anyone boost their energy with coffee and ativan? Any other ideas would be much appreciated thanks and have a great day.

Female, 31. Some back story:

I got diagnosed with Crohn's Disease at 18 years old in 2010/2011. When I first got diagnosed, the doctors were concerned about me having anxiety. At the time, I didn't, no where close, I hadn't even known what anxiety felt like at that time.

Forward to when I was 22/23 years old, I would wake up with my heart beating out of my chest, and my chest feeling tight. This is when I learned that I was facing anxiety. But for no reason. Why? At the time, everything was great, considering being a young adult. I had a wonderful childhood, my parents are great, what is happening? At the time, I didn't realize I was in such a "traumatizing" relationship, as my therapist now puts it, but I know for a fact there's way worse that has happened to women then what I've went through.

I never took any medication for anxiety for all those years, until three years ago. I thought, I HAVE to do something about this. If this is lasting since my early twenties to now, something is up. Context: I haven't seen a doctor since I was old enough to exit pediatrics. I stopped seeing my Crohn's doctor a few years into being diagnosed.

I got myself a PCP and I told her what was going on. I had asked for hydroxyzine at first, but she recommended I try Lexapro at 5mg, then being on 10mg. The lexapro worked wonders until I couldn't get intimate or climax even by myself. Huge turn off, so I got off it. I then asked her she could prescribe me Hydroxyzine, and she did at 25mg and I was hopeful this was going to be the end of my search.

It is not.

She then had my try Propanolol. I've been on Propanolol for 4 days, and this morning was the worst anxiety attack I've ever had. I was up at 1am, when I had to wake up for work at 430. I was up the whole time, feeling like I'm losing my mind, crying, throwing up, heart pounding craziness. I said to myself I am done with this. I laid in bed for a while, took a Hydoxyzine and I seemed to calm down after a few hours, I got up and got ready to go to work. Better late than never. I then did some research on Propanolol and Crohns and found that it has a high possibility of relapse, which it most definitely made me.

Anxiety is now waking me up at usually 3 am, and I am suffering. I know some people over exaggerate but I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. I never thought it would be like this. This is excruciating.

I'm considering asking for Welbutrin. Or, just throwing the towel in because honestly, when I actually get up and push through it and on my drive to work, the anxiety goes away and I'm great for the rest of the day. It's just the morning, or even when I'm sleeping, it waking me up, or when the alarm goes off to get up, my body is in sudden panic. Hence why I thought the propanolol would work considering it works for people with heart and blood pressure problems. Like I said earlier, the Lexapro worked wonders, but the lack of intimacy was an unwanted side effect. I'm seeing that Welbutrin may that the power to do the opposite.

Can anyone relate to this or tell me their experience or what worked for them? Any recommendations? My PCP said that if I continue to not find the right medication for me, I'd have to start seeing a psychiatrist... I've already done that back in 2023 and I got prescribed Prazosin and had to pay $600 to sit in a room with a lady for 10 minutes...no change at all...I'm so sketched about taking SSRI's and I know that Welbutrin isnt a SSRI..but I'm so tired of trying things and then them not working.

I have really severe anxiety about my friends turning on me, and I’m always super paranoid that I’m doing something they secretly don’t like but don’t want to tell me. I have fears that they’re all growing tired of me as the years march on, and I’m scared. Yesterday, I was feeling super left out from them.

I was alone studying all day at home, and one of my best friends, let’s call them T, said something into our main gc about our friend P and how we’re getting together tonight to celebrate her finishing school. Immediately, I feel sad because I know they’re together, probably doing homework, and I didn’t see anything in the gc about getting together to do homework. So, I know they texted each other to do homework together.

Well, later, P and I meet up to get boba. She asks about my day, and I ask about hers. She tells me she’s just been doing hw all day and omits that she was with T all day doing it at a cafe together. I don’t pester or ask if she was with T because I rationalized in my head that she wouldn’t lie to me about that, so they must’ve not been together. Then, I hang out with T after boba, and P goes home. T mentions that she was with P doing homework at a cafe together ehter, and my stomach drops.

P had lied to me. It was so minuscule and small, but I’m worried. If she could lie to me about that, what else could she lie about? What do I do? I feel sad that my behaviors have led them to feel like they need to lie to me about getting together without me. I think I’m so insecure, it’s pushing my friends away. I’m trying not to let it bother me but it does. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what else they could have lied to me abt because they didn’t want me to know they were hanging out without me. Why do they want to hangout with out me? I’m scared saying something will make it worse, but I can’t stop thinking about it and feeling sad.

Hi all. I have been spotting outside of my period this month for almost every day. I had a break around ovulation and now it’s back. I had my period this month and spotted after it was over too (before I ovulated). I have an appointment to get a check up this week and I’m terrified they could find cancer. I know it sounds silly but it’s a thought in the back of my head. I’ve had a A LOT of blood test run by my naturopathic doctor and he said my progesterone is a little low. He didn’t run these test because of my spotting, just to get an insight on what’s going on in my body cause I get heart palpitations and concerned about my gut health. but I developed the spotting this month shortly after I started a detox diet of only meat, squash, pumpkin, avocado and eggs. My thought is my body just doesn’t appreciate the loss of sugar and carbs… lol but idk. Anyone dealt with this? I should mention I have heavy, but regular periods. This is really the first time I’ve had spotting like this ever except when I tried out wild yam cream I bled a bit so I stopped it, I plan to try it again but a better brand.

So after a lot of non working or semi working but anxiety inducing antidepressants I am now taking vorioxetine.

And I am exhausted. For two days now I can’t sleep. I don’t think it because of the med, I accidentally slept during the day and that was it.

I noticed I have a TON of anger. It almost looks like anger issues. I am pissed at nearly everything. I am of course stressed beyond reason due to things like finances.

Oh yeah and I feel disgusting. I can’t explain it, I feel disgusting.

It’s that I can’t get any therapy because I can’t afford it, the appointments are burdened with long waiting times. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting.

I have had enough of waiting, receiving substandard or very average care.

What the fuck do I do at this point?

I've been in therapy for sometime and my therapist thinks I don't need therapy anymore. My doctors say there is nothing wrong with me.

But I keep having chest pains, weak legs, lightheadedness, dizziness, feeling my oulse in my left arm while laying down. Sometime the weakness is so much that I have to sit down and there's strange pain in my legs.

I've been trying to be brave and keep working around my day , keeping up with my physical activities. I have bad HA and OCD, and luckily I deal with bad thoughts better now but these feelings don't go away 😭😭😭.

My therapist thinks I don't need medication and my family is full of GPs(my uncles) they're also against medication they told me how it can affect cardiovascular health, reproductive health, digestive and neurological health.

Had an ECG, A chest X Ray , USG upper Abdomen a, multiple stethoscope checks.

Hey folks,

I've been going through a rough spot the last couple of months after my twitching has gotten worse. I wanted to hear if anyone here can relate to my symptoms and, therefore, can help me get my mind to a better place.

About a year ago, I started twitching around my left eye. I didn't pay too much attention to it as these things seem to come and go. However, this time around, it didn't. It persisted for several months, and at some point, I got worried enough to reach out to my doctor. His evaluation was that it was stress-related. We took a blood test, which showed normal numbers. I didn't do much more about it at that time.

A few months passed, and suddenly, I started noticing that the left side of my face would go numb, my upper lip would twitch, and my thighs and calves, significantly just above the knee, would twitch. At this point, I started investigating what could be the cause of these symptoms, and that is possibly the worst thing I've done as it led my sight down the ALS path.

This new information sparked a nasty case of health anxiety. It's not something I've experienced before, and I generally don't worry about my health. I contacted my doctor again and got an appointment with a neurologist.

At the neurologist, I got a complete examination where we looked for atrophy and clinical weakness. None to be found - luckily. She concluded that it was not ALS. I was surprised about how much that message affected me as I started crying. She ordered a new set of blood tests to look for muscle defects and organ failure. The tests showed everything was as it should be, except that I was vitamin D deficient.

I've been taking vitamin D, but it's been a few months since that visit. The symptoms are still there, and now I can feel that I'm getting worried again.

My current symptoms are:

• Twitching all over the body. Throat, arms, legs, and especially around the knees. The face has subsided quite a lot, and I no longer twitch around the eye or feel numbness in the cheek.
• Sharp pain in the side of my thumb, index finger, and big toe when touched. This comes and goes.
• Feeling of a lump in my throat. I don't have issues swallowing when eating, but when not eating, it feels like I cannot. I write this off as being in my head because I know it's a symptom of ALS.

I'm in my early 40s. I have a very stressful job, and I have issues with things that have to be perfect. This most likely is the root cause. However, it is extremely difficult for me to consider that it might be an illness. What I'm looking for here is whether others have had a similar experience as what I do, and hopefully, I can help convince myself that I am indeed healthy.

I wouldn't want this on my worst enemy.

Hi all.

I am looking for some advice perhaps? I started sertraline 50mg 4 days ago. Initially night time but didn’t sleep so switched it to morning.

I have found that the last 2 days I’ve been constantly yawning and feeling like I can’t take a deep breath. Like I really have to concentrate on my breathing and focus on it to be able to take that deep breath. I’m still not sleeping well so the yawning could be tiredness even though I don’t feel tired, I feel absolutely wired, sort of like I’m on drugs.

I’ve still been able to go to the gym and walk the dog etc so it’s not a shortness of breath, but when I’m sat still that’s when it catches me.

Has anybody else experienced this and is it a symptom that will go away, I’ve tried looking online and can’t see much about it in the side effects.

Thankyou in advance

I’m a first year student who has just missed a meeting about my attendance because of an anxiety attack. I’m not diagnosed with anything but have already decided that I will be taking the next year off to get diagnosed/seek help and establish a framework for my future regarding my mental health struggles but since my attendance is so low I’m at risk of being kicked out.

I know that it likely won’t mean much since I’m already taking a break and plan on staying at home (currently attending a uni three hours from home) but getting kicked out wouldn’t be ideal either, especially since the semester ends in less than a month!!. I am expecting a meeting with the head of the school due to missing my attendance meeting but I’m worried that since I’m not yet diagnosed my reasoning might not mean anything, even with proof of me seeking help from the student mental health team.

I’ve lost motivation to complete the year but I know I have to because I have formal presentations under way (and no work to show for them). Any advice? The semester literally ends in less than a month.

Hey guys! So I need some advice. I’m currently living with my in laws because my husband just got out of the military. I’m kind of struggling in this new place and with finding a job. I’ve had a job all my life (since I was 15..23 now) and coming to this new place things definitely aren’t going how I expected. It’s a very small town and even though I have my BS I’m still not getting hired for jobs. I know however that I can work at Starbucks and other establishments like this but I’m ready for a “big girl” job and I don’t wanna give up hope yet. However, yes I don’t mind working at those places if push comes to shove!

So getting back to the main topic (need to give some backstory) I was coming out of my room and I don’t think my in laws heard me come out and I caught them talking about me and how I don’t have a job and just in my opinion very hurtful things. Mind you my husband (their son) doesn’t have a job either but not once have they said anything about him and just genuinely pamper him. So because of all this I don’t converse with them. I will say hi and give a small smile but sometimes they just flat out ignore me. So all together I just live as ghost in their house. Right now I’m living off my savings and I’ll just get my own Groceries, detergent, and hygiene products just to stay out of there way.

One of these particular days I didn’t say “hi” to them as I was making my way out the door and I guess they ranted and raged at my husband about and saying I was so rude and inconsiderate. Yes I know I can see how it was rude but they also in my opinion have been rude even when I try to interact.

I just need advice. Am I valid to feel the way I feel? I’m a very reflective person but I have also been that person that was always the scapegoat in friendships and even my own family. I just don’t want to keep getting walked all over in my life and when I stand up for myself I am always looked at as the bad guy.

Also side note their son has put me through so much with cheating, totaling the car that my father got me before passing, lies, and just so much more (this is whole other topic in itself).

I don’t know I’m just kind of lost right now and need some advice. I have a gut feeling of knowing what I need to do but I also think I’m trying to find the courage. I don’t know if it makes a difference but I’m the oldest of 6 and the only girl and he’s the baby of three.

Also if you need more clarification on anything feel free to ask!

Any advice would be appreciated! I know I ranted to you guys as if you were a therapist so I appreciate you guys for just listening! I apologize for how long it is! Thank you so so much!

Pov of my life after highschool: Complains about not having any luck finding a job and wanting one really bad, then finally getting an interview being excited and relieved, then getting the job and immediately regretting and dreading doing it in the first place.. this then leads to me just quitting not even a week in .. im tired of this shit how can i go from being so excited for this new opportunity to dreading the hours before i start (i clock in an hour and 20 mins) woke up earlier than my alarm.. i guess my mind would rather dread my shift rather than get a few more mins of sleep.. please am i the only one?? Ima 19M and i cant stand the thought of doing this for 8 hours let alone 5-6 days let alone THE REST OF MY LIFE ..

This past week I had a seizure while at home. After going to the ER and having my bloodwork checked, an EKG, and a CT Scan, I was told the test results all came back normal and it’s possible I had experienced a Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizure and was given a referral to a neurologist.

I’m wondering how common these type of anxiety-causing seizures are.

Has anyone experienced something similar?

Context about the seizure I had: I am recovering from an unrelated surgery on my chest that happened on April 1. I had been taking pain medication and muscle relaxers as part of my recovery. The morning of April 11, I decided to stop taking the pain medication and start weening myself off the meds in time to go back to work on April 15. The evening of April 11, I was in pain and lying in bed wondering if I should take some pain medication and then I started to think about going back to work… and that’s when I felt what I thought was a panic attack building and I called out for my husband. ( I’ve had panic attacks multiple times over the last year due to work stress. ) The next thing I remember is my husband’s face right in front of mine calling my name and asking me to say something. I was lying in his arms on the floor and very confused but regained “myself” within 2 minutes or so. According to my husband, he had heard me call out his name and when he came into the room, I was having a full-body arch, exorcist-style seizure. He said he pulled me to the floor and gave me cpr for what he guessed as 1-2 mins.

Hi! My wife is pregnant and has terrible anxiety. I’m wondering if anyone in here has purchased the owlet for their infant, and if so, did it help or worsen anxiety? Thanks for any help!

I took ssri but it gave me sexual dysfunction two years ago that still persists. No libido at all. Only frustration of all the time being anxious. Overthinking hits me hard.

So i sat down and i look down at my phone and i feel liquid come out my nose it’s clear but it’s a very small amount one wipe and it’s gone, but then my nose feel a little snotty so i blow it and everything fine, it rarely happens i could probably count the amount of times on my hands, does anyone know what this is because when i looked it up it said brain leakage or something with the brain and it’s got me really worried, i don’t have any headaches or anything

I have been having an extremely stressful time in the last week and I noticed some really weird physical sensations that I can only attribute to anxiety and I was interested to hear about other people's less talked about physical anxiety symptoms .

My body has been feeling weird like I am moving in slow motion , and my mouth feels weird . Its such a weird feeling I don't even know the words for it . It just feels tense all in my mouth and like I am really aware of the sensations there . I also been getting like this heavy , sinking feeling right at the bottom of my chest which is new . Sometimes I also get really hot and cold at the same time and almost feel feverish ? Like if I didn't notice the link between these sensations and me being anxious I would genuinely think it was a fever . I also feel really spaced out like I am looking at everything with a wide angle lens and sometimes when I talk I feel like my voice feels detached from my body . The effect extreme anxiety has on the body is insane .

Is there any medications that actually help anxiety that don’t have the million side effects? I feel like I’m prone to all the weird ones every time and trying to find out that works has been so incredibly hard.

My go to is chocolate. The sugar lowers my anxiety or at least makes it manageable. Not always but it does make it go down from a 4 to 3 sometimes. Walking and yoga don't work nearly as well and all other coping mechanisms sound very damaging (smoking, drugs, occasional sex). Do you have any techniques or ideas you'd like to share? I'd like to experiment with something else, otherwise I'll end up with diabetes haha

For context; I am diagnosed with GAD and unwilling to take Prozac so I'm trying to manage my symptoms for now. If they don't lower at all during next 2 months, I'll start the medicine :/

I generally take clonazepam a couple of hours before exams. 1-2 mg. I've been doing it since an year. It did work for a couple of exams fantastically last year. But this time, I feel a bit disoriented in the exam hall. I'm not sleepy or drowsy but I just don't know what I'm doing and how to structure my answers. I end up submitting incomplete papers and mixing up concepts I know really well. I'm not sure whether this has anything to do with on the spot anxiety or the pill. I won't deny that for the exams that went well, I'd pre drafted the answers and put in more structured efforts. In today's exam, I'd studied the concepts extremely well and had my notes before hand. But I just didn't know what to write because I got so confused and felt stuck. Also, I've been attempting exams only after 2 years. I have been skipping all my exams since the past two years because of profound anxiety. It's just that, even if I've taken clonazepam the precious night or day, my heart doesn't stop pounding on the day of the exam. I genuinely don't know what to do. I'm not sure whether all of this is attributed to clonazepam or whether I'm getting the hang of writing exams at University or whether I'm just downright non functional anxious.

hello guys hope you all doing okay

So I am super shy and introvert so I don't talk a lot , but I felt it's the time to change that and I started meeting new people and talking to them , to my surprise they all said that I kinda talk in a strange way in both my native language and in English , that I speak with my mouth closed or my jaw is not moving a lot which affected my pronunciation in English and of course I appear rude or that I don't like the person I am talking to in both english and arabic (my native language) and it's really causing me a lot of problems now
It was not a problem before because the number of the people I was talking to wouldn't exceed the 10 of the closest relatives and friends, but now as I'm working and starting to socialize it's causing tons and tons of problems.

anyone had similar problem and reached a solution?

"Why do you have so much free time to think about others?[...] You will never be this young again. Time will go on, people will get old and leave this earth whether you get out of your house or not, whether you live your life or not.[...] If you’re dealing with panic or anxiety attacks, meditate on this, do guided meditations and breath work. Your body is trying to tell you something, that it doesn’t feel safe and secure, why? Truly ask yourself and work with yourself.[...]"

(The above text is a piece from an ebook im currently writing called "A guide for: Relationships for dummies" )

Dm me if you need help dealing with anxiety <3

hi everyone this is gonna be a long post so i am sorry in advance i don't even know where to start. my problem is i (18F) am absolutely terrified of sleeping. this has lasted for the past 9 months and looks like isn't planning on going away. it started after i got out of really abusive relationship so i understand this is probably a part of my (diagnosed) PTSD and OCD, but knowing the reason does not help a bit with fighting the problem. in the beginning of my treatment i fought with the similar anxiety - i was absolutely terrified of sudden death. the most interesting part is - it was not a heart hypochondria i've struggled with my entire life. i was just scared of death as an abstract thing and i was deadass sure i'm gonna just randomly drop dead (not from a heart attack or stroke - but "just because"), i always felt like my body was just turning off for no reason. this accompanied by constant derealization, brain fog and fatigue made me freaking devastated. it took me five months and several medical checkups to finally believe humans can't just randomly die without any heart problems. but now the new issue has come - i am scared to sleep. the fear that i previously had during the day and coped with by sleeping has now become the reason i stay up till my eyes are closing by themselves and i just physically can't stay awake anymore. and again, this is so irrational. i would understand if i had sleep apnea or heart diseases but i am literally 100% healthy, active and optimistic. i started sleeping with my mom so she would put her hand on my wrist and feel my heartbeat. i hate this and myself for not letting my poor mom have some sleep. EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT. she sits with me until about 2 am and tells me i'm gonna be okay. but no matter how many times she explains to me that you can't just go to sleep and not wake up, it does not help a bit. (sorry for the gross insight but one time i wet my pants because of how scared and devastated i was). i have zero idea of how to help myself understand that sleep is essential and you can't just die from something that was created for all beings to rest and recover. i'm not on any meds at the moment because i'd been going to psychiatrists since i was literally 11 years old and none of the treatments worked, some of them even made everything worse by giving me side effects from miniscule doses. if anyone here has ever gone through this, i would be more than happy to listen to your story. and for everyone who is struggling with this right now - you're not alone. also please: this post is not for comments like "nocturnal death is the best death etc", this is triggering

thanks for everyone who read this, thank you for your time

Looking for examples of how other people used Acceptance And Commitment Therapy (ACT) OR Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to address their anxiety around a heavy and/or difficult workload

I don't remember the last time I had a good night's sleep. I couldn't go to work today because I lay awake most of the night with a crushing anxiety deep inside me. I can't stop thinking about work on my days off and it's getting to me. I don't want to throw in the towel though, I would feel ashamed of myself if I did. What to do?

Last night I took too much of a medication i no longer take because I just couldn’t bear the thought of going to work again. I’m so underpaid and the work is so insanely stressful I have dreams about it. I’m trying my best to find another job but at the same time i feel so guilty lt and worthless wanting to quit after 6 months of being there. So I took too much of this medication with the hopes I’d feel too sick to go to work, which is so stupid because I could easily lie but I feel like everyone can see right through me if I lie and how would that make me look? And I did it knowing that this could really hurt me but I didn’t care. I’m just tired.

So I’ve spent the last 3 hours throwing up and experiencing other things, and I’m back to normal. I feel so stupid for doing it but part of me is disappointed. I don’t know where to go from here.

Hi. It started at the beginning of March, I went to donate blood plasma and I had to drink 4 liters of water before it and I barely got in the city without peeing myself. After this I had to pee more often, then I started to feel like I need to pee every 10-30 minutes. It started small, like randomly getting the urge every few days while going to school/work then it got more frequent and it got to the point that I had to go at least every 30 minutes and I couldn’t get to school or work without getting off the train/metro and trying to find a toilet and most of the times I didn’t really have to pee and it was just the feeling like I’m going to pee myself. I went to a doctor multiple times but they didn’t find anything unusual in my urine or my blood. They did x-rays and ultrasound too. They said it should be kidney sand so I get two medications that help my bladder relax and help the sand wash out. It helped but it wasn’t back to normal. (Though one of the doctors said that it can’t be kidney sand and it might be a psychological thing) Then on the beginning of April it started again. It got to a point where when I’m home everything is good, I go to the toilet every few hours only, I get the random urges still but I can tell if it’s false alarm or I really have to pee, I usually get the false urges when I think about this, and the false urges at home are not really strong, but when I have to go somewhere I get really anxious and I constantly feel like I have to pee even after going to the toilet and I can’t get myself to get out of the house. I’m sure now that it is because of anxiety. I got an appointment to the school psychologist for today but I couldn’t go because of this. It’s really frustrating and tiring and I feel guilty because I miss school and work for this. It’s like I got in a loop where I stress about what if I have to pee so I get the urge and I’m just making myself more anxious about it so the urge becomes stronger and in the end I really have to pee, but I’m stressed so I get the urge again after a few minutes. And now there are times when I’m so stressed that I can’t relax myself and start peeing, only at the second or third time going to the toilet I can start peeing. Does anyone have some advice how could I relax myself or fight the fake urges and don’t think about peeing all the time?

It just recently started happening to me

It's just eating me up and because of my situation