Dealing with Medication Side Effects

My doctor put me on doxipin and it's like anxiety was never really a thing, I'm on hydroxyzine for breakthrough panic attacks which are rare but when I take hydroxyzine it make me irritable with people around me and I don't like that. I'm also on gabapentin 300mg morning and afternoon and 600 mg at night, I take doxipin three times a day same thing one in morning and afternoon and two at night (25mg day 50mg at night). Of course all meds affect people differently, and coping skills only go so far. Grounding techniques help more than any medication ever did. I like the 5 senses one and the find and count all the different things around me that are certain colors like how many blue things are around me how many red how many green etc. I also when in public I recite in my head all that I'm carrying with me usually phone vape and purse....and I find if I repeat this over and over in my head it reduces my anxiety being in public again. I'm personally tired of medications, and am ready to just get off everything and face my pain and suffering with coping skills and otc pain meds... probably not wise but I'm about to be divorced and I may not be able to afford my meds without his insurance. So may as well wean now so I don't end up going cold turkey. Don't ever stop meds without supervision of a doctor. Taking them every other day for a week or two then every 3 days for a week or two then every 4 days for a week or so and if and when all is adjusted every 5 days until you feel you can step down onto firm ground is how they have me do it. But please make sure your doctor is involved with your choice. Idk what the other med mentioned is or what it's for...I just hope you find a treatment that works for you Hun. Maybe look into genesight testing where they take your DNA and watch how each medication reacts to your DNA and find the best meds for your DNA. Could help the process of elimination go quicker. Call insurance and see if they cover it. Then tell your doctor you want to do it and they can arrange it.

I had this on stimulant medicine and I'm on non stimulant and I'm seeing how it goes. Sadly slight headache and. Very dry mouth so.

they switched me from atenolol to metropolol with no problem... I had to change doctors, glad I did, was told I looked very worrisome. Go with your gut and don't settle for doctors.