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RAwarrior94

1y ago

Best Mental Health Medications and Therapies

i am on 1mg Clonazepam to take before i leave the house and have to deal with it being too peopley outside lol, 2mg prazosin at night, 175mg/2x day lamictal, and 15mg mirtazapine. also in talk therapy. depression, severe anxiety, ptsd, bi-polar. what meds have helped you the most? was talk therapy helpful? any more intense forms of therapy?

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RAwarrior94

1y ago

thanks to everyone for their input and suggestions to help me/guide me
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faerywyrm

1y ago

night terrors suck. Trauma therapy can help. It may also help to try to learn directed dreaming. With practice, it may get easier to get out of the trauma dreams without waking in terror.
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RAwarrior94

1y ago

i can sometimes control my dreams but not enough. i do think it is time to have a different type of therapist
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RAwarrior94

1y ago

update to this post: I'm now on 25mg Hydroxyzine so i can actually sleep and not be up for 12 to 18 hours with not even a nap. and when i do sleep- all there is is trauma and flashbacks and i happen to be an extremely vivid dreamer. so, when i wake up- I'm not sure if i am still dreaming or not. i can smell and taste and give such detail sometimes it's scary.
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Deathfuffy

1y ago

I found that trauma therapy was more helpful for me than just talk therapy. Obviously not right for everyone but it helped me understand my anger and what tiggers me. So I don't through myself into an episode.
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RAwarrior94

1y ago

thank you, I'll mention it to my therapist and see what she thinks.
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RAwarrior94

1y ago

❤️ thank you
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DitsyDiabetic

1y ago

Meds are very person specific. I have a different combo of diagnoses than you so my meds probably wouldn’t work. I wish you the best in finding what works though 💜 you’ll get there eventually 🤩
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faerywyrm

1y ago

Good luck! 🙏
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faerywyrm

1y ago

I find that meds have to be tailored to the individual. It's a bit of a crap shoot to find what works. Talk therapy is very helpful for most people. Again, find what works for you.
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RAwarrior94

1y ago

talk therapy seems to be at a standstill and i ask about meds because maybe my doctor never considered it and it turns out to be something i benefit from. just i don't like how many meds are just getting me by. constantly changing them. it has been over 10 yrs and it's like every couple yrs we have to tailor meds.

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