Im in a bit of a spot with the medication im on

[Guest David green]

I tried to take my life once and the docs changed my meds to venlafaxine and sulpride i did like the med felt like it was the one but side afects are sweating a lot and real bad nightmares.I had another crisis not long ago had a bad neaghbour went back on cannabis heavy because i kept losing my cool when i drank alcohol.Didnt work in the end im out of that situation now new flat nice neaghbours but since my medication got increased im sweating near enough all the time and my nightmares have got searous.

Now i wake up early in the morning shouting out loud swearing and agressive its because of the nightmares and i feel so embarrassed the neaghbours must think im a write nutter.The nightmares are out of this world end of the world sometimes and if i confront someone in the nigtmare and feel threatened thats when i lose it and wake up swearing and screaming loud.Its just getting beyond my control now because i have no control at times i dredd going to sleep because i know what will happen.

Ive checked up on this med online and most people are getting the same side afects so i know i need to change this med.But i know that is not an easy road i know what i have ahead of me and it does scare the life out of me.

Meds im on

300MG venlafaxine a day & 2 x 200MG sulpride a day

[Caramoole]

Hi David

Are you still using a lot of cannabis and alcohol as well?

[Guest David green]

I think back now first it was anxiety and panic atacks next was agrophobia then the worst of them all pocd which has ruined my life.

When i was a lot younger always felt weird about certain places going out was a battle for me and the anxiety has always been top of the list its always with me.

I know all meds come with side afects i know its going to be so hard doing this and i dont want to stress my mother at all.I know i need to change the med but like i said its not easy at all im gonna be in a mess a big mess and what ever happens i cant end up in hospital where they would treat me like a peado.Because they will do that and i dont deserve that and i dont want them having the control over me.

[Guest David green]

Hi caramoole the cannabis has stopped for a few years now and only the other day i was having a drink with my brother and he wanted me to try some.So i had a few puffs and i lost touch with reality and felt real bad i dont want to go there again thats been a few years without it then say 3 or 4 puffs of skunk not the whole joint.

At the moment im trying to control the drink by sticking to a limit each week so that evetualy my tolerance will get better.

[Caramoole]

Please try and stay away from the Cannabis David......sorry to be a party pooper but it isn't going to help your situation, try and avoid the peer pressure and just say "Thanks....but it doesn't do my head much good", it' so easy to get drawn in out of politeness or the need to fit in.

Drink?? I'm not going to lecture because like many, I enjoy a drink......but excessive drinking or getting drunk isn't good for anxiety and can seriously worsen things and increase anxiety the following day. So, just be aware and at all costs try and avoid using it to achieve oblivion.

[Guest David green]

The cannabis isnt going to happen im surprised i did it myself but that was after a few beers and i was with my brother and i feel my brother regrets that after the way it afected me because honestly i lost it it was like i lost touch with reality with a bad feeling.Not going to go there again it was so hard to come of it but i would rather be off it because i have more control.

Yeah the drink that is one thing im trying to get a hold of and thanks for the advice its the only thing i do nothing else.Im trying all sorts to control it so now im sticking to a limit each week.

[Caramoole]

Good Man......keep at it. At least try and limit excessive drinking. Good Luck David

[Guest David green]

Thanks i was just about to say thanks for all that

I dont wanna stress my mother if i go through this she is kept happy and on a good one.

Ill go through what ive started on my own i know i can reach out to the mental health until 5pm Then im on my own as far as there concerned.

Yeah big step no worries b good

[Guest David green]

The med clomipramine did clock that a while back on this forum is it good for anxiety which is top of my list and the horrible pocd.If yes please give the side afects.

Oh yeah forget the mental health on tuesday there talking about us all in there meetings yeah yeah and they have no time for us.

Edited September 5, 2015 by David green

[Guest David green]

We could be in a bad way and need them but oh no this person and them all r in a neeting talking about us all.So we can take a walk,jump or cut? You know it.

So on tuesday your going down your on your own your missing and there in a meeting.

Edited September 5, 2015 by David green

[Guest David green]

Thats the mental health system

[Guest David green]

Been checking online of others who have come off venlafaxine and there calling the drug evil yeah i can see why now must be because im on 300mg a day.I feel like i have no other option but to change this med im shouting so bad when i wake up that im expecting my housing asociation to kick me out.At the moment they havent said anything i do feel for my neaghbours as they dont bother me so i dont want to be a problem to them.But im so dredding it what im going to put myself through coming off the med and all them visits up and down to the mental health place.

Think by the looks of what ive read i need to know what med will help with the withdrawl symptoms but im not willing to take any kind of diazpam.And this clomipramine med did sound good to me in the past ive never tryed it.

[Caramoole]

Medication is different for everyone.....but I must confess, for me, Venlafaxine was one of the worst.

Perhaps Clomipramine will be less problematic, it's worth discussing with your doctors. Good Luck

[Guest David green]

Yeah i hope so not to sure when im going to make the step but i need to be properly prepared before i do.with the problems i have i dont even see my dr because being in the surgery waiting room is just to much to cope with but the guy i used to see from the mental health team said if there is a problem i can call him.So that will be my first move.

Cheers

[Guest David green]

keep thinking about how it will be and how i will be the medication im on was increased last time and it took them so long to do that.I was suicidle to the point the mental health system mentioned hospital i went a long with it put the phone down.Then it hit me strong how it would be in hospital food is disgusting enough you wouldnt want to eat it your locked in and the staff would treat me like a peadophile.I remember i had things on my mind that i couldnt just talk about in front of everybody i had to keep saying can we talk in a room.And there was one of the african night staff that said bare faced lies about me to the doctors it was hell.

I dont have enough support just the mental health team till say 4pm then they say go a and e after 4pm if im in a bad way and what they gonna do give me a pill and say go home in the end.I cant stress my mum anymore she is to old to cope with it.Plus up and down god knows how many times to the mental health people and thats when im really vulnerable.