Anxiety and depression help?

[jubjubw]

I'm on my iPhone and don't feel like typing it all again. Basically I suffer from both depression and anxiety and was on Zoloft for quite a few months. After telling the doc about how it just wasn't helping he kept upping the dose and didn't take me off of it until the side effects were brought to his attention by a psychiatrist.

The psychiatrist also said I have "limbic system hyperactivity" and had my doc prescribe an anti convulsants I take twice a day which gives me body twitches it seems like. The main side effect is a rash but I don't think I have anything like that.

A few months ago I got my hands on some hydrocodone and oxycodone. These took my depression and turned it upside down, lorazepam never did anything like this for me. One dose lasted all day. The psychiatrist and MD both say that it's just the nature of the drug, which I understand completely but they treat me like a damn moron the thing that was different is that. My depression cripples me and ruins my relationships with my wife and kids and kills any and all ambition. The opioids helped me by allowing me to enjoy my children and i got all the projects that were sitting on hold done. I also read excerpts from a book called The Opiate Cure which made me feel a lot better. Y counselor even tells me that I'm not crazy for wanting to feel good. I understand completely how the drug works. Does anyone else have these types of issues?

[PhoenixStorm]

I too took Zoloft and I always felt like it just didn't work and I always felt better when I "self medicated" myself. Being a recovering alcoholic now and seeing drug addicts that struggle with opiate dependancy I know that getting addicted is a bad deal... But I know how it make you feel better too.
Every single person is different and has different reactions to different drugs/meds. I know the struggle of wanting to feel normal and willing to try anything. You could be able to take an opiate every single day, feel normal again and never become addicted to it, in a sense that it destroys your life.. or not... You know? I hope that helped a little

[Jolisse]

Hello,
I also receive tremendous relief from my depression and anxiety when I take Oxycodone. I suffer from back pain and was just recently prescibed oxycodone for pain. I can't believe how well it works.
Unfortunately, there's no pdoc that will prescribe oxy for anxiety.