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Ok guys I been taking anti depressants since age 18. To be precise I started with Paxil, stayed about a year or so, then switched over to Prozac, last another year or 2 , then onto Effexor?Effexor lasted a good 5 years, thoughout this time I didnt suffer from near the amount Ive come about to. I never really seen a psychiatrist until recently, as my MD would prescribe as he seemed fit.

Note: Throughout those years I smoked marijuana heavily and also drank heavily. Many times at the same time.

Fast foreward 27 years of age. Recently last summer actually I started to have some hardcore audial hallucinations. It ruined me completely. I was rushed into ER in a psychiatrist clinic as I was having some suicidal thoughts at the time too. I had come to learn I was having symptoms of psychosis. I thought it was because of the Effexor as i read it had so many side-effects including audial hallucinations.

In short words 7-8 months or so later since they prescribed me my new anti depressant called Zoloft at 100 MG per day and Seroquel 3 x 25MG per day, I have reduced drastically in audial hallucinations. Though they still appear at times especially when i think about my problem and have some fear or paranoiia towards it. I also find myself clenching my teeth at these times. They concluded that it could very well be severe anxiety triggering symptoms of psychosis. This is how I feel recently and my psychiatrist said he did not want to alter my medications, he wanted me to go through this group therapy thing much like CBT though they have in house psychiatrists that will prescribe the correct medications as it progresses. A 5 week intensive program. Well I been calling for many days and they still never call me back. So it seems they might be handling some heavy load there.

Question here to some of you uys that experience something similar, what kind of medication is needed to adjust this? I could tell you that i tried more MG once of my anti depressant and noticed a huge reduction in hallucinations.

So now the biggest problem I have is this social phobia, so intense I have closed myself in my room. Left a good paying job last summer so suddenly because of this. Since then I have ignored and secluded myself from family outings and such, friends, clubs, all the things i used to love doing.

I have been clean from alcohol and marijuana since June of last year?.
Have a social therapist i see weekly

so ever since the medication alteration dating back to august 31 , I grown highly social phobic, react very strangely with people as i fear it and get myself paranoid over it.

All in all in short words this is all triggered by my dad. And much of personal and private life matters, including him as the majority of it.

So anything u guys could tell me with similar things?as to good medications to take to whatever could help. Ive opened up to rejoining the gym and perhaps taking some hypnosis sessions?.though at this moment from a medicine stand point?.what do you guys honestly think even though you aren?t doctors?.though people with similar stories or medical background could be a huge relief at this moment as i wait for this therapy thing and well, have certain expectations from it and know abouts. Thank u very much!

Best answer:

Answer by Ryan Ryan
First of all, I suffer from schizophrenia (the negative symptoms of it ? thought disorder, anxiety & depression, as compared to the positive symptoms ? hallucinations and delusions).

If you noticed that your issues were lessened when you were on a higher dose of the anti-depressant, I?d let my psychiatrist know that.

As for blaming all of your issues on your father ? I don?t know the history of your relationship, but often-times people in your situation will pick one person and blame all of their problems on them. Since your father probably isn?t to blame for all of your issues, seeing as part of the problem is biological, I wouldn?t completely blame him and risk damaging your relationship w/ him.

This is all stuff you should be discussing w/ your therapist & psychiatrist. They know how to fix the problem much better than most ppl on Y!A do, but I understand where you?re coming from because I sometimes like to ask mental health questions on here out of desperation.

Hope I helped! Feel free to e-mail me if you?d like

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