New here , i have avpd :(

MMhhmmm where to start ... well guess u guys heard the usual before so i dont need to dish out every single detail of my life and whats wrong with me. But basically i have avpd and i also have depression caused by avpd. Been to lots of therapists, psychiatrists , neurologists ... lots of ists ... meds have had bad effects on me in the past. Um the ones i can remember are prozac , effexor erm ... and some other stuff. Right now im on carbamazepine which seems to be a rainbow drug for mental illnesses. Its usually used for bpd , schiz , epilepsy oh yea ... apparently my anxiety attacks turned into a partial seizure ... which happened a few times... this drug slows down my brain ... reaction time , cant overthink situation etc. Which is good in some ways but i hate the side effects and i feel weird not being able to think the way i normally do .. it worries me that i will miss something and something bad will happen. It also feels like i am thinking like a different person .

Anyways , just here cuz i was bored and lonely. So just looking to get to know other ppl like me.

I've tried different meds in the past and none them really helped, I remember when I was taking paxil and felt like I was coming down off of meth it actually made my anxiety far worse.

I'm not suggesting you do this but I smoke pot a few times a week and it seems to help at least alot better than that poision.

lol thought about it . I have asthma and weed can go 50/50 with that. it can help both or make it worst lol. i quit drinking for a long time now ... i dont need anymore mind altering stuff than these drugs in me lol . thnx for the advice though.

First off al welcome,

If your looking for things that might help you with the anxiaty you have you might want to look at this:

http://www.psychforums.com/avoidant-personality/topic47222.html

Welcome, Hero.

Interesting suggestion by Nevergive_up. I've actually seen someone do this technique in the workplace. It helped him re-center and he taught it to me as a way to reduce stress...I'd forgotten about it and I'm glad to have been reminded.

Thank you.

--Frayed

FrayedEndOfSanity wrote:Welcome, Hero.

Interesting suggestion by Nevergive_up. I've actually seen someone do this technique in the workplace. It helped him re-center and he taught it to me as a way to reduce stress...I'd forgotten about it and I'm glad to have been reminded.

Thank you.

--Frayed

You go and try it. Try it on everything you can possibly think off , give it long enough time and really get into the matirial . You wont regret it

Keep me updated if you book any progress