share your experience with integrative/holistic medicine approach

[peace25]

Hi, this is my first post I have been suffering from anxiety and depression since 2014, I have tried around 10 AD( includes SSri, Snri, tricyclic). They all gave me side effects or simply didn't work. I thought of trying Rtms but its effectiveness is also limited from what i have read. I am not a manic depressive, from outside people say m ok. My behaviour is not aggressive/irritable/very sad etc. I am just tired all the time with anxiety, just dont have enough motivation to get things done. have no goals,no ambitions everything is a drag.

I also have medication for sleeping mostly. All of my regular tests are normal. Can anyone suggest any Integrative medicine practitioner, are they worth going to.

[blondguy]

Hello Peace25

Welcome and thankyou for having the courage to post with us too!

Firstly...If I can say you are very proactive with your health and good on you!. I understand what you are going through as I used to have chronic anxiety when I was 23 in 1983.....and it was awful

Unfortunately I refused all meds for approx 10 years (thinking I could self heal) and my anxiety morphed into depression.....ugh!

You are fortunate as you are still in the early stages of this awful disorder. I never knew that the earlier its treated the better our recovery will be.

Being tired all the time combined with anxiety is unfortunately very common. Good on you for trying some meds by the way.....that is very commendable. I still take a small dose of an SSRI and yes the initial side effects can vary from person to person. I was fortunate as my chronic anxiety (mainly whilst driving) reduced by about 80% after 3 days......but it can take up to 4 weeks....or sometimes more

The meds are never a 'fix all' unfortunately....They do provide us with a solid foundation on which which we can heal more effectively using frequent GP/Counselor visits as we usually have to vent our problems to achieve some peace

Being a national forum we cant recommend anyone as the forums cover a huge area.

Can I ask you if you have a GP/therapist that has helped you this far?

This is temporary....and the symptoms will lessen in severity with super regular counseling. I saw a free therapist every week for 7 months and he gave me my life.....career....personal life back

The forums are rock solid safe for you to post on Peace25. No one will judge you here. There is no such thing thing here as a 'dumb question'. I hope you can post back when its convenient for you 🙂

My kind thoughts

Paul

[peace25]

Thank you for the reply.

The medications only increase my anxiety to the point that i cant functional normal with exra benefits of suicidal thoughts. i have been self medicating with medicine to sleep as psychiatrists have given up on me, m better than before but I cant take stress, my physical and mental health deteriorate rapidly under stressfull circumstances.

I am talking about daily tasks as stressors not the big life changing events. I tried really hard with medication to get me relief even with the side effects but my anxiety gets out of control most of the time so I have to stop. I took ritalin also, when i took the first dose it felt like i m cured in just 30 minutes lol.

With the psychologists I feel more depressed as i dont have any problem they can pin-point like bad childhood, any kind of abuse, bullying, financial problems, genetic( everyone is normal in my house), any relationship problem.

I think i had easy life before depression hits me. my lifestyle was of typical mid twenties guy. It was slowly bulding up as if something is wrong, my thyroid, lft and vit d tests came back abnormal. but after that I have done all the conventional tests with normal results everytime. was thinking whether some unconventional tests or treatments can improve me then i can go on from there.

I know i have pessimistic thinking but if i try to go too far from the tangent, it hits me like a rock. one more thing, after reading julia ross-mood cure and Mark hyman- ultramind solution I tried supplements and diet but they didnt help much. I take medication for headaches as well. vit d and b complex also.

Is it true that even if you recover you have to be on the edge, any major life event can slide you to mental health problems again. Means we can never be the same again like before anxiety and depression. Thanks