Posted by bruce1 on July 29, 2003, at 8:04:19
whats up everyone, i am trying to figure out if my problem is fully due to anxiety or due to some induced drug problem (for instance like a mild psychosis or hallucinogen persisting perception disorder) i have tried a handful of prescription drugs including anti depressants and mild tranquilizers but did not necessarily like them. i was just hoping to get an opinion on this from someone knowledgeable. i have posted the following which is the same thing i have sent to anxiety websites... the depersonalization and derealization i experienced may have been due to a panic disorder but are also common with flashbacks, you can see the confusion? any way here goes
whats up,
i am trying to research the long term effects of psychedelics, most particularly magic mushrooms and lsd, to see if flashbacks and panic attacks, nervousness, paranoia, headaches, sleep probs, dizziness or feeling dazed or out of it, feeling like my body is not functioning properly, lightheadedness, extreme anxiety are also linked to the use of magic mushrooms. because it seems as though my anxiety definitely spawned from a bad trip i had, everything post that trip seems to be in the mist of anxiety. this was not my first trip but was my first bad one and i have only done this kind of stuff a handful of times. i am being told that shrooms are basically natural and that the body is able to easily excrete them over a short period of time so basically i am wondering why i am still suffering from all of the above symptoms of this over a year later even though i have stayed almost entirely clean of all drugs for that time period, how has this effected my brain chemistry and what can i do about it? thus far what i have done is psychological therapy once a week for a few months and it has helped, i am also on a very low dose of klonopin/ clonezepam, this has also helped. i tried paxil and zoloft for anxiety but decided to quit it only after a few uses because of the discomfort i felt such as hot flashes and panic and feeling drugged with a mood altering high, it didnt sit well with me and i was afraid of how it might reshape me as a person when i got into the long duration of taking it. i was also not real happy with the idea of sexual disfunction. i am trying to research anxiety over the internet to see what i come up with, perhaps related experiences. perhaps there is a specific test i can take to diagnose an anxiety disorder, perhaps something neurological? so far my doctor has done some blood work and i have taken a cat test and an eeg test and nothing has come up bad. my anxiety is decreasing with time and so i am thinking that it shall continue to do so but i am sending out these emails to get further suggestions and advice in this area, perhaps someone in this mix can give me profound advice. in thinking back through my youth i can definitely think of things that happened that may be considered anxiety attacks but when it was over, it was over, i was never afraid of the same experience post the actual occurance and never had such intense irrational fear. anyway if you can help out please mail me back. bruce
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