Happy Pills

[Binky]

My happy pill is the Xanax that I take each night at bedtime.It quiets my mind & calms me down about 20 minutes after I take it.After being anxious all day long it's really nice to have the anxiety go away.

[Peachy33]

Mine is ambien, of all things. It makes me feel amazing, and for me, works as a benzo, but with euphoria. Benzos make me feel heavy, ambien makes me feel light. Too bad dr won't prescribe to me anymore...

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Wow just read everyone else's answers and was so surprised about all the ambien lovers! I thought I was a minority!

[Perromaldido]

Trams....haven't had anything stronger for a couple of years tho I come from the opiate wild side. Some people say they don't like their sexual side effects. Well I kinda like em. Not as strong as to prevent you from reaching climax but sure enough potent to keep your mileage high, which most partners do not dislike at all. Point is, if I dropped Trams, except a benzo to sleep taken when needed, I'd be clean, and based on my history I rate it as a not too bad an accomplishment.

[Piper]

@temp, my favorite happy pill is 10mg valium. I have no disks left in my neck from working retail and lifting so much for so many years. Also have a good case of GAD and TMJ, (I'm a grinder and a clencher). I don't like opiates, so I find that the valium takes care of all of the above. Probably due to the muscle relaxant properties. I'll take one pill over a cocktail any day. It has literally saved my sanity and like others have said makes me feel normal. I become agoraphobic if I'm without. Literally afraid to leave the bed!!

[winewomensong]

i'm with most of the other posts on here. ambien. however, in order to protect myself from abuse and addiction with it- i only allow myself to take it with 10 day breaks in between week long stints. that way i can detox, allow myself time to not rely on it, and enjoy the days that i do get to take it. i love the bubbly, social, fun feeling i have before getting a solid night of sleep and not feeling groggy in the morning. i kick back, get a bowl of ice creame, and watch some TV

[Coheed]

Methadone because I don't take any other opiate anymore but its more like a happy juice haha. Before that probably hydromorphone was my favorite followed by oxycodone oh and of course fentanyl whenever was around.

[Perromaldido]

@Piper ''I don't like opiates''. Now that's a statement you don't hear often. Do you have an idea of how lucky you are? No kidding here.....

[Piper]

@Perromaldido, yeah I do realize how lucky I am. I dabbled in them when I was in my 20s, but I was always chasing the first high, so I just stopped taking them. Didn't have a huge tolerance and consider myself very lucky not to have gotten hooked on them. Seems like pure hell. I feel for those trying to get off of them!!

[dsteury]

@Piper It's a gift from what ever Gods we have left not many people can say they don't like opiates. Now myself I was given the gift of hating cocaine. I sold many kilos but could stand the smell and if I did some it just made me mean. So you stick with your Valiums and never let someone talk you into heroin it's not like the trash they talk about on this board it'll get you girl no one ever says no to a second shot. I'll testify to that the stuff made me a lot of money but when I quit it was like I lost a friend and she was somehow trying to get a hold of me. After ten years that craving is still there everyday, but the good news is I can be around pounds of the stuff but will not touch it I know I'm too old to go for another ride.

[chris100]

I dont feel benzos do a hell of a lot to me. 10mg roche dont do a lot. Mylan xanax dont do a lot for me, or i dont know what they are really to do for me. Im sure if i take before bed i might have a better night sleep, but i take all these during the day and i feel fine. I wonder what benzo would work for me the best. TO kill all the anxitey/ MOODS SWINGS. God there bad. But my new doctor is starting from scratch with me with test to find out what is causing these mood swings and anxitey. He has ran 3 tests on me already before he left for holidays. I have been told i have been very lucky to have found this doctor,cause he was not going to take anymore people,but i guess i was the lucky one. Thank god. I really hope he finds out what my problem is, cause my psych doctor sure as hell not going to. He told me he is running out of options with me and he hasnt even tried the benzo option with me. That doesnt sound right to me, but it is what it is. I think my new doctor will shine some light to what my problem is.

[Coheed]

@chris100 maybe you don't need benzos for your mood swings and anxiety and I'm not saying that in an ******* kind of way. Everything works different for everyone, you ever try antidepressants?

[chuckv64]

I hope you get results with your new doctor. I have been right in the same spot.
Its hard because many doctors dont want to take these anxiety issues seriously & just feel you should get a grip & deal with your issues. Obviously if we could do that we wouldnt be looking for help from doctors. I do the opposite of you Chris & only use benzos at night & they do help a lot with sleep. If I took them during the day too I would lose the sedative effect I get at night. I didnt find them useful enough during the day either.

[chris100]

@chris100 maybe you don't need benzos for your mood swings and anxiety and I'm not saying that in an ******* kind of way. Everything works different for everyone, you ever try antidepressants?

Thats the problem Coheed... I have tried so many antidepressants and they dont do a thing for me. The only medication im taking now is Seroquil at night to help me sleep. But thats all it does for 2hs. I take 20mg of valium during the day and sometimes a mylan 1mg. As for those A.D THEY HAVE NOT HELPED ME AT ALL. Thats why i hope my new doctor will have some answers for me. He really knows what he is doing.

[Perromaldido]

I'm also blessed by the I don't like C thing dsteury, other than that I could say exactly what you did except I didn't make any money, but gave it all to the bitch. Well, at least we're talking bout the past

[Coheed]

Yea I tried some flake maybe three times in my life when I was much younger only because I was tanked and a friend offered but I had no feeling ever to do it again. On the other hand with opoids I remember taking my first codeine when I was about fifteen for getting my wisdom teeth pulled and I absolutely loves the feeling it gave me! It was all downhill after that with opoids and me. But it's strange how different people have different drugs of choice. When I was in rehab at first I couldn't believe there was a guy living with me there for ambien addiction but I've now realized one can be addicted to pretty much anything.

Even making love to one's car like in the episode of "my strange addiction " anyone else see that weird sheet.??

[billyboy1965]

But my new doctor is starting from scratch with me with test to find out what is causing these mood swings and anxitey. He has ran 3 tests on me already before he left for holidays. I have been told i have been very lucky to have found this doctor,cause he was not going to take anymore people,but i guess i was the lucky one. Thank god. I really hope he finds out what my problem is, cause my psych doctor sure as hell not going to..

I echo that. I don't know if you follow my posts but I do believe antidepressants can and do play a role with mental illness. It's just finding a doctor, preferably a shrink, who will take the time to work with you just as you take the time to work with him ~ keeping a daily journal of the good, the bad, and the just plain ugly because some of them are.

I've read your posts and it's apparent you are desperate to find a cure and not a band aid. I'm not saying benzos don't belong in the mix, but I do not believe them to be the sole source of your chemical cocktail.

I really do hope this works out for you because this is one experience I have lived through myself. And remember, give each one 3 or 4 weeks. Sometimes the bad things go away. And trust me, as a guy, a lot of them are going to screw up erections and orgasms and the shrink is aware of that. There are also pills to throw into the mix and I'm not talking just boner pills. Good luck buddy.

[Coheed]

My doctor the other day reccomended I get on celexa to supplement NY Xanax for my anxiety but I also haven't had any success with antidepressant so I said no.

In addition to my Xanax I meant to say

[chris100]

I echo that. I don't know if you follow my posts but I do believe antidepressants can and do play a role with mental illness. It's just finding a doctor, preferably a shrink, who will take the time to work with you just as you take the time to work with him ~ keeping a daily journal of the good, the bad, and the just plain ugly because some of them are.

I've read your posts and it's apparent you are desperate to find a cure and not a band aid. I'm not saying benzos don't belong in the mix, but I do not believe them to be the sole source of your chemical cocktail.

I really do hope this works out for you because this is one experience I have lived through myself. And remember, give each one 3 or 4 weeks. Sometimes the bad things go away. And trust me, as a guy, a lot of them are going to screw up erections and orgasms and the shrink is aware of that. There are also pills to throw into the mix and I'm not talking just boner pills. Good luck buddy.

I havent had one of those in a while.... Im going to need something for that also. Im telling this doctor everything to having no erections to taking benzos on my own to see if that helps. I need to be honest with him or he wont be able to help me.

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I echo that. I don't know if you follow my posts but I do believe antidepressants can and do play a role with mental illness. It's just finding a doctor, preferably a shrink, who will take the time to work with you just as you take the time to work with him ~ keeping a daily journal of the good, the bad, and the just plain ugly because some of them are.

I've read your posts and it's apparent you are desperate to find a cure and not a band aid. I'm not saying benzos don't belong in the mix, but I do not believe them to be the sole source of your chemical cocktail.

I really do hope this works out for you because this is one experience I have lived through myself. And remember, give each one 3 or 4 weeks. Sometimes the bad things go away. And trust me, as a guy, a lot of them are going to screw up erections and orgasms and the shrink is aware of that. There are also pills to throw into the mix and I'm not talking just boner pills. Good luck buddy.

Ya BILLBOY its kind of different for me. Ineed my doctor to do something for me cause my psych wont. Unless the doctor i have now has a shrink he deals with and he is a lot better then the one i have now. Sometimes there isnt a long term solution to what a person is dealing with so you have to give the benzos out if they help. My PSYCH is looking for long term solution and he cant find it for me so its like he gave up on me.

[billyboy1965]

I havent had one of those in a while.... Im going to need something for that also. Im telling this doctor everything to having no erections to taking benzos on my own to see if that helps..

There again, I believe you must be completely honest with your doctor if you're truly looking for whatever it takes to make you feel better.

It's when you lie to your doctor that I become suspect of the people who are really over medicating and at this point "abusing" drugs.

Oh boy...I'm going to hear feedback on that one. Again, good luck. Keep a journal.

[Chancer]

@billyboy1965
I completely agree mate, I pussy footed around my doctor for months because the last doc wouldn't give me oxynorm liquid for breakthrough pain and then a couple of weeks ago, I just bit the bullet and told him I had a festival weekend planned and a holiday to Amsterdam the weeks after and didn't want it ruined by being in pain, straight away he just wrote the script and was really helpful and even gave me tips on the easiest way to get it through customs because of the glass bottle..priceless, he even made a joke about making sure I rap it up tight in bubble rap or I will be sucking it out of my clothes in the case...I think me and my doc are finally bonding :-) lol