Hoping back on Lexapro

[Kroker]

I can’t live life without external aid

10mg daily, fear and anxiety is shackling me, I’m disabled this way

 

[Matthias8272]

Does it help with severe anxiety and lack of motivation? I'm kinda against standard SSRI's after trying a few in the past but might have to try

 

[Mr.Proper]

Does it help with severe anxiety and lack of motivation? I'm kinda against standard SSRI's after trying a few in the past but might have to try

SSRIs usually don't help with motivation much, unless your issues is being paralyzed by anxiety/avoiding doing anything out of anxiety or bad mood.
In fact, SSRIs can quite often make anhedonia worse.
MAOI are underrated/forgotten class, mostly due to dietary-related fears (tyramine syndrome). But actually, the risk is overblown, if you ain't abusing certain foods in your diet. It's even lower in case of reversable MAOI.
The most stimulating/"activating" ones (which boost motivation) are Tranylcypromine (classic MAOI), Moclobemine (reversable MAOI), Selegiline (MAO-B inhibitor plus catecholamines release enhancer).
There are also alternative treatments, such as nootropics, experimental drugs, psychodelics/dissociatives.

 

[Matthias8272]

SSRIs usually don't help with motivation much, unless your issues is being paralyzed by anxiety/avoiding doing anything out of anxiety or bad mood.
In fact, SSRIs can quite often make anhedonia worse.
MAOI are underrated/forgotten class, mostly due to dietary-related fears (tyramine syndrome). But actually, the risk is overblown, if you ain't abusing certain foods in your diet. It's even lower in case of reversable MAOI.
The most stimulating/"activating" ones (which boost motivation) are Tranylcypromine (classic MAOI), Moclobemine (reversable MAOI), Selegiline (MAO-B inhibitor plus catecholamines release enhancer).
There are also alternative treatments, such as nootropics, experimental drugs, psychodelics/dissociatives.

That is a big part of the issue, I'm very avoidant and have effectively spent 6 years just laying in bed. The problem is both motivation/energy to do things and anxiety/avoidance so I would need to fix both of them simultaneously to do things.

I'm currently in the process of ordering nardil but it's taking a while, they're all discontinued so have to get them overseas. I was looking at parnate since people say it's more stimulating but I wanted nardil because people say it helps with anxiety more.

 

[Mr.Proper]

have to get them overseas

From India, I suppose? It's pretty common.
I know few people on parnate and it helped them a lot but not without it's quirks, of course.

 

[Matthias8272]

From India, I suppose? It's pretty common.
I know few people on parnate and it helped them a lot but not without it's quirks, of course.

Trying from pglchem/Ukraine. I'll try Indian sources after if it fails getting through customs though

 

[Mr.Proper]

pglchem/Ukraine

Spoiler: Pglchem?

They have a lot of stuff, even us russians buying it via middlemen from Poland.