all the benzos including my last one (Ativan) relieve my psychosomatic pains…plus, it helps my fears and worries. I am a bit doped on it but with one Ativan I can see a movie for 2 hours peacefully. without my benzo, I get up from the couch every ten minutes to just pace around …
Idk anymore why Zyprexa doesn’t calm my mind still. Maybe I really need more time on it? its not so strange that my Zyprexa doesn’t calm my mind cause I have this past of 16 years of despair and passivity… But can the ap do its job one day?
my fears are a big part of my illness. its a combo of fears and some really dumb thoughts in my head. I cant think well in fact, I dont have the peace of mind at all still… my doc said that there wont be miracle cause I gave up a lot of years ago and I need time. but how much time gosh? Some more 10 years or what?
I am 35 years old for the info and now I am to the point that I take a benzo when I have to go to the hairdresser. you know them, they always ask questions about what you do in your life…
Don’t make a habit of taking it, keep it at an as needed basis. I also take ativan and the tolerance builds quickly. So I save up my 1mg for a special day when things get especially ugly.
A psychosomatic pain is a pain that comes from not true illness or injury but from anxiety. (Not to say that makes it any less distressing!) Ativan is a benzo that relieves anxiety and thus the source of your pain.
yes, that’s what I do mostly, dont worry. But I wish the Zyprexa calms my mind like this. maybe I need time? my illness is very painfull guys, I cant handle this every night. I feel my brain In my head, I have pains in my body cause I am too tensed… and its probably my ■■■■■■ brain who cant be peacefull… Idk why aps are not so good tranquilizers…
It helps because it relaxes you and you forget… I had it real bad last year was convinced I was dying of AIDS and cried to my family that I destroyed them… don’t get addicted to drugs… do find a way to clear up your issues by talking to a doctor and confirming it is psychosomatic
it is psychosomatic @Jesusjones, my doc knows it. my brain just doesn’t work anymore like it should. Sometimes its like some heaviness in my head. and my emotions suffer because of this…I am always like a zombie, I am dead inside me or its just my soul hurts…
ill just hope that Zyprexa will help with time… maybe my doc is right at the end that sometimes it takes years to recover a mental who went so deeply bad…
Ativan is in the same class as alcohol.
It relaxes you the same.
Problem comes if you have to take it even before getting your haircut because they ask you so many questions, then you’re always going to have to rely on it because you’ve never learned to deal with the anxiety itself.
This only gets you more anxious, needing more Ativan, and it becomes a vicious cycle to which you eventually have to face the anxiety to escape it.
There are some other drugs for anxiety that aren’t benzos.
Or maybe something for OCD since the fixation is part of it.
Btw you can tell the hairdresser you have anxiety and don’t want to talk. Just be polite about it.
Hi Anna I hope you feel better don’t drink like me please… I am completely lost no going back… just stay strong get. Pyschocal and I am sure your health will be ok
@twinklestars, thaks, I can do that eventually yes. I was thinking about this today 
@Jesusjones you drink? me I smoked too much weed for 6 years in the past before my diagnosis and it definitely made me worse I think. I wasn’t so paranoid before. or maybe I am wrong. my illness just got worse with time like it happens often when untreated…
yeah, I try to be strong but to cant see a movie at your house peacefully it sucks… Theres no big ideas in my head, I lack the clarity of thinking, I just have some dumb thoughts in my head and the result is that I pace here like I have no head on my arms mostly… this is the reason why sometimes I dont even talk - no ideas, no mental or emotional connection to the world…
I used to take every drug in the book… but I heard voices long before I did anything…
yeah, me too ill since kid :(…
But will Zyprexa relieve my fears one day? its its point, isn’t it? its what they should do the aps, isn’t it? I do my efforts besides that even though they are few. but I cant do much more after my years of despair…
today, for a second, I felt freedom in my head. freedom of my thoughts, I felt some ‘‘normal’’ thoughts. but It never lasts…
It might, but if you’re having a lot of anxiety, something specific for that may help.
I see… for my doc this specific one was the benzos… I guess she is the typical doc who prescribes easily tones of meds lol…
Benzos work. In the US and UK sometimes it is harder to get them.
Do you take some sort of SSRI? They would be good for anxiety.