[sorand0m]

So I'm going for a medication review at the end of the month and I'm a little apprehensive.

My current prescribed medication doesn't work simply and some of you will know that I'm also self medicating, which I know is killing me physically but keeping my mind going.

I know that once my bloods are done that my psychiatrist will also know that I'm self medicating and it's making me horribly anxious as this is a psychiatrist I haven't seen before.

Worse still though is the fact that he will probably rightfully tell me to drop the non prescribed stuff and I don't know how I'm going to cope. This is horrible.

[~Christina]

Are you not able to work with your Doctor to find a medication(a) that will help you? Be your own best advocate. Be honest with your Pdoc about self medicating..

Work together to find the best possible medications for you.

[unicornlady]

When I have had troubles with self-medication, being honest let them help me find a way that was better for my body. It's really, really hard to bring it up, but hearing it from you might be better than them seeing weird numbers on your labs and having to hunt you down/interrogate you.

Honestly, in my experience, psychiatrists are the least judgy and the most willing to help you find the way that's best for you.

[sorand0m]

I don't take it to get a high, but to calm both my nerves and my head as I feel slightly sedated after self medicating. No-one in my family know although I do think a few work colleagues suspect that something is amiss.

My problems don't disappear but make it possible for me to function because I would be a wreck without. I realise the long term damage I am doing to myself but I find it hard to care about.

[sorand0m]

My job puts a lot of stress on me too because if the nature of what it is I do.

It's no surprise that I'm not mainlining. Work doesn't help and some of the things I deal with are a little too close to my own problems for comfort and maybe it's a contributor to my own self medicating.