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The medication you're waiting for will not come in the future, either I mentionned it in my comment either it doesn't exist. Chances are moclobemide or (I'd try first) selegiline would be a better feat for u. As I said the drugs I mention can be used not necessarily to replace but to lower your stimulant dosage and therefore anxiety. As for the anxiety it can itself be mitigated, by taking low dose clonidine (slighly sedating) or guanfacine (less sedating), and they can be bought OTC. Many people report magnesium-l-threonate reduce stimulant anxietu (which is logic since it is a weak NMDA antagonist). If you want more strong solution against stim anxiety, either use a potent NMDA antagonist like low dose memantine (cause brain fog the first weeks) or use a low dose beta-blocker (some again being OTC) Also vyvanse cause less anxiety than adderall. As I said, zinc supplementation can reduce your adderal dose by 1/third and hence side effects. There are also mild efficacy blunters, such as l-theanine, pine bark extract (promising) or ginkgo biloba. If the stress is due to vasocontrition you might wanna try cialis.

then there are atypical non-addictive anxiolytics (afobazole, opipramol, etifoxine (beware liver monitoring), emoxypine, tofisopam)




Thank you for your comment, for the insight and ! It's been extremely hard to basically "debate" or "convince" my psychiatrist that Ritalin and Vyvanse make my anxiety so much worse. I also want to mention that I'm in my 20s so I've been scared that taking a "cocktail of medication" might affect my life in the future. My psychiatrist has basically been trying to convince me that I should have more self-esteem, should reduce stressful situations and that when it comes to medication there are no other options. I will bring up your suggestions in my next session.


Sorry but you don't get it. Your psychiatrist has not the scientific knowledge required, by far. He has never heard of any of the drug I mentioned and most of them are not officially prescribed for those uses anyway. For anxiety though at least in the U.S he could prescribe guanfacine, which improve both adhd and reduce anxiety. So yeah talk about guanfacine or else the inferior clonidine. Magnesium l threonate is a benign supplement you can buy online. Memantine is not benign but you can buy it online and find info on reddit. I don't advise the anxiolytics i mentioned for long chronic use although it's technically possible. Emoxypine though is good for health in general. As for Cialis the sex pill, well your psychiatrist will never wanna hear it but by canceling vasoconstriction it will reduce stim toxicity, not increase it. As i said zinc is worth a try but only if it allow reducing the stim dose. Again a benign supplement OTC. I would also consider alcar though less effective it helps reduce toxicity.




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