Anxiety and antihistamines?

they have gave me them before it made my anxity worse and i could not sleep a wink . i thew the things in the trash .

thank you

my psychiatrist just prescribed visteril for anxiety and this is an antihistamine. Histamine is an excitatory neruotransmiter and over activates sections of the brain but when you take an antihistamine it blocks the histamine from binding to its receptors. It basicly makes your body tired but your mind is still racing just as fast. I dont mind the physical symptoms of anxiety cuz iv had them my whole life and im used to always moving with discomfort. But since my mind races and theraputic techniques arnt enough to slow this down im trying medication. Substance abuse (self medication is bad apparently even if it works... like this is different from a doctor prescribing it... they dont want to lose out on a chance of money) with weed makes it so im never able to get a benzo (which i know works) which im going to ask for in 2 weeks...

I think that is a decision your going to have to make all by yourself. I cannot tell you what to do. I am an addict. I am addicted to the pain meds my doctor prescribes. If weed were legal, I think it might cut down on a lot of having to go to the doctor every month. And you are right about the money thing. Some docs are in it just for the money which is very sad. There is a real need for chronic pain patients to have these doctors I just wish we could weed out the ones that are in it for the wrong reasons. I have a problem with my brain working faster than my body. I tend to call mine ADD. I have never been diaganosed(sp) for this but I do have trouble concentrating on one thing for too long. I will forget why I walked into another room for instance. I wish you luck with your dilemma. kimmie1

I do the same thing but mines definatly anxiety (new psychiatrist thought i might have Bi-polar and i know for a fact this is not what i have). Just recently they found out that benzos help depression which proposes that depression can be cause by any chemical imbalance of ANY neurotransmiter (gaba, serotoin, norepinephrine, Histamine, Dopamine, and cortizone.). i will forget what im doing mid sentence which is something that can happen with anxiety, (cronic stress and anxiety can cause brain damage and is the most important thing i want to prevent)... i have been able to concentrate for a while on anythign that deals with psychology or meds (taking an abuse of drugs and alcohol class now and its easy in that class but something like data processing i just draw random things). Theres more i want to say but i drank some alcohol and am buzzed so i think im done

God love ya. I too like my wine at night. I am really impressed that you are taking classes to learn how all these meds mesh together and that should help you. You sound intelligent enough to deal with your demons but we really should be careful as far as I am concerned. I know what I can and cannot do and I am old enough to know better. Being an addict is hard. It's the hardest thing I have ever been through and I have been through alot in my lifetime. Like I always say, I wish I had that magic wand and could make us all comfortable and be able to enjoy life without opiates or whatever our demons are. I care... kimmie1