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• Francis John Weir

  47 here and diagnosed earlier in the year. May I ask why you don't want to take the medication? I don't have issues with paranoia, generally speaking*, so I'm trying to get a better understanding of your reasoning (plus it helps me understand something better when I explain it to someone else, so maybe there will be additional benefits?).

  *I do tend to get a bit paranoid when abusing weed, but if I limit my intake to a few times a week then I no issues.

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  • Ben Lumsden

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    Francis John Weir I don’t want to take the medication as I have taken them in the past I was on Olanzapine for 3yrs and it was horrible the side effects were horrendous and when I decided to stop the withdrawal was really difficult and I’m still suffering from withdrawal. I do still take Prozac but it does not help much.

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  • Francis John Weir

    Ben Lumsden That's fair. I'm on antidepressants and while the one I take now is good the first one they gave me made me all jittery. Did not like that at all.

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  • Ben Lumsden

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    Francis John Weir what antidepressant do you take? I have tried many of them over the years.

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  • Francis John Weir

    Ben Lumsden I'm taking Valdoxan, it's got some melatonin so it prepares my brain for sleep (I take it about an hour before bed). Been on it for a few years now.

    

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  • Ben Lumsden

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    Francis John Weir pleased it works for you

    

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  Leonard Clinton Williams III

  Ben Lumsden you need to listen to your doctor. Depending on what type of paranoia you have, there is no treatment other than medication that will work.

  You mention marijuana use and that’s a no no for sure if you have paranoia. If your medications give you terrible side effects tell them and try something else. There are over a dozen medications that can treat this sort of thing.

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