1 porn addiction 15 years 2 I started quitting 8 months ago 3 the maximum time I have achieved without medication is two weeks 4 the maximum time I have achieved with medication for depression and anxiety is a month 5 if I forget to take my medication I always relapse 6 I feel that my dopamine receptors do not heal even after I stopped for month and week. The side effects begin after a week or less, depression, anxiety, mood swing gs, social phobia, inability to sleep and isolation. The medical i'm using is 1 amitriptyline hydrochloride 25 mg for depression 2 pregabalin for anxiety 3 etizolam and escitalopram oxalate for helping me to sleep at night because I can't control my thoughts and sleep I can't stop my thoughts most of the time.
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Dear lybrate-user, congratulations for quitting your addiction. Any addiction including porn addiction is a relapsing disorder. So you need to learn relapse prevention strategies. Often addiction is associated with other mental health issues like, depression or anxiety or social phobia or bipolar disorder. All of them need treatment along with quitting addiction. Please consult your doctor more often to monitor you for a long term. All the best.
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Stress patients worry too much. Stress in today?s day & age where stress is high, feelings of frustration can emerge. It is our perception that can change our current negative situation into a healthy & positive one. Another way of perceiving these feelings of frustration can be by looking at them as an opportunity to push ourselves to go that little extra mile until we achieve our objective. However, there are times when we all can go around in circles; and being in this space can be quite upsetting and lead to feelings of dissatisfaction, frustration and can even cloud our mind and judgment. Exercise one hr daily, oil massage body, hobby, support from friends family, help others, weekly holiday, yoga, meditation parox 25 mg 1 0 1.
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Porn addiction diagnosis is not established from the history given so far. Refer back to psychiatrist. Proper dosing of single antidepressant can help improve the symptoms of anxiety and depression. Exercise daily. Meditation is also very essential alongside medicine.
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