Advice on Anti-Depressants
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To be fair, I'm not a fan of anti-depressant drugs at all. I've never been able to quite understand what actually causes you to be depressed in a manner of brain chemistry and not your emotions, essentially forcing you to be depressed for no reason. It doesn't make real sense to me, and even if you DID make it make sense to me, why doesn't the 'cure' just flush you back to normal and not all manner of possible weirdness.
Speaking as a shell-shocked veteran of the "treatment" process (fuck you, Mom!), I agree 9001% with this advice. Anti-depressants are just legal versions of the illegal drugs and alcohol that people otherwise turn to in order to alleviate the pain of a broken life. In the words of Chris Rock, "The government doesn't want you to take YOUR drugs. They want you to take THEIR drugs so the drug companies can make money off you."TestECull said:
I know it seems like psychology offers an irresistible answer, especially if you've struggled for a long time with depression. But all the drugs do is turn you into a socially acceptable addict.
Speaking as someone who conquered depression with some freelance cognitive behavioral therapy (shouting at myself in my R. Lee Ermey voice in front of a mirror every morning for the better part of a year), I can tell you---drugs paper over. Determination changes. And real change is better than fake change.
well the only one that didn't make me feel like killing people so i might feel something after i started taking it was effexor... but it didn't "work" at all on me... of course i have had extensive experience with doctors trying to make my brain work right with pills... all ended up as highest legal dosage... and all of them just made my life a living hell... try erectile disfunction and insomnia... when your 15... NOT COOL.
Because neurochemical reactions are still very poorly understood, everyone's neurochemistry is different, and the brain is a very complicated organ that you can't just go poking around changing things without the possibility of unpleasant consequences.FalloutJack said:
Yer, when I first got my birth-control pills I was warned that antibiotics can interfere with them, and it's in my notes that I have them, so the doctor can check if I'm prescribed something else lol. Usually the leaflets with whatever medication warn you of common things that will interfere with whatever you're taking.WolfThomas said:
If you're prescribed something, and you're already on something else, it's always best to check if the two will interfere.
damn straight, hard to get by in the teenage years when you can't "get it up" makes you feel like some kinda freak or a really old man or something... also not being able to sleep wasn't fun either... seriously when your pills are causing you to be tired all the time but unable to sleep... to the point where you start experiencing the excessive levels of fatigue that brings mixed with sleep deprivation induced hallucinations and reduced reaction time and balance... yeah... doesn't help much with how you see yourself or your life... and not being able to feel any emotion stronger than a very slight level of annoyance(which never goes away and drives you nuts) and a very mild level of pleasure, like when someone gives you a nice pair of socks in return for hours of hard labour... sure their nice socks... but their socks...SimuLord said:
I remember the best decision I ever made... I stopped taking the pills, and started training myself consciously in positive self thought and doing things I felt good about doing... like helping people and stuff... worked better, no medical side effects, and the expression on my psychologist's face was priceless, coupled with warnings that they apparently guaranteed that unmedicated I would suffer a major nervous breakdown or go psycho and kill someone... well doc, been almost a decade, and I'm fine.
just for reference they stuck me with a variety of stuff over the years including sedatives to try and help me sleep... at one point i was taking the maximum medically allowed dose of Paxil, Lorazepan, and Trazadone... during which time I tried to kill someone, and lit a bunch of stuff on fire... prior to which, the worst thing I did was break a flimsy ass window by slamming a door on the other side of the freakin house, and ***** about my mom dating a heroin/crack addict, not having any friends, or enough money to clothe myself in anything other than stuff i'd been wearing for 6 years... and only eating once or twice a day... oh not to mention the constant fight going on in my house where everyone was trying to use me as an informant and the scape goat for everything all the time... yeah my depression was SO totally a "chemical imballance" in my brain, had nothing at all to do with my living conditions, stress level, and lack of nutrition.
heh...
/end rant
Then we should have more studies in the range of how marijuana could treat depression.RhombusHatesYou said:
I dont want to be rude , but those are everyday problems for a lot of ppl.Josh Kurber said:
You should try to do something with a good mate instead of taking pills.
As i worked as a medic for 2 years , i know what those pills can do...
And if you dont want to end up with a microwaved brain , dont take em at all.
And always remember ; Life sucks , get used to it.
Dam , that was kind of rude ... but still , this is how it is ...
You have to make the best out of it , try to find things that make you happy or at least less depressed.
There are pills for any kind of shit , but do you really need em ?
You and youre brain are capeable of more that you might think mate.
And first of all its YOU that counts ! If youre ex got another , to hell with her.
She is not worth it to have a nice , thinking person like you are . And as old as this sentence is , its still true ; She is not the only fish in the water !
And taking a pill doesnt solve any of youre problems! They will be still there , waiting around the corner , to fuck you up when you dont expect it. But you are stronger then those problems , even without takin a pill who turn ya brain into peanutbutter.
Life will get better , even if it dont seem so for you. Take it as the old masters ; "Always look on the bright side of life" or like i use to say ;"Life sucks , get used to it"
All the best to you man !
Hi there.
A few years ago I was on Fluoxetine (Prozac) 60mg for about 8 months. I'd been in and out of hospital and things were pretty bad.
The pills didn't make me happy or make my problems go away. They did however put me into sort of autopilot mode while I sorted my life out. Once I cut ties with people that were bad for me, moved to a different city and started at a new university and got a routine going I came off the pills to find I was a lot happier with my life.
Fluoxetine itself was ok. The only sideeffect I got was a drastic weight loss. I normally have a BMI of 16 but on those pills it dropped to 14. I looked pretty gross. :/
Hope that helps and good luck.
A few years ago I was on Fluoxetine (Prozac) 60mg for about 8 months. I'd been in and out of hospital and things were pretty bad.
The pills didn't make me happy or make my problems go away. They did however put me into sort of autopilot mode while I sorted my life out. Once I cut ties with people that were bad for me, moved to a different city and started at a new university and got a routine going I came off the pills to find I was a lot happier with my life.
Fluoxetine itself was ok. The only sideeffect I got was a drastic weight loss. I normally have a BMI of 16 but on those pills it dropped to 14. I looked pretty gross. :/
Hope that helps and good luck.
I was depressed for a long time after I left school. Couldn't find a job for three years, most of my family didn't care about me and even most of my mates left me 'cause I was bothering them with my problems. Eventually I was driven close to literal suicide but a combination of meeting someone and a simple bottle break got me back on the horse and never once in my life have I ever taken a 'happy pill'.
Sometimes you just gotta face it head on. =/
Sometimes you just gotta face it head on. =/