Anti-Depressants
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It's a chemical imbalance issue, bro.JUMBO PALACE said:
No amount of bucking up can help that.
OT: My girlfriend has pretty bad depression, apparently the kind you can claim as a legitimate disability.
Fair play to her though she doesn't let it come to that, she's insistent that she can function through it.
She was on the pills before I met and for some time after that, eventually she'd had enough and decided to come off them.
She was fine for a while. Then she started getting serious bouts of depression, I've never seen her as bad as she was getting.
She moments when she was on the medication but obviously being off them wasn't helping too much.
So she recently decided she was going back on them, but in a much milder dose.
That's what my suggestion to you is, OP.
If you're going to start off, go for a mild dose, don't just take what the doctors fling at you, work out your own dosage.
Bare in mind though that if you end up with something similar to what my Girlfriend is taking, you'll feel a lot worse before they really start kicking in.
I was honestly very worried for the first two weeks she was back on them for...
I know that some members of my family have tried antidepressants and that they didn't work for them but it's different for everyone and you seem lucky enough to have some choice in what you take so by all means, you should at least try. If you feel that your depression and discovering that you are transexual is linked in some way then definitely take it up with a psychologist or a professional who is trained to approach these subject matters better than an internet forum.
Oh, and don't put yourself down about your job interviews. That's one of the first things you have to try and stop doing. They didn't pick you, they probably had lots of other candidates for the job and you were just unlucky. Move on. Do not EVER think that they can see your depression and the fault lies with you for having it. If Chronic depression was so recognisable then doctors would go to you first (which by the way, good for you for seeing them about this). Why not try to think of your pills as 'supplements aiding the recovery of mental illness as part of a balanced emotional lifestyle'? It gets easier to cope with if you don't rely on just the one thing as a miracle cure so take them alongside the exercise others suggested, goal making really can help if you're a terrible procrastinator and, if your college experience was anything like mine, get outside! It's much harder to hear that poisonous little voice in the back of your head when you're in the open. Seriously, tell that voice to fuck off - unproductive little bastard. All it does is make people feel like shit. If you knew a person like that you'd distance yourself as much as possible, so try using these things to distract yourself whenever it tries to make itself heard. And of course, keep talking to your doctor. It doesn't get better by itself.
Although laughter can be the best medicine...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb8fWUUXeKM
Oh, and don't put yourself down about your job interviews. That's one of the first things you have to try and stop doing. They didn't pick you, they probably had lots of other candidates for the job and you were just unlucky. Move on. Do not EVER think that they can see your depression and the fault lies with you for having it. If Chronic depression was so recognisable then doctors would go to you first (which by the way, good for you for seeing them about this). Why not try to think of your pills as 'supplements aiding the recovery of mental illness as part of a balanced emotional lifestyle'? It gets easier to cope with if you don't rely on just the one thing as a miracle cure so take them alongside the exercise others suggested, goal making really can help if you're a terrible procrastinator and, if your college experience was anything like mine, get outside! It's much harder to hear that poisonous little voice in the back of your head when you're in the open. Seriously, tell that voice to fuck off - unproductive little bastard. All it does is make people feel like shit. If you knew a person like that you'd distance yourself as much as possible, so try using these things to distract yourself whenever it tries to make itself heard. And of course, keep talking to your doctor. It doesn't get better by itself.
Although laughter can be the best medicine...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb8fWUUXeKM
Anti-Depressants are, in short, bullshit.
Get out and take a jog and lift some weights and take some B-Vitamins.
The B-vit. do what the drugs are supposed to do, make your brain chem. balanced, but without all the extra fucked up shit that comes along with the drugs.
Get out and take a jog and lift some weights and take some B-Vitamins.
The B-vit. do what the drugs are supposed to do, make your brain chem. balanced, but without all the extra fucked up shit that comes along with the drugs.
Well, you know how people can sometimes tell if other's are in a bad mood even if they aren't showing it? And, well, sad moods tend to spread, so I was thinking that maybe if I wasn't showing it, the interviewers were still feeling it.Rathands said:
The video got me giggling though. His laugh is so contagious. I love the Joker :0.
Get out. Now. Do some real research on medicine. Anti-depressants exist for a reason.The Lost Big Boss said:
Isn't one of the side-effects they list "thoughts of suicide?"
Can someone please explain to me how the fuck thinking about suicide isn't a sign of being even more depressed? Why don't we just call anti-depressants "depressants?"
Anyway, don't. If you smoke, stop doing that. Smoking is a depressant. Play more video games with friends and watch more funny TV shows and web videos is my diagnosis, for all the good it'll do you. I guess My Little Pony would help? I dunno, I'm not a doctor. Then again, I don't get paid to subscribe people medicine, which is probably why your doc wants you on anti-depressants.
Can someone please explain to me how the fuck thinking about suicide isn't a sign of being even more depressed? Why don't we just call anti-depressants "depressants?"
Anyway, don't. If you smoke, stop doing that. Smoking is a depressant. Play more video games with friends and watch more funny TV shows and web videos is my diagnosis, for all the good it'll do you. I guess My Little Pony would help? I dunno, I'm not a doctor. Then again, I don't get paid to subscribe people medicine, which is probably why your doc wants you on anti-depressants.
The problem with anti-depressants is that they alone do not fix depression. They help with the symptoms. So what happens if the person doesn't do everything else to cope with their disease is that their suicidal symptoms remain. Without the lack of motivation. So that is the danger.Double A said:
The suicidal thoughts is the cause of the depression, not the medication
Stop taking them. All I can say, anti-depressants are horrid horrid drugs. Side effects are pretty awful and it usually takes forever for any feeling to kick in, but it could all be a placebo effect.
As a extremely depressed transexual too....I am against taking medication for depression. Id rather actually be happy instead, and also I see too often that starting on them just leads to being drowned in pills.
Apparently you can be depressed without any outer cause, and maybe thats a valid reason for meds, but if not, I wouldnt and wont. Its your call though.
Apparently you can be depressed without any outer cause, and maybe thats a valid reason for meds, but if not, I wouldnt and wont. Its your call though.
I know right, what do I know? Its not like my mom has been on anti-depressants and they have all failed. Its not like the the pharmaceutical industry has its whole dick in the FDA, approving drug X, that really shouldn't be approved. Its not like my mom and extended family who have been battling depression have felt much better after taking the vitamin, and don't run the risk of side effects.Lucien Pyrus said:
Yea, what do I know.
At the O.P.: take the meds. Doctors are trying to help you get better and ignoring their advice can endanger yourself.
Reserving medication for when all else fails is stupid and dangerous.
Anti-depressant are [sarcasm]shockingly[/sarcasm] a perfectly fine way to treat depression (also, they are a part of proper treatment f.y.i). Yes, taking any medication can have side effects but not taking them when they are needed is way more risky. Saying that going off of meds making you get worse is because of the meds is ridiculous. You are getting worse because you aren't on the medication that you should be on.
Also, doctors tend to prescribe meds when they are the best treatment option, not to line their own wallets.
That is awful advice.Yoshemo said:
Reserving medication for when all else fails is stupid and dangerous.
Anti-depressant are [sarcasm]shockingly[/sarcasm] a perfectly fine way to treat depression (also, they are a part of proper treatment f.y.i). Yes, taking any medication can have side effects but not taking them when they are needed is way more risky. Saying that going off of meds making you get worse is because of the meds is ridiculous. You are getting worse because you aren't on the medication that you should be on.
Also, doctors tend to prescribe meds when they are the best treatment option, not to line their own wallets.
Piece of advice from my psychology professor (who also has clinical depression and is on antidepressants): if you start taking them and find that they work for you, don't stop until your doctor/psychiatrist tells you to. Some people think they're all cured after taking the drugs for a while, so they stop taking them. This can make the depression rebound, and even worse.
Eh, they work for me. I still violently explode at odd times but overall my emotions are relatively placid. Thing with antidepressants is that you can't take them on-off. Otherwise it just screws with your brain's chemistry over and over due to your body having to readjust all the time. Give it a shot, say several months. If it's getting worse, tell someone.
Most of all, I think you've done pretty well to make it to your finals. It's damn difficult with depression weighing you down and no matter what people say about 'manning up', I think you're right to feel the way that you do. I guess you have to just keep moving on in life, otherwise things will just remain as they are.
Most of all, I think you've done pretty well to make it to your finals. It's damn difficult with depression weighing you down and no matter what people say about 'manning up', I think you're right to feel the way that you do. I guess you have to just keep moving on in life, otherwise things will just remain as they are.
I have been on a few, so I recognize what you're going through to some extent (I won't claim to understand your exact situation). Personally, they never helped me, but that's because I was misdiagnosed to some extent and I have other medical problems that make it difficult for me to cope with any kind of side effects. Anyway, if your doctors recommend taking medication than you really should do some internet research of your own and then seriously consider taking it. If the concept of altering your thoughts or personality bothers you, then instead try thinking of it this way: for some silly, random reason the chemicals in your body aren't as optimally balanced as they are for most people. If the medication works like its supposed to, then you'll finally have the opportunity to enjoy your life as much as anybody else.SailorShale said:
Good luck with whatever happens.
Joker has the most infectious giggle I know so I thought it'd make a good post . My sister worries that she has that effect on people (she gets very down recently) but you said that you were still putting on a happy face for the interviews so unless they're part dog, it seems unlikely that they'd pick up on it like that - at least to the extent that it's making you lose out. Moods can spread but not like herpes. Repeat after me, 'I DO NOT HAVE SADNESS HERPES'.
. My sister worries that she has that effect on people (she gets very down recently) but you said that you were still putting on a happy face for the interviews so unless they're part dog, it seems unlikely that they'd pick up on it like that - at least to the extent that it's making you lose out. Moods can spread but not like herpes. Repeat after me, 'I DO NOT HAVE SADNESS HERPES'.I've been described as "depressed" before. Whenever it's suggested to me that I go on a medication I feel insulted.
Depression isn't always caused by bad things happening to you, it may also be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain that makes certain neurotransmitters unable to secrete serotonin, so telling them to "buck up" wont really do anything since it's out of their control.JUMBO PALACE said:
OT: I wont tell you what you should do since I haven't been in that situation myself, got no experience with that kind of drug, but if your doctor tells you too, I'd trust his opinion over random internet people.
