Anti-Depressants

[CaptainBubba]

I may be put on these sometime in the near future and I know that many of you have been on them before. I'm curious about wether it will actually help me with my quasi-suicidal depression and what kind of negative side effects it may have on me.

The main catalyst in actually persuing getting help was that I'm afraid of becoming so disinterested with life in general that I stop doing school work and excercising (currently the only things that I really do), so if it would interfere with these two activities it would seem slightly pointless to me. :/

[Esuohlim]

YOU NEED SOME PUSSY, MY FRIEND.

[Alphonse]

I used to be really high some days and really down others. It's somewhat gone away.

[O71394658]

They've done studies in which placebos were proven more effective than anti-depressants. When patients were told they were taking sugar pills, they again lapsed into depression.

Depression has something to do with serotonin. Imbalances can cause severe depression, suicidal tendencies, and the medication balances that. I've known a few people that are taking them and they seem to help a bit. They haven't told me any side-effects, but they appear to be doing better than before...

[Evil Robot]

This is to easy, I'm not even going to make death wish jokes.

[CaptainBubba]

Thanks for sparing everyone of your masterful and scathing wit.

Serious reponses like O71394658's are appreciated since I'm in a cold, sterile, and boring mood.

[Zhukov]

Dont put up the barriers.


Its worse when you realise that you are only happy because of pills.

It makes life even less worth it.

[FartinMowler]

I lived in Vancouver most of my youth and the sky hangs gray and it rains and rains, it's so fucking depressing. It's easy to fall into a funk and what I did was ride my bike all over the city (kinda like Forest gump) and it helped to clear the mind and as a bonus you get a free wet ass.

[Evil Robot]

Have you tried smoking pot? It's much healthier then taking drugs.

[The Retro Kat]

In all sincerity, he is right. Marijuana is a great anti depressant, you just worry much less.

[Evil Robot]

And if you don't have a prescription plan, pot is actually CHEAPER. (Thats not my usuall bullshit, I did the math.)

[soundtest]

I'd have to agree with the pot suggestion. It definitely helps one to relax and often helps to put life's problems into perspective. It can also bring about paranoia (especially in inexperienced users), so depending on the individual, that could open up a whole other can of worms...

Diet, excercise, and even sunlight (as Fartin mentioned) play quite a significant role and are often overlooked. If you don't mind my asking, is your choice to take meds a 'last result'? What other options have you explored?

I suffer from depression (undiagnosed), but I would never take prescription medication for it. At the risk of sounding like some burnout, when things get too much I just get low and forget about my troubles.

[Evil Robot]

I belive that the whole paranoia thing only comes from the fear of being caught smoking (and/or leaving the oven on).

[Sethomas]

I'm currently taking 300 mg per diem of Effexor, which is a shitload. I'm also taking 120 mg pd of Geodon for my schizophrenic tendencies. Most antidepressants will kill your libido, as I posted in the Loveline forum.

[Anonymous]

I used to have bad depression, to the point where i couldn't even get myself to type. Meds just zombified me, but getting out and playing DDR is what really helped.

Stacker 2 also works better for me than any prescription medication.

[Perndog]

Religion helps some people - find something you can really lean on to help build yourself up, or change something in your spiritual life significantly, and you might come out the better for it. The two times in my life I went through big religous changes brought me out of the two worst emotional ruts I'd been stuck in.

[Dole]

What is it about this place and depressives?? Or is it just the majority of American youth are depressed? I am not being facetious, I am genuinely curious...

[baxter building]

I too would stand by the hash option. Several years ago i was on seroxat- a serotonin based drug. For me it cted as a dampener leaving me in a kind of cotton wool bubble. Yes it meant had lost the rage and self harmful tendencies but it also meant i lost my creativity and sense of selves.
The side effects were no orgasms and the inability to yawn which is very frustrating.

As for the suggestion that religion can help thats just bullshit. Yes, people may find support in the other people at a church but you can get that from your friends (assuming you have any).

Hash will help increase you appetite for and enjoyment of food- often depressives will stop eating. It calms violent tendencies and is great if you are an artisitc person. drawing and writing are great theraputic tools when you are down. A small joint in the evening will bring out your creative side. it will also make sex wonderful and sensual, rather than the deadening effect that serotonin based drugs can have.
If your condition is bi-polar it can take the edge of the painfully manic highs and alleviate the crash of the lows.

I am not suggesting that you become a 'pothead' just sitting around all day with mates and giggling at the wall, but the relaxing qualities of a small ammount of hash to help you review your situation.

on the downside, the paranoia factor is worth considering. if you are really low and unused to smoking then you could become withdrawn from the world.

whatever you decide to do, keep a close watch on yourself and monitor any side effects. Dont let doctors assume they know what is best for you. Any drug you take will alter the way your brain functions and everyones brain is different.

chojin's claim that DDR helped may seem silly to some people but any form of physical excercise is going to be a great thing.

[Blue]

I got really depressed coming down off treatment for ADHD and the drugs they gave me just made me very dull. So i stopped taking them and locked myself in my room pretty much and wrote heaps of songs and poetry (sounds gay but works) and listened to sickening amounts of music, I was fine in a few months.. RPG's are a good cure aswell. Keeps the mind preoccupied.

[pope_hentai]

got a roomate on paxil..... used to be on prozac. the drugs have kinda messed him up worse, and when he forgets to take em he gets waay violent mood swings.

[FS]

Since I don't smoke pot I can't go with anymore than hearsay, but doesn't pot just enhance your mood? As in, when you're genuinely down, it just makes you more depressed?

Plus, if you're using it as a deterrent for depression you probably run a serious risk of mental addiction.

[mburbank]

Bathtub crystal Meth and killing are better than any anti depressant any day of the week. Don't let anyone tell you any different.








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[KevinTheOmnivore]

CB-

I haven't had personal experience, but my long time girlfriend went through several different kinds od anti-depressant drugs, and I'd say most have probably harmed her more than helping her in the long run.

She was on this shit Depicote (sp?), which is apparently really rough stuff. The answer for most doctors these days seems to be rather reactionary, like, drug them up, sedate them, that'll fix them. She isn't sick like she used to be, but her memory is shit now, post-drugs.

I'd say do research on any pills they wanna shove down your throat....

[CaptainBubba]

Thanks. I think I'm going to do what I can to hold off on any medication since I really have no interest in becoming a zombie.

The one time I tried pot I was so paranoid that I could hardly enjoy myself, but I'll probably try it again sometime since the friends I'm starting to make are into it.

I excercise religously. Sunshine depresses the hell out of me (I don't know why). I eat very healthy. So far I've been told that all I have is a conditional depression, so medication would probably just impede on me trying to fix the actual problem.

I feel better today because I'm making friends.

[KevinTheOmnivore]

Originally Posted by CaptainBubba

The one time I tried pot I was so paranoid that I could hardly enjoy myself, but I'll probably try it again sometime since the friends I'm starting to make are into it.

Yeah, needless to say, this is not probably going to be your solution....

I excercise religously. Sunshine depresses the hell out of me (I don't know why). I eat very healthy. So far I've been told that all I have is a conditional depression, so medication would probably just impede on me trying to fix the actual problem.

Yeah, sounds like it, cuz I always heard that exercise helps depression. Not sure why. :/

Well, good luck, hope all goes well.