Biz bros, why aren't you taking 100mg of Zoloft with your cheerios each morning?

Made my friend really moody/asexual/apathetic but he’s been taking it since his early teens

I don’t trust these brain drugs. Hate the concept of dependency or long term effects

> takes 6 to 8 weeks to work, works in 40% of people (maybe).

anecdotal evidence suggests this but SSRI's work within minutes. It does take some time for your brain to adapt to the change in chemistry. That 40% who report it not working probably have bipolar or something else going on. Serotonin deficiency is 100% fixed by these drugs.

because you can microdose shrooms and get the same benefits without sucking big pharma's dick

sounds like he is on the wrong meds. not uncommon to be mis diagnosed. American medicine requires alot of work on the patients part to determine what needs to be fixed. If your friend cannot communicate his feelings and the effects of the drugs he is taking in an articulate way, the doc will just throw a dart and the Pharma map and see where it ends up.

thats more work than I have time or interest in acquiring/cultivating/and doing my own QC

how do I know if I’m actually depressed or my social anxiety warrants drugs

I’ve had bouts of suicidality stretching back to 4th grade but never pulled the trigger and have successfully distracted myself with my career and Jow Forumsness but really see no point in living other than my family

What is real depression

What got me into researching and ultimately biting the bullet and seeing a psychiatrist was after going to 1 on 1 therapy. After one meeting I discovered that all the things that gave me anxiety and made me depressed were not "normal". I could hear a song from 10 years ago that I heard when something bad happened to me and it would make me feel as I did that day, I could see a homeless person on the street and feel sad for days, pondering his life and then my own...

I also didn't know I had social anxiety, I just thought I was an introvert. Turns out, I had VERY low serotonin levels and once I got on the right meds, I felt the weight of the world lifted off my shoulders. I could start to read facial expressions more accurately, I could talk to strangers, look them straight in the eyes and have real conversations.... pretty mind blowing shit I had no idea I was suffering from.

I might go in for a visit someday. I know I’m fairly odd but I’ve built an air of normalcy around myself and have friends. I enjoy social settings but feel very anxious in them and basically fake comfort. So I can’t tell what’s justifiably different and what I’ve already mitigated with natural defense mechanisms.

raypeat.com/articles/articles/serotonin-depression-aggression.shtml

>2018
>people are still falling fro the serotonin meme

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I take 400mg of setraline a day. Shit doesn't fucking work. Just another shit pills from the fucking jews.
BTW, I decided I'm gonna blow my fucking face off tonight. Thanks a lot worthless anti-depression meds

give SSRI's a shot, specifically Zoloft. To me it has changed my life for the better.

You could also stop doing drugs, eat a balanced diet, and actually get some exercise.

I take lexipro and after years and years of anxiety-induced outbursts I feel much more in control of myself than I did before. I feel a slightly decreased balance when I'm moving too fast and I have mild hallucinations from time to time, like thinking that I saw a light that wasnt there or something stupid. All in all it's been beneficial to me. I dont feel like constantly killing people and / or myself anymore.