Anti depression pills

I was on an extremely painful dose of duloxetine for this weird nerve pain that won't go away and I can see how they'd scramble someones eggs.

I was on zoloft and prozac for a month each to see if it'd help with my OCD, didn't help with the OCD or my depression and they both made me feel like shit while I was on them. I'd be wary about getting on them.

SSRIS are a huge meme don't even bother.
Amphetamines work

Yes they work. But they do put you in a sort of limbo

You become something of an emotional zombie. You can still be happy, angry, sad etc. But there is something about them that feels kind of "chosen" if that makes any sense. Almost as though your brain says "This should make us laugh" so you do. Or "This should make us angry" so you tap into that feeling.

I know I'm not explaining this very well. But if you need them then the trade off is worth it. The crippling, physiological effects of real depression are no joke.

There are things that help to mitigate the depression without medication; exercise, routine, structure, diet etc, but sometimes that doesn't cut it and medication is necessary.

yes but you should see whether you're willing to accept the side effects

This.

Just do meth, OP.

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I took a small dose of generic Lexapro (was 10 mg and then moved to 5mg) daily for a while. It took a bit of the edge off and I was less irritable and didn't have nightmares. due to my work changing insurance providers, new insurance didn't want to cover it, so I quit cold turkey. I'm ok now, but I also have my life more together and I'm in a better spot mentally than where I was when I started them. I took them for about 2-3 years.

If you're sick, you take medicine. Depression can just be a sick brain. Always couple it with therapy as well, and ween yourself off when you and your doctor feel you're ready.

I ran 5mg lexapro for a few months before
Issues I ran into:
>frequent insomnia which led to
>frequently tired
>libido was shot
>felt mentally slower
Took being off them for months for libido to normalize but I swear I still shoot smaller loads to this day
Upsides were I had great stamina in the bedroom but they also made the refractory period longer
I wouldn't take SSRIs again, I was taking a low dose too, 5mg lexapro a day. If I ever took any anti-depressant again it would be Wellbutrin and I would only do that after exhausting all non meds options

Nazis did meth regularly

but your identity is a depressed piece of shit that is probably in this mess due to narcissism.

I'm on 100mgs of sertraline. No effects at all. None positive, no bad I dont think. Clonazapam is what keeps my anxiety in check.

This.

But yes, they work for some people. You can try different ones to try and find one which works for you.

'Losing your true self' is a pretty retarded concept, but antidepressants can't really change your personality, ideals, values, etc. They generally give you a little more motivation to get things done, help you exert your will over your emotions, prevent you getting trapped in feedback loops of bad habits and generally make you less miserable.

Some of the older drugs (tricyclic antidepressants) could cause lethargy and emotional numbness. The more recent ones (SSRIs, SNRIs, MAOIs, tetracyclics) only have those effects rarely and usually only for the first few weeks of taking them. If you don't like how they affect you, you can come off them.

They do have side effects; they can make you drowsy, or unpleasantly awake. They often fuck with your libido or sexual function. Most of them are linked to weight gain, although the mechanism by which that happens isn't terribly clear (probably just increased appetite).

If you are suicidal but too depressed to take action towards ending your life, then reducing the depression can sometimes leave suicidal urges. This means that there is a slightly elevated risk of people killing themselves soon after starting antidepressants. It isn't that they make you suicidal; it's that they give you motivation to do stuff and if you are still locked in a worldview where you want to die, you can then work towards that goal.

Long-term effects are poorly understood, but research so far doesn't seem to be especially scary and they would have to be really, really bad to be worse than living with unmanaged depression for the rest of your life.

CBT is fairly good, although pretty much every form of counselling and therapy has a similar success rate. CBT at least keeps you focused on a lot of practical goals. You do need to put significant effort in and if you are depressed that may be difficult without medication.

You explained it actually pretty well user but that's why im scared of taking them the idea of experiencing life even more surrealisticer then what i feel now makes me scared but my doctor described them to me like a year ago and i was like ya nah fuck that shit i don't need them but knowing myself i really think that i have a problem and needs to be cured i can't survive life with this mental state otherwise i will be always a doomer sure I'm not.always sad there are some moments when i truly feel happy but most of the times I'm just numb and sad this sounds really edgy I know but this is the only place where i can express myself as an user
Also i had a terrible childhood with Alot of stress and misfortune but before that i also didn't feel 100% well
> Also my mother has a depressions problem for years and she is the one who is motivating me to take them because she also felt like me but now less
I'm always negative and just want to know if it is the world that is so dark or I'm just a depressed insecure faggot

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I was really afraid of 'losing my identity' and all that bullshit so I didn't go to a psychiatrist. Then I finally broke down when I realized that the self I was protecting kinda sucked and needed a Dr. Then I took the pills - no they didn't make me lose my self or any of the other things I was so concerned about, but I did have auditory hallucinations. I guess they work, go to a doctor you retard

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Other things that may be worth trying:

Sort out your diet. A lot of vitamin and mineral deficiencies can cause depression-like symptoms. The ups and downs of a high-sugar diet are also likely to fuck with your mood, so cut back on it.

Get some sunlight. Vitamin D seems to be important, but actual bright light also seems to affect mood. If you can't get enough sunlight, invest in some 'daylight' bulbs. Don't bother with overpriced SAD lamps, just get a shit-load of those clip-on sockers or something, put the brightest, whitest bulbs you can find in them and arrange them around where you sit during the day. Also, put some on a timer and use them as an alarm to get up in the morning.

Sort out your sleep. Practise light hygiene, get a good bed, keep your bedroom cool, only use the bed for sleeping, don't sleep in, don't take naps, don't take stimulants (including caffeine), wake yourself up with pleasant music and lights rather than an annoying alarm.

Socialise with helpful people. Go to support groups. Have hobbies which involve talking to people.

Avoid drink, drugs and anything you feel may be an addiction for you (porn, video games, and social media are common problems).

Exercise. Seriously, find an exercise which you enjoy or at least tolerate and do it a lot. Exercise really, really helps with depression. High-intensity cardio or yoga seems to be the most likely to make you feel better, but just do something.

Like I said. If you really need them the trade off is worth it. I do feel as though there is a knee jerk reaction to over prescribe things today without first trying other forms of intervention. But there are those of us that really do benefit from the medicine

this is og 5mg bro. I ended up having the motivation to implement basically most if not all of these things from the ssri.

the key point to take away is that antidepressants are not a cure, and that's why CBT is so important. They give you the energy/motivation (by reducing how affected you are by negative thoughts) to implement CBT goals and other wellness habits such as these.

when I say they took the edge off, I meant that I wasn't bothered as much by little things, and I wasn't as quick to get upset and didn't feel so wound up sometimes.

I did notice that I seemed to last longer during sex, haven't really noticed any dip in load size. Current gf who was with me when I was on them and currently now that I'm off still says I have lots of cum. So I'm guessing we can chalk that up to differences in biological chemical makeup

Just do cardio three times a week, it's a one to one counter against depression

This.

There are a few things you need to remember with antidepressants. First, they take a week or two to start working so don't take them and expect to be instantly on top of the world. Second, even after two weeks they may not work, like any medicine you need to find the one that works for you. Third, they aren't magic pills. You aren't going to feel better if you take them and sit back in your dark room with trash everywhere, you must make changes, you must be willing to heal. When I was on mine I started small, I'd make my bed in the morning and go for a walk. Then I made my bed and cleaned my desk and went for a walk. Then I added the floor, then the wardrobe. Then I decided walking was too slow and started jogging. I built myself up again. The pills aren't there to make you happy they are there to compound the happiness you feel.

Finally I think this is the point where people say they are Jew pills and they are because they treat the symptoms they don't cure. So you think you are better, stop the pills, don't address what caused the depression, slip back into it and Dr Shekelstein can give you another round. When you are in a good place sit down and take a long hard look at yourself, think why you got into the depression to begin with, think what you can do to fix it or at least cope so it doesn't ruin you again because once you are off the pills if you haven't solved what caused it then you may potentially slip all the way back.

Increased weight is from water retention

I took them for a year when I was 19 and at a low point in my life. For me they just made the lows a lot more bearable. Eventually when I felt I was ready I tapered off of them with my doctor monitoring my progress. Feel great today tbqh. It was Prozac btw.

I really need pills to accept my shit life