Going on antidepressants for the first time.
Music 4tf?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORApgCs3KBs
SINCE I LEFT YOU
I might need to resort to them too desu
Jerk off like a fiend for the next few days. Trust me.
I'm three weeks in and they're working pretty well, but my problem was/is mainly anxiety with only minor depression
>>63706819
uh what is this
>>63706864
I'm 22 and finally coming to terms with this battle i've been facing my entire life. I have no idea whether this will help, but if you feel hopeless you should talk to a psychiatrist, because honestly there's a good chance that nothing else will (except for ketamine microdosing, maybe).
>>63706837
I like this one.
>>63706913
haha the effects shouldn't kick in for a few weeks.
>>63706918
good that something is working tho!
>>63706913
Idk jerking off takes a bit longer for me than before the medication but my dick still works and I kinda feel even more horny than before
>>63707084
That's good. I had absolutely no sex drive for the three or so years I was on Lexapro.
>>63706749
Right there with ya anon. Been off SSRIs for years. Getting prescribed some today. Kinda nervous.
>>63707288
the scary thing for me was realizing that this was permanent, like, there's no drug to cure or at least rehabilitate me permanently. If i want to be happy, to function, to relate to people, to care, I'll probably have to be on an SSRI (or another pill) for the rest of my life.
>>63707376
Just remember to try your best to stick with em. It can be tough at first but you have to adjust. It's for the best anon.
>>63707376
I thought that but I eventually just went off them on my own
>>63707440
it is. you're right.
>>63707455
really? were you able to be happy for any extended period of time?
>>63707469
Not that anon, but I weaned myself off of my lexapro at the beginning of this semester and have been coping alright. Still having a bit of a hard time socializing, but I have a couple of acquaintances I talk to in my classes and am getting good grades. Not ideal, but I'm getting there.
>>63706749
Same anon, just got started on Prozac. 3 days in. The drowsiness is absolutely killer at work, I should probably start taking them at night.
I've been listening to a lot of MF DOOM. MM.. Food is neat.
>>63707627
can you enjoy things? do you think there's a chance it'll get better? my psychiatrist described it in my case as being sorta like diabetes: you can treat it and live with it, but you can't cure it.
>>63707707
Was just bumping MF DOOM on the way back from campus yesterday haha
it's great stuff
>>63707627
How did lexapro work for you? That's what I'm trying to get.
>>63707707
Yo try take me to your leader
>>63707859
KING GEEDORAH
TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER
QUICK TO CLAIM THAT HE NOT NO SNAKE LIKE ME NEITHER
good fucking shit, don't think DOOM's made a bad album
>>63706819
This is great
>>63707707
The drowsiness probably goes away pretty soon, for me it took 4 days but my psychiatrist said it can take from a few days to a month.
>>63707757
My depression was categorized as MD-NOS when I was in a psych hospital (my main issues are acute social anxiety disorder and GAD, I only really get depressed when I withdraw as a result of the anxiety), so I can't really speak for MDD. For anxiety, however, CBT helped me get to a point where I'm relatively comfortable. I'm still anxious, but I've been able to accept the anxiety to a greater level than I had before. Basically it stays there, but you learn to not let it impact your life as much. If you haven't already, make sure you ask your psychiatrist to refer you to a therapist. It might take a while to find one that you feel comfortable with, but pills are only half of the treatment.
>>63707858
Lexapro helped, but I got to the point where I was frustrated by the amount it curbed my sex drive. Those side effects obviously vary from person to person, so I hope you'll have a better experience.
Listening to pic related.
I did the whole med thing for two years. Started on SSRIs (Celexa, Lexapro, Citalopram ), then added Antipsychotics (Risperidone + Abilify); switched the SSRIs to SNRIs (Effexor). Decided to go just stop because that shit wasn't doing anything.
'Bout a year after that I switched to low-dose of psychedelics every other day (mushrooms). Now everything is fucking groovy.
I'd recommend asking your psych about getting a 'script for a psychedelic.
>not being on anti depressents since elementary school
what are you even doing here
>antidepressants
literally big pharma sheep pills, just smoke pot if you're that depressed
>>63708893
shut the fuck up
>>63708849
>>63708817
>>63707858
>>63707707
>>63707376
>>63707288
>>63706918
>>63706864
>>63706749
What the fuck is wrong with this board you self loathing faggots. anti depressants just mask how you're really feeling. You dont become happy by taking a pill this is what's wrong with the drug system in America
>>63708923
>>63708893
the scientific consensus disagrees with you, i hope you realize.
>>63706749
pills will NOT help you, they'll probably make things even worse.
watch molyneux's presenation about mental illnesses.
also, to answer your question, blink- 182
I don't understand how you can take pills every day to change the way you feel. I have MDD and I could never take medication, I feel like it robs you of your actual self. They have awful side effects too.
Obviously it's your choice and your choice alone, and I respect that. I just don't understand how someone could do that to themself.
>>63708922
>>63708967
>le I was told this so it must be true
Keep eating your GMO foods, I'm sure you're all circumcised too
>>63709018
/pol/ pls go
>>63708923
>>63708976
>>63709006
>>63709018
>ayy lmao just get over it lol
>>63706749
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5HRRvZIEFI
this whole song is about living with antidepressants
>>63709043
I'm
>>63709006
Did you even read my post?
>>63709043
>good sheep, take your meds :^))))
How about taking your depression and making a work of art out of it instead of sitting there doing nothing
Americans and their victim mentality I swear
>>63709006
this is the only reasonable argument against taking shit like that desu
>>63708922
Fuck off you hopeless tranny, no drug is going to fix you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2atr-SKjM8E
hope they work & you don't end up self medicating because addiction is no fun
>>63708849
So you've resorted to bragging about having a mental illness? Nice.
>>63709006
That's true I guess, but what if you can't function at all? Do you just kill yourself?
>>63709118
it was a joke/sarcasm
>>63709119
I've had 2 failed suicide attempts and honestly I would rather kill myself than take medication to "fix" me.
>>63709070
>Americans are the only people who take antidepressants
Stop retard, you're saying something stupid again
>>63708976
>stefan molyneux
what? That man is insane!! hahah i might be depressed, but I'm not stupid. see >>63708967
>>63709006
the part of myself which isn't hemmed in by my physical and physiological circumstances is incapable of doing anything he wants to do. this isn't anything like a lobotomy, i hope, but instead a way to prop up a system of my brain which has failed.
again, it depends on the science behind the pill. SSRI will drastically alter my neural chemistry, of course, but in a way which I doubt will dispose of the thread I will have had before having taken it.
>>63709018
>>63709070
>>63709097
you don't know what you're talking about.
>>63706984
>22
>entire life
so, you're me, the meds won't work in this case and you will be off worse due to side effects, but gl
>>63708923
I absolutely agree with you.
I struggle with the illness too, and I am not denying the existence of depression. However, antidepressants are only marketed for money, not to help you.
there's plenty of research showing antidepressants to work only as well as placebo
>can't get benzos prescribed in the UK despite my anxiety being recognised as severe the only thing offered being anti depressants
>wound up trying to self regulate benzo use after years on & off anti depressants
>now a brain dead walking anxiety bomb
>>63709137
>implying there is any hope for lauren
he'll always be an abomination
>>63709137
I hope it works out for you then. I'm in similar straits but I just can't do that. Good luck.
>>63709043
If you listen to medical doctors and not pharmaceutical company-funded studies, the consensus is this clinical depression and anxiety are the result of distorted thinking patterns which can be corrected with therapy. Now these patterns might be deeply ingrained due to how you were raised, or from going so long without questioning them, but they are almost always NOT an inherent sickness or an abnormality with your brain.
I agree that telling people to "cheer up" is not helpful and can actually be harmful, but the often perpetuated idea that you are inherently depressed and can only remedy your sickness with medicine is dangerous. The best thing to do is to take practical steps to alleviate the symptoms like exercise and good diet, and most importantly, learn to recognise distortions through CBT (I'd recommend buying David Burns' book 'Feeling Good'. You'll be surprised how much one book can help you.)
Medication does not make you happy and does not directly treat the cause of your depression/anxiety. Please consider CBT before getting on drugs because it can make the world of difference. It did for me. Best of luck
>>63708923
guys look! a doctor! thanks anon now we can all go home.
ITT
>>63709135
We marketed it to other countries because there was profit to be made.
You're a fucking moron
>>63709137
they don't accept science, they just go along with whatever meme consensus is popular right now /contrarianism
>>63709135
>>63709207
>doctors view your safety as their number one priority
how naive are you? ADD, Asperger's, all of this post 80's nonsense millennials get diagnosed with don't exist. It's a money making scam, psychiatry is a gyp.
>>63709186
some people are mentally ill to the point of subconsciously sabotaging every chance they have at getting better. it's that battle against your own head thats the real understated killer & oddly doesn't get talked about nearly as much as meds & therapy.
>>63709219
Just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean they're a contrarian you stupid tranny. Were you aware that people have different opinions and thoughts?
>>63709248
>THE JEEEWWWWWWWS! THE JEWS RUN THE DOCTORS 9/11 WAS PERPETRATED BY PEOPLE WITHIN OUR OWN GOVERMENT!!!
>>63709219
>"science" (read: female therapists) said it so it must be true
>how can you back that up?
>t. female therapist
C i r c u l a r
l o g i c
>>63709288
>female therapist
what
You might want to check if it's add, overwhelm from add can cause depression, and anti depressants makes add worse. Which makes people kill themselves.
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>>63709271
Not that anon, but I'd recommend reading "Bad Science" by Dr. Ben Goldacre. He talks about how and why conditions like ADD are overdiagnosed. It's surprising how pervasive the pharmaceutical industry can be.
>>63709336
what are the actual signs of an attention deficit disorder
good music for mood disorders
adhd:
https://soundcloud.com/tiny-mix-tapes/chocolate-grinder-mix-102
>>63709271
Hahaha what did 9/11 have to do with this? I'm sorry you're an insecure sheep who digests whatever is shoved into your gullet. But that isn't my problem.
>>63709345
looks like a shit book desu famiglia
>tfw completely numb without any pills
>don't waste my time with sadness because i'm not socializing or muh self-worth
You know that sadness is a meme right?
>>63709369
Listen to some Bones bro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4-RNfBsf0E
>>63709141
i hope there's something that will work for you, some med that'll make things right. i promise that if i ever care again i'll keep a place in my heart for you and people like you.
>>63709163
>>63709186
honestly you're full of shit
https://ijnp.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/2/pyu017.full
>>63709174
she can be happy, and why does it matter so much to you?
>>63709219
keep fighting the good fight.
>>63709178
i hope you figure out some way to be happy then. either way, even if it means absolutely nothing to you, i feel for you.
>>63709248
as someone who has a family member with an ASD, i want you to know that you are ignorant of reality.
>>63709336
>>63709345
>>63709351
it's true, add is a possible cause of depression for many. i can tell u it's not in my case, but ben goldacre is good science (http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21645612-europe-scolds-france-allowing-corporal-punishment-france-thinks-europe-throwing-tantrum-rap) for more reading
>>63709394
>not wanting anything to matter
Nikka
>>63709288
>he thinks therapists are the ones doing psychiatric research
Holy shit kid stay in school. SSRI's functionally make people happy because they alter your neurotransmitter levels. It's actual science and you'r an actual retard.
>>63709416
>not wanting anything to matter
>implying values are real and/or objective
>implying emotions have anything to do with the quality of your life
>implying numbness isn't the only aim of anti-depressants
wew lad
>>63709494
Numbness is not the effect of an excess of serotonin, stay in school.
>>63709416
Okay so to my first post you said that I am full of shit, and then agree with me later than Ben Goldacre is a good source. In Bad Science he actually says that depression and social anxiety are overdiagnosed conditions that would benefit more from therapy than drugs which are pushed on people by pharmaceutical companies.
No-one is denying that anti-depressants can make you a better functioning person as shown in the rat study you linked, but it doesn't alleviate the core problem, which was my argument.
I hate this board so much
>>63709494
i think you mean "implying getting rid of numbness isn't the only aim of anti-depressants", right? i agree that hedonism for hedonism's sake is bullshit, or, that happiness isn't a valid end-goal.
>implying that a well-functioning motivation system isn't necessary for the pursuit of truth
>implying the only rationale for anti-depressant usage is hedonistic
>>63709515
Nobody knows shit about the interactions between the chemicals in your brain and all that mental crap Freud blubbered about. I actually talked with my psychiatrist about that. And I know many people that have been on anti-depressants for years and years. That happiness really doesn't feel genuine to me.
I've been debating going to get diagnosed but the side effects (especially the weight gain) scare me
>>63709555
Mu in 1 pic
>>63709571
>nobody knows what serotonin does
>freud knew about neurotransmitters
Holy fucking shit please kill yourself.
>>63709416
Big Pharma shill please go
>>63709571
>Nobody knows shit about the interactions between the chemicals in your brain and all that mental crap Freud blubbered about
As a PhD student in neuroscience this hurt to read
>>63709407
this is edgy as fuck
>>63709585
The fact that you are afraid of the side affects and are aware of the dangers is a good sign.
>>63709592
I meant the concepts and researches Freud took. Naturally, medicine and therapy is a lot more advanced today but we still haven't got the depths of our conscience figured out at all. I name-dropped Freud because this board really isn't the place for intellectual discussion.
>>63709588
at least ironic shitposting is funny, half of this board is reddit tier political discussion and autistic shit like this thread
>>63709407
(You)
>>63709617
Isn't it weird how defensive people get at the assertion that neurology, psychiatry and psychology have come up with meaningful information? People seriously want to believe the brain is a total enigma that we know next to absolutely nothing about.
>>63709518
i can tell you that i had resisted antidepressant usage for my whole life so far, out of a fear similar to the one you have. i don't know whether in general antidepressants are over-prescribed. maybe they are. i think we agree mostly and i misread your earlier comment.
>>63709601
not a compelling argument. please, instead of telling me i'm wrong, tell me why i'm wrong. i've never taken an antidepressant in my life, this is a big step for me.
>>63709617
>phd student in neuro
what do you know about bupropion?
>>63706749
>>63706984
The Avalanches
Also pills work for some people, others not. Best thing you can do is exercise, eat a healthy diet, find a hobby, etc. Anti depressants just kind of amplified my emotions, or lack thereof. I was sick of the way my life was going, reinvested in old interests, quit doing drugs, and the only thing left is fighting off that anxiety.
>>63709668
Anon just stop talking. I have a degree in psych and work in the field. You're clueless.
>>63709668
>this board really isn't the place for intellectual discussion
yeah because of retards like you
>>63709684
STEMfags please leave, you're hurting our feelings with your delusional desire to rationalize human emotions i.e. deeply irrational things
>>63709786
Anon just because you're too fucking stupid to wrap your head around these concepts doesn't mean the people who study them are just as useless. An increase in serotonin is linked with a happier and more content mood. If we give you a daily pill that increases your serotonin levels over time, most people will start to become happier people within a few months.
>>63709407
actually a pretty good beat, aside from that monotone flow
>>63709043
yeah clearly the message here
not just using the world wide web to find an actual solution to your problem
>>63710355
Ignore him. He's mentally ill and unable to actually respond to anything coherent.
