Anyone on Antidepressants?

[Smurfy]

nope. but ive known plenty of people who have been on plenty of meds.

i'll probably be taking wellbutrin shortly for smoking cessation.

 

[bdog527]

Yep. In fact I just returned from my doctor with another 3 months worth of wellbutrin.

I've struggled with depression since I was around 14 but never sought conventional treatment for it until I was 22. I took wellbutrin for 2 years, tapered off and was fine until my father passed away last August. The holidays were really hard this year and I ended up relapsing and going back to my old self-destructive ways of drinking quite heavily to cope. So in february I went back to my doc and he and I decided to go back on for another year or so and then re-evalute.

I like wellbutrin. When I'm on it I don't feel drugged or an artificial happiness. My thoughts are more positive and I when I am actually happy I go with it instead of wondering when I will start to feel shitty again. I'll take it for another year or so and then probably taper off again and see where I stand. If I need to go back on so be it, if not then I will know it is there in case I relapse again. I used to feel guilty for taking something daily to help with my moods but I realize now that life is too short to spend the majority of it pissed off, sad and full of despair or just plain fucking crummy for no good reason.

 

[Eringobraugh]

This thread is so Aldous Huxley.

And its not a good idea to get mental health medications from a primary care doc, they have lil training in such matters and typically just rotate the meds around til the patient reports them working. You have to go to a psychiatrist, someone who has studied these medications, mental health and brain chemistry for years to have your meds done correctly, not going to the appropriate specialist for this is a huge mistake.

 

[Testosterone boy]

The only thing that made me happier was Sam-e, a legal supplement that is very popular in Europe.
The other stuff just made me feel....different. I perceived them as insulation from reality really.

I don't know about the posters here but I think many really want to feel like shit. I have given $40 bottles of Sam-e to people who felt badly....they gave it back without trying it. They also refused to but it themselves and give it a chance.

I wonder about people who won't spend their own money but will rack up $100s/month in insurance policy prescriptions.

Guess I believe in more natural ways to fix things. Slow down, sleep, take dog for walks in the country, rest, exercise, diet, vitamins/minerals etc. Above all else, do not let women mess with your brain. It is like allowing 3' mosquitoes in the bedroom while you sleep.

Not saying I'm happy all the time. Some of my days are as dark as the politics of ..................take a guess.

 

[Lestat]

never had to take them.

Love pain killers as a rec drug, but don't have much access to them.

weed works.

 

[Delinquent]

I'm supposed to be on 100mg zoloft and 100mg of wellbutrin. Sex drive has been almost nonexistent for a year or so. going through a lot of BS regarding unemployment, lost hope, etc. Told my doc that I wanted to started tapering off of this shit. She said no so I'm tapering down myself. I'm at 50mg for both and in another week, I'll drop it to 25mg for a few weeks, and so on. I haven't felt a difference yet. The only major difference I can feel is if I stop them completely for a few days. I then get this extreme dizziness feeling that almost incompasitates me

 

[Deterass]

I'm supposed to be on 100mg zoloft and 100mg of wellbutrin. Sex drive has been almost nonexistent for a year or so. going through a lot of BS regarding unemployment, lost hope, etc. Told my doc that I wanted to started tapering off of this shit. She said no so I'm tapering down myself. I'm at 50mg for both and in another week, I'll drop it to 25mg for a few weeks, and so on. I haven't felt a difference yet. The only major difference I can feel is if I stop them completely for a few days. I then get this extreme dizziness feeling that almost incompasitates me

The Zoloft is whats screwing your sex drive up.Have you tried Wellbutrin without the Zoloft?

I quit Zoloft after about a year and tried a few others but Wellbutrin has been great for me.

 

[SoKlueles]

never had to take them.

Love pain killers as a rec drug, but don't have much access to them.

weed works.

what kind of pain killers do u prefer? and why? when i take them, they make me so sleepy
but i dont use them for recreation

 

[Spartacus]

This thread is so Aldous Huxley.

And its not a good idea to get mental health medications from a primary care doc, they have lil training in such matters and typically just rotate the meds around til the patient reports them working. You have to go to a psychiatrist, someone who has studied these medications, mental health and brain chemistry for years to have your meds done correctly, not going to the appropriate specialist for this is a huge mistake.

in my personal experience it was the opposite
now when I feel the low serotonin blues coming on I get a reload form ym GP
I cycle off and on and switch betw various ADs
the types that work the best have the anaorgasmia side effect that's just not tolerable for long streches

at the momnet I'm taking buspar and liguid deprenyl
I'll take a trazodone or two 50-100mg if I need help sleeping,generally only when I'm still feeling amped up form an evening work-out catalyzed with some speed stack
though I find when I'm feeling better(such as the selegiline/buspar combo)
I don't need a speed stack for the gym,maybe just some caffeine

 

[Testosterone boy]

Yea....zoloft will nuke the sex drive for sure.