Im On Anti-depressants Any Experience?

[almost-pro]

lexapro and clonazepam keeps me from killing my co-workers.

 

[Spartacus]

hopefully my marriage gets better

at least when you're married I think it's easier to tolerate sexual sides because you two know you can get back to the happy(sex) stuff once you feel better

as a single guy w/o a SO I found it to be a fuckin' bitch to be on something that made me feel so much better,but wiped me out sexually

 

[Spartacus]

Gabapentin is the best sleep med I've taken. I think it was 600 mgs and I was out like a light for up to 10 hours with the most vivid dreams. I can't imagine taking that stuff during the day and functioning.

well I blew a .347 when I checked into rehab
and I remember it too
though they said I made a pass at a nurse and I didn't remember that
I asked later when the man in charge told me
"was she good looking?"
he said yes so I felt better

 

[Spartacus]

I was on that before the wellbutrin. Killed my sex drive, made me tired all the time, gained weight, and felt nothing.

*snap* hated it! *

they gave lexapor to most everyguy in rehab
alcoholic? lexapro
opiate addict? lexapro
crack addict? lexapor
and read the big book and go over the 12 steps ad nauseum
10 grand for 16 days of that
fvck that

 

[borris]

Anti-depressants don't help you get happy, they only help you from getting overly depressed and down on yourself. So unless your dragging sad throughout the day and feel extremely shitty constantly, don't even bother

 

[crazyjoe]

I read a story on yahoo news that said antidepressants claim to do a lot more than they really do.

Here's similar ones-

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/17/health/webmd/main3723134.shtml

http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/16/news/companies/antidepressants/index.htm?section=money_latest

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411416/1548097


I was on prozac for half my teen years and it helped me kick ocd. It gives you that little extra push to stop spinning your wheels. It seemed to work but I was younger too. I tried more of it later in college and it just made me tired. Maybe it was expired or I was taking too much.
Anyway I think people should be careful not to rely on antidepressants. Best to find one that gives you some balance, like training wheels and then take them off when you're good to go.

I've been taking prozac for about 4 months now. It seems to help me. I feel more balanced and focused, and not so many mood swings.

 

[Raptorex]

Lol, a dude named "crazyjoe" enters the thread...the irony!

 

[Spartacus]

takes weeks for SSRIs to take full effect bro

generally
but in my experience I'm a 'quick adopter or whatever they call it
paxil had me feeling better in a week
after 2 weeks I felt I could walk into a stadium full of 70,000 people and give a speech

another SSRI worked real well for me too
Luvox

I got it prescribed,but didn't take it cause I knew it would fuck me up sexually
and then one night I took two of them by accident thinking I was taking my sleeping pills
whoa!
the next morning I popped up out of bed like toast
no need for coffee,I felt great,I was ready to dozens of things
but then that damn sex problem

these SSRI's are like mini-ecstasy trips
they flood your brain with serotonin and you feel better
but too much serotonin retards orgasm,and seems to be worse for men

 

[Raptorex]

anyone experiment with GABA? I pop two on the way to work everyday - seems to calm me out.

 

[crazyjoe]

Lol, a dude named "crazyjoe" enters the thread...the irony!

A few more months and I might change it to "laidbackjoe". BTW the prozac does give me some wild dreams too.