SSRIS

I was put on something else and then prozac. I was also on seroquel at one point which was the worst couple of months of my life, couldn't really distinguish waking from sleeping + all I wanted to do was sleep.

Prozac basically numbed my emotions so highs werent as high and lows werent as low. Didn't work for me and now that I'm off it I definitely feel better a lot of the time but perhaps that was due to an LSD trip.

The experience differs from person to person though, they might work for you.

>>25787660
>Prozac basically numbed my emotions so highs werent as high and lows werent as low. Didn't work for me and now that I'm off it I definitely feel better a lot of the time but perhaps that was due to an LSD trip.
That's what I wish to become, totally numb and emotionless.

On Lexapro, It's alright. I don't cry ever anymore.

>>25787660
My nigga. Antipsychotics feel like shit. Been on Seroquel among others.

>>25787731
You might think so now but that's a pretty naive outlook on life. You don't really want to feel that way, you just don't want to feel sad anymore. Each to his own I guess but I used to think like you and after being on prozac I'd much prefer to have ups and downs than have nothing at all.

>>25787732
Yeah senpai, it was fucking awful. Must be super useful on actual psychotics though as it puts you asleep for days.

I've tried half a dozen different types. None of them did more than give me insomnia. There's no pill for autism.

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It didn't help me really at all

All it did for me is make my dick not work properly. It took me forever to cum

How do SSRIS work your memory and focus? Will it help me study, or at least, not make it worse?

>>25787836
Mine didn't have a effect at all on that. It could make it more distracting tbqh. I had constant brain zaps when i would move my eyes.

Adderall will help that problem though.

>>25787836
No effect

I've been on lexapro for over 2 years. I try to wean off it every few months but the withdrawal symptoms are terrible. I basically almost stopped having my bouts of crying fits and shit it definitely didn't make studying worse, may have helped a little?

im just getting of celexa as im switching to SNRIs, the difference in does amaze me a bit going from 40mg to 150mg on venlafaxin, along with the full page of "if this shit fucks with your blood call 911 asap"

>>25788398
>>25788446
If you could sum it up weekly (maybe not for 2 years but the first four or so) altered your mood or thoughts, i'd be most grateful

Do SSRIs cause any motor disturbance? I mainly feel empty most of the time, does it help with that?

I'm on zolof, makes me sleep better. Good stuff.

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Been taking lexapro for 4 years. Started taking Catapres a month ago which is an off-label anxiolytic (anti-anxiety med), best med so far, ive been feeling more optimistic, sleeping better and sleeping earlier and have been noticeably more productive

>>25788470
to me they did absolutely nothing, which is why my therapist is switching me to venlafaxin.
the most notable was the first week where i felt the nausea and drowsiness they caused, along with when i got upped to 40mg in week 3 my pupils didnt have the same size, and here we are 12 weeks later, nothing has happened to my thoughts, though my therapist said i did have one or two times where i was smiling a bit at the sessions.
ill be happy to try and answer any questions you may have

>>25788502
i think theres a rare chance of it, cant remember, theres a fuck ton of potential side effects

was prescribed zoloft.
took st.johns wort instead and it seems to be working because i can cry now

>>25788571
> 3 my pupils didnt have the same size
Enlargened or smaller?

What did you originally need them for, depression or something else?

>>25788470
It's a pretty common misconception that it 'alters your thoughts' and all that. It's basically a chemical getting rid of physiological mood inhibitors. As a result of this you'll stop feeling shit, but not necessarily feel like Chad. As a result of feeling shit less often, you may be prompted to have less shitty thoughts, but then again you could continue to want to kill yourself but not feel weighed down all the time. It definitely does not make you happier.

>>25788619
my right pupil is 2mm larger than the other now, and yea got them prescribed for depression

SSRI's, SNRI's and tricyclic antidepressants are notorious for their common and terrible side-effects.
I recommend you try a NaSSA like mirtazapine. They're more likely to treat your depression without side-effects.

>>25787614
zoloft helped me a lot, less moody

Just got bumped up to 100mgs of Zoloft four days ago after being on 50mgs for about three months.

It's not going to miraculously improve or fix your life, but if you're genuinely clinically depressed it will be the first step to getting your shit together.

You'll start noticing the effects after 2-3 weeks.

Just go full hermit mode (if you're depressed/anxious you're probably not going to be leaving the house much anyway) as the initial side effects for be pretty shitty.

If you have a co-morbid condition (SAD, GAD, PTSD, OCD) it might help with that a little bit as well.

Your best chance of recovering is a combination of antidepressants, therapy, and utilizing ANY support network you might have (be careful who you tell if you have been diagnosed, still a lot of stigma around).

>>25787614
I've been taking lexapro for a while now. Basically I just don't get as depressed as I used to. It kinda raised the depression bar a bit, not bad. I also take anti anxiety meds, which are pretty good. They make me care less about things.

>>25788759
you clearly have a different system in your country, here you cant be comorbid because they can only diagnose the rest when the depression is cured, i know that theres something more to me that just that

>>25788807
That sounds horrible, humans have the potential be depressed for decades even with medication etc.

NZ Fag here btw.

>>25788899
yea, ive been depressed for 16 years,before i sought proper help, me last therapist laughed at me.. so that was fun
i just hope it isnt too late for me to get turned around

DK here

>>25788899
Same NZ Fag here, people will probably roll their eyes but I'll try save you all a bit of time.

If you get a session with a psychologist/psychiatric nurse/therapist/counselor, in the first few sessions I guarantee that they will try to get you to practice "Mindfulness meditation".

If you've already looked it up and tried it on your own, might save you a sessions worth of time.

It may sound like hippy bullshit, but it does work if you do it at least relatively consistently.

Also, for anyone else interested, try MoodGym.au (just google it, should be the first thing that comes up). It's a bunch of free Cognitive Behavioral Therapy modules.

I've been on 6 different types of antidepressants and been depressed for years, if anyone has any questions.

>>25788999
tried venlafaxin? would like to hear if others have had good experiences with it im going up to 150mg next week

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>>25788949
>me last therapist laughed at me..

I'm sorry. That sounds really horrible. All I will say is question if the laughter was genuinely malevolent at all (think back, was it your negative interpretation of the event?).

Not sure about Denmark, but we can request to see another health professional over here for any reason. Maybe you could broach the subject with your general practitioner if you don't have a rapport said therapist?

>>25789065
its been years, but it was definitely malevolent. thats why it took me the last 10 years before i sought help when i knew i couldnt just suck it up anymore, my current therapist is alright, not god but acceptable. i stand to a potential referral to the psychiatric hospital next month

>>25789025
NZ Fag here, was on Venlafaxine before I was on put on Zoloft.

Personally, I have some VERY strong side effects. My pupils became massive, felt very nauseated the first day, ran around doing random crap like I was on speed for random 1-2 hour interludes when I wasn't trying to sleep as much as humanly possible.

It was... uncomfortable. Only really positive side effects I noticed was a dampening of negative emotions (not as much as zoloft) and I could fuck like a pornstar (dick was numbed a bit but could still get fully hard).

Ultimately got off it due to finding it even harder to get to sleep, and having stronger suicidal thoughts (although that may have been due to something else).

Just my 2 cents.

>>25789144
heh sounds familiar to my experiences the first couple of days on celexa, i hope it wont be as shit as it was for you

>>25787614
Depression and anxiety are only caused by people not living life right. You don't need medication, you need to suck it up and change for the better.

Most people do this in their teens, the rash of depressed 20somethings and such is likely because society started coddling kids more and more since the 60s, stunting their ability to mature.

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Ssris are terrible poison shilled by the pharma illuminati
Never again

>>25787614
Say goodbye to sexual pleasure and orgasms.

They're really good for anxiety, though.

im starting effexor tomorrow

am i gonna be in for some pain? i think i have to take this and then say it doesnt work before i get real meds

>>25788662
>my right pupil is 2mm larger than the other now

pic plz

>>25791288
Iktf bro
Have fun getting random bruises and doing nothing but sleeping except when you are awake with chills like when you have a fever
Also worrying about how you might start bleeding from all your orifices since it turns you into a hemophiliac

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>falling for the pharmaceutical jew
>ever

>>25788999
>Mindfulness meditation

it doesn't change what's genna happen tomorrow, or the day after that, or the day after that. it doesn't change how the world is.

depression is a logical conclusion, you can choose to ignore it, but it doesn't make anything "better."

>>25789266
>shit boomer detected

piss off grandpa

>>25791464

you arent supposed to take it if you get that i think

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>>25791828
Well duh
I stopped but that shit is evil
Why oh why is my doc a faggot who when asked about if I can get proper anxiety meds aka benzos says "those meds work so people take more of it so therefore I don't wanna prescribe it"
Literal quote
Instead I have to torture myself ssris
As if ssri/snri/tricyclic meds arent addictive as fuck too ffs

I'm on 50mg of sert/zoloft

Literally no difference so far. Been on the 6 weeks

I was also on 50mg citalopram/celexa
that made no difference. I was on them for... 8 months

I'm on Escitalopram 10 mg. No sides, but also no strong effects. My mood is a bit more stabile though, so I can't really complain about it.

>>25792942
I guarantee it's placebo effect.

gave me the shits

How long until it kicks in? Was presribed Fluvoxamine 3 days ago.

>>25787614

Wasn't really depressed. Doctor put me on SSRI anyway.

Turned me into an aggressive zombie without inhibitions.

>>25788571
can absolut not confirm you experience,
venlafaxin made me vigil and awake but i sweat like hell, also i was on 300mg restrained release

>>25791954
because you are a little bitch that dont want medication but instead free drugs to frenzy.
and nobody want to push your drug abuse

>>25793134
i think this is happening to me, senpai
where do i go from here? been 2 months on sidata(zoloft)

>>25793397
If i just wanted drugs itd be easier and cheaper to get them off the darkwebz instead of constant doctor visits to see how it is going on the latest dosage of ssris

>go to doctors
>hope to score sweet klonopin script
>get celexa instead
It's been a week and it hasn't really done much. I feel slightly calmer and less anxious though, so I guess that's a good thing.

>>25793422

You need to taper down from them. Be prepared for brain zaps - they are harmless and go away after a while.

Otherwise if you're in pain without the pills I don't think there's anything to be done.