Does medication actually help depression? Does it fuck you up

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It helps in the long run, but nothing will really help medication wise immediately.

Zoloft made my hair go bald. Thats when I found out what true depression was.

>>719553525

> Does medication actually help depression?

Massive trial and error to find what works for you because mental health isn't really exact science

> Does it fuck you up even more?

Depends on the type and how stupid you are to overmedicate

> Do you become reliant on it?

Some are physically addictive, some aren't. Most of them don't really have reliable studies for other very longterm effects

>>719553525
For some people it really helps, for others it just makes things worse.

For me it just didn't do anything at all, good or bad.

It only helps big pharma

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>>719553525
Xanax cures depression it causes full bliss you don't feel anything bad but I abused it when I ran out I was in hell I would stay awake for 2 days straight be so tired but couldn't fall asleep my eye would be bigger than the other it was shit the withdrawal was horrible never doing that shit I'm just using red bull and working out to fix my depression

>>719553848
Kek

>>719554299

Xanax is not an anti-depressant, it's an anxiolytic. Anti-anxiety. And addictive shit, only good for shortterm

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>>719553525
>See a psychatrist
>Tell story
>Get prescription
>Do research about recieved prescription
>Think if it's worth the side effects
>Take action

my prescription made my depression and anxiety worse for the first month
The moment I read it on multiple sites I just burned it and never went back.
Fucking jews saying I can't smoke weed but I can take zombiepills.

Went from /b/ to /fit/
Going for 7 months now and shits getting better by the day
>Got gf
>Gains showing
>More interest in hobbies

>>719554692
thats what I;m doing as well, though instead focusing on weight loss at the moment. 45 pounds down, 55 to go.

Hell, just eating healthy and drinking only water seems to have improved my mood. Still feel anxiety over stupid stuff, but its definitely helped with my depression

>>719554692

This, so much this. After bunch of fucked up side-effects from various medications even psychologist himself stated weed would be my best solution.

I stopped smoking because I was tired of fucking up my lungs and having to deal with lazy stoner faggots but goddamn it still gave me better quality of life than all the other shit doctors have put me through

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>>719554986
>get gains for social gains
>endorfine as drug

Also
>Fish oil
Increases testosteron wich increases mood and libido
>Magnesium
Increases mood, sleep and allows your body to use nutrition better
>Zink
Boosts sperm production
>Vitamine D
You will never get sick
>Gingko biloba
Increases copgnitive functions

The most import thing I found for beating depression is that you are the only one who can change it.
You can only use certain things as tools.
It's just the matter of finding them and working with the tools to increase happiness.
I suggest reading ebooks online

>>719554692
>>719554986
>>719555012

It's sounding like prescriptions aren't helpful then?

>>719555555
Nice

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>>719555555
Finding tools on here is like finding a needle in a haystack

>>719555630
You have to decide for yourself
It all depends on what medication you're getting
Like I said
>See a psychatrist
>Tell story
>Get prescription
>Do research about recieved prescription
>Think if it's worth the side effects in the short and long run
>Take action

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>>719555555

>>719555555
I don't care about gets at all and you're stupid kys

>>719555555
got tier

>>719555555
Checked

>>719555555
WITNESSED

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>>719555682
I can dump my folder
Interested?

>>719555630

I wouldn't say they aren't helpful but the whole process of dealing with mental health is just very tedious and aggravating. And depending on the type of person you are, in the longterm you either want to or need to look for other solutions anyway.

Don't have any delusions about brain meds. They don't make life fun. They just make it bearable

just got a prescription for lexapro today. any stories or experiences with this stuff? never done anti depressants before

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>>719555555

>>719555950
yes please!

>>777777777

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>>719556368
>>719555555

Looks like im blessed bois
Let me return the favor

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>>719556368

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>>719556600
W T F triple dubs as well ! ! !

>>719553525
Been on lexapro for 10 years without it I be dead or in prison for murder. With it I went to college and have good job

medications i've been on for depression

prozac, zoloft, celexa, wellbutrin, cymbalta, effexor

currently trying effexor because none of the others worked so we'll see how this goes. i've had severe depression since i was 14 and i'm 18 now. it's all genetic... i've tried everything to get rid of it. exercise, forcing myself to socialize, diet, medication, no medication...it's all pointless :')

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>>719556368
Here you go
Any specific interest

>>719553525
>medication actually help depression?

one problem with anti-depressents is like all drugs a tolerance develops and they stop working. Everybody I know who takes them has to up the dose or switch to another one after a year or so.

>>719555555
This digits cured my depression. Have a look OP, take it all in

>>719556965
mental health, personal growth

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>>719557176
>>719556712
God my streak is amazing
May all you btards be blessed by my digits

>>719557323
Alrighty

>>719553525
The "funny" thing about some anti-depressants is that they at first only target the symptoms. So people who are really depressed and have suicidal thoughts often feel very powerless and lethargic. If they take anti-depressants, at first the powerless feeling and lethargy falls off and they use their new motivation and driving force to finally commit the suicide they always planed but never carried out.

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>>719557323

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>>719555555
checked

>>719555555
kek what is it a quads with dubs?

>>719553525
Depression is actually really rare. Most people that are depressed simply live lives that are uninspiring and shitty.

If you went into a zoo and found 2/3 of Chimps suffer from depression the solution isn't to give them all zoloft, it would be to stop the slave conditions they live in.


This is because of Capitalism and how large our social networks are. For instance women rate 80% of men below average looking while men rate 50% of women below average looking. That is by design of evolution. So today in the dating scene 90% of men are below her attractiveness threshold because 50% of the men that cross her gaze throughout the day are on magazines and in tv and movies. The 80th percentile for all the men that she sees throughout the day is roughly the 90th percentile for men she actually interacts with outside. For men 60% of women are below their standards and too unattractive to date. This makes men and women extraordinarily unhappy.

I tried 3 different anti-depressants. They all did nothing except make me unable to cum. Still had erections and was sexually frustrated, just unable to get one off. The vast majority of anti-depressants are indistinguishable from placebos.

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>>719557323
Amazing pasta
It’s very difficult. To change. Change is hard. It is harsh. It’s unfamiliar.
But change is needed. I need to change my behaviours and habits.
I have no regard for my body. I ignore its pleas to be rescued from the corruption of substance abuse.
What’s worse is that these drugs make me lazy as fuck.
I find myself devoid of the strength to even do activities I would normally find pleasurable.
I know I have to quit. I’ve known it for a long time. But here’s the hard part – I can’t.
The rational part of me constantly succumbs to my desires, revealing to me now that I have no willpower.
How can a man respect himself when he has no control over his own actions?

I need a thought. A powerful thought that can drive me through it all.
I know thoughts like this exist because I have felt their power before.
Jung says that a man can only be truly happy when he knows and feels that he is living to the best of his potential.
To live to the best of your potential is to find strong purpose is what you are doing, and to be affirmed by the gratification of expending effort in its pursuit.
Nothing can compare to the high of being productive.
Productivity doesn’t have to be in material terms.
By productivity I mean the feeling that what you are doing is worth something. It could be music, a sport, writing, or even meditation.

So I’ve decided to try and change. To love myself a little more by becoming someone worth something.
And my worth is not to be judged by the likes of fools who are similarly trapped in a spiral of modern day chaos and escapism.
The only judge of my true worth is ultimately me,
for the standards I hold myself to are far higher and more ideal than that of any naysayer.

Im gonna overcome all my wasteful desires by seeking the gratification I formerly derived from them from real things.
From activities that expand the horizons of my consciousness.

>>719555555
I came

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>>719557323

>>719558596
Ive read both the power of now and how to win friends and influence people, whats level up your life?

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>>719558979
Level up your life by Steve Kamb
Made me look at life like I looked at WoW
Grind hard for gold, reputation in guild and professions

>>719559410
sounds interesting, can you upload it somewhere?

>>719555950
Anti-PUA? Care to enlighten me anon? Seems interesting.

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>>719559882
Give me a site where I can because I dont know any site

>>719560001
Dem almost those quads
I have no clue I've read the book of pook tho
Gives clear explenation and good examples people can relate to

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>>719555555
damn son

The problem with antidepressant is that they are overrated and nobody really knows how they work. For some people the work. You have to tried. Ive tried two so far (Venlafaxin and Escitalopram) and both didnt work. Also in the beginning they only were indicated for very severe depression. Nowadays you get them for light depression because that means more profit for the industry

>>719554986
try no fap, that stuff really works with anxiety and moods. i feel good after not fapping for 3 days

>>719556965
where can i find your books mate? and heartdrive seems interesting, what is it?

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>>719560964
I have yet to find a good upload site
Heartdrive is filled with
>Gf goals like cute and hot girls
>Personal goals
>Personal stories
Here is one of them

>>719560964
Use the pictures I posted here and find the books online
In my experience all books can be found when looked hard for

>>719561268
>>719561268
oki my friend, can i see whats in the heartdrive folder?

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>>719555555
Witnessed

>>719553525
Doesnt helped me at all. I tried Citalopram, Mirtazapine, Quetiapine, Melperone and some other stuff i forgot.
Nothing helps as good as alcohol.

>>719553525
>if adderall
Yes
>other
Enjoy bitch tits, impotence, and weight gain

>>719561462
Opkkre wez

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I've been on oxcarbazepine (mood stabilizer) and bupropion (anti-depressant) for 3 years now for bipolar disorder. At first I felt no change, then it seemed like I was "numb" but now I feel incredibly balanced. It has saved my life.

>>719555555
>>719556600
Truly kek has blessed you with these gets

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>>719553525
I'm a master of depression. Been depressed most of my life.

Have been on Remeron, Prozac and Wellbutrin. Remeron made me very tired and spaced out, horrible withrawl!!

Prozac had too many sexual side effects, nerfs your precious testosterone.

Wellbutrin is imo superior to all other antidepressants, it has a chemical structure that is similar to amphetamine, and works much faster than the others, and no sexual side effects, no growth retardation.

Go for wellbutrin, you wont be dissapointed. Works almost at once too, give you energy to do stuff.

Stay away from sedating antidepressants, being tired and lazy does not make you less depressed!!

- Depressionmaster

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>>719562322
>>Wellbutrin is imo superior to all other antidepressants
This, fucking this. I had a discussion at length with my doctor about what I did and didn't want in a medication. We had a back and forth about the positives and negatives of both. I decided on wellbutrin (bupropion), to be supplemented with trileptal (oxcarbazebine). I have to wonder if more doctors don't prescribe it because the generic is like fifteen fucking dollars and they get bigger paychecks from other pharma companies.

>>719562315

Shadilay

>>719553951
>Some are physically addictive, some aren't.
All of them are. All of the common ones anyway. Going cold turkey when you've had your fill of Dr Feelgood sucks ass.

>Most of them don't really have reliable studies for other very longterm effects
Because they'd prove how absolutely shit they are.

"I feel weird, therefore the meds must be working."
Next thing you know, you're a mass murderer.

>>719562718
But pristiq and trintellix are superior. The drug rep told me so!

>>719562960
>>Some are physically addictive, some aren't.
>All of them are.

funny how they don't call it physical dependency or addiction when its a legal prescription drug thats not a controlled substance.

>>719553525
Since I take paroxetin for 2 years I feel great and I have breavery and selfconvinience to go to the teraphy. And my therapy is dated on 7th the march.

moar infographics!
i need them all. i lost my old ones from way back.

>>719562960
_Plot Twist_

Mass murderers are usually on medication because they have .. wait for it ..... mental issues

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>>719563436

>>719563457
So you're saying the shit doesn't work?

>>719553525
OP What do you feel is depressing you? What can you ACTUALLY do about that problem if you tried really hard? Try this first.. Then try talking to a professional whilst trying this .. Then try drugs.

>>719563457
>Dr, I feel sad.
>OK son, lets get you on some paxil

><on paxil>Murder is fun!

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>>719563436
This will be my last post
Maybe I'll start a infopic thread another time

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>>719563436
Cant forget those gains