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anti-depressants
would be interested to hear, if anyone is comfortable to share this sort of info, whether anyone here has or knows someone who has taken anti-depressants
or, conversely, if anyone is totally against them
there are some horror stories about these sort of drugs on the internet, and i just can't make up my mind about them. have been offered them, but don't know whether to use them or not.
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6/18/2008, 2:44 pm
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Re: anti-depressants
Summary: It depens wich one you want to use an where you are.....
In the first group are a few herbals like Saint-John's-wort wich are helpful for some people. They aren't dangerous and no one comes in an addiction from it. Also helpful is light therapy and Vitamin D for people with winter depression.
In the second group are chemical drugs. There is a high risk that a person who take them over a time comes in an addiction. I my eyes it is necessary that people who have to take them stay in regular cotact to a physician. This drugs are given to people with endogen depression and only an an exception to people with reactive depression . People with endogen depression have to take them for their whole life (one friend of mine has to do so). For people with a reactive depression it is it much more helpful to learn how to deale with a specific situation. Chemical drugs can't change a hard unfortunately situation.
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Re: anti-depressants
I hope this is a Doctor who's offering ....
yes.. well. I should declare a conflict of interest here because I took Lithium for 2 years for what was diagnosed as mild bipolar disorder.
Not manic-depressive...
If manic depression is a big pendulum swinging back and forth, mild bi-polar is more like an old fashioned style metronome sitting on a piano..
Lithium made me feel blank. Not high.. not anything.
Just blank.
I wrote zero songs on guitar in those 2 years.
I weaned myself off Lithium over a 1 year period.
I wrote 5 songs in less than 3 months once I was off it completely. go figure.
All anti-depressants alter your brain chemistry.
They aren't addictive in the way tranquilizers are, but you become dependant on them by the fact you cannot just stop taking them.
You would have to be weaned slowly off them to give your brain chemistry a chance to adjust.
Personally, I would never take them again.
Just because I wouldn't want to feel nothing again.
Be careful.. it's a slippery slope.
Once you start taking them, it's probably going to be a while before you aren't taking them.
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6/18/2008, 9:24 pm
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I've been on them twice, under a doctor's care both times. My Mom died and I was still in a serious funk 6 months later, unable to enjoy anything and terribly grouchy. I took prozac for a little over a year and weaned myself off in a couple months. I was 32 at the time. Now I am 51 and just finished weaning myself off wellbutrin after using it for about a year. It took longer to wean off, about 3 months. I used them because of feeling horribly irritable and darkly moody due a series of health problems Jack and I both had been dealing with. They helped quite a lot but I wouldn't have taken them if I hadn't been truely miserable. I kept my doc informed as I weaned off and monitered my moods very rigorously. It's a fine line to travel to keep from overmedicating or undermedicating. These meds can really help but must be used carefully. Likewise the illnesses they treat can be very hard to manage, so sometimes meds help. be sure you feel very safe with your doctor. ask your mom to go with you when youb talk about meds if you need some more assurance. I will be happy to talk or listen regarding this, just PM me here on the board or email me. Good luck, dearie!
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One of the 'cures' for fibromyalgia is anti-depressants, I tried them when I was first diagnosed but they left me feeling blah. I was not depressed at all actually I was elated that they had finally diagnosed what the heck was wrong with me. So that is one of the reasons I don't use prescribed drugs for my disease. Also my body does not do well with prescribed or any other kind of drugs. Except for my inhaler that works thank goddess or I would not be able to breathe!
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Thanks, I'm very grateful for all the extremely helpful advice, Claudia, Len, Patricia, and Kate.
Well, I got the prescription, got the pills from the pharmacy... but haven't taken any.
I'm still mulling it over. I think the blankness Len talks about seems to be a very common effect - and perhaps necessary, if you've been feeling too much and all over the place - but it might be a very weeeeird feeling (or non-feeling).
I researched these pills on the Internet, and also came across something called Seronex. It sounds like a good alternative and might be worth a try, although I think it would also be something necessary to discuss with the doctor.
http://www.seronex.com/
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You are quite welcome, dear Spinks. Yes, definitely talk to the doctor. Remember you need to decide if the disorder warrents the cure. It certainly was for me, as I am an advocate of "better living thru chemistry." Once you start with medication, if you dont think it's doing right for you in any of your expectations, you must continue to see the doctor and discuss it openly with her. Never stop medication abruptly, and esp not without consulting the doc. Be sure a trusted person who sees you regularly (such as your Mum) is aware you are taking or modifying such medication doses. Be safe, be well and be happy!
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Many thanks, Patricia  Yes, I've heard people experience pretty awful withrawal symptoms if they come off these type of pills too quickly. It's certainly a big decision.
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