Depression.

In all seriousness, it can take several weeks for your body to adjust to the medication.

If you feel that meds are a necessary evil for your situation at the moment, then give them at least 6 weeks to settle in, and reassess after that. You will first acclimatise to the side-effects, and the therapeutic effect of the the drug often only becomes apparent after a month or two.
 
Quite an interesting thread to stumble upon....very interesting to read the comments and the advice given. Nice support here :)
I have never quite believe I could suffer from depression, always thought, being a guy I should be able to go out with the 'manne' and have a good time when I feel 'down'. Boy was I wrong. Due to my personal situation, divorce, kids involved, getting my own place, not coping financially I guess I slipped into depression and didn't even realise it. Eventually it caught up with me and I chatted to a doctor who prescribed some meds. It helped but again, being stubborn I stopped the medication after a year. Haven't been on it for the past 10 months and can't even remember the name anymore (edit: Wellbutrin). Anyway, long story short, went for an interview at work and walked out there confident that I had blown it. I couldn't finish sentences in the interview due to being too nervous and there are many internal candidates vying for the position too. So in the end, whoever gets it will most likely be my boss....and everyone on the floor knows I was sorta next in line. Last night was the worst...couldn't sleep, played it over and over, felt worthless, want to resign...or just quit...don't care what happens next, etc. I definitely feel better now, somehow something silly got me through it....looking at a picture my daughter posted on Facebook and immediately that 'grounded' me.
Ok just wanted to post something in this thread so that I can find it quickly again, but if I can help in any small way, even just to listen....I'm here. Again...good stuff here guys :)
 
Pooky said:
So if you take anti depressants once off you won't feel any positive effects?
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That depends on the depression. Some people have to take them for life and others can get off them and still feel normal like before. The antidepressant also determines whether there's likely to be withdrawal effects and their severity. Some have a long half life acting like tapering off the dose so they may be stopped cold turkey or at least stopped more easily.
 
copacetic said:
I've cold turkeyed mine twice. Both times were absolutely horrid.
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I've lost ability to masturbate and I still feel crap, the only difference is that i have a headache and disorientation to accompany it now :twisted: so i really am considering going off
 
You will be able to manhandle yourself after a couple of weeks, that does pass. The ****ty feelings can persist for weeks as well. I'm certainly not advocating for you to persist, but I can certainly tell you from my own experience that for me, all the side effects disappeared over time.

I don't know why the people who prescribe this stuff don't make things more clear initially.
 
a Colleague father tried to hang himself. Someone saw it and stop it, now he feels guilty. Doctors give him lots of medicine. The family was shocked as they did not expect anything.
 
seems quite a few people suffering here.

i am not going to ask you why, sometimes people are even unsure as to why, but may i ask you all this - what would make you happy.
there has to be something for everyone, be it love, fame, fortune - or whatever.

heartbroken, garson, copa, sts - what could make you happy ?
 
grantza said:
love, fame, fortune - or whatever.
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As I understand it the main problem is brain chemistry rather than lack of external things like wealth.

Still - from being occasionally down myself (not comparable to true depression I know) I find that people being accepting of mood swings helps.
 
grantza said:
seems quite a few people suffering here.

i am not going to ask you why, sometimes people are even unsure as to why, but may i ask you all this - what would make you happy.
there has to be something for everyone, be it love, fame, fortune - or whatever.

heartbroken, garson, copa, sts - what could make you happy ?
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Clinical depression doesn't work that way. It's not a case of finding something to make you happy, that will make the depression go away, you need to find a way to overcome all those negative feelings that are dragging you down. When you suffer with depression, you can't see past the negativity.
 
grantza said:
seems quite a few people suffering here.

i am not going to ask you why, sometimes people are even unsure as to why, but may i ask you all this - what would make you happy.
there has to be something for everyone, be it love, fame, fortune - or whatever.

heartbroken, garson, copa, sts - what could make you happy ?
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That's the bugger of it - External things are not going to fix what is, as far as can be gathered, a chemical imbalance.

That said, external factors are not irrelevant, of course, but it can be very difficult to take control of those factors when you are in the midst of a dark cloud of existential misery.

What would make me 'happy'? I suppose material wealth to indulge in that which I enjoy, and someone to spend my time with, whose company makes me tingle.

Simple enough, but fairly hard to imagine nevertheless...
 
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