I can focus, talk to people without fear of sounding stupid, and I feel much happier.
Antidepressants help regulate the brain chemistry involved in making people feel depressed. Now you have corrected part of the problem, you can go about learning good coping techniques and positive thinking. Hooray!
Yeah, stable brain chemistry is the win. It makes me a much more tolerable person. I take Prozac for my terrible, evil PMS. It's bad enough that people can tell when I haven't taken it.
Antidepressants aren't inherently bad...doctors who don't tailor the prescription regimen to the patient are bad. If they just throw some drugs at you and don't work to find the ones that really work well, then that is what sucks. Antidepressants working improperly can make you feel numb, lethargic, ambivalent, or make you feel emotionally worse. Once you find the proper chemicals for your brain, it works much better. When your mood isn't alternately tanking and spiking, it's a lot easier to focus on things.
Antidepressants help regulate the brain chemistry involved in making people feel depressed. Now you have corrected part of the problem, you can go about learning good coping techniques and positive thinking. Hooray!
I actually feel amazing now and I'm only a week in and 2 weeks is when they are supposed to really kick in. I feel like the world is at my fingertips and I'm much more confident now.
Antidepressants help regulate the brain chemistry involved in making people feel depressed. Now you have corrected part of the problem, you can go about learning good coping techniques and positive thinking. Hooray!
I actually feel amazing now and I'm only a week in and 2 weeks is when they are supposed to really kick in. I feel like the world is at my fingertips and I'm much more confident now.
Welcome to mood-altering drugs. Says a lot about the nature of the soul when we can change how you're feeling with a pill.
Throughout high school I really didn't care about any of my classes. Now, I'm considering doing a double major of Math and Physics. Now that I'm feeling better, I'm starting to appreciate different things and actually make decisions.
At the same time, I think some of it is the "Magic feather" effect. You know, like in Dumbo? Anti-depressants alter your chemistry to make you feel better, but I think some of the positive nature is coming from you yourself. Good luck!
At the same time, I think some of it is the "Magic feather" effect. You know, like in Dumbo? Anti-depressants alter your chemistry to make you feel better, but I think some of the positive nature is coming from you yourself. Good luck!
I do believe you mean the placebo effect, at least to some degree.
I took an anti-depressant when I was 18. I had had a difficult year (a major break up, being hit by a car while I was crossing the road on campus, and a major cancer diagnosis within two months). I went to see a therapist because my doctor recommended it (to help with the stress that was exacerbating my insomnia). The therapist prescribed an antidepressant as well as, and I went nuts. I could sleep and I was mellower at times, but the cost was my sanity. I had major - MAJOR mood swings, reacted impulsively, and my sex drive went crazy. At first I thought it was just a product of the illness, injuries, fear of the upcoming chemo treatment, and the abandonment of my friends (that were all my ex's friends first - so when we broke up they forgot about me). However, I had to go off the drug for chemo, and I was more myself. The entire experience left me half crazy for about two years, but it was a result of my circumstances, not my body chemistry. Based on my experience, I can say first hand that too many medical professionals confuse sadness, grief, pain, and fear based on bad circumstances with true clinical depression.
I could sleep and I was mellower at times, but the cost was my sanity. I had major - MAJOR mood swings, reacted impulsively, and my sex drive went crazy.
My girlfriend had exactly the same symptoms when she was on antidepressants.
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Antidepressants aren't inherently bad...doctors who don't tailor the prescription regimen to the patient are bad. If they just throw some drugs at you and don't work to find the ones that really work well, then that is what sucks. Antidepressants working improperly can make you feel numb, lethargic, ambivalent, or make you feel emotionally worse. Once you find the proper chemicals for your brain, it works much better. When your mood isn't alternately tanking and spiking, it's a lot easier to focus on things.