When an antidepressant starts working...

When an antidepressant starts working, is it like a switch flips in your head when you wake up and everything is all better? What would you describe the feeling like.

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It’s a similar feeling to when one of pic related’s aft missiles crashes into your fucking throte.

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Some affect you differently,I remember fluoxetine making me feel almost excited as if I was a kid going on a trip to disneyland
Some just numb your emotions so you don't feel too much of anything you just sort of stay at a level

No it’s gradual and they don’t make me happy they make me not depressed.

For me it was like I had more emotional energy/motivation, so instead of just laying in bed, I actually felt the urge to do things.

they really don't work at all

They don't make you happy. They just normalise you so you don't have the full weight of the depressions sapping your energy. but YOU have to get up and do things. You don't just take antidepressants and your life is all better. You have to use them as a tool to kick start the changes in your life that need to be made. Remember you can't just sit around and do the same things that are making you depressed.

also remember. Being happy all the time isn't normal or possible. So don't expect yourself to be. I used to be depressed which was horrible but i made some big changes to my shitty habits, my habitual procrastination and my regularly scheduled day of doing absolutely nothing and my god awful nighttime routine/sleeping habits.Now I cruise around not feeling happy or sad most of the time with the occasional flicker of happiness if nice things happen during the day and feeling happy and energised when I actually do something that takes physical effort or I overcome a challenge/i complete something well. I also learned to get a big boost out of talking to people. I work in a cinema so I talk to all my customers about movies and I generally just learned to patter and banter back and forth with people which makes it a lot easier to stop isolation and really develops social skills. I feel a lot more confident in myself now. I'd say the one thing to remember is any "normal" person DOESN'T feel happy all the time.

Same effects as a placebo... dont let any idiot in here tell you a pill solves your problems. They dont. Unfuck your life and your depression will go away.

I'm not dealing with depression I mean am but then I had a neopets milkshake so I'm good... I did find something for mental clarity which is all I needed...

they don't work

Usually about 4 months. Shortest was 7 weeks (fluoxetine; make me angry) and longest was 8 or 9 months (Lexapro).

Every single one killed my libido. I always get extra depressed when I go off of a med, even when titrating off of them correctly. I was close anyway, but going off of Lexapro last August I ended up arrested and in the mental ward for a week or so.

unironically good pep talk, user

a friend of mine heard this from a family member:
"I don't feel better, I just don't care anymore"

This, I had months on them and felt no emotion at all. When I came off them I felt fucking great and have done ever since

This.

Useful formula.

It's how I got out of depression. It took a while. You just wake up maybe a year or so later and realize that hey... everything isnt so bad after all.

so they do nothing and you make yourself feel better

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There is no magic pill user. It's still hard work. The meds took out the rough edges and made things easier for me to try and make things work. Personally, it made me face all of my demons (finances and being overweight) with more gusto. I lost a lot of weight and heped maintain an okay paying job.

Hey user, I'm a registered Mental Health Nurse and I use anti depressants. I've been hospitalised because of depression, longest was for 5 weeks.

It's a gradual process. You'll notice things like your sleep improving, appetite getting better, clarity of thought. The dark thoughts don't appear as dark and are less intense and happen less and less. I was v driven when unwell and couldn't sleep, I'd not eat for days (I lost 40lbs in a few months) and then I'd eat very sweet food and I just couldn't concentrate, which was v frustrating. I couldn't even watch 5 mins of TV. Youll probably feel nauseous for a bit cos the vomit centre of the brain is close to the part affected by the drug. Long term....I've little to no sex drive, but I'm old, nearly 50 and women of my age are fucking disgusting. But when I do shag I can't come, nearly impossible. Which is good for my reputation but it's really shit. Better than an heroing.

Doc has me on 300mg of Lamotrigine, 200mg of wellbutrin 3mg of risperidone and jus started me on a pill called; propranolol none of it I think helps still depressed been off and on depressed for the last 2 days, Even Marijuana nor CBD helps me with any thing Marijuana increased my depression and thought process.

just get a dog

I first tried Prozac and it literally did nothing but give me slight heart burn. Fluoxetine gave me enough energy, probably over the course of a few weeks (although i actually felt the effects much quicker), to move normally and stop being a stressed out, mentally ill wreck.

That was at a serious low that i've never experienced since. I couldn't bare taking that shit now. The side effects are horrible. Best just be happy.

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Creamy kek

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Is your medic on a bonus from a drug rep? That's some heavy duty shit. Are you bi polar? Anti psychotics, anti depressants and fucking beta blockers. I'd get a second opinion, serious.

Prozac is fluoxetine.

Are you sad for no reason? Or does the world make you sad?

neither. i'm just neurotic and have a mental breakdown atleast once every 6 months and constantly anxious

I'm taking it for social anxiety. I don't really feel sad, but the docs say Im depressed for suicidal thoughts

Yep. Sorry i meant citalopram not fluoxetine. Been ages since i even thought about it.

Counselling is what you need.

No, I have a Betta and a Snail, and still depressed.

Anyone who claims they fixed their depression is full of shit your hiding from how depressed you really are depression can't be cured.

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tried it (CBT) and they just told me shit I already knew and charged me money for it. i don't want to force myself to talk to people but that's the only way i'll ever be happy. i'd rather be myself and miserable than pretend to be interested in talking with people. probably not gonna make it but oh well

Suicidal thoughts are quite normal. If you plan, research with intent that's a different kettle of fish. It's like if you see a hot fire, for a brief moment you get the urge to put your hand in it or if you're on a high cliff or building you have the briefest of thoughts to jump. People don't realise it's ok to think these thoughts. It's how they make you feel and what you do with them that's important.

I never feel happier just buzzed out and restless. Now I just say fuck it to the depression and soldier on with life.

CBT is only one method. Motivational Interviewing is the one I like. It's not as prescriptive as CBT. It is more empowering to the client as they lead things. It's slower paced than CBT so is more expensive and it's not as trendy.

I believe in sport helping too. Activity is a key element in mood/anxiety management.

Its not noticeable to be honest. You just kinda realize at one point that you dont feel so bad. They stuff you were depressed about isnt that depressing to you. Honestly it more numbs your emotions than anything else. Hence you aren’t depressed anymore.

So it's like a terminal illness in your view? You're wrong. It's pretty clear that depression can be treated.

Even cynicism about typical antidepressants is bullshit when you actually look in to it. They do work when prescribed appropriately.

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>Be me scared of dying and not existing.
>Be depressed think about dying.
Like wtf

Everything thing makes me depressed thought of my parents dying and not knowing what to do with my life having no one to talk to being a lone.
Having no money to make me happy cause I'll be able to buy stuff that makes me happy for a bit.

You are wrong, nothing can stop what's meant to happen if suicide is meant to be it's meant to be imagine living life believing stuff that is going to happen you have no control over.

Knowing you're going to be alone possibly homeless when your parents pass away being close to them.
No one to talk to no one to be with.
Just being lost.

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i used to walk 2 miles a day 4 days a week and it didn't help much. i just simply can't cope with stress well and over time it builds up and then i have a breakdown. the best i can hope for is a minimum wage job and a girlfriend who's willing to put up with my shit, but i dont even see either of those happening. i'll keep trying though

Some one to talk to is what every one needs the whole reason you need a girl friend or she needs a boy friend, We were not meant to be alone.
Hard trying to find someone but as I mentioned in
What's meant to be is meant to be never find anyone being alone and just dying sad and alone.
Or find some one you connect with and then end up losing them and back to being depressed and alone.

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They make you a-emotional

You're disconnected from people. Humans are a pack animal. We don't tend to do very well in complete isolation. Solitary confinement is a punishment.

How about an evening class? Learn a new language. Never use it but it's a way of meeting people. True story, I did an adult education course and there was a 9/10 17 year old girl on the course. Her mum was a teacher, so they bent the rules. I was the only male. So add 5 to my score. She was very thirsty, extremely so. I was married at the time and I'm not into being a prick. It was a nice bonus. I'm an ugly spud but I ain't bullshitting when I say she was all over me. Asking me to meet etc.

Your life is a book and you are the author. I know it's clichéd but it's true. Take charge of the pen.

Britfag here

Got prescribed sertraline 50mg which is the weakest dose. Took it daily and there wasn't a massive effect, it just took away the absolute hopelessness and blackness inside you can only know if you've actually had clinical depression. It wasn't a switch flicking on, I'd liken it more to tuning in a TV to reduce static gradually.

DISCLAIMER: I RECOMMEND ANTIDEPRESSANTS BUT THEY ARE NOT A CURE. THEY SHOULD BE USED TO GET THE IMMEDIATE SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION UNDER CONTROL SO YOU HAVE THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO TACKLE THE MAIN ISSUES IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE THE ROOT CAUSE.

Don't take antidepressants and expect everything to get better while doing no work on yourself. Use them in tandem with making real positive changes in your life that will help

- Better diet
- Exercise ( very important, even if its just going for walks or something)
- Socialising more
- Doing something productive that you enjoy, take up an activity where you have to use your hands or make something.

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Mine just makes everything numb, you barely feel anything

Honestly, you don’t really feel any different. I’ve been on them since 2007 and I can’t tell a difference between on and off. The people around me can tell a huge difference.

I don’t really think that antidepressants are for those of us who suffer from depression and bipolar disorder. They are for those around us who have to put up with our bullshit every day.

People on antidepressants kill themselves all the time. They just have more people at their funerals than those who aren’t on them.

Just my $0.02

It’s a numbness and a fake feeling of happiness. You still have the same problems.

This

gradual feeling into nothing then become robot

Is nowhere safe anymore?

It’s an awakening. When it works you start to realize life isn’t so hard.

I don't know if that would be called an "awaking" being on anti-depressants, or if Marijuana gives you the awaking of having empathy and a conscious and seeing the stuff posted on Yea Forums being disturbing and depressing that people enjoy looking at people being killed.
I like Yea Forums but the idiots who post fucked up shit are really messed up mentally.
I miss the days when Yea Forums honestly did stuff that changed a lot of stuff.
Problem is now the higher elites have started sending out people to destroy this board with pushing homosexual shit, traps, pushing shit to be little white males ect...
What's going on in Yea Forums is a sysops just like how antifa is doing all the shit they're doing.
Making every one against each other.

no, sometimes all that happens is that your dick stops working.

SSRIs work but aren't all that effective for everyone, there's a lot of nootropics that can be better alternatives. Personally I take ashwagandha and I'd definitely say it does more for me than sertraline.

Paxil for me just makes me feel all of my same emotions, just at a far less intense level. Goes for both positive and negative emotions. It's way harder to laugh and cry organically, but at least I'm not an emotional wreck all of the time.

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its more of a dulling/apathetic kind of effect. After being prescribed citalopram when i was in middle school I became obsessed with the thought of death, whether it was shooting my classmates, my parents dying in a violent car crash, you name it. I eventually started watching gore/rekt for actual joy.
>tl;dr if you ever need to go sicko mode take these for like a few weeks. if you dont feel it right away, go cold turkey

They numb you, so you no longer care either which way. So, you are not depressed, but not really happy either.

if you take 5HTP then yes its just you wake up not sad basically

No. It's not a switch and you won't notice it because of how gradual it is. It's still up to you to come up with your own coping mechanisms.