opinions on anti-depressants

well i was previously on prozac for like 4 years, it did help with my depression but kinda stopped working the last year i was on it, so was put on effexor i honestly stopped taking it before it could even reasonably take effect. well my mother in one of her rare mothering moments decided to mention to me today that she thinks i should be on anti-depressants again cause ive been really anti-social lately and abuseing cough meds(yeah my mom knows i trip on it, she just doesnt care enough to try and make me stop) alot because of depression. im 18 know so i guess its my choice whether i go back on meds. i think i might cause they helped for a while before. whats other peoples opinion on anti-depressants and there experiences with 'em.

How about abstaining from dxm until you're 'normalized'?
Then try changing your diet/taking omega-3 fatty acid supplements, 5htp, vitamin b complex...st johns wort, kava and salvia d. may also used for treatment of depression as well as meditation for social anxiety.
By taking an anti-depressant you're feeding the pharmacuetical companies. Plus it interacts with many drugs that you could have fun doing with me.
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No doubt

You abuse medicine. Ha ha

Bad bad bad

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My ex was on efexor xr and they sent him really strange.One night we were driving home from the coast and he made me pull over the car so i did.He jumped out right near the railway line and jumped the fence and just layed on the tracks it was fucking horrifying i couldnt do anything except jump the fence and try and talk him out of it.Lucky it worked because i was 3 mths pregenant and didnt need that stress or worry.It was the efexor.I had been on different depression pills for a few years and i tried one called aropax that worked for me for depression.Since i have been diagnosed with bipolar and they treat me for the mania, anger and excitement.If i get depressed they just tell me to deal with it because i cant be on pills for mania and anti depressants at the same time.Its only the depressed part of me that bothers me and what i take dont help and can make depression worse.The mania is good it means im happy and the anger is ok sometimes because it shows people that i have my own mind and i will do as i please as i usually know whats best for me.If i get so depressed where i feel that theres no point to life i have to be put in a mental institution to be monitered where they will drug me for a few weeks until im so stupid in the brain from injections and medication that they think i am normal then let me out and it will be just the same vicious circle.Am i really going to tell my psychiatrist i feel like that when i know where i will go ?

alright people, its time to have a long thinking session to yourself to get shit figured out in your head. Meds, and anything else taken to alter mood, yada yada, only delays the problem, it simply puts it on hold until one day you have to tell yourself, "damn, it would have been much easier to deal with this a long time ago, but I guess right now is a good of time as any" you just have to deal w/ the shit in a sober mind and get your life straight. then and only then would i recomend taking anything to alter your senses. hope everything works out for the best
thebubbler
aka MiNdYoU

it's a proven fact that the best remedy for any type of mental health problem is a combo of meds and therapy. however, not everyone can afford it. i graduate in the spring with a BA in Psychology and the most useful thing i have ever heard is that you should only use meds, or really have to seek help for that matter, if the problem you have is effecting your life on a daily basis. if you feel you can't get things done (and it's not just being lazy) then you really do have a problem. i myself recently started getting panic attacks as a result of 6 years of untreated seasonal depression. i've been on zoloft for about 4 months now and i am somewhat pleased with the results. a year ago i couldn't even get out of bed, but i'm doing much better. i've heard going off of them sucks, but i'm going to in the spring, so we'll see.

but hey, the doctors do hand them out like candy...so i guess it's up to you. if you have an addictive personality, i'd explore your other options first.