Who here is on anti-depressants?

[sociobud]

I've been on and off antidepressants for about 10 years now, and I can honestly say, I am much better ON. I agree with weedhound, why be miserable when you can be happy. Saying that, I also think more and more people are being prescribed antidepressants incorrectly. It's the new "wonder drug." My mom is on Zoloft. She doesn't need to be, she's just in a bad marriage.

Secondly, I want to note that, even though I didn't believe this at first, Zoloft can make someone "high." When I take it, I can seriously "feel" the drug start to work. Its like a stimulate to me. Gives me so much energy, I literally bounce of walls. I personally like the feeling, so I don't complain. Then again, it could be just "working" and not making me "high." Either way, who cares!

[SFGurrilla]

I just smoke

[scagster]

Back in high school, my parents forced me to take Paxil and pretty much every ADHD med. In college I took lexapro for a while. That shit has HORRIBLE withdrawl, was giving me ridiculous eye tics and tremors, so I weaned myself off it, and have been happy ever since. Plus.....it doesn't help the sex life at ALL.

[zebulon]

anti-depressants?...i only take some good'ol Mj....

[daihashi]

I've been on Zoloft before for depression. Honestly I am probably always going to be depressed however it's not as bad as other people have it. I've since gotten off the Zoloft and just lift weights and I have an extremely strict diet.

I quit smoking (cigarettes) and made sure I didn't drink so much (alcohol are... dun dun dun depressants.).

With all that I feel somewhat normal. Alot of my depression stems from my feeling of self worth and my self image.

Since I started exercising and dieting I felt ALOT better from myself. I started getting alot more attention around people. Also a lot of my natural personality started to come out. Now where ever I go I'm pretty much the center of attention. Everyone always thinks I'm a stand up comedian or at least an amateur. I have all kinds of girls that are interested in me for multiple reasons and I overall feel decent, but I still feel the monster lurking in the back of my head(literally, I can tell that the depression is still there. All I'm doing is simply keeping it in check.)

I guess what I'm saying is that if your depression, social anxiety or whatever the issue is that you need SSRI's for is not extreme it may be managable (at least in my case it was).

However there are defintely others who can't manage it without the medication. It's there for a reason and we should not be afraid to utilize it if necessary.

Another benefit of SSRI's is that if you're a guy you have so much more control in bed if you know what I mean. :thumbsup: If you think you have good stamina control now (I did) then you'll be amazed at your god like performance when taking it. :smokin:

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Infamous, I actually understand why you feel this way considering how over-prescribed so many drugs are these days. But, taking one extreme to reject another is not the answer; there are those who have serious neuro-chemical problems, prolonged stressors like abuse or chronic pain, and sometimes both. The body has a billion different ways to malfunction after all, why shouldn't seratonin (or in less common cases dopamine) defiencies by one of them?
The only reason I'm on Paxil right now is after 6 years of chronic pain, isolation, and many other stressors. For those 6 years I fought tooth and nail to prove that I could overcome these problems myself. Eventually, though, those problems caught up with me and I was damn near suicidal; just overal exhausted from life. There comes a point where a person just doesn't have the energy any more.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Oh on another note, my social anxiety disorder seems to be cured for the time being. Usually when people come over, some friend of someone in the family, I'll hide in my room downstairs and pray that I don't get forced into a social situation. But yesterday my mom had a friend over and I was the life of the party; she even said what a remarkable change she saw in me.

but I still feel the monster lurking in the back of my head(literally, I can tell that the depression is still there. All I'm doing is simply keeping it in check.)

I know what you mean daihashi, I think most people still have it lingering somewhere back there. Drugs of any sorts, in my experience cover up the problem but don't cure it deep down. But they can bring some needed relief, and in my case provide the energy to tackle these problems and keep moving with my life, rather than hide from them in exhaustion.

[Weedhound]

Funny how nobody every calls diabetics who use insulin "weak". Obviously they are however .....REAL people don't need that kind of crap.....they just THINK their glucose level down to normal. :wtf:

[angry nomad]

I use marijuana for depression. It works for me.

[happiestmferoutthere]

I use marijuana for depression. It works for me.

Ditto. :thumbsup: