I've taken an SSRI for four days now and am seriously starting to question if this shit won't turn me into a limp dicked apolitical zombie.
Antidepressants yay or nay Sup Forums?
Juan Phillips
Joshua Johnson
Works for some people.
They take weeks to actually start working, and some people have to dig through multiple prescriptions to find the right ones.
I use psychedelics once a month and it cures my depression but makes me more anxious due to more thinking and analyzing things.
Kayden Jones
>I've taken an SSRI
*have been taking an SSRI
Isaiah Morales
If you really want to fuck yourself up just do cocaine. more fun.
Henry Stewart
>psychedelics
like what?
>but makes me more anxious
Can you live with that tradeoff though?
Alexander Turner
My experience was this. Not to happy, but not to sad either. Just very mellow. Excersise is a viable option. Glad I quit. Quit cold turkey which was horrible. Could not walk up stairs without feeling seasick.
Carter Scott
If you have side effects right now (headaches, irritability, auras), they are extremely likely to disappear within 10 days of beginning use. As the other user said, expect 4-6 weeks to see an improvement. Regardles, SSRIs are generally safe to use, and permanent side effects are extremely rare, so if you feel they're not for you you can taper off them in 2 months.
Evan Price
Yes, this or "I've took an SSRI..."
SEIG HEIL GRAMMAR NAZIS
Leo Watson
And yes, do not quit cold turkey no matter what, you may get serotonin syndrome which is terrible. Talk to your doctor, say you want to stop and you'll slowly reduce the dose.
Dominic Lopez
so the stuff that I read about how SSRIs destroy the natural serotonin pathways and cause a permanent decrease in libido and/or functionality of the penis is exaggerated?
I couldn't help myself
Cameron Lee
The anixety goes away when your after glow fades away, basically 2 weeks of odd psychedelic thinking patterns then 2 weeks of normal thoughts. Then you spin back to depression.
They're fun and dont have horrible side effects
Pros:
Immediate depression relief
Cheap
Physically safe*unless you cant handle the drug and try and kill yourself*
No long term physical side effects
New perspectives
Cons:
Chances of a bad trip
Chance to kill your ego*some people like this*
Chance to further increase depression or anxiety
Highly illegal
World will seem odd and you'll feel detached.
There's more stuff im missing obviously, but this gives a general basis.
Mushrooms work better than lsd for me and dont have a long afterglow or induce odd thoughts about our life or our society
David Reyes
>fuck my shit up
>yay or nay?
no faggot
chemical imbalances take a while to return to normal
Hunter Thomas
I took them for a year and nothing changed. Still full autism and social anxiety. Ended up one morning not taking them and then never taking them again, they were basically placebo.
Zachary Stewart
also I believe it was 40mg/day of prozac
this was like 3 years ago
Owen Nguyen
>limp dicked apolitical zombie
no friend, you are already a white
Xavier Powell
doesn't sound like it's a real solution to my problems, especially the risks are too high for my taste
elaborate pls, I'm not sure what you want to say with that post
Wyatt Johnson
Are you me?
Christian Green
Don't.
Stop taking them now, find a new doctor. Go exercise, eat healthy, etc.
SSRI's are the devil only someone who has taken them and quit can explain.
Nathan Gomez
would you mind sharing your experience with them?
Isaac Ortiz
>Took SSRI's for 6 years.
>Completely ruined my sex drive and fucked with (what I now assume to be) my testosterone levels.
>Went on vacation with a friend when I was 18 and forgot to pack them.
>Whatever, it's just a week.
>Wake up in the middle of the night every single night that week to find that I was in a cold sweat and I'd jizzed myself in my sleep.
>Decide that the SSRI's are what caused it.
>Immediately stop taking them all-together when I get home.
>Body gets used to them not being in my system after about two or three weeks and I feel no more or no less depressed than I did when I was still taking them.
>Three years have passed since then and I feel no different.
They're bullshit. You feel pretty great after the first two weeks of taking them, but after that, it just becomes the placebo effect.
Brody Reyes
Exercise is scientifically proven to be more effective in treating depression than antidepressants, which are no better than a placebo. In addition, antidepressants carry many harmful side-effects.
articles.mercola.com
Charles Harris
>Completely ruined my sex drive and fucked with (what I now assume to be) my testosterone levels.
That's what I'm afraid of. My sex drive and big dick are some of the few things that I like about myself, I don't want to lose that too.
Levi Cox
Oh yeah here's a cool side effect I got from taking them
>2 months into prozac
>staring into space one day
>suddenly a bunch of white stars start reappearing and disappearing in my vision
>stops after like 10 seconds
>this happens like every month
>still happens today, but less frequently
Was scary the first time, thought it was like a mini-seizure.