Do you take your meds pol?

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yes, 100mg Sertraline/Zoloft daily.

Started two weeks ago, sex drive is noticeably lower and I had some other initial side effects.

Yeah like 30% of the time

Are you less sad?

I took sertrine 50mg daily for a month after having an episode of drug induced psychosis. This was last year. Now I’m clean and work out 4 times a week. Best shape of my life and feel great. Antidepressants should be used as a temporary boost to get you moving forwards to self improvement. Don’t just rely on them like medicine to fix you. Unless of course you suffer from some kind of incurable mental illness that requires it.

How long did it take you before they started to kick in?

Also do I need to take them at the same time every day? my work schedule is fucked.

Asking for myself.

no shit they work and are effective, why would they prescribe them?

i have a problem regularly taking mine. one anti-depressant and another to help with alcohol abuse. i get really bad a few days without them. but i hate the side effects. fucking sucks.

wtf is this sponsored thread?

Thc and caffeine

What does Sup Forums think of nootropics?

Any article that has "studies show" or "scientists say" in the headline, is poised to be full of misrepresented data. While that particular headline is accurate, it's probably full of bullshit to make it's point.

This is best asked to a doctor or proscribed but usually it’s the same time every day. And they build up the effect over time, it’s not like painkillers. It took me a week to leave my bed for anything other than toilet or food. I was lucky to have a supportive family to help me get out of that state of mind. It’s worth noting my depression was brought on my antipsychotic meds.

Fuck off Pharma shill.

Big pharma is trying to get ahead of the situation, muddying the waters of debate.

This is why Trump did away with such language at the CDC.

I take phenibut 2-3 times a week. Shit is fucking incredible.

why do you shoot up schools?

>Taking a pill that regulates your hormones regulates your hormones

Yeah no shit. It also makes you a zombie retard who has no consciousness. It also makes you fat, stupid, and unable to reproduce properly.

Know who was on anti-depressants?
>Nickolas Cruz
>Adam Lanza
>that other guy
all the shooters are on crazy meds.

>(((Meds)))
Plebeian language. Not politics. Who’s buying the data this time?

Antidepressants are riot control pills that line the pockets of downlow matzo blood-dippers and they permanently damage people's minds.

Teenagers literally go to the doctor because they're jealous of someone who looks popular/cool on social media or because they're not funny or smart or they're ugly and they translate that as saying they're 'depressed' to the doctor and the doctor obliges for SSRI kickbacks from the kikes

Before taking these, first do the following. Check Vitamin D levels, if to low take supplement. Take Tryptophan (Serotonin and Melatonin are made from it) at night to aid sleep, especially REM-Sleep. Eat lots of probiotic food (90% of your Serotonin is actually in your gut). Eat lots of good fats (fish, olive oil,...), most hormones are made from cholesterol. Do exercise, it releases Dopamin. Avoid alcohol, it first makes you happy, but it furthers depression in the long run. If all that doesn't help, continue doing it and talk to your Doctor who might give you a drive-enhancing SSRI/SNRI (like Venlafaxin), if you take these take them regularly. Do not take these drive-enhancing Anti-depressants if suicidal.

CNN headline tomorrow:
"antisemitism linked with depression. racist board Sup Forums mostly used by depressed white men."

you know these drugs are considered to be working when you become a good wage slave that is the criteria they are meant to satisfy

Mainline antidepressants work very well in a third of patients, moderately well in a third of patients, and are ineffective in a third of patients.

Don't worry, you won't be sad. You also won't be happy, angry, aroused or anything else.

It's the equivalent of burning down your house because it has termites.

Also check Zinc levels, if too low take supplement.

You tell em pal, nothing says "I'm an independent and emotionally mature adult" like "I refuse to do anything productive in my life"

A lobotomy in pill form so fun

define "productive"

Doing something that other people consider valuable enough to give you something you consider valuable.

It kinds of depends on how depressed you are/were. If you are on the verge of suicide, the meds are probably a better alternative. I think they should only be used for MAJOR depression.

Might want to cut back, phenibut withdrawal is no joke.

I go outside.

30mg Amphetamine salts. Don't take them daily though. Sad that ephedra is banned, it can give God tier boost when needed

My anxiety is pretty bad and I finally had enough so that's why I'm on SSRI

Why can't I be happy? I want to be happy. When I first started taking this I actually got angry for the first time in years, over the smallest dumbest shit, a complete personality change for a short while.

Shit is dangerous.

KSM-66 gave my hyperthyroid. Got to be careful with all that stuff.

Its actually good to feel emotions. How can you know happiness or contentment without ever feeling sadness.

over half of Sup Forums is on AD. But wont admit it.

theres no cure for anxiety lad. therapy, meds, nothing can fix it. probably wont ever feel happiness again. at least for me.

If your anxiety is crippling then yeah, AD's can help a lot.

AD's can mask it.

What SSRI if I may ask ?

I have a nerve pain problem so I have to take Cymbalta, it in combo with some other meds really fucking work. Not sure how I feel about telling people I take this kind of drug but I'd rather be pain free than worry about my serotonin receptors

I used to have to take oxycodone before this btw

I have been feeling anxious, low self esteem, no confidence and shitty since I was a kid.

I felt this shit every day, enough is enough.

There has to be a cure.

Good to know.

Sentraline/Zoloft 100mg.

Zoloft withdrawal fucked me up for a good few months

not for me. SSRIs make me zombie, SNRIs barely have an effect at max dosage. My life isn't even that bad or anything, it's just my thought pattern.

Fucked up in what way?

Genuinely want to know.

>taking the pharmaceutical jew

If you take ANY medication except for a life threatening condition, you are zogged.

>b-but muh anxiety and depression
good goy

Yeah. Have been on 40mg of Paxil a day, and 1mg Xanax XR every 6 hours. Added 15mg L-Methylfolate (Deplin) to my regimen and it's like a force multiplier for the SSRI.

Life is pretty decent, all things considered.

It literally turns you into a zombie and gives you ED.

Which is what they want, they don't want you to cause trouble and they don't want you to breed. Keep buying the pills goy!

physical pain all over for the first few weeks then complete lack of energy or emotion
lasted a while but gradually got better
it might not happen to you, everyone reacts differently

I don't even touch tylenol these days. Enjoy your (((pharmaceuticals))).

i stopped with lamotrigine. it didnt have a noticeable effect. not even sure anymore if im bipolar. risperidone helped me in some aspects but it has so many bad side effects, the worst being getting fat and losing drive/creativity. switched zolpidem to melatonin, since i had already too much tolerance for zolpidem (8 years using it)

did you taper correctly?

The "cure" for depression and anxiety is living a fulfilling, busy life. If you have decent education, job prospects, aspirations for a future, and aspirations for finding/maintaining satisfying relationships, then your psychological symptoms should dissappear completely.

You need to make some serious changes in your life to be happy and fulfilled, not pop pills.

Think about your life. Don't take the big pharma poison, good lord.

Stop stressing, stop over thinking, stop being negative.
Go out everyday and get some sun for a couple of hours, change your diet, exercise, build a daily routine and get some proper sleep. Talk to people, socializing with people IS the key to changing yourself and making you feel like you have a chance in the world.
Being mopey unhealthy cunt and stressing about life is why you are depressed.

I'm on 20mg citalopram, can't get off them as I get crippling gut pain & IBS once try. Got a low daily dose of codeine going for the stomach pain plus frequent migraines.
Already ditched gluten, but in 10 years can't figure out how to stop the gut pain so I can go pill free.

No shit, I stopped all pills a long time ago

probably not correctly, I started taking half for a few weeks and then stopped altogether

Since you were a kid ? That's where therapy, mostly cognitive behavioural therapy, is effective because there seem to be deep rooted issues. Did you get your thyroid checked ? Hyperthyroidism leads to anxiety. Is it just anxiety or anxiety and depression and which one came first ? Do you feel sleepy on Zoloft ?
Is your blood pressure high ? I would always prefer to give SNRI's (Venlafaxin,...) to SSRI's because they also affect the Noradrenalin inhibitators.

Sorry for being such a newfag, but what is /sig/?

What is phenibut like when you do it? I got some phenibut a few days ago, and so far it seems to mostly just make me sleepier and a bit more relaxed and motivated.

yeah thats gonna fuck you up mane.

>fulfilling, busy life.
That's a lie we all tell ourselves, and if we live it long enough we start to believe it
It's distraction, not happiness

>all these shooters doped up on anti-depressants
>liberals blame the gun instead of the individual or the drug companies doping their brains up

most depressions that psychlos diagnose are just 1st world problems, release your 3D desires to embrace 2d and you'll attain blissful enlightenment of nirvana

I hear all of these retards talking shit about antidepressants. Michael (((wiener))) is one. It’s people who don’t have major depressive disorder who normally cast the first stone. I can tell you from experience taking Prozac for 20 years (since I was a child) that it actually helps curb the depression. The thing no one talks about is the thin line between depression and bloodlust which happens to me if I get too depressed. So having the meds helps. I have decreased sex drive from Prozac and Paxil which is worse. I have been on 150mg of bupropion (Wellbutrin) and it doesn’t have sexual side effects. To all depressed anons take Wellbutrin it works ok. It just burns my ass when people say these drugs (((cause))) violence. Shit they STOP it. Can anyone relate?

I go about every other day, I don't wanna take too many school shooter pills

Yes, Dr. Shlomo has changed my life!

Be very careful. I was on prozac and my libido never really recovered.

My wife had depression and anxiety problems, panic attacks while driving, crying fits, and various other issues that I almost left her over. When we separated she went to a psychiatrist who prescribed her Lexapro, and six months later when she begged me to take her back, I did so hesitantly but right away noticed a change in her. She doesn't argue with me anymore and is seemingly happy to just do whatever I want, she asks me before making major decisions and if I tell her "No" she accepts it, she learned to cook for me and now does so several nights a week, she can drive in public without having a panic attack, hasn't had a crying fit in years, and to my surprise she's developed a sexually submissive streak in the bedroom. I'm not kidding when I say her entire personality has changed after taking Lexapro, and all of it for the better. I don't understand but I don't question it. I want kids but the doctor said she'd have to get off Lexapro when she gets pregnant and to be honest I'm pretty worried about what's going to happen when she does.

Anyway, shit works.

I tried wellbutrin. Not good if you have anxiety with your depression.

it makes you more anxious.

Yea, eat a pill and go for work at stupida office doing stupida things, waste ur best years to fill boss pockets, consume unnecessary goods. Ur organism will told you, that smth is wrong - kill that feel with Prozac and go to work.

Seriously ,I lived that life for 20 years....It's a distraction called consumerism and at some point you'll find out you wasted your life on a distraction.
You could of been doing great things, but you just worked your life away and only have old age to show for it at the end

>gets high on krokodil
>dies

self improvement threads. good infographics on exercise, gardening, building, etc... pic related

How is it a lie? if you live a good life that you can be happy with then it would be unusual to be so depressed/anxious. of course, there are still plenty of people who are just PRONE to those moods... unless you're one of those types of people, then you DONT need happy pills.

fuk no u

Haha, fucking brainlets can't even control their own brain chemistry.

We don'r give citalopram anymore, it's dated and also should only be taken with a stomach protection. Instead of taking 20mg citalopram, you should take 10mg of the newer version cipralex. Stop taking codeine !!!!!!! As I said 90% of your Serotonin is in your gut --> Probiotic bacteria like pic related.

Wow, who can argue with a source like that? And such a clear explanation of the mechanism of action! Surely contextless one-line assertions are how science was meant to work!

Could this be how we save the white woman?

prozac is literally nothing and does nothing, a jewish scam

I have terrible anxiety and social phobia etc etc. I haven’t had any problems from the Wellbutrin. I take propranolol for anxiety, it ain’t much but it helps sometimes. On the plus side it’s not a narcotic (used to like pain pills a little too much).

This is very good general advice for maintaining good mental health.

However following this advice and taking meds shouldn't be mutually exclusive with each other.

The two may have a synergistic effect on each other. For example the meds take away the physiological barrier to going outside and talking to people in the first place.

Studies have consistently shown that a combination of meds and cognitive behavioral therapy have the best result compared to either alone for treating anxiety and depression.

my doc switched meto 300mg pregabalin
says its fairly new and used for general anxiety
i like it tbqh

you either took too many redpills or just the right amount.

based.

To make it even clearer, stomach pain is a very very well known side effect of citalopram, especially when you both start and quit taking them (last mostly for 2-7 days).

I can never get proper sleep because my shifts are constantly changing.

I also do socialize etc at my job.

>>Since you were a kid ? That's where therapy, mostly cognitive behavioural therapy, is effective because there seem to be deep rooted issues.

I was bullied a lot as a kid and molested by some girl.
> Did you get your thyroid checked ?
no
> Is it just anxiety or anxiety and depression and which one came first ?
Social anxiety mainly and that came first.
>Do you feel sleepy on Zoloft ?
Sometimes.
>Is your blood pressure high ?
no

That sucks man, I feel like I have to force my libido. I heard somewhere a high dose of phenibut raises libido temporarily.

Why are snri's preferable over ssri's?

Hmmm. user I may have to research this. The Wellbutrin I am taking I am immune to pretty much at 150mg. I refuse to step up to 300mg because that is max dosage and when I get acclimated to that then I’m fucked. I’ll look into this. Does it have sexual side effects?

I've got some Bio-Kult left in the cupboard, going to re-order them. Taken just 12.5mg of codeine, ie. one tablet, instead of my usual 5-6 tablets or so. This means I'll have to stop drinking for a while.
Also been put on topiramate for the migraines, made me put weight on (unbelievable), don't pee properly, don't sweat, no sex drive...marriage is suffering....but at least I'm not in bed with migraines. What a choice...

Here endeth my blog post, thanks any user that got this far!

oh yeah i just checked and i also have 300mg of what you're taking too
i have to say, it hardly works at all

Why does Jordan Peterson promote the life he lived, yet takes anti-depressants ?
He's prone to depression, yet he's preaching living your life like his?
There's only more questions in your question, and no.....people aren't prone to depression it's caused by outside stimuli

>pregabalin
Yes, Anticonvulsants show promising effect in the latest studies. They help of course only for anxiety, not depression.

schizoaffective here--
Prozac 40 mg
Lamictal 50 mg
lithium carbonate 150 mg x2
Clozaril 225 mg

Damn capitalists, this pigs are sucking life from workers! But don't worry, huys, great socialistic Revolution has been started in1918 and it still moving to better future! World is trembling!

But if you have depression you can't just create a fulfilling and busy life.

the only problem i have with it is it takes about 3 or 4 hours to fully start working, but after that it works all day
very different feeling from stuff like benzos or beta blockers
highly recommend

My countrymen bombed your countrymen, and nukes didn't fly
I'm very disappointed in you Russia , I guess your country doesn't really care about you

how has the medication helped you and/or hindered your quality of life?