Hey Sup Forums. I started on anti-depressants on Monday. 50 mg Zoloft per day, plus the 15 mg per day adderall I've been on. I was really nervous about it for a while, but I think they're working. I feel spacier and calmer. More content. I was supposed to to get nausea as a side effect, but it felt like the same "nausea" I get from the come up of LSD or shrooms. Other than that and a crappy appetite, no noticeable side effects.
Anyone one else been on anti depressants? Have they worked? Did they fuck you up?
I'm just worried that it's going to fuck up my personality. The root of my depression is also the root of my abstract thought process, sense of humor, creative thinking, and philosophical views. I also feel less empathetic since taking the meds, which kind of sucks. I used to pick up on people's emotions better. It feels very catch 22.
Joseph Bennett
Bump.
Sebastian Howard
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Robert Cruz
Dr put me on lexapro - fucked me up and cost me a relationship. Have someone you love and trust (mom/dad/aunt/sister NOT a GF/BF) monitor you for atleast two months.
Landon Hernandez
Welbutrin 300mg daily here, been on them for several years now. I feel more "smoothed out", fewer deep depression episodes. I still get ups and downs, and I even get some mild depression now and again, but it's not as "all-consuming" and easier to pull out of.
I'm still the same person. Drugs haven't done anything to my personality. If anything, the things I think don't fuck with my head as easily, and it's easier for me to adapt and move on when shitty things happen.
Sebastian Collins
Did it make you more depressed? Cause new symptoms? Change your personality on a deep level?
Jonathan Butler
i take 20mg fluoxetine daily; it aint bad, been on for some time now. So sertralline (zoloft) is a more sedating type of antidepressant whereas fluoxetine (prozac) is more of an activating type of ssri...the difference between them all is really just the differences in affinity for the receptors. plus fluox also acts on dopamine and norepi. but to answer ur Q; u wont notice a change in mood until 4-6 weeks from now, anything before that time will likely be changes in appetite, sleep, energy, concentration and psychomotor activity. Hope it works well for you tho man!
Jonathan Harris
More depressed, no. Angry, yes. Leveled out after 4 months.
Gabriel Rogers
ah shit forgot to mention, you may notice some mental slowing, idk how else to word it, but i noticed for me, i seemed to be a bit scatter brain and a lil decline in memory, but thats only temporary and is gone after 6 weeks. its probably due to some interaction with acetylcholine. i too am on addie but i take IR, you probably will notice that u may not get as skrong of a high from it
Brayden Diaz
It works, but it will fuck up your hormones and get your libido down.
Once the shit is sorted and you can drop them you will need some Viagra for a while and things should be OK.
I was on the highest possible prescription of Zoloft for a year. Still having trouble getting it up a year after I gradually came off them, but things are way better mentally.
Carter Harris
i've tried 3 over the years - Paxil, something else and just recently Lexapro. None were for depression though.
They all were horrible and I stopped them after a few weeks.
The Lexapro was so bad I honestly think it criminal that this shit is prescribed to anyone. You become dumb and lazy and sleepy all the time. No way could I hold down a job and have a life. Dr. upped the dosage after an initial 2 weeks and I was so fucked up the next day I didnt show up for work and didn't tell anyone there and I didnt even give a shit.
Get your act together on your own. Stay away from this shit its just an excuse for being weak.
Hunter James
Dude Im on like 200mg of zoloftand another 25mg of some other shit for the night time... youll live
Jackson Kelly
Started going to the gym. More muscles and felt confident and happy. Fixed the problem.
Jose Watson
I have noticed that a little. My short term memory seems slow. But it might be a good thing because I think too much and too quickly, which is stressful. I'm on IR adderal, too. I feel like it's helping to push my mood in the right direction.
Jaxon Gomez
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Lucas Stewart
thats odd, escitalopram (lex) is one of the most selective and has some of the best side effect profile. what else happened? did you experience irritability/distractability/grandiosity/flight of ideas/decreased sleep/talkativeness?
Ethan White
Complete difference reaction for me. I just started on 10mg Lexapro after being on 5mg. I feel... better. My temper isn't as short. My anxiety is definitely more down. Its easier to talk myself out of that circular anxious logic that just gets you more anxious. I even like I'm generally more emphatic.
Also it doesn't completely fuck up my sex drive and my ability to cum like most SSRIs. Makes me hungry as fuck though.
Nathan Williams
I'm physically active. Pretty strong, actually. And I travel, and have friends, and get laid every once in a while. But the existential dread kept getting worse and worse and I just wanted to die. A doctor finally convinced me to try meds.
David James
yeah libido is a typical complaint for them, buproprion is the best to switch to if u start noticing that
Joseph Martinez
SSRI's will ruin you.
Tyler Green
Lift son
Leo Barnes
Zoloft made it take around an hour to bust a nut. Same with Celexa. I'm on Wellbutrin now, and I'm loving it.
John Wright
I had a lot of different shit going on at the time - granted it probably kept me from hurting someone. NOW is a different story.
Landon Perry
Anyone here take prescribed adhd meds? Been prescribed 20 mgs adderall recently. The stuff makes me feel really high and i just want to listen to deep house and download porn all day long. It doesnt really help with school or work. Any other better alternatives out there?
Colton Long
Zoloft made me very suicidal, I've been on Effexor for about a year and it's been pretty good.
Brayden Jenkins
Zoloft: Sleep, energy, or appetite may show some improvement within the first 1-2 weeks. Improvement in these physical symptoms can be an important early signal that the medication is working. Depressed mood and lack of interest in activities may need up to 6-8 weeks to fully improve. Shit has to build up in your system.
Jace Ramirez
Marijuana ...
Jason Murphy
Lifting sounds boring. I'm a climber. I enjoy it, and I'm nearly at the point of being able to do one arm pull ups.
Zachary Clark
I can only speak of my own experience.
Started with a low dose of Adderall and that shit fucked me up when coming down off it. I reached peaks in my anxiety I haven't felt in years. I could take 2 or 3mg of my dissolving klonopin I have for panic attacks and nothing would touch effects of coming down the Adderall. Quit that shit right quick after about 3 weeks - though it did work in making me more focused when it was in my system.
Doc switched me to Vyvanse now. Extended release. Not quite as good in making me focused, but still does the job. None of the awful comedown effects either. Recently upped my dose, but haven't tried it yet, so hoping it still works out well for me.
Thomas White
I've been on at least ten different ones over the years; they all have had vastly differing effects. Some worked not-at-all, some made me numb, some worked for a while. (Turns out I'm one of the lucky few who have antidepressant resistance; they stop being useful after around two years.)
If they work for you - great! If they don't, though, yell at your doc and get your doses adjusted or get different ones instead. I can't emphasize this enough.
Julian Nelson
I'm on 100mg Zoloft right now doc wants to bump me to 150 in a while been on them for a few months have improved my mood and life a lot
Josiah Cox
OP here. I was on adderal for a while before zoloft. 15 mg, XR at first, IR later. You get used to the rush of it quickly. Just try to find something productive to do when you take it. And don't take too much, because it just makes you more withdrawn and antisocial, even though it feels good.
Jordan Young
I found Ritalin to be helpful, and easier to modulate the dose level. I also know a fair amount of people who self-medicate with pot. (Doesn't work for me, though.)
Elijah Reyes
I'm glad to see some positive replies. I've been keeping this new medication a secret from friends and family. I don't think any of my friends know I'm depressed at all. I'm too good at hiding it.
Bentley White
I'm glad it's helping you though, man! I don't think you gotta tell em if you're not comfortable with it. If you ever do wanna tell them though, that's totally up to you, and I wish you the best of luck :)
James Cooper
Maybe my doc wil switch me to vyvanse. The comedowns do get me pretty anxious and depressed. It sure does feel good when it hits though.
Adrian Allen
Yeah man, when the Adderall hit, felt awesome. But it played on my anxiety way too hard, which I deal enough with on day to day basis.
Right now, taking Vyvanse for the ADD and Lexapro for the anxiety, Trazadone for sleep and depression. Klonopin dissolving tablets for helping take off the edge when things get a little rough. Feels like a winning combo for me personally. Honestly feels like Vyvanse and Lexapro cancel out each other's negative side effects for me too.
Hunter Rodriguez
good shit man, keep up with the meds, use this time to also build on urself too, like start lifting, eating right, going out with friends. that way by the time the drug has really kicked in you will have built up ur self esteem too
Jackson Taylor
Damn thats quite a combo haha. This is the first med im ever prescribed and im surprised at it being legal. Doc told me i could take 2 ×20 mg daily, when just 10 mg has me buzzing all day long. Tried 20 and i felt like i felt like I was on meth lol. I see the positives in it but theres so many negatives that im scared to even take it. Hopefully the vyvanse will be more functional.
Thats already who I was. Active, fit, social, healthy, productive, and living a life people are envious of. And I still want life to end. I really need these meds to work, because I've tried everything else.
Dominic Bennett
Yeah, there's nothing quite like the negative self-reinforcement you get when intellectually you know you have it good, but still feel like utter shit, and thus feel like shit for feeling like shit. I completely sympathize.
If you haven't seen hyperboleandahalf's "depression part two" it's worth a read.
Jason Murphy
hey rhys
Oliver Wood
Lsd help me find direction in my life. Im still depressed but im also pretty passionate about my hobbies which is awesome.
Elijah Hill
The biggest problems is that I intellectualise everything, to the point where I went beyond questioning the meaning of life and the universe, and starting doubting that anything exists, that free will is an illusion based on our inability to measure quantum behavior, and that reality as I know it is mix of electrochemical stimulations that I am limited to. And that no matter what, humanity is a clusterfuck that will always have more downs than ups. I wasnt really unhappy, I just had too much on my mind.
Ryder Rogers
Dylan?
Tyler Murphy
Whos this?
Julian Long
Yeah, I worry about that sort of thing, too; I've found that after a while I don't care whether I'm an automaton, and that I should try to a) put myself into enriching environments, b) attempt to enjoy myself, c) figure out what really fulfills me.
If you like teh animes, Puella Magi Madoka Magica has dealing with the heat death of the universe as one of its plot elements. I found it immensely comforting to find other people with the same concerns as me.
Ryder Jackson
Zach.
Sebastian James
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Jonathan Anderson
Nothing fulfilled me, but I guess that's the depression. But it made it really hard to enjoy anything after I realized everything was pointless, and there's always suffering ahead anyway. My nihilistic philosophical rhetoric actually made my therapist tear up while I sat there calmly talking about it like I was just thinking normally. I'm a fucking mess.
Christopher King
Sounds pretty much like classic anhedonia, aye. I was on prozac for a while; I got super rational and ultra emotionally numb. It was worse than being depressed.
Matthew Ramirez
say goodbye to your sex drive for 6 months
Ryder Morris
My sex drive has kind of sucked, anyway. I get laid once or twice a year if I'm lucky.
Tyler Gray
We were all meant to live in caves and hunt for fucking animals with spears and then eat those fuckers raw and drink water from the creek and shit. The meaning was to survive and procreate. Now society is such a fucking mess that we dont even see the point in living anymore. If we were buttnaked in the woods starving to death, we probably wouldnt be worried about the meaning of life.
Nolan Turner
Evolution is a tried and true force, but it doesn't always make sense. Natural selection made us this way somehow. And it fucking sucks.
Carter Price
I'm sure back then they thought about life and shit, but others were like yo knock that shit off go kill that deer. Today is kind of like that, people just expect you to snap out of it, which some can but some cant
Brody Lewis
In nature, evolution prefers fitness over intellectualism, and today, there's so much information all around is that we can't help but process it.
Xavier Evans
no loss of sex drive?
Logan Cooper
No change. Orgasms seem more intense, though.
James Anderson
Well, in some cases in nature some things only survive through intelligence but I know what you're saying. And yea it's information overload, that's the sad thing, I can look up anything and learn about anything literally but I'm just like nah and I waste time
Ayden Foster
You mentioned it made you spacier and calmer. As someone who has never taken any depressants can you elaborate on that feeling?
Dylan Stewart
Yeah, on them now. Kill my sex drive and make me thirsty. But life is fucking awesome. No bullshit misery or panic. Trade off is worth it. It took years to find the right meds but life is fucking amazing when you're rational.
Julian Bailey
I'm on 125 mg of Zoloft. What drugs would still work on me? Tried MDMA, but other than feeling a little speedy, nothing happened.
Carson Allen
I didn't feel a "high." I feel good, but not euphoric. My thinking has slowed. Not to a slow pace, but a normal pace. I hyper-focus on my surroundings less. Things seem a bit less gray. But it affects everyone differently. I was told I would probably have diarrhea and nausea, but I was constipated instead. So idk. But my fears were overrated.
Sebastian Butler
>penis
Luis Hughes
Ok I'm curious about anti depressants cuz I've thought about it for a while now. I don't think I'm depressed but the best way to describe it would be emotionally numb. But different strokes for different folks. Would you recommend them? It seems like they provided you a better pro then con
Jordan Reyes
My doctor said if I didn't like them, I could stop them, and there'd be no withdrawal or other problems. So far so good. Maybe talk to your doctor and try something. It's better than nothing, I guess.