Will taking anti-depressants actually make me happy and motivated?

Will taking anti-depressants actually make me happy and motivated?

I have mild depression, have done for years

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No.
They will make you complacent.

Tried zolaft. It sucked. Tried cymbalta and got drunk quicker. Adderall has motivated me. Amphetamines are really good for mild depression.

That's what I suspected, that's how I feel when I'm on benzos

I'm curious to see the opinion of someone who has taken benzos before as well as anti-depressants, and if they are indeed similar in how they make you feel (as far as the complacency/apathy/care free)

Use to take xanax for anxiety. It sucks cause you just don't give a fuck. Anti-depressants are supposed to take the edge off.

They'll probably turn you into a complacent zombie. Nasty shit.

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Now I inject the stuff and it's literally changed my life. Astounding stuff, and the good news is a lot of research lately suggests treating male mental health issues with hormones rather than potentially dangerous anti depressants is the way forward.

If you're talking about pharmaceutical anti-depressants, they can have their place in a balanced treatment under the supervision of a specialized health-care professional.

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Thanks for your input

Depends on what you get put on. I got put on Sertaline/Zoloft last summer for generalized anxiety disorder, but its really commonly prescribed for basically anything in the anxiety/depression realm, its one they like to start you off on to see how you react to it. It makes me calm and helps with the anxiety, but doesn't help at all with depression. I feel tired a lot of the time, and my anxious reluctance to do anything has turned into being willing to do whatever sounds like a good idea without giving a fuck. Everybody reacts different to antidepressants and the only way you're gonna find out if it helps is if you try it yourself.

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im taking venlafaxine, lithium and mirtazapine. when my doctors started giving me my meds it didnt makeme happy but active. i had to do something which let to hurting myself mildly and then to sports. with the help of my therapist i was doing alot better. i was, for a bit, happy.

but laziness, setbacks and such threw me quite back.

> Will taking anti-depressants actually make me happy and motivated?
No. They'll make your auto-pilot happy and motivated, while you wonder who it is that's moving your body, acting happy, and doing a better job of living your life than you are. While you're trapped, forced to watch, because that pill-popping fucker keeps taking the pills that keep you shackled in your own mind in an "I have no mouth and I must scream" kind of way.

>anxious reluctance to do anything

that sounds like me

>being willing to do whatever sounds like a good idea without giving a fuck

that sounds like me when I'm on a benzo

I'm in a tricky spot, I definitely have issues with anxiety and depression, but I aslo feel like it's too mild to justify taking addictive/harmful drugs that I'll become dependant on

but on the other hand it's undeniably making my quality of life lower

Yes, but you have to get the cocktail right. It took me 2 years to get my meds right. Now, I'm awesome.

no, if you have mild depression try non medication methods.
>magnesium supplement
>meditation
>exercise
>counselling

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It depends on you. I had to take them and I feel much better than I did before.

nothing will help those who do not help themselves

Yeah man, I thought my shit was mild too until I actually went and got on meds. After I got on them I realized how I had never left the house before and never did anything worth doing or had any fun. My quality of life was shit and I think what you really need to do is sit down and evaluate whether you'd rather keep living the way you are or if you're at the point where you'll try anything if it might help.

1/3 of depressed people react positively to therapy
1/3 of depressed people react positively to anti-depressants
1/3 of depressed people are just fucked

I was seriously deep in depression in 2016. Like I would stay in my home, in one spot, on my laptop, doing nothing. Couldn't think about anything but existence and such.

Got put on Zoloft.

You don't notice it work, but it works. It turned me normal again. It pulled me out of that state and I naturally quit thinking those thought that went nowhere. I started going outside. I started thinking more logically.

I didn't even notice a change. It was the people around me that made me realize what a difference it had made.

tl;dr: it really helped me, but it might not help you.

this.

also the best fucking thing is that it didn't affect me sexually like most antidepressants can.

I would want to test out these drugs but have a dream to live in an English talking warm country so having it in my record is a big no no. Even staying here would block me from legally acquiring a gun. Might I am getting trolled but people on the internet describe shrooms as restarting your mind. Might try someday when I get energy to travel.

It depends on a person how well anti-depresants work. Not a magical pill from all issues.

I've been on it for about 3 weeks and it's the exact opposite depression has been better but not the anxiety. How long did it take for your anxiety to feel better?

different user here, but while zoloft really helped my depression, it was not effective for my anxiety.

Can confirm for xanax took .5*3 daily for about 5 years and sometimes 5mg at once also drank with them often. Did not care about anything was always tired and flipping out on everyone

The first week and a half to two weeks were utter fucking garbage. I felt sick all the time, dizzy and nauseous, it made my pupils huge and my shit green. It was about at 3 weeks that I started to even out and notice improvement. I started not feeling scared to leave the house and I could sleep without lying in bed for an hour with my heart pounding in worry of a threat that wasn't there.

one week with paxil and a month with zoloft a decade ago absolute garbage fuck that. Weed and alcohol is the only thing id bother with pharmaceuticals are evil

>it made my pupils huge and my shit green

The pupils bit I understand, the green shit? how is that even possible

ADs are crutches. Not solutions.
You should only use them if a) you absolutely need them to be functional, b) you have an acute suicidal risk or c) you need them to regulate symptoms to make psychotherapy optimally effective.

Don't self-diagnose. See a doctor. And if you do get a diagnosis, try psychotherapy first. If it proves ineffective, the next step is combination therapy (PT+AD). It significantly cuts down on therapy duration and is more effective then either alone.

Also don't go crazy with what you take. Most people are completely fine with a "mild" SSRI.
No need to jump right into benzos, just because you experience mild melancholia.

Glad to hear that. That sounds almost identical to what I am going through.

I have no fucking idea I just know that it lasted through the entirety of the time I felt dizzy and sick in those first few weeks of taking zoloft

This, but be careful shouting about it, and be thankful everyone is ignoring this post.

Sure, mass use of test would revolutionize mental health care in men. We'd see the death of manchildren, the death of beta/omega males. Guys would be confident, get their dream job, fuck the girl they want to fuck, etc etc. People who taken this path know it already.

Yet wouldn't it fucking ruin it if everyone was doing it? Keep it our secret. Let beta males remain complacent and undriven, controlled by mind numbing chemicals. They'll be fine, and we'll be even better.

As weird as it sounds, I feel like modafinil has helped me through my mild depression. It's for people with narcolepsy, but I feel like the awake feeling you get from it helps with getting more motivated.

Speaking from experience
They will make you feel happier in the short term but they start to fuck your brain up after a while. I reached something called mania where you are constantly happy in a weird way and eventually you have to fall.
I started to have panic attacks and stopped taking them I have smoked weed the whole time but nothing fucked with me more than what the doctor prescribed me. Fluoxetine 20mg i took once a day

what was your prescription?
how do you go with Fluoxetine?

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Not die, my friend. Everthing will be okay.

I tried a different one before but that made me really numb and sex drive disappeared completely couldn't even fap. Sorry can't remember what they are but still bad.
I'm from UK I just asked the doctor didnt have a clue what I was getting, he just handed me the slip.
I got it prescribed off the back of losing my mum to the big C thinking it would help. It did in a way but I crashed so much harder later.so it just delayed the enivitable. Don't get them. They are bad.

Are you getting it prescribed or from somewhere else?

Only *just* above the level to get it prescribed so I buy online. My GP is fully onboard though and gives me regular bloodwork. It isn't illegal to buy or use steroids in the UK.

I did a 15 week "blast" and afterwards my bloodwork was even healthier than it was beforehand. My natural testosterone level was also kicked into normality, which is very rare, but if it hadn't happened if have just "cruised" on a TRT dose until my next blast, which incidentally I've just started.

I must point out though, my high-dose "blasts" are also because I go to the gym a lot and want to get bigger (and man is it working) but you get the psychological effects from a low cruise dose that you can be on indefinitely with no detriment to your health. Admittedly high blast doses can cause issues, but only if you're an idiot, and that sort of use is not what we're discussing or I'm advocating here.

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Yes. I take Lexapro, it gives me the ability to live a normal life now. I used to be paralyzed when the cleaners were outside my door, I would try not to move or breathe. Some times I wouldn't go outside for a month. I almost got type 2 diabeetus because of inactivity, get it sorted asap. Lexapro helps me to give no fucks, and I only get anxious when I'm in very crowded areas now.

Have you taken anti-depressants?

No fuck that shit

If you want to be a cuck to the Jews pharma industry for life and never truly accomplish anything on your own without the aid of Jewish chemicals contaminating your blood and mind, then go ahead.

>Implying antidepressants are for life

jacque fresco says you need to understand depression to be able to manage it. he also implies building an identity that's based on a lifelong goal of contributing to human progress, whether through science, engineering or art, can help you keep your mind away from negative thoughts. find something that really interests you and figure out how you can contribute to it. start with small steps and make sure your expectations aren't too high.

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try modafinil, anti depressants let me get out of bed but modafinil actually makes me motivated

>find something that really interests you
that's the hard part

it means you haven't exposed yourself to enough information. you can't look for answers in your own mind.

Black cock cures depression.

Don't take test..just go to gym and lift..lots of compound lifts..plenty of sunlight..good food..fucking stay away from antidepressants and Benzos they will do your more harm than good

sounds like you need medication

Keep telling yourself that once you realized you've competely fried your natural dopaminergic system and keep going back to those "temporary" Jew drugs just to "pull yourself up" for a few months

"sounds like you need medication.. to cure this rampant anti-semitism ehehehe.. stupid goy

Just loled a bit on the silent floor of the library... then two tears ran down my cheek.

>Will taking anti-depressants actually make me happy and motivated?

For me personally, yes. I won't say they made me "happy", but they removed ( or at least limit ) the bullshit depression part.

From there, I can work to make myself happy. I'm not sure I get the whole complacency thing people talk about. When my meds stop working ( which does happen ) I am fucking miserable. everything starts falling apart. and then when I get my meds workign again, it's subtle sometimes... but I'm no longer hiding in bed all day. Suddenly things that seemed impossible.. are doable.

I could talk for hours about my depression, and my medication. So happy to answer any questions you might have.

>one week with paxil and a month with zoloft
cmon seriously? that isnt even long enough for the drugs to start working. plus you are looking at really old fucking meds... they are like 2 generations ahead of that shit now.

>No need to jump right into benzos, just because you experience mild melancholia.
they give benzos for anxiety, not depression. they are fucking trouble though. addictive, and I'm not sure they even help that much long term.

took zoloft for a few years. It definitely didnt magically give me motivation, but it did help me feel better day to day.

The best way I can describe it, was that it made it easier for me to notice myself getting in that downward spiral of depressive thinking, and to simply stop that. I used to struggle with one little thing ruining my day, because I would continually think, but with zoloft I was able to kinda just move on

Why are idiot seriously responding to a cuck thread?

Ok legit. Grow the fuck up and get on some real antidepressantz. 600mg Lithobid qam 900mg qpm wellbutrin xl 300mg 2xdaily celexa60mg Trazodone 250mg for sleep. Go kill yourself fggot

I've been on over 40 different meds over the past 5 years. A lot of them will affect your body and mood so be careful and pay extra attention to any changes you notice. Watch your diet because some increase your appetite and make you gain weight quickly.
The only thing I found that somewhat made my depression more bearable is Cymbalta. It gives me a constant boost in my mood throughout the day.
Whatever you do, avoid SSRIs.

No it is only up to you. You have to change your life NOW or accept your death. Stop watching porn. Start putting yourself out there making connections with other people. I don't know what your situation is but if you aren't in school/working start doing both.

wat

Probably because you are a faggot and would literally be better off dead.

When you say stuff like complacent and "not give a fuck" do you mean like, you dont give a fuck about what people think and just do whatever you want. or is it like, no motivation at all. for an example, i workout, but if i took xans or anti depressants, would it make me less motivated to workout?

Not that user but same shit happens to me.
When I take Xanax I don't give a fuck in the way that you don't care about the consequences of what you're doing. Usually I don't even think far ahead enough to think of the consequences.
But I do a lot of shit when I'm on Xanax, like go grocery shopping, go to the bar, and even go to the gym. Every time is really embarrassing though and I remember absolutely none of it.

It's poison took it for a while it will be the worst thing you've ever done with yourself lift weights and fix your shitty horomone balance instead

You do or say shit you usually wouldn't because you no longer care what people think

you'd still go the gym, but the workout would be shit

Personal opinion, but I'm on Zoloft and I love it. It makes me feel normal, not depressed anymore. But if I skip a dose, I get fucked up and almost have a mental breakdown. I strongly suggest taking it on schedule. It has helped with my anxiety too. It doesn't make my anxiety go away completely, but it takes the edge off. On 50mg btw. Everyone's experiences are different, but mine has been positive.