Rec | MY ASSORTED ANTIDEPRESSANTS JOURNEY

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Rec'd on 💊 your experience on antidepressants

- lexapro: first one ever, made me feel very flat and actually more depressed - wellbutrin: made me manic and possibly activated my bipolar disorder - prozac: sweaty and agitated - zoloft: sweaty and agitated - lithium: sleepy - seroquel: sleepy - buspar: didn’t work - lamotrigine: horrific - abilify: combined with zoloft + caffeine it felt like I took molly or ecstasy this was actually fun for me personally the best antidepressant was realizing I was using drugs and alcohol to cope, stopped smoking weed all the time, find a good match for a therapist, ate healthier, got a job that was fulfilling, get off social media, exercise, find a supportive partner (it’s all easier said than done but this truly does help)

@aidanaguirre

Feb 15, 2024

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Lexapro: literally did nothing besides give me sexual side effects. Could not sleep Effexor: was on this the longest - it did something to help but honestly it also made me feel verifiably insane. I went to the hospital twice on it for panic attacks. could not sleep Zoloft: probably the most beneficial of all - I liked that it kind of wires you a bit but i still hated the sexual side effects. could sort of sleep Wellbutrin: did absolutely nothing even tho I had high hopes

@jakes

Feb 15, 2024

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Meditation, community, sleep, exercise, water, microdosing

When I left mine after 6 months of much needed help with situational depression leaving an abusive marriage, I researched other efficacious methods. Meditation is as effective as SSRI's treating depression as it likely has a similar hormonal balancing effect. Therapy, talking with family/friends, talk therapy are all similarly efficacious treating depression as it seems we benefit simply from knowing someone cares. Please, I beg you, hang out together IRL and create friends and lovers judiciously and preciously (quality over quantity). Sleep deprivation is possibly the number one treatable cause of depression. Exercise and hydration will help with sleep hygiene and also have a hormonal balancing effect that lifts depression. Microdosing ketamine and psilocybin has been shown to be more effective than SSRI's with less side effects. Finally, many studies indicate a full dose of either can CURE depression. Research, find a druggie buddy (if you're not one) who can shepherd you with dosing and hold your hand during the trip if you're a novice and make sure you don't end up replacing the SSRI's with another drug crutch that you may seek to leave later. P.S. Many SSRI users will benefit from lifelong use. No shame in that at all.

@indianjones

Jun 12, 2024

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Ssris for depression

I started on lexapro which helped w acute depressive episodes and allowed me to do things that would actually make me happy (seeing friends, keeping my life in order etc). I have increased dose/changed meds a couple of times now, and I feel like things get better for a while but then a low to medium-grade depression kinda returns (to be fixed by dose increases or med changes again). Bc of this, I’m interested in making a sustained effort for a year to make good habits etc etc (+ psychology) which will help me be more resilient in myself, and then to come off them. Extremely helpful and necessary for me when I needed them 💓