Mental Health Thread

Do you fear death, dying, etc.?

  • Yes

    Votes: 12 23.1%

  • No

    Votes: 21 40.4%

  • Trying my best to not think about it

    Votes: 15 28.8%

  • Never really thought about it and I'm unable to come up with an answer on a spot

    Votes: 4 7.7%
  • Total voters
    52
I got prescribed cymbalta for depression, second day today... smoked some weed tonight and couldn't get high at all, crazy. Hope I won't have to take that stuff for more than a few months.
 
Yeah, anti-depressants aren't meant to be taken long term. It sucks for people with severe depression that literally need them to function, because they have to be rotated med every so often so their system doesn't get used to them and stop working.
 
Yeah, the numbness is one of the negative things about anti depressants. Glad I don´t have to take them anymore although there are still days I´m standing on the edge of the cliff, balancing and barely able to protect myself from falling into that big black hole again...
 
The "numbness," and "being a zombie," reminds me of what the clients at the behavioral clinic used to report about Trazadone, unlike the other meds, NO ONE liked Trazadone.
 
I’ve heard examples like that too. If it doesn‘t help someone, or if she or he feels like becoming a zombie, clearly they should stop taking it. Right now, I don‘t feel much of a difference or side effects that can typically occur in the first days. Besides that it seems to completely mute weed for me, which is very strange indeed.
 
jazz from hell said:
Yeah I did, some people on reddit reported the same experience. Guess I’m gonna be all balanced now, no highs, no lows. :|
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I was thinking more of it potentially being an unsuitable mix, lessening the effect of your treatment or reacting in a negative way.

For the record, my experience of one type of antidepressant is that it actually did away with brain fog entirely, I could think far more clearly. It was the opposite of the zombie effect. Like Onhell says, some psychiatric drugs are noted for certain effects on people taking them. But not all are, and it can be a case of finding the right one for you, if whatever condition you're experiencing is having too much day-to-day effect on your life to remain untreated until it can be managed better by other means.
 
Thank you all for your replies.

Brigantium said:
I was thinking more of it potentially being an unsuitable mix, lessening the effect of your treatment or reacting in a negative way.

For the record, my experience of one type of antidepressant is that it actually did away with brain fog entirely, I could think far more clearly. It was the opposite of the zombie effect. Like Onhell says, some psychiatric drugs are noted for certain effects on people taking them. But not all are, and it can be a case of finding the right one for you, if whatever condition you're experiencing is having too much day-to-day effect on your life to remain untreated until it can be managed better by other means.
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My shrink’s selected this particular antidepressant after considering my symptoms. It’s been only a week and, as you know, I have to take it for a few more weeks to see if it even works.
No weed for me right now (since it doesn’t work anyway), and no alcohol (which is said to interact negatively indeed).

Have you people with similar experiences told your environment about your depression?
 
My environment? No, but I've told friends and family :p

Mine is rather mild at this point in my life. I could've used meds in my teens/20s, but now it doesn't really keep me from doing things except chores around the house every now and then. My GF just tells me, "Tell your depression to go wash dishes," Whenever I tell her I don't feel like doing anything due to being depressed. It helps as it assigns me a task to get done and I prefer it to "Get over it."
 
I told a good many people about my anxiety. It makes quite a good story, though, because it was OCD-plus-whacky-phobia, so much amusement was had by all.
 
Onhell said:
My environment? No, but I've told friends and family :p

Mine is rather mild at this point in my life. I could've used meds in my teens/20s, but now it doesn't really keep me from doing things except chores around the house every now and then. My GF just tells me, "Tell your depression to go wash dishes," Whenever I tell her I don't feel like doing anything due to being depressed. It helps as it assigns me a task to get done and I prefer it to "Get over it."
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She's right you know. Having done the chores feels good.
Also, tell your depression to go and write that book.
 
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