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 Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 8:33 pm
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They may help some people... personally they didnt work for me, just acted as a drug i could play with, and eventually nearly overdosed on them. I dont feel any better or worse without them.
depression is different for everyone. try counselling, maybe it will help, talk to people and most of all, understand yourself.
I also find it helps to be healthy.... quit smoking, drinknig, drugs, etc - they may take the pain off for awhile but they dont help you. get some pride in yrself, respect yourself.
I wish you well, and hope you find something that works for you. 4laugh
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 8:35 pm
Also i must admit... i actually enjoy the lows in a way. it makes life more interesting. mental illness, as some call it, has made me who i am, and if I could choose so I didnt have it, i still wouldnt change a thing. I like who I am, and if Im 'mentally ill' then so be it.
I appreciate the good in life alot more.
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 4:11 pm
I think they can be very helpful if you really need them, but they are not something to take lightly... only use them if you really need to. I take prozac, and I used to take a few mood stabilizers, and that stuff really helped. I was completely against it at first, but when I started to feel better and I remembered what it was like to be HAPPY, I was amazed and changed my opinion very quickly. wink
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 8:14 am
I agree that they could probably be helpful, I'm supposed to be on some (can you tell?) but I won't take them unless things get really bad because as lurichan said, they become a crutch, and I don't really like taking pills of any form much. But I'm sure they might work great for some people while they wreck other people to no end.
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 4:16 pm
I don't like anti-depressants. my mother has me on them and like its not working and shes like so mad its not working. it doesnt have an effect on me. but i hate taking it my mother still makes me take it. i have been tain it since i was like 8 b.c when i was 8 i started wearing a lot of black and readin like vampire books but i always did i just hid them from my mother but when i was 8 i gave up on hiding them. and i was into like wiccan things and my mother is like a prep and was all like omg she depressed so she put me on it. its been about 7 years now and my mother still cant get over the fact that im gothic. she wont even let me wear my TRIPP pants around her she doesnt want me to wear them at all. shes still tryin to get me to become a prep.. n everytime she drags me to the mall she takes me into like American Eagle and i always scream no dont take me there ill die. help me someone and everyone stares at me like im an idiot. i want hot topic and freestyle and places like that. but im thinkin that if i cant wear my pants fine then im dyin my hair black. i still need the dying stuff but im gettin that this week hopefully! but yea im still on them and im trying to convince my mother to let me get off of them. and its not working but im still all depressed and all. but yea i hate anti-depressants. they never work!
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:28 pm
[((Velociraptor))] Hey everybody. I was just curious what you all thought. I heard anti-depressants had awful side effects, but I also heard they are the best thing to have during teenage years. Of course you should go to a doctor first.... o.o I take 500 mgs every night for bi polar and depression zoloft made my stomache feel like acid was burning a hole through it. I think it causes stomache ulsers but the medication im on now has no effects whatsoever to me, you cant drink alcohol though or itll ******** you up
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:49 pm
BAH!!!
EVIL!!!! well somedays they work, but other times i'm possibly even more insane suisidal and not cutting is becomind impossible. i find they kind of make you mellow, which is best case scenario or else they throw you all over the board, amplifying emotions 10fold.
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:34 am
Going on 5 years with a sever case of depression, I was forced on Cymbalta during my 4th, but after a while I totally refused to take it. Then I, with the last option, marijuana or kill myself. For my mother sake (though she doesn't know) I started marijuana. Best damn thing that ever happen to me. I felt true happiness, an unbelievable feeling. I still have depression but not nearly as bad as I used to, I'd have to call it a miracle drug. Only smoke 1-3 times a month.
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:09 am
i am on anti depressants, and if i don't take them for a while (like go 2-3 weeks without them), i get really bad and want to kill myself...so, i'm not sure...anti depressants are a double edged sword. They can help you, but they can also mess you up in ways you've never dreamed.
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:11 am
gods_cry [((Velociraptor))] Hey everybody. I was just curious what you all thought. I heard anti-depressants had awful side effects, but I also heard they are the best thing to have during teenage years. Of course you should go to a doctor first.... o.o I take 500 mgs every night for bi polar and depression zoloft made my stomache feel like acid was burning a hole through it. I think it causes stomache ulsers but the medication im on now has no effects whatsoever to me, you cant drink alcohol though or itll ******** you up i was on zoloft for a while and after about 200 mgs a day, i was messed up. my hands were shaking and everything. but lexapro is a little better, as long as i remember to take it.
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:39 pm
Generally I dislike them. I've been on half a dozen, and had negative side effects from all. But now I am on a new one, and it's not that bad. Supposedly it's milder, and uses a different tactic than the old types of drugs. I dunno. So I don't mind it.
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:53 pm
My friend was on prozac when he committed suicide. I don't necessarily think that was the reason he did it, but eh, some people blame it on that. Me, I'm still kinda skeptical... rolleyes
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:07 pm
I am not really sure about them...I took them once, but the biggest effect they had on me was a bit of dizziness. I do not think I got any better... They may work for other people though, I don't know.
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:00 pm
I am totally against anti-depressants for teenagers, unless it's REALLY bad.
I've felt depressed, duh, I'm a teenager. I think people are forgetting that it's natural for teenagers to feel glum like that.
If it's like.. Suicidal bad then sure, they need them to SURVIVE. But people years ago lived without them and everything went fine. Why are people SO obsessed with medication these days!
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:48 am
To hell with that. I'm depressed, but I act like a moron and make jokes to cope. Adn I have a girlfriend. She's my antidepressant. sometimes, I cry it out, and if I have to take those s**t anti-depressants, I'll go insane.
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