Need some advice on drugs...

[morris1]

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[houseisland]

For me Paxil was evil. A very disturbing period starting out on it -- cold anger, disorientation, confusion, etc. Once stabalized I found it numbing. Going off it after a period of two years or so was even more disturbing -- severe deep black depression, disorientation, confusion.

Welbutrin did absolutely nothing for me.

For me the best is getting up out of bed and forcing myself to do things. Social contact, exercise, work, etc. help short circuit depression and anxiety. I know this does not work for everyone. But for me mood altering drugs just offered me a different set of problems.

[Trainshed Terry]

I am currently on my 2nd round of Prozac, all my experiences are good and positive when I started to take them, He put me on 2 a day but I end as high as a kite so he reduced it to one a day.

At his present time I am on two a day but I personal feel that there effect has leveled off.

It is the other tablets that I have to take at this time they effect the way Prozac works.

Regards.
Terry.

[houseisland]

I am often skeptical about touchy-feely self-help books that promise miracles. That said, however, I do like this book:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...82416?v=glance

If you are not expecting miracles and if you are willing to put in the effort, the book can be helpful. "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage....." Your perception of the world is of your choosing. The book can be help you win "battles" with depression and can help provide strength to continue "the war." For some, it may even help them win the war and without drugs.

[El_Squid]

Yes, I realize this is a ressurection, but as long as it is here...

Anti-depressants don't work well for me, but I suspect it has a lot to do with my altering my brain chemistry through extreme recreational medication when I was younger. Welbutrin in particular, just makes me flat. I just don't give a darn about anything. My wife has horrible side effects when she comes off Paxil. Quote, "My brain starts banging against my skull." All in all, there are a multitude of medications available and everybody reacts to them differently. If what you're on doesn't work, try something else, or try to go it cold turkey, it is all up to the individual.

[HMIBarryLSalter]

No one in this old old thread mentioned Diet Soda so i figured it was my duty to step up to the plate and bring this thread to the current list.

I Began drinking diet soda to try and lose weight, I'm tall and heavy set and if I wasn't the heavy part, I'd be ok looking (me thinks). So as one of my steps, I drank Coke Zero which tasted really good for diet soda, diet Dr P isn't too bad either. Then one day a client came in my office and said "Hey, you know diet soda causes depression" and in bewilderment I said I didn't know. Here's the funny thing, I'm normally not depressed and if, very slightly but during this time I was going through an increasing feeling of depression.

As she instructed, I search for Aspartame and found a bunch of sites that connected the use of dietary supplements such as Aspartame to cause depression and anxiety. I stopped drinking diet soda that day and have not felt the depression or anxiety I felt back then since.

My recommendation to anyone feeling depressed, who drinks diet soda, to stop drinking diet soda cold turkey for at least a week and increase exercise (like short walks around their block) and see if this doesn't resolve the issue with out the drugs.

Barry,

[Kodiak]

I was on Paxil, Celebrex and Prozac all at different times of course for about 3 years or more for severe depression from liver treatments and once the treatment were over it took and 4 to 6 months of tapering of to get off them. They are addicting but they will tell you there not. I got terrible headaches and dizziness when I tried to quit cold. Don't get started if you don't need to.