Antidepressants

There are a couple types of Effexor, and I take one kind of it. Because I'm on the generic, I'm not really sure which type I take. I also take Wellbutrin. I believe it is Wellbutrin SR. I was once on Cymbalta, because it kind of helps with depression and fibromyalgia, but I didn't find it did anything. I friend of mine has had great success with Pristiq. But some insurances will not pay for it. I have not had any side effects with mine.

In my teens, my emotions were very hard to handle and they totally affected my life. Plus, I didn't know what to do with myself for a while and I didn't really have the motivation to get through college back then. So my grandaunt, who was a GP who worked with kids in the US, gave my dad antidepressants for me to take. I took Prozac and Zoloft. The bad part, though was that it soon showed that I was not a Unipolar Depressive. Rather, I had Bipolar 1, which was that my moods were more on the happy/hypomanic side and my issues were more on impulse-control. Today, though, I got off the meds, actually back in 2008. I stood for what I believed in: that God can certainly heal me, without a doubt. The stroke-stricken have walked, the deaf had had their ears opened, and more miracles have happened in the Holy Spirit outpourings in the US. I stood my ground and told God that He is capable of healing me, especially since whatever I had, actually had a real-life emotional, EXTERNAL trigger. It is 2012 today. 4 years after I threw the last of my Bipolar 1 Meds (Risperdal and Oxcarbazepine/Trileptal were my last, they were the ones I tolerated and liked best), and I have NOT experienced the hallucinations that Prozac and Zoloft triggered, EVER AGAIN. I have not had embarrassing public meltdowns in the past two years, praise God! And I am not as crazy-emotional as I used to be, and can now separate my work life with my emotional life, even though my emotional trigger has NOT changed AT ALL. Yep, miracles happen. :) I would hope you would want one, too. :) Here's to healing!

I have suffered from depression since the age of 16ish and at 27 I no longer take antidepressants, they stopped working for me. At the time of taking antidepressants, I took Zoloft and it made me even more tired than I already was so I just wanted to sleep even more than normal ( at a time when all I wanted to do was sleep before even starting the medication). I do know that it's very dangerous to stop taking a maximum dosage suddenly though, I tried that and ended up extremely sick and in a very scary state of mind.

You can't get rid of depressants by medicine. Every medicine has some side effects. To overcome side effects you have to take other medicine. You will become dependable on medicine. So if we can avoid medicine we should do that. To be free from depression I have some suggestions : Rise early in the morning. Go to a near by park and take fresh breath. Walk and talk to your neighbors. After returning home and washing have your breakfast. Switch on your TV and watch your favorite musical channel. Then read newspapers and magazines. Everyday read books of your favorite subjects. You will get free from depression.

I'm on 100mg of Pristiq right now. When I first got out of the hospital I was taking 20mg of Lexapro I think. I was functional, but my psychiatrist recommended switching to Pristiq. I haven't experienced any negative side effects except for when she upped the dose to 150mg and I felt wozzy and tired all the time so she brought it back down to 100. I haven't gained or lost weight... at least I don't think so. I recently went three days without taking it on accident. I was running low and I didn't call it in on time to get a refill so I had to wait. I thought, it's only going to be a few days, so I'll be fine. Uhh... I was wrong. Morning of day three, I had a total meltdown. It started with just a little irritation, and then I was crying, then I was thinking all my old depressed thoughts, then I was a complete crying mess. Went straight to the pharmacy, thankfully it was ready, took my regular pill and an extra anti-anxiety (I have Xanax and Clonopin for that.), went to sleep for a few hours and then woke up feeling slightly better. I still feel bit like I'm moving really slow. In short, don't think I'm ready to go off my meds yet.