Notchy

that anti-depressants are bshit. I think everyone knows it. Might as well be talcum powder in these capsules. Placebo.
Nothing works, because there is no cure for feeling shit and there never was. I sought help and ended up with packs of pills and we all know deep inside that they do jack shit, no matter how many times we try to convince ourselves that they're "working". They never worked, and they never will. There's no cure for this shit. It's just something a doctor will make you take so you feel you're actively attempting to get better, but really you know inside you might as well be swallowing cardboard.
Anti depressants, the best joke ever created.

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Mihaela

Theoretically after 16 days the effects of antidepressants are really being felt and your mood should change within 4 days after starting medication. The person is feeling a little bit joyful, and wants to share his current mood, talk with someone. In addition to medical treatment, it is necessary to make psychotherapy that provides a feeling of liberation. As any medicine these pills have some side effects and not always your medical doctor finds the best medicine for you. Don't lose your hope. :p

Notchy

I've been on meds for years, max dosage, lots of different ones.. all the exact same. No effects whatsoever. That goes for side effects too, nothing. And you're supposed to feel "withdrawals" when coming off one, I haven't felt anything. I swear, I could have every anti-depressant out there and nothing would happen. I could swap my dinner for a plateful of pills and I guarantee I wouldn't feel a thing. I honestly think anti depressants are just completely false. :(

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Mihaela

Each organism is different, not all of us respond the same. Maybe you got used with this kind of medication and the effects are none. Do not think that if u take a lot of pills the results will come, i doubt. :( Change your doctor, find a new psychiatrist, have a good talk, tell him how you react. Your well-being is the most important thing, depression must be overcome by all means.
>> First of all try to be patient and positive.

Piplup

Okay they're not BS. I know this for a fact. For me? It was like being able to see clearly for the first time in my life. I'd felt like I'd been living in a haze.
So people's bodies are extremely resistant to medications like my uncle who also has depression. I don't think he has found one that works really well for him. As it is I am on the highest dose I can safely be on. I'm actually partially functional now. I went through a couple of different anti depressants til I found one that worked. Also you must remember sometimes medications need to be taken for a while until they reach full effect.
I understand your frustration very much but they do work for some people.

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Notchy

Meh. Yeah we're all different, but really not by a lot. We're all made of the same stuff:
Drink alcohol, we get drunk.
Do cocaine, we get high.
Take paracetamol, it nulls pain.
Take hallucinogens we'll hallucinate.
Drugs are drugs. We aren't that different enough for medications to have zero effect on one to a huge effect on another. I'm sorry I just don't buy it.

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Piplup

Um yeah that is actually is how it works. Coffee for people with ADHD makes them extremely tired. People tell me that ibuprofen and other stuff doesn't work for them but Tylenol does. People are that different. Please don't try to say them me or others that it doesn't work. Because I probably wouldn't be alive.

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andrewmcspandrew

Hullo my bonnie wee Scottish friend :=]

For what it's worth, I wouldn't knock the placebo effect. If it works, it works :=]

For me, antidepressants just hold off the worst part of being depressed. They don't make me happy, they simply stop me from thinking about killing myself all the time.

I hope you're doing Ok. :=]

Notchy

Hello :) I'm living.. :)

Yeah.. it's just you always see or hear about people who get "high" on anti-depressants, like on tv shows, cartoons etc and I know it's not a realistic way of thinking about how anti-depressants work, or what they actually do.. but really I wish they could prescribe me something that would make me feel like that... high..

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andrewmcspandrew

Hullo :=]

Being alive is a good thing I think- it creates opportunities :=]

I know what you mean, though. It's really easy to think that a pill will just 'fix' you.

For me, it's a mix of things. Medication does something. But the major part of it for me is constantly challenging my thinking. It's hard work, honestly :=]