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Let's talk happy drugs? Ranty thread.
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How long have you been on your anti-d's for? Or how long have you been off them?
I started on fluox when I was 17 - I'm about to turn 21 and in varying doses of varying types I have never been off them. It feels like an absolute lifetime especially as I find it quite hard to achieve orgasm on them (well I became sexually active after I got on them so not really sure) - does anyone else have side effects from theirs? Any success stories?
Feeling the need for a little rant/motivation right not
I started on fluox when I was 17 - I'm about to turn 21 and in varying doses of varying types I have never been off them. It feels like an absolute lifetime especially as I find it quite hard to achieve orgasm on them (well I became sexually active after I got on them so not really sure) - does anyone else have side effects from theirs? Any success stories?
Feeling the need for a little rant/motivation right not
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I think the longest i've been off anti d's was when i was 22-25, so i think that is quite good, but i have been taking them (in different pill shapes/colours) for 11 years now, so i am quite worried about the effect this has had on my brain chemistry.
* feeling really off balance, my sight not moving at the same time when i move my head
* feeling sick/being sick (i can pretty much guarantee that even w/food i will feel somewhat nauseous from my anti d every day
* feeling anxious, but physically anxious, so shakey hands, hot/cold sweats, racing heart, but no 'emotional' anxiety
* bursting into tears at times of small stress (like being unable to parallel park, if i generally feel tired) when i've forgot to take meds
* strong, constant palpitations, that didn't go away with beta blockers
Ooooh what fun reading the 'side effects' list is! my friend laughed when she read 'excessive yawning' but it's just annoying, i have no idea what is real feelings (physically) and what is side effects
not going to rant about it though. it's just one of those things.
every now and then, a rant does the world of good
there's no point getting myself worked up over it, it won't change anything.
I find it lets off steam, stops me getting too stressed. But we all have our own coping mechanisms
I'm on sertraline now, much better. Certainly speak my mind more.
these pills are just crazy... O.O
and I agree, a rant about this stuff to other people who understand always makes me feel better ( cuz i always think people must think i'm an alcoholic if i forget to take my dose during the day
DO NOT WANT.
just see it as something to get you through your exams. x
i think im alright off them at the mo
what dose did you start off on? it took me MONTHS to get over the prozac nausea.
skakitty! I'm not the only one! So glad! obv not that u experience this side effect but still. glad you posted I'm on citalopram though not effexor
I'm also on Neulactil or Pericyazine which is actually an antipsychotic :S if you take it regularly but I take it as and when for anxiety. Pericyazine is in my mind 'the deadening' because it just blocks out emotion - I felt this to an extent with antid's but it is majorly so with Pericyazine. I'm anxious, I take it, I am aware that there are things that should make me anxious but have more of an observer reaction to it than experiential.
I'm also a member of the www.depressionforums.org (havent been on in a while) and would recommend it to anyone still struggling with meds. I like the site more though, you're more like real people
they fucked up a bit there - doctors that know about this sort of stuff will start you on 10mg and build you up to 20. no wonder you're feeling rough! I found that eating stem ginger and fizzy water really helped me.
I can do without the 5htp if i wanted, but it increases my quality of life. If i come off the fluanxol i go really mental. I tried coming off them for a while a few months back, and although i didnt get withdrawal symptoms, i was really unstable. My anxiety went through the roof and I couldnt sleep at all.
I just wanted to add that I have had a lot of problems with orgasm too although there are several factors involved for me. I hope this gets better for you soon.
I worked my way through a few, and got a bit fed up of spending 2 weeks with quite a few side effects, and then waiting for another 6 or so weeks, really hoping they'd make a difference. And then they didn't. The dose would get upped, I'd reach the maximum and start on another one. And more side effects. It ended up with me being on ADs that were giving me horrible headaches to the point that I'd be sick, and I couldn't get an appointment with a doctor, so had to come off them without any support or advice. That sucked.
In fact... maybe one of you guys will be able to answer a question I've had for a while but never got round to asking. *Starts a new thread*
http://www.depressionforums.org/articles/366/1/Medications-A-Z/Page1.html
who in the hell comes up with them? Is there a little man in a room somewhere coming up happy and dramatic sounding names? They have nothing to do with the chemical names
haha really? ah well, if i ever need to go back on them i'll ask for a lower dosage
So much for fucking revision.
Were you give any anti sickness stuff to help?
I'm not on anything and was offered something last month. I'm not sure if I want to go on anything - I have serious issues with side effects; (I always get them) however, going on something might stop the awful feeling of needing to run away again - I dunno though.
clemantine - prozac doesn't come in 10mg pills so you get this file minty liquid which tastes like the devils backwash. :yuck: the very taste of that stuff makes you feel sick, but it doesn't last as long as the higher dose stuff
:yes: it's absolutely vile. tbh i think it's quite rare for them to prescribe less than 20mg because it is pretty small dose anyway. i had the syrup when i was on 50mg i think.