I started on lexapro which helped w acute depressive episodes and allowed me to do things that would actually make me happy (seeing friends, keeping my life in order etc). I have increased dose/changed meds a couple of times now, and I feel like things get better for a while but then a low to medium-grade depression kinda returns (to be fixed by dose increases or med changes again). Bc of this, I’m interested in making a sustained effort for a year to make good habits etc etc (+ psychology) which will help me be more resilient in myself, and then to come off them. Extremely helpful and necessary for me when I needed them 💓
Feb 15, 2024
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i won't tell you it'll definitely work for you, because everybody's different and what works for one person won't work for everyone, but for me, lexapro literally changed my whole life. i had been depressed since i was like 11 and like, i still have depression, but i'm not depressed all the time if that makes sense. i went from feeling like nothing on a good day and like the world would be a better place without me in it on a bad day... now most days i honestly feel good. i feel more motivation than i did before. i do things more, rather than just lying in bed and doing nothing. i still worry and i still get depressed, but not like i used to. the incredibly dark spirals are a rare occurrence now. i actually think the only time i've felt as bad as i used to was when i had a brief interaction with another medication. personally, i haven't experienced like any of the horrible side effects that many people experience. it literally has just been good all around for me. i started taking my prescription when i was 21, so five years ago, and it has enabled me to accomplish things i honest to god never could have imagined before i started it.
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- lexapro: first one ever, made me feel very flat and actually more depressed
- wellbutrin: made me manic and possibly activated my bipolar disorder
- prozac: sweaty and agitated
- zoloft: sweaty and agitated
- lithium: sleepy
- seroquel: sleepy
- buspar: didn’t work
- lamotrigine: horrific
- abilify: combined with zoloft + caffeine it felt like I took molly or ecstasy this was actually fun
for me personally the best antidepressant was realizing I was using drugs and alcohol to cope, stopped smoking weed all the time, find a good match for a therapist, ate healthier, got a job that was fulfilling, get off social media, exercise, find a supportive partner (it’s all easier said than done but this truly does help)
Feb 15, 2024
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been on it for 11 years.....have tried to come off it before but it's not possible for me and i've accepted that that is ok! SSRIs can be life saving drugs so definitly worth considering. they mostly kind of....put blinders on your emotions. like blunt the high highs and the low lows. so your spectrum of feeling might feel shortened..... which is hard. but in some cases is crucial for living life. i would not be who i am without the help of ssris
Feb 14, 2024
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go to events even if u think they’ll be iffy - better to have some memories of living life than none, go to library, go sit on the nearest grass
also u can’t expect good arts and culture if u don’t support the bad/amateur stuff as well 🦀
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