Just a thought, maybe the drug should be matched to the symptoms?
No experience, so this is just a wild guess, but it seems like the following drugs work for the following symtoms:
SSRI - intense sadness or anger
bupropion - low energy and concentration, anhedonia
mirtazipine and trazodone - trouble sleeping
lithium - suicidal thoughts
My mum was on antidepressants for a time when my oldest brother and sister died, she said that although you might feel a bit happier from the drug the misery remains and then you just get addicted to the drug. She forbid me from taking them.
Well no drug is going to make a bad situation any better. Sometimes they can make people a bit more functional.
Bupropion causes a slight euphoria, but abuse would put you at an almost certain risk of seizure. Risk of addiction for the other anti-depressants is almost nil. Equating tolerance and withdrawal to addiction is pretty silly in my not-so-humble opinion.
I personally found citalopram to help with BDD and agoraphobia, but not that much with depression. Fluoxetine did not help me at all (in fact, I would say it made me worse). I think the SSRIs are probably better as anti-anxiety drugs than anti-depressants.
i wonder if i should keep taking my meds, but i find my own perceived self-image is better without them. so it's odd. either medicated calmness with melancholy, or living life and letting the excitement take place of the anxiety with time.
I think it's because doctors hand out anti depressants like sweets, where counselling/therapy would probably be more effective.
I knew someone who was given anti depressants because she was stressed at uni, she wasn't depressed, she just needed someone to rant to, but the doctor barely asked her anything and wrote out a prescription.
I think cases like this (and there are lots of them!) probably affect these statistics.
I was first put on meds when i was 13. Anti depressants, anti psychotics and mood stabilisers, lots of different combinations, for 7 years, until i decided enough was enough and im honestly no different on meds to off them!
So in my case, it showed no effect, because i never needed them!
I'm fine! Totally fine. I don't know why it's coming out all loud and squeaky, 'cause really, I'm fine!
I think it's because doctors hand out anti depressants like sweets, where counselling/therapy would probably be more effective.
I knew someone who was given anti depressants because she was stressed at uni, she wasn't depressed, she just needed someone to rant to, but the doctor barely asked her anything and wrote out a prescription.
I think cases like this (and there are lots of them!) probably affect these statistics.
I was first put on meds when i was 13. Anti depressants, anti psychotics and mood stabilisers, lots of different combinations, for 7 years, until i decided enough was enough and im honestly no different on meds to off them!
So in my case, it showed no effect, because i never needed them!
In some places like the US, it's probably 'better' to prescribe a drug than to say "you need therapy", because a LOT of times, insurance won't cover enough or the right kind of therapy. Giving the drug may give you the space/energy needed to lift yourself out of the problem (if it's environmental) while being effective.
I mean, it's no use prescribing something that your patient cannot access. (Like the time I had a doc that prescribed something that was $150 a month and then GOT MAD at me when I didn't take it. Just couldn't afford it. Well, I could have afforded one month of it every six months. How effective is that?)
There have been many studies to show the effectiveness of a counselling/therapy mixed with medication is far more effective than medication on its own, however while I've been doing my course I've not found any valid theorys/proof into medication working the same as sugar pills, however my course is in the UK and I can only use the aged theories from the US, (e.g. from the sixties) then follow this theory with up to date research from the EU due to the different health systems, if anybody knows of any I'd love to have a read
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