Doflamingo
24th May 2013, 11:07
Not entirely sure if this is the right place to create this thread, but I can't stress enough that you should NOT take anti-depressant pills. I know that this is common knowledge, but I'd love to share my own experiences, and if anyone else wants to then feel free to.
Drowsiness: The drowsiness I felt while on anti-depressants was unreal. I took them in my senior year of high school, and I can't remember being awake for a single class that entire year. I'd still feel anxiety, yet I would be asleep. My friends would tell me that my legs would be shaking while I was asleep in those classes. On weekends, I would often have friends over and I would be asleep for a majority of the time. I'm not sure if they understood why I was so sleepy, but it was really a buzzkill for both them and me, who hates to keep someone un-entertained.
Weight gain: The weight gain I experienced when on the medication was unreal. Before I started taking it, I was slightly overweight (around 200lbs/90kg), but I didn't look overweight, just a bit chubby. However, about a month after I started it, I started gaining weight, and quickly too. Over the summer I had gained 50lbs/22kg, even though I was quite active outdoors at least twice a week (swimming for 3 - 5 hours weekly and walking with friends). My diet didn't exactly help, but it was actually less than I had eaten before the weight gain.
Lethargy: The medication did absolutely nothing for my depression or anxiety. It simply got rid of my energy and will to be. I would be lethargic most of the day, rarely showing emotion or interest in anything. It also felt like it was affecting me creatively, I couldn't exactly "think outside the box" when I was on the medication. Everything I thought of seemed like a bad idea, so I never wanted to expand on the idea. I had also lost interest in reading and learning during that time, which had also affected my grades in school. I nearly failed my economics class because I couldn't "see the point" in doing any of the projects that we were doing.
Coming off of the medication: This was easily the hardest part of it all. The medicine was strongly addictive and would make me feel sick just going a day without it. I'd have a "static" feeling in my head with a mild buzz at almost all times for nearly 2 weeks. I would feel sick the entire time as well. Nothing much else to say, but it was hard to drop. After dropping them, I've been feeling much happier than I have when on them.
If anyone took the time to read this, then I hope you may have learned from my experiences. Once again, I apologize if this is the incorrect place to make a thread of this nature, but I would hate to see my comrades experience the same things that I have. Though, I'd like to hear from others about similar experiences.
Drowsiness: The drowsiness I felt while on anti-depressants was unreal. I took them in my senior year of high school, and I can't remember being awake for a single class that entire year. I'd still feel anxiety, yet I would be asleep. My friends would tell me that my legs would be shaking while I was asleep in those classes. On weekends, I would often have friends over and I would be asleep for a majority of the time. I'm not sure if they understood why I was so sleepy, but it was really a buzzkill for both them and me, who hates to keep someone un-entertained.
Weight gain: The weight gain I experienced when on the medication was unreal. Before I started taking it, I was slightly overweight (around 200lbs/90kg), but I didn't look overweight, just a bit chubby. However, about a month after I started it, I started gaining weight, and quickly too. Over the summer I had gained 50lbs/22kg, even though I was quite active outdoors at least twice a week (swimming for 3 - 5 hours weekly and walking with friends). My diet didn't exactly help, but it was actually less than I had eaten before the weight gain.
Lethargy: The medication did absolutely nothing for my depression or anxiety. It simply got rid of my energy and will to be. I would be lethargic most of the day, rarely showing emotion or interest in anything. It also felt like it was affecting me creatively, I couldn't exactly "think outside the box" when I was on the medication. Everything I thought of seemed like a bad idea, so I never wanted to expand on the idea. I had also lost interest in reading and learning during that time, which had also affected my grades in school. I nearly failed my economics class because I couldn't "see the point" in doing any of the projects that we were doing.
Coming off of the medication: This was easily the hardest part of it all. The medicine was strongly addictive and would make me feel sick just going a day without it. I'd have a "static" feeling in my head with a mild buzz at almost all times for nearly 2 weeks. I would feel sick the entire time as well. Nothing much else to say, but it was hard to drop. After dropping them, I've been feeling much happier than I have when on them.
If anyone took the time to read this, then I hope you may have learned from my experiences. Once again, I apologize if this is the incorrect place to make a thread of this nature, but I would hate to see my comrades experience the same things that I have. Though, I'd like to hear from others about similar experiences.