Depression

Rajaah · 2025-10-01T08:45:51-0400

Daidraco said:
The anger you attribute to it isnt really what you're thinking - its that you actually give a shit about things now. Instead of being some weak willed, apathetic, piece of shit, sulking on the couch.

That actually describes it perfectly, I think you nailed it.

In that case, add me to the proponents of TRT because the good vastly outweighs the bad.

Now I just need to get my doctor to put me on an actual TRT program (I'm getting shots via a medical study, and only get 3 shots out of the deal - one in early Sept, one in early Oct, one in early Dec).

Aldarion · 2025-10-01T08:53:22-0400

Izo said:
Precisely why we prescribe it. Choice of drug is complex, moderat vs severe depression, manic vs non manic episodes, interactions with other drugs taken etc etc. SSRI is standard for moderate depressions, SNRI for severe. So a SSRI like prozac (fluoxetine) is an option, we use sertraline over here mostly, which is good for social anxiety and social phobia as well as moderate depression.

Treatment is never drugs alone, always combined with therapy and doctor supervision along the way.

Hope you get on top eventually, @Koushirou <3 (oblig. Giggity)

One of the major problems we object to here in the US is that once someone is on SSRIs, the doctors basically never advise you to get off them.

Oh if you ask them right out, yeah they'll agree its not a lifelong solution. But speaking from secondhand experience, they never actually suggest anyone stop taking them. Literally never. And from firsthand experience, when I told mine I wanted to stop he was like "eh ok if you think you need to", but sure didnt suggest it or offer any advice in that direction. Hell, he oftensuggested I could increase the dose.

Since you're in here advocating them - do they do it differently over there? Or is it a de facto lifelong treatment there too?

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Depression

Rajaah

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Aldarion

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