Depression

Aldarion · 2025-09-30T09:10:09-0400

Drugs arent the answer and if you wanted to take drugs to make it better, holy shit there are a whole lot better drugs than antidepressants.

I'm with Cutlery. I havent talked about it here but I had a rough patch bad enough that I actually sought professional help. Given my attitudes toward therapy and psychiatrists that should say something about how bad things were, that I went voluntarily. They put me on one of the weakest, mildest antidepressants around. Fuck my life. Taking ketamine in college was a better decision, in hindsight, and fuck ketamine.

I now consider my decision to stop taking that medication the first and most important step I took in getting my shit back together.

IMO antidepressants should be an absolute last resort. My own experience with them was terrible, and every single loved one I've known who went on them, it made them a worse person. Obviously take advice from doctors above forum posters. But doctors that downplay the "side effects" and oversell the "benefits" and then never advise you to stop taking the pills arent doing you any favors.

Control · 2025-09-30T10:46:43-0400

Aldarion said:
doctors that downplay the "side effects" and oversell the "benefits" and then never advise you to stop taking the pills arent doing you any favors.

Literally just went to get bloodwork done. Maybe butt pellets are right for me? Dr. is like "Have you thought about Prozac? It worked wonders for me!"

Koushirou Maybe go and get a hormone panel done? I know women's stuff is way more in flux than guys', but wonky hormones can fuck you up in all kinds of ways.

Koushirou · 2025-09-30T13:17:59-0400

I’m not committed to getting anything yet. Kind of leaning still towards no, but at least going to have the appointment and talk about it. Was reminded of a JP clip I watched a bit ago where he has an example of talking with someone who has no job, no social life, no relationship, etc. and the final quote was “you’re not depressed, you just have a terrible life.” I’ve been on anti-depressants before a little over a decade ago. Didn’t have any side effects that I noticed, other than weird sleep for a little. I was only on them for a few months because I felt I didn’t need them anymore. Granted after I started them, I was also in a social anxiety group and that’s also when I met the ex-husband and got into a relationship, so did I feel better because of the meds or because life just got better? Alternatively, did I get the motivation and get out of the pit enough to actually make a dating profile and go to group because of the meds? Who knows, I guess.

Cad · 2025-09-30T13:25:46-0400

Koushirou said:
I’m not committed to getting anything yet. Kind of leaning still towards no, but at least going to have the appointment and talk about it. Was reminded of a JP clip I watched a bit ago where he has an example of talking with someone who has no job, no social life, no relationship, etc. and the final quote was “you’re not depressed, you just have a terrible life.” I’ve been on anti-depressants before a little over a decade ago. Didn’t have any side effects that I noticed, other than weird sleep for a little. I was only on them for a few months because I felt I didn’t need them anymore. Granted after I started them, I was also in a social anxiety group and that’s also when I met the ex-husband and got into a relationship, so did I feel better because of the meds or because life just got better? Alternatively, did I get the motivation and get out of the pit enough to actually make a dating profile and go to group because of the meds? Who knows, I guess.

Whatever you do, if you get on SSRI's just realize they are a crutch and you will have to get off of them in a few months. Your brain adjusts to the new baseline. I've heard of a lot of people making improvements right away and then getting off of them, and thats fine. I'd just know they're something temporary and that you're on a clock with it. Nothing wrong with using it to get over a hump though.

People have already made a lot of get motivated type posts so I won't pile on. There's only so much we can say to tell you this is self-inflicted and unnecessary, it's all a state of mind. Thats easy to say and hard to do anything about. "Stop thinking about this" yea right, thats impossible. The only thing you can do is put your head down and get on with life and see where the chips fall.

Cutlery · 2025-09-30T13:28:00-0400

Koushirou said:
I’m not committed to getting anything yet. Kind of leaning still towards no, but at least going to have the appointment and talk about it. Was reminded of a JP clip I watched a bit ago where he has an example of talking with someone who has no job, no social life, no relationship, etc. and the final quote was “you’re not depressed, you just have a terrible life.”

Good for you. This is what we're trying to tell you. This is a huge step for you.

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