From personal, and family experience, no they don't. On Venlafaxine I couldn't walk around a pool table without literally sweating out half my bodyweight, fucked my teeth up from grinding them in my sleep. I take Mirtazapine now only if I feel tired and know I won't sleep. There's always a route off, and many I know (including those met in group support) have followed that path. Some will stick forever, every single night and as you say they will fuck you up. The majority won't.
Basically without them I'd be dead now so I'll always defend them.
It's not just this board, everycunt I know is on an SSRI.
They're very good shit if you mix them with 6-8 pints tbf
Which you should NEVER EVER DO kids
We probably do I've been at snooker and had seven pints and bacon fries all day
As you were MJ <3
Embarrassing side effects have got to be the secret sauce of anti-depressants. "This will make you feel better ... but maybe not in public."
Pure profit.
Do people know you guys are on this stuff?
The only side effect I really get is that I can outlast a pornstar.
Well friends who know are all medics so they understand. Family have all been understanding, although my dad doesn't 'get' me at all in a wider sense (as emo as that sounds).
It doesn't have to be as bad as what DS said. Being a dad and being married probably does force you to go to work but it doesn't sound like you enjoy anything outside of that. It sounds like you're in a bit of a rut. I'd try to make some changes (I know it's difficult) first and see if that helps improve things and if not/you don't get anywhere with that, go see your GP.
Yeah. I don't go around telling people but if the topic ever comes up, I'd talk about it. Plenty of people I know have been on them so it doesn't really seem like an issue.
I had 10mg Amitriptyline for my sciatica and it’s fucking awful. I couldn’t function before lunch time and wanted to do nothing but sleep. That’s a low dose compared to what they give for depression too. I have no idea how people live on the stuff, unless they prescribe some eccy to offset the tiredness.
Amitriptyline in a different type of antidepressant. They aren't used much for depression any more.
I tried it as a migraine preventer and I agree it's a horrible drug.
I *almost* bottled it this morning and didn't call. But I followed through and got one for 10 days time. This will be the incubation period where I convince myself I'm totally fine and cancel on the 9th day.
Whatever happens, go to the appointment. Even if you feel completely better, just go and talk it through with someone. It can help so much.
Fluoxetine is cool because when I take it, I only get a few intrusive thoughts a day as opposed to twenty plus.
Not having vivid flashes of stepping on your dog's head, crushing it and having gore splay all over whenever you gingerly step over her while she's napping. :Cool:
Tbf most anti-depressants leave you absolutely fucking knackered during the bedding in period. I'm still tired a lot now but at the point I can get shit done and sleep well at night rather than never wanting to get out of bed.
I had to come home from work the day after I took it. I was just staring at the screen like a dribbling mong. Even more so than usual.
@Magic: if you don't attend your appointment, everyone in this forum is going to think you're a little bitch.
I am still going to go. I felt really awful and riddled with stomach churning anxiety the first couple of days, but I did what I do best (put my barriers up and became an unbearable cunt). I spoke to my step-mum who's had depression for years and it was eerie describing it to her as she 'got' it.
This is the same step-mum you seemingly hate (and she you) that's massively undermining your relationship with your wife and kid?
What could go wrong
You're thinking of the mother in law.
Good to hear. That you'll still go I mean, not that you've been feeling shit.
The doctor's the best person to see. They'll listen and won't be judgemental and you'll be grand. They might offer you counselling too. Although that can take a while. If they do, go for it. I found it helped.
Yeah definitely. I've become more aware that it isn't 'normal' to feel this way (or not feel at all, as the case may be). Thanks for asking.
I've got prozac lol. I feel like a parody Offspring song.
Fluoxetine is good for managing obsessive-compulsive disorder too, so if you happen to have any intrusive thoughts, they should decrease.
No side effects so far (I don't think). I'm questioning everything I don't know what is 'normal' and what isn't. How will I know if its working? I know she said give it 4 weeks but still.
Keep with it Magz it'll get easier bub.
Magic I hope you're keeping up with your stuff
Yes I am bro. That's day 5 today, don't feel any different (I don't think). I felt really quite sick last night and this morning, and yesterday I had really bad foggy head which is strange as I'm quite forgetful and clumsy with my thoughts anyway, but I couldn't put 2+2 together and it frustrated the hell out of me.
As if your maths is that advanced normally.
SIDE EFFECT ALERT: I can't orgasm. I can cum, but the feeling is about 5% of what it normally is. SHIT.
Mine take ages but when I do it's earth-shattering.
Shit I forgot to take my tablets 2 days in a row, and now I'm a quivering, anxious mess on a customer's premises.
Edit: sweaty, quivering, anxious mess.
My girlfriend was the same if she ever missed her pills, it looked horrible.
She's been off them now for a few months, fwiw, and is doing way better than I think either of us expected. They were horrible for her to be on, but it looks like they actually worked.
Oh yeah they are working fine for me. Really frustrated I forgot again.
Sickness now too.