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Anti-Depressents
I was wondering if anyone could give me a small list, or even the biggest one you have of anti-depressents aside from Paxil, and Zoloft, I've been on those and they don't seem to help, so maybe anyone who knows of one thats worth a try. I'll rate 5 foe those who try, even if you only have 1 listed.
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Hello there,
You are probably going to hate me, but I will tell you what I'm thinking just the same.
I have watched several people who were close to me have their lives completely destroyed and their health ruined by use of antidepressant drugs.
Those are long stories and I won't bore you with them here.
All I ask of you, is that you take some time and type the name of the drugs you have already been on one at a time into a search engine such as Google.com. Look at the horror stories of people who have been on those very same drugs.
There is an underlying rule that I found true in my own life, and you may find true in yours:
If your life is depressing, you will be depressed. Taking drugs for it may solve the problem temporarily but will add addiction to your list of depressing problems.
The answer for me, myself, was to make my life less depressing.
I started to learn more about myself, and actually made a study on who I was and who I wanted to be.
It turns out, that the answer for me revolved around the fact that I was homeschooled part of my life. I was a good student until the work started the pile up on me.
I was absolutely and completely at the end of my rope. My parents were basically saying to me: "you did the work last semester, why can't you do it now?"
Nowhere in my mind could I find an answer. That's when I started to study my own life. About halfway through this project I discovered that my school curriculum had me working 40 to 60 hours a week. I found myself doing schoolwork six days a week. I would sleep through Sunday completely, get up and repeat the events of the previous week.
In elementary school we have a thing called recess. Sometimes we even have it several times a day. Guess what happened to me?
I went from elementary school classwork, doing wonderfully, into junior high school, where I thought I was going to have a heart attack trying to keep up with the work.
In elementary school, even a homeschool curriculum, you get recess multiple times per day.
In junior high, even a homeschool curriculum, you get lunch as a break and that is all.
I sat down with my parents and discussed this with them. They were astonished at themselves that they didn't see the problem!
That started a long series of adjustments to the curriculum and workload. Pretty soon I had the weekends off and would get in trouble if I even tried to do schoolwork.
I am sorry, I just realized this is turning into a novel. :-(
Let me shorten this up by saying:
I figure doubt what was depressing me and fixed it. My life hasn't been depressing since. Oh sure depressing things have happened, but they have never kept me down since I learned to fix things rather than just let them step on me.
Unfortunately I didn't fix this problem before social services stepped in and decided that I should be in public school for a year, was diagnosed as clinically depressed and put on lithium.
Let me tell you about that experience really quick... While on lithium, I couldn't be called depressed because I was emotionally flat line.
Nothing, nothing at all, was exciting, boring, depressing, full of joy, nothing. Every day was the same until one day something exciting did happen.
I was waiting for a bus one day, when at the bus stop a man walked up and insulted a woman who was sitting there waiting for the bus with me. I don't remember now what it was that he said, but it was enough to reduce her to tears.
I attempted to, and very nearly succeeded at, killing him.
I had completely and totally lost my ability to tell right from wrong. Exciting, no?
Nowadays this is a commonly known side effect of prescription lithium. It took 30 years for them to admit to it. In 30 years they will admit to the side effects of the drugs you are currently considering.
Do that search engine search I suggested before you decide to try out anything else.
Sorry for the long answer, but this one really hit me close to home.
My wife's memory has been severely damaged by her being prescribed Ritalin and Prozac as a child. This was totally unnecessary. She was put on these drugs because she was brighter than her teacher and all he wanted her to do was stop asking the tough questions.
My mother-in-law has been on psychotropic medication since the 70s if it has been manufactured she's been on it and it has not done her a bit of good. She has done some of the absolutely most incredibly stupid things I have ever heard of while under the influence of these drugs. Most of them, even if I could list them here you would not believe!
There is so much more I could say on the subject, but I don't want to bore you to tears.
Sincerely,
DangerNerd.
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chocolate works wonders for me when im feeling dEpressed
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i take lexopro it is pretty good im drozzy alot though.
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I am currently on anti-depressents too,
I am on Nurantan, Serequel, and prozac.
In the past I was on depicote, zoloft, wellbutrine
I dont think any of them are really even needed.
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SSRIs
Celexa (citalopram)
Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate)
Luvox (fluvoxamine)
Paxil (paroxetine)
Prozac (fluoxetine)
Zoloft (sertraline)
MAOIs
Nardil (phenelzine)
Parnate (tranylcypromine)
Tricyclics
Adapin (doxepin)
Anafranil (clomipramine)
Elavil (amitriptyline)
Endep (amitriptyline)
Ludiomil (maprotiline)
Norpramin (desipramine)
Pamelor (nortryptyline)
Pertofrane (desipramine)
Sinequan (doxepin)
Surmontil (trimipramine)
Tofranil (imipramine)
Vivactil (protriptyline)
Others
Buspar (buspirone)
Cymbalta (duloxetine)
Desyrel (trazodone)
Effexor (venlafaxine)
Edronax, Vestra (reboxetine)
Remeron (mirtazapine)
Serzone ( nefazodone)
Wellbutrin (bupropion)
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i know someone who uses prozac for it .. hope i helped .. .Love, Maura Ann
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As you are aware of- antidepressants come in different classes: I've included some below...
Serotonin Selective Reuptake Inhibitors
Celexa
Lexapro
Prozac
Paxil
Zolaft
Symbyax
Tricyclic Antidepressants
1. Amitriptyline
2. Anafranil
3. Aventyl
4. LimbitrolVivactil
Triavil
Tofranil
And then finally teh Monoxidase Inhibitors
1. Nardil
2. Parnate
Others
1. Effexor (very effective)
Ludiomil
Nefazodone.
Wellbutrin
There's a lot but you know that your doctor will find the right one for you. There are side effects with a lot of them, so you have to "experiment". Although, I would ask about Wellbutrin (doesn't have the sexual side effects like some of the SSRI's- however increases risk of seizure if you have a condition of seizures) or Effexor, which I have seen to be very effective.
Best of luck,
Arun
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Here is a list of ReAlLy GoOd OnEs:
1. Pot
2. Speed
3. nothing else works...trust me!!!
GET HAPPY U LOSER!
Much Love,
Mo and Bo
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