I know all the arguments for and against them.. and I also know of "alternative solutions" such as simply exercise and a good diet.. but really my life is a mess and I'm considering if they might be able to help me even a little bit..
I was already "diagnosed" with clinical depression like 14 years ago. Never took anything for it, but since then my dad died and now I spend all my time in bed doing nothing.
I want to change myself but I really have no energy to do it.. it'll be difficult to explain the difficulty I have to even wash dishes and cook dinner..
So yea I'm asking in a place that I know is against it for some insight I guess.
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[–] fla5h6996 ago
Be certain you actually need them. I let a court ordered alcohol councelor convince me that I "must be depressed" even though I didn't feel cepressed and didn't know of any need to be depressed. I went to a psychiatrist, whose job is to prescribe medicine for big pharma, to find out what he thought. He gave me a choice of several drugs he thought would help, without confirming the diagnosis of the counselor who was diagnosing out of his field. The psychiatrist started me on the meds at a mid-level dose and said that he would adjust from there. I never felt any better or worse, but I was grinding my teeth even during the day and developed a permanent facial tic. So, if you think you need them, good for you, but don't let someone else tell you you need them, those side effects are real and some can be pretty nasty if you don't actually need the meds.