Share your experiences of antidepressants

[Footie Mad]

I've been on Cipramil since last october, but has now recently changed to something called Efexor which is supposed to have a broader effect and hopefully work better. As well as that i've been taking Risperdal for a few months but am now aboout to drop using it since the effect seems uncertain, maybe making things worse than they are.

Also taking something called Oxascand up to three times a day, and it's working allright. So what's your story?

[yaroslav]

It's sad to read that you are bad, Footie Mad, hope you get better.

I have never took them. One my co-wokers is taking them (don't know the brand) but they appear to have no effect on him. Also, one guy I knew (friend, but not very close) also took them, but this make him no effect. A new girl on his life, on the other hande, made a much bigger effect. So my limited, second-hand story is that they are not very useful...

I have read that in Sweden and Norway, the consume of antidepressants is very high.I don't know why, but some people says that there is a direct relationship between few light hours and the number of people taking them. I hope that is not truth

[Last Conformist]

It certainly appears to be true - depression gets commoner the further north you go in Scandinavia.

My sister is on Efexor now. Seems to help.

[Space05us]

I have read that in Sweden and Norway, the consume of antidepressants is very high.I don't know why, but some people says that there is a direct relationship between few light hours and the number of people taking them. I hope that is not truth

SAD (seasonal aff-something disorder), basicaly winter makes those of us living near the Arctic Circle sad to the extreme. The peak of summer on the other hand is almost euphoric, 24 hour sunlight and cool temperatures all day. Most people cant cope with the teeter-tottering, there's a lot of drug abuse and suicide.


I dont have any personal experience with antidepressants so I cant help you there Footie.

[Gangerolf]

I've heard that light therapy (or using a sunbed) helps for the winter blues.
But I sense that Footie's problems are of a different nature. ?

Get well soon

[Al'Kimiya]

Had Cipramil many years ago, but it mad me feel physically ill and they changed it to Remeron quite quickly. Ate that for three months, no progress and instead they decided to give me therapy instead. The (state financed) psychiatric healthcare in this country (Sweden) is so ****ed up. Instead of treating the patients they make them worse, pumping them with drugs like laboratory rats, not having the time or resources to really deal with the issues.

[Dis]

I need anti depressants. But I hate going to the doctor, so I just go without.

[Verres]

I took citalopram (same thing as cipramil, different manufacturor) for a year or so and it worked pretty well, side effects not too awful.

Off them for a year (ish) in my final year of school, went majorly downhill again and ended it by destroying my only semi-decent relationship.

Now in my first year of uni, and after months of denial decided perhaps it was time to start taking something again. Supposedly finding out what this latest concoction will be somtime this week. Should be interesting.

[Sava]

Wellbutrin... sucks, does nothing, risk of seizure in high doses

Paxil/Zoloft... sucks, does nothing but has undesirable sexual side-effects

Risperdal... helped me sleep... not really an anti-depressant though

Abilify... anti-psychotic, used in small doses to help change depressive thought processes

Effexor... dangerous medication... physically addictive, probably lead to my first suicide attempt

Nortriptylene... sucks, had no effect on me whatsoever

[Mrs. Tuberski]

I have never taken them. Some family members I know take paxil and they are still very dysfuctional the meds seem not to work. one aunt takes welbutrin and was a forty year smoker the aunt due to this med quit smoking but is still depressed.

[Dis]

but not smoking is more important. you already know my view on smoking.

[yaroslav]

I know it's an over-simplification, but I think that psicologhy matters a lot more than pills in order to heal a deppresed person.

[Verres]

Unless it's the kind of depression caused by a chemical inbalance. Talking doesnt generally help that.

[Ted Striker]

Lack of sunlight will definitley cause depression.

Some people are immune to it, but most people need sunlight to function properly.

[yaroslav]

Pardon my ignorance, Verres, but are these kind on depresisons ver common? I am asking not in order to troll, but because I really don't know.

All cases of depression I have knew in my life (directly 2, probably 3 or 4 indirectly - I don't recall exactly) were caused by some change in the life of the people involved (well, the broke up with their gf in many of the cases)