Anti-Depresents (depressed, quit, Zoloft, Welbutrin)

[CA central coast]

Anyone taken them? Good or Bad results? Did they help anyone?

[Keeper]

I took Zoloft for a couple of years after my husband passed away . They did help me through a difficult time. I know other ppl who have taken them for BiPolar and you could tell when they quit taking them

[Autumn07]

Originally Posted by CA central coast

Anyone taken them? Good or Bad results? Did they help anyone?

They never helped me no change at all.

[trustmeiknow]

I was on Paxil a number of years ago and it did nothing for me. Someone in my family has been on everything under the sun and none of them have worked for her. It's a giant guessing game, and an expensive one, and it seems like one is not very likely to win it.

[ino]

Originally Posted by trustmeiknow

I was on Paxil a number of years ago and it did nothing for me. Someone in my family has been on everything under the sun and none of them have worked for her. It's a giant guessing game, and an expensive one, and it seems like one is not very likely to win it.

You are so right there, I am married to someone who has been on practically 'everything under the sun' and I don't see that there is much to write home about using any of that stuff. In fact she had even more problems getting off one of them, and I still don't know if that's what's had a lasting effect on her mental processes to this very day.

Your, "A giant guessing game" statement is absolutely spot on in my book! They may help some, but I think there are many more that these drugs *don't* help, what does?.....who knows, I certainly can't work it out, and neither can the head shrinkers to date.

[Laura707]

There is another thread in here about Celexa that I been posting in about my experience on Paxil and Celexa. I am one that should have never been put on a SSRI to start with. Paxil left me completely non functional and made me depressed... I hated everything while I was on it.. I was put on it for a temporary situation I was in and once out of the situation, I didn't need the stuff.

Have you seen the TV commercials? They have another drug to take now WITH your SSRI when it isn't working like it should. I like to have died laughing when I saw that. OK, you don't have problems enough or side effects enough so lets add more to it?

Don't get me wrong, there are people that these drugs work for and that need them but NOT everybody that is going through a temporary rough spot in life needs to be put on them. They are far to quick to hand them out and the drugs are far to hard to get off of... it took me 2 years to get off of them.

I think there should be a lot more required from a doctor before they are allowed to put a person on them and there should be stricter guidelines for aftercare once on them. They should not be passed out like candy!

The last doctor that tried to put me on them (for a physical problem ) tried selling me the idea that if you have been on them before, there is a 50% chance you will need to be on them again.. Once you take them that second time, that increases the chances to 75% that you will need to be on them the rest of your life. He thought he was telling my WHY I needed them but what he actually did was tell me WHY I should never take them..

[ICN2U]

celexa for 9 months-good

[Jammie]

Five years ago, my life was turned upside down so after a few weeks of struggling, I went to the Dr. She put me on an anti-anxiety drug and Paxil. The first drug was only for a few days just to jumpstart things. I stayed on Paxil about three months and stopped. I didn't wanna depend on drugs to get me through the rough spots of life. BUT I stopped too soon and about a month later, I went back and got some more. They helped me through my first horrible year. I couldn't stand the way my mind was racing and how depressed I was.

I felt a bit better on them~not as weepy. I also felt like I was kinda in a daze or cloud. like my thinking was slowed down. Actually, I got kinda lazy. I was always very tired. I was SO hungry and I ended up gaining 15 lbs. in about 9 months time. But it was ok. After I stopped taking them, I exercised like crazy and within a few months, my weight got back to normal.

I'd highly recommend them for the extremely traumatic times in life. But I feel sorry for anyone who has to be on them for life if they have severe depression.

[CosmicWizard]

Laura707 wrote:

Have you seen the TV commercials? They have another drug to take now WITH your SSRI when it isn't working like it should. I like to have died laughing when I saw that. OK, you don't have problems enough or side effects enough so lets add more to it?

I thought it was a joke when I first saw it, that perhaps I clicked into one of those shows about ridiculous commercials that companies wish they could get away with. Wait another year or two and they'll have yet a third drug/poison to take with the 2 you are already taking that aren't working. Anything to make a buck! What a scam.

[CA central coast]

Anyone taken Welbutrin?