psychiatric drugs, did they make you worse or better

They made me worse. I was on effexor and zoloft and neither of them did there job. thats when I started to smoke weed after I read that marijuana could help.

 

Never had to use'em, but I hand'em out al the time. I've seen how it made people better, but they don't always acknowlege it.

Example: I had a boy in here (I'm on me nightshift here) about a year ago. Psychotic as fuck. First 2 days almost unable to communicate. That's when we put him on Risperdal. Next 1-2 weeks he started getting better and better. Next thing I know is he says he was well before he came here and the pills were making him ill. He blamed it all on us, even after we got hm up and going and well again. He still claims the pills that actually made him better caused his psychosis.

That is prety usual in here. We get all the shit and people don't believe in psychopharmaca (unless they wanna take'em for intoxication).

Of course not all products work the same way and have the same effect on everyone. There are great differences between people. Some ge grat effects and others get no effect at all. They rarely get worse.

Point being: You have to try and adjust the dosages and meds.


Edit: As for the answer above: How can Zoloft make you worse? It's an anti-depressant. It either makes you feel better, or has absolutely no effect at all. I could eat Zoloft all day and since I'm not depressed, I wouldn't be affected at all.

 

but than again, there was that crazy kid that was blaming him killing his g-ma, and parents and all that shit on zoloft, he said that it made him crazy.
some shit like that.

this was a discussion a while ago on some thread, lol, id search for it, but i dont feel like it, since i dont remember the exact name of it

 

Yes. And there was a guy who drank a whole bottle of whiskey and smoked a j. Then he went out and beat the living shit out of someone. Guess what the newspaper wrote the next day?

 

weak thread.

 

...but good point

 

i was on lexapro for a few months because my girlfriend was sub-conciously drove me into depression. And my parents noticed i was moping around all day and they were like "OMG yor depressd! DREUGZ!"

The lexapro gave me clear enough mind to dump her ass. I was happy after that, have been ever since. Stopped taking it a long time ago.

 

you can swallow all the zoloft you want for a day and not be affected. Hell i wish antidepressants worked. Pop a few and walk around happy. THEY DON'T. the effects they produce come on in 3-4 days. It creates a build up of serotine.

 

Me too. The change takes so long and is so unnoticable that most of the time I can't even tell if the pills work, someone else is usually like "You seem better" or "You seem worse" because I can't tell. Strange how recreational drugs make them say "You seem better" and they work instantly, but alas, are illegal.

 

Zoloft can make you feel worse because antidepressants have lots of side effects. They make you gain weight, lose your libido, some other physical effects as well as emotional effects. A lot of people end up commiting suicide when they first go on antidepressants. Just because of the guilt that they need drugs to be happy.

They take a while to work, 3-4 weeks before the effects really kick in, th effects kick in gradually, not all of the sudden. Although, one friend of mine said that the first time she took Celexa, it felt JUST like the first time she took Ecstacy. I don't know what that was about?

These drugs also have terrible withdrawal symptoms. You will go nuts if you quit cold turkey. You have to taper off the drug. Also, these drugs all lose their effectiveness over time, that's when you change the dose or move on to another drug.

That being said, I am not against anti-depressants. I have lots of friends and family members who take them and they seem OK. It sort of makes you weird though... I can't explain it. I just get an eerie feeling thinking about the drugs, as if they produce an unatural happiness. Although I know this is not true.

I myself have not taken them, although I wish I have back when my depression started. Now I just mope around and do illicit drugs. I've been on the verge of suicide many times, but I just try to keep myself occupied. Maybe eventually I will try them out.

Lots (LOTS!) of people suffering from depression refuse to at least give them a try (me included), I would recommend that you try them out.. I personally fear the side effects. I am very young and I go to the gym daily, I don't want to become obese with no sex drive. Also, these drugs should not be taken with illicit drugs, as the effects can be fatel (i.e, taking an MAOI with MDMA or DXM.)

Note: I've been suffering from severe depression for a few years, maybe 4-5 years. I used to get lots of crying spells. Just sit in bed and start crying for no reason. It doesn't happen as often anymore, exercise and Marijuana seem to help, I don't think it's because weed helps you chemically, but because I am just spending my time doing something. If I am sober and walking around aimlessly in my house 24/7, I tend to cry and think of suicide. Life is just extremely boring so I try to fill it up with anything that comes along, be it illegal drugs, working out or etc.