Posted by Simcha on December 15, 2006, at 1:39:17
In reply to My experience with SSRIs, posted by madeline on December 14, 2006, at 7:06:45
Wow, your depression experience is so close to mine. I held out until I was 31 until I finally consented to take meds. Then it was Effexor XR. I remember that after about 4 weeks I woke up one morning and it was like a veil had lifted. I felt like I wanted to be alive and to do stuff. I even liked being awake. I don't ever remember feeling that way before then.
Of course, Effexor XR made me numb from the waist down. And now the current mix of Celexa, Wellbutrin, and Neurontin that has kept me mostly euthymic for 5 years or so is pooping out apparently. I'm in the beginning stages of a med change. I'm angry about it. I don't like having to take meds.
As Scott said somewhere above, these are the tools we have now. I choose to use the tools because it's better than doing nothing. People in my family who suffered from depression committed suicide before there were medicines available to treat it. I'm somewhat grateful that at least I live in a time where there is something that works for most people, and even for me for a while.
Simcha
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